The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, September 06, 1915, Page PAGE 3, Image 3
M07TOAT, SEPTEMBER 6, 1915. PLATT51I0UTH STTMI-WTEELY JOUKJVATi PAGE S. L " ON CHURCH UNITY Review cf a Strong Plea For a United Christendom. Two Masterful Discourses Compared Many Points of Likeness as Well as I of Difference One Shepherd, One Flock One Head, One Eody One ( Heavenly Bridegroom, One Heavenly Bride Children of the Church One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. New York City, Sept. 5. Pastor Russell. at the New York City Temple, W. C5rd St., liear I'road- way, preached a strong s?riiun on the subject of Church Viiity. He took for his text Matthew 23:! "Oue is your Mas ter, even Christ: and all ye are brethren. He said in part: Some time a?o. in the Cathedral at Baltimore. Cardinal Gibbons delivered a remarkable discount advocating a united Christendom, llis strong plea contains many jrood thoughts, some of which I will now rend: "It was manifestly the desire of Christ that all llis disciples should be united in the lrofessiou of one faith. In His admirable prayer Wfore llis passion He says: 'I pray for them also who through their word shall lielieve in Me. that they all le one, as Thou Father, art in Me, and 1 in Thee, th-it they also may be one iu Us: that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me'; because the unity of tLe Church is the most luminous evidence of the Iivine mission of Christ. "Uuitv of government is not less es sential to the Church of Christ than unity of doctrine. Our IivLae Savior never speaks of His churches., but His Church. lie does not say, "Uiu this rock will I build My churches,' from which words we must conclude that it never was His intention to establish or to sanction various conflicting; denom inations, but one corporate body, with all the memlrrs united under oue vis ible head; for as the Church is a visible body, it mu.t have a vi.-i!de head. Unity of Faith and Government. 'Our Savior calls Ills Church a sheep fold. "And there shall be one fold and one Shepherd.' What more leautiful or fitting illustration of unity can we Lave than that whi h is suggested by a sheepfoldV All the sheep of a flock cling together. If momentarily se arated. they are impatient till reunited. They follow In the same path. They feed on the same pastures. They obey the same shepherd, and fly from the Toice of strangers. So did our IjorJ intend that all the sheep of His fold should be nourished by the same sacra ments and the same bread of life; th;it they should follow the same rule of faith as their guide to Heaven; that they should listen to the voice of one Chief Pastor, and that they should carefully shun false teachers. "Ills Church is compared to a human body. 'As in one bodywe have many members, but all the meml-ers have not the same office; so we. being many, are one body iu Christ, and every one inembers one of the other.' In oue body there are many members, all insep arably connected with the head. The Lead commands; and the fiot iustautly moves, the hand is raised and the lips oiien. Kven so our Lord ordained that His Church. coiujMised of mauy mem ters, should be all united in one su preme visible head, whom they are bound to oley. "The Church is compared to a vine, all of whose branches, though spread ing far and wide, are necessarily con nected with the main stem, and from its sap they are nourished. In like manner our Savior will have all the saplings of II vineyard connected with the main stem, all draw their nourishment from the parent stock. In fact, onr cnminen sense alone, apart from the revelation, is sufficient to convince us that God could not be the Ai:Mnr of various opjmsing sy!eins of -lii;ion. God is essentially one. He is Truth itself. 'God is not the God of dissension, but of pence.' 'l sk perfect harmony in the laws which govern the physical world we inhabit. 1 see a marvelous unity in onr planetary system. Each planet moves in its own sphere, and all are controlled by the central sun. Why should there not also le harmony and concord in that spiritual world, the Church of God. the grandest congela tion of nis omnipotence, and the most bounteous manifestation of His good ness and love for mankind? "Hence, it is clear that Jesus Christ intended that His Church should have one common doctrine, which all Chris tians are ltoiind to believe, and one uniform government, to which all should be loyally attached. Where, then, shall we find this essential unity cf faith and government? I answer, confidently. Nowhere save in the Cath olic Church. Pastor Russell Agrees With Cardinal. I am pleased to say that I can arree most heartily with Cardinal Gibbous" presentation in almost every particu lar. Unquestionably sectarianism is wholly out of accord with the teach ings of the Scriptures. St. Paul de clares that It is a proof of carnality, of CARD1NA GIBBONS ,1 I - M A fFTQg RUSSELL), a flesLiy mind, of an uuspirirual state. (1 Corinthians S:3-T. All Christians both Catholic anj lYotestant are com ing to realize this fact, although bur a few years ago some claimed that sec tarianism led to a greater zeal and en ergy in the Diviue service. All conversant with history will un derstand what I mean when 1 say that , God has been pleased to permit an il lustration first, a united Christendom, and second, a divided Christendom. For long centuries there was in Europe practically but the one Church I'o man Catholic. The results were not all that could be desired. That unity brought neither secular nor religious education, nor did it bring to the world je Millennium. Kather, throughout that long period ignorance and super stition held sway. During the last few centuries we have had the division of Christendom into various sects and parties. While the results are not sat isfactory, not what the Word of God prompts us to desire and exTeot. nev ertheless this divided condition has cer tainly tended toward greater freedom of thought, greater lilerty from igno rance and sU'erstition. Which Is the True Church? Agreeing with all the Scriptural premises laid down. by Cardinal Gib bous, we must, nevertheless, dispute his conclusion that this one Church, which Christ declared He would build upon the rock of Truth, and which would grow to a glorious Temple com posed of living stones, of which St. Pe ter was one. is the Ilomau Church. Equally we disagree with our I'aptist. Presbyterkin, Methodist, Lutheran and Congregational systems when they each profess to le the one Church. Our contention is that all who turn their backs upon sin, accept the Lord Jesus as their Savior, approach the Heavenly Father in full consecration through Jesus and who receive the be getting of the Holy Spirit of God all such are sons of God. whether or not they join the Roman Catholic, the Con gregational, the Methodist, the Pres byterian or other human systems. Furthermore, our contention is that not one of these human systems. Cath olic or Irotestant, is recognized of God. They are all human institutions originated by men and maintained by men. Sometimes good men and some times bad men have had to do with their organization and maintenance. Indeed, we hold that each conee rated believer is a child of God wherever he may be inside or outside of all denom inational walls or creeds. In the Scriptures the true Church of Christ is described as ""the Church of the First-lorns, written in Heaven (Hebrews 12i.) Will our Protestant friends claim that their church roll corresiKinds to "the I-amb's P.ook of Life"? (Iievelatiou-JlT.) Would Chris tians of any denomination dare to make such a claim? Most assuredly. No! We all realize that at the very most the various sects and parties of Chris tendom are composed of wheat and tares; and that, so far as human judg ment can discern, the tares are vastly in the majority. Christian Union Never Lost. From this standpoint we perceive that the great masses, Catholic and Protestant, never were the Church of Christ. They have been children of this world, not spirit-begotten New Creatures in Christ, not living stones in the Temple, not branches of the True Vine, not members of the 'little flock." They have been worldly people with reliirious sentiments and good de sires, who misunderstood the Bible teaching that only the sanctilied are in Christ Jesus, called to Ik; saints. (1 Corinthians 1:2.) What these large numbers of well-meaning but mistaken people have done in the way of organ izing churches, lodges, banks, etc.. has had nothing whatever to do with the great organization which God effect ed eighteen centuries ago and which has iersisted as a unit ever since. The True Church has never beeu di vided. Each memlx-r is united with the Lord, the Head, and through Him to every other member of His Hod v. which is the Church. Iu this one Church there has always leen main tained one Lord Jesus, one faith IIi Word of Promise and one baptism consecration into His death. 2 Timo thy 2:11, 12; Ephesians 4:4-0. Does some one say, "Where is the history of this Church?" We answer, in the words of the Apostle, "The world knoweth us not, even as it knew Him not." (1 John 3:1.) The world of Jesus day Mere the professed re ligionists. Yet they knew not the great Redeemer whom God had sent; and they crucified nim. Similarly, all down the Gospel Age, the great re litrlous teachers of the various systems have not recognized the memlers of the Htnly of Christ. This is the very point which St. Paul emphasizes. He declares that the fact (and the philosophy of the fact) that the Church are members of Christ is to the world both the religious world and the irreligious world a Hidden Mystery. It is outside of their theory, their understanding. Hence it is that the most saintly characters, both Cath olic and Protestant, have been mar tyrs, as Jesus was, as St. Stephen was. as all the Apostles were, as all the faithful were during the intermediate centuries; and as some yet may be if an outward union be effected such as once prevaneu in tne uarK Ages. Counterfeiting the True Church. If we now declare that to a certain extent the True Church has been coun terfeited by both Catholics and lrot estants, let no one supiose that we wish to speak unkindly. We do uot charge that these counterfeits of the True Church were made intentionally, but merely that the Church, coming under the control of brilliant minds not spirit-begotten, followed 'their mis representations of God's Word. Fa ' instance, the averifge Eoniau Catholic does not know that he is not a member of the Church. But Cardi nal Gibbons will not deny the fact, neither will any other ecclesiastic. Their teaching, most explicitly, is that the Pope and the other religious in structors compose the Church, and that the people are the children of the Church. Thus the Catholic Church ap propriates the words of Jesus respect ing the "little flock." etc., and applies them to the clergy, not to the congre gation. This is the secret of Papacy's great mistake. In their ecclesiastical system they have a counterfeit of the True Church. Because the Scriptures declare that the Lords faithful "little flock." "the Church of the living CchI." will reign with Christ, therefore Papa cy claims the right to reign with Heav enly authority over the kingdoms of earth. Papacy's endeavor to carry out this erroneous reasoning has led to many grievous persecutions and wars. If Papacy has the counterfeit of the True Church and the True ICeign of Christ, what does the Bible teach re specting the genuine? This: That the exeriences of the unknown, despised, saintly followers in the footsteps of Jesus constitute their preparation for a share ' in the Kingdom with the'r Lord. When the full number of the elect Church, predestined of the Fa ther, shall have leeu gathered out of the world and glorified, then God's Kingdom shall le established on earth, and they shall be joint-heirs with the King of kings Jesus Christ. His King dom will rule the world, nor by guns and swords, not by burnings at the stake and iuquisitiouary torments, but by Heavenly power. What our Catholic friends have is merely a foreshadowing of the Truth resjK'Cting the Church as a mother. The Scriptures teach that when Christ shall institute His Millennial Kingdom for the uplifting of mankind. lie shall have a Bride the Church (Revelation 19:0 and shall figuratively beget chil dren. That is, during the thousand years of llis Reign the glorified Jesus will be the Everlasting lather, Giver of everlasting life on the earthly plane, to Adam and all of his children who will accept it on the Divine terms. Then the Church will le the mother, the caretaker, of all mankind, to bring the willing and oledient up to full hu man perfectiou and life everlasting. All who refuse this grace of God will be destroyed in the Second Death. Are There Protestant Counterfeits? Although Protestants repudiate the Catholic idea that the clergy alone constitute the Church, nevertheless in many denominations we see this in sidious error in a slightly different form. This is notably true in the Episcopal Church, which puts the gov ernment into the hands of the clergy and treats the laity to a considerable extent as children. The Methodist Episcopal Church follows closely the same line of procedure. The Presby terian and Lutheran systems also dif ferentiate the clergy from the laity, even though the laity be given some recognition on the ecclesiastical boards, usually for the purpose of securing financial or legal advice. Congregatioualists, Baptists and Dis ciples most nearly recognize an equal ity iK'tween clergy and laity that the entire Church f God is a Royal Priest hood. Yet even wuh these congrega tional bodies an attempt is made to separate clergy from laity and to hold all the spiritual power and authority iu the hands of the clergy. In the 'on gregational Church this is done along financial lines through the Congrega tional Union. In the Baptist Church the Baptist Ministers Association holds reins over the people and tells them whom they may call for a pastor whom the Association will ordain aud whom refuse. Thus the same spirit is manifested in all these earthly systems and distinctly differentiates them all from the One True Church and her Scriptural regulations, which declare. "All ye are brethren; One is your Mas ter, even Christ"; and One is your Pope, or Father, even God. We ask Cardinal Gibbons to consid er with us the Scriptural teachings which we Lave presented; namely, that the Royal Priesthood is composed ex clusively of saints, whether clergy or laity; that this One Church is indivis ible; that the Heavenly Father, the Husbandman of this True Vine, per mits none to remain as branches, mem lers of the True Church, unless they bring forth the true fruit of the Vine. We ask the Cardinal to consider the Scriptural teaching that this saintly class is now the Esjioused Virgin men tioned by St. Paul (2 Corinthians ll:2i; and that these are now awaiting the completion of their number, when the Heavenly Bridegroom, at His Second Coming, will receive them to Himself. By the power of the First Resurrection they will "Ik; changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye." to be like their Ixrd. Then, as the Scriptures de clare, will come the Marriage of the Lamb. (Revelation 1D:7.) Shortly aft er that event will come the Millennial Kingdom and the regeneration of Ad am's race the giving to them of new life from the Life-Giver. As for the great human institutions which more or less counterfeit Christ's Kingdom, these are also called vines in Scripture the vine of the earth, in contrast with the Vine of the Father's j right-hand planting. It is not for us to determine how much good and how much harm these earthly churches, vines of the earth, have accomplished. This our Lord will declare in His own season. But He tells us that the grapes lorne by these vine? anger, malice, hatred, envy, strife, evil-speaking, etc. will overflow the Winepress of the Wrath of God in the near fu ture, and bring upon mankind that great Time of Trouble which onr Lord declares will lie such as never was be fore known. Matt. 24:21; Daniel 12:1. LIGHT QUESTION SEEMS IN JEOPARDY UNLESS COUNCIL STANDS FIRM From Saturday's Daily. The lipht question 5.eem? to have again been brought to the forefiont after it had been resting i-ince the passage of the light contract o:-Jin-nce at the council meelivp: last Mon day night, when it was a-jrec! 'o enter into -a five-yer.r contract with the Nebraska Lighting comr:a?y for cost of S'2,G'." per yeur, and j-,n in creased number cf lamp.-, which were figured would co?t a fraction over 7c per kilowatt. This was opposed Ly u great many of the citizen ; and a petition has been circulated, which has received a great .many signers, asking that Mayor Ricbey ,-,,, the ordinance, while the direct or.-- of th- Commercial club have j e t-i,1.'d a petition to the mayor a kin'r that he see that a provision to secure lower gas and electric rates for the private consumer be secured from the iij.ht company before the matter is closed. This action will probably hr.M the matter up for some time nt least, and what the result of the diU'eulty will be is hard to figure out. and just where the company and citizens will be able to gfci together seems up in the air, unless the council stands pat on their passage of the contract and make it stick. The light question has been up before the public for almost a year since the lighting contract with the citv expired. DJUIGIE9 PARTY IN HONOR DF MISS RUTH FITZGERALD From Friday's raiiy. A very pleasant gathering was held last evening at the beautiful home cf Mr. r.nd Mrs. T. K. rarmele or. Chi cago avenue, where a In Tire number of the younger social set we"e entertain ed at an informal d incir.g party in honor cf Miss Ruth I'itzgern'd of Louisville, who is a guest at the I'ar mele home. Some forty f the young people were present to c: :j.y the pleasures of the evening avl in the delight of the new dances. I w? hiv: the evening dainty and delicious refresh ments were served that added much to the pleasure of the occasir-n. Everyone reads the want ads. REPORT OF THE CONDITION of the Bank of Murdock cii,r.TT.i: so. til'i Of Murdock, Neb., Irr-orporated in the State of Nebraska, at the close of business, A ugiist-.i!t), HMo. i;r. )n;('i:s Loans and iJ;.-oiii:i f i vtrtr:i!'i J a : ik i nr lnu:c. furiiiiun an. I fi- t u re Current e. m-iii-s. i.v,- uml inu rcst i ::..r;'. t.lMt' l CIO 77 Iaii Iuih from nat'l ainl Nia'e banks C!ttks :n! ii-fii- of 'umne.v (Mlllt Cllili Silver. iiit'LeK aini cents. 74- hi :''hi to :r: :,4 y: f7 Total. I.IAP.II.ITIKS Capital st'V'l; :ni in Si.vv-i pc- Surplus fund l.rm c ' l'ii(li-id-l prorils 1.1:4 74 1 mliv idual i!';om i Mil'j-ot tO flli'l-k. ?." .K'H'i 'M Time (n if icais of lcp(-ii s r."..7ii!' M C'itsliir"s elicrks imKi unt li njf -M." ti.'!-.".4.i'"l 44 IejoMUr's puaranty fund 1.147 1;' Total STATE or XEHUASKA Count y of as t ' '' 1. II. A. ; utlimanti. Cashii'r of tin- alovc named liank. !o lierel.y swear that tlie aliove statement is a correct and 1 rue ropy of Hie reiKiil made to the State Cankiiur Hoard. li. A. liniiMANN. Cashier. Attest. Henry A. Tool, director. .1. K. ; ut hinaun. direri.M'. SutscrilN'd and sworn to U'fore me this "fith day of Aiitftist. pm:.. .lEitKY K. Mclli-cn. Notary l'uh'.ic Seal My rommi.isioti expire-. Match J... l'.'l'O A Power Grs&n Separefor AT A HAND CHAKK PRICE Tremendously increased de- tMr-Sf .vvmand and low- !i-'i er seUinS cost pa 1 enable the ?. J manufacturers to male this big reduction in price of the separator you Sesaritor S ... Caatioed X-36 v'onderfcl "AUTOMATIC" SEPARATOR It akima while you milk. Savrs time, drndeery and cream. Holds world's record for close skimming. Maintains hich, even speed, without vibration. Runs itself at cost of 2 cents per hour. Reliable, sure start engine and separator built into rigid, compact fuuac. CtUl and ace it today' - John W. Falter 1 t 'am 1 fmsk ma r-''-j- .1.1 1 AGENT PlatUmouth, ri my V'- mif '' r 11 rrnir Trr mm m m b$ -'; ,,, FW1 E5 SEVE3SL PARTIES Cf PEKiH, ill MiRiYE ili THIS CITY! Jaturi.iv'K ' mllr. evc-.nip.rr Mr. r.nd 'lis:. M. Rloornp:. I.:., Ruh.-. M:-. F. C.i and Mr.-;.! at'- Fv;ill. all of Pekin. Illinois', ar rived in this city en route home from PiairAievv, Neb., and will visit here for a shott time with relatives and f i ii-nds in this section of C.-'.s? county. Mr. and Mrs. I'l.hs aie cousins of V.. II. M'-isdnm1, r.nd they wee met here this mo-nimr by Mr. Meisinprer and wife, who will entertain the party foi a few days. They hae not l.een hero for several years and the occasion is lieinsr very mach ri:joed !y 11 in the l;:;i'ty. Artude Is in Error. l-'rom Saturday's lnitv. Ii; the Murray items appearing in he Journal this week was one of thj injury of a lady near that place in a runaway, rtid owinp: to a typopraphi- il error it was made to appear that this was Mrs. Mark White, when it should hr.ve hen ?Irs. Mark Wiles, who was the party injured. This was a most unfortunate mistake r.nd has caused much annoyance to both Mr. and Mrs. White, who have been kept busy nr.swerinp: inquiries as to the accident, and we make this correction that tho?e who were misled by the published statement may be riven the real facts. Smoke the Exquiseto"and"Eape," the best .rc cigrars. Herman Spies, manufacturer. MYNARD, NEBRASKA Tuesday, September 21st I am offering at public sale 41 head of pure bred Duroc Jerseys. Amorgst the cfTciirg are 18 boars, 19 open gilts, 4 sows with litters and one open tried fow. . Five of these animals are pons and daughters of the famous "Old King the" Col." and are ani mals of real merit; one yearling hoar that will weigh aronDd 500 pounds (out of ECHO'S CRIM SON WONDER, GRAND CHAMPION at the Nebraska State Fair 1914 ) This boar I will make a special oiler on. Will agree to take him back at the price he sells for at sale, in one year's time, providing he is in as good condition as he is now. Will have 4 Spring boars of the JUMBO CRITIC strain all large and good; one of them will beat 200 pounds, and is a real outstanding animal of this strain. Balance of animals are mostly bv the above boar "Echo's Model Wonder." One.sow with litter by her side, a grand-daughter of "COL. GANO." an animal I paid $155.00 for at Oscar Larson's sale last winter, will go iD the ring and some one will get a bargain. SvT Remember the Date Tuesday, September 21. Sale to beheld in large building, one hilf block from the depot. iv. t. richardson, clerk V. B. PORTER, Owner i V if v -CATALOGUE ON REQUEST- J"MI ;" fxTiTr'!f i Mi ir t rmrri 1 nMrw W m m m m The weather conditions have been against the lumberman so far this season. The result is that the stocks have accumu lated and prices gone down. Shingles are cheaper today than they have been in the last ten years. If your roofs are in bad condition now is the time to fix them. y LTTJ Usa U ra 13 STORK VISITS MR. AND MRS. 1 JULIUS liEILSQN WEDNESDAY From Friday's T'ailv. The stork was a welcome visitor on Wednesday niorninp: at the home of ! Mr. and Mrs. Julias Nc-ilson in tl .is j ci:y arid left in their care a bright lit tle son and heir, and the little man is considered iy the proud parent? as .usi dout the f nest little one in the land. IJoth the mother and child are iretiinjr itlonjr nicely, and Julius is firm in the belief that the new hoy will make an expert engineer when he pets : little older. Departs for Lincoln. From Fridav'p Iaily. This afternoon Frank R. Gobelman :.nd Ileih Cotton departed for Lincoln, from where they will start out paint injr the siirns for the Lincoln-Union road, and from Union north to Omaha, in order that the auto travelers over j these roads may find it much easier tu travel. The work will take up some time and will be clone in a most com plete and capable manner. None Equal to Chamberlain's. ''I have tried most all of the couch cures and find that there is none that equal Chamberlain's Couph Remedy. It has never failed to pive me prompt relief," writes W. V. Harner, Mont pelier, Ind. When you have a cold rive this remedy a trial and see for yourself what a splendid medicine it is. Obtainable everywhere. rsey -Ho o. M. I. PURDY, S. CRUSE. Stockman -MAIL BIDS 0 JNL (Q) XjJ J A TWICE-TOLD TALE One of Interest to Our Header. Cood news bears repenting, an 1 when it is confirmed alter a lo.rr kip.-e of time, even if v. e he.-iiatid t. believe it at fir.-.t heai'tintr. we fei I secuie in acceptinir it:- truth now. Th-. following experience of a I'lat t-in uth man is confirmed after f e year's: Herman Tickoetter, contractor. Ninth and Day Sts., I'latf-niouth, Neb., says: ' My kidneys caused n .' much trouble and 1 had a dull. ti'-e.J feelinp across my loins. If I Mt.op-d or straightened, my back hurt me and in the morninjr i was all ti'ed out. A box of Doan's Kidney 1MI- promptly relieved every symptom of the com plaint." (Statemo; rien Jti"e t'.h, 1'U;). OVER FIVE YEARS LXTLT.. M:. Tickoetter said: "The kidney tioul.ie has never returned, so I can say I am permanently cured." Price ode, at ail dealers. Don't' simply ask for a kidney remedy- pet Doan's Kidney Pills tho snnie that Mr. Tickoetter had. KoMer-Milburn Co., Props., Ruffalo. N. Y. .T..T-. I- W. A. I-OHERTSOX, Lawyer. J. Coates' Rlock, . J- East of Riley Hotel. Second Floor. A want ad will brinp you a buyer. 7 f Fieldman for Nebraska Farmer Fieldman for the South Omaha and Drover's Journal TO EITHER FIELDMIEN Nebraska