ED 10 A PERSONAL IT Answers Aldrich's Challenge for a Joint Debate During the Fall Campaign. Hon. Chester II. Aldrich, Lin coln, Nebraska. Dear Sir: "n rny arrival hotiu from a cam paigning tour of the stale I found your communication of August 19, ( h a 1 ! 1 1 k i 1 1 k me to a joint dis cussion and making specific Charges as to my attituile on dif ferent legislative questions. I am a plain business man and not accustomed lo joint debates, therefore I do not think it worth while hiking up the people's time with what would result, as the tone of your letter indicates, in a controversy on personal grounds. Stands on Democratic Platform. I stand squarely upon the na tional platform adopted at Haiti more and the state platform adopted at (irand fslarid. If you would ilke to have that platform debated by men who are in the Jiabit of engaging in joint discus sions, I will gladly arrange with the democratic state central com Tiiillee to have a democratic speaker meet one of your rep resentatives in every county of the state. If you are agreeable to this proposition, I will be pleased to make arrangements immediately. Now there are some things I desire to say with respect to your personal attacks upon me. First. You stale that I am a reactionary, was opposed lo every contention made by V. J. Itryan at the recent Italtiiuore conven tion, and when the endorsement of Mr. Ilryan's conduct was up before the democratic slale con vention for approval nine of the Richardson county delegates voted for Mr. Itryan and seven against him. In reply 1 will state that I am not the owner of my fellow democrats in Ilichardson county. These delegates, as all delegates mount no, merely expressed tneir own opinions on this matter. In regard to the national and stale conventions I will stale I hat I am in perfect accord with both platforms and will support (iov ernor Wilson for president. I am willing to have Mr. Itryan pass upon my progressivrness and qualifications, as you ostensibly have grown most solicitous of him and bis policies since you are a candidate for governor. lie has known me for twenty years, I have entertained him at my home and have been his earnest sup porter every time he was a can didate. In tiMiH I was a delegate lo the national convention at Den ver and assisted in nominating him for the presidency. Is it not, therefore, strange that when I become a candidate for governor I am deemed by you a reactionary? l'erbaps it is not strange, as I have heard it sug Kested that you are a progressive for ofllco only. However, since you have raised (he question as to Mr. Hryan's friendship, where were you during all these years and what was your altitude to wards Mr. Ilryan and his policies? Asks Aldrlch to Show His Colors. I have staled that I am in sym pathy with the democratic stale and national platforms and will support (Inventor Wilson as a candidate for president. Perhaps it would be well for you lo tell the people of Nebraska what can didate for president you are sup porting and which platform. Second. You slate that I op posed in the legislature the in itiative and referendum law. This is absolutely false, ns the initi ative and referendum had no more loyal supporter in the senate than 1, and I voted for the measure, as the records will attest. My legis lative record is on open bonk to which I invite the attention of (he voters of this great slale. It is true I voted for amendments when I was convinced that I he original bill was loo drastic or deficient. At all times I exerted my best ef forts towards such measures as would be fair, reasonable and equitable between man and man. Third. You slale in your letter thai I have made serious charges against ou in I lie management of our public institutions. I have slated, ami stale now, that the otllce of governor should be primarily a business olVice, ad ministered closely and watchfully for Ihe best interests of the peo ple of Nebraska, and if you would have taken Ihe duties of tin1 oflice more seriously, instead of for the purpose of advertising- yourself CONTROVERSY ns a lecturer and politician, Ihe people of this state would un doubtedly have secured a more in telligent and ellicieut management of our slate penitentiary and other state institutions. You have been governor almost two years and under date of Aug ust L'O, lOt:!, I noticed the follow ing interview of Dr. Frank II. I.oveland, of Topeka, Kansas, who is credited as an expert on prison management: "I was shocked and amazed that you Missourians look upon your penitentiary with a sort of dismal pride. With the exception of (ieorgia and Ne braska, the Missouri institution is Ihe worst I have ever visited." Perhaps you can tell the people of Nebraska before flection what you have done during your term of ollice to bring about a change. Blame Rests on Governor. As a citizen of this slate I feel humiliated at such criticism and in view of Ihe occurrences at our slale prison last winter, I would not know wheTe to place at least a part of this blame, unless upon the governor of I his slale, whose appointees were in charge and whose adminisl rat ion of this in stitution determined the charac ter of its management. The pen. pie of Nebraska perhaps, do not understand that you are more culpable in this mailer, in view of the fact that Ihe slate senate, while in session, by resolution, asked you to comply with the provisions of our stale constitu tion and present your appoint ment for Ihe ollice of warden to that body for its approval. Why did you Iben refuse to perforin your constitutional duties? In further substantial ion of the charge of mismanagement of our Nebraska stale prison I refer you to Itc'v. 1 (). Johnson, one of the early settlers of tins state, a member of the M. K. church in good standing, formerly grand master of the I. O. O. F. of Ne braska and slale representative and chaplain of the penitentiary, who endeavored to have some needed changes made in Ihe man agement of that institution, and who resigned because he could not approve of the methods used hy your administration in the management of the penitentiary. I am also informed that many of your loyal parly men called on you in person and tried lo in terest you in securing a different management at this institution. Should Debate With Himself. Fourth. As lo a joint discus sion, 1 would suggest that you go lo the larger towns of (he slale and debate Ihe question as to whether you are a Taft republican or a bull inooser; also discuss your abandonment of La Follctlc as a progressive candidate for the presidency after you had declared that !!" per cent of the republicans in the slate were for him; also whether you are now for President Taft or the colonel; also whether you support the republican plat form adi iit nl at Chicago and whether you still claim lo be a member of that parly, or whether you support Ihe colonel's platform and claim to be a member of the progressive parly. After yon have fully decided this question and Jon have taken the people into your confidence I would suggest I hat you then be broad and big enough to get olT of one ticket or the other. I do not anticipate that you will lack any publicity in your campaign for governor, whether you run upon one or both tickets, as you have just had al your disposal the placing of 50,000 of Ihe stale's money in patronage by way of advertisement of Ihe proposed constitutional amendments in newspapers selected by you in Ihe slale. You also have $1,000 for railroad expenses, $2,000 for fur. niture repairs, $500 for conting ent expenses, $5,500 for mainten ance of servants, and you also asked for $2,500 to supply groceries, meat, etc., for yourself and family (the last Hem not be ing allowed). This money was appropriated by the stale, all of which I voled against, and will not accept should I be so for tunate as to be elected. This ac counts in part for your venomous attack on me. I have not known the lime nor the inclination to meet you in joint discussion, as I think the people have had enough vaudeville in the governor's ollice. Vaudeville Accomplishments. As slated in rr.y declaration of principles when I filed for this important otllce my life work has been ns a school teacher, fanner, merchant, banker, county treasur er and slate senator and I am making my appeal as a business man. I have been so busy looking after my private affairs and en deavoring to serve the people when in public otllce thai I have not had sulllcient time to prepare myself in all the arts of chaulau qua or vaudeville circuits. I shall, however, in my own way, meet the people of Nebraska during the campaign and explain my views on state issues and hope that my candidacy will appeal to their in telligence and judgment. As to my standing as a citizen, morally and otherwise, I must depend on the opinions of those who know me, and I invite the closest in vestigation. In conclusion I will say that ifi I am fortunate enough to be elect ed governor of this great state I will be found al the executive oflice at work during business hours, except at such times as it may lie necessary for me to at tend to the business of the state elsewhere, and at all times I will exert my best efforts in behalf of Ihe citizens and institutions of Nebraska, with a view of not, only giving lo the stale an economical and business administration, but of also giving a greater meaning to that fine motto of Nebraska, "F.quality liefore the Law." Yours truly, JOHN II. MORHHFAI). Local News Frank McKlroy was a business visitor in Omaha today, going on No. 15 Ihis morning. J oil ti S. Hall, the furnace man, departed this morning for Oenoa, Neb., to look after some business matters. Mrs. Hall accompanied him as far as Omaha. dene Urady and sister, Miss Leona, went down to Watson, Missouri, Saturday evening, where they spent Sunday visiting with relatives and friends. Their par ents have been there for Ihe past week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nicholas and Mrs. C. M. Seybert of Louis ville were in the city yesterday, being guesls at the home of Deputy County Treasurer Mike Tritsch. Itennelt Chriswisser departed Ihis morning for Osmond, Neb., where he will visit relatives and also accompany Mrs. Chriswisser home. Uncle Hennett. thinks about one week is enough of liv ing alone. Lee Skinner of the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph com pany returned Sunday from Oma ha, where he had gone totnoet his wife. Mrs. Skinner had been visiting her mother at Seward for the past two weeks. Park Chriswisser, Lester llur rows ami K. II. Wescotl and wife were visitors in Nebraska City yesterday, going in Mr. Chriswis ser's line touring car. Mr. and Mrs. Wescotl. visited friends for the day, while Park and Lester look in the sights of the city. Queen Quality Oxfords, ' the $3.00 quality, your choice at $1.25. E. Q. DOVEY & SON., JJe JeeJ JeJe sa John Volk of Pekin, Illinois, came in Saturday evening and spent Sunday here with the fam ilies of his brother-in-laws, Jacob Trilsch and M. L. Friedrich, de parting this morning on No. 15 for Pierce county, where he has large land interests. Mr. Volk expects to remove next spring to Nebraska and engage in farming. P. S. Karnes left Tuesday for Warren, Truinhle county, Ohio, to attend a reunion of Company D, Second cavalary. Mr. Barnes served Ihe United Slates 3 years, 10 months and 20 days during the civil war. He has a record of be ing in 'A engagements, among which were: Sheridan's ride at Cedar Creek, three days' fight in Ihe Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Five Forks, Peters burg and Appomattox Station, where Lee surrendered. ROBERT WILKINSON DUNBAR L.J. HALL UNION Wilkinson & Hall -AUCTIONEERS- The holding of successful sales is our line. Our interests are with the seller when it comes to netting every dollar your property is worth. For open dates address or call either of us at our expense hy phone. Dates can he made at Mie Journal oflice. -WILKINSON & HALL- DIVINE REWARDS ' ARE ETERNAL Parable of the Sheep and Goats Clearly Explained. GOD'S MESSAGE TO MANKIND. Pastor Russell Corrects Soma Misin terpretations of Holy Writ Eternal Life Is a Gift of God and the Bless ing Will Not Be Conferred on the Wilfully Wicked The Church Will Sit With the Messiah When the World Is Judged. Columbus, Ohio, Sept 8. Pastor Russell's text here today w as, "These shall go away luto everlasting pun ishment, but the righteous Into life eternal." Mat thew xxv. 4(5. He said: We hare been In all sorts of con fusion respecting (EMroOyssELL) the future, be cause we have not studied the Bible's testimony critically. For thlrteeu cen turies the Bible was almost unknown. The bishops of the Church were erro neously supposed to be successors of the Apostles and to speak with the same Divine inspiration and authority. Printing was not yet Invented and education was confined to a wealthy few. No wonder the Inspired Mes. sage was lost In a mass of human tradition, much of which was devilish nonsense! We have been gradually progressing from darkness to light, though fettered by hobgoblin figures and each other's threats and perver sions of the Divine Message. It Is safe to say that the Bible Is being more critically studied today by ear nest Christians of all denominations than It ever was before. The result of this study, and the advantages of our time, are manifesting themselves. Divine harmonies are filliug heads and hearts once distracted by clashing creeds. Take our Text at an llluitration. Once blindly we read this Parable of the Sheep and Goats and applied It to rewards and punishments as a result of tilings done In the present Age. Now we see that its proper application belongs altogether to the next Age of Messiah's Kingdom. It distinctly states this. It Is Introduced thus: "When the Son of Man shall come In Ills glory, and all the holy angels with Him, Ihrn shall He sit upon the Throne of His glory; and before Him shall be gathered all nation, and He shall sep arate them one from another as the shepherd divideth the sheep from the goats." The Church Is not included In this parable at all. It relates, as we see, to the world "all nations." Other Scrip tures show us thnt when the nation shall thus undergo their trial for life or death everlasting the Church will be glorified. As the Bride of Christ the shall sit with Mm in Ms Throne and be associated In His work of Judging the world. Note how clearly St Paul ex presses this, saying, "Know ye not that the saints shall Judge the world?" (1 Corinthians vi. 2.) Thus it Is the trorld's Judgment Day that he else where mentions, saying. "God hath ap pointed a Day (future a thousand year Day the Day of Christ), In the which He will Judge the world In righteousness by thnt Man whom ne hath ordained." Acts xvii, 31. A right understanding of the doc trine of Election helps us gradually to a proper view of the Divine Program. The Church la being selected out of the world according to faithfulness and character-development. In prepara tion for great service for the non-elect The Messianic Kingdom, with Christ and the Church In control as the Royal Priesthood, is appointed for the very purpose of blessing the non-elect world "all nations." For a thousand years the work of bringing all to a knowledge of the Truth will progress. To this end Satan will be bound at the very beginning of the thousand years and the light of the knowledge of the glory of God will fill the whole earth as the waters cover the great deep. With all thus brought to a clear com prehension of righteousness each will be on trial, and will cither come Into harmony with the Kingdom or remain an alien and lover of sin. All the lat ter are In the parable classed as goats wayward ones and will thus place themselves at the left hand of the King in His disfavor. On the con trary, all who learn the ways of the Lord and come into accord therewith, are symbolically styled "sheep" in the parable, and by their conduct will gradually take their places at the King's lUht hand, or place of favor. Shef-Goata Fire. The Parable shows the conclusion of the world's Judgment. All will then have taken their plaees, either ns sheep or as goats either In the King's favor or In Ills disfavor. The sheep class will then hear His "Well done," "Come, ye blessed of My Fa ther, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world" from the time the world was established. -Matthew xxv. 21. 23, 3t. The world whs made for mankind. Adam being its representative was the King of earth. He lost his dominion X 3 MAWMHWial ii A &aV- J when he lof his relationship to his Creator and IokI bis riyht to eternal lift by his rtisobedieuce. The sheep claw will represent all of Adam's race brought back to infection by the proc esses of Restitution during Messiah's reign. (Acts ill. 10-21.1 To them will ?ome the dominion which Adam lost and which Jesus itdrcincd ut Calvary and which He will ji'tr to the worthy ones at the conclusion of 11K thou sand-year reign. Next, the fate ef (lie goat class 1 stated not in literal lan guage, but symbolically, indeed, the Prophet and the Apostle declared of Jesus that "He oeued ills mouth in parables," and that "without a para ble spake He not unto the people." In other words, everything that .Ksuk said to the people in general was fig urative, in order that only those of right condition of heart might be able to understand Him. The message of the great King to the gout class will be, "Depart from Me. ye cursed, into everlasting fire pre pared for the Devil and his angels." (Matthew xxv. 41.) We might as well insist, that the parable applies to literal goats as to claim that this penalty is literal tire. All who have studied the subject will freely ndndt that fire throughout the Bible Is used figurative ly to represent destruction. Fire is not used as a symbol for Adr.mic death, the sentence upon all of the race, be cause God from the beginning purposed the setting aside of that sentence through the redemptive work of Jesus; hence Adam'e death Is not destruc tion, but In tlie Bible Is styled, sym bolically, "falling asleep," and resur rection is styled "awakening from sleep." But when picturing the Second Death, the Bible uses strong terms, representing destruction in the fullest and most absolute sense. Mark the words used: "Perish," "Second Death," "Everlasting Destruction." We even overlooked the plain explanation which Jesus gave us when He said, "the lake of fire, which is the Second Death." (Revelation xx, 14.) St Feter, sum ming up the fate of the incorrigibly wicked, says that they shall be destroy ed like natural brute beasts. (II refer ii, 12.) Only n bugaboo of eternal tor ment, hundreds of years old, could have so alarmed us that we failed to note these matters long ago. Meanwhile, alas, while many of the learned hare abandoned the doctrine of eternal torment, they have practically abandoned everything else in the Bible, because they supposed the Bible to teach this Inconsistency. Let us not follow them into "Higher Criticism" infidelity and total rejection of the in spiration of God's Word, but let us compare Scripture with Scripture and use our God-given reason within the boundaries of God's Message. So doing we nre seeing more and more the glor ious perfection of our Father's charac ter and of His inspired Word. Reasoning by Contrast. Some shallow thinkers have been thrown off the track of religious Inves tigation, reasoning thnt if there Is a heaven, there must of necessity 1k n hell of torment. But the contrast which the Bible establishes in respect to the sinner and the saint Is life and death and wof heaven nnd hell. As a matter of fact the Bible nowhere promises heaven to any except the Church of the First-borns, who nre now being called out of the world for association with Messiah lu His King dom. The world of mankind never lost heaven and is nowhere promised heaven. Adam's loss was an earthly Eden, a human perfection. Jesus declares that He "came to seek and to save that which was lost." The work of His Kingdom for n thousand years will bo the bringing of earth to a Taradise condition. And ne will restore all the willing and obedient of mankind to all that ico lost, bringing them back again to the Image and likeness of God in the flesh. Adam possessed these qualities when he was declared by his Creator "very good," and was given the dominion of earth. When Adam was placed on trial in Eden he was endowed with perfection of life and organism as a man. God said not one word to him about heaven or hell, but did let before him life and death. If he would be obedient he should be privileged to maintain his life nnd nil his perfections and bless ings everlastingly. If he would rebel against his Creator's laws and tie dis obedient thereto he should die be cut off from life. He was disobedient, and was expelled from Eden Into the nc cursed, or unfit enrth. where he died a slow death, battling with thorns nnd thistles. This has been the fate of his entire race death mental, moral and physical decay to completion. "Life or Death Blening or Curting." Addressing the people of old through the Prophet God declares, "I have set before you life nnd death, blessing and cursing choose Ii8 that ye may live." (Deuteronomy xxx. 19.) The hope be fore the Israelites was of a resurrec tion a "better resurrection" to the faithful. (Hebrews xl, 35.) Not a word was said to them in nil tho four thou sand years down to Jesus' day respect ing eternal torment, or nny hope of life in nny condition except in harmony with God. When telling the object of Jesus' coming into the world, nnd describing mnu's redemption from the penalty of death, we read, "God so loved the world that He gave His Only Begotten Son. that whosoever believotli In Him might not perish, but have everlasting life." (John III. 10.) What right had we or anybody to twist the word perish, which means destruction, to make It mean everlasting life in torture? Such perversions and wrestings of the Sorljv tures have brought great discredit upon our God nnd great confusion into the minds of His people. We should uote with emphasis the o:itnit so force fully stated in this must p.vcious text "uut perish, but hi.U- eM-rliistiti life." Certainly whoever gets the everlasting life will not perish; whoever does not get it will perish. How plain God's Word! Notice again the various terms used in respect to the Savior and His work. Tho wo'd Savior signifies I.LV'Jiver. We would have seen the benur of this If w- had not been befoggc-.i is re ypecN the penalty, death. Whoever sees that " the wages of sin is death" must pcrfnne see that the great need of the world is a Life-Giver-to rescue then) from the death nalty by a res urrection Again, our Lord represents Himself ns th Great Physician who Is able not only to rescee from the tomb, hut to heal all diseases, all the im perfections which 4:e to mankind as incidentals of the death penalty. near ego In Jesus' words. "He thnt hath the Son lmtb life; he that hath not the Son shall not life, but the wrath of God (as expressed in the death penalty) ebideth on him" to him It becomes the Second Death. This ex plains also the meaning of Jesus' word-'. "Ye will n"t come unto Me that ye nny have Vft" And igaln. "I am come that they might 'rare life, and that they might have it more abun dantly." Whnt can be plainer than thnt "The wages of sir. Is death, but the gift of God Is eternal life, through Jestiu Christ our I ord?" Romans vt, 2X "Into Everlasting Pun-shment." We aro asked. Does not the word everlasting, as applied to the goat class, signify ns long a period ns the same word applied to the sheep class? W" reply, Most assuredly so. The punish ment of sin is to be everlasting, and the reward of righteousness Is to be everlasting. There is no question on this point The question Is, What is the punishment for sin? The thought less at once will say, Fire, torment, smoke, blazes, devils with horns and tails nnd pitchforks, a !a Dante's In ferno. But we nsk for n Scriptural answer. What does the Bible say Is the punish ment for sin? Nothing like Dante's answer is to be found in the Bible, however much we might imagine that it was printed In every page and that we have read it scores of times. The Bible Is most explicit. It declares, "The wages of sin is death;" "All tho I wicked will God destroy;" "The soul that slnneth, It shall die;" "punished with everlasting destruction." These abundant and redundant Scriptural testimonies on the subject should set tle the matter of future punishment to every reasonable mind especially when there Is not a Scripture to the con- ! trary. either In the Old or In the New i Testament ! I do indeed remember certain of our ' Lord's parables which, taken literally, j might mean the literal cutting off of a hand or foot, the literal plucking out i of the eye, the biting worms possessed of immortality, and literal blazes un quenchable. These we have already ; discussed and may yet again refer to, I hut not now. We content ourselves I with the generally accepted and ren i sonable proposition that parables are ; never to be accepted ns teaching doc i trines, but at very most as illustrating : them. I The Bible contains not u skigle sug j gestion of eternal torture as a penalty i for sin. It tells of no place beyond I the bounds of time nnd space where Dante's poem will find its fulfilment ii uocn leu vi a uiki ut untune justice, Wisdom, Love and Power, whose de cree is that eventually all the wicked shall be destroyed: that eventually there will not he one inharmonious note throughout the Unlverso to mar j the glorious harmony nnd perfection; inni every Knee snau dow nnu every tongue confess to the giory of God; that there shall lie no more dying, cry ing, sighing; that God's will shall be done on earth even ns It Is done In heaven; that eventually, "Every crea ture In heaven nnd In earth and under the earth shall be heard saying, Praise, ! glory, dominion and might be unto Hlra thnt sltteth upon the Throne and unto the Lamb forever." Analyzing It Carefully. Let us look still more deeply Into our text: Let us note this word pun ishment in the Greek. It is kolasin. Its usago lu the Greek classics signi fies, to prune, to cut off. A secondary meaning of the word Is, to restrain. Death is n most effectual restraint Tho punishment which God has pro- ! vlded for sinners Is that they shall be I cut off from life, cut off from all the , blessed privileges which God provided, I not for them, not for rebels, bnt for ! sons In fellowship with Himself. I The punishment ngnlnst Father (Adam was cutting off from Edeu nnd Its blessings, from being the king of ( arth, from fellowship with Ills Cre ator, from being the son of God, from enjoying everlasting life. All this ent j ting off was included In his death sen tence. Jesus came that Adam and his jraco might not everlastingly perish that they might bo rescued from the power of the grave by n resurrection of the dead, that nil might thus 'through Him come to a full oppor tunity for life everlasting. Nevertlie less tho Divine Law still stands. The I Wages of sin still is death. Therefore. ! whoever shall receive the grace of God In vain, whoever shall sin wilfully, ln 'tentlonally. nfter full enlightenment, 'shall again be cut off tills tlmo to per ils!), because "Christ dleth no more" no more shall death have dominion ovci Him. Tho opportunity which Ills .Kingdom shall grant for every crea 'ture, for every member of Adam's race, I to return to Divine fellowship and ever lasting life, will be so complete as to Jneed no repetition. Those who die the I Second Death will be without a reme dy, will perish In everlasting destruction. N J