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CONOMY in
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just as easily pay too
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few minutes of a run. The separator that
meets these specifications and that will do good
IS
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They are entirely protected from grit and milk,
and at the same time are easily accessible for
cleaning.
See the local dealers who handle these ma
chines and ask them for demonstrations of the
skimming efficiency of an IHC separator. You
can get catalogues and full information from
them, or, write
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m. Eft FRANKS. RE
CEtVES DRAFT FOR 51,000
Tli.' Cedar Creek loilyre of thj A.
(). I'. V. No. 172, has just had the
pleasure nf turning over l the
willow of one of their deceased
members, Mrs. Fmil Franks, a
draft for l.tiOi, which represents
the alue of (he life insurance
policy in that order carried by her
husband. The Franks family nave
been in ery poor llnancial condi
tion during the long illness and
the death of the husband and
father and the amount of the
policy will come as a boon to
these people. Mr. Franks died
about two months ago and the
members of I he order at once Kt
busy to see I hat the amount was
turned over a soon as possible,
ami I hey are very much pleased
wilh the action of .the head lodge
ill gelling I ho matter settled in
such a satisfactory manner. There
are six small children .in the
Franks family, and the neighbors
and friends have looked after
them during the lime they have
been in such poor circmnsl ances,
and such worthy acts as these
speak stronger than words tie
true Christian spirit, and the pood
people of Cedar Creek ami Eight
Mile drove deserve great, praise
for their worthy acts.
, J. A.
MISS SHEA ENTERTAINS IN
HONOR OF BRIDE-TO-BE
Miss Elizabeth Shea nave a
linen shower in honor of Miss Ida
Johnson, at her home Friday
evening. The color scheme was
carried out artistically in pink
and white throughout, the dining
room and parlor, oven to the very
covers of her shower parcels. A
dainty two-course luncheon was
served at 10 o'clock. The thought
ful hostess bad arranged ques
tions, which were answered by the
guests on large sheets of paper,
consisling of advice to I he bride-to-be.
She received plenty of it
from her friends, who actually
tried to assume experienced faces,
and Mis.s Johnson bad to promise
she would follow at. least some of
her prescribed rules. She received
many pretty and useful presents.
At a late hour camp broke up and
the jolly crowd wished Miss Ida
good luck on her prospective
journey through life. The only
out-of-town guest was Mrs. (). A.
Nystrom of Omaha.
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Mrs. Akin Murray was a visit
or yesterday in Omaha, where she
spent Hie day with Mrs. J. A. Mur
ray, who has been unite sick the
last few days at the home of her
sister, Mrs. I'.ck. Mrs. Murray
has not been in I be best of health
for some lime and the recent
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death of her daughter has great
ly affected her strength, and she
is suffering from a general break
down. The many friends of this
worthy lady will await, most
anxiously for a favorable report
from her bedside and trust, she
will soon be able to return home.
GALLED TO RIVER10N TO
SEE VERY SICK RELATIVE
Takes Charges of Route No. 1.
John Heeson, who has been em
ployed in the liiirlinglon paint
shop for the past few months, this
morning assumed the duties as
carrier on rural route No. 1 out of
this city, which has been in charge
of N. il. Isbell for the past, few
years, but owing t,o his illness he
was compelled to give up. John
has had considerable experience
along this line, and is eminently
well qualified to give the patrons
excellent service.
J. R. Iliimnierlleld ..departed
Saturday evening for Riverlon,
Iowa, where he was called by a
message announcing the serious
illness of bis cousin, William
Slraway. The message staled
that Mr. SI raw ay's recovery was
dispaii;ed of and Mr. Rumnierlleld
left, al onre in order to reach his
cousin's bedside. He is the only
near relative that Mr. Slraway has
in this section of the country.
That, the gentleman may be able
to recover from his sickness is
the most sincere wish of the many
friends of Mr. Ruininerfiebl in
this city.
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LOYAL REWARDED
REBEL DOOMED
Two Examples Given in Bible,
Says Pastor Russell.
THE SACRIFICE DF JESUS,
Prtc;pt Enforced by Examp'o God's
Great Leseont For Men snd For An
gels Satan and Christ The Great
Rebel and Mis Failure God' Loyal
Son nd His Victory Both Are Held
Up to Us For Examples One Pic
tures What God Ht.-s The Other
Pictures What God Approves The
Penalty Upon the One Illustrates
God's Provision For All of his Dis
poa tion Tiie Reward of the Other
Illustrates God's Love and Blessing
Toward All the Followers of Jesus.
Toledo, 0.. April
U. -Pastor Uus
sell. Mely known
through tils pub
lished sermons. Is
here today address
ing Bible Students,
and also us usual,
the public. Crowds
see in anxious al
ways to henr lilm.
Wo report one of
bis discourses,
from the text:
"Humble your
selves therefore under the mighty hand
of (io'l. that He may exalt you lu due
time."! Peter 5:0.
The Pastor declared that the Bible
everywhere holds up the Lord Jesus
Christ as the glorious Pattern of what
is most pleading to the Heavenly Fa
ther, a Pattern then-fore to he copied
by all who would abide In Clod's favor.
Ho reminded his hearers t lint there
are certain steps necessary before any
can come Into the favor of God, and
properly lie called Ills children, or said
to be under His supervision and care,
or be permitted to address Iliru in
prayer, or to consider themselves heirs
of Ills favors ami blessings. This is
mado very clear by the Apostles and
also by Jesus Himself, paid the Pastor.
The Apostles declare the necessity of
an Advocate with the Father before
any can approach Him. eomo Into His
presence or receive any favor from
III tn. Jesus expressed this same
thought, flaying. "No man cometh unto
the Father, but by Me."
As a matter of fact, therefore, a
coinpi'.ratively small proportion of hu
manity have any of God's favors nt
Hie present time, said t tie Pastor. Hut
we rejoice in the breadth of tho Mes
sage, which assures us that in God's
"due time" all shall be brought to n
knowledge of Messiah, nnd privileged
through Him to enjoy the gift of God
-everlasting life. P.ut what Is coming
nnd what Is here now aro two differ
ent matters. No one lias authority to
make tho Narrow Way n Rroad Way,
nor to say that many will tlnd It when
the Scriptures declare, "Few there be
that find it." Our consolation is that
tils Narrow Way leads to special
glory, honor. Immortality and the Dl
vino Nature, and will develop n spe
cial, elect class. Then subsequently,
this select class will bo used of the
Lord in blessing, tho non-elect many
with ft great, but inferior blessing.
The Pastor demonstrated that his
text relates not to tho world in gen
eral, but merely to the consecrated
few who during this Age hear the in
vitation, nccept it, nnd become foot
step followers of Jesus. These hnve
their sins forgiven ns u result of fulth
In the precious blood of Christ and of
consecratlou to do tho will of God.
These then hnve the Redeemer ns their
Advocate with the Father, nnd are nc
cepted In tho Beloved ns Ills brethren.
These are the prospective members
of the Bride of Christ, who by the
Lord's grace may now suffer with
their Redeemer in cross-bearing, nnd
by nnd by share with niin His glori
ous Kingdom. Theso nro begotten of
the Father through tho Holy Spirit,
nnd thus become New Creatures in
Christ. No longer nre they to be
classed ns membors of tho human
family, but ns spiritual sons of God,
of n new order, higher thnu the nngels,
but not yet perfected. Their perfect
ing ennnot take place until their pro
bationary trial shall hnve ended, nnd
it will not end until death. In the
glorious First Resurrection, therefore,
these will be perfect, as sons of God on
the Divine plane, nssocintes midpoint
kclrs with their Lord and Redeemer.
To These Our Tsxt Applies.
These ' nro exhorted to come with
boldness to tho Throne of Heavenly
Grace, to obtain mercy, nnd find grace
to help in every tlmo of need. These,
nnd only these, mny know that their
prayers nre nlwnys heard. As Jesus
said, "Their messengers do nlwnys have
access to My Father's presence." (Mat
thew 18:10.) Tho exhortations of the
Apostlo are to these nlone-not to the
world.
In our context tho Apostle holds up
Jio Lord Jesus ns tho great Pattern of
humility, the example for nil of His
followers, admonishing that they
should walk in Ills steps, if they would
have tho Divine favor that Ho enjoys
nnd attain with Him to Jolnt-helrshlp
in Ills glorious Kingdom. Ho was
rich, yet in obedlenco to tho Father's
will Ho laid nslde the riches of His
Heavenly estate, and became poor-not
merely appeared poor. lie laid nslde.
or divested Himself of Ills spirit eon-
oiuxn nna gmnr. ami instead liu-
mau conditions.
From being above the aiiireN. He of
His own volition took n nature ami
place "a little lower than (lie angels."
And He did this, knowing It was only
a preliminary Mop. He knew that the
particular steps of self-denial and suf
fering were to follow. He humbled
Himself to become a man, because a
man Adam had sinned, and through
him a race had come under sentence of :
death, and could not extricate Itself.
Only an uncondeimied man could re
deem the condemned one. For this
purpose Jesus left His glory, and "was
found In fashion as a man."
The Logos did not become a sinful
man, a blemished or imperfect man.
On the contrary, lie was "holy, harm
less, undented and separate from sin
ners." Otherwise, He could i.ot have
been the Redeemer. Being sinless, how
ever, this perfect One would sutler nil
tho more from the shame and igno
miny connected with the mission He
undertook.
As It was not a babe, but a man.
that had sinned and was to bo redeem
ed, thcreforo Jesus needed to wait un
til He readied manhood's estate thirty
yenrs Iteforo lie could begin Ills min
istry. Promptly t thirty He made
His consecration, and symbolized it
by water Immersion at Jordan. Then
He went forth, declaring tho Message
which Ho knew would be mlsunder-stood-tho
Messago of God's Love, the
Message that there must be a sacrifice
for sin, tho Message that Ho was the
Sln-Offerlng, tho Message that as a re
sult of that Sin-Ofl'erlng, blessed fruit
ago afterward would come, In the Mil
lennial Kipgdom, which would bless
nil the families of the earth.
As Ho foreknew, mnnklnd, even the
best prepared the Jewish people
were not ready for the Message. Thus,
as Ho foresaw and as tho Scriptures
foretold, they crucified lltm-lguornnt-ly
for as St. Paul declares: "Had they
known It they would not hav crucified
the Lord of glory." (1 Corlnthlaus 2:8.)
St. Paul reminds us that we should
consider Christ's undc servedness of
persecution, lest we should be "weary
and faint in our minds." Similar ex
periences must to some extent come
upon us. And if He who was perfect
endured patiently, we who nre imper
fect may well exercise great patience.
And so In our text tho exhortation Is
that we perceive how Jesus humbled
Himself, nnd that wo should think It
n great privilege and pleasure similarly
to experience humiliations.
The Rewards of Humility and Loyalty.
No doubt tho Logos, "the Beginning
of the Creation of God," the "First
born of every creature," the one by
whom all tilings were made, had such
loyalty to the Father that Ho would
have been obedient, even had no re
ward been attached to tho invitation
given Illm. But, on the other hand.
It would not have been consistent with
kindness, love or Justice for tho Father
to demand of His Son such a sacrifice
Justice can make no such demand.
And if Love makes such n suggestion
It should properly back up tho sugges
tlon with some promise of special
favor or blessing. According to the
Apostle, God did Just this. Ho in
formed ni.s Son that Ho would appre
date such a sacrifice, nnd set before
Illm a Joy, n hope.
The Apostle does not explain the de
tails of that hope, but wo may infer
them: (1) The Joy of the Father's
blessing in n superlative sense. ('.')
The Joy of bringing many sons of God
to the plane of glory ns His Bride
class. (.'!) The Joy of rescuing the
world of mankind from sin. sickness,
sorrow, pain, death, and of uplifting.
or resurrecting all the willing nndohc
dlent of the race to human perfection,
nnd nil that wns lost by Adam. (I)
An exaltation to n still higher station
than that which lie had left. He
would bo made partaker of tho Divine
nature, far above angels, principalities
nnd powers, nnd above His own previ
ous high station ns tho Only Begotten
of the Fnther, the Logos-the Word.
-John 1:1-3.
Here we nre, dear brethren, with the
Apostle's words nnd the full scope of
his inspired testimony before us. Ho
tells us that Ir we desire to bo of the
glorious Class of more than conquer
ors, who will be honored by the Re
deemer, we must tin in bio ourselves to
the doing of the Divine will to the
best of our ability, as our Redeemer
humbled Himself to do tho Father's
will perfectly. Not that tho Futher
will accept anything less than perfec
tion, hut that our Redeemer will mnke
tip to us by the Imputation of His
righteousness for nil that which we
lack through our share in Adam's fall
and Its consequence. In other words,
If wo hnve tho same loyalty of heart
that tho Master had, wo will do what
we can, and so doing shnll bo ncceptn
bio to the Father, through tho Son.
Satan's Couree In Contrast.
Notice, now, tho contrast between
Patau's course and that of tho Lord
Jesus. Satan took the opposlto course
from that which tha Redeemer took.
Instead of humbling himself, willing
to do everything that would bo pleas
ing to tho Fnther, he wns proud,
haughty, and sought to exalt himself.
Lucifer wns rich before his rebellion,
before he beenmo Sntnn, tho ndversnry
of God. Yet lie was not so rich, had
not so high a station, ns tho Logos,
who wns tho very chief of nil of God's
creation, through whom the Divine
energy operated in tho creation of nil
tUngs that wero mado.
Murr well tho courso of pride, that
led to Satan's sin, nnd will ultimately
lead to his degradation and destruc
tion. Mark well also the course of
Jesus, ns It led Illm through obedience
to humiliation, and then to tho highest
glory. Which example shall we fol
low? Which fato will be ours? Shall
we In humility walk In the footsteps
f our Redeemer, nnd become His
Joint-heirs in Ills glory, tonor and im
mortality? or shad we take the other
-oi::-so of pride, am! t!::is boron. c dlnci
pies of the Adversary, and learn of
him. and reach his doom -destruction
in the Second Death?
The Axistle intimates that God tests
us upon certain general lines, general
principles operating His Government.
"He that humblcth himself shall be
exalted, and he that exaiteth himself
shall be abased." Beloved hearers, it
seems to me that, with these illustra
tions before- us. it would be folly for
ns to permit the seeds of pride or per
sonal ambition to take root in our
hearts. Let us be diligently on tho
outlook to eradicate everything of the
kind, and be close students of our Mas
tor, copying Ills course.
There Is a reason behind every Di
vine command and regulation. Men
may make arbitrary rules nnd condi- ,
tlons without justifiable cause, but w
may be sure that the great Creator has
n good reason for His every net nnd re
quirement. In the present case, we
can readily discern the necessity for
the Divine requirement of humility.
The Lord Jesus nnd His Church are In
vited by the great Jehovah to tho very
highest position In tho universe, next
to Himself. Such an exaltation would
bo dangerous to any one possessed of a
spirit of pride or selfish ambition. Who
can tell at what time the smoldering
fire might break Into a blaze and cause
confusion and disorder?
Consider Satan's case. What might
have been tho result had ho been en
trusted with so high n position ns that
now occupied by the glorified Jesus?
There would have been genuine re
bellion In Heaven of the kind Milton
so foolishly imagined. How we can
see the wisdom of the Almighty in
testing those whom He would exalt to
His own Divine nature! Even His
well-beloved Son was required to dem
onstrate His faithfulness nnd loyalty
unto death "even the Ignominious
dentil of the cross." So the Apostle
says that It became God, "In bringing
many sons unto glory, to make the
Captain of their salvation perfect
through stnTprlngs" to prove Him per
fect by tho things which He suffered
to demonstrate that tho things which
Ho had always professed nnd had al
ways done, expressed the sentiment of
His heart in the fullest and most abso
lute sense.
Thus again we read, "Though Ho
wero a Son, yet learned He obedience
by the things which He . suffered."
(Hebrews 5:8.) Again we read that it
was because of His faithfulness that
God highly exalted Illm nnd gave Illm
n namo above every, name. If this
was necessary In the case of our. Re
deemer, before the Father could prop
erly so highly exalt Him, what shall wo
say of Ills followers? Surely we must
agree to the necessity for most thor
ough testing, proving, demonstrating,
the loyalty of the Church before they
could be made partakers of the Divine
nature and sharers of that Heavenly
liory.-2 reter 1:1.
This is the Import of our text: Re
member tho heights, the glories of tho
Heavenly calling which you have re
ceived of God through Christ! Re
member that you wero by nature a
child of wrath, even as others! Re
member that once you were alienated
from God through wicked works! Ko
member that God is working In you to
will and to do His good pleasure, to
develop in you the diameter pleasing
to Himself! Remember that unless
tills work of grace go on in your heart
day by day, it will not be accomplish
ed! Remember that unless it lie ac
complished, yon will not be lit for a
place in tho kingdom! Remember that
God has predestinated that only such
as demonstrate that at heart they are
copies of His Son can ever be Ills Joint
heirs in the Kingdom; and remember
that In nil this we see the force of tho
text: "Huniblo yourselves thcreforo
under the mighty hand of God. that
He may exalt you In due time."
Our trials and difficulties, our stum
blings and repentances, our vows to
the Lord, nnd our endeavors to keep
those, aro parts of the great humbling
process necessary to our exaltation.
Trials and Temptations Necessary.
When we get the proper focus ou this
subject or the calling and election of
tho Church, it clarities everything. We
see now that if we could escape trials
and difficulties and testings, we would
escape the necessary schooling experi
ences, and be unlit for our graduation,
unfit for a share in the First Resur
rection. It takes us some time to get
this proper view of matters, even as
when we wero school children, It re
quired some time for us to learn the
lesson thnt to be helped with an an
swer or tc bo excused from a lesson or
to hnve u holiday were all disadvan
tages. A sulllclent number of such
failures to learn our lessons properly
would mean unprepiiredness for exam
ination day. We have entered God's
great training School. Its great Teach
er is our dear Redeemer, to whom we
nre betrothed. Every lesson In the
courso is uecessary for our polishing
nnd preparation for theglorles to follow.
In this School everything depends
ipon ourselves. Tho arrangements are
all of God nnd thcreforo perfect. The
great Teacher will not fall iu His duty
toward us. The results, therefore, are
with ourselves. If we learn the les
sons, wo shall surely bo graduated, nnd
be presented before our Heavenly Fa
ther and tho holy nngels with honov
nnd glory. But If wo fall to lenrn the
lessons necessary, we shall have only
ourselves to blnme. Indeed, from the
viewpoint which wo shall have beyond
the veil, wo surely would not want a
place for which we were not prepared,
and God would not give It to us. In
this entire matter, therefore, we see
that God Is operating Ills elections, se
lections, instructions nnd final npprov
nls along tho lines of nbsoluto justice,
fairness, principle not favoritism.
