i
DELIVERED AFTER
This is notice to the people of Plattsmouth,
customers of Kunsman & Ramge:
We have come to the conclusion
and completely convinced that on
account of the high prices of meats,
we can make it an object for you
and everyone to come for your pro
duct. We have fully decided to quit
delivering meat to anyone after No
vember 2nd. We are satisfied you
will be more pleased to select your
meats and save yourself from 3 to
5c per pound on most of the cuts.
The high price of stock and meat
and the expense of delivering has
compelled us to discontinue the de
livery business after Nov. 2.
I Kunsman -&- Ramge
FORMER CASS COUNTY CIT
IZEN DIES IN OKLAHOMA
From Saturday's Dally.
While in the city last evening
Mrs. Julia Thomas, of Glenwood,
informed us that she had received
a letter from Mrs. Alma Ramey of
El Reno, Oklahoma, which con
veyed the sad news of the death of
lira. Ramey's father, Samuel
Chandler, at El Reno on Septem
ber 20. Mr. Chandler will be re
membered by many of the old
residents here, he being among
tho pioneer residents of Cass
county, where he lived for many
years prior to his removal to
Oklahoma.
Samuel Chandler was a native
of Ohio, but when a small boy re
moved with his parents to Mis
souri, where he resided for some
time, going from there to Glen
wood, Iowa, and coming to Cass
county in 185G, where he resided
for a long time. He leaves two
daughters, Mrs. Alma Ramey and
Mrs. Fannie Molin, both of El
Reno, and three brothers, V. M.
Chandler of Ashland, Neb.; John
C. Chandler of Pacific Junction,
Iowa, and Joseph Chandler of
Turnip, Arkansas.
Bert I-'. Know and wife of Hast
ings are in the city visiting at
the home of Mrs. Know's parents,
C. P. Eastwood anil wife. Mr.
Know is a printer and is employed
in one of tho finest job shops in
Hastings. While in the city Mr.
Know, in company with Mr. East
wood, made a call at the Journal
office, and we were delighted to
meet him.
Seats on sale now at Riley Hotel
for "The Wolf."
n'tFaiOtoWisiift
OUR STORE ROOM
and inspect the largest and most complete stock of
Seating Stoves End Ganges
ever shown in Plattsmouth. Prices to conform with anybody's
pockctbook.
P.
"A PLEASURE TO SHOW GOODS"
Successor to John Bauer PlattSITlOUth, Neb.
NOVEMBER 1st
FURNISH 125,000
PARCELS POST MAPS
Postmaster General Hitchock
announced a few days ago, ac
cording to a dispatch from
Washington, that he has auth
orized the preparation of 125,000
special maps of the United States
for use in the new parcels post
system. He said:
As the system must be ready
for operation on January 1 next,
all possible speed is being made
in completing the maps. It is
expected that they will be in the
hands of the postmasters in suf
ficient time to enable them to
familiarize themselves with the
method of calculating rates for
the new system.
To insure absolutely accuracy,
because the slightest error on the
may might make considerable dif
ference in postage rates, the base
map has been made similar to the
one prepared by the United States
Coast and Geographic Survey, and
pronounced by experts to be flaw
less. Geographical boundaries,
names of stales and unit num
bers will be printed in black,
while the zone circles and num
bers will appear in red.
The copper plates from which
care as are the plates used for
be safeguarded with the same
care as are thep lates used for
printing money and postage
stamps.
The map has been projected on
the interesting zone principle,
and as required by law, is divided
into units of area 30 minutes
square, identical with a quarter
of the area formed by the in
tersecting parallels of latitude
and meridians of longitude.
SEBKEBSltCCKE&iSjflU
5TH GONSHTUflOIUL AHEND
MENT SHOULD BE DEFEATED
From Saturday's Pally.
Plattsmouth, Oct. -G.
Editor Journal :
Refi'i'ing to the constitutional
amendments to be voted on at the
coining election, I wish to call
attention to one that should be
defeated, and that is No. 5, per
mitting cities of more than 5,000
inhabitants to frame charters for
their own government. There is
no good reason, that I can see,
why cities of less than 5,000 in
habitants should not have the
same rights. There is discrim
ination here without reason. It
cannot be because the people of
smaller cities are less intelligent
than the cities of the larges class
or are less moral. The fact of the
matter is, the smaller cities have
populations the equal of any, if
not supreior, to the larger cities.
Very few of our great men have
ever come from the larger cities.
And as to morality, there is no
comparison to be made of the
cities of the excluded class with
the large cities of the country
Omaha, in this state, and New
York, etc. You feel liko holding
your nose when you think of the
latter, the largest city on the
western continent, and probably
the worst governed of all.
This proposed amendment
should not exclude any organized
city, whatever its population. If
this amendment is adopted at the
coming election, then the cities
of the size of Plattsmouth and
smaller ones could never hope to
have such an amendment adopted
giving them the right to frame
their own charters, for the reason
that the larger cities, having that
privilege, would not vote for such
a bill. They would have no in
terest in it. The thing to do is to
vole down this proposed amend
ment No. 5 and if in the future
there is still a demand for such
amendment, let the legislature
propose an amendment without
discrimination against cities of a
less population than 5,000.
Y'ourst ruly, John M. Leyda.
ENTERTAIN IN HONOR OF
Everett Eaton and wife enter
tained last evening at dinner
party in honor of their sixth wed
ding anniversary a large number
of their relatives. The dining
room of the Eaton home was most
beautifully decorated and tho
table surrounded by the guests
most tastefully arranged for the
delicious dinner served by the
hostess. The happy couple were
the recepients of a large number
of very handsome presents to re
mind them of the joyful occasion
of six years ago. Those who par
ticipated in the delightful dinner
were: Dr. C. A. Marshall, wife
and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Wescott and two children, Mr.
and Mrs. C. G. Fricke and Miss
Jane Gade Fricke, Dr. F. L. Cum
mins, wife and son, Norris; Mrs.
C. E. Wescott, Mrs. Alice Eaton
and Grandma Recce.
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l Great Reduction
2 On J
All Trimmed Hats.
I MISS MYERS.
i'!!-'
out of 'their Imperfection, ' nicntSl.
moral and physical, to the irratnl im
age of God originally represented iu
Father Adam and lost through his
disobedience and his sentence of death.
True, t lit world 1ms had its suffer
l:is;s all through the past; the whole
creation has groaned and travailed to
gether under the Infliction of tho
sentence of death pronounced against
Father Adam and holding fast xgaiust
all of his posterity. To soui extent
these have been Judgments or punish
ments for sins; but on the whole we
cannot call the world's experiences
during the past six thousand years
purgatorial. Purgatorial experiences
would be those administered under the
eye and care of a great director, and
designed to purify.
Hot Purgatorial Fires Soon,
Numerous are the symbolical pictures
usei1 In the Scriptures to explain and
yet to hide the character of the pur
gatorial experiences of the world, as
they will begin In an awful time of
trouble as soon as the Church shall
all have passed beyond the veil by
the First Resurrection change. These
terrible troubles coming upon the
world are designed of tho 'Lord to
purge the world, to bring mankind
to a duo sense of responsibility, nud
to show the desirability of righteous
ness and the undeslrabllity of sin.
( "Wait ye upon Me, salth the Lord,
until the day that I rise up to tho
prey; for My determination Is to
gather the nations, that I may as
semble the Kingdoms, to pour upon
them Mine Indignation, even all My
fierce anger; for nil the earth Bhiill
be devoured with tho fire of My
Jealousy." (Zephaniah III, 8.) Hero we
have the purgatorial fire with which
the New Dispensation will be ushered
In. It will be on earth, and not In
some unknown place neither in the
Interior of the earth, nor "beyond tho
bounds of time and space." It will
be purgatorial In the senso that it will
be under the supervision of the Lord,
with n view to bringing n blessing to
mankind out of that trouble.
That a blessing will come out of it
is indicated by the sentence follow
ing, which tells that amid tho severity
of the trouble God will grnnt grace
and mercy and blessing. "Then will
I turn unto the people a pure Message,
that they may all call upon the name
of the Lord, to serve Him with one
consent." (Zephaniah ill, 0.) Thus wc
have another evidence that tlds is
purgatorial or symbolical fire or
trouble, and not literal fire, other
wise no people would be left to whom
the pure Message could be given. But
God's intention is that all mankind,
living and dead, shall come to a
knowledge of the Truth, for Christ
Jesus by the grace of God "tasted
death for every man."
The trouble which will follow the
gathering of the Church to the beav
enly plane, by the First Resurrection,
is symbolically represented as the
melting of the earth (society) with the
fervent heat (strife, contention, dls
cord) of that time. Alrendy we see
the Capitalistic element and the
Socialistic element and the Labor ele-
ment preparing for the contest which
is to constitute the great "tlmo of
trouble such as never was" before.
Not only so, but the "heavens" also
will take fire and pns away with a
great noise. These are Scrlpturally
shown to be the symbolical heavens,
the ecclesiastical heavens. Thus the
Intimation of tho propliecy is that the
social strife will extend to and In
elude, not only social, political and
financial conditions, but also Include
Eecleslastlclsm. The fiery trouble of
anarchy will consume everything of
the present, and mnke way for the
New Dispensation, of which St Teter
tells us. In tho same symbolical bin
guage ho calls the New Dispensation a
"new heavens and a new earth." The
"new heavens" will bo tho Church In
glory. The "new earth" will he the
new social order of things established
by that Heavenly Kingdom a reign of
righteousness, Justice, leading on to
a reign of love.-II Peter 111. 1013.
This great purgntorlal experience at
the inauguration of the New Dlson
satlon is again Scrlpturally likened to
a "fire." As we read: "Tho proud,
yea, nnd all that do wickedly, shall be
stubble; and the Dtiy that cometh shall
burn them up, salth the Lord of Hosts,
that it shall leavo them uelther root
nor branch." Mnlarhl lv, 1.
All the tiros of that time will be
fires of righteousness, consuming tho
things of pride, sin nnd Iniquity. They
will burn as long ns there Is anything
sinful to consume. As quickly as pride
Is abandoned, as quickly as evil-doing
is abandoned, so quickly will the fires
cense. lint the Prophet declares that
those purgatorial fires will be thorough
going. They will leave neither root
nor branch of prldo and wickedness.
The Intimation In this Is that the
fire soon to begin may In ludlvldual
cases burn on and on perhnps In tho
cases of some Individuals for a cen
tury, for tho declaration Is that ill
will bo smitten down in tho Second
Death who shall fall to make some
progress towards righteousness during
tho first hundred years of purgatorial
and disciplinary experiences. The
sinner a hundred years old shall be
cut off (Isalnh Ixr, 20).
We nlso note tho great distinction
between the sufferings of this present
time nnd thoso of tho future. The
Church suffers from tho Adversary nnd
his misguided servants; and the Lord
merely supervises, that these suffer
ings shall not be too severe nor beyond
our power of endurance. Hut the pur
gatorlnl experiences of tho future wil
be along reverse lines. Only evil-doer.
will sufTer, and all tho chastisements
will be meted out by tho great Re
deemer with a view to purging man
kind from sin and selfishness and pre
paring them by Restitution for the
Heavenly Father's everlasting blessing
eternal life.
ppeot Ta TTTe meaning of mis word" dnd
Its equivalent In the New Testament
Greek-Hades.
True, there is a reference to the
Second Death, where we read of those
who shall be brought to a knowledge
of God dining Messiah's Kingdom and
who then shall deliberately and In
telligently refuse the way of righteous
uess. Wc read: "The wicked shall
be returned to Sheol. and alj.;he na
tions that forget God." (Fsnlni I.x. 17.)
These are not tho Ignorant and weak,
but the Intelligently wicked. They
are not thoso who have never known
God, but those who. after knowing
III m. forget Him und willfully choose
the way of sin. For such God has no
blessing of life everlasting. They
shall be destroyed from amongst the
peoplo."-Acts Hi, 23.
In the New Testament, the word
Gehenna represents the Second Death
the utter destruction of the class
consigned to it. As every scholar
knows, Gehenna is the Greek form of
the Hebrew word Geh-hlnnon. It was
lie name of a valley outside the wall
if Jerusalem, long used as a garbage
furnace for the destruction of the
offal. Hut It was never recognized by
God as a place for torture or suffer
ings, or for any living creature.
Although the capital punishment of
I he Divine Law Is death, annihilation,
God has subordinate punishments, all
of which are for reformation, or we
might properly say. ail of which are
designed to be purgatorial, purifying.
Amongst the Scriptures referring to
these we might Include St Peter's
words, "Think it not strange concern
ing the fiery trial which shall try
you" purify you nnd test your char
acter, to demonstrate jour faithfulness
as the people of God and your worthi
ness of association with Messiah in
His glorious Kingdom to be set up at
His Second Advent.-I Peter lv, 12.
St. Paul, writing along the same lines,
calls these "light atlllctlons. which are
but for a moment," and designed to
"work out for us a far more exceed
ing and eternal weight of glory."
(II Corinthians iv, 17.) They thus work
out blessings for the Church by puri
fying them ns New Creatures, eliminat
ing the dross from the gold.
In Malachl's prophecy it is foretold
that Jesus would lnstltuto purgatorial
experiences amongst the consecrated
people of God, tho nntltyplcnl Levltes.
He does this to purify them of dross
and to enable, thoso who have of
fered their lives to God sacrlficlally,
to be acceptable as His members. We
read: "He shall sit as a Refiner and
Purifier of silver, to purify the sons
of Levi, that they may offer unto tho
Lord an acceptable sacrifice."
Jesus has thus leen sitting as the
Refiner and Purifier of Ills Church
for more than eighteen centuries. The
fires of persecution, tribulation, which
He has permitted to come upon them
are all purgative designed to purify.
to purge, to make them white. Ills
people, have the assurance that He
will not suffer them to be tempted
above that they are able, but will
with every temptation provide a way
of escape.
"Tho Wholt World Lieth In tho Wick
d Oni,"
All nre "children of wrath," and still
under Divine sentence of condemna
tion, except tho Church of the Flrst-
borns-tho nntltyplcal Levltes, Splrlt-
begotten. We who have thus been
called out from the world have the
settlement of our prospects for life
everlasting or the Second Death in
this Age, before the blessing of the
Lord comes to mankind in general.
The Church's trial and purgatorial ex
periences must nil take place during
this Age, before tho New Age opens,
which In tho Divine arrangement Is
provided for the world's Judgment
"God has appointed a Day the Day
of Christ, a thousand yenrR in the
which Ho will Judge the world in
righteousness give to each n fair, full,
righteous opportunity for reconcilia
tion by that Man whom He hath or
dained Tho Christ, of which Jesus Is
the Head and His faithful followers
the members." Acts xvll, 31.
Tho World's Purgatory Future.
The Church of Christ constitute the
Elect, the spiritual Seed of Abraham,
through which all the families of tho
earth, the non-elect, are to be blessed.
according to God's promise. Tho
foundation for tho world's blessing
was laid in the same sacrifice of Jesus
by which tho Church's reconciliation
was made possible. Nevertheless, the
prospects for tho Church and the
world are qulto different TIhj Church,
through following her Redeemer vol
untarily and sacrlficlally, in suffering
for righteousness' sake, Is to be crown
ed with glory, honor nnd Immortality,
beyond tho veil, with the spirit na
ture. Ity this, tho glorious resurrection
change, the Church will bo prepared
for association with her Lord In His
great work of blessing Adam and his
-ace regenerating them. A thousand
ears have been set apart for the
work by the great Life-Giver. Tho
life to be given to tho willing and
obedient of mankind will bo earthly
life, human life, human perfection, in
Paradise restored, world-wide.
As purgatorial experiences are wise
and proper as respects tho Church,
similarly fiery trials and chastisements
are the Lord's plan for dealing with
mankind for their good. Tho pur
gatorial experiences will prevail es
pecially at the beginning of tho New
Dispensation nnd will be abated for
all who will turn to Messiah, Reek
forgiveness nnd strive to walk In ways
of righteousness. And ways of right
eousness will then not mean, as now
to the Church, self-sacrifice. Now the
Divine rule Is that "Ho that saveth
his life shall lose It;" but then who
ever would Rave his life may savo It
by obedlenco to the Divine laws, by
abstinence to the extent of his ability,
from sin. Such may gradually rise up
PURGATORY FIRES!
NOT NOW BUT SOOII
Pastor Russell Interprets ttis
Word cl God.
PURGATORY OF THE BIBLE.
Trials and Chastisements Are the
Lord's Plan For Dealing With Man
kind For Its Good The Saintly of
the Present Are Few, Yet All Must
Become Holy Before Achieving Ever
lasting Life The Wicked Will Be
Destroyed In Second Death if Not
Purified In Bible's Purgatory.
I u d ia n a po lis,
October 27. - Tho
world - renowned
Pastor Russell is
here. We report
one of his discours
es from tho text,
"Some men's sins
go before
hand to Judgment,
and some they fol
low after." (I Tim
othy v, 24.) He said:
Gradually, as tho
eyes of our under
G'ASIOU KU5SNL)
standing opeu to tho true beauties of
God's Word, we find that the gross
errors of the past have, Indeed, some
foundation in the truth. Vet the two
are so different that they might pass
each other without recognition.
As Itiblo students nre allowing the
Word of God to Interpret Itself Uiey
are being blessed; their faith is being
strengthened ns they find that the real
teachings of the Hlblo are beautiful
aud harmonious and God-honoring and
acceptable to sanctified common seuse.
As so much of our confusion has been
connected with the subject of future
punishment, it is only reasonable that
much of our blessing nnd enlighten
ment should conio from a belter un
derstanding of the Scriptures bearing
upon this subject Our first lesson to
lenru was the difference between the
Iilble Hell and the hobgoblin torture
chambers of our bewildered fore
fathers, who had not the Bible in their
possession nnd who, if they had pos
sessed it, lacked generally the educa
tion necessary to read it
When we found that the Hebrew
word Sheol is the only word translated
hell during the Old Testament period
of four thousand years, we were not
surprised. Rut when we found that
that word signifies the tomb, the death
state, and that it is translated grave la
our Common Version DIble more times
than it is translated hell, we were Bur
prised. And when further close In
vestigation showed that the good, as
well hs the bad, go to Sheol, and that
the Itlhlo declares that all who go to
Sheol irere redeemed by Christ's death,
nnd thnt eventually He will destroy
Sheol and deliver all the prisoners of
death from Sheol then we began to
see what a serious blunder had been
made iu the translation.
Rut when about to blame the trans
lators for deceiving us, wo found that
the trouble lay rather with a change
in the use of language. All know that
all living languages are gradually
changing. And Investigation shows
that in old English the word hell was
used as a synonym for hole or pit. or
something covered over, as the gruve.
Thus an English farmer lu olden times
might say, "We helled five hundred
bushels of potatoes this fall;" or, "Wo
helled (thatched) our cottage."
Tho fault was not so much with the
translators as with the wrong Idea al
ready firmly Imbedded In the human
mind not the teaching of the Hlblo
that God Intends to punish In purga
tory or eternal torture all except the
saintly few. From the first Satan
seems to have endenvored to deceive
humanity respecting the true charac
ter of tho Creator; nnd his success Is
shown by the warped and twisted In
terpretations that w all gave to our
Henvenly Father's Word. .
Sheol Sometimes Used Figuratively.
In probably three or four texts out
of seventy the Hebrew word Sheol
and its Greek equivalent Hades are
used figuratively, as, for instance, St.
Paul refers to Hades, tho tomb, under
tho figure of a monster which has
been engorging itself with humanity.
Ho represents It figuratively as yield
ing to the glorified Messiah at His
Second Advent nnd disgorging Its prey
in tho resurrection. Looking forward
to the completion of tho resurrection
at the close of tho Millennium, he ex
claims, "O Death, where is thy sting?
0 Hades, where Is thy victory?"
Jlmllarly tho Prophet David likened
the tomb to a great monster almut to
devour him, and likened the pains of
his sickness to tho teeth of tho mons
ter, snylng, "Tho sorrows of death
compaofwd me, and the pains of Sheol
gat hold upon mo. Then called
1 upon tho tin mo of tho Ird and
He helped mo" (Psalm cxvl, 3-fi)-the
king wti raised tip from illness.
Again, the Ixnd through the
rrophet, speaking of tho great giant
systems of this present time, declares
thnt they will go down into Sheol, Into
death, and figuratively represents their
meeting in death with the great op
pressive systems of the past (Isaiah
xlv, I) 11.) Rut there is no suggestion
of eternal torment connected with the
word Sheol anywhere. And the fact
that the Lord redeems our souls from
Sheol, and will destroy Sheol eventual
ly by raising mauklnd from the state
of death, proves positively tho gross
error under which we laborod Iu re-
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