WILL PUNISHMENT BE EVERLASTING? All Wilful Sins Must Pay Pen ally, Says Pastor Russell. WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES. All Tranigrest ion of the Divine Law ll Sin, and All Sin la Punishable With Death But by God's Grace the Sins of Ignorance Will Be Forgiven Il logical Interpretation of the Bible by , the Creeds of the Dark Ages Has Misled Bible Students Enlightened Study Makes God's Word Clear. Worcester, Mass., January 20. Pas tor Itussell had crowds to hear hlui here today. HI spoke twice. Wl report his dis course from the text: "These shall go away into ever lasting punish ment: but the righteous into life eternal." Mat thew 25:40. The speaker approached his subject reverently, declaring that all mankind recognize two great facts: (1) that all are sinners, imperfect, willingly or un willingly; and (2) that all realize the propriety of a just penalty for sins in proportion to their wilfulness, knowl edge being a prime factor. All this can be admitted by even those who deny that we have in the llible an Inspired message telling us the origin of sin, Its penalty and the conditions governina the Divine judgment of sinners. lie would not indulge ft) speculations, but be would stand jy the Word ot God. If we have a Message from th Creator on the subject of, sin and its punishment, none should either take from nor. add to that testimony, lie believed, however, that our forefathers had added to the Word of Cod without realizing it. Many hold that in bygone Juys Chris tian people, in their anxiety to frighten their fellow-men into church member ship, so exaggerated God's Word that they foiled their very purpose of help ing the ungodly. Many upright people; nauseated at the distorted misrepre sentations of Divine Justice, have thrown away the Iiible as well as the creeds and are hearkening to Higher Criticism. Involution, "New Thought, Spiritism, etc. Llenee the usual small congregations at tlte churches and a minority of these thinking ineu and women. Many are church attendants, not because of belief in denominational creeds, but because they desire to ex ercise a moral Jnlhionee upon the "low er classes." These they burden with horrible doctrines of Divine injustice which thev themselves have long since discarded inwardly. If not outwardly. The Baptist "Underworld." Our Baptist friends, in bringing for ward a new translation of the IVible, have sought to rocoo.c!!;.' matters by the use of the term "underworld" in stead of hrll. as the translation of the Hebrew word Sheol and of the cor- responding Greek word Hades. This is a step in the right direction, but too conservative. All educated people know that Sheol and Hades signify the tomb, the death state. Sheol Is translat ed grave and pit in our Common Ver sion Bible more frequently than It Is translated hell. Why should Christian ministers spend years In colleges and seminaries to learn these things, and then fear to tell the people the facts? Do they realize that the misunderstand ing of this subject of hell Is emptying 'their churches ami stumbling thinking people into Higher-Crltiolsra-lnfldellty, etc., leading on to atheism and anarchy? What the Bible Does Teach. The Bible declares that all transgres sion of the Divine Law is sin, and that all siu is punishable with the same jH?nnlty death. Thus Adam's disobe dience in eating the forbidden fruit brought upon him the sentence of death, which by the laws of heredity he has transmitted to all mankind. All our sin and skkness, sg.tow and death, therefore, come as the penalty of Adam's sin. St. Paul specifically says that by one man's disobedience sin entered into the world and death as the result of sin: thus death has passed upon nil men, because all are sinners. (Romans 5:12, 19.) Although men may multiply the transgressions, tbey can not increase the penalty, because the Divine Law has only one penalty for sin the death penaltyextinction. But Divine Mercy has arranged for man's redemption by providing that Jesus should pay the penalty for Adam's sin. This He did when He of fered Himself and died, "the Just for the unjust." The life of Jesus, as a corresponding price for the forfeited life of Adam, guaranteed the cancella tion of Adam's sin; and this means an opportunity for Adam to return to the Father's house as a son, In due time, under the assistance of Messiah's King dom. Or, neglecting these privileges when they shnll come to him, Adam would be counted as refusing the grace of God and would die the Second Death, from which there will be no re demption and no resurrection. But before Adam can refuse God's grace, be must be made intelligently ov-nre of it. He could not know of It during the nine hundred thirty years of his dying under the curse, because It was not yet accomplished. Christ had ji'xising dowu ,.f sin in Its every form, not jot died. Ailutu could not be u ware jnml the tlei.th. desiructioi of.all who I of ("lod's grace In Christ since .lesusjlove or sympathize w,'th sin-Satan died, because Adam has been asleep In and all other wayward ones, death, wholly unconscious wailing fori Jesus said t" s-.ine in His day; "Ye the uiorning of the New Itispeusmiou , are of your father, the levil, for his and the awakening and the kuowledge j which will reach him then. i What Is thus true respecting: Adam will be tnie.ul.so respecting every uietu- ber of his posterity. Thev all lost God's favor and came under the curse of death, by heredity, through Adam; and the redemption of 'Adam, will mean the redemption of all humanity, the payment of the penalty of original sin for every member of Adam's nice. The setting up of Messiah's Kingdom will not be for the purpose of further punishing them, for under the reign of sin and death they weie already under punishment. Having purc hased mankind with His own sacrifice, our Lord will Inaugurate the Messianic Kingdom for the very purpose of helping manklud up out ot sin and degradation, back to the per fect image and likeness to God origi nally bestowed upon Adam. The Mil lennial Age is spoken of as a thousand year Day of Judgment, but this does not signify a judgment for Adam's sin. That sentence was pronounced six thou sand years ago. . During Christ's Millennial Kingdom, mankind will go on trial for judgment to ascertain whether or not, after at taining full knowledge of God, they will avail themselves of Messiah's assistance- to come back Into harmony with the Creator. The willing and obe liient will be. perfected again in the flesh, and the remainder will be de stroyed in the Second Death as follow ers of Satan. The Church will be associated with her Lord in that grout work of dealing with the world, in order to prepare her for that great glory and honor, her calling and election must take place In advance of the coming of the King, her Bridegroom. It must take place, there fore, before the end of this GosH! Age The Scriptures clearly teach that some will during the Messianic reign. receive stripes, or chastisements, for their development in righteousness and that the fullest penalty, Second Death, will couie only to wilful evildoers. And here we may note the Divine ar rangement in respect to all wilful sins of the present life. Knell wilful slu makes its mark makes the conscience more calloused, and the heart the more stony. In this manner evil-doers treas ure up for themselves wrath against the Day of Wrath the Day of Judg ment, the Day of just retribution. As the doing of righteousness p re duces a good character, the doing of unrighteousness wilfully, produces an evil character, and will necessitate the jthem on His left hand the goats. De more stripes, which, if unheeded, will 'part from Me, ye cursed unfit. Into bring upon the evil-doer the Second : everlastiug fire, prepared for the Devil Death. In this connection we can re- and his angels." The fact that this is inember'St. Paul's words: "Some men's ja parable forces the conclusion that the sins nre open beforehand, going before re is as symbolical as are the sheep to ludguient I the penalty, while nth-' mid the gouts. Fire here, as every- ers they follow iil'kr." (1 Jiinotliy 21.) Not merely the Church receives tribulation in the present time, but Jus tice sometimes overtakes evil-doers and works a measure of reformation in the present life, leaving proportionately fewer steps to be retraced In the life to come. God's Lw of Forgiveness. God has made provision for the for- igiveness and reconciliation of Adam and all of his children. Some during the Gospel Age are privileged to come to God through Jesus as their Advo cate and by becoming His true dis ciples to have full forgiveness of sins and full reconciliation to the Father. j For the remainder of mankind God's provision is different. Divine Justice will forgive the world en masse at the Instance of the great Mediator, and will turn the world over to Him, that He may restore them to perfection and make It possible for them to be re ceived back again Into God's family. Thus we see that God's forgiveness Is directed by principles of Justice. But He commands His people that, be ing imperfect themselves and recipi ents of Ills Mercy, they shall not at tempt to deal with their fellows wholly on the basis of Justice," but shall for give one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven them. Di vine Mercy purposes to embrace every member of Adam's race In the glorious provision through Christ. Punishment In Our Text. Our text Is the summing up of the parable of The Sheep and the Goats. Only Bible students, apparently, have noticed that this parable does not be long to the present Age; but Is a de scription of conditions which will pre vail during Messiah's Kingdom. This is indicated by the setting. We read: "When the Son of Man shall come In Ills glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then sha.ll He sit upon the Throne of His glory; and before Mini shall be gathered all peoples: and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd dlvldoth his sheep from the goats." (Matthew 25:31, 32.) An other Scripture assures us that when the Redeemer shall appear in glory, Ills Church will appear with Ilim, for the accomplishment of the blessed things foretold respecting that glorious Kingdom and its work of blessing all the families of the earth. The Lord's sheep of the Millennial Ago will be the willing and obedient, who rejoice to be in harmony with God. These will be gathered to the right hand of the King the place of favor. The goats, correspondingly, are placed on the left hand, Messiah's disfavor, because of their persistence In waywardness so well Illustrated by the goat's wayward disposition. At the close of that thousand-year Day of blessed opportunities the whole world of mankind will be found In either one class cr the other. Then will come the final settlement The Day of Christ Is Divinely appointed for the work ye do. I lie goats will be or t.a- tan's company, because, like him. they choose the way of sin and opposition to (.od. truth and righteousus. uur text might be more literally rendered: These I Satan and his followers, includ ing the "goats" of the parable shall go sway into everlastiug cutting-ofT from life, but the righteous the "sheep" of the parable), shall be ushered into life everlasting. The Lord does not say that either Satan or the goats will be sent to ever lasting torment, but into everlasting punishment everlasting death a death from which there will be no resurrec tlon. They shall perish like uatural brute beasts.-2 l'eter 2:12. The Greek word here rendered pun ishment Is kohixiit, which means prun ing, as a husbaudmau prunes the dead wood from his orchard or vineyard. So Satan and all his hosts will be cut off dually from God's blessings, and be destroyed in the Secoud Death. An other use of the word kulasin in classic Greek is to restrain; us, "The chariot eers restrain kuluxin their fiery steeds." So God, through Christ, de clares that the Second Dearth shall ever lastingly restrain Satan and all who have his goat-like, wayward disposition, after having had full knowledge and opportunity to develop opposite dispo sition. In a previous verse the same parable puts the results of the trial of the na tions for life or death, during the Mes slan's Kingdom, in different language. It declares that the reward to the sheep will be, "Come, ye blessed of My Fa ther, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world." This is the kingdom which was origi nally given to Adam, but lost through disobedience. Tliis is the kingdom w hich Jesus by obedience to the Law had ,a right to claim for Himself, but which He sucrl llced for the benefit of humanity. The Father gave to Ilim and to the Church. His Bride, a Heavenly Kingdom, not founded when the earth was founded, but "from hefure the foundation of the world." Messiah, during the Millen nial Age, will prove who of mankind are worthy of everlasting human life at the end of His thousand-year reign. The Lord will deliver to God the do minion, or the kingdom of earth. Man kind will thenceforth be responsible di rectly to tlte Heavenly Father as we read In 1 Corinthians l.":24. The fate of llie goats is described in these words: "Then shall lie say to n lie r in iiit itiiiie, is u.- 11 -.jim-ui t.. i:i.i.. i 1 .,a D.tni.l nf destruction. Everything vil and unfit, including Satan and all w;!m fol- low his perverse ways, are to be de stroyed "in the lake of fire, which is symbolizes the Second Death." Revelation 20:11. Cutting Off Right Hand or Foot. On another occasion Jesus, describ- ; lug how much the future life should be appreciated, declared that a man had better cut off his right hand or his ! right foot or pluck out his right eye, rather than otherwise be cast into the fire that shall never be quenched and where the worm dieth not. (Mark 9:45, 47, 4S.) The Master did not mean Ills words to be taken literally, and uo Christian would be justified in maim ing himself. What the Master meant, evidently, was that the pleasures and appetites of the present, though precious to us as ire our most useful members, should be sacrificed rather than that maintain ing present blessings we should fall to attain the promised Kingdom. 8o, likewise, we must interpret Ills words respecting the worm dying not smd the fire not being quenched. The iisclples knew of only one. place where these words could be applicable. That place was "the valley of Hlnnoin" Gehenna where the refuse of Jerusa lem was thrown as into a garbage fur nace for destruction. Fires of brini- itone were kept burning In the bottom to destroy the germs of disease, and no one extinguished those fires. Rath er, they were perpetuated. And if, per chance, some carcass fell outside the Are line, the worms devoured It. No Jne wished to destroy the worms and preset ve the carcass. Gehenna thus became a type, or fig ure, of the utter destruction awaiting the finally rebellious, who must perish "as natural brute beasts," that the earth may be cleansed. Our Lord's references to the worms and to the fire were doubtless appreciated by those who heard. It would signify to them that, as the offal was destroyed, so the wicked would be classed as the offal of humanity and be finally destroyed In the Second Death. Ou previous oceasious we have shown that our Lord's reference to weeping and gnashing of teeth do not 'refer to experlencss either In the grave or In the future life. They refer to the sad experiences of some In the end of this Age, in the great time of trouble with n hieh it will close. Sonio will be great ly disappointed because after they have preached In Christ's name and hi Ills name cast out demons. He shall declare them unworthy of His recognition. We also remind our hearers that the parable of The Rich Man and Lazarus Is now eleatfy understood and seen to je full of beauty and important Instruc tlon, given In symbolic language. We have pleasure in offering a treatise on this topic In print, free of cost, In re iponse to a postcard, request sent to the Brooklyn TBbernnelp, Ttrootlvn. N. Y. Local News J. F. Welll'lielll and wife were in town Saturday shopping and visilinir wild their friends. J. W. Ilarwick departed this morning for Lincoln, where he will vif.it for a short time with friends. Mrs. M. K. Barslow returned lo tier home in Omaha this morning, alter a visit hero over Sunday with riends. Henry Irish of near Murray was in the city Saturday attend ing to husiness matters for a few hours. - . t ' James timber and wife of near Mynard were in ttie city Saturday doing some trading with the mer catints. Fritz Fricko was a visitor in Omaha yesterday, visiting for a few hours wit li relatives and friends. K. 0. Stoime returned this morning to his homo at Lincoln, after a visit here over Sunday with friends. Miss Barbara Goring departed ttiis morning for Omaha, where sho will visit with her brother, Henry, for the day. Miss llernico Skinner returned to her home at Lincoln this morn ing, after a visit here over Sun day with relatives. (Irovernor Knap) was a pa: sengor tins morning ior umaiia to look after some business mat ers for a few hours. Park Crisswissor was a pas senger tin's morning for Omaha, where he will look after liusine mailers for a few hours. V. Zucker was a passenger this morning on No. 15 for Omaha, where lie will look after business mutters for a few hours. Charles Hula and Karl fie is were passengers on No. 15 this morn ing for Omaha, where they will isit. friends for the day. F. (1, Egonbergor was a pas sc'iger this morning for Omaha, whore he will look after business mailers for a few hours. .1. F. Wiles drove in from his farm Saturday and attended to some matters of business for sev eral hours among the merchants Sam Shoemaker was a passeng er this morning on No. 15 for Omaha, where he was called to look after business mailers for a few hours. John Piol, FranV Picl and Archie Piol of Blue Hill, Nob., who have been here visiting at the home of Wa'.ier Coiner and wife, departed this morning for Lincoln, on route lo their home. Mrs. Fred F.binger of Plainview, Nob., who has been here for a few days visiting with her mother, Mrs. (1. V. Wcidman and family, departed this morning on No. 15 for her home. Mrs. Louise Kline came in Sat urday evening on No. 2 and visit ed at the home of her mother, Mrs. n. Heinplo, over Sunday, re turning to her home in Omaha on No. 23 yesterday. County Treasurer W. K. Fox and wife departed yesterday for Lincoln, whore they will visit relatives and Mr. Fox attend the moot ing of the County Treasurer's association that meets there this week. llavelock Post: Ben Hempel, foreman of the tool room, has thoroughly overhauled and re designed a large wheel lathe, and was testing the machine Wednes day. When it is in perfect con dition the lathe will be sent to the Plallsmoulh shops. William Neil and two daugh ters, Anna and Helen, of the vicinity of Cedar Creek, drove to this city Saturday to attend to some business matters and visit friends. Mr. Heil called at this olllce and had his Semi-Weekly Journal subscription discontinued and enrolled his name on our Daily list. llavelock Post: Paul Budig, manager of the Budig Cigar com pany, returned from a business trip to Piatt smouth Saturday. Mr. Budig started business here sev eral months ago with ono man, and now employs five cigar makers and three strippers. It seems that every smoker uses llavelock made cigars. William lleinrichseii departed this morning for hnalia, after spending Sunday here with his famiiv. Arthur Anderson returned lo the metropolis this morning, alter visiting -hero with his wife over Sunday. lv. II. Schulhof was a passeng er this morning for (lK-nwood to look after business matters for a short time. L. II. Puis and wife of near Murray wore in the city Saturday evening attending the play at the Parmole t hr-alor.- Francis Whclau catno down from Omaha Saturday evening to visit over Sunday with his parents, Miko Whclau and wife. (Juy (lould, wife and little daughter returned last evening from Omaha, whore they spent Sunday with relatives. W F Gillespie canio up from his homo at Mynard Saturday and visited for several hours with his many friends in this oitv Charles U I rich was in Omaha Sunday visiting1 his wife, who is recovering; from an operation at ono of the local hospitals. A. llendongren, master carpen ter of the Omaha division, was in the city today looking after sonic business for the Burlington. Misses Emipa llauer and l'uelah Sands were visitors in Omaha yes terday, going up to spend the day Willi relatives and friends. A. Piostrup and wife wore pas seiigers yesterday morning on No. 15 for Omaha, where, (hey visited with relatives for (ho day. Fran from ( noon e liallai lenwood and visili ice came over Saturday aflor- d over Sunday with his parents in this city. Henry Herold departed this morning on (ho early Missouri Pari lie for Omaha, from where lie will lake up his work on the road. Henry H. Miller returned yes terday from Mexico, Missouri, whore he had been for several days looking after business mat tors. Jl. I., rosier came up irom Fnioii Saturday evening to attend the play at I lie Parmole theater, reluming home on the midnight train. 0. F, Melzger came in from hi farm Saturday afternoon am i.-ited around among his friends as well as attended to mailers of business. (leorgo P. lleil of the vicinity of Cedar Creek was a visitor in this city Saturday, and look time to call at this olllce and renew his subscript ion. Mrs. Clara Mapos of Hancock Iowa, who has been here for few days visiting with Miss Mar garol Mapes, returned this morn ing to her home. Mrs. Henry Weidinan came down from Omaha Saturday even ing on No. 2 and spent Sunday at. the home of Mrs. Oeorge I. Weid inan and family. Will Ilummell came in from his farm in Plallsmouth precinct Saturday afternoon and spent several hours here attending to business matters. The Ladies of Saint John's Altar society will give a coffee at the home of Mrs. Ptak, on Sixth street, Thursday afternoon, Jan uary 30. Everybody invited. Cilonn Hewitt of Oreenloaf, Kan sas, came in Saturday evening on No. 2 and spent Sunday with his grandmother, Mrs. B. lleinple, and aunt, Miss Teresa Hemple. John Chalfant, ono of the pioneer oliizens of near Murray, and James Tigner of the same section, were in tho city today looking after business at the court house. Mrs. Thomas Salmon and little son, Tommie, who havo been here for several weeks visiting at the home of Mrs. Salmon's parents, W. K. Fox and wife, departed Sat urday . afternoon on No. 2 for their home. John II. Kearney, who has been here for several weeks visiting his sister, Miss Kearney, departed this morning on No. 0 for Glen wood to visit relatives for a short time beforo returning to his home in Washington. Joe McCarthy departed Satur day al'tenionii on No. 2 for Day ton, Ohio, where tie wii! visit Tor a short lime wild r"lalios ainl friends. T. M. Carler relumed Saturday afternoon from Blair, Neb., where had been for about a week looking after some business in, (crests in that city. F.ditor Charles I., Graves of the I" n ion Ledger look a few hours Olf from tiis duties Saturday evening and came up lo see "Mutt and Jell'" at the Parmole. John Mc.Nurlin was a passeng r this afternoon for Omaha, where lie will attend the big meet ing of the lied Men that is being' eld in that. city. Cilonn Perry and wife came up this morning from their farm and were passengers on the early Burlington train for Omaha to look after some business matters. Mrs. L. 11. Fgonbergor and sjn, Sluart, departed this afternoon for Iowa City, Iowa, in rosponso to a telegram announcing I he serious illness of her mother, Mrs. Mur- cella Ward. ' J. E. Johnson, w;fo and son, Edgar, and (laughter, Miss Joso- phine, and Mr. and Mrs. John W. Chapman visited yesterday in this city at, the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Johnson. Mrs. Frank Schille and two chil dren, of Omaha, were here yester day visiting at the home of Mrs. Sehille's parents, William Weber and wife, returning home on the Missouri Paeilic at 5 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. L. II. Heil of the vicinity of Mynard were doing Jheir week-end shopping in this city Saturday, and while here Mr. Heil called at this olllce for tho purpose of renewing his subscrip tion. Henry Jess was a passenger this morning on No. 15 for Oma ha, where he will look after the interests of his bottling works and place several orders of the celebrated PlaUsmoul.li , made goods, (Hon Ilawls was a passenger yesterday for Omaha, where he visited his wife at the Presby terian hospital for the day. Mrs. Ilawls is getting along nicely and the prospects for her speedy re covery are very bright. F, E. Doty came up from Weep ing Water last evening for a visit willi friends and to attend to some business matters. He called at this ollicc and renewed the sub scription of the paper going to his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth l.My; also for the paper going to J. It. I aw son, both of Weeping Water. From here Mr. Doty expects to go to Omaha for a two or three days' visit. W-H-:"H!K--H--!-'H":-H-I- v REX YOUNG, Auctioneer, Murray, Neb. Public Sales a specialty, and care taken lo get the high dollar for your goods and stock. - Your business solicited. Telephone 5-N. Seed Potatoes for Sale. King of the Earliest seed pota toes for sale. F. L. Khodon, Mur ray, Neb. 'Phone 8-.T. For Sale. Big boned Plymouth llock cockerels. Inquire of Mrs. J. W. Yardley, Jlonle 1, Plattsniuuth, Neb. 1-23-tf-wkly Plattsmouth a Good Tovn. Plaltsmouth is a mighty good town, worthy of the best of every thing. That's why we have joined the American Drug and Press As sociation and will olfer lo our people the Mcrilol line of prepara tions, made by the Association and sold only through its mem bers. There is nothing liko these goods, guaranteed in every way, without an equal, made by experts. Wo want Plattsmoulh people to havo tho best there is, so we offer you this line. Ask to foe Merited goods. Weyrich & Hadraba. JJ?JJ JeJJe?e? ?e?4???. DENTAL WORK. Dr. Thomson, Dentist, of PlaHstnouth, will bo in Mur ray on Thursday's, Nc bawka on Friday'sr and Union on Saturday's of each week, where ho' will bo pleased to meet all parties desiring dental work done. V