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MONDAY, APRIL" 1914
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CLEAN-UP DAYS.
Cleaning and beautifying days
are near, when householders and
cities as householders, haui
away their ash heaps and refuse,
beautify, paint and generally
renovate. To give the cleansing
period cily-wide significance is
to make life and living more
worth while this summer. -s
April showers bring May flowers,
so April plans assure best May
clean-up campaigns. Of all
clean-up days ever observed by
cities. Richmond, Va., last year
probably set the best example of
ysti'inatic methods, general
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on-orvanee aim Miiurssiui re
sults. The Richmond campaign
( (iviTi-d two weeks devoted to the
wholesale clean-up of the city
following an energetic organiza
tion and publicity campaign.
When the mayor issued his pro
clamation setting aside May 5 to
17 as clean-up period, officials of
Ihe city, health, schools and
civic organizations conferred,
mappeil out plans and set to work
with vigor upon their Augean
stable task, for conditions in
Richmond were not good; in tact
in sections they seemed hopeless.
The chief health ollicer issued
50,000 circulars explaining whai
it was proposed to do and police
distributed them to every house
and store in the city. Mass meet
ings were held for whiles and
blacks, who were addressed by
the max or and others. News
papers pave their loyal support
and churches and organized labor
held "anti-dirt" meetings, with
the result that when clean-up
time came, exerybodv was thor
oughly imbue, 1 with the idea. Tim
city was divided into four sec
lions by the superintendent oT
street cleaning, each section to
be vi-iteil on ditTerenl days dur
ing the first week and again on
ihe .-econd week for garba'-'e and
rubbi.-h. Friday and Saturday
were devoted to cleaning "the
streets and alleys. Not only did
he concentrate his own forces
upon the task, but secured all the
men and teams he could from
other city departments. Lectures
011 cleanliness were substituted
for certain other study in th
public schools during the two
weeks and a school holiday was
given in each section on the day
designated by the street cleaning
head. Cleanliness and sanitation
were "preached" into the chil
dren's minds and, through them,
to their parents. Each child va.?
given a report card to tell what
be was accomplishing. Hoy
Seoul s attacked the vacant lots.
Altogether, everybody in .Rich
mond observed clean-up time.
The change was remarkable; the
city actually was cleaned up.
Jtost of all, however, there was a
new cixic pride born and a strong
"keep clean" ordinance has al-
ready been passed to make tlie
results of the clean-up days per
manent. :o:
Xn matter what may be said of
Congressman Stephens and his
plan of selecting postmasters in
liis district, the primary rep
resents popular government just
the same. The common people
had a hand iu their selection.
:o:
Governor Moreliead coultln't
o o San Francisco with the
coiumiitec that went lo set; about
the Nebraska exhibit at lhe ex
position. So Lieutenant (ov
crnor McKelvey went iu his
place. McKelvey lacks a good
deal of being as big ami as
brainy as the governor, but he
will try and make them believe
he is. He possesses the gift of
gab, all right, all right.
Peonle generally are so srlad to
see spring come tiiat tncy uon 1
care much what happens to the
peach buds.
o: :
One of the current novels is
entitled: "Hie iuaKing ol an
Englishman." There will be no
equel entitled "The Unmaking of
an Englishman." It can t be done.
o: .
It is rumored that John Wun-
derlich of Nehawka is a candid-
ate for sheriff on the democratic
ticket. The Journal is for him
if he is, as there are no better
men m Cass county than John.,
o:
A Los Angeles correspondent
who says Japan will seize the
Philippines if the United States
takes a drastic course toward
Mexico max be giving a warning
or merely olfering a suggestion.
:o:
Thirty dollars for an hour's
esson is the price the tango-mad
public is paving in Chicago, that
is, to one of the most popular
dancing' master:
with Ihe high
that it doesn't
The trouble
cost of livinsr is
seem 10 know
where to head in
:o
The '"free trade howl" that the
republican papers set up when
I'rt'siih'iit Wilson was elected i
not panning out to their notion,
The people of this country have
heart! this howl s long and often
that they have got tired of it and
are content with the administra-
,
out
ican
tion of affairs, after they find
that these same renubl
11.1 lure Iflvn Miircl.l.liill!- im
.... .v .-"p fmihihh IIVU
10 inem itr an these years.
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,-. ;,.w.,1r..,r.
is important,
.-'(r, . I1IJ fffi Llllllt 1 11 1KFL
any more, so than dragging the
road. A number of farmers in
Ibis vicinity are rendering the
countrv ant! themselves n v.-ilun-
ble service bv nsin'' fhe lr.no- oo
on the road beKveer, fhei,- fr.rmJmonev makiiiir. A svn.licate of
iiiul Imvn whonnvrm ii i, nr.ni
io io st . i jy sucn num ic-snin ted l
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icoii'i iiiesu trcnio iiieii serve i
themselves as well :i ihe eoiii.
munitv, besides adding to the
treasure in that place where no
thief approachelh nor moth cor-
rupteth.
-:o:
If the next democratic slat?
convention is wise in the matter
of making a platform the party
will win a great victory this yea.-,
ami that victory will lead lo the
enactment of remedial legisla-
lion that will be of irreal benefit I
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iiil- m-if 111; Ul Lilt- rLilLf. ll II
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cause tlie party in future vears
to point with pride lo the out-
come or the election of 11)1 '. We
are savinir this wit h nn "if" nf-1
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lacneo. Ana that is lo hrst gel.
me laciions tosellier. Ir theirirt
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differences can lie amicably
justed this will occur.
:o:
The resolulion inlroduced
ud
by
Senator Shafroth of Colorado for
ubmissioii of n constiliiliioi.nl
amendment which would force
every stale lo submit a constitu
tional amendment favoring worn-
an suffrage on the
petition containing
hi in;
Ihe signa-
t ........ F m- t m . ...l
iioe 01 ;j per cent 01 the total
voters at the next preceding efec-
lion is not likely to receive any
more votes than the resolution to
submit a federal amendment' ex-
tending the franchise to women,
It will be vigorously opposed bv
jealous defenders of the rights of
Ihe slates as an unprecedented
federal invasion. llilherlo the
federal irovernment low ,,-vnr
sougni to provide liow a stale
constitution shall be amended,
that, beins? sfrictlv within (hJ.,
juoMiut oi me biate.
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A GOAL TO WIN.
'Need of uniformity in divorce
laws never had .stronger evidence,
or more practical illustration,
than West Virginia now offers,
That state has always been the
home of domesticity. The family
cat purring- on the rug has al-
ways seemed to be considered, in
.some way, with the great seal of
West Virginia. At any rate,)
I whether in mountain district or
valley region, lowland or high-
lanu, or in us inuusiriai centers
or scenes of sylvan beauty, the
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new state the civil war made has
always appeared to cling tena-
ciously to the standards of love,
nome, launiuiness ami sacriucc
in the throes of which it was
born,
if mine into existence as the
result of an effort at a divorce,
which failed. There is nothing
about West Virginians to suggest
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L moral looseness, or a desire,
oven n willingness, to nrofit from
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M,P sjns (,f uu, wo'ld. And yet,
since Reno lost its crown in the
Dulting of Nevada out of the
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place of the easiest divorce state,
;i h:i been onlv :i miesfion of
time until the appearing of an
effort in some other slate to take
the vacant place and reap the
lost profits. Hut who would have
picked West Virginia as the star
in our constellation to be so
dimmed? J here were two mum
newer states Arizona and New
Mexico ready to hand, each
with a brand-new legislature for
the enacting of necessary boom
laws, and Jjolli on the qui vive lor
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legislation to bring in easy
money. Jnit somehow not 11 nave
been eliminated. Their elimina
tion can be more easily explained
than can be the choice of West
irsrimn. nut mat enoiec nas
been made.
Ihe West 1rgm1a supreme
court recent lv derided that a wife
descried bv a husband in any
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oilier state may acquire a sep-
arate domicile in West Virginia
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in. rl ..rinn ,.lilin o ll i T'f O I
(tliU f.lli (F1JV l. IFiFllllH c FlltV'IV
there, tlionuli the husband he a
non-resinent and only con
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cons rue ve v stvim1 w i tio l'O
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! publication. IIwever often
l'iat decision may serve the ends
(,f justice, it can be readily seen
how often it is lo be made to
serve the ends of collusion and
liivors is alreadv formed at
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11,1 -r i' L"x 111 '" hui i
niake their hay while their sun
chines, for there can be no doubt
that West Virginia clouds, thun-
,,f,i a'm lightning will soon be
cnn nn.l heart!. Hot after lhe
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en i unxeii inn 01 toere, n- nmo
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appear in some other st ate, and I
so continue appearing until lhe
goal of a uniform divorce law is
won.
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President Wilson made
an-
the
other presidential precedent
niimn iwi.-;.,,r ..r.r.. .1. .,.,
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wun henalor Stone ti 3Iissouri,
proceeded to the latter s room
to pay ine senator a inemny
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visit, instead of waitmir lor him I
1 t ir...
10 get wen enougn itr visit mm
tne executive mansion, sen-
aior Moue naa ucen ill lor sev-
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ral days. President Wilson has
become accustomed to breaking
precedents to tlie extent thai
very liltle is said now rcgartlini
such incidents.
:o:-
There is still a light 011 for Hie
postiuastership- of Lincoln, not
withstanding our "eminent" eon-
gressman's endorsement of A. V.
Jonnson. u is now expeciet.i, ae-
- ri . d 1 I
cording to reports from Lincoln,
that Johnson will be turned down
and Frank Brown appointed by
the president. This will not help
mailers any, because Johnson
has friends as well as brown
And there you are.
:o:
You can remeihber a few vears f
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A ""L'l HO'itJ inn -.i-S WUI ioi
$75 and 100, .and now a good
cow otl f,..- ilmf ..mnl. .wn
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lilurr tl ucluul ! al4U wun icioii.i
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administration, too.
April is here, but it is still a
little cool.
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candidates still Keen coming
to Ihe front. "Come on, boys.
There's room for more.
tor-
There may be a defense for th 3
ashes scattered in the street, but
there is none for the heaps.
:o:-
Oovernor Moreliead has hosts
of friends in Cass county who are
ready to support him for eon-i
gross.
:o:
If they keep on building trolley
lines around Jerusalum Wall
street may' take a notion to study
up a little about that city.
:o:
And only a casual glance at his
picture convinces one that Sec-
reiary iucAaoo win lend no
. . . 1 m 1 t
beauty to the White house
family.
:o:
Chicago has removed its wom
en police. Probably with tin
f triit-o ilim. 1 f . -1 1 . ,lt.,..., II.,,
had no place to carry their
whistles.
:o:
It might also be well to have
loionel lloosevelt stoi tJl 111
Mexico, while on his way limiie
from Sjoulh
America,
UUU
environs.
-:o:
Anvwav, that was a great
peech Champ Clark tlelivered in
Ihe house in delense f lus posi-
tion on the Panama canal toll
question.
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V rr,,.! ,j.,ol .r l,.,n.,nn:nrra ;
14. l41 . .i un ri iiuipo nil
wn.. ifj-, n.i- . ami in u in i7i lb jrji
in
maKe one content lo remain in .a
small town.
:o:
Since the tlydroplane is being
used in catching thieves, honesty
mav be more generally adopted
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0n lhe best unitarian ground
Hint if i llm lnwl Tiiilinv
1 t--fMi.j
to:
lhe lacl that one. express com-
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iim'i.i o.- iiiai i iiu uuh-u uuuni
i. .... t .i ii... .1.,,.-.. i tiiii.i.kti
express companies seem lo be
the rarest comnioditv.
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Every man can think of two or
Ulircc more laws that ought to be,
....
while the fact remains that more
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in,.-,, ii..,. ..i
.n.ii.i.j .! .uu.iu
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Mexican millionaires, bavin?
been asked lo dig up for Hit
'"-"- l
of lluerla's army, may not feel
lnvnl f.c Hipv l.nforn Tl.nn.
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are a niuoner oi American mil-
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lionaires over there who will I
have to dig up
witli the others,
also.
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n is s.ii.i
aitl that Secretary Mc-
Ado.) won ins While house nance
because of his ability to trip the
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ltuir.tr. .llltl 1111. flllliui I 1 r ill
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man 'f family and aflairs and old
enough to know beller. Will
someone arise and lnouire
w liilher- nm drif inir
;0
n ; ..-i ,.,i u,.,f noi..r
.jUmes A. Reed of Missouri has
Lniiouiice ,1 thai, lhe federal cramc
haw is invalid and lhaf no alien-
f.'on need be iriven to it. This is
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t..i...... h""t i .' t-..w.-t ,
who want to hunt, for Hie federal
fame law did not anneal a little
bit to local sportsmen.
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If'pi tin llir, "Vil 1 w tr filv ii!iiii,':
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we learn that Senator Unfiling
fol,
re-nomination again
on the republican ticket, wiltioui
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any consideration of Cass couu
lps cantlidale for the same place,
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According to all past usages,
this time Cass county is entitled
io M... ,.o,,li.l:ite Tin, nieseii t
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senator
llll.T iJt-i II liuiniln i rtr.
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if something
xnoumi in t
urn no. and Mr. Sturm of Ne-
ui, and
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uuvrlva, HUM A-OUlliy, UO U
months ago for senator, and will,
- ., -lofi.n.i l.ic i.rio na
a cdiHiiuaie igdinsi, uu uumns
from Otoe county. I
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C!iicagcans Astonisfiod Seats
Free and No Collections.
PUSTflR RIISSFIA IS HERF
I fiUIUII IIUUULLL lf UliU:
In Forenoon Discourse He Discussed
That Part of Creation's Drama
Which Relates to the Typical Feature
of the Passover Lamb Typically, He
Says, It Has Spoken the Divine Plan
For Centuries Blessings For Chris-
tian Church EIGBSina For Jewish
ru u a j tr am M
Church And For All Nations and
Kindreds, Tongues and Peoples.
Kingdom Soon to Be Established.
Chicago. 111., Apr.
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i i,oro fnr n,,.
purpose of inaugu
rating his Photo
Draina of . Crea
tion at the Audi
4l"u(x&lf'.r. 7. Ji
-ar '' R-w V
V
torium Theatre,
the name of which
is a guarantee
that the Drama of
JSC
Creation is iu ev
ery respect first
PASTOR. gUSSELLjj class.
On o nf flirt rrt
,.,.,,, thin. in ,nnnn,tir,n witi,
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tuts xsi.uuja, nuitu 13 uu luuuillg Ul
thirtv riMn an.i wiinossoti i,v nUm,H
m).ooonronii.-,iiv.iSti.nt.ti,.i.Pfti,.
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i t.- vi tujvi nil outiL hi i; 11 cu
and no collections lifted.
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of Creation merely presents the Cos-
Pol of the Bible, which ought always
tn h f mo nn cnii i,o 1,,. ,n hi.
tion to other neonlp takin- un collee-
v - A u v lilt Al V KJJ V-X
t.-,n5 iit i.no fnmi nntimritv ir,
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the Bih e for dointr so himself.
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iuc i uuiu-i.iuia viuuuuu, ub
I y i I Fl,,rt I t . . . r . nn 1
Isaiu. is cuanceu iy unrisuans wno iy
it desire to re-establish faith ln God
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nmitntimWhu , T.,-,-5.,
Pastor Russell's address was in the
forenoon. The Drama was presented
afternoon and evening and is to con
tinue for some time. The text of tho
Pastor's discourse was:
"Christ our Passover is slain for us;
therefore let us keep tho feast." (1
Corinthians 5:7, S.) He said:
por thirty-flvo centuries God's holiest
people, Jewish and Christian, have
with more or less directness, and more
or less imdorstandinsr. eelebrnteil tho
rassover. But while many have rec
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no see tuo reai meaning oi tne jass-
over have great cause for trratitude to-
ward God and for confidence in the
Bible, "the -Word of God. which liveth
and abideth forever." To understand
the Passover means to understand the
ri; J .?,Aa,refFM?.uatyJ
'lan of God ia respect to humanity.
St. Taul reminds us that God's first
&l. l-aui remmus us mat uous urst
:,,!.,, ntir,- ttt
nnrnnB tnnr tnvrnnl r ro
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Were given to Abraham. After God
had tested his faith and obedience, lie
called Abraham His friend, and reveal
ed to him in part things to come. The
essence of the Divine Message of Teace
was. "l win Dless all tue iamilles or
the earth through thy Seed" thy pos-
tcnty. (Uaiatians IU1S, OOtIS
Klira Vvnnl it T'rnmKo wno nftonrFiril
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confirmed with an Oath, because the
time would be long, and therefore it
u,d, be necf,sary that the heirs of
salvation should exercise faith in it
The First Passover In Egypt.
Tastor Russell reviewed to bis hear-
ers tlie institution of the rassover.
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were in
bondage to Egypt and God command-
-Jed Pharaoh to let them go. sending
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chastisement after chastisement upon
rvvntiona ,r.ri 0,n.
eiice. Gods mercy
plague after another
in lifting one
merely hardened
il the final, the
Is plague all the
Pharaoh's heart until
teuth plague. By this pla
first-born of Egypt died in one night;
while the first-born of the Israelites
living in Egypt escaped because passed
over.
The Passover, therefore, me-
tnorlalizes the favored of God.
The first-born of Israel were subse
quently exchanged for the tribe of
Levi, which thereafter was counted
especially the Lord's some of the Le-
Ifia.ijr uil- lwiu o ouxui; ul. luc ajc-
c-ir., no rioo cn.ri(;i o-
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rite altar, and some of them dointr an
inferior service assisting the priests in
the work of instructing and blessing
all the other tribes. Moses and Aarou
were members of this priestly tribe, all
of whom became leaders of God's
chosen neonle in their subsequent ex
periences, particularly in their cross
ing of the Bed Sea and, later, in cross-
hit iiii .iiu ii:i ii i i i iiiii rtr un.
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first-borns of Israel could be passed
over, a certain sacrifice was necessary,
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according to tue Divine arrangement.
A ,amb"without blemish was sacri.
ficiully kUled, and its blood used to
sr.rinkle the door-nosts and lintels of
a" the dwellings of the Israelites.
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ueu 1:11Ui'J' Vl .fct.i' V? . . . .
same picture. spnnKinig uie oioou or
the lamb upon the door-posts and lin-
tels, roasting the fiesh. and later eat-
. 44. horl,. nr.il ,.r,l,nvn
bread ready for-departure from Egypt
for the land of Canaan. As the morn
ing broke, the journey out of Egypt
. T . oil the hnst rrossed the
i?i Sen. thf venters of which return-
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ing engulfed tho Egyptians, who had
started in pursuit of them.
The Antitypical Passover.
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The meaning of all this to the Chris-
tian is that God has promised deliver
ance from the power of Satan and the a thousand yeaVa long,
slavery of sin to all who are truly Ilis fabDVn. u7' brl' ln ever
people. These were under bondage Jif Lfl S 2l who
when God sent forth Ills Sob, JeSus.
to be their antitypical Lamb-to die.
'the Just for the unjust," and thus
give His flesh for the life of the world.
As a result of that redemptive wort,
the Father highly exalted Him to the jesUs as the great Messiah, said, "Be
spirlt plane, where He was before lie noid the lAinb of God, who taketh
was made flesh. Indeed, Ills resurrec
tion was to a still mgner nature tue
Divine, far above men, angels, princi-
Ialities, powers, etc.
rri, rnnrnoonfa fh life. I)q the
'-'VV. . ' " J LUC 61H UJ. LI1" yjliUlLKriA " "
Bible tells. The blood of the passover descrjDed as the Church of the First
lamb thus typically represents the life m, " iMVinr the world to have the
which Jesus gave. The sprinkling of
tne uiooa upon ine uoor-iwais uuu u
tels represents the part which must
be experienced by all who belong to
tne liousenoici or aun. aij bulu iuusi.
llu 1U wvim wuu
JUSUBCanun ueior uui iu
I work, the sacrifice, of Christ, who died
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L,. must we exercIse faIth ,n the
Rns;A nf ontorinfr Into the Household
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who appropriate the merit of Christ a
sacrmce uy laarn. ah sucn are cuuui-
ed as being partakers of Christ's holl-
ness, and are sharers with Ilim In the
md t- nr,,i
prospectively His joint-heirs in His
Kinnm tft mm,.
m... too h Terr
rassover found its antitype through-
out this Gospel Age. From the time
i.o- Tea ,nn,i o , r.nmh nf nrvi
to take away the sin of the world, to
the present time, there has been a
feast spread for those who are able to
nnnrpfi:itfl ir. Tnprn nas Deen a cov-
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enng wiUi the merit or ins saennce
for those who had faith to accept it
All such are counted members or
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tne "unurcn 01 tne r irsi-Dorns, wuose
I n.ma nr "rtttun in Tlonrcn " (Tl o-
brews 12:23.) This Church is not yet
completed. Thank God! we may stm
springe tne moon or tne wmu upon
tue ooor-rosis oi our Hearts, may
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sun nave imputea to us ms preciuus
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merit, aii a sua nave tne privilege oi
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urcuwiuj; iiit-mua ui. v.uixiv.u
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liut tne jnorning is near at uauu.
The First-borns will soon be recognized
ot jrOU. iiiey wiu uc tuaugwi in u
4 i mi. f it 1 .J
moment, in the twinkling of an eye."
By resurrection power they will be
made like unto their glorious Redeem-
er. They will begin their great work
as the Royal Priesthood. Under the
leadership of the great Trophet, Triest
and King Jesus these under-priests,
under-kiugs, under-prophets, will labor
with nim in His great Messianic King-
doin work. These with the Redeemer
will constitute the Spiritual Seed of
Abraham, through whom God s biess
inr it r fnm tn Xntnml Isrnet. and
ultimately to every nation, people, kin-
dred anti toncne
Ti,n t xrir nf iioiirnr-inca
require a thousand years-the period of th llTesf e fift-born re in Jeop
Uessiah's Reign. This deliverance Is ard?"- the Jives of CrS, f.i3'
Pictured by the passing through the
Red Sea. God's mighty hand will be
exercised on behalf of all who are
truly His, during the thousand years.
They will escape from tbe poer of
- "
Satan and his hosts of sin. who will be
rCSttaiUCd for a tide. In the deStniC-
tlnn nf Phnrnnirs hnst In thA Tf1 Sn.
we find a pict6rial prophecy of tbe de-
stniction of Satan and all who are his
-all who love sin and hate righteous-
ness, aU who war against God and His ueui UP ueiore we muxas 01 Bome
righteous arrangements. and they are invited to enter Into a
Two Abrahamic Seeds.
First the natural, afterward the splr-
itual, is God's order, the Apostle tells
us. (1 Corinthians lo:40.) In one sense
of the word, the entire posterity of
Jacob were the heirs of God's Promise
to Abraham. The first privilege was
guaranteed to them under the Law
covenant- lUit as UOd Xoresaw, the
Jews were uuable to keep that Law
Covenant because, like the remainder
of humanity, they are all imperfect, all
sinners, and because God's Law is per-
Ia...
rect tlie measure or a pertect man s
x...jr ..,,. .
uu;uieuce anu Huuny. iuc tncy were
nroQtod bv their ciultavors h koon th
Law, and glorious characters were de-
veloped amongst them-Moses, David,
the Prophets, and many of lesser prom-
Inence. who. as St Paul declares, man-
ifested their faith and obedience even
unto death. Hebrews 11:38-40.
These Ancient Worthies endured not
In vain. They have the promise of a I
oerxer resurrection man tne remainder
of their nation and the world. Theirs
is to be a resurrection to human per-1
fection. They are to constitute the
nucleus of the onrthlv nhnsn nf TVTna.
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siau s ivingaom. To Ills standard, thus I
. I
set UP ln t116 world, will assemble
gradually, not only the natural seed of
- r. ..f " v. uuuju.ualj ucouAUfe i
God's favor and everlasting life.
Pastor Russell then stated that, be-
fore these blessings could come to
Aurunam ana manKina m general, i
luuie uiust ub u oiuijium oecuoi Aura-
nam. - lie snowed tnat Jesus was
Auiuiiaiu s seeu accorumg to me nesn.
but that as such He never' could have
Uvwm1.iJuCu 6".-n iiicBsiamt
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flirt I ft n f'liTtcr .locna "rr Iutf 1 -vTt'n Ilia I
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humanl y sacrificially before He could
be received to the glories of the Di-
"if.
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tUJXltJ JU1UL-Ilt;il Willi JU3 Oil lut; I
iTenventv nhinn-o r.4,tPr 1-4 -. ..
7." " . T ..
ine learn., mo iwiuiy jcbus
and all those of every nation
whn
... sv.,1,1 rt ., Cr.ln;.r.l C?..l P 4 l.M..
ham has progressed now for eighteen
ito li u0iconi.vi null 1UI CIUICCU I
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will soon be completed. The gathering IIow beaful the picture! .How sol
of the Elect will 'complete this Age en s ot our .PPrtunltles
and inaugurate the New Dispensation, ana PTlleces, and responsibilities cor-
durinff which God's blessings through
Messiah's Kingdom will fill the earth.
superseding the curse wh en
rr.oni.inri tnr six thousand
r- " foae,ah.a nw
- "n" nnMfvnlcal
lasting ""- TL ' r.
lfmJXT
to lasting me tu ....
Christ Our Passover.
Jchn the Baptist, in announcing
- away the sin of the world." It Is well
that we should notice the amerence
hDfn1(I1 the, takine away of the sin
Lf the world and the taking away of
... . -m n.. Tha Chnrrh la
jging 0f the after-born members of
- samo family of God. Only oy close
rnMnv cnn we discern the deep things
of rrne Spirit was promised to
ide js followers into an under-
standing, not merely of the outward.
or superficial, features of Gods ar
rangement on man's behalf, but also
lnto thefeeper parte.
ato the deeper parte.
The sin of the world Is the Adamic
sin. By one man's disoDeaience, sin
entered the world. The penalty of that
sin was not eternal torment nor purga
tory. But, as the Apostle explains and
as we also read in Genesis, the curse.
,eu ,lJ ' Vi ZYZ
thou shalt die." No one could be thor-
1 11.- m cn fa nojrh "I irlnrr.
ghly released from that penalty of
death-and completely resurrected out
of death except by the payment of a
Ransom-price-the payment of his 1 pen-
any. io luemr U.
nay the penalty because every member
was under that penalty himself, nence
God's compassion mannesteci itseu m
providing the Redeemer a Ransomer.
1 , iS j v. ctftr,o
uue t-ue.iuic w. on.oj.0
ot dUMite uu by -,
Adam and all of his race free rrom
tne aeatn penalty me curse.
i ... t a
mie x .
fnn n WAV the Sin of the WUOle WOrld
and give all an opportunity for Resti-
tution, lie win not De me
0riuuunu. "
over tue tuuaua xaovci. xxu.
I - - a a
xms suona tut; uiuacuvc ircinrcu
i ja.. . i .M -v. i
aenverance or tne vuuruu uurm, lui.
I . , M-i ,
AKt;, xuiUlc uc.,
irnr 1 1 1 1 1 1 ri 1 1 " ill.. i.i iiii'iiiiiiiiii. . 1 11
i , i , t t- imi...i..n. rrv,
I I IF1 111 uu&.u
. . . . 7, .
i cnurcn is aenverea or pabseu uvw uy
faith through the imputation of tho
I a a. - a rwl . rf,
merit oi tne lieueemer. me v,uurtu
class may, therefore, even now speak
of sins forgiven and of having passed
from death unto life but not so tho
I world. Indeed, the taking away of the
I gins of the world in the next Age will
be on a totally different basis. The
j merit of the Redeemer will not be Im-
( puted to mankind. The world will not
be justified by faith. The taking away
0f their sins will be actual, and their
justification will be actual.
Tne Church of the First-born has
special privileges and blessings, as well
as special trials. In the rassover type.
ere nu l15?3
in tbe antype that the Church of the
First-born will be liable to death at a
Ume whfn the rftm,a,Indelof tne W0J,d
will not be thus Ua b e. The reason for
1 thi ! elonr in tho llfrhr nf nthpr Kprfrv-
iS ' l"e uu'' UJ-
. V. . - W
-LUtJ ul lu oubpei ge tue Apos-
rr . ti av.-. di t a it a
0e, st"les a "nia calling," a Heavenly
au me uurcn is not un-
a JUW- "aiuer. a neaveniy rewara
I covenant with uod, to roiiow such a
course of life in the present time as
win eventually bring them to the glo-
rious prize set before them in the invl-
tation. That prize is sometimes styled
the Kingdom, and sometimes the Di-
vine nature-and it includes both.
But if the reward is so great that
Jesus called It the "pearl of great
nrlco " and St Paul dwlnrnd thnf h
counted all other things as loss and
Lica n .nnnnrin chnnM v,
surprised to find the conditions, or
terms, for obtaining it very stringent
" W
Notice the strincencv nf th rnllr
I " "
"Onther toirether Mv f?aint. unto Mp"
...... .u. . . .
a Covenant with Me by
sacrifice."
(psaIm 50-5.) Agam DOtlCo
words ..If any man be
him de hJmsolf ,
Jesus'
My dis
ciple, let him deny himself and take
nn liisi rnea nnrl fnllnnr Mo1
1
Dead to the World And All.
From the foregoing Scripture,. It will
ue noucea tnat tne condition upon
which any may become a member of
the Church of the First-born is that he
shall sacrifice his earthly nature. Only
hv fnniifiiliis In th.ia cnnriflm. n
""'"""b vou.
he obtain the Ilenvenlv nntnro tt
' A W" U U
faithfulness would hinder him from
ever obtaining the new nature. As for
vut iuijr ture, cUCli give up flll
right to it in order that they mnv run
iu the sacrificial race for th nnirn
nature. Hence It Is that the First-
borns are represented in the type as
beinsr exposed to death nnnlhlinti
Kot so the world: for th nrM i
only under Adamic condemnation.
fii h. nmici u I,. Z..Z
tuat curse snail be removed. Hence of
aU e Veovlo In the world, the only
.
ones wno at tne present time are in
danger of goinff Rto eXtYtIon Vro
tnoso wno tave made ft conaecratIou
to be the followers of Jesua.
Iok back again at the type. There
" " DCO iroviaea ror an. --There
.. . 1. I . . . . " ;
we see tne blood upon ; the door-nosta
for all. Tint wn en. ih,n a--. t.A
fftP n11 ,,.. ..
. "oi-uum IUO
j u urtuiier. in me antitvn
n JrZr . uecom
-it,,,v, J . .
Church in Glory, the Royal Prlesthnnrf
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