MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1914.
PLATT5MOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
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Hand made, of the highest grade
crude rubber, with purest compounds, and
formed over shoemakers' lasts. When you zee the
DUCK. BRAND on the sole or heel of a rubber boot or
shoe you can rest assured that it is a FIRST QUALITY
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Mrs. E. i. St
aiui children or
he:
f'v-rr. Grand Island Tut
:a'
key CkrTord of Klein visited a few
days tii.- week ir. I.oui.-vilie with purer...-
i.' fri-nd.-. !
P. A. .L.e-obsor. letiirr.L-d WeJ:r?
r:,v ir.-.roi::r from (ra:iala. where
he had bee:: attending t some bus
ii, -- - ra: ers.
Mr. a:.d M:.-. Jas. Io','ertor. were
up from Piatt.mo.th Tuesday to at-I'-nd
til-.- faveral of Geo. Takenberp.
a r-'ti.-ir. of Mrs. Il'.beitscn.
M: Kln.er West b.-ft Thursday "or
Ha' r ati. Wyo.. i:ear. (iree:; River,
v. here Mr. West has a position with
the I'r.io!. Pacific Their many friends
wi.-h the:'! succt1-- and hajjiiness in
tt.eii' new V.-.me.
Tt.e Mi:rthy s'.'t e q-.i-i'-ry ciosel ,
town Taesciay l.itrht. Supcrirr-.trrdent
Yavt informs the C'o-.i!"ier. i.owever. ,
tha; the closing is l.u icm"raty .tid j
that he e peels to te :.b;e to resume ,
wo; k aain within a few day-. I
.-'am Line came in from Seneca S.:n- ;
day t'.er.pc to attend the funeral of'
his brother-in-law. L. '. Haddon. i
.o!.;. Lin-, v. ho lives at Alliance, re-j
reived the rr.e--acre- too kite to arrive ;
in time for the furier;:'. so he did not
i
rorrie. j
The Courier joins with the entire
- i
communty in an e:;presion of sym- ;
parky f- the wife, falher!es child-en. j
aired mother, .-isteis and brother in1
their irreat sorro'.v. In the death of ;
Leouai-d Haddc:n the community has j
lost a mot exceHent citixen. and the t
family a lovir.ir husband, father, son j
and b:-oth?r. J
Manager P. Wood of the Xe- I
bruska Liuhtinir comjiai y was in town j
Tuc--'iay and jut a force of mer. at
wo; k .-ettir.ir '"ie an. I strinrinr serv- j
i .- wi'-es preparatory tf) installing !
lights for a nun.be-r who are already :
receixiriir the service of the McKinley i
people, but fee! that the Ped Oak peo
p!e are entitled, to a share of the bus
ire-s an ! will have both companies j
hereafter.
A lartre r urril.tr of relatives and
fri-nds of (Jraniima Keichart izuthered
at her honie on Wednesday a. "ternoon
to c r.irr ;.tulate her' on h'lvi1 r reach e I
her Ti'th birthday. . b u::.iful lunch
was " ' rd f" r "'"rimn v."! :
spent u. pea. air. co:. ersaiior.. Mrs.
Peicliart is one of the p'o'ifcrs of
Ca.-s county. Her- kind he..; i is known
to f vryone in the vicinity and her
hand has ever been open to the needy,
yhe has many warm friends who are
;.-lad to join the Courier in best wishes
for marry happy returns of her birth
da v.
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ELHIWOOD. 4-
2 I.eailer-I'.clin. f
(Iramlma Streeter is quite sick,
and is bein? taken care of by Mi-s
P.ornemeier of Murdock. a trained
nurse.
A jrirl I'uby was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Marian Chancellor of near Mur
dock on Tuesday evening. P.aby and
mother are doinjr nicely.
Mrs. Cornelia Chaney, aunt of Mrs.
Byron (laylord, arrived in the city the
V k ET. : :..'H- Li I? n ii 85 Til
WATER
RUBBER, built for the Man, Woman
or Child who requires better than ordi
nary rubbers at reasonable prices.
latter part of last week and will re
main at the ("avion! r.ome for an in
definite time.
J. Ik Woriey was down from Lin
coin .iru'ay visitin;: his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. (',. W. Woriey. Mr. Woriey
is foreman in the mechanical depart
ment for (ieorjre Pro.-., printers, of
the capital city.
One of the abuttments to the r.ew
bridge, which is beirur built south of
tine city, -rave way. This i- an entire
cement bridire and it will take some
work to reconstruct it.
Ch..r!es Walker, aired vl? years and
1 days, died in 'rruha. and was in
terred in the E'.mwood cemetery. November-
7. li'14. Mr. Walker- was an
old time .-.ett'er of Kimv.ooei. havin-r
o;eiad the iir-U store in our- city.
Mr. and Mr-. W. H. Cassel re
tu t-!:eu ho.me Monday eveninfr from
):iud:;'.. where they had been at the
bedsitie of their son. Karl Ca-sel. wlio
w;. r iou-!y sick at the Clark.-on
i.o-;iital. He is much better at the
nre.-ent time and evpect.- to return
o Li- home at Valparaiso next week,
if he -till continues to imprr.e. Mi-.
'as.-i 'A as afdicted with internal hem-
r, Wednesday lr. Jame Williams
of r,.o!:. II. S. Moore and Wm. Wii-'iii'v.-
of I.in.ohi. and Wymore Vv'il-Ii..m-
of Auburn were in the city.
I'r. Williams i- a irraduate veter inary
uiLieon of cons iderable experience
and is thir.kimr favoiably of locatimr
here. Mr. Williams i- a hustler and
ou"!.; to find this a tomd territory
for- the practice of his profession.
Friend- in this city of Mr. and Mrs.
H. I . Capwe'l rcceietl birth an
nnur. cements on Monday of the birth
of a daughter- to them. The little
or.e wa- born on Saturday. Novem
ber 7, i'.il 1. at the Lincoln sanitarium.
Lincoln. Neb. She weitrhed eiirht and
o;:e-ha.!f pounds and lias been chris
tened Marjorie Kileen. The happy
ta rents hn e the congratulations of
their- marv f i iends.
WEEPING WATER.
II ('publican.
Art Spees of California is visitinjr
his sister. Mrs. W'm. I'ann, anel fam
ily this week.
Jedin W. Colbert repents the sale
of the Geor-re Dennis loO-acre farm
-outhwest of town to Peter Lund,
west eif town.
Mrs. Ida Neuschafer left this
. r..i: ir for- a three weeks" visit with
r.er sister. .ns. .J. . . i.rnhtirjr, at
Spearfish. S. D.
Ir-. Welch reports that the stork
visited the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Mattis Preckenride, northwest of
town. Tuesday, November 10, and left
a line baby boy.
Mr. anel Mrs. Will Coon and fam
ily of Davidson, Mich., spent several
days visitin-r the first of the week
at the home of the former's aunt,
Mrs. D. M. Johnson.
Miss Neva Dennis had the misfor
tune to break her left arm between
the wrist and elbow Monday evening
while- playinjr on the lawn with a
number of jrirl friends. She fell down
uul several of the jrirls fell on her.
William Dunn sold his l("o-acre
farm, a mile and a half east of town,
to Lee Brown last week. Considera
tion, S2 1.000. Thii farm was the
Sam Rector place and was one of the
first improved farms in th.e com
munity. J. M. Teeprarden has resicned as
cashier of the Citv National bank to
take '.'! other work. Ilis stock in the
: bark has been sold To ( . AY. Pish.
.Mr. Teeirarcien is not fuliv decided
! as to what he will To. At present
I he is with his brother, I. W. Tte-
L.-ai;ii-n. in the real estate nr.d insur
' uia'c work. It is hopee! that Mr. Tee-
ya idea will remain in business in
Weeping- Water, as he is the k.'nd of
a nan we need in tov-n.
I.eary Burns, who was one of
Weeping Water's boys fifteen years
ago, was shaking hands with
friends here the first of the week. He
had been to visit his mother at Eim
WukI and stopped here while con
tinuir.ir on a business trip south.
I.eary is permanently located at
Cheyenne. Wo.. where he is boiler
inspector for the Union Pacific rail
road. We learned that he is married
i.r.d has a ('.-vear-olel child.
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NCH&WKA.
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J. S. Eaton, a brother of Mrs. II. L.
Thomas, was here Sundav iron;
j iniiiha vi.-it ina-.
I Ceorire Kvlson of Yorl: is here this
j week visitinjr ::nv-nv ids old friends.
! M r. Kdson moved avvav from here
i
ja'aout twenty years airo.
I The committee wanted a lock of
fair from Have West to put in that
cornerstone, but for- obvious r easons
! were forced to do without it.
lr. Thomas reports the arrival of
a irirl out at the John Opp home
Tuesday moininir;. Everybody con
cerned, even John, is irettinir alonir
r.icely.
Morris Pollard is crippling around
with a wivr.ched knee that he ac
quired by helpinir unload cattle Fri
day. It is very painful and has al
most ma.de the ireniul Cully" pro
fane. Karl Opp i- lay inc off this week as
the result of several minor farm ac
cidents that culminated Saturday
nijrht in the i:;ck of a horse that
1 lanmed ene of his 7. amis so that lie
icanrot shuck corn.
! The west tu;.rry shut down Mon
id;iy. and ur:b--s thinks loo: ter will
I trot open air":n this winter. The iirli
oiar ry ha- been closed for - .me time,
'lack of (rials f(,r stone tcinjr iriven
j as the cau-e. The lower iuar-ry is
i still irettinej- out roc!., but V.'.-iness is
! rot v r-y k.
(irov-'i- ilt-.ack r- now ir. vha .-a at
j the postod'r -e, the clia.iire hv'r.'.r ma le
! Sunday. (i rover t dies 'i , j a
j Vetera". I pro ft .-ses lir- .i'!ity
jli:k a patron or a stamp with e-niai
j facility. Mrs. I-'lesmman will rem-i l
j in the ofiice for- .revera week nn.ll
ithirii.-.. arc !-unni-!ir snaiothly.
II. II. Stoil was taken down k;.-;
! week v i'h e-."uatisin. rnd is yn-:
he'ple.-s wuh a prospect of t!:r-ee or
c-u r weeks of it. lie had been in ids
; usual health until Tiiur.-day of !a-t
: week, when lie was unable to jret vp.
His kne
es.
tbe
e afi'icteel pai'ts
:r-e
I sv.-(,i!e-n o twji-e their- natural siz.i ,
j and he is unable to move. Hisfriends
-y mpat hir.e witli him arid hojie for- hi.i
! j i e-edv recove rv.
UNEOAI.
Ledeor.
Mrs. A. H. Chidester returned home
Friday from a few weeks" visit with
her tlaurrhters at Lincoln anel Walt
hill. Charles Edmisten left last Friday
for Hartinjrton to spend a few days
with relatives and attend to some
matters of business.
James Darrouprh, a resident of this
village several years ajro. came down
from Omaha last Saturday to make
a visit anion? friends in his old home
town.
Kdirar Mark of Imperial, Neb.,
spent a few days here visit intr his
brother, W. II. Mark, also visitinsr
his brother, (ie'orire Mark, near Ne
hawka and his sister, Mrs. John Low
ther, near Plattsmouth.
Georpe Kdson. who resieled near
Murray for many years and now lo
cated at York, arrived Wednesday
eveninir, nel made a visit with Creed
Harris and other friends in this vi
cinity and in Murray.
K. M. MeCemaha anel wife anel their
ni.-ce, Miss Vena McConaha, arrived
home Monday from Charleston, Ilk,
where they were called two weeks
airo by the death of the mother of
?d rs. McConaha.
Frank Finkle has been enjoying- a
visit with his uncle. Adam Emire,
and his friend, Jerry Sullivan, who
came from Omaha last Sunday to
spend several days hunting and vis
iting at the Finkle home.
Mnlan J. Lacy of Omaha, one of
our boyhood schoolmates, passed
throti'rh here on the Monday forenoon
train, irointr to Nebraska City. ,,Tapp"
is one of the leadinir civil engineers
of the metropolis, having: his ofiices
in the Pee buildins-.
A larjre force of men and teams
with a plow prater spent several
days working- on the hill a suarter
(of a mile east of town, and cutting
at the top and h'knc- both sides is
'a treat improvement that will he up-'
pre.-iated by pee. pie ..Tio travel that
thoroughfare. We are informed that
j arrang-eme-nts were math- for cutting,
the hill near town, t-ut a little "f ric-
tion" caused the deal to he called o;f
for the present.
EAGLE.
!! ai-i-n.
j C:-.:ndirra Harre'l of Cer-esco. Neb..
j :s vi.-itim.' at the -A. ii. ardanchn;j-
Irani home.
I Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Stein of Colunr
! i n- are vi.-itiirrr at t!.(- C. W. Crab-
i t rve i.ome.
W. I'. Yeho ar.d son. Darwin, left
j Tuesday for-era.on for- l ira nj Island.
i Net-., to hunt suail a few liav.-.
1 j;,.rn to Mr. a-:d Mr--. We-Iey
! Waleh. wh.o r-esii:e soutlrwest of
Ea-j ie. Tdesdav, No', ember o. a fine
7 1-2-j'otind isrA.
ited from Friday until Monday at
the home or her son. Sanders Yan
lardim. ham. at I avey. Neb.
W. H. Morrov.- and wife will K'ave
the tir-st of next wet k for Hendley,
j Neb., to make- their home. Mr. Mor
row will enquire in business at that
place.
The Missouri Piicitic depot plat
form at this place will not be in dark
ness any lo rarer, as an electric licnt
has been placed at each end of the
depot. Will Hobscm eiiei the wirinir
Tifsday.
Miss Ida Uloinet.kamp. who has
been visit inir at the home of her
b'-other. F. W. Plomenkamp. and
fartily for the pas; few weeks, re
turned to her- home at Hasiins. Neb..
Tuesday ever.injr.
Last Friday r:i;rh: "ose Planchard
lost his pocketbook cemtairrinir ;dut
I s.'lrj. He promptly oTt red to pay the
i boys for- hunting it and said he woul i
I srive a lollar-"to trie e.r.e wi:o found it.
Palph Alien was the lucky boy.
Mrs. Wm. T. S:
r e t u rrred home
last week fr(r.i
Satu r dav ever: ir.n-
ja linie weeks' jsit with Mr. and
j Mrs. Wm. Ketelkat at Las Yeiras. N.
! M. Mi-s. Sack i-epor-ts that Mrs. Kei
o! hut's i.ealtii is im-'n-in;- each day .
Ilon't Dtlay Tr-atini Vour Counh.
A siirrht couirii often 1 ecomes
; serious. Lunirs jre t corrrre-ted, br-on-'chkd
tu'oes i.il witii nojeous. Your
vitality is reduced. You need Ir.
Pell's Pine-Tar-IIoney. It soot!;e--lyo'ir-
ir-iitated air jntssair-.'S. loosens
mucous anel makes yeuir system r-e-si-t
colds. d'ive the baby ar ei chii
j d'en I'r . ped's I'lne-Tar-Iioru-y. It's
I iruaranteed to help their,. Cr.'y 2v,
a t y ou d !-ii'.r.'rist.
PlTiLIC A I ( TION.
Trie ur.de; si-med will sell at Public
Auction at the h n:e of J. N. J.ndan.
on the Roberts farm, one niiie west
arc! a half mile south of the Platts
mouth Auto Pridfre. four and a half
miks northwest of Plattsmouth, and
one and a half miles north, of tire Jo-.:.
Trit.-ch coiner. en
FRIDAY. NOV KM PER 20TII.
commencing at lOrO o'clock a. m.. the
fedh.winir described property:
One pray horse, eiirht years old.
weipht J'."o.
One bay mare, two years cdd.
weipht !o().
One bay mare, two years old.
weight 1.1 0'
Ore hry made, three years oh!,
weipht l.rJOO.
One Short-Horn bull. years old.
Or e pood milch cow, fresh.
One cow, fresh in March.
One cow. fresh in April.
Two heifer's, three years old, fresh
hi February.
Three heifers, cominp two-years-old,
fresh in March.
One heifer, three years old. fresh
in January.
Eiyht steer's, coming- yeariinps.
Nine heifers, cominp yearlings.
One red bull, one year old.
One heifer calf, six weeks old.
One heifer- calf, nine weeks old.
Thirty head of shoats.
One one-hole hand corn sheller.
One M. N. tonpue cultivator.
One Jennie Line! tonpue cultivator.
One sinple-row stalk cutter.
One fourteen-inch ctirrinp plow.
One Kinpman tonpueless cultivator.
One Deere corn planter and check
row combined.
One two-seated carriage.
One sinple buppy.
FREE LUNCH WILL DE SERVED
AT NOON.
TERMS OF SALE:
All sums of ?10 and under, cash in
hand. On all sums o,-er ?10 a credit
of eipht months will be piven, pur
chaser pivinp pood bankable note
bearing eipht per cent interest from
tlate. All property must be settled
for before being removed.
.1. N. JORDAN,
J. M. ROBERTS.
Owners.
WM. R. YOUNG, Auctioneer.
J. P. FALTER, Clerk.
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"Wa:ch Ve, Stand Fasl In tha
Faii!;, Qui! You Like Men."
The Present Scriptural! Designated
"the Evil Day" A Time of Thorough
Testing Special Trials of Faith end
Ctedience Difficult to Stand Need
For -the Whole Armcr of God."
Thousands Falling on Every Side.
Philadelphia, No
veurber 15. Pas
lur Russell
I preached today at
N i x o n Theater
from tl test.
"Take unto yen
The whole armor
of Go.l. that ye
may be able to
withstand in t tie
evil day. and hav
ing done all. t
stand" ( E p ti e
sktiis tklo) lie
"
C4''.-:
said in part as fullows:
Only those who have learned the
meaning of the Apostle's words euti
cerrnnp the right dividing of the Word
e-f Truth, only those who have levaru
eJ from the Scriptures that the Di
vine Plan is a progressive one. in
which successive ages form links, cau
understand why Divine Providence
should permit peculiar experiences,
trials, etc.. upon the Chureh nt oiie
t nie. iiet permitted at another. Would
that all Christians would awake to n
proper study of the Bible to see the
eibjeet of the Divine dealings with the
Jews during the Jewish Age. with
Christians during the Gospel Ace. and
with the world during the Millennial
Age. They we.uld see that the Scrij
ture's show that there is n seed time, a
sowing time, and a harvest, a reaping
time, with each Age. which when it
lias served its purpose passes away,
pi vini pla e to another Age anel a tlif
ferent weirk.
In the end of the Jewish Age. for
intaii'-e. there eame to that people a
peculiar sifting and testini. while John
the l..i-,jjst. the last of the Prophets,
was preaching: namely, a winnowing
of the wheat, a separating of the chaff
preparatory to the gathering of the
wiieat iuto the garner of the next Age1,
and the pt'rtnissi -n of trouble to come
upon the' chnfr e'.is-si vvfkh tv.tei'"- tie
stroyed them as a nation.
Similarly, in erne e.f Ilis parables
(Manhew 13 L'4, "T. our Lorel tells us
lb it in the end of the Gospel Age there
will le a separation of wheat from
tares, the former In-nig gathered into
the glorious Kinirelom f"r which we
ray. "Thy Kingdom come." and the
latter being consumed as tares, though
not as individuals. The destruction of
a tare, an imitation Christian, will
signify 1 1mt the person thus posing as
a christian, drawing nigh rnio God
with his lips while Ids herrrt is far
from Ilim, will cease to make such pro.
fessjon. Thenceforth the true Chur-ch
will be recognized in its peculiar posi
tion as "the very Elect" epf Ged. n Lit
tle Flock who follow in the footsteps
of the Master, gladly sacrificing earth
ly interests for the attainment of
Heavenly ones. Thereafter, as the par
able shows, these will shine? forth as
the sun in the Kingdom for the bless
ing of .-ill the families of the earth, in
cluding the tare cl.tfs, who will be no
longer deceived or deceivers in respect
to the'ir true position, but be privileged
with the remainder of mankind to come
into full harmony with God.
"In the Evil Day."
We have not the necessary time te
day to examine the various Scriptural
evidences which indicate that we are
now living in this particular period.
Many of you have our STUDIES IN
THE SCRIPTURES, in which this sub
ject is fully presented. We must con
tent ourseKes at this time by pointing
to some of tle outward demonstrations
that we are in the time which the
Apostle designates '"the evil day."
Throughout the Scriptures this pe
rioil is most dramatically set ferth ns
a time of thorough testing, a time in
which the separation of wheat from
tan-s will be most absolutely accom
plished, so that not one grain of wheat
will be lost or one grain of tare pre
served with the wheat. It seems diffi
cult for the majority of people to think
that they should be In the midst of
fulfilments of prophecy. If we were
telling that these things would take
place within a century or within a
thousand years, many more would be
ready to investigate and to acknowl
edge the force of the arguments. But.
familiar with the conditions, the trials,
the perplexities of our day. many shut
the eyes of their understanding to the
very remarkable condition of affairs In
the worlel.
As St. Peter predicted, many in our
day are suggesting that all things will
continue as tbey have been from the
beginning of the world. The Apostle
also declares that this class are will
ingly ignorant (2 Teter 3:3-5). Indeed,
the majority do not desire knowledge.
Imbued with the spirit of the world
they desire money, pleasure or fame.
To say the least, the majority of pro
fessing Christians are careless, indif
ferent, to what the lxrd has esused to
be written for their sdmonition. en
couragement and assistance in this
evil day.
Such are not of "the very Elect."
The latter, as SL Paul shows, will not
be in darkness that that Day should
overtake them as a thief. (1 Thessa-
k-iiians 5:1-3.) They will be earnest,
watchful, stranding fast in the Itiith.
Therefore, usiLg the means the Lord
has provided, they will receive the spe
cial rew-ard, w hile others by neglect
ing their privileges mark theixie!ves
as unworthy the great favor which
the Lord is now dispensing to the Lit
tle Flock. We will not say that they
will not Lave opportunities In the Great
Company that will come up out of
great tribulation and stand before the
Throne, instead of being in the Throne.
Revelation 7:0, 1-1, 15.
Mark our Lord's declaration that the
trial of our elay wotrid be so critical,
so crucial, that it would deceive if pos
sible "the very Kiev t." (Matthew
LMrlM.I But this will not le possible;
for the Lorel has promised them as
sistance, and they will be in the atti
tude of he-art and mind to seick that
assistance and use it. Mark Low the
Lord through the Prophe't Daid fore
told fhe special trials of this time, pic
turing the various devices of Satan
Spiritism. Higher Criticism. Christian
Science. Evolution, etc. as pestilences
and arrows. lie tells us that a thou
sand shall faii at our side. yea. ten
thousand at our right hand amongst
those whom we consider most favored
and. in some reKp(H-ts at least, as our
friends In the Lord.
Then the reason is given why the
very Elect will not fall under these
pestilences anel arrows; namely. "Be
cause thou hast made the Lorel. even
the Most High, thy refuge and thy
habitation, no plague shall come nigh
thj' dwelling." What to others will be
a stone of stumbling will to this class
be an assistance, in that they will
climb upon it to still higher personal
development and character-likeness to
the Lord. All things must work to
gether for good to these because they
love God truly, sincerely, above self or
any other creature, and because of
their faithfulness to their covenant of
consecration to him. Psahn 91.
A Divinely Provided Armament.
Note again that our text applies to
the Harvest of the Gospel Age, which
it calls an evil day a day of trials,
testings, etc., upon the Lord's people
for the development of those w ho love
the Lord with all their heart, soul,
mind and strength, and their neighbors
as thornsel ve-s, and for the demonstrat
ing also of those who have been only
lukewarm in their love of the Lord
and of the brethren, those who have
been overcharged with the cares of
this life or with the eleceitfulness of
riches, and so overtaken.
Much in harmony with Psalm 11.
our text indicates a need for the armor
of God. a difficulty in withstanding the
assaults of this evil day. and the few
ness of those who will eventually
stand. The Apostle's exhortation is
that we take the whole armor not
rue. .y the shield ef faith, not merely
the helmet of salvation, not merely the
breastplate of righteousne'ss, not mere
ly the Sword of the Spirit, not merely
the sandals of preparation, not merely
the girdle of Truth; but all of these.
We shall need all e.f these if we would
be able to withstand all the assaults
to be expected in this day.
Alas, how few seem to realize the
importance of this armor which God
has commende'd: Their difficulty is
the result ef not knowing the time in
which they are living, net being suffi
ciently mvake. not being sufficiently
zealous to search the Scriptures and to
put on the armament therein provided
alone.
Why God Will Permit It.
St. Paul, writing to the Thessalo
niaus. foretold this evil day in which
we are living and in which so many
will fall because overcharged with the
cares of this life and the eleceitfulness
of earthly riches. lie tells us that the
trials of our day will come from the
great Adversary, not because God will
be unable to prevent Satan from bring
ing these deceptions and tests, but be
cause He wills to permit the Adver
sary thus to rrove and sift the pro
fessed Church of our day, in order
that all may be confused, deceived,
stumbled, who are not at heart loyal
to Ilim. After telling about the work
ings of Satan that are to be expected
with great power, signs and lying win
ders, and with all deceivableness of
unrighteousness, the Apostle explains
that this is permitted "because they
received not the love of the Truth."
He adds, "For this cause God shall
send them strong delusions, that they
sbeurld believe a lie, that they all
should be condemned who believed not
the Truth, but had pleasure in un
righteousness" in untruth. 'J Thessa
lonians 2:0-1-.
Many tell us that it makes no differ
ence what we believe truth or false
hood that It is by our works that the
Lord will determine our standing. But
the Scriptures forbid this thought, and
assure us that no one of the fallen race
can have works that would be pleasing
to God. In his words last quoted, the
Apostle corroborates all the teachings
of Scripture respecting the value of the
Truth to God's people. In this connec
tion mark the Master's words, "Ye
shall know the Truth, and the Truth
shall make you free." Mark also His
prayer to the Father. In behalf of nis
followers, "Sanctify them through Thy
Truth; Thy Word is Truth."
The Lord has provided Ills Word,
and from time to time has used instru
mentalities for the uufolding of its
meaning to those who tire in the right
attitude of heart to receive it. But He
has also permitted errors, falsehootls
and lying wonders to stalk about,
though never, to the extent permitted
in this evil day. This is lecause now
He desires especially U use these er
rors to accomplish a testing, sifting,
separating work amongst His profess
ed people, in order that the improper
faiths may be manifested and may be
destroyed, that the true faith may
shine the more brightly, and that ulti
matelv the professors of that faith may
be glorified w itu their Redeemer lu ills
Messianic Kiagdoin.
Let Each Examine Himtelf.
In view .f the Apo.-tU' woiJ re
specting the love Truth, it be
hooves h one to examine Limself ta
determine whether he h es Ulid sen es
a creed of the Dark Aires epr h denomi
nation and creed of mode rn times, or
w Le-iiier Lis love end devotion ure sim
ply tti the Truth pre-sented to us in t ho
Divine Word. We may deceive othei.
and we may even to some- extent de
reive ourselves: for, as the Prophet
declare, the heart is exceedingly de
ceit ! ul. But we cannot deceive God
ir in the Lords Providence- the
Truth cotiies to us, and we gt t soii.o
plinifse of its beauty in contrast with
i lie hopelessness ef error, a tet is
upon us. If we re.'o.-t the Truth be
cause of its unpopularity, and hold to
the abominable error because it is .oj
i.lnr. we are thereby tested. On t tie
either hand, if we receive t tie 'Irutti
and rejoice in it. but because of it
unpopularity we hide- the light under
a bushel, eoiicealing it in order thus to
snii M ourselves from ihe opposition of
darknes, we may be sure ihi't our ac
tion wiil be di-pleaing to the Lord,
who se, keth ret such to be His Ll-ct.
He puts Ills We'td on a parity with
Himself, saying. "He that is e shame J
of Me and My Word. oT firu will 1 be
ashamed when 1 come in the glory of
My Kingdom."
This is what St. Paul refers to when
he speaks of those who received not
the Truth in the love cf it. Whoever
rece ives the Truth in the love of It will
te the best of Lis ability and Judgment
show it to others at whatever the cest
may be. Thus he will be proving him
self to be a child of the Light, a chilJ
of God; und he will be saved- But
whoever seeks to save his life to save
earthly interests by hiding the light,
or failing to acknowledge it publicly
w ill suiely find his course injurious tv
himself.
Like the Hypocrites of Old.
We ha vp already pointed out that
the Scriptures liken the Influence t
work In our day undermining faith,
consuming it, destroying it. to a pes
tilence which is in the very uir and
which lays hold uKn all wbo..e sys
tems are in condition to be inoculated
w ith the poison. I must elaborate this
pednt; for the evil influences by wlikli
we are surrounded are so subtle, so de
ceptive, so all pervading, that the ma
jority elo not recognize them. Let u
look the matter squarely in th face.
It is iicce'ssary for the Lord s true peo
ple to know the facts. As for others,
they are so stupidly asleep, so thor
oughly iutoxlcate-d with the wiue of
P.aby Ion (Revelation ISiCi. that we
h.ive no hope of arousing them.
Eiver since this evil day began forty
years ago this pestilence tins been go
ng forth. Today every college, every
theologle-al seminary throughout the
entire civilized world, is teaching what
is commonly known as Higher Crit
icismalthough the proper name for
it would be Higher Infidelity infideli
ty amongst the high one's of nil Chris
tendom. The'se Higher Critics are do
ing exactly the same work that Thom
as Paine and Robert Ingersol; diL
only that they are carrying on their
work on n higher plane nppe-aliiig ii"t
to th gross, to the vile, but to the
refined, the intelligent, the truth set-Wing.
As a result, their inf.uenee I a thou
sandfold more injurious. Those to
whom Paine and Ingersoll appealed
were very rarely Christians at nil;
hence they de'streyed very liftie faith
they merely made the unt-lief more
rank and foul. But the-se Higher Crit
ic infidels of this evil day are making
use of nil the vast machinery of Chris
tendom in all denominations, espeenil
ly through the theological seminaries,
to undermine and overthrow the fiiltb
of all who have named the name of
Christ great and small, rich and ieM)r,
cultured and Ignorant. It is tx-lncdone
systematically craftily, deceitfully, in
a manner that the masse-s of people
would scarcely crediL
It is safe to say that fully four out
of every five who are graduated from
theological serninarie'S, cf all denomi
nations, are Higher Critic infidels, w h-
have been instructed that their matu
business is to promote morality
amongst the people, especially to bud I
up Churchlanity. particularly their
own denomination, and gradually,
stealthily, craftily, to wean the peop e
from the faith of the Bible to the-ir
Higher Criticism dogma. And the?
are succeeding most wonderfully. A
"pestile'nce" is the only figurative ex
pression which really fits this perni
cious influence.
"Out of thine own mouth will I
judge thee." saith the Lord; and in
harmony with this statement we find
that in the Lord's Providence thee
Higher Critics are more and more te'l
ing on themselves. But the nominal
Christian is quite obtuse; and many of
the true Christians, as the Apostle ei
dalns, are merely "balcs in Christ."
unable ti use the strong meat of th
Word. Hebrews 5:12-14.
Christianity is ntt merely an accept
ance of the fact that Jesus was born
and that Jesus died, nor is It an -ceptance
of merely the moral teachings
of Jesus. Christianity is the accept
ance of the fact that mankind are sin
ners, that Christ died for our sins mi l
rose again on the third day for our
Justification, that through Ulna we
have reelemption and forgiveness of
sins through faith in Ilis blood. Who
ever has lost this faith In Jesus' blHd
has Lst his relationship to true Chris
tianity; and the sooner he and all man
kind know it the better for all con
eerned. Whoever does not bebeve in
Christ's Atonement work is uot a Chile
tian. As many of you are nre I have
devoted an ent.re volume of mr inn
TVEE STvriri.e to this subjeet. under the
title "THE AT-ONC-UF-Xr."