MONDAY, JULY 26, 1915. PLATTSMOUTH ETTNTNG JOURNAL. PAGE 3. EVIDENCES " OF A TRUE HOLINESS "II Any Man Have Not the Spirit ct Christ, He Is None of His." Different Meanings of the Word Spirit. Consecration a Definite Contract With God Sealed With the Earnest of the Spirit Fruits of the Spirit of God. Necessity of Knowledge of the Divine Character Justice the Foundation Principle How Love Fulfills the Law. Proper Balancing of Character Nec essary to Joint-Heirship With Christ. Hami'.ton. Cot, Jul j 5. Pastor Russell fcs here to day. We rejiort Lis discourse based upou tbe text. -Clod htth not Riv en us tlie spirit of fear, but of pow er, and of love, a ud of a sound mind." (2 Timo thy 1 :T.) The Pas tor spoke as fol lows: iBNSTQg gUSSELLJ Bible students have learned not to think of the different spirits mention ed In our test as different persons. When, for instance, an evil spirit or disiK)sition Is mentioned, we do not think of it as a person; and when a holy spirit or disposition is nientioued, we do not think of it as a person. A holy person has a holy spirit or dis Iosition. The Iloly Spirit proceeds from God- It Is Ills spirit. It comes to us through the Truth; it is not another person, another God. (1 Co rinthians 8:5, (J.) Likewise the spirit of fear is not a 'devil, a spirit being: and the spirit of a sound mind is not a God. nor an angoL Gradually we are petting the right focus on these matters, to see that God is a Spirit; and that as a Spirit He has an influ ence just as a bt:nian lelng has an in fluence. That influence is according to the character, according to the strength, according to the power to exert one's self. Some have a power of evil-doing by which they conld vanquish a hundred or a thousand; in one sense of the word they have a strong spirit. Others have a spirit of bitterness, and can stir up evil in others. Still others have a Fpirlt of kindness, gentleness and love. Iiut by nature we are all members of a fallen race; for we have many of the qualities that belong to the wrong spirit. When the disciples came to Jesus aft er the Samaritans had refused to sell them food, they said. "Lord, wilt Thou that -we call down tire from heaven to destroy them and their city ':" Jesus replied. "Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of." You should not have such a disposition. The fact that thcj have ignored Me is an Insignificant marter. if you desire to have My spirit, you must get rid of that dis position to render evil for evil, to do harm to others. Our Iord was not talking about the Holy Spirit as a person, but ns an in fluence. The Bible shows us that God, who is a Spirit Being, is Dot vindictive, but merciful, loving and Just. There fore lie ! a good Spirit, a Holy Spirit. God's disposition is a holy disposition; He is not disposed to do anything wrong or unjust or unkind. All who receive His Holy Spirit receive the spirit of a sound mind, of justice, of gentleness. And so the Apostle, in shaking about this matter, says that the Holy Spirit is manifest can be seen in those who possess it. Spirit of the Father and of the Son. St. Paul does not mean that we shall see another being get into a man. as once we believed, that the Holy Spirit, as a God. divided Himself up and en tered into millions of ieopie- Those who have the idea that God can be divided amongst millions of jieople are very much confused in their minds. Whoever receives the mind of Christ, the spirit of Christ, receives the spirit of holiness. Our Lord Jesus gave up His own will to do the Father's wilL Just in proportion as wp give up our own fallen disposition and M:.e Instead God's way of thinKhm. God' way of viewing matters. God's Spi.it cf Love, to that same extent ours is n holy spirit, to tiisit extent we have received the Holy Spirit All the human family are fallen; and when God received us into His family through Christ it was with a view to Insetting us of the Holy Spirit to a newness of nature. This slurt of the new nature leads us to view every sub ject from Gods standpoint, to say to ourselves. "Is this the mind of God on this subject? I will study the Scrip tures and do what God has said on this matter. When 1 came into the family of God I agreed to give up my own will altogether, just as the Master did." No matter how good our Lord's will was. He gave it up in order to do the Father's will. .Not My will, but Thine, he done." "Lo. 1 come (in the volume of the Book it is written of Me to do Thy will. O God." Hebrews 10:7.) The Father had a certain Plan marked out. The Son. as an intelligent being, would have thoughts of nis own; but He surrendered all His own plans and thoughts in order that He misfit do the Father's will. Tlio Father wa pleused with this course: and ns a result when our lrd Jens cave up Hi own will He came rigit into line with God's providences. He was fsuccest-fnl In nis 1 v :vi work because Re was obedient to the Father. Philippians 2:S. y. The Church Accepted In the Beloved. The invitation of tbe Gospel Age is an invitation to do the same thing that Jesus did. The Master said, "If any man will come after Me tbe My dis ciple. My follower, let him deny him self, take up his cros6. and follow Me." (Matthew lf.il'-l.t To deny himself is to give up his own wilL. Whoever has given up his will has given his all to the Lord. As the Aostle says, we pre sent our IkhIIcs h living sacrifice. (Ro mans 1:1:1.1 We give op our wills en tirely: our Lord Jesus accepts us and presents us to tbe Father. Bnt lefore He can do this. He must impute to us of His righteousness: for by nature we are imierfect through the fall, and iLm Father will accept nothing that is imperfect- As our I-ord said. "Xo man cometh unto the Father but by Me." Again He said. "Him that cometh unto Me I will in no wise cast out." John 14 ni: ;:."7. After we have given ourselves through tbe Ixrnl Jesus Christ. He Im putes the merit of nis sacrifice to us In such form that the Father can re ceive us as His cbillren. and start in us the Ieginning of a new nature a new creation. When we get a proter view of this transaction, we shall not think that we must repeatedly give ourselves to God. We shall lie eon cerned aliont living up to tbe contract which we have made, and which God has accepted and sealed with His noly Spirit. This seal is tbe earnest of our inheritance: It bind the contract which we made when we gave ourselves to Jh1 in consecration. (2 Corinthians 1:21, 22.) We have signed a contract givii:r our all to Him: we have receiv ed the earnest, the hand payment: and through the coming days we are to keep giving ourselves without cessation in harmony with the Lord's wilL Increase In Grace and Knowledge. Daily we should search the Word of God that we may understand the Di vine Message and get the Spirit of the Truth. We must see what is the real meanins of the Bible, so that God may lie greatly pleased with us. as lie sees bow earnestly we are trying to do nis will in everything. Thus nis Spirit will grow in us. More and more we may be filled with the Holy Spirit. It is a Spirit of meekness, gentleness, long-suffering, patient endurance, and love: It is the Holy Sylrlt of God; and the more we Lave of Its fruits, the more we shall have of tbe Spirit it self. But we cannot have these fruits, developed from the teachings of God's Word, unless we have the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God. tte Spirit of Christ influencing all our acts, words and thoughts. Galatians 5:22. 'Si. When first we entered the School of Christ, we were babes and acted like balies. But the Apostle says that we are not to remain babes. We are to put awny childish things, to be no long er children tossed about by every wind of doctrine. As babes we were fed upon "the sincere milk of the Word." that we might grow thereby. (1 Peter 2:2.) But as grown men we no longer desire milk as a steady diet, although we enjoy a glass of milk oc casionally. (Hebrews 0:12-14.) We prefer to come to our Father's table, the table of tbe Lord, and receive the Truth the strong meat that belongs to such as are of full age, the meat that will make us strong in the Lord and in tbe power of nis might. The Holy Spirit is not a spirit of ex citement. We have known iieople to be filled with the spirit of excitement who did not seem to have the Iloly Spirit at all. If we have the noly Spirit, it will manifest Itself In meekness, gentleness, patience, brotherly kindness, love. What God has been doing for His iieo ple during the jast forty years is won derful. To every one of them the Bi ble has become a new Book. More and more the old things are passing away. It was not sufficient that we should have tbe Savior and should believe in Him. That knowledge was only the beginning of our blessings. We still re joice greatly to know that our sins have been forgiven. We still have the milk of the Word, assuring as of the merit of our dear Redeemer's sacrifice. But we are not living on a milk diet now. We need something stronger than the knowledge that our sins arc forgiven. This is far from the end ol the knowledge bestowed upon the peo ple of God Growing in grace and In knowledge, we are learning more and more to see what the Divine will is and what the Holy Spirit is. Things which once we thought very consistent and reasoua ble are now very inconsistent to us. As we receive more of tbe spirit of a sound mind, we see how foolish were many of the things which once we lielieved. There is new. light com ing into our minds appreciation of the lengths, breadths, heights and depths of the Love of God, which pass es all understanding. The Sum of All the Graces. Whoever comes into relationship with God receives a begetting of love; for God is Love, Love worketh no Injury to his neighbor. Therefore the Apostle says, "Love is the fulfilling of the Law." God's Law is a Law of Justice; and. as tbe Scriptures Bet forth, whoever receives the Spirit of the Lord, the Spirit of Love, will at least render Justice to others. No law requires more than justice. Whatever we do core than Justice is that much of sacri tee on our part. But we cannot do all that we would like to do; for in our flesh dwells no ierfection. Nor can we live up to the full Law of God. But we can see to it that onr will is to do nothing less than Justice: and that If in anything we come short of Justice, if in anything we have infracted the Gold en Rule, it has been contrary to our minds. Then we shall not rest until we have made right the wrong act. word or look whatever was an infrac tion of the right of others Should some one say. "This is a bard rule." we reply, "You will never be ready for the Kingdom unless you have the right spirit, my dear brother." This principle of justice, which is the foundation of God's Throne, is tbe foundation of His character. To do to others what we would have them do to us is the right thing to do justice. If we cannot do justice in every act, we can at least do it in our minds. "With my mind I serve the Law of God." said the Apostle, even if he could not on every occasion do it in every act and word Whenever we find that we have vio lated justice, rejientance is the projier ttep; and every true repentance means an acknowledgment of the wrong to the one who has been wronged. To lie sure this course is very humiliating. But such experiences are the best things that we can possibly have; for by these we develop humility, which in turn will help us to m?ekuess and gentleness. Thus in the Divine ar rangement the people of God are learn Ing helpful lessons, that give them more and more of the spirit of a sound mind. They can think better than for merry they did; they are able to build themselves up. As they rind that this or that quality of character is weak and imperfect in their natural disiiosi tion. they learn to level up their w hole disposition In harmony with the spirit of Justice. This work going on in their hearts is making them fit for the Kingdom. 2 Peter 1:0-11. The Great Test Upon the Church. God Is calling a very special class for joint-heirship with our Lord Jesus Christ- These must be very loyal to the Lord, very just in their apprecia tlon of the rights of others, in order to be accounted worthy. The Father sees that our bodies are very imperfect; but He promises that if He finds our heads and our hearts right. He will give us La the resurrection a right body, a glorious body. Then, with right heads, fully committed to those principles of righteousness which represent the Di vine character, the Holy Spirit of God. we shall be in the condition in which lie will be able to use us. The new body will not make the char-H acter, but will be merely the agency through which tbe character will dem onstrate Itself. If we do not develop the character now, the moral charac ter of our Lord Jesus Christ, we shall not receive a place In the Messianic Kingdom. All that are there will be fit for their position. God has taken long enough to find this class. He will not make any mistake. Every one who has developed Love Divine has had just such experiences as you and 1 have bad experiences along the line of justice and righteousness. The two are similar; for righteousness is justice and justice is righteousness. But it is not the Divine will that we should have justice merely; to be like God we must also have sympathy, have a kind feeling toward others. God has that kindly reeling for His creatures. Away back in the beginning, knowing about His Plan for the creation of Fa ther Adam, and knowing about our sins as they would come upon us because of Adam's disobedience. He made provi sion for our redemption, for the restl tutiou of the world, and for the call of the Church. All this Is lieyoud the re quirements of justice. God could not do less than justice to every member of the human family. Just as surely as He calls upon you and me to deal according to the Golden Rule, so He does all things according1 to the prin ciples of Justice. Justice is the foundation of God's Throne- The whole superstructure of His Kingdom is built uikju Justice. He will not do less than Justice, and this is what He requires of every creature. Nothing less than absolute Justice will be iiermitted- But the great test now upon the Church is more than this that we should have the love which will lay down life itself for the breth ren. While God demands nothing more than justice, yet if we do not render more than Justice, we cannot reign In the Kingdom- The Father is seeking those who have the spirit of love those who are kind, loving, for giving, helpful. He desires them to have Ills Spirit. The Christian knows that all things work together for goid to them that love God. This knowledge is to him a spirit of iower. of strength. Circum stances and conditions which would overwhelm others would be what he would exjiect to have. But the child of God is courageous, knowing that his Heavenly Father will not iiermit any thing to come to him that will not lie for bis good. In proiortion as he re ceives the spirit of a sound mind, the Spirit of the Lord, and in proportion as the Holy Spirit works in him, he will become more and mor like our Lord: and this spirit will enable him to have more and more compassion on those who are out of the way. It will give him broader views of life, and more general views of mankind: and as God sent Ills Son. and as the Son came and did things for the good of man at His own excuse, so all who have His spirit will strive to bless mankind. The spirit of a sound mind broadens and deepens the character along all its good lines. Jt hell's its possessor not only to take more correct views of his own disposition, but to be more sym pathetic toward others. As he realizes more and more tbe impairment of bis own mind a"hd body and his own need of mercy and helpful correction, he rec ognizes the similar derangement of the whole world of mankind and the gen eral need of sympathy and assistance As he learns to rectify the deficiencies and Inequalities of his own mind, he sympathizes more and more with those who are without this regulating prin clple this spirit of power, of love and of a sound mind. Thus be gradually becomes more patient, more sympa thetic. more generous, more loving more like tbe Redeemer, who is God like.' .T..T..T..?,. X. A JL IN PLATTSMOUTH A FORTY YEARS AGO. And Jerry Hartman has come round to it, too. It's a girl Thurs day. The Episcopal church is getting a new roof, and calcimining the inside is next in order. The sound of the hammer and the whiz of the rip-saw are heard in the land all day now. The two new houses on the hill near the Episcopal church build that street up considerably. Johnny White came home and the first thing he wanted to know was about those twelve weddings. How the boy grows! Rush Fellows went down to Her old's Monday and said he wanted a pair of gloves for the devil (at the Herald office). John Barnes, who was standing by, remarked, "If it is get ting so cold the devil wants gloves I'm going to leave this country." By postal card from Luella we learned too late for last week's issue that a son of Mr. Colbert's, about ten years of age, was accidentally shot by his brother, the rifle ball striking the ground and glancing up, striking the boy in the side, breaking his collar bone and lodging near the backbone; the accident occurred a week ago last Monday. The boy is doing well, and will soon be none the worse for his little escapade. W. W. Scott, night watch at the B. &. M. depot, had a little fracas with some of the boys on Friday morning about 1 o'clock. Hearing one of the doors rattle below he went down, when three men rushed at him, one of them striking him in the face. Mr. Scott discreetly withdrew, found Sheriff Hyers, and on complaint and a demand for their arrest, the sheriff walked two of the gentlemen up to the Saunders' House, where they were placed under lock and key. The third party was not found. The notorious house on Second street was the scene of a robbery on Monday. The woman who keeps it was about to leave for Denver, it seems, and had packed her availables in a carpet sack, which set near her bed. It contained $100 in money, some jewelry and their traps. The carpet sack was found next morning out in the "jimpsen" weeds, broken open and plundered. She had two strangers arrested, but not having proof the judge dismissed them. One candid admission and a shameful one for those who are guilty was made during the examination. When asked who was at her house besides these men, she said: "'Oh, a lot of the boys around town, as there is every night." Pity her ill-gotten gains were taken, for otherwise we might have got rid of the outfit which is literally damaging the boys of the town. Eight Mile Grove. The election here was well attended and the re publicans rejoice at the result, not withstanding the loss of office of as sessor; the republican was the best man for the office, but was a new comer and had to come under, what was claimed, old settlers. Christ Kehnke, carpenter of your city, fin ished two nice buildings in our pre cinct, one barn for Con Meisinger, and a granary for John Becker, which speaks well for Mr. K. in workman ship and close calculating of bills for lumber, etc., everything in his line is perfect. Our school, under the man agement of O. Weed, from Illinois, is doing fine, and ere winter the school house will be crowded to its utmost capacity, notwithstanding a lot of new seats have been put up, manufactured by the Burlington School Furniture company. More anon. Traveling Man's Experience. "In the summer of 1888 I had a very severe attack of cholera morbus. Two physicians worked over me from 4 a. m. to 6 p. m. without giving me any relief and then told me they did not expect me to live; that I had best telegraph for my family. Instead of doing so, I gave the hotel porter fifty cents and told him to buy me a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and take no sub stitute. I took a double dose accord ing to the directions and went to sleep after the second dose. At five o'clock the next morning I was called by my order and took a train for my next stopping place, a well man but feeling rather shaky from the severity of the attack," writes H. W. Ireland, Louisville, Ky. 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Mrs. Claude Chapman returned to her home at Ashland after visiting the past two weeks at the home of her father, Peter Opp. Mrs. Frank Sheldon left for Lincoln Monday evening, where she will join her daughter, Isadore, and from where they will start for Denver, Colorado, for a short stay. Mrs. L. J. Wise of Craig, Colorado, who has been visiting with H. L. Thomas and family the past six weeks, departed Friday for St. Joseph, Missouri, where she wlil visit a short time. G. W. Harshman came in Tuesday from the western part of Kansas and reports that the Republican river is very high and is doing very much damage in the western part of the state. Harry Higgins had quite a painful accident happen Monday while at work in the quarry. In some way a rock fell on his head and inflicted quite a scalp wound. He is getting along fine. We picked up an exchange this week, noted wftere the board of health had ordered all weeds cut, manure piles done away with and other things cleaned up. People of Nehawka are luckv there is no board of health here The condition of T. R. Crabtree re mains about the same as reported in the Beacon last week. S. A. Vanlandingham, wife and baby, of Davey, visited over Sunday at the A. H. Vanlandingham home. August Blomenkamp returned to his home at Hastings, Neb., Monday, after several days' visit with his brother, F. W. Blomenkamp. A. H. Vanlandingham shipped a carload of cattle and hogs to the South Omaha market the first of the week. He accompanied the car. Mrs. E. J. McAllister came over from Panama Saturday night and visited until Monday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. J. Reiter. W. L. Dihel of Richland, Fla., arriv ed here Friday of last week for a few days' visit with his brother, Dr. Dihel. He left Wednesday for Wahoo, Neb., to visit relatives. Mrs. O. Keil returned home Mon day evening from a two weeks visit with relatives in Iowa. She expected to return home several days ago, but was delayed on account of the floods. Money has been raised and the M. E. church will be wired for electric lights within the next few days. This will be quite an improvement over the present system of lighting and i i r a ' EAGLE. -j .. Beacon. ujr-Precf mm much more convenient also. E. S. Setz of Plattsmouth visited ever Friday night at the A. H. Van landingham home. He was en route to Talmage for a few days' visit with his parents. Mr. Setz is manufactur ing perfumes, toilet waters, face powders and cold creams and brought along some samples to show what his products are like. LOUISVILLE. Courier. Mrs. George Frater of North Platte, Neb., left Monday after a visit with old friends in Louisville. Miss Rose Rathbun of Lincoln is here making an extended visit with her mother and other relatives. Miss Helen Blair of Piper City, 111., is here spending the summer with her sister, Mrs. R. C. Yant and family. William Pankonin has a new gaso line tractor with which he expects to do much of his farm work in the future. Miss Katie Wolpert went to Omaha Saturday to visit over Sunday with her sister, Miss Maggie, who is in St. Joseph's hospital. Ferdinand Wendt and Frank Fleischman of Belmont came down last week to attend the funeral of Mrs. Gustav Woitzel last Saturday . August Kuehn of Murdock, a well known resident of Cass county, died very suddenly of heart failure Mon clay. He was a brother of Adolph Kuehn, a former citizen of this vi cinity. August Stander bought the old Coon farm, one-half mile north of Elmwood, last week, consisting of 1G0 acres, for which he paid $155 per acre. His son-in-law, Albert Sieker, will occupy the farm and convert it into a dairy farm. Lightning struck a barn on the farm of Martin Zaar, near South Bend, last Friday and did considerable carnage, although the barn did not catch on fire. H. E. Pankonin went up to put up lightning rods, as Mr, Zaar did not care to take any more chances. , Mrs. John Olson came over from Elmwood last Thursday to get her mother, Mrs. Minnie Myers, who has been in poor health for some time. Mrs. Myers will probably stay with her daughter altogether, not being able to keep house by herself any more. JUDGE ARCHER LAID UP WITH A SEVERE COLD From Saturday's Dally. Police Judge M. Archer is on the sick list suffering from a very severe cold, as well as a general indisposi tion that prevents him from being on hand as usual to look after routine matters of his court. The indisposi tion of the judge, who is the dean of the Cass county bar, will be learned of with the greatest of regTet by his rr any friends, and it is to be hoped that he mya soon be on hand as usual to mete out justice to all comers. Miss Mable Brown departed this morning for Lincoln, where she will visit for a few days w?th friends in the capital city. -- . ELBERTA FEAGHES. These are the finest Southern Peaches that will be offered in Plattsmouth this year. Don't delay, for the PEACHES are going to sell fast. Telephone your order now. 'Phone No. 53 or 54. H. M. SOENNICIISEN. OKLAHOMA FRIENDS VISIT ING MR. AND MRS. SAGE From Saturday' Datly. J. L. Merness and wife of Guthrie, Oklahoma, who were here visiting at the home of their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. James Sage, departed this morn ing for northern Iowa, where they ex pect to make a short visit with rela tives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Mer ness came north in their touring car, but were compelled, on account of the wet weather, to leave it at Nehawka, and will continue their trip by rail until ready to return home. Paints and Oils. Gering & Co. HENRY EGENBERGER THE POSSESSOR OF HEW DOG Henry Egenberger is now the proud possessor of a fine thoroughbred Scotch Collie dog, which was present ed to him by a cousin at Iowa City, Iowa. The dog arrived here Saturday afternoon and is a very handsome animal of good size and will prove a most pleasing gift and one that is thoroughly appreciated by Henry, as well as the whole family, and it is needless to say that the new pet is the object of much admiration. SPECIAL OFFERING. We offer from our Dry Goods De partment a nice line of merchandist at a cut price. 1 lot of Lace Voiles, regular 25c grade, at, per yard, 19c. 1 lot of Crepe, in plain figured and striped, 25c goods, at, per yard, lite. 1 lot assorted Wash Goods, 35c and 50c goods, to close at, per yard, 25c. 1 lot of Egyptians, good patterns, new goods, at, per yard, 19c. 1 lot of 50c Embroidery Crepe, at per yard, 35c. 1 odd lot of Tissues, to close, at, per yard, 10c. 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