SOME FOREIGN KISSION FACT A Pithy Dlscccrs3 01 an Inter esting Sufcjd. FROM THE BIBLE VIEWPOINT. Pastor Russell Claims Report of the , International Bible Students Asso- ' ciation Committee of Which He Was! Chairman Was Too Mild Rather Than j Too Severe Committee Unanimously j Stand by the Report and Challenge 1 Criticism Full Report Now Offered Free to All. Otta va, Out.. Nov. 10. Pastor Kussell, fiH usual, liiul law audi ences. We report one of hid Inter esting discourses, on the live subject of Foreign Mis sions, which is stirring Christen dom. Ills text was, "This Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all witness unto all na- the world for a tions; and then shall the End come." (Matthew xxlv, 14.) He said: A year ago the International Bible Students Association, perplexed by the conflicting reports, resolved to send a Committee of Seven to investigate and give a candid report on missionary prospects In foreign lands especially in South India, where It is making a special effort. I was one of that Com mittee, which otherwise was composed of four successful business men, one doctor, and General Hall, of the U. S. A. The Committee performed its du ties conscientiously, and made its Re port to one of the largest Christian gatherings ever held in New York City in the Hippodrome, March 31st. Its Report, published in pamphlet form, reached a very wide circulation amongst Christian people. I am au thorized to offer the remainder free, one copy each, to all interested in Foreign Mission work. A postcard ad dressed to "I. B, S. A., Brooklyn, N. Y.," requesting a copy of the Mission ary Report, will receive prompt atten tion as long as the supply holds out The Committee, In preparing this Re port, felt sure that it would be dis couraging to some loyal Christian peo ple; and they therefore laid bare the facts In as kindly and Christian a man ner as possible. Every one of them being deeply interested in the heathen, every oue of them a sincere Chrlstiau. what else could they do? Now, as the Committee feared, the truthfulness of their Report, which so many Christian people gratefully ac knowledge, has irritated a few persons. These evidently fear that we have shattered their Idol and discredited their fairy tales respecting the Imme diate conversion of the world by hu man Instrumentality and more millions of money. We sympathize with these enthusiasts, who seem to deceive them selves as well as others and who shut their eyes to facts, while hoping against hope to maintain exploded theories. One of these. Mr. W. T. Ellis, alias the "Religious Rambler." attacks our report after the style of Pon Quixote. Falsely he declares that we journeyed on the same vessel from San Francis co to Shanghai, giving the impression that we had not visited Japau at all. Then he declares that we merely raced through the country, did not visit all the mission stations, nor talk with all the missionaries; and he wants to know how wo could know anything on the subject of our Report Our Report tells the facts. The Committee of Sev en scattered, and spent six days In Japan, or a total of 42 days of investi gation. Our 23 days spent in India, similarly recorded, would be the equiv alent of nearly six months' Investiga tion by one person. Our I. R. S. A. Committee were not commissioned to Investigate missions, nor merely to ask missionaries to cor roborate reorts promulgated by mis sionary societies. We visited and in terrogated the people, saw their con ditions, attended meetings, etc. As for myself, this critic charges In one breath that I did not preach the ser mons which appeared In the newspa pers of the world; and In the next breath he declares that I spent all my time In preaching and therefore had not time for Investigation. A discern ing public read between the lines of such criticism what the Bible symbol Ically describes as "gnashing of teeth." The Only Practical Method. If millions of money were leliig s)H-nt to give Instructions In French. If the trnchers gave glowing reports of their success, anil If a committee of business men were sent to Investi gate the success, would they ask the teachers and professors for a confirma tion of the reports they had already made, or would they go amongst the pupils, and seek to ascertain to what extent they had a knowledge of French? There can be but one an swer to this question. The principle applied to Foreign Missions, shows that our Committee took the only proper course for ascertaining the fm ts. They did obtain them and I be llevp that rvery missionary and everv other person who has been In foreign lands, within the last live years, will on reading our Report, concede that .LIU I it is very truiurui. at trie same tune ex tremely kindly and sympathetic. ; Surely our Committee's method ami ; Report will commend themselves t : unprejudiced intelligent mind.-.. Prob ably Brother I-.llis diihculty is teitri I that the hollowness of missionary ' claims Is coming to the light. ! "Not Understanding the Scriptures." ' Sympathy for the heatheiand doc ; trinal errors respecting the everlasting j future led Christianity astray in its missionary work. In full harmony j with other nonsense received from the ! Dark Ages, we believed God Intent I upon hurling all the heathen to ever j lasting torture, unless they should hear about the Savior iu the present life I and should accept Him and become saints. Frenzied by this misconception of the lHvine Character and Plan, god ly people hastened to give their lives and their money for the rescue of the heathen from the fate which they er roneously supposed an ull-wisc, nil Just, all-loving and all-powerful God had foreordained for the Non-Elect. Now our (former) darkness Is depart lmr. As we betian to see the utter hopelessness of our claim that we could ever convert the world, we also sec tnat we nan nusuiHieisioou our Heavenly Father's Plan in respect to the heathen. We began to see that only the first part of the Pi vine Pro gram has yet been put into operation; viz., the gathering of the Elect from all nations to constitute the Bride of Christ, to be Joint-heir with Him in the Abrahamlc promise, "All the fa ita lics of the earth shall be blessed In thy Seed." Now we see that the saintly few from every nation and from ev ery denomination of Christendom will constitute the True Church, the True Bride of Christ the Queen of Glory, the Seed of Abraham.-Galatlans ill. 20. "This Gospel of the Kingdom." Our hallucinations respecting eternal torment, which the Bible, rightly trans lated and properly understood, does not teach as every scholar in the world will ngree has been the foun dation of all our errors. Alas, that so mnny ministers and learned men should have cast away their Bible without ascertaining that it Is in direct con flict with all our creeds! Missionary la bor has appealed to the most devout of God's people, the most sympathetic. Even though, they have misunderstood, we may be sure that God has granted a heart blrslng to all lovers and sup porters of missions. This Is no reason, however, why we should continue to be blind to the true situation. We must no longer delude ourselves with the thought that It is possible to convert the people even In our home lands, un til God's time, under. Messiah's King dom; for "Unto Him every knee shall bow."-Rom. xlv, 11; Thll. 11. 10. Think not that the Bible has no mes sage for heathen lauds: Think not that 1 am opposed to the heathen or to good works done for them! I nm op posed merely to our misrepresentation of God and the Bible amongst the hea then, even ns in the past we misrepre sented both at home. I am deeply In terested In the work which the Bible declares should be done amongst the heathen a work, however, which the missionaries have not been doing. "The Gospel of the Kingdom" was to be preached to all nations before the end of this Age would come. not for their conversion, but for n irittirsx to them for the purpose of gathering out God's Elect to be Messiah's Joint heirs in Ills work of universal blessing. The Goiri of the Kingdom means the good news respecting the King dom. The I. B. S. A. hns missionary workers in India. China and Japan, in forming such of the peoples there as have the Intelligence to comprehend the Message. Many of them are re joicing in the good news that Messiah's Kingdom is about to be established; and that their friends, instead of be ing in either purgatory or eternal tor ture, are merely asleep in death, await ing the blessing which Jesus promised, saying. "All that are in the graves shall henr the voice of the Son of Man and come forth" to a resurrection of Judgment, trial, testing, to prove who will accept the gift of eternal life and who will reject It and suffer the pen altySecond Peath. Romans vl, 2.'!; II The.ssalonlnns i, I). To a certain extent, wherever the Bi ble has gone, this Gospel of the King dom has gone. If the missionaries had only read the Bible to the people -and had not attempted to teach the creed of the Park Ages, many more in hea then lands today would know about Messiah's Kingdom and appreciate the import of the prayer. "Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, even as it Is done In Heaven." But the mis sionaries apparently for the last few years have been telling those who would hear them at all. very little of anything religious. Their activities nro chiefly with the children; and as our Report shows, the children get scarce ly any religious Information, and many nf the denominational schools are be ing turned Into civil or state schools, with the understanding that there shall be no religion taught with the money appropriated by the governments to the teachers for secular Instruction. Missionary Effort Postmillennial. The admit led failure of missions as respects religion and as shown by the fact that there are twice as many heathen today as there were n century ago means the fall of the Postmlllcii nlal theory that the thousand years of Christ's reign will precede His Second Coming; that the Second Coming of Christ cannot take place until after the world has been converled and has had Joyous reign of righteousness for a thousand years. Following this erron eous theory, all effort has been coucen- ' I rated upon converting the world, and thus bringing In the Millennium, Our Catholic brethren claim that this thousand year relgti of Christ ended in ITWi; tnat we are now in the "little season" mentioned iu Revelation xx. 3; and rjjat the success of Protestautism during the last 112 years is the loosing of Satan. This is the explanation given in the footnotes of some editions uf the Catholic Bible. It must be dis couraging to our Catholic brethren to see how many blessings have come to the world under wuatjey claim Satan's regime. Surely initfVf them will contrast this with the'supersti tion. bigotry, and the persecuting spirit which seemed to dominate both Prot ectants and Catholics during what they claim was the Millenium. As for Protestants in general, the kindest statement of their position is that I hey are confused. They do not :i'..e to nuree with Papacy that the Millennium is past; and yet they agree with Papacy in claiming that the great l;mi:i'oisis of Europe are parts of ; 'l.rist's Kingdom, notwithstanding the !'!'-t that they are impoverishing thcin xXves to prepare for blowing each oth er :T the face of the earth. Christ's Kingdom Brings Millennium. I':e:::i: eiini.iliMs bold that Christ's :.. ' i. l Advct'.i precedes the establish t: -::t of His Kingdom: and that the , !i';'.': i duviu:;' the Gospel Age Is in i .cpaiv.tion for the Kingdom honor. o. v and scrvi.-e. Such believers iu e teat bins cf the Bible alone are pro, '.chin;.: that the coining of Messiah's Kingdom i the hope of the world, and that the call of the present is for the l ie -t. to share in the Kingdom. Hark to the Master's words. "Fear not. Lit tle Flock: for It Is your Father's good pleasure to give yon the Kingdom." To these it Is not astounding that the heathen are not all converted. eltM-r at home or abroad: for they Real ize that God's Word does not so teach. They find the Scriptures to tell that at the Second Coining of Christ "the na tions will be angry." and God's wrath will come upon them. "There shall be a time of trouble such as there never was since there was a nation." They find that during that time Mes siah's Kingdom will be established, and that incidental to its establish ment the First Resurrection will take place. They note Jesus' words. "Blessed and holy are all they that have part In the First Resurrection; they shall be priests unto God and unto Christ and shall relcn with Him a thousand years." "upon the earth. Revelation xx. fi; v. 10. But Premlllennlallsts very generally make two mistakes: (1) They think of Ills Kingdom ns one in which Christ and the saints will hold earthly court. They fall to discern that the resurrec tion change raises both Christ and the Church fully out of the human nature Into the Divine nature; and that God's Kingdom, spiritual and all powerful, will bless mankind through earthly agents already prepared. These will be the saints who died previous to Pentecost, and whose resurrection will be to human perfection to which all of the Non Elect world will be granted opiKirtunlty of attaining. (2) Premlllennlallsts fall generally to discuss that the Bible teaches that bless legs will be granted the Non Elect who have died during the past six thousand years, without having full opportunity of attalr.I:'. to life everlasting. They have overlooked the Scriptural state ment that all the dead of Adam's race sleep until the resurrection; that the Morning of the Great Pay of Mes siah's Kingdom will be the resurrec tion morning, not only for the church, but for the sleeping billions of human ity. Our unscrlptural conceptions of the dead, as alive Iu Taradlse or In Purgatory or In a Hell of torture, came originally from the heathen; but we have used our greater enlighten ment to Intensify the Joys of the heathen Paradise, and the sufferings of the heathen in the intermediate state. Hence it is that the most Intel ligent people In the world, by neglect ing God's Message, the Bible, today be lieve things respecting God and His purposes more monstrous than any of the doctrines of demons which afflict the heathen world and drive them from God In fear. Applying Now Our Text. We note that the Lord did not say that the Gospel would convert the world, but merely that it would be a tritness to them. The word here trans lated "witness" is in the Greek mar turiim, from the root mirfus, the equiv alent of our English word martyr. Thus seen, this text agrees with all of the Master's testimonies to His followers that in becoming Ills disciples they would be sacrificing earthly friend ships, honor, etc.; and that they would bring upon themselves sufferings. To be His disciples, therefore, they must be martyrs, witnesses for the Truth and the light, in the midst of dark ness, bigotry and BUer8tltion. The additional light and Truth which the followers of Jesus would possess and testify to would make of them martyrs; and only such would be ac counted worthy to share with Him in the coming Kingdom. "Marvel not If the world hate, ye know that It hated Me before It hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love Its own"; but now "ye are not of the world"; for "I have chosen you" out of the world, "and ordained you." "Whosoever will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution." "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me iu My throne." Our text contains the Gospel In a nut shell. It tells of a coming Kingdom. It tells of a proclamation of that King dom during this Age, In advance, it tells that such a proclamation will lie niurturiaH witnessing through suffer ing. It Implies that the sufferings of the witnesses will demonstrate their loyalty to God and their worthiness to be Joint heirs with Christ in that Kingdom for which they pray, "Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, even as it In done In Heaven." JOLLY BILLY CLIFFORD ' HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY Jolly Comedian and a Fine Lot of Show Girls Here Wed nesday Night. With a bevy of exceptionally pretty singing ami dancing girls, a splendidly balanced company. Hilly "Single" Clifford, supported by that clever prima donna, .Mario Welter, will be seen iu the mer riest of musical farces, "The Girl, tne .taii ami me uanie, at llie annele theater Wednesday night. November 13. The success of this clever play the past season from coast to coast was little short of phenom enal. This season it will be seen lo m u c Ii bellcr advantage, the company being' unproved liv llie addition ol Miss Mane W oiler ami a very clever little singing ami dancing soubrclle. Miss Mao Col lins, who was ii feature the past season in "The Pink Lady," ami at the Folios llorgero, in New York. The chorus will bo up to the Clifford simulant, which moans much, and Hilly will have the best and brightest selection of songs he lias ever had in his long career. "The Girl, the Man ami the flame" is a success with a capital "S" as Billy Clifford's brand of comedy and dancing is delightful ly pleasing. CHARLEY GUTHMAN AR RIVES FROM MURPHY, IDAHO Charles (iulhniaii of Murphy, Idaho, arrived yesterday morning on No. i for a visit with his par ents, F. II. (iuthtnatin and wife. Mr. (iulhmann is looking in the best of health ami is greatly pleased with his location in Idaho. Miss Minnie Gulliinanii accom panied her brother as far as Den ver, whore she will visit, and also at Cheyenne, Wyoming, where she will visit for a short time with Miss Clare Dovoy, who is teaching in that city, and will then return to her homo in this oily. Mr Gulhniann, in company wilh K. .1 Meyrich, motored to Murdock yes. lenlay afternoon for a short visit wilh Henry (iulhmann and family First on the Island. vv niiam Miuin, the veteran thresher, has just llnished the job of threshing the wheat crop of Sam Schwab ami John Gouchen otir, on the big island southeast of this city, and Mr. Smith reports thai the wheal made a good yield. This is the lirsl steam threshing machine to bo used on llie island, ami while there was some dif liculty in making the crossing, under the careful guidance of Mr. Smith, I ho work was aoomplished iu good shape and a very satis factory job of threshing done. Fresh Lobsters and Crabs at I he (). K. Restaurant. Short orders will be our specially, but wo aro up-lo-dale on regular meals. Sinnott & Fgetiberger, proprietors. E Such Proof as This Should Con vince Any PlattsmcKith Citizen. The public endorsement of a local citizen is the best proof that can be produced. None better, none stronger can be had. When a man comes forward and testilles to his follow citizens, addresses bis friends and neighbors, you may be sure he is thoroughly con vinced or he would not do so. Telling one's experience when it is for t tic public good is an act of kindness that should be ap preciated. The following state ment Riven by a resident of Plattsmoulh, adds one more to the many cases of Home F.ndorsemont which are being published about Doan's Kidney Pills. Head it. W. M. Harclay, proprietor of restaurant, Main street, Platls inoulh, Nob., says: "I have not bad a single symptom of kidney complaint since Doan's Kidney Pills cured me several years ago. f am glad to verify the statement I gave in 1 1)8 endorsing thorn. I had an extreme lameness across my loins, when I began using Doan's Kidney Pills. This remedy soon corroded the trouble." For sale by all dealers. Price r0 cents. Fostor-Milhurn Co., Thiffalo, Now York, sole agents for the t'lrilod Stales. Ilomcmhcr the name Doan's and take no oilier. ENDORSED 1,1 Some Fine Apples. Charles Guthniann, who arrived from Murphy, Idaho, yesterday morning, was a pleasant caller at the Journal oliice this morning, ami made us a present of a sample sack of the famous Idaho apples. They .were indeed beauties and were raised about live miles from Murphy, by Ernest Frietag, who lias unite a large orchard. We aro now able to vouch for Idaho, as an apple country, also the ability of Mr. Frietag iu growing the good variety. lElllllS SIMM The Morgan homo was the scone of mud her very pleasant entertainment Saturday after noon, at which lime Mrs. D. C. Morgan and daughter. Miss Gert rude, entertained a large number of I heir lady friends at a Kensing ton. Most of the guests brought their fancy work, crocheting and lulling ami whilod away some very enjoyable moments as they stitched, crocheted ami hemmed. A guessing contest was introduced during the course of the after noon s entertainment. In this contest each question was to be answered by the name of some kind of candy. This took some time, as many were not so familiar with the names of candy as one supposost hey are. Mrs. George Falter being; the best post ed was awarded the llrst prize, a handkerchief, while Miss Matlie Larson carried off the second prize, a small box of stick candy. Mrs. George Falter then favored the company wilh a very pretty selection, after which the guests wore invited to partake of a very delicious three-course luncheon, I he hostess being assisted in serving by Mrs. Gertrude F,. Mor gan, Misses I'd ill) Martin, Carrie Oliver, Jennet te Morgan and Catherine Shrank. Afler the luncheon had been served the guests dispersed, I hanking the hostesses for the splendid after noon's entertainment they had af forded them. On this occasion the rooms of the Morgan home were made attractive with decorations, consisting of huge chrysanthe mums. IN POLICE COURT THIS MORNING Saturday evening Charles Dear moml and Morgan Cooper were picked up by the police in a stale of intoxication and were confined to the lockup to await the open ing of court Monday. Charles is a t raveling corn doctor and claims to be from Washington, while Morgan slated that he was for merly employed as a brakemaii in the east and was en route to his home in Colorado. Judge Archer, afler deliberating over the offense assessed a fine of $2 and costs, which ho suspended, as the parties agreed to proceed on I heir way to their homos in the ureal, west and to shake Hie dust, of our lillle city from their feel. EDWIN CRITES RE-ELECT-ED COUNTY ATTORNEY The friends of Attorney Edwin I). Criles will be pleased and much gratified to learn that be has boon re-eloclod county at torney for Dawes county, Ne braska, for the third consecutive term, by a majority of 20!). Ed win is a native born Plattsinouth boy, a son of Judge and Mrs. A. W. Criles of Chadron, Neb., and is yet only about 29 years old. His record as county attorney for Hie last four years is such as to give him for a third term 898 votes out oT a total of 1,531. The Journal extends oongralula lions. Here From Havelock. Messrs. Charles Cheney, Loon Merry and Misses Fdith and Fdna Kroehlor of Havelock motored (low ii from I heir home yesterday morning and spent the day with Mrs. (i. P. Wiedinan and family. Mrs. Wiedinan accompanied Ibe party homo last evening, whore she will visit for a few days with her daughter, Mrs. Kroehlor. "Custer's Last Fight." Tonight at Hie Gem (healer will bo shown that thrilling master piece of moving pictures, "Custer's Last Fight," produced by the 101 ranch company, and in which 1,000 Indians and 1,000 soldiers are used to take part In the battle. This is given tonight only. II HE- I SALE II SUCCESS Held by Verner Perry at His Farm Home on Wednesday, Octo ber 30th. V. K. Perry is comparatively a young- man iu the Duroe-Jersey hog business, but from the way his offerings went at the sale held by him at his home near Mynard, on Wednesday, October 3d, he has grown old as a breeder very rapid ly. There were about forty head placed iu the sale ring', as were advertised in his catalogue, and every animal found active bidders from Iho start. This certainly demonstrates that Mr. l'erry has about the right, breeding, and his herd is in excellent condition. The top-notcher was the boar No. 10, that, was bought by lloyor it Me Cai'y of Glenvvood, Iowa, and was sure a beauly, for he brought the price of $81, ami by men who have boon in the business long enough to well know the value of such an animal, and were satisfied that they were getting a bargain at the price. The balance of the offer ings were bought by Cass county breeders, Oscar Allen of Wabash placing the top price on thirteen head, totaling the handsome price of $38 i. The balance were sold to breeders from Nehavvka, Union, Weeping Water and the farmers nearby, ranging in price from $18 to $50. While this is only Mr. Perry's second fall sale, he fools he has about the right breeding to please the buyers and breeders of this popular swine, not only because they find ready sale, but becauso those who have bought once come again, lie has exerted every ef fort to secure the very best blood known to the Duroe-Jersey fam ily, which high standard be ex pects to maintain as long as he remains a breeder. When Verner Perry announces a sale offering in the future, it is safe to say that in his herd you will llml about Hie best. . J. C. PETERSON EN TERTAINS PAST CHIEFS Mrs. J, 0. Peterson entertained the Past Chiefs of the Degree of Honor in a most delightful man ner at her home on Friday after noon. Whenever invited to the. Petersen homo the Past Chiefs always anticipate a fine time, and their anticipations were fully realized in llie splendid entertain ment afforded them on this oc casion. The mil tire of those enter tainments are in the form of a Kensington, as most of the ladies bring their fancy work and spend the greater portion of the time in plying a crochet hook, noodle and the like. A most excellent three-course luncheon was pro vided by the hostess at the proper lime, and the guests pronounced it as being one which the hostess only knows best how to prepare and serve. At early candle light the Past Chiefs wended Iheir way homeward and report Mrs. Peter son a most hospitable and charm ing entertainer. On What Ticket? Will Hummel was in receipt of a card a few days ago from his friend, Henry lloffart, up in Pierce county, announcing his candidacy for the olllce of county commissioner. Will says this is all right, and while ho knows that Henry would make an excellent county commissioner, he would like to know what ticket be was running on. We trust that Mr. Hnffarl proves successful, no mailer what the ticket is. Successful Cass County Boys. The Journal is pleased to note the fact thai, at I he late election, three Cass county boys were elect ed county attorneys for their re spective counties in Nebraska. Calvin II. Taylor for Cass county by the remarkable vide of 3,590, ho running on both republican and democratic tickets. George A. Maguey for Douglas county on Iho democratic ticket, defeating his opponent by 085 majority, and Fdwiu D. Criles for Dawes county on the 'democratic ticket, defeat ing his opponent, by a majority of 2C5. Notice. The llrst. mooting of the Gor man Verein will meet Tuesday evening, November 12th, at Iho home of Miss Lillian Cole. Marie E. Kauffmann.