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PAGE . PLATTCaOUTII 8EC3I-WEEKLY JOURNAL. MONDAY, MAY 25, 1914. Cbc pfattotnoMtb journal Published Semi-Weekly at Plattemouth, N e b r. Entered at the l'ostoflice at I'lattsmouth. Nebraska, as second-class mall matter. R. A. BATES, Publisher Subscription Price: S1.50 Per Year In Advanoe MORNING GOMES! AWAKE! ARISE! REVISING DIVORCE LAWS. Cass county eypended $28,7U0 While thero is an unknown last year for roads and $22,207 percentage of the population that for bridges. looks upon liberal divorce laws as :o:- a blessing instead of an evil, the The man who says that politics ft. . i - rt 4 1,,. 1 . i : I .. i i i 0n..iL iihus ui me population I ari! ma very inucn compncaiou lakes a different view The nuiii-liii Nebraska 1 iocn'1 Iriwivv vnrv ..... . v... - "- . m m .. ber of divorces in the United much about the condition of af- lifldJOriiy 01 1111111311 rdlllliy r3SS Males is greater in proportion to fairs. I me population man any other -;o:- country except Japan, there be- PASSING OF THE RUBE. In days gone by the "dude" and the Tube"' represented two of the extremes of life. Today the dude i idill with us, a useless piece of of rubbish. but the rube has pa.-sed into the history of men. A lew years ago no publication of general circulation was consider ed complete without a caricature of the rube fanner. He was gen erally portrayed in patched over alls luek into cowhide bots with heels looking It ini in the face, spike-tailed whiskers and shaggy bair. an old straw hat, with hair slicking through the crown, and a facial expression of the utmost. a-toiii.-hiiient or imbecility. Hi; one gallus completed the picture Hut where is the ruhe todav? He is on the farm, in the shops, tin .-tores, the factories: he is high m the professions and -his voice i heard in the halls of congress; he di-peiises justice from the judicial bench and represents his country in foreign climes;, he is digi-iiii: tin- wealth from the bowels of the earth, and search ing the In aveiis for the worlds of the unknown. In a few ears in tellect, honesty and dogged de termination have carried him to highest seats of the mighty. And while some of the Tubes" have left the soil in search of wider li'-M-, others hae remained on the farm the one class of people upon whom all the world depends and without which the pie of the earth would cease to exist, lb- still owns his farm, but it is paid for, i well slocked, and the latest improved machinery is ee where in evidence. The "Tube" .f the farm is dressed in epen-ie clothing- of the latest sensible pattern, drives his own As the democratic candidate ing an annual average here of 73 for senator conies from Otoe Hon. John Mattes now has a divorces to the 100,000 popula- county, the candidate for float clear Held for senator, so far asjtion, while Japan has 215. Aus- representative should come from Otoe county is concerned. tria has only 1, Ireland less than Cass county. Fair nlav. bovs. o: 1, England and Wales 2, the Ger- :o: mm 1 1 I 1 1 I . . I ji everynouy in coiorauo is tu man empire 15, France 23. Swed- War has been declared on the Through Life as if Asleep. STATE OF MENTAL INACTIVITY no disarmed let us nope mat me en 8, and Switzerland 32. The tight and shadow skirts that tirst move will not be to lake the grounds for divorce in this coun- "cover everything and conceal glittering prospectuses away try range from one in New York, nothing." Hut it must be pre- from the real estate agents. in the District of Columbia and. sumed that Damn Fashion will he - practically, in North Carolina to enough like the stubborn Huerta In case the United States de- fourteen in New Hampshire, to hold out for a season or two cities upon a policy of uuiversal South Carolina permits no di- longer. Iienee !ln nr'linncrii citcrriwlo I li i I I l ll riM. i ..vt, ..... , .-upP. .1 '""MMiur tiu iin. x ne i mi nations i . n - .... i i llie goernm.'iit turn the big can- proposed by the bar committee The man who wrecked the Car-I nous up on end and use them for are in effect in some of the states, negie Trust enmpanv has been .sil3. I Vhft Imp fliov Imvn imnrovrl run I nil pi !wl hv 1 1 1 irocnrmn. if Vni- .o. unions is a mailer of dispute. iork, without having- served a Assistant Attorney General There are few subjects that day in prison. Many of New Kdgerlon has entered the race appear to defy all rules to the de- York's bright young gunmen no for the republican nomination I gree that divorce does. There doubt realize their mistake in not for congress. The First district are no more rigid divorce laws taking up finance. i : 1 1 t I . . . -111. 1 1 - m r win surety nave a suuiciency oilman mat 01 xsew lorn, yet ill :o: republican candidates after a never occurs to the country to 1 he plan for the submission of sians 5:14 while, if they keen on coming; look upon New York as a do-1 a nation-wide nrohibit ion amend. i - i ml. :o : Petitions are being circulated conditions in South Carolina, shuffle, and should be. Every . I a . .. I... in some parts of the state to I'russia. wim ont Gome Asleep In Death Others Asleep In Ignorance and Superstition Still Others Asleep In f Worldliness Some Christians Half Asleep The Awak- I ening of the Soul Mental Eyes Open- the child In sympathetic terms those thoughts which It is so ready to receive from any one ill whom it has confl aence. One groat difficulty, the rastor de clared, seems to be that children lose confidence in those whom they find to he deceitful. Kven if the person has never deceived the child. It soon finds out whether he deceives other people or practises falsehood in any way; and as a result of that knowledge the child mind is perverted. It loses faith in others, and imbibes that saraedls honesty of purpose find thought. The speaker also deplored the fact that some parents seem to think it wise and proper to teach children to take advan tage of somebody else, and even to lib a little, in order to furtber present in forests. This, ho declared, is a serious mistake. Those who awaken to n sense of re sponsibility to their Creator should arise from tho dead condition as far Ing to See Things In a New Light The Light of the World The Sun of 3 possible, the Pastor holds. He re Riohtniiiu.o. Di.'r.. a:u ui-,i: I minded his hearers that when one first 9 - --w w -wuW ivmiii J In His Beams Will Dispel Darkness. On the Atlantis, May 24. Pastor It u s s e 1 1, whose Photo - Drama of Creation Is awak ening new zeal In the study of the Word of God everywhere it is be ins presented. preached today from the text, "Awake, thou that eleepest, and arise Kir fi ftL ((PASTOR. gUSSElLl awakens in the morning, there is a mental freshness which is Invariably lost If ono turns over and falls asleep So the moment of the soul's awaken in?? is a favorable moment of which to take advantage. Hut if the soul lias no encouragement at that critical moment It may drop off to sleep again. All who are awake should do all In their power to encourage those who have Just awakened, that these may rise from the dead world ami bo separate from conditions around them. "Christ Shall Give Theo Light." The speaker declared that merely to awake to a realization of one's eondl inestic Eden. from the deadand tlon, merely to arise from the dead Christ shall give theo light." Pphe- condition of the human race as respects higher tilings. Is not to be a Christian. The Pastor Introduced his theme " "lle Christ gave the light which en- abled us to see. first of nil tlml- th .w.;.vl.vo..- . ..... ....... t i. ii. .1 "c vuo-vi.uuuu lu iimj.nuj - - " . .-.e.e.r...s .... ..v. o i-M,,,,, sen u3 jiuuso,,, of imujanitv nre not awake: that thev t sin is tieatn, i.ut the gift of found grounds for criticism of seems to have been lost in the seem to be nassimr through life in n God ls eternal life through Hie He- huffle. and should be Every Kearny state; that as a rule they xre 'r ie novyly awakened must . v , . ilfi.(fl 0t,rtll. i ttL-cr .n uum us lut'ir Jiansom-s:icnno .i . .. . I a . I luniUK UiVUi. lUt: llUliliaiiL Ii.lt! L" I wneie mere is no divorce at all.liaie lias llie power to enact a r r nf ni,nf n luiuu, niust lay hold upon Ilim. before thev I 1 u.wauiii..-. I . ... . . omnibus" nndiibition law for the i-milmt .if what to eat and drink, what to wear. m'li uo consiuercu christians. I I ... PncfAn TtirL-All i ii.. cause for divorce in addition to its own people. Every state has-"-? " '"Ar, U do: sto . ,"t "Z , . i i nuicu, ept-uus ii3 Liuic miuKing aooui I 1 - iiuee speciuu grounds, nas yel me same power lo adopt woman these things rather than about the -03 or unacrstnc:ing opened. The shown a deerensn in the number suirraire. Th.-iiv enon.Oi thlucs that nertain to find, to iri iviii step is to recognize that we are all and His ways, and to the everlasting life of the futurn. rest of the world has shown an There may be sonic good in- Then tlm itor romtn.i.,,1 i,ta n.T. abolish the ollice of county as sessor. There is nothing to the ollice but the salary. The pre cinct assessors do most of the work, and the work imposed upon nf divorces granted, while all the the county assessor can just as well be done bv the county clerk increase. The manner of en- tenuous among those democrats ence how this state of mental inactlvi- :o: forcement of the law and thehvbo want Governor Morehead to 17 , ,3 . Drouut a bo.ut- Wiethe i , i uuu ju t;t"rai may ue sain ro be Hill price gives the congres- aiuiuue 01 society to- niu again ior governor, but the asleep, In one sense of the word it is I i . I t ... I 1 rr a . sional raei. :i rosv- Iin ;. i,ijaru uivnrceil persons appear to lanuiiariiy of that celebrated utau- J-nus me Apostie ueciares or the favor. He claims "there are but liave ,,,,,Ie inuoncc than the let- Italian hand does not look good HLLil. V.L.l I . I ..ww.-w. wuww JVA Jiu.. iLT t llUli: KSL 111 icr ol me statute. It is question- to us. Consequently we would is under the sentenco of death passed o.i I . . . - . I " " two dark spots one in Pawnee county and one in Plattsniouth. able whether the provision forU'mition the governor to make When the vole at the primary is rt',lia,riage "with consent of the baste slowly in the direction of upon Father Adam because of his dis obedience to the Divine command sinners and to accept Christ as our Pe- deemer from the curse of sin and death. Those who take this step are shown tiie second step that of consecration. Unless that step is taken, the light will not shine much more clearly for that individual. Those who take each step as soon as it is clearly seen will go on from grace to grace, from knowledge to knowledge; for "the path of the just is as tho shhiin.cr light which sbineth more more unto the perfect day." So the people of God who Lave escaped from the bondage of sin and death, and have come into Christ as New Crea tures, have become overcharged with worldly cares, and thus may figura tively be said to have fallen asleep again. The sleepy ones will not be of the Kingdom class, he declared, tit. Paul says that the true Church are nut of those who are asleep, but ere chil dren of the Day; and therefore they are to remain awake and be sober, looking for tho great salvation which ls to bo brought unto them at the Sec ond Comiug"bf our Lord. Those of tho Church who go to sleep now are those who are overcharged with tho cares of this world and with tho deceitfulness of riches whether by intermarrying and thus having the world brought so close to them that they are overcomo by Its influence; or whether by business entanglements or alliances or partnerships, or what not, that may be unfavorable to their spir itual Interests nnd their consecration to God. After one has become thor oughly awake, and has become a mem ber of the Po:ly of Christ, there is great danger that such a one may be come overcharged with worldly tares nnd the deceitfulness of riches. One may get the dec-eltfulness of riches without having the riches; for the ef fort to get the riches may develop the deceit. The Awakening of the World. The Pastor then discussed his text from the standpoint of the future. At the beginning of the New Day of Christ the world will be asleep some in death, others in Ignorance and su perstition. Put the tumult of the Time of Trouble, with which the .Scriptures everywhere declare the change of dis pensation will be accompanied, will certainly awaken the majority of those who are not in their graves. Some are awakening now; later, the whole world will awake, and Christ will give them light Tho thousand years of the Messianic Kingdom will be a time of rising from the dead. Not merely those who are in their graves will arise, but all who are living at the time of the establish ment of the Kingdom will be awak ened, before the awakening of those In tho tomb. When awake both classes will begin to rise out of sin and death conditions, trying to get a little higher and more awake. In order that they may receive some of tho blessings of that glorious time. The Scriptures declare that at that time the Suu of PigLteousness Christ and the glorified Church will arise with healing in its beams. Then the poor world, that have been in sorrow, pain, crying and dying, afllicted of the Devil for six thousand years, will be- aut'nitliile, owns .-dock in banks, and puts his surplus wealth out at iutere.-t on long-time mort gages. His -ons and daughters are in the .-ehools. the colleges. the universities, and he and hi- wile enjoy lile us the most in dependent and carefre' mortals on earth. Haiti tunes conic and go. but they do not bother tin "rube-' of today. He has enough and to spare, and his scientific met h. of farming are yearly adding- to 1ms store nf wealth. The "rube'' of yesterday is the oinj. Mili-lantial citizen of to day the bulwark behind which a numbly nation rests in security. -:o: While Nebraska fared quit badly in the selection of regional bank. il has secured two of the reserve hanks ,,,u. at (jmaha and one at Lincoln. I.e.-. I we Torgel is Hill price Hiil in the race for congress- He doesn't eem in J,e bustling very much. Mavbe he thinks it is use less, as he don't stand any show, anyway. :o: Strangers who come to this city remark as to the beauty of the Elks' temple on North Sixth street. It undoubtedly is a beauty and may it be a joy to its mem bers forever. :o: Governor Morehead uses excel lent judgment when be consults bis own mind in regard lo run ning fr governor again, lie has been in politics long enough to know that it does not take very much urging to get some fellows to sign a petition, and that the schemers w1k waul him out of the way in the congressional race will resort to everything within counted, our friend, price, will liud there arc numerous other Mark spots" be hadn't counted on. :o: Champ Clark will be a candid- ale again for congress in tin -Multi .Missouri district. No man V.H.. in congress nas as many friends in his district as Champ has in the Ninth Missouri IN' is a man who never goes back n his friends, and that is on reason he retains the friendship of the democrats in his district. Champ is a politician, but he i not one on the hypocritical order. :o: Teddy says he is in favor of tin new parly. ho would have thought when Roosevelt was lecled president in lUOi that he would be guilty of an effort to disrupt the party that made him what he is? Hut that's the rule r ruin policy of leaders in both parties. Teddy made Taft and then turned around and defeated him for re-election because he Y'!l!.ljl I.. 1... 1 . 1 . . ......... a lw iuesiueni again himself. There are others, how ever, in the same boat wilh Teddy, but not in the same parly. :o: The gubernatorial light in the democratic parly is exciting con siderably more interest than one not posted might suppose, and from present indications there is a posibilily that bad feeling is likely to result at the general election lo such an extent that the man who secures the nom ination will be defeated. George W. Herge proposes to remain in the race until after the primary, and the same can be said of Charley Hryan, who is simply awaiting to see what Governor Morehead intends to do. This is llie true situation right now. Un der such circumstances a reg ular Kilkenny fight must occur If it were possible for Governor Morehead to be the only can didate we are ready to say 'amen" to his running, but otherwise the Journal would advise the gover- tlieir power to accomplish their object. We again caution the nor to "tread lightly" in that di governor to look out for breakers. J reclion. ty, all mankind, shared with them the penalty, "Dying, thou shalt die." Gen esis 2:17. margin. But this death sentence that was in 11 a... I - J t - coun wouiu do sausiaciorv. consenting io run again lor gov- ... sucn consent could readily be se- U'i nor l eureu in an ex pane proceeding. :o: About its only value would be to One of the initiative proposals passed upon all has been changed, the furnish more work for lawyers, on which Californians must pass slieaker asserted, to bo a sentence of x- , , ., .ir . , m ,,4,. , ... , ,. , . sleep, from which there Is to be an Nor would the "friend of the at this falls election would pro- awakening. God foreknew the fall of court" be able fo make nior fh.nn llibit anv emnlover nermil t iir man. and nurDOSed to redeem the hn- . r i .... i ..." . . man familv from rieith in tho Titvino Then wo were merely looking toward a lierfimef orv invent i"n ..... f.... I n tiv link- 1. i .... . i ... ....... t uiuu uunj iiumueaiu. an tne unine J then. In order to nroirress one must i I t:ltf tllrt Kffn of fill! ri.ncr'.lt.in tni fill i ... j. ... .-, first parents sinned, and their poster!- the lord. I f r.ikT,,T V lu'ueemer ... . I- 1'Oro. lor deliverance from tlu nownt- n I V. tan. For the thousand years of the Next the Pastor pointed out the mis- -Messianic Kingdom the Devil will be take which many of us have made In l'uliUJ and hure no power to deceive the past. We did not really know tn? I'eor,e- The true light will then what it is to be a Christian. We do t,luuc ouc anu tne darkness of su not become Christians, members of the T , uuu -Suora"ee will be scat- P.ody of Christ, when first we awake or when first we arise froin the dead. in i.i,iii1mvi1i1.iiI , wuu muiiij irum aeatu. an tue uivine , " . " in ills tinpioim nt tot prnmm jpsn.si vns Dm T.rimh nf fiwi Christianity, merely getting the soul i o ice. .irornevs for non-resi work over eight hours a dav. llie cinin fm u.r.irn h awake to see the possibility of liar " - V- I . fcV- VtV IUV lUUUUllLlll VI IUU " dent defendants in practice gen- farmers are not enthusiastic over -'or,J- Therefore, because God had "ny with God and escape from the - I I - purposed the redemption and restitu erallv look- i,n.. lh.",. .,-.;f Ih,- me:...,-.- :,..l ii... ,urHW'ca lUL reueml ' 1 v" ulTU,m- ' "" " tlon of humanity by an awakening ment as a formality. Hut the k'"ilby domestics are vainly try- from death. Ho always speaks of death court itself might by cross-ex- ing to devise a schedule lo m as a slceP. when communicating with animation of a complainant in a snch a law. default case often ascertain that :o: the whereabouts of a construe- The rural route carries will lively served defendant is really meet in Weeping Water on 1 eco tUo awakening of some of the world in thoso who believe. The Awakening of the Soul. Proceeding to his text, the Pastor discussed his theme in three divisions: the present time, tho awakening of the Christian, and the future awakening known. The fact that a divorce rat ion day to discuss matters of fraudulently obtained is not a di- interest to themselves. Every of the world during the Messianic voice at all is not known to many carrier in Cass county should Kcizn. To all who come to tho Lord. complainants, . . i uu vJV,v-t4&-V4. vuuu: .i li iitt: it 11V 11 a condition for make it a point to attend. As they began to think of snbiects un- Which a Certain tvoe of !.iwver Saturday. May :m i :i holid.-iv- if thoucht of before the hiuher thimrs. is much to blame. There arc hives them all an opportunity' iLSC -,crtailinr to fll ,Hi the worM I 1 1 rr nm T r tr flint IT run enmn mil lO'l in? r 1 a . I .. 1 1 . 1 a ..I .o...,j uuux-s, io pe. corrected, but aueiiu, ami mey cannot benelit been steeped in sin and degradation whether the evil may be checked themselves any more than bv at- others had lived merely for the pres m by multiplication of rules or in- tending this convention. crease of court machinery i j vj tered. World's Trial Future. Tho Pastor then drew a soul-lusplr-ing picture of future conditions as fig uratively show n in the Scriptures. Tho New Age will not bring in full light all at once. The great Sun of Pight eousness Christ and the glorified Church will have a gradual rising, like the natural sun. Gradually its rays will dispel the darkness and clouds; gradually the light of day will increase. During tLo thousand years the world will be rising gradually from the dead. It will require the entire period of a thousand years to accom plish the resurrection of tho world, now dead in trespasses and sins. The Pastor strengthened his argu ment with a description of the per sonal test which God will bring to each member of the restored race at tho close of the Messianic Peign, when Christ will have delivered up the King- :o:- queslionable. :o:- ent and seemed never to think about anything except the trivial affairs of everyday life. Put somehow they be gan to realize that they were sinners and that there was a sentence against them. Perhaps they got the right The congressmen may buckle down to their lessons, now that they have been promised a re cess on July 10. Why not on the glorious Fourth? :o: Teddy no more than lands at Oyster Hay when he jumps right mto the political wh.rl. George slruct hil cilI W . Perkins gets right in the game game also. This doesn't look very mucn like sidetracking the bull riMfl ,M1, ,viI moose party. :o:- Governor Morehead has never been defeated yet for any posi tion to which he has aspired, and view, that this sentence was one of we believe "if l, r,.n f..,. death; but more likely they got the gross he will be nominated uiul otprnai tnrmpnt elected hands down. Everyone Then the Pastor showed that the ma knows he has made a .spiOIUiid Jority of children reach this Important crisis between the ages of twelve and governor, and with his experience fifteen years. At that period there is in public affairs he will fill the a great change in human nature; and bill .,u .-.., ..r therefore it is a most advantageous o .i.i.toji.ua.i i.ci iee- . f tb f f sniritu:ll Krowlh lion, and no one will have to in- to spring up in those who have reach ed the age of responsibility. The speaker here dwelt upon the duties of parents and teachers who have control We can learn a lesson from of the voung at this Important stage of son, a lesson in development While he fully believes in Uie liupoixaiice ui uuhiih,, h uiuu In the nurture and admonition of the :o:- patience for one thing, but a bi ger lesson in keeping an open L.ord from the very beginning of its existence, yet he holds that both par s ii ii I Ii i ii 1- i ti rr O out i-iiinniiip 1, l.,M nave we iorgotten the days I mind and doin tl-ti n. .. . . 1 I a - I ,JUI iwrciauiers lought for down a straight line. Wilson niprt with children at this most favor freedom, and that their posterity says he lets anyone teach him. nble time for opening their mental eyes ".iSl,t cjs; Ufe. liberty an,! the If another ma.. has a belter idea jSr.SSS liuisuit of happiness? Have we than be has Wilson takes it for of the present life to the higher things forgotten the Declaration of In- his own and puts it to use. What pertaining to the life to come. "Arise From the Dead." Tim Pastor next pointed out the falla cy of the belief that the "young must aow their wild oats." and expressed re gret that even Christian parents seem t "be imbued with this false idea. Those who sow wild oats, he main tained, will reap wild oats: for -"whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." according to the Scriptures. Ills thought is that from the beginning of its existence the child mind should be kept near the Divine standard. The parents should be able to express to .i i ...... . i utifuueui-e signed by those brave an admirable scheme. Why be Patriots who signed that declara- stubborn with your ideas when tion, and have we forgotten the someone else has a better one, meanm- of that great document? an idea that will make you hap- seems so; when wo forget the pier and keep you out of trouble. glorious Fourth of July, that day The president is giving us some- )f all others that should be re- thing to follow, lessons in pali- menibered by every true Ameri- ence, straight thinking, and ap- can. The Fourth of July is the propriating- any idea that comes day to display our patriotism, and along, discarding our own when C t S tlO it . I f hp. n pv nn Pc enile nc holfop condemnation upon the world. As St. Paul declares, there is condemnation upon all except those who are In Christ Jesus. Put from the moment wo get into Christ we lose the condemnation of death that came upon the race be cuuse of Adam's disobedience. Then v.e are individually on trial for life. The first trial for life everlasting was given to rather Adam, the Pastor said. Adam failed to pass the test, and thus Lrouglrt condemnation upon all his pos terity the world of mankind. It Is n point in law that a man under con demnation for a capital offense cannot Le condemned again unless first freed from the previous condemnation. As u juee, uwiiMuu nu temeiiceu iu uo in unto the Father, and mankind Heath by uod s Law, "Dying, thou will have been left to themselves, shalt die." Since all humanity is un- Those wjio have learned really to love der this condemnation no one can have the right and to hate the wrong will an Individual trial through Christ un- be ready for such a test; those who til first he has gotten free from that have not developed such a character condemnation which is the penalty of will not be ready. Adam's sin. So the mere awakening The nature of this test we may not to a realization of our condition does yet know definitely, the Pastor said, not give any one a second trial for life. In the Ilevelation it is represented as Arising from the condition of sin and the loosing of Satan, to go forth to de degradation and trying to live an hon- ceive the whole world of restored hu est, decent life would not mean that inanity. Everybody who has any sym one had passed into trial again. pa thy whatever with evil will "be de- . , -r i m ceived into taking the wrong course. Church Only on Trial Now. iiio i i . . . . , , r Doubtless those w ho have reached per- Then the Pastor demonstrated from foction of nmn.in J)ature wouH Scripture that only the Church class take that courso if tm,v rt.aIizca t,;Jt are now on trial for life, and that the lt woud brlng deat,; upon t,Ln). world is not on trial at all, but is "dead therefore thev w ould dodge the wrong in trespasses and sins." The world's course merely for fear of the conse- j.ulgment lies iu tho future. The quences. p.iit God is not pleased to Church's judgment has been progress- -ive life everlasting to those who Ing for nearly nineteen hundred years. Would morel v dod;? the non-iite ..f The first to be tried was the Head of wrong doing. Only those who love the Church our Lord and Savior Jesus right as He loves right will receive the Christ, lie was found worthy and vas boon of life. glorified. The Apostles were tried, and In conclusion, the Pastor showed th.it throughout the Gospel Age the Individ- those who fail to pass the final test ual members of the Church have been will be destroyed in the Second Death, tried. Soon the trial of the Church And that this action on God's part will will have been finished, the last not be unjust or unkind. Mankind member will have passed beyond the were born without life rights, and God eil and entered into the joys of his has not promised them eternal life. Lord. l"e blessings of the Incoming Age Those begotten of the Holy Spirit are all of Free Grace. All of His are now on trial for life on the spirit blessings must be appreciated from plane. All thus on trial will fall into the standpoint of right "and w rong. one of three classes. One of these -Ihose who fail to learn tho prlnci- lasses will get the highest place the Pies of righteousness will not be ac- Divine nature as members of the ceptable with God. either now or in L.oyal Priesthood. Another will get a the future. God seeketh such as wor- lower place on the spirit plane, as ship Him in spirit and in truth, such members of tho Great Company the as love righteousness and hate iiilqui- anti-typical Levites. The third class ty injustice. Christ Is to be the will not get life on any plane. This great Light-giver to mankind "the class will probably not bo large, the true Light that lightcth every man speaker thought. that conieth into the world." Happy Applying his t.-xt to the Church, the are all they who receive that Light Pastor said that he was not sure but now! Ciat many professed followers of "Awake, my soul, stretch every ncrvo Christ are asleep. In the context the And i're.s -with vigor on: Aoestle seems to imply that some Of A heavenly rnce demands thy icaL And an Immortal crown."
