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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1912)
i i 3) ytini ITHEWORLD'SNEED iGONTINUES!c We are going to continue our stock reduction sale for the next thirty days only. The prices quoted below are only for stock on hand, and in NO case will goods be ordered at these prices. Every article listed is a real bargain, and represents only a few of the many that we are offering you at this time. 10 per cent Discount on all SHOTGUNS and RIFLES! Lawn Mowers! Two Drummer lawn mowers, 16-inch, were $3.00, now $2.00 " Liberty " " 44 44 4.75, " 3.25 One 16-inch Blue Star, ball bearing lawn mower, was $8.00, now 5.50 " Gold Star. 44 44 44 44 44 9.50, 44 7.00 " 18-inch 44 4 10.00, " 7.50 " " " 44 44 12.50, 44 8.75 " 17-inch Royal 44 " 44 - 44 13.50, 44 9.50 " 18-inch Grand 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 1 3 . 50, 44 9 . 50 P?T". ; 7 I? 1 P nrt IBP Gasoline Stoves! Four 3-burner Quick Meal gasoline stoves, were $10.50, now $7.50 Two 2-8.50, " 6.75 Four 3- " Junior " " " 4.25, " 3.25 SAD IRONS! 12 Marvel Gasoline Sad Irons, were $5.00, now $3.G0 LITTER CARRIERS! Two Star Litter Carriers, steel cable, were $25.00, now $19.50 One Lowden " 23.00, " 17.50 GASOLINE ENGINES! One 4-horse Fairbanks gasoline engine, was $185.00, now 7-horse Chopie gasoline engine - -4-horse Waterloo Boy gasoline engine, friction clutch, mounted $135.00 150.00 110.00 BASE BURNERS! One No. 60 Radiant Home base burner, were $52.50, now '' 41 1 16 18.00, " $45.00 41.50 SPADES!- From 50c Up Other steel goods in proportion. i- r ' RANGES! i i One P. B. Copper Clad range, formerly sold for $71.50, now $G0.00 " No 8135 Majestic range, was $62.50, now '.' 56.00 " " 645 " " " 57.50, " 51.00 " lS-inch Radiant Home range, was $50.00, now 40.00 " Blue Enamel Quick Meal range, was $81.50, now 69.00 Two 18-inch " " " high closet, reservoir, and formerly sold for $52.50, now 44.00 Two 18-inch Foster ranges, with reservoir and high closet, were $45.00, now 35.00 One 18-inch Majestic range, slightly used, was $57.50, now 40.00 LANTENS! No. 2, Cold Blast, that sold for $1 .00, now 75c 1, " " " " .65, " 40c " 2, Copper Lanterns, that Bold for $1.50, now $1.15 Three Dozen Hand Sickles, that sell for 25c, now 15c Washing Machines! One Maytag power washer, was $25.00, now $20.00 " A. M. C. A. power washer, was $22.50, now 18.00 Guaranteed ALFALFA SEED atQ U $9.50 PER BUSHEL 1 w I I """WHEELBARROWS ! 1 "mm""J Common Wheelbarrows, that have always sold for $2.00, now $1,40 Garden " " " were $3.75, now 2.75 Extra large Garden Wheelbarrows, that were $1.75, now 3,75 Everything in the Hardware Line Will Be Discounted Nothing Held Back! to Eg) 1 iZlPlattsmouth, Nebraska c OF AJ1EDIAT0R Why a Savior and a Redemp tive Work Are Necessary, PASTOR RUSSELL IN SWEDEN. Scripture Teaches That Humanity Would Have No Hop of Everlasting Life Except Through Divine Mercy. Why God Provided a Salvation For Mankind Through Jesus' Sacrifice. The Only Basis of Reconciliation. ... yA I 'V I i Stockholni, Aug. 25. 1'ustor Rus sell of Loudon Tabernacle arriv ed from Finland tbis morning, lie addressed two large Swedish con gregations here aud leaves tonight for Copenhagen, Kiel, Brussels aud London. We report one of bis ad dresses from I Timothy li, 5. 0: "There is one God. and one Mediator between God and wen, the Man Christ Jesus,1 who gave Himself a Itnnsom for all, to be testi fied in duo time." He said: Many fall to understand why a Savior aud a redemptive work are nec essary. They ask, Why was it neces sary for Jesus to come Into the world? How did Ills death Influence God to the forgiveness of huninn slu?. And why was the better sacrifice of Jesus typified by the sacrifice of bulls and goats under the Jewish Law Covenant? A right understanding, a correct under standing, of tlieso matters Is the very essence of true theology, and most helpful to us nil. The Divine arrangement proposes thnt everything in accord with God must be absolutely perfect. Both an gels aud men were created perfect, "In God's Image." And the Divine Law. in the Interest of all, cuts off from fel lowship and blessings all who delib erately go Into sin, and fellowships only such as are perfect. Hence the sen tence upon Father Adam for bis dis obedience cut him off from Divine fel lowship and favor under the sentence. "Dying, thou shalt die" (Genesis II, 17) not, "Going to eternal torment, thou shalt roast." True, Adam's children were never thus condemned, but, born in sin and "shapan Jn Iniquity" (Tsalm II. 5), un der the laws of heredity they never were perfect, never were fully In the Image of God, never were, therefore. In harmony with God, but alwnys shar ed Father Adam's alienation and con demnation. They were "children of wrath" (Epheslans 11, 3) Justly shar ing their Father Adam's penalty of death, because Imperfect not worthy of life under the Divine arrangement Reconciliation a Necessity. Whoever sees clearly these facts of Scripture must perceive that humanity would have no hope of everlasting life except through Divine mercy forgive ness. But some one will say. Why should there be any necessity for the Logos to leave heavenly glory nnd be made flesh and then to die, "the Just for the unjust," to make possible our return to Divine favor? Why should not God forgive the sins of Adam and his race even as we are directed to for give those who trespass against us? God's nttltudo towards sin very prop erly Is different. "Ills work Is per fect." (Deuteronomy xxxll, 4.) Ho created Adam in His own Image. We sinners are not God's creation direct, but have merely come tuto existence under laws of heredity. Justice is un der no obligation to us. All rights and privileges granted to Father Adam were forfeited nnd have been abrogat ed. From the Divine standpoint of Justice, our race is a dead one. More than this the great Supreme Ruler and Judgo of tho Universe, having con demned us as unfit for eternnl life and fellowship with Himself, could not Justly set oslde Ills own decree. God could not, therefore, Justly, righteous ly, change Ills verdict, for that would imply that our sentence was nn unjust one. Tho Divine Government refuses to be thus compromised, but Instead hns provided a salvation for humanity through Jesus' death. The method adopted maintains tho dignity of the Mvlno Law to the full, aud nt the samo time reveals the fact that our Creator Is the very embodiment of sympathy and love qualities of Ills which never would have been so fully appreciated by either angels or men unless God had permitted human sin, had provid ed the penalty He did, and then pro vided the Redemption through the Uigos Jesus. "Between God and Man." A mediator Is 0110 who stands lie tween two parties who are nt vari ance, for the purpose of bringing nbout reconciliation. The two parties mentioned In our text are not God and tho Church, but God and tho world mankind In general. Man sinned. God Justly condemned the sinner. The Mediator's li work In reconciliation must be to offer a substitute to Jus tice for Adam's sin. Our text tells us that the Man Christ Jesus did this very thing-He gavo Himself to be n Runaom-prlce for all mankind. He did this when lie reached perfect man hood, nt thirty years of nge. when He coLsecrM ted Hh K. i God even un to death. He finished this giving of Himself ou Calvary when He cried. "It is finished." (John six, 30.) The perfect, spotless, uncontainiiiated life of tho Man Christ Jesus, thus laid down a voluntary sacrifice, constitutes a Ransom-prut for Adam and his race. The word Ransom Iu our text has a very strict nioauing, namely, ft corrrs punJiny price. Adam in his perfection was iu God's Image "very good." The Man Jesus, who gavo Himself a cor responding price, was in God's Image "very good.'- He corresponded ex actly to the perfect mau Adam, and His sacrifice of Himself In death cor responded exactly to the penalty agniust Adam, which tho entire race has shared. This great transactlou. accomplished nearly nineteen centu ries ago, Is not yet generally proclaim ed, but will be testified to nil In due time, our text declares. As yet only the few, guided by the Word aud en Ughteued by the Holy Spirit, can ap preciate this matter, because its details have not yet been fully worked out. "When all Its mighty work la seen, rvalue shall all tongues employ." St. Paul declares that the calling and election of tho Church to become the Bride of Christ nnd His Joint heir in Ills Messianic Kingdom is a "Mystery" appreciated by few, Tho Mystery is that In the Great Jehovah's Flan this Elect Church, now In process of selec tion, is to constitute with Jesus her Redeemer tho great Mediator who, during the Millennium, will mediate the New Covenant between God nnd mankind In general. Tho foundation for nil that Mediatorial work the all essential basis of It was effected by our Lord Jesus alone when He, ns the Man Christ Jesus, gave Himself a Ransom-price for all. But the great work of reconciliation belongs to the future and Is to be shared in by the Bride class. Well did John the Baptist point to Jesus nnd say, "Behold, tho Lamb of God! which tnketh away the sin of the world." (John 1, 20, Sfl.) In Jesus re sided tho Ransom-price, nnd not In His Church; In Jesus' work, nnd not In our work; In Jesus' sacrifice, and not in our sacrifice, wns the potency for the cleansing away of Adam's sin and tho setting nsldo of his death penalty. Whatever share the Church wns grant ed in the great work of the world's reconciliation was by grace nnd not by our merit, not by our sacrifice. Mediation Not Yet Begun. The Redeemer hns not yet begun nis work of Mediation between God nnd men. He merely provided the basis of that reconciliation In His death nt Cal vary. The merit of Ills sacrifice 's in Jehovah's bnnds, but is not yet appro priated for the sins of tho world. Tho world's sins are not yet forgiven. Hence God still treats tho world as sin ners, aliens, foreigners, enemies through evil works. Everything Is in readiness for the forgiveness of the sins of the world; but the Redeemer waits until ne shall have accomplished another feature of the Divine Program, namely, the selec tion of the Church to be ills Bride; or under another figure, to bo members of the Body of Messiah, under Jesus the Head members of the Body of the Mediator, under the Redeemer's Head ship. "For Moses verily said unto the fathers, A Prophet shall the Lord Jour God raise up unto you from amongst your brethren like unto me Moses; Him shall ye hear In all things what' soever He shall say unto you. Aud the person that will not obey that Prophet thnt Teacher, shall be de stroyed from amongst the people." Acts ill. 22, 23. This nntitypleal Moses, Head and members, has been In process of devel opment, or raising up, for now nearly nineteen centuries. God raised up Jesus the very first, nnd Is since rais ing up us also by Jesus. And through the First Resurrection shortly the en tiro Body, the Messlnh of glory, will be changed, made partakers of the di vine nature. Revelation xi, 0; II Pe ter i, 4. The nntitypleal Moses will inaugu rate tho New Covenant with Israel and tho world, even ns the typical Moses Inaugurated the old Law Covennut with typical Israel nt Mt. Sinai. As tho old Covenant had sacrifices of bulls and goats and was Inaugurated first by a sprinkling of tho tables of the Law, representing n satisfaction of Divine Justice, nnd secondly the sprinkling of nW the people, represent ing their reconciliation through the same sncriflce, so the nntitypleal Moses, tho Mediator of the New or nntitypleal Covenant, must first produce "better sacrifices," the antityplcal, oud then with the merit of these make satisfac tion to Divine Justice nnd reconcile tho people all who nre wMiug of the whole world. When Moses slew the animals whoso blood made effective tho typical Covenant which ho medi ated, that sacrllkinif was merely n preparatory work. Tho Law Covenant was not mediated In any sense of tho word until the animals were all slain and tho blood was sprinkled on the tables of the I.nw. So In the antitype, Jesus, the Media tor of the New Covenant, must first, after the pattern of Moses, complete all Ills sacrificing before Ho begins the work of Mediation. First of all, as we have seen, He offered up Him self without spot unto God, finishing that work nt Calvary, Since then He has been accepting nnd offering up as a part of Ills own saciillco tho mem bers of tho Church, ns they come unto tho Father through Him, presenting their bodies to be living sacrifices, holy and acceptable unto God. (Romans, xll:l.) This sacrificing of tho flesh of Christ has been In process for nearly nineteen centuries, ,Not until these "better sacrifices" (Hebrews lx. 23) shall have been finished will tho real work of Mediation ard atonement 'for tho sin of the world take 1 lace. "Aulo Ministers of New Covenant." All those who now present their bod ies to Jesus, desiring to share with Him in suffering for righteousness In this present lime, that they may have fhare with Him in Ilis coming glory and Kingdom all these are ii Bible language "able ministers rvauts) of the New Coveuant." They are serving the New Covennut, although It has not yet been senled with the pre cious blood. They are serving in calling those who have an ear to hear, la showing them the privilege of suffer ing with Christ, that they may also reign with Him. They serve the New Covenant iu helping to build one an other up In the most holy faith nnd In assisting one another in the narrow way of faithfulness and self-sncriflce even unto death. But specially these, each for himself, serves tho New Covenant arrangement by fulfilling the terms of his "Cove nant of sacrifice." (Psalm 1, 5.) Jesus was tho first. Minister, or Servant, of this Covenant. All of His members are associated In this ministry. When tho ministry service of sacrifice shall have been completed, the grander ministry of this New Covenant in glory will begin. The Christ, the Messiah, the Mediator In glory, ns the Antitypl cal Melcblsedek, will combine tho of fice of King with His other Olllce of Trlcst, or Instructor and Helper. ' The first work will lo the applica tion of tho blood of Atonement, the,," " ( Rnnsom-prico for tho sins of tho whole world. As soon ns thus presented on man's behalf, Divine Justice will ac cept It. Forthwith tho world will no longer be enemies of God, children of wrath, without God and without hope, but on the contrary, the Ransom-price for their sins having been accepted, tho sentence of death against all will bo cancelled, and the whole world will bo turned over to tho control of the Mediator. Ilo having mediated to wards God, and having made satisfac tion for human sin through tho merit of Ills own sacrifice, will then pro ceed to reconcile tho world. During the six thousand years of the reign of sin and death the world has become so alienated from God that tho majority do not earnestly desire recon ciliation. Tills, however, Is because of their weakness and Ignornuee. For n thousand years tho great Mediator will instruct them, giving chnstenlngs whero necessary nnd In proportion to their spirit of wilfulness, and thus gradual ly Ho will uplift them out of their Ig norance, blindness nnd sin defilement out of the tomb and out of all the weaknesses of the dying condition back into tho imago of God. from which all fell In Father Adam. Tho only exceptions to this rule will be that such as willfully, Intelligently reject the Dlvlno provision for their recovery will be punished with ever lasting destruction. They will perish "like brute beasts," as St. Peter de clares. (II Peter II. 12.) The grand flunlo will bo attained when "every ! creature In heaven and In tho earth 1 land under the earth" shall be heard - acclaiming praise to Him that sltteth upon tho Throne, nnd unto the Lnmb forever. Revelation v, 13. Jesus the Church's Advocate, From the foregoing It will bo seen i that tho world's salvatton Is to bo a Restitution to huninn perfection nn earthly Eden lost through Father Adam's disobedience. It will be no ticed also that tho Church has no part with tho world In that tteslltutlon, nor In that Mediation for n thousand years. Tho Church will bo members of tho Mediator who will confer the Restitu tion blessings nnd privileges on the non-elect. But tho fact that tho Church will not be numbered with mnnkind In tho human Mediation, which will take plnco during the Millennium, does uot mean that tho Church now has no sins, nor that those sins do not need to bo covered nnd cancelled. It does mean that tho Church is not to get back tho human llfo and earthly tights forfeited by Adam and to be restored under tho Mediator's .Kingdom. In stend, tho Church Is promised glory, honor nnd Immortality heavenly na ture. As n reward for participation In the sufferings of Christ she shall bo . made slvarer In His eternal glories. What tho Church needs nnd has is nn Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ tho Righteous. Thousands of hunmnlty who nre weary nnd henvy laden with sin nnd desirous of recon ciliation with God and who hear tho Message of this Gospel Age nnd nc cept its terms, present their bodies J living sacrifices and purpose to be footstep followers of Jesus, But be cause these are by nuture sinners, children of wrath, under Divine sen tence, Imperfect, their sacrifices could not bo nccepted of tho Father as was that of Jesus; benco they need nn Ad vocate. Jesus has merit In the hands of Jus tice, tho result of Ills sacrifice, which Is being kept to bo glyen by and by to tho world of mankind, Justifying them to full Restitution. As tho Advocate of Ills footstep followers Jesus Im putes n share of tho merit of Hta sac rifice to the Church to make good her imperfections, so tha hersnciillco may in God's sight bo holy nnd acceptable. This imputation of, tho merit of Je sus' saciillco was inndo for all of tho Church nt once long ago When lie "ascended up on high, there to appear in tho presence of God for us (as our r-Advocnte)." The nlrendy consecrated disciples In the upper room received tho Pentecostal blessing ns the ovidenco that Jesus as their Advocato had ap peared for them nnd Imputed of Ills merit for thorn, sothAt tholr sacrifices woro nceoptnblo to the Father. Tho samo principle hold true throughout this Gospel Ago for this snmo class.
