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cancel sin. "The blood [deatb] e,f bulls and goats could. never take away sin." It was man that bad sinned, man that had been sentenced THE DIVINE LAW to death; and the death of the animal at most only tYflified the death of tbe Man Christ Jesus, who gave HimseU UNIVERSAL AND ETERNAL a Ransom for all."-Hebrews 10:1-10; 1 Timothy 2: 5,6. And not only their sacrifices, but ITS RELATIONSHIP TO ISRAEL'S TEN COMMANDMENTS AND TlJEIR SABBATH DAY God's dealings with the nation of Israel, seem to have a typical lesson, the reality of which reaches down either to the Gospel Age or beyond "The Law was given by Moses; but grace and truth by Jesus Christ."-John 1:17. into the Millennial Age. (1 Corin­ thians 10: 11; Romans 15: 4.) F:rom what we have shown foregoing re­ 'TO suppose that there was no Di­ physically; and thus began the did God give' the Law on tables of specting the Divine Law, which es­ vine Law governing Heaven and effacement from his heart of that stone? Why did He not wait until tablishes the lines of right and wrong earth,. previous to the giving of the power of discerning or intuitively the due time to send His Son to be upon every question, and which, ]jke Law at Mount Sinai at the hand of knowing right from wrong. The our Ransom-price; and then, after He its Author, is from everlasting to Moses, would be as unreasonable as fallen conditions favored the cultiva­ had redeemed or purchased all from everlasting the same unalterable Lraw, to suppose that neither Grace nor tion of selfishness, and exalted sel­ the sentence of death, begin the work we trust that our readers see clearlY Truth was known throughout the fishness to be the rule of life, instead of Restitution of all things (Acts 3: that the giving of the Law at Sinai Universe until our Lord's First Advent. of love, as in God's original creation. 21)-the re-writing of the original had a special, peculiar significance of On the contrary, we . may say The more selfishness came in and Law in the human heart ?-Jeremiah its own, incidental to the peop]e to that so surely as it is true that gained control, the more the law of 31: 31-34; Ezekiel 36: 26. whom it was given. For further Heaven or in Eden before sin en­ ing to His promise that He would up a standard to the people and to a sented that Covenant; for every bless­ tered. With the Law of God (briefly especially use and bless Abraham'S slight extent bless all nations, by call­ ing under that Covenant was made· comprehended in one word, Love-to posterity. (Genesis 12: 3; 18: 15-18.) ing a halt to the downward course and dependent upon absolute obedience 'to -God and all His creatures in fellow­ But, as though to insure men that the by reviving in all to some degree the that Law.-Exodus 19:7,8; 34:28, ship with Him) written in their very Hebrews were not naturally superior­ dying influence of the original Law of Hence in speaking vr their Cove­ beings, how strange it would have to other men, God permitted them Conscience. nant it became customary to thJnk seemed to the angels if God had set to go for centuries into slavery to the Of this Covenant the Apostle de­ and speak of the Law upon wnJch up in Heaven the Mosaic Law tables Egyptians, at that time the greatest clares, The Law "was added [to the everything depended. Thus through­ or copies of them! Of what service nation of earth. Abrahamic Covenant] because of out the New Testament, when speak­ could such a statement of the Law From this we conclude that the transgressions [because sin was ing of that Covenant, the Apostle of God be to such beings, who already Law given at Sinai was given be­ spreading and men were retrograding often calls it "The Law," leaving the had a much higher conception of it? cause the original law, eKpressed in very rapidly], till the [promised] Seed word "covenant" to be understood. Moreover, such a presentation to Adam's nature twenty-five centuries should come [until Christ came (not Yet in every instance a glance at Hie Adam in Eden before his fall would previous, had become almost extinct only Christ Jesus the Head, but also language and the context shows 'un­ have been similarly useless. There­ and unintelligible. It was given to a the Church His Body) to do the real questionably that the Law Covenant fore it was not given. chosen people at the hands of an work, the time for which had come] is meant, not merely the written Lav{. But why was the Law given by especially chosen leader. It could not to whoLl the [Abrahamic Covenant] For instance, the expression, "The Moses? Why was it not given until have been written upon their hearts; Promise was made." "For the Law Law made nothing perfect," cou]d about twenty-five hundred years after for to do so would have implied the made nothing perfect" ; and, more­ not refer to the Law alone; for Jaws the faj, of Adam into sin and death? restoration of that nation to Edenic over, "The Law which was [given] never make anything perfect. 'I"'J8Y Why was it given at Mount. Sinai? perfection; and this was impossible four hundred and thirty years after merely show the perfect requirements. Why was it given to the nation of because the penalty under which that [the Covenant made with Abraham] The Law on tables of stone show~d Israel, and not to all nations or to perfection was lost was death, which cannot disannul [or in any manner Israel God's requirements, but it any other nation? Why was it still rested upon Israel and upon all change the terms or conditions of remained for the Covenant to try written upon stone? Why that de­ men, and would continue until a that Covenant], that it should make to make the people perfect by prom­ parture from the previous method of Ransom could be found for Adam­ the Promise of none effect."-Gala­ ising blessings for obedience and. expressing it? and hence for all who lost life in him. tians 3:19, 17; Hebrews 7:19. curses for disobedience to the I.,aw. The mere reading of these ques­ -1 Cor. 15: 21, 22; 1 Timothy 2: 5, 6. But this Covenant which God made And this the Law Covenant failed to tions, and a reflection upon the facts with Israel was something more than do; it made nothing perfect. It upon which they.rest, should relieve Significance of the Decalogue. even they could realize. His dealings served to restrain sin and to sbow the mind of many inconsistencies The best way to express the Law with them were typical of His deal­ men some of their short-comings, but :and prepare it for the answer. of Love to those who do not possess ings future from their day. Their sin­ it could not lift any out of the mire of Father Adam, having violated the the spirit of love, or mental likeness offerings, for instance, typically took sin and out of the horrible })11 of .Law of God-written in his being­ to God, is as God indicated it in the away their sins. and brought to the death. It could not give life. It mer<=Jy has passed under· its sentence-death. ten commandments written in stone­ nation recoD~ciliation to God for a left Israel under sentence of decJ~J1, This death-sentence had affected him "Thou shalt," and "thou shalt not." year at a time: but, as the Apostle as they \yere before it was giVE:D·· but mentally and morally. as well as This brings us to the question, Whv says, those sacrifices could not really (Ccntinued on page 2, column J). 2 THE BIBLE STUDENTS ::lI.I0NTHLY, Brooklyn, ~. Y. Vol. 8, No.2. 5: 2,3.) Indeed, no other arrange­ So thoroughly ,vas the one man continue under the original condemna.. ment would have been just; for the Moses the representative and typical tion, and Israelites who have not come tb~ 6ibJ~ Stua~nt$ montbly blessings of that Covenant and its father of the nation of lSi L-el, that God to Christ are still condemned by VV. F. HUDGINGS, Bditor promises of life were only to tne could and did propose its destruction Moses' Law Covenant. "He that be­ one nation. {Romans 9: 4.) How, and the fultllment of all His engage­ lieveth is passed [reckonedly] from 13, 15, 17, H leKS ST., Brooklyn, N. V. then, could its curse extend beyond ments with Moses' family instead. (Ex­ death unto life (John 5:24), while "he Monthly-12cts. a year. Single copies,lc. the nation which enjoyed its favors odus 32: 10, 31, 32.) It was thus, as that believeth not is condemned al. An Independent, Unsectarian Religi­ and privileges? God's representative on the one hand, ready." (John 3:18.) He was con­ ous Newspaper, Specially Devoted to The blessings of that Law Cove­ and as Israel's representative on the demned six thousand years ago; and, the Forwarding of the Laymen's Home nant were earthly, and such also other, that Moses could be and was the if a Jew, he was additionally bound by Missionary Movement for the Glory were its curses. With one exception, Mediator of the Law Covenant be­ the Law Covenant, and has not es­ of Good and Good of Humanity. noted below, neither blessings nor tween God and that nation. caped the condemnation that is on the curses related to the everlasting fu­ vVhen the Man Chri£,~ Jesus, by full world. (Romans 5:16.) The only ones Ministers of the 1. :~. S. A. render ture. The future had already been obedience to the Law Covenant, be­ who have escaped this condemnation, their services at funeraiii free of charge. settled for Israel and all others of the came entitled to life everlasting under so long upon all, are referred to by the Thev also in",ite correspondence from race of Adam, in the death sentence its provisions, He had the right to Apostle Paul (Romans 8: 1) : "There thos"e desiring Christian counsel. pronounced in Eden. Nothing short "Moses' seat"-the right to supersede is now no condemnation to them which of the Ransom-price-the Correspond­ Moses as the lawgiver and representa­ are in Christ Jesus, who walk not af­ (Continued from page 1" column 4.) ing Price which our Lord Jesus gave tive of that nation. Of Him Moses bore ter the flesh but after the spirit,'· THE DIVINE LAW. long aJterward-could settle that orig­ witness, saying, "A Prophet shall the These are the free ones, free from additionally bounden. by it as a na­ inal sentence and secure a complete Lord your God raise up unto you like all laws and all penalties-free indeed. tional contract. However, it was only release from the sentence of death. unto me. Him shall ye hear in all '·'If the Son shall make you free, ye The sin-offerings of Israel's Day of things." By fulfilling the requirements shall be free indeed."-John 8:36. a typical Covenant and its mediator Atonement were not of permanent of the Law Covenant and by His obedi­ But can it be that God has released was only a type of the one Mediator value, but only for a year in advance, ence even unto death, Christ became these entirely from both the Law between God and man; and the blood and were therefore repeated yearly. the Heir of its promise of Iife, and the given iIi Eden and that given at of that Covenant typified the blood of These blessings and curses of the Mediator of the New Covenant, based Sinai? Just so! Being justified by the New Covenant. Law Covenant were very particularly upon that better and everlasting Sac­ the death of Christ, and released from Purpose of the Law Covenant. explained to Israe1.-Deut. 28: 1"68. rific~ for sins, which therefore needed their former condemnation, and hav­ God's Covenant with Abraram was 'I'his Covenant included every mem­ not to be repeated yearly, and which ing received His spirit of love for God not hampered with a Law. It applied ber of the nation of Israel, so that will be effective, not for Israel only, and obedience to God, so long as they as soon as Abraham entered Canaan they shared in common the blessings but for aU the families of earth; for are in Christ they are free-free to -"In thy Seed shall 'all the families and the curses. There was a pro­ "this Man," "the· Man' Christ Jesus, abide in Him, by continued submis­ of the earth be blessed." The Seed vision, however, for one individual; gave Himself a Ransom for all." sion to His will, the essence of which was promif:;ed and was sure, and so namely, that the man who would Hence this Gospel of the New Cove­ is LOVE to God and to man. All who was the blessing. But not so the fully obey all of the requirements nant was for "the Jew first and also come into Christ submit themselves to Law Covenant, made four centuries of the Law should live-be guaranteed for the Greek (or Gentile)." Thus the His will and voluntarily make it their afterward with the fleshly seed of lasting life. (Leviticus 18: 5.) How­ one Sacrifice finished at Calvary did a Law; and those who willingly violate Abraham. The blessing which it ever Israel may have imagined it special work for Israel, and will do a this law thereby cease to "abide in promised was conditioned on obedi­ possible for all or for many of the general work of redemption for the Him" and will be "cast forth" as ence to a code of laws then given nation to thus gain life everlasting, world, including Israel, in sealing the dead branches. (John 15: 6.) Through them. It said, "The man that we can see that God never had such New Covenant and making it operative Him our best endeavors to do His doeth these things shall live by expectations concerning them. He for all mankind. [For full explanation will are acceptable; and we have thus them."-Romans 10: 5; Leviticus 18: 5. knew from the beginning, what He see STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES, Vol. V., passed out of condemnation to death Nor did it seem to occur to Israel has taught us by experience, as "THE ATONEMENT."] into justification to life so long as we that they might be unable to obey the well as by the inspired words of the "Christ the End of the Law." abide under the blood of Christ our Law perfectly. They promptly ac­ Apostle that, "By the deeds of the Thus seen, the expression, "Christ Redeemer. In no other way could cepted the terms of the Covenant Law shall no flesh [i. e., none of the is the end [fulfilment] of the Law any be accepted by God; for the Law (Exodus 19: 8; Deuteronomy 27: 11-26), fallen race, needing justification] be [Covenant] for rignteousness [justifi­ given in Eden was one which required little realizing that it was a Covenant justified in God's sight."-Rom. 3: 20. cation] to everyone that believeth" absolutely perfect obedience, and that "unto death" (Romans 7:10), and not "The Man Christ Jesus" (1 Timothy (Romans 10:4), can apply only to Jews given at Sinai demanded the same. unto life· because of their inability to 2:5), who obeyed the Law absolutely, who by faith have accepted Christ as And since we know that God could obey perfectly its just requirements. was the One in the Divine Purpose their Redeemer.~' It cannot apply to not give an imperfect Law (ltom. 7: Its promise of life was on terms easy for whom the provision was made­ others-neither to those who never 12); and that we could not fully obey enough for perfect men, although im­ that "He that doeth these things were Jews, and who consequently were a perfect one, we see the necessity possible for fallen men. But, having shall live." He consequently had a never under that Covenant, nor to for our being freed from all law and agreed to the terms, they were bound right to life everlasting and therefore those who still trust in Moses' Cove­ accepted in the merit of Christ. to -them. Thus the Law Covenant might have asked for, and might have nant and who are still vainly seeking Hence we conclude that those in "slew them," or took from them the received, more than twelve legions life by obedience to its provisions, Christ, whether they were jews or very hope of life it had helped to en­ of angels to defend Him from those laws, etc. Gentiles, are in no sense under the kindle. (Romans 7:9-11.) Neverthe­ who sought His life. But He laid Israel as a nation is still bound by Law given at Sinai, graven upon stones, less, it served them well as a servant down his life. The one death, begun that Covenant which they at first sup­ termed the "Ten Commandments," nor to bring them to Christ. at Jordan and finished three and a posed would bring life, but which ex­ to the ceremonial attachments relat.. When Christ came He magnified half years after at Calva~y, accom­ .perience proved could bring them only ing to typical feasts, sacrifices and the Law Covenant and made it honor­ plished two things-one for Israel death because of the weakness of their services.-Hebrews 9:1. able. Then it began to be manifest only, the other for the whole world. that none before Him had- ever fully Since the Children of Israel, as well fiesh and their inability to fulfil its re­ The Law on Tables of Stone. appreciated or obeyed God's Law. as the other nations, were Adam's pos­ quirements expressed in its Law of The sanctified in CHRIST JESUS Thus convinced of their own inability terity they, as well as others; shared Ten Commandments. There is only need no such commands. Love to one door ,of escape from it; namely, by God and men, laid down by our Lord to secure eternal life by the terms of his sentence of death, and were re­ accepting Christ as their Redeemer. the Mount Sinai Covenant, those Jews deemed by our Lord's offering of Him­ and the Apostles, is the only rule un~ of teachable mind began to 'see the self a Sin-Offetingand Corresponding­ God shut them up to this one and only der which the New Creature in Christ proffered righteousness of Christ, en:­ Price for Adam and those who lost hope (Galatians 3: 23); and He prom­ is placed; and it is the very essence abling them to accept the glorious in­ life in Adam. (Romans 5: 12, 18.) But ises that by and by, when, the Gospel of this new mind-the spirit, or mind, vitation of· Divine favor and joint­ since Israel alone, and no -other nation Church, the Body of Christ, has been of Christ. heirship with Messiah in the Millen­ or family or people of earth, had been selected, He will open their blind eyes Look singly at the commandments nial Kingdom, upon condition of faith­ brought under the terms of the Law and cause them to see Christ in His given to fleshly Israel, and . judge fulness in following in the footsteps Covenant made with them at Mount true character-as their Redeemer whether it would not be useless to of Jesus, their Redeemer. So the Sinai, therefore, only Israelites re­ from sin' and their Deliverer from address such commands to the saints. death and their Covenant of death.­ I. "Thou shalt have no other gods Law Covenant made nothing perfect. quired to be "redeemed from the curse Romans 11: 25-29. (Hebrews 7: 19.) In· the fullest sense, of the Law [Covenant]."-Gal. 3:13. Christ "came unto His own [people, before me." What saint would think no one ever kept it but the. perfect of such a thing? Man Christ Jesus (Romans 3:23); Moses' Position Unique. the House of Servants, under the bond- II. "Thou shalt not make unto thee for the Law is the full measure of a That the "one Man," Christ Jesus, age of the Law Covenant, offering the any graven image, nor theUkeness of could J'ustly redeem our race is stated worthy ones favor and liberty under perfect man's ability. the Covenant of Sacrifice], and His any form that is in Heaven above, or Commandments Basis of Covenant. by the Apostle and is clearly evident own [people] received him not; but that is in the earth beneath, or that when we see that all men were sen- . d H' h is in the water under the earth; thou 1'he mind is cleared of much diffi­ tenced in the one man Adam. But how as many as receIve 1m, to t em shalt not bow down thyself unto them culty when it is discovered that the could one man redeem the multitudi- gave He liberty [privilege] to become nor serve them; for I . . . am a jeal­ statements· that Christ had blotted the sons of God [with all the proper ous God, visiting the iniquity of the out the Law, "nailing it to His cross" nous nation of Israel from the curse of privileges or liberties of sons], even fathers upon the children, unto the (Colossians 2: 14), and sImilar pass­ their Law Covenant? to them that believe on His name."- third and fourth generation of them ages, do not mean that the Divine '\,1e answer that there is a point John 1:11, 12; Psalm 50:5. that hate Me; and showing mercy Law of the Universe, forbidding sin, connected with Israel's Covenant that No wonder, then, that the Apostle few have noticed. It is that God dealt sought so earnestly to guard the new unto thousands of them that love Me ceased at the Cross. That Law has with only one man in connection with. Gentile converts from becoming Jews and keep My commandments,'" For been over men, angels and all others the making of that Law Covenant; and and seeking life under the Law Cove- whom is such a law needful? Surely of God's intelligent creatures ever that man was Moses, who stood in the t b h' h 'th h h' not for the saints, who love the Lord since they came into existence; and it position of a father to the whole na- nan, y w IC nel er e nor IS na- with all their heart, soul and win, never cease. All is plain when t ion, the nation being regarded and tion had been able to profit! No won­ strength, and who are laying down in every text the word covenant is der he exhorted them to stand fast in life itself in His service! _supplied as it was evidently under­ treated as children under age. (Num- the liberty of Christ and His gracious bers 11: 11-15.) The Lord talked to arrangements. under the Covenant of III. "?hou shalt not take the name stood by those whom St. Paul Moses in the Mount. The Lord gave Sacrifice! of the LORD thy God in vain; for the addressed. the tables of the Law tO Moses. And It was in VieYT of this danger of their LORD will not hold him guiltless that 'That the Ten Commandments were Moses spoke to the peopl e, gave them losing faith in' Christ's finished work taketh His name in vain." Again· we the basis of the Covenant made with the Law and bound them by the terms and trusting for salvation to their own remark, surely none of the saints will Israel at Sinai is clearly attested by of}he Law Covenant: . efforts to keep the Law Covenant by have any desire to blaspheme or pro­ Scripture. "And h~ [Moses] was ses fane their Father's name, but the re­ there with the Lord forty days and M2 alone sh.all come near the works, that St. Paul even prohibited verse; they are laying down their lives forty nights. And he wrote upon the L~~d. -Exodus 24.2. the circumcision of Gentile converts, to glorify His name. tables the words of the Covenant, the As the Lord spake.to Moses, so ~id although he approved of it for He­ th~ ChIldren of Isr!lel. -Numbers 5.4. brews, to whom it was given as a sym­ IV. This we will examine last. Ten Commandments." (Exodus 34: V. "Honor thy father and thy 28.) "And he declared unto you His The people crIed to "Moses, a~d bol and rite long before the Law Cove­ M?,ses prayed to the Lor~. -Num. 1~; 2. nant was made. Hence the remark mother; that thy days may be long Covenant which He commanded you God sent Moses, HIS servant. - that "the Gospel to the circumcision" upon the land which the Lord thy to perform, even ,the Ten Command­ God. giveth thee." This is distinctly ments, and He wrote them upon two PS,~lm 105: 2? . "was especially supervised by St. Peter, an earthly promise of the land, while tables of stone."-Deuteronomy 4: 13, They enVIed Moses III the camp. - while the Gospel to theuncircum- Psalm 10~:16. cision, the Gentiles, was especially the the promise to the saints is not long 14;9:11,15. God saId that He .would destroy mission of St. Paul. (Galations 2:7', 8, life here but hereafter. Those who Redeemed From the Curse of the them, had.not .Moses HIS chosen stood 14-16.) It will be quite a help in the sacrifice life, lands, etc., become, in Law Covenant. before HIm III the breach.-Psalm study of the Scriptures to observe that Christ, heirs to the Heavenly prom.. It has escaped the attention of 10~: 23. - the Apostles often refer to themselves ises. Having the Spirit of Christ, many that, while Israelites had many Remember ye the. Law of Moses as having been under the Law Cove- they delight to honor their earthly advantages· every way under their MY; servant."-~1alachl 4;4.. nant and subsequently freed from its parents, but especially do they de­ Law Covenant (Romans 3: 1, 2), yet . Moses. hll;}h III ever~ CIty them that bondage; but to Gentile converts as light to do the will of their Father each one who failed to meet all the preach hIm. -Acts 15.21. not having passed through such an ex- in Heaven. requirements of that Law Covenant . "Did. not Moses give you the Law?" perience.-See Galatians 2: 17; 3: 3, 13, VI. "Thou shalt do no murder.'· -came under a curse, or sentence, not -,~ChrIst) ..John 7:19 . ." 1" 14; 5:5, 6, 8-10; Ephesians 2:11-19. Do not the saints delight to bless upon others. Thus it is written, ~hat dId Mos~s cO.llmand you. - See STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES, Vol. others and to do good, ev(ln to those "Cursed is everyone [every Israelite] (Chnst) Mark 10.3. VI "T NrC T" St d 7 who .. spitefully use them and perse­ tbat continueth not in an the words "One accuseth you even Moses, in ., HE I' E\\ REA TION, U Y • cute them? If so, where would be the of the Law [Covenant] to do them." whom ye trust."-(Christ) John 5:45. "Free from ~h~ L;::;,w." propriety of telling them that they -Galatians 3: 10; Deuteronomy 27: 26. All Israel were "baptized unto The Ransom was given F'OR ALL must not murder-must not do the The Apostle shows that this curse [into] Moses, in the cloud and in the mankind, but its benefits are applica­ thing farthest from their desire? It was only upon those under that Cove­ sea."-l Corinthians 10: 2. bIe only to those who believe. Thus would be a useless command. nant, saying, "Whatsoever the Law "He that despised Moses' Law died far the believers are only a few, com- VII. "Thou shalt not commit adult­ [Covenant] saith, it saHh to them without mercy."-Hebrews 10:28. pared with the mass of mankind. ery." The sanctified in Christ Jesus, that are under the Law [Covenant]." "The Law was given by Moses, but ThE'f:p nave escaped from all condem­ "who walk not after the fiesh, but (Romans 3: 19.) lVfoses also made the grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." nation of all broken laws; while the re­ after the Spirit" of Christ, could not same declaration. (See Deuteronomy -John 1:17. mainder, the world in ~eneral, still thus wrong others. Vol. 8, No.2. THE BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY, Brooklyn, N. Y. 3 VIII. "Thou shalt not steal." Do they make an effort to keep instead to the other the gracious promises of their already heavy burden, instead the saints desire to steal? Do they of the seventh day which the Lord ai)­ God through the Prophets, and the of accepting the sacrificial death of desire to defraud others? Is it not pointed for those under it. On the con­ explanations of some of. these which Christ as the atonement for their sins rather their spirit to "labor, working trary, to very many the first day is as the Lord had given in person, seeking under the Law and as the end of the with their hands the thing which is busy a day as any. The ruling under the yet fuller understanding of the same condemnation of that Law Covenant. good, that they may have, to give Law was that anyone who even under the leading of the Holy Spirit (Rom.a~s 10:4; 3:20, 28.) It is . not unto the needy"?-Ephesians 4: 28. pickE: j up sticks or kindled a fire was (Christ's Representative)' their Guide surpnsmg, when we remember their IX. "Thou shalt not bear false wit- a violator of this command, and must. into all Truth as it became due. early.prejudices in favor of the Law, ness against thy neighbor:' . How be put to death. (Numbers 15: 32-36.) For a time both days were observed th~t the Spirit of Truth was able to could one of the "sanctified in Christ How many who claim to keep this by Christians, the seventh day from gUIde them but slowly into the full Jesus" thus injure his neighbor? It commandment do far more work in Jewish custom (and because it fur­ truth on the subject. Even the Apos­ would be entirely foreign to the Spirit the way of cooking, etc.-they, their nished the best opportunity for reach­ tles were slow to learn; and we find of Christ, the spirit of Truth, and sons, and their daughters, their man­ ing davout Hebrews, the class most St. Peter so slow to follow the leading· would prove that the one who know- servants and maid-servants! (See likely to be interested in the Gospel) of the Spirit that he had to be taught ingly and willingly bore such false Exodus 35: 3.) If that Law is now in and the first day in commemoration by a special vision that Gentiles testimony had not the Spirit of Christ force and has by any means extended of our Lord's resurrection. Ignatius, neo - ed no longer to become Jews and and was "none of His."-Romans 8 :9. beyond the Israelites (on whom alone A. D. 75, in his writings mentions to conform to the Law of Moses be­ X. "Thou shalt not covet thy it was put), so as to cover Christians, some approvingly as "no longer Sab­ fore they could share Divine favor; neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet then every Christian violates it re­ batizing, but living in observance of but that they had access to God thy neighbor's wife, nor his man- peatedly, and is deserving of death the Lord's day, on which also our through faith in Christ as their Re­ servant, nor his maid-servant, nor for each offense; for "they that vio­ life sprang up again." deemer and a full consecration of his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that lated Moses' Law died without The earliest record found in Scrip­ themselves to the will of God.-Acts is thy neighbor's:' Covetousness is mercy."-Hebrews 10,: 28. ture· of the use of the name "Lord's­ 10: 9-18; .11: 4-18. wholly foreign to the spirit of Christ; But though our views on this sub­ day" for the first day of the week is Some complained to the other Apos­ and to that extent that the Spirit of ject differ widely from those of most in Revelation 1:10 (A. D. 96). And, tles and brethren about St. Paul's rec­ Christ dwells richly in His members Christian people, we are very glad says The Encyclopedia Britannica ognition of Gentiles; and this brought they will be free from covetousness. that one day of each week is set (first-class authority), "by that name the question before them all, and led The spirit of sacrifice having in the apart for rest from business, without it is almost invariably referred to to an investigation of God's dealingi saints taken the place of self-love, regard to which of the seven days is by all writers of the century imme­ in the matter. "When they had heard covetousness is forestalled. thus observed, or by what law or law- diately succeeding Apostolic times ... these things. they held their peace and The preface in E;odus 20:2 shows giver it was originally appointed. We The first writer who mentions the glorified God, saying, Then hath God that these Ten Commandments were greatly enjoy the day, and think it name of Sunday is Justin Martyr. also to the Gentiles granted repent­ given only to Israel after the flesh: not only a blessing to those who use This designation of the first day of ance unto life."-Acts 11:18. "I am the Lord thy God, which it for worship and study, but also for the week, which is of heathen .origin, St. Paul, most easily led of the brought 'thee out of the land of Egypt, those who use it merely as a day of had come into general use in the Spirit, got. clear viev/s on the subject out of the house of bondage." So, too, rest from toil and recreation to en­ Roman world shortly before Justin earliest, and had to oppose others in repeating them, Moses declares joy the beauties of nature, or to visit wrote. rSecond Century A. D.] ... among the Apostles less strong and \ (Deuteronomy 5: 15): "Hear, 0 Israel, their friends and families as they As long as the Jewish-Christian ele­ less spiritually clear-sighted. (Gala- the statutes and judgments which I cannot do on other days. And we are ment continued to have any promi­ t~ans 2:11.) Jerusalem was ~ong con­ speak in your ears TH IS DAY that especially pleased that the day set nence in the Church a tendency more SIdered the center of the ChrIstian re­ ye may learn them and. observe to apart by the Government under which or less strong to observe Sabbath as ligion, the largest l.umber and oldest do them~ The Lord our Goa made we live is the First Day of the week, well as Sunday WOUld, of course, pre­ believers and the Apostles living not this Covenant with our fathers, because of the same blessed memor­ vail. . .. The earliest observance of there. And as St. Paul's views of the but with US, even us, who are all of ies and associations which gave that Sunday as a legal duty is a Constitu­ Changed condition of things became us here alive this day. The LORD day a special sacredness to the tion of the Emperor Constantine, 321 clearer and clearer, he did not hesi­ spake . with you face to face-saying," Church in the days of' the . Apostles .. A. D.,· enacting that all courts of tate to preach boldly what he saw to etc.,etc.-S-ee also Ezekiel 20:10-13; But for two reasons we totally dis- justice, inhabitants of towns and be dispensational truth. Then some Nehemiah 9:12-14. sent from the idea of the Sabbath work-shops were to be at rest on prejudiced ones in the Church of An­ All these commands were proper common to the majority of Christian Sunday, with an exception in favor of tioch desired to know whether the and suitable enough for Israel. (Deu- people. First, bec.ause if their claim those engaged in agricultural labor." brethren at Jerusalem would concur teronomy 5: 2,3,5-21.) They would that we are under the Law of which It is therefore a misstatement to in the advanced views. Thereupon, 't bl f f 11 the Sabbath day observance was a say that Pope Gregory or any other St. Paul, Barnabas and others went up h ave b een sm a e or any a en part be true, the day they keep as a pope first by decree instituted Sunday to Jerusalem to lay the matter before man, but are surely inappropriate to Sabbath is not the 'day mentioned or the Lord's day as taking the place the brethren and to bring back a re­ any New Creature in Christ, whose in that command. They observe the of the Jewish seventh-day Sabbath. port.-Acts 15: 1, 2. very nature, as a New Creature, is to first day of the week, while the com­ The Decretals of Gregory do enjoin The great debate and examination do right, yet who, because of the mand designated the seventh day. If of the question on all sides followed. weakness of the flesh, cannot do Sunday keeping, saying, "We decree perfectly, though he desire and en- the Fourth Commandment be binding that all Sundays be observed, from St. Peter and St. James, finally agree- deavor to do so. But although we can at all it, as well as the other com­ vespers to vespers, and that all ing with St. Paul, influenced the en­ easily keep the outward letter of this mandments, is binding as stated, and unlawful work be abstained from, tire Council. St. Peter reminded them cannot be changed. Second, if we so that in them trading or legal of God's wonderful dealing with Cor­ Law, yet under our Lord's teachings were bound to the Law, the keeping proceedings be not carried on." nelius, who was justified and made ac­ we see that'to keep it in full really of the Sabbath in any other than the But it will be noted that the ceptable to God through faith in means more than its surface indi- strict way in which its keeping was Emperor Constantine's decree was Christ, and not through keeping the cates; that he who hates a "brother" therein prescribed is inconsistent. If in 321 A. D., while Gregory did not Law, and urged, "NOW, therefore, why has the murder spirit, and is a mur- - the command is binding upon us, the tempt ye Goo, to put a yoke [Moses' derer; he that desires to commit become pope until 590 A. D.; and adultery, lacking only the opportunity, manner of its observance, in its every Gregory refers to the fact that the Law] upon the neck of the disciples is in heart an adulterer (Matthew 5: minutia, is no less binding. If its work prohibited was already unlaw­ which neither our fathers nor we were strict significance has passed away, ful; hence his decree is merely con­ able to bear?" St. James said "My 28) ; and h e w h 0 1oves an d serves surely whatever destroyed its strict sentence is that we trouble not'them money, and who spends time and firmatory of the laws of Constantine talent for it· 'more --than.--in God's interpretation destroyed the command and other civil rulers preceding him. which from among the Gentiles are service, is an idolater. entirery'~- Therefore, -if -observed at The· Roman Catholic Church does turned to God." Then. the CounciLsO-....­ ' h' d all, it should be observed with all its not now and, so far as we know, decided, and sent a message to the . ~-- OUr Re d eemer s teac mg regar - former strictness, and it should be ab- never did insist upon a strict ob­ confused Gentile believers, saying: lng the obligations implied by the served on the day then prescribed. servance of Sunday. In Catholic "We have heard that certain ones Law is-"Thou shalt love the Lord The only proper reason for the less countries today both priests and who went out from us [here] have thy God with all thy heart, all thy strict observance of the day, or for troubled you with words subverting mind, all thy soul and all thy d people attend service in the forenoon, strength; and thou shalt love thy the substitution of another ay for and give up the afternoon to various your souls [destroying your faithJ, neighbor as thyself."-Matt. 22: 37, 38. the one originally designated would forms of pleasure--in beer-gardens, saying, 'Be circumcised and keep the From this we see that even we be an order from God Himself to that parks etc. Law'..,.--to whom we gave no such who are in Christ, with all our holy effect. Men have no right to alter Influence of the Law among Early commandment. . . . It seemed good_ . d k or in any wise amend God's Laws; to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay desires and aIms, coul not eep per- no, not even if an angel from Heaven Christians. upon you no greater burden than fectly the spirit of that Law, accord- sanction the change. But God did not Many Christians do not realize the these necessary things: That ye ab­ ing to this, our Master's interpreta- conditions which existed in the tion; for our new mind is hindered by change that Law. It stands exactly stain from meats offered to idols and . d d d d as it was given. If, as claimed by Church in the beginning of the Gospel from blood, and from tliings strangled, the weakness 0 f t h e sm- egra e an some, it was altered in any degree, Age. The Jews as a nation had been and from fornication." (Acts 15: 9-29.) marred earthen vessel-the flesh. We typically justified from the Adamic And these suggestions were given as' find it impossible to rid ourselves en- or made applicable to any other peo- curse, or condemnation, by typical advice, and not as so much of the tirely of inherited selfishness, so as to pIe than the people of Israel, the ev­ sacrifices, and put under the Law giv­ Mosaic Law, with penalties attached. be able to love our neighbor as our- idence should be no less clear and en at Sinai, as a Covenant under selves, or to love and serve God with positive than that of its original giv­ which, if obedient, they were to have The Law Covenant a Ministration of all our hearts . and talents, much as ing at Mount Sinai. But no such life. But the Law proved valueless to Death. our new minds might choose and seek evidence exists of its change to an- The Apostle Paul's Epistle to the other day, or to another people, or them so far as giving them the hoped­ to obey this, the spirit of the Law. of any relaxation of its original for life was concerned, though it Galatians, who had been Gentiles, was It is only because we are dealt with severity. taught them some good lessons. All written expressly to counteract the in­ the other nations, known as Gentiles fluence of Judaizing teachers who by God according to the conditions of Neither did our Lord or the mingled with the believers of Galatia the Covenant of Grace in Christ that Apostles ever authorize any such (heathens), were still under the orig­ inal condemnation of Eden. and endeavored to subvert the true the Apostle could say that our best change. They declared that the Jew­ faith in Christ by pointing them away heal'-t-€ndeavors to fulfil this Law of ish Law (which included the command Consequently, when our Lord came, both Jews and Gentiles were under from the Cross of Christ, to a hope of Love are accepted as a perfect ful- relative to the seventh day) was to acceptance with God by keeping the filment; and all we lack is continually be superseded by the antitypical New condemnation to death-the Jew by the Law from which he had expected Law of Moses in connection with faith compensated for out of the fulness of Law Covenant, which during the Mil­ in Christ-thus making the Covenant Christ, which is imputed to us. "Ye lennium will be in operation toward so much, but with which he was una­ are not under the Law, but under Ch . A I ble to COIr'ply, because of the flesh; of Sacrifice and the New Covenant grace"-favor. (Romans 6:14.) You all who accept rIst. The post es and the Gentile by the original sen­ merely additions to the Law Cove­ are acceptable with God, not because used the seventh day as a time for tence upon Father Adam, from which nant. This he calls "another gospel," there is no fault in you, but because preaching Christ, as they used every he had in no sense escaped, not even yet really not another; for there can favor covers your unwilling imper- day in the week-especially because typically as the Jew had. But the Re­ be but one. Hence it was a perver­ f h d d d d on that day the Jews, their most deemer whom God provided was suffi­ sion of the real Gospel. (Galatians fections 0 t ought, wor an ee. hopeful hearers, met for worship and cient for both, and reconciled both 1:7-9.) And here St. Paul indicates The Fourth Commandment of Israel's study. But the Apostles nowhere unto God in one body by the cross.­ that he knew that the Apostles at Je­ Covenant. - recognized the seventh day Sabbath Ephesians 2: 16. rusalem had at first only a mixed Gos­ as a day of rest, as the Jewish Law The Jewish converts, who composed pel, and that he went up to see them "Remember the Sabbath day, to Covenant had enforced it. On the the majority of the early Church, on the occasion mentioned in Acts keep it holy. Six days shalt thou contrary, they taught (Romans 14: 5- could scarcely realize the greatness of 15: 4, by revelation, to communicate to labor, and do all thy work; but the 8) that any and all days are accept­ the change from the bondage of the them th3J fuller, purer, unmixed Gos­ seventh day is the Sabbath of the able for good work done in the ser­ Law Covenant to the liberty where­ pel, which he had been able to re­ Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not vice of God and for the benefit of with Christ makes free. Therefore ceive. And he says he communicated do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor fellow men.-Matthew 12:10, 12. they were continually adding Christ's it to them privately, lest their repu­ thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy tation should hinder them from re- maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy The Lord's Day. teachings and His law of Love to stranger that is within thy gates; for Some claim that the (first day) their Mosaic Law, thus adding to Continued on page 4, column 1.) in six days the Lord made Heaven Christian Sabbath was introduced by --~ower~full is still Qinding upon that nation is four hundred and thirty years before -Love. Christ's wor'lis our Law- harmony .wlth andservIc~

Yol. VIII. BIt 0 0 K L Y N, N. Y. ----_.------======-=--==------~--- The fact, however, that we are FACTS FOIL ASSASSINATION OF under tHe Jewish Law Covenant, PASTOR RUSSELL'S CHARACTER "KEEP MY COMMANDIV1ENTS" not dependent upon it for lite, Jut A post-card request brings frep. to are hoping for lite as a favor, Ol",itt anyone who doubts Pastor HusseU's from God {through Him who full1HI~d purity of life and sincerity of purpose, JESUS AND THE RICH YOUNG RULER. the Law Covenant and cancelea all a clear cut statement of the facts at claims against all who come into I lim, issue. Address l.B.S.A., Brooklyn, N. Y. both Jews and Gentiles), does not nin­ Those who read carefully and get der God's free children, jusufjt,d the benefit of the pure spiritual atmos­ "If ye love Me, keep My commandments."-John 14.15. phere into which Pastor Russell leads through faith in Christ's redempt),)ll, them need not be told that the many and not by the Law, from using Ule vile printed and pulpit attacks are HEN the young man came to pleasing in His sight." (1 John 3: 22.) Jewish Law and every other eXi;:'s­ wholly false and merely the desperate our Lord, saying, "Good Mas­ The Jewish Law cannot here be re­ sion, fact. figure and type, at their efforts of opponents whose nefarious W ter, what good thing shall I do, ferr'ed to; for "By the deeds of the command, whpther from nature or schemes to lu'pp the people in ignor­ tha t I may have eternal life?" Law [Covenant] shall no tiesh be jus­ Scripture, in determining ·what would ance of the truth on all subjects Pas­ our Lord replied, "If thou wilt enter tified in His sight." (Romans 3: 20.) be acceptable and pleasing to their tor Russell is so fearlessly exposing. into life, keep the Commandments," And so we read in the next verse Heavenly Father. It is for this reason that the millions and then enumerated thp Ten Com­ following, that the commands which Thus, for instance, St. Paul, ,,,;10 of newspappr readers continue to en­ mandments of the Law. (Matthew we keep are not those given at Sinai, joy Pastor Russpll's ppn products and but "This is His Commandment [to repudiated over and over' again the 19: 16-22.) Our Lord could not and dominion of the Law Covenant ('yer are not being infiupnced by any of tl1i' did not ignore the Lav\' Covenant, us mem bel'S of the sacrificing Christ], so-called news reports \yith sear('­ that we should believe on the name of any in Christ, quotes one of the Com­ headlines, some of which, if even par­ neither in His own conduct nor in mandments as an evidence to Ch!'[s­ Hi~ teaching. On the contrary, He His Son, Jesus Christ, and love one tially true, would have spnt Pastor another, as He gave us commandment. tian parents of what God's will is with Russpll to prison long' ago; but the fact testitipd that not oae jot or tittle of reference to their gOY0rnment of Lheir is that not a soul on earth has t1w And he that keeppth His command­ the Law could fail or be ignored ments dwelleth in Him, and He in children. (Ephesians 6: 1-4.) But slightest cause for grievance against until all be accomplished, and there­ mark that he does not in any wise Pastor Russpll, ('xpppt that he is tell­ fore anyone violating or teaching oth­ him; and hen~hy ,ve know that He ing the common peopl .. truths the cler­ abideth in us, by the Spirit which He present it to them as a command: It gy wish them not to l,now. ers to violate one of the least of them, has given us."-1 John 3: 23. 24. never was a commClnd to pa1'pnts. but would (if he got into the Kingdom at to children. The Apostle's admonition all (Matthew 5: 20), be of a lower The:::;e commandments under which SABBATH VIEWS OF REFORMERS. we are placed, are not grievous and is to parents concerning their eon­ grade; and whoever would practise impossible to obey as were those of duct toward their children. Nor does "'-e do not cite thesp as of authority and teach these commandments would the Jewish Law Covenant to those un­ the Apostle intimate justification as a on the question; for thp words of our be great in the Kingdom. Our Lord der it: for Christ's yoke is easy, and re\vard; for he writes to those chil­ Lord and the Apostles are the only Himself was the only bein~ under that dren who are already justified, nOT hy Law Covenant who ever kept or His hurden is light, to all who have authorities we recognize. Yet it is His Spirit; and "if any man have not deeds of obedipnee to the Law Cove-­ taught it perfectly; and He is the nant, but by faith in Christ.-"ChE­ worthy of note that as the eyes of greatest in the Kingdom-He inher­ the Spirit of Christ, he is none of the early reformprs, Luther, Calvin iteu all of its blessings and prOlll­ His."-Romans 8:9. dren obey your parents in the Lord:~' and others, opened to the truths of ises.-Matthew 5: 19. this Gospel Disppnsation due in their Our Lord knew that neither the day, they saw at once that the Lav\­ young man ,vho inquired nor any of Covenant was not given to the G~ospel the fallen race cou Id keep those com­ Cnurch. They saw what every casual mandments. 'He therpfore said, If JEWISH SABBATH TY PleAL reader should observe-that the Apo~­ thou desi rest life, do this. Then in tle Paul contrasts the righteousness, view of His fulfilment of the Law or justification, which comes by faith Covenant shortly and the subsequent OBJECTIONS BY SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS in the real Sacrifice, Christ, with that Divine acceptanee of truly consecrated ANSWERED. which 'was reckoned to Israel by rea­ ones under the Covenant of Saerifiee, son of the blood of bulls and goats at Pentecost, He added: "Come, fol­ (Hebrews 10: 1-10), and which needed low Me." Had the young man obeyed, HOSE of our readers who have (2) God ordained the Sabbath at to be renewed yearly. The leaders in he would have been one of those ac­ considered carefully our article creation (Genesis 2:3; Exodus 20:11),. the reformation all rpcognized the dif­ cepted of the Father at Pentecost, an \lif, and evidently it was observed all. ference between Moses tlw Prophet T on "THE DIVINE LA UNI­ along, and w'as merely repeated and! heir vf life under the Grace Covenant VERSAL AND ETERNAL," as pub­ and 1\10ses tlw Lawgiver, maintaining and its law of love and liberty. enforced in the Law given by Moses, that as lawgiver his authority ex­ lished in our last issue, Vol. 8, No.2 Answer. This is a mistake. The tended only to Israel. They there­ (sample copy free on request), have 'account does say that God rested upon fore dpnied that the Ten Command­ doubtless found the question of the the seventh creative day, but not one ments were laws for Christians, Sabbath Day solved to their complete word is said about the seventh day though they recognized these as val­ satisfaction. A re-reading of that ar­ having been commanded or ordained~ uable indications or interpretations of ticle, with Bible in hand, will be found until it was given to Israel. On the principles. to all time and people. profitable. contrary, t1..ere is no mention made of Said Luther: "The Ten Command­ In further elucidation of the subject the Sabbath during the entire period ments do not apply to us, Gentiles of two thousand years preceding Is­ and Christians. but. only to the Je,,-s. we consider the following claims of rael's exodus from Egypt, and then. If a preacher wishes to force you back Seventh-day Adventists worthy of no­ we are told, as above quoted, that it to Moses. ask him if you were brought tice and reply: was ordained for that nation and as a by Moses out of Egypt." (1) The Sabbath day was observed memorial of their deliverance. Calvin was no less explicit. He de­ before the Law was given at Sinai.­ From the entire account it is evi­ clared that "the Sabbath is abrogat­ Exodus 16: 23-30. dent that it was something new to the ed," and denied "that the moral part Answer. Yes; but the Law Cove­ Israelites. Its explanation to them of it. that is, tl1e observance of one nant was really in force from the time (Exodus 16: 20-30), as well as Moses' day in seven, still remains"; while he Israel left Egypt. The Passover was a uncertainty in the case of the first adds, "It is still customary among us prominent feature of the Law, and it transgression of this Law (Numbers to assemble on stated days for hear­ was instituted the night before their 15: 32-36), proves that it was new, ing the \\"ord, breaking the mystic exodus began. Moses had already that it had not been previously known bread and for public prayers; and also THE COST OF THE KINGDOM. been appointed of God, and, as we among them or their fathers. to allow servants and laborers a re­ have seen, God's dealings were only \Ve should remember, too, that the mission fram their labor." But while our Master V.'aS obeying with him, as the typical father, or aceount in Genesis was written by Justification by faith instead of by and fulfilling the commandments of representative of that nation. In ac­ Moses, and that he very appropriately the observance of Mosaic Laws or the Jewish La\v Covenant, He was cepting and obeying Moses, Israel had called attention to the fact that the Roman Catholic penances, was the giving "a New Commandment," not to already made the Covenant to obey seventh-day Sabbath commanded in plea upon which the Reformation was the world, but to His followers, the the laws he would give. The demon­ the Law was not without a preeedent. letter, SUbstance and spirit of which stration at Sinai was a formal ratifi­ But while God's resting on the sev­ started.-See Sn:nrES IN THE SCRIP­ was LOVE. In various ways He il­ cation and acknowledgment of their enth day of His week was properly TURES, Vol. VI.. Study 8. lustrated and amplified this, His one Covenant. noticed as a precedent for Israel's ob­ command, which thus was made to The Sabbath-day was instituted servance of a sevpnth-day Sabbath, it &tHOW READEST THOU?" summarize all His commandments-in about two weeks before the formal does not at all follow that God's rest~ honor to give each other preference, giYing on tables of stone at Sinai; day v,'as a twenty-four hour day; nor •• 'Tis on(' thing', fri(~nd, to read the Scrip- tUrf:S throu~h, to forgive one another until seventy namely at the giving of the manna in that God rested in the same manner Another thing to \'('~Hl to Iparn and (I.): times seven times, to follm,v His ex­ the wilderness-a most favorable op­ that the Israelites were commanded 'Tis one thing, too, to read it with dPlight ample in sacrificing their lives for portunity for giving them an object to rest. And quite anotlwl' thing to read it righ t. each other and for the Truth's sake, lesson in the double supply of manna The Apostle (Hebrews 4: 3, 4, 9-11) to love even their enemies and feed on the sixth day, and none on the sev­ explains that Israel did not enter into "Some r(,ad it with design to learn to these if hungry, to pray for even enth. (Exodus 16: 22-30.) It was in­ the real rest or Sabbath, although read. those who persecuted them. To obey augurated as a memorial of their de­ they zealously observed thp seventh But to the subject 1my but littl .. h·,,'d: Sorne read it as th"ir Duty oncp a vl.·(·l,. all these was the requirement of the liverance from Egyptian bondage, in day_ He says that the reason was" But no instruction from' the Bible S"('k. new commandment, Love, which was which they had no rest from their that they did not exercise the faith the substance also of all the com­ taskmasters. This is clearly stated in by which alone the real rest can be "Some read to bring themselves into 1'1"- mandments given to Israel. Deuteronomy 5: 15-"Remember that enjoyed. "We that believe do enter pute, Of these commands of our Lord, thou wast a servant in the land of into rest rthe rest of heart, in faith. By showing othf'l'" how they can dispuU': and not of the Ten Commandments of Egynt, and that the Lord thy God given by Christ]. He also hath ceased!. \Vhilst others rl'ad because their neigh­ brought thee out thence through a from his own works [from attempting bors do, Israel's Law Covenant, does the Apos­ To Me how long 'twill take to read it tle John speak, saying: mightv hand and a stretched-out arm; self-justifying works], as God did through. "Blessed are they that do His com­ therefore, the Lord thy God com­ from His [works-i.e., 2 s God left the· mandments."-Revelation 22: 14. manded thee to keep the Sabbath work of redemption and recovery for "Some read to prove a preadopted creed, Thus understanding little what they read; "And hereby ,ve do know that we day." The Law Covenant is contin­ Christ to do, so we also accept And every pa ssage of the book they bend ha ve known Him, because we keep ually referred to as dating from that Christ's finished work, and. rest in: '1'0 make it suit that all important end. His commandments."-l John 2:3. time-"\Vhen I took them by the hand faith therein, with all the obedience· Some people read. as I have often thought, "Whatsoever we ask we receive of to lead them out of the land of possible."] Those who trust in the To teach the Book instead of being Him, because we keep His command­ Egypt."-Hebrews 8:9; Jeremiah 31: La w Covenant or who blend Its reo taught." ments and do those things that are 32: Ezekiel 20: 5, 6, 12, 20. (Continued on page 2, column 1.) 2 THE BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY, Brooklyn, N. Y. Vol. 8, No.3.

(4) There were two Laws given to dies tick, I';hich the natural man per­ Lord is showing to the Jews, to whom t[)C Israel, a ceremonial and a moral Law; ceiveth not. (1 Corinthians 2:5, 7, the cOlllmand was given. that they nibl~ Stu"~nts montbly and it was the former only that was 9-12.) They at once have access to ',,-ere putting an extrpme construction W. F. I1UDGI~GS, Editor done away by Christ, while the moral the Incense Altar, and their prayers upon the cOlllltland when they refused 1::', 1S, 17, HICKS ST., Brooklyn, N. Y. Law remains. and services are acceptable to God to do good on the Sabbath day-to a fellow creature, as ,yl'll to an ox r.funthly-12cts. a y(;ar. Sin.c;-Ic copies lc. Answer. There is no Scriptural au­ through Christ as sweet incense. Thus as thority for such a division. On the the til'st apartment of the Tabernacle or an ass. The Sabbath was intended An Independent, Unsectarian Religi­ contrary, then' was but one Law, its for the blessing of til\' J11!'1l who were ous Newspaper, Specially Devoted to repn'sents the present condition of the Forwarding of the Laymen's Home cerpnHmial features providing typi­ the Church while still in the flesh. commanded to ket'p it. they were not M iEsionary Movement for the Glory cally for the cleansing away of sins Thus we are now bl8ssed \'lith Christ created nor Cal~e(l [~S a nalion simply of God and Good of Humanity. resulting from the violation of its Jesus "in lwavenly places [higher con­ to serve the day. moral precepts. If it could be seen ditions.] "-Ephesians 1: 3. (9) In Isaiab 66:33, the Sabbath is as the Covenant mediated by Moses, Dut the veil (G.2ath) still sevarates mentioned in connection with the new Ministers of th(; 1. n. S. A. rend!'!' it would be evident that all of its between us and the perfect spiritual heavens and new earth, which to us Uwir s(;rvices n t fllJl!'rals fn'(' of Chal'g"l'. parts must stand or fall together. condition-the Divine Nature-into means that it will he a perpetual in­ They nlso invite COl'l'cspondence [nan But after comparing Exodus 34: 28, which Christ has entered, and into stitution-throughout et('rnity. those desiring Chrio;tian coullsel. ------Deuteronomy 4: 13, 14, and Hebrews which He has promised to conduct all Answer. It is possible that in the ~------=====--===-=----=---.--::=------8: 6-8, there should be no question on of His faithful joint-sacrificers and beginning of the l\Iil1pnnial Age the (Continued from page 1, column 4.) the part of anyone that the Ten joint-neil'S at the close of the Antityp­ Lord's dealing \\'itl1 the world of mccn­ Commandments were a part of the ical Day of Atonement. kind, then in process of H.estitution JEWISH SABBATH DAY. Covenant which was temporarily sup­ You err also in supposing that Is­ and trial, will resemble' ITis dealings quirements with those of the Grace planted for the Church by the Cove­ rael's typical Day of Atonement was \yith the House of Servants-Israel. Covenant, the Covenant of Sacrifice nant of Grace. at the end of the year, to atone for He may restore Laws resI)('ctin~ the (Psa. flO: 5), cannot fully enjoy thi::-; \Vhen the Apostles wrote to thE' new past sins. It was, on the contrary, Sabbath and various festivals, and rest which is for the consecrated only. Gentile converts respecting the Law­ for the nation and at the beginning of even sacrifices, to teach the world by G~d's rest day, instead of being a determined not to put upon the Gen­ their year, to make atonement for the these as object lessons. Some Scrip­ twenty-four hour day, is a Day seven tiles the yoke of the Law which they \yhole nation and to bring the vl'-hole tures seem so to hint.-J erellliah 33: thousand years long. It began as as Jews had been unable to keep­ nation into God's favor for the year 18; Ezekiel 46: 19-24; 47: l~; 48: 10, 1l. soon as sin brought God's curse upon and contradicting certain teachers following it. And the thank-offerings, \Ve must remember that the lib­ Adam. Instead of undertaking Ad­ who had said that all Gentiles "must peace-offerings and trespass-offerings, erty of sons of God, no\y granted to am's recovery out of sin and death, be circumcised and keep the Law," offerE'd by individuals during tIle year us, is in view of our being spirit-be­ God rested from any further works on St. James remarked incidentally that following, were acceptable upon the gotten New Creatures. Ho\yever, we behalf of man and earth, and let the Law of Moses, to whicn they re­ basis of that Atonement Day offering. may be assured that the Law Cove­ t hin~s take their natural course, pur­ ferred, was read in the synagogues At the close of the year, for which nar.t will never be placed over the posing in Himself that Christ should every Sabbath Day."-Aets 15:9-11, the Atonement Day sacrifices applied, world as it was over typical Israel; have full charge of man's redemption 24, 28, 29, 19-21. tne people were again as defiled as for it made nothing perf('ct, and right­ and Hestitution. God gave promises (5) \Ve Sl'venth-day keepers claim the residue of Adam's race, and re­ eousness could not come hy the Law and types and shadows in the Law, that God's command is that we quired a new Day of Atonement as a Covenant to others any more than to but He did not work toward man's re­ labor six days and rest on the sev­ basis for another year's acccptar.ce IsraeL The New Covenant will rE'­ covery. The first work for man's re­ enth. Many of us have gone to prison as a typically justified nation. main open throughout the l\Iillennial covery was the Hansom laid down by because of onr conviction that it is You err also in supposing that the Age, for all who df'sire to flee from Jesus for Adam and his race. our duty to labor on the first day and coming out of the Great Hi~li. Priest sin and to return to full harmony with The Heavenly Father has therefore OIl all days except the seventh; and at the close of the Day of Atonement God. But by that timE', the Seed of already rested six thousand years; we bc1ipve that the time is coming will be for the blessing of sC'venth-day Abraham having been completed (Ga­ and He will similarly rest during the wh(>n the kepping of Sunday will be keepers. He comes out to bless, first, latians 3:8, 16, 28). none will then Millennium of Christ's Reign-until its a still lllore sevpre test, and will bring tIle "Royal Priesthood"-they that have the privilege to become Joint­ very close, when Christ shall deliver furtlwr suffering upon us. have made a Covenant with Hirn bv heirs of that Promise, but may come up the Kingdom to God, even the Answer. \Ve have nothing to do sacnfice. (Psalm 50: 5.) "They shail under the blessings which flow from Father. [Thus we find the key to the v,·ith the making of the social laws be Mine, saith the Lord, in that day the Seed. period of creation; for if the seventh which prohibit labor on the first day when I make up My jewels." (Mala­ The expression, "from ne", moon to day be a period of seven thousand of the week; but WI:' obey them as chi 3:17.) But as in the type not new moon, and from Sabbath to Sab­ years as we think we have proved, civil laws, as commanded in the Scrip­ priests onlv were blessed, but "all the bath," to a Jew would merely mean, then ~ach of the preceding days was tures (Romans 13: 1-7; 1 Peter 2: 13) ; people," so in the antitype all the from month to month, and from wE'ek doubtless of similar length. This pe­ and we find it to be to our profit as to week; and would not of necessity riod agrees well with the. results of well as to our pleasure. \Ve sincerely rf'late to any special observance of scientific research, and gIves ample sympa thize with the poor people who the days. time for the gradual development of are deluded by such an argument, and The Seventh-Day Adventists are vegetable and animal life up to the suffer therefor; and we admire their surelv doing a world-wide work, and time of man's creation. In STUDIES IN willingness to suffer for what they whether right or wrong. might not THE SCRlPTlJRES, Vol. VI., Study 1, we consider to be the truth. But they improperly be mentioned in the proph­ show the full agreement of the a~­ are mistaken. The laws of this land ecy of ItevE'lation. It does seem, how­ count of creation given in GeneSIS do not compel any man to violate his ever, rather preposterous to claim with the record of the rocks-Geology. conscience by working on the seventh that their advocacy of tl1P Fourth Thus considered, the period from the day or any other day. Commandment of Israel's Decalogue be~inning of the ordering of creation And it is not sound reasoning to constitutes them alone the champions on'the earth down to the surrender of claim that a man must labor during of God's commandments and the faith it perfect to the Father, at the close the other six days. If so, are those of Jesus. God's Commandment to the of the Millennium, is a period of days of twenty-four hours, or of how Gospel Church under the Covenant of seYCil times seven thousand years, or many hours? In such a case, for a Sacrifice is, "This is My beloved Son, a total of forty-nine thousand years; man to be sick or to go on a journey Hear ye Him." And nehner He nor and the grand Epoch then to begin or on a visit, would be to violate the any whom He sent forth as His spe­ will be the fiftieth thousand, or a Law and to fall under its curse. What cial ambassadors and representatives great Jubilee, on a grand scale-.not nonsense! False reasoning has surely ever said one word in favor of the ob­ the Jubilee of· Israel, nor the JubIlee blinded whoever cannot see that the ALL THE PEOPLE PROSTRATED. servance of the seventh day. of general Restitution, but the Jubilee fourth commandment of Moses' Law (10) 'lne Roman Catholic Church of Earth.] means, "[Within] six days shalt thou faL-:iliC's of the earth shall be blessed claims to have originated Sunday (3) 'tne Command. to keep the Sab­ labor and do all thy work"! ~lt tte revelation of Jesus Christ, when keeping, admits that tl1Pre is no au­ bath is associated with nine moral As for future persecution along He shall come to be "glorified in His thority for it in the Scriptures, and precepts which are binding upon all these lines, it is probable; not be­ saint' and to be admired in all them claims the right to make the change. men for all time. cause of any opposition to Seventh­ that believe in that [Millennial] Day." Answer. The Church of Rome is Answer. \Ve have already shown day-k~,eping, but because, according to (2 Thessalonians 1: 10.) The sacri­ quick to turn any point in her own that God had a Law before the giving the Scriptures, there will ere long be fices and olIerings subsequent to the favor; and this is one which furnishes of the Ten Commandments to Moses a fedE'ration or union of religious sys­ typical Day of Atonement will find a specially good opportunity. It is and Israel; that it was graven in tems which, giving increased prestige their antitypE's in the Millennial Age, nothing to admit that Sunday is not man's nature in Adam; and that it and honor, will makE' the demands of when all those wlJO desire fellowship commanded in the Nf'w Testamf'nt was a perfect expression of the mind popular religionists more arrogant­ with God \yill COEle to Him through (but neither is the seventh-day Sab­ of lTod on all questions of obligation supposedly in the interest of peace the Royal Priesthood, who will offer bath), and it furnisl1Ps an excpllent to God and to man-much more so and the cause of Christ. their sacrifices for them. [For a chance to emphasize H.oman Catholic than that written upon the tahles of (6) ·We Seventh Day Adventists fullE'r treatment of this subject, see doctrine-that tradition is equally au­ stone. llfmce, the moral precf'pts of claim that as the Mosaic Covenant TAHFH:\ACLF SHAllOWS OF BETTER SAC­ thoritative with God's \-Yord. the Decalogue. a secondary statement had a TabPl'nac1e, with a Holy Place RIFrn:s-140 pp., 10c.1 But this boast that Papacy changed of the Divine Law, an~ not to be in which the high priest 01Ter(>d for You are in sprious E'rror, also, re­ the seventh-dav Sabhath to the first­ ranKPd as the only moral standard. the sins of the people during th(' en­ specting the Clca.nsing of the Sanc­ day Sunday -amounts to nothing. not the superior OIle when we know tire year, and a Most Holy in which tuary; but for our view of this subject vYbere is the proof of it '? Xowhere. tl1at a nt~W standard ,vas chos(-'n for he finislwd that work on the last day we must 1'PI'('1' you to STllIJTES IN TIl E The f:=tct is that for the Cosp('l Church thos(-' covenanting sacrifice. and re­ of thl' ypar; so t11('re is a Holy and SCRIVITIHS, Vol. IlL, Study 4. God has provided no day fOl' I'l'st. hut lllembel' that thp original standard is Most Holy in Hf'av(,ll; and that Christ As to t1le Third Angel's Message: a rest for every day; and 1111') early premised for the future-the New has officiated for Ow sins of His peo­ Suppose we were to admit your claim, Church on either or both days accord­ Lnv Covenant.-Jeremiah 31::n-i14; ple in the Holy during the Gospel that you are fulfilUng Revelation 14: ing to convenience or ad\'antagp. The IIpbrews :-s: 8-11. Age, and will for a short time before 9-12. That would prove nothing as to custom of meeting on till' first dav The fourth of the Ten Command­ it s close officiate in the Most Holy. the truth or untruth of your message. ('ame down and grartual1y crystallized l]l('nts is not at first f',('en to havp any This we understand to he the "clf~a,ns­ The nook of H.evelation is a svmbolic into a habit, and laler. a ~;nppospd parallel in the Law of Love, the Law ing of the Sanctuary." \Ve conse­ prophecy-a history written - in ad­ dul~r. nut Papacy cannot j)oint hac'k 01' standard of the Crac(' Covpnant. qu('ntly used to tpach that all proba­ vance. \Vhat is occurring and what to any (1:\ te and show 11:.' t lw decisions It enjoins a rest pv('ry sl'vf'nth day. tion ended about 1845, when Christ \vill occur are faithfully related-orten of aliY Council that. shp chang('d tbe However, its para11('l in thai Cov(·nant we h('lieve went from the Holy into without comlllent, ju~t as the Old Tes­ Je\yish Sabbath into tllf' Christian is hroll.;.:,ht to our ait(>ntion by the the Most Holy. \\7e hold. therf'fore, tament propheci('s relate evil things Sunday. Avostlp's words in Ifp!Jl'('\YS 4: 1-11. that the judgmE'nt is all over, and that as we' 11 as good things, and often /\.. Catechism f'nti!lf'd "Tl1f' Catholic TIl(' word Sabbath signitips rpst; and naught remains exceDt for Christ to without comment. For instance, Dan­ ('1uic,ji;m h' .. ;tTW·jf'd." ill ans\n'r to the Apostle htTP tpaches ttat our rl'st come forth and receive us Seventh iel 7: 8 tells about the Papal horn the qU I 'sl ion, "\Ylw( an' i he days bv faith in Christ. our l'palization that Day Adventists. and to destroy all the "speaking great things," but does not which i)1(, Church c0l11mnn'1s to he ,,:p an' "acc('lltl'd in lhe Beloyed," is remainder of mankind. say whether tlwy are great truths or kent 1101,~'!'' srlYS, "(1) the ')i.md.'1Y or the rpfr('~;hing- antitY}lp of tlw litf'ral \Vp hold, too, that we Seventh Day great untruths. So too, in Revelation, 0111' Lora s D,'.v. which we observe, by rest-day commanded to IS1'a('1 under Adventist arE' fulfilling the "Third Papacy is described and its language Apostrdic tradition, 111:-;t";1<1 of the tlwir Law (:o\,pnanl. Seven is the Angel's Message" of HevE'lation 14: 9- quoted without adverse criticism. 8:.1 hbath." Thus Hom,1]"' do not S V III bol for com Tl let f'npss. a n<1 lwnce 12. In the expression. "fear God and (7) Christ said that He came not to claim to havf' ('huH,,('\1 I;y the seventh day foreshadO\vpd tlw keep His commandments," we place destroy the Law and the Prophets, (C'ontirllH'(1 J>:'.:':.' more dpsirablp and eOlllv]ptE:' rei'lt of the stress upon the Fourth Command­ but to fulfil tbem.--Matth('w 5:17. the tnw Israel of God, and only those ment. Answer. Yes; and that is just what who thus rest b,\' faith in Christ can Answer. You err respecting the an­ we hold. Cbrist fulfi1l8d the Law continue undvl' t he blessed provisions tityW's of the Jewish Atonement Day Covenant-met all of its requirements, Tabernacle Shadows. of the Grace Cov(>nant; for it is ('spe­ '1nd Tabernacle. The anti typical Holy and obtained tbe promised reward, cially a Covenant based upon faith, and most Holy are "heavE'nly," in the Life. Thus He fulfilled it; for this An interesting little brochure and without faith it is impossible to sense of being higher (such is the was the end for which it was designed please God. 2Vloreover, the true faith mf'aning of the word heavE'nly). In and givE'n. by Pastor Russell, dealing with eannot bf~ eXP1'cised without rest of Israel's typical service these were (8) Christ said, "The Sabbath was the Jewish Tabernacle, Priest­ heart, the true Sabbath-keeping.-He­ places; in the antitype they arE' con­ made for man, and not man for the brE'ws 11 :6. ditions. All of thE' antitypieal or Sabbath." (Mark 2:27.) vVe under­ hood and sacrifices, in type The poor .IE'W never could expe­ "Roval PriE'sthood" ha\'e access to the stand this to mean that the Sabbath and antitype. Illustrated, 140 rience such a 1'('st. but. on the con­ Holy condition as soon as they consf'­ was made for all mankind. pages, 10c. postpaid. trary had such ('xTleripnces as thE' crate themselves or present their bod­ Answer. Your inference is not rea­ Apostle describf'swhE'n pE'rsonating ies living sacrifices to God's service, sonable. If the Sabbath Wf're mE'ant Published by them, "0 wrE'tC'l1Pd man that I am! (Hehre\\'s 9: 6.) They at oncE' hav8 for all mankind. the fact should and \\'ho shall delivE'r me?" Thp nearest access to the antitypic-a1 "shewbread" would havE' been clearly stated to all International Bible Students approach to the real rpst of heart was (Leviticus 24: 9), "l11E'at to E'at that mankind. But the facts are that it Assn. tl1P typical onp given them in the the \'{orld knoweth not of." They at was commanded of only onE' nation. Fourth Commandment of their Law once have the li~ht of Divine revela­ and that Christ and the Apostles did Brooklyn, N. Y. CovE'nant. tion. represFntpd by l1w (;oIden Can- not so command. In this tE'xt our Vol. 8, No. a. THE BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY, Brooklyn, N. Y. (Continued from page 2.) with the Church's Covenant, its priv­ the Lord's Sabbath or Sunday. Hav­ For if the stronger brethren by sar­ JEWISH SABBATH DAY. ileges, its blessings and its Law, even ing gathered into the ChurCh multi­ caEm and infiuence Wfire tc fOrce the as they had nothing to do with the tudes of "tares," who did not appre­ weaker ones to use a liberty they did (11) The name Sunday is heathen­ Law Covenant and its Decalogue, etc. ciate the liberty or the love of the not realize, it would be forcing them ish, and doubtless at one time marked Only those under the Law Covenant Covenant of Sacrifice, and who were into sin; for any violation of con­ a day on which the Sun was wor­ were bound by it or helped by it; and really as much as ever "children of science is sin. (Romans 14: 23.) shiped. Consequently the day slwuld only those under the Grace Covenant the Devil," some laws or regulations Therefore the weaker brethren should not be recognized nor tIle name used. are recognized by -it. In due time un­ were made for their restraint. be left to the liberty of their oon­ Answer. Some great infidel may der Christ's Millennium the world will (12) 'I'he Covenant of· Sacrifice con­ sciences. They should be received as have been named Robert or Thomas, be dealt with, and all the willing and trols only "believers"-"the faithtul brethren, the infiuence of love and but this would not make you an infidel obedient will be blessed by the New in Christ Jesus"-and leaves these en­ truth alone being brought to bear if you had been given his name. ,So Law Covenant. . tirely free to· do or obser-re whatever upon them, in the nope of gradually the propriety of worshiping God on the (9) The people of the world in gen­ love might dictate; for it is lawful to educating them to an appreciation of first day of the week, or on any other eral are not now recognized by God. do good-to do anything that godly their full privileges as free men in day is not governed by itB common .or They are called "the children of this love would dictate or approve-on any Christ. Thus the Body may be full general name. We have no speCIal world," "children of the Devil," "chil­ day; and it is improper to violate the of charity and unity, each one carry­ choice of name-Lord's day, Sabbath, dren of wrath,''' etc.; and we are told dictates of love upon any day. ing out the convictions of his Qwn or Sunday would any of them serve that they have not "escaped the con­ Mankind has laws upon the subject, mind as to the Lord's will, and each our purpose, and we· could worship demnation that is upon the world," however; and it is God's command to seeking to grow in grace and knowl­ God in spirit and in truth on that day tnrough "one man's disobedience," His people. that they be subject to edge out of childhood's weakness into , as well under one name as another. that they cannot escape except civil rulers in all matters not in vio­ manhood's strength, as rapidly as pos­ Sabbath is a good name, and reminds through the provisions of. the Grace lation of their consciences respecting sible; being developed as he feeds us of our rest by faith in Christ's sac­ Covenant now or of the New Law His wishes. On whatever day or how­ upon God's Word. rifice and in God's Heavenly promises Covenant of the Millennium. Hence ever frequently the civil law com­ The Apostle again refers specia)ly to all such covenanters following in "the whole world [God's covenanted mands rest from secular labor, it be­ to the obse:rvance of days as a SIgn His steps. "Lord's Day" is also good, people being exceptions] lieth in the comes oUr duty to obey. We can re­ of weakness, childishness and lack of and remind's us that the first day of Wicked One."-l John 5:19.-Diaglott. joice that we are at liberty to worship development, saying (Galatians 4: 10, the week marks the greatest token of The world once had a Law from how and whom we please, and should 11), "Ye observe days and months, Divine favor ever manifested-the res­ God, but they have lost it, or most of gladly use every opportunity wisely, and times and years. I am anxious urrection of our Lord. Sunday re­ it, and are now strangers and foreign­ not forsaking the assem bUng of our­ on your behalf lest my labor for you minds us of the Sun of Righteousness, ers unrecognized by God. (Romans selves for spiritual refreshment. has been in vain." He here addresses our risen Lord, and all the blessings 1:21; Ephesians 2:19.) The original We are glad, too, and thankful that those who had once known the lib­ present and prospective that we and Law was not written upon tables of the day especially set aside as a Sab­ erty of the sons of God, but who were the whole world may anticipate stone, but was incorporated in man's bath by civil governments is the very now getting into bondage through through Him. If the heart be right, very character, so that when perfect one of all others that we 'prefer; for false teaching. He recognized by any of these names may become in God's image, he knew right and it memorializes the beginning of the these weaknesses for the things com­ fragrant with precious memories of wrong instinctively-his conscience New Order of things-begun by the manded by the .uaw Covenant, an evi­ God's grace through Christ. was a safe and accurate guide. But resurrection of our dear Redeemer. dence that they were not growing into The .Sum of the Matter. six thousand years of degradation, as Hence in outward conduct we conform the liberty of sons of God, but going We group below the foregoing con­ slaves of Sin and Death under Satan, to the laws of men on the subject, backward toward the servant condi­ clusions: have almost effaced that original law while our hearts, having fullest free­ tion (see verses 6-9; 19-31); and he (1) The word Sabbath-day signifies from man's heart-have warped his dom toward God, we delight to use was even fearful that this weakness rest-day. judgment and conscience, and made the first day of the week especially and failure to maintain the liberty of (2) Any rest-day might therefore his will the plaything of his animal to His pI easement and praise, in doing sonship, and this subservience to the with propriety be called a Sabbath­ propensities and hopes and fears. good to others, particularly to the Law Covenant might lead them to re­ day. Indeed, this was a custom with Provision was made that Gentiles Household of Faith. ject the true Gospel, that Christ gave the Jews. All of their feast-days they mi~ht, if they chose, become Israel­ "Stand Fast in the Liberty." Himself for our sins, and accept as called rest-days or Sabbaths; as, for ites; and that by circumcision and the "We that are strong ought to bear the Gospel a hopeless substitute-that instance, the first and last days of observance of the Law Covenant pros­ the infirmities of the weak, and nbt Christ would save them if they kept the Passover were called Sabbaths, elytes might be joint-heirs with Is­ to please ourselves."-Romans 15: 1. the Law.~Galatians 1:4-8; 5:2. no matter upon what day of the week rael to all the favors and typical priv­ Our liberty in Christ, under the In Colossians 2:14-17 the Apostle they occurred. ileges ?'ranted to that nation. . But terms of our Covenant, must take declares the same truth with refer­ (3) The Sabbath-day commanded in the Gentiles were not under either the care that others are not injured by ence to the liberty of all who are iI! the two tables of stone, delivered by blessings or the curses of that Cove­ our use of liberty; for this would be Christ, in respect to the Law; espe­ God to Israel by the hand of Moses at nant unless they voluntarily accepted condemned by our Law of Love. The cially singling out the festivals, new Mount Sinai, was the seventh day of it. So now, c.nder the Grace Cove­ Apostle clearly emphasizes this in his moons and Sabbaths. He pointedly the Y-cek, not the first day; nor was it nant, arrangement is made for some letter to the Romans.-Chapters 14 : declares (verse 13) that those believ­ merely one day in seven. This was to come in under its provisions-un­ 1 to 15:7. ers who had been Gentiles were par­ particularly indicated by the extra der its justification, or forgiveness of He there points out that all are not doned fully and freely from all con­ supply of manna on the sixth day. sins, and under its Law of Love. But alike strong in the faith. Some, weak demnation, while concerning those ( 4) 'While any day of the week only those who have put themselves in the faith, can see that Christ is our who had been Jews, he says (Verse would have suited equally well, so far under it by complying with the regu­ Redeemer, but cannot as yet realize 14) Christ blotted out the, written as Israel was concerned, God evidently· lations are sharers of either its bless­ the liberty we have in Christ; for one Law which. was aga1nst us [believing had a choice. The seventh day chosen ings or its responsibilities. realizes his liberty to eat whatever Israelites}, removed it from our way, by Him, was evidently typical, as There was no provision made for agrees with him, while another one, nailing it to His cross; having were all of God's arrangements for any Sabbath-day keeping under the who is weak (in bondage), eats vege­ stripned away from the original [Law J and with that typical people. We un­ Grace Covenant. Every day :was to tables only, lest he should violate and its authorities [all obscurities], derstand that it typified the rest ex­ be a Sabbath, or day of faith-rest in some law under which he thinks him­ He made a public illustration of them perienced by Spiritual Israel, and re­

iongs to him and is being used to same verse a law which was not in the. glorify and serve him. The food g~ves Decalog~e (Ex. 21:17; Lev. 20:9), and A SHADOW OF THINGS TO COME us strength to do more for him, there­ yet attrIbutes them both to Moses. He fore tne money we spend for food is was not the author of either, but he Pastor Barton's Letter to an Adventist Brother being spent for our Lord. (Rom, 12:1; was the agent thr'Jugh whom God d'e­ 1 Cor, 6:20; 10:31; 2 Cor. 5:15.) In livered both commands. Furthermore. Luke 14: 33 our Master docs not tell us "Let no mall tlic}"ctnrc jlld!!(' .11011. ill /Ileat 01' ill (/f'illk. or in 1"/'811 1 ,,.t nf (/)1 lIn/lJ day, the fact that the Law, which ',Tias ('lntil to forsake or surp;nuer a tenth, but "all John (Luke 16:16; Matt. 11:13), in­ or uf the nell" IIlOOIl. UI' uf tlle ,')aiJ/Jath Aaron's family lo~t the priesthood enth of his time, but the Christian is 1:5 meant by qWlting from the tenth to express admil'acion for the zeal ,yiLh li:>uJ years ago, Note Heb. 7: 11-14. to give him seven-sevenths. The I,ord commandment. And as his words show which you and your co-workers have \\-e find, tlien, that Jehov<1h used said in Lev. 19: 30, "Ye shall keep my ,ye are no longer under the letter (it endeavored to promulgate what you the very same language in speal{ing sabbaths and reverence my sanctll'lry." was the .tetter which was on the believe to be the truth of God. If we of the ,yeekly Sao bath which he used '1'he sanctuary w~.s the llOly structure stones), but und":)r the spirit, the anti­ ,believe anything to be right we must respecting other Jewish institutions through \vhich God manifested himself ~ype, that which was shadowed forth act UDon it until the Lord grants us which passed ~H\'ay when that of IVllich to Israel, so to LEem the viord meant 111 the word's on stone, the greater l::w to see otherwise. I had fal" rather be they were typical came, so Similarly a certain definite holy place; but t'1e of love, (James 1: 26; 2: 8,) 'Vhen 'Wrong and consistent than right and may not the Jewish Sabbath have Christian finds hi:::. sanctuary whe:''''ver we read, therefore, in the books from dnconsistent, though it is best of all to passed away, being supplanted by a h~ is; e,ve!'y place is a holy pla.:;e to Acts. to Revelation about the redeemed be both right and consistent. greater sabbath? Notice our Lord's: him. Similarly every day is a hc.ly k:epmg "the. commandments of God," I feel justified in addressing you as words in Matt. 5: 17, 18, "Think not day, a sabbath of rest to him. He has w.e do not thmk of the letters in stone a Brother in Christ because of the that I am corne to destroy the Law or a better sanctuary to reverence anel a g~ven through MOl:'es, but of the mag­ many points upon v;hich we can hold the prophets; I am not come to destroy better sabbath to keep. But not only lllfied law of the spirit of life in Christ :karmonious fello,,"ship. vVe look to but to fulfil; for Yerily I say unto you, does his sabbath differ from the typical Jesus. (Rom. 8:2.) Notice another the same Father in heaven. We trust till heaven and earth pass one jot or sabbath, the nature of his rest also passa,ge, viz., 2 Cor. 3: 3-11. The ex­ in the merit of the same great sacri­ one tittle shall ill no wise pass from differs. It does not merely mean a ces­ preSSIOn, "written and engraven in nce for sin. ,\Ve are seeking light the Law till all be fl:llfilled." Our sation from manual labor, but a rest s~ones,". ~nd the reference to Moses tfrom the same inspired Scripture. We Saviour did not say the Law should from laboring for self in order to work fa,ce shmmg at the time is evidence are both striving to live in the way not pass away, but that it should not and live for God. It means to rest as that Paul is speaking of the Deca- that will be to tLe glory of God. ,\Ve pass away until it was fulfilled. But God rested after he had' completed the 10bue. In verse 7 he tells us how the Eee eye to eye upon the nature of the he tells us first that he came to fulfil work of creation, as the vVord ex­ Law -:"as accompanied with such glory eoul, the penalty for sin, earth's res­ it, so if it was fulfilled in him it has prE'sses it: "To, en tel' into his rest." th;;tt It eYen caused Moses' face to titution to Edel,ic conditions the passed a ,,-ay. There is a vast differ­ God's rest does nut mean idleness, "He shme. Then in verse 8 he refers to. Babylonian state of so-called Ch;isten­ €nce between a thing being destroyed sends his rain and causes his sun to som.ethintf which would be accom­ dom, and the impending time of trouble and passing a,,-ay as a result of ful­ shine" on the seventh just as much as on papled WIth more glory, and following along financial, political and social filIme::t. The law of circumcision was any other day. Then how did he rest? thlS up shows that when "the glory" lines. Then last, but not least, we each neyer destroyed, but it passed away He cE?ased working for himself in order that exc~lleth" (v. 10) should come then flee the necessity of suffering with and was abolished when that to which to work for man through his Son. And that Wl11Ch w~s given with glory-i. e .• Christ if we WOuld be glorified: with it pointed, circumcision of the heart, how do we rest lil;:e him? By ceasing the Law WrItten and' engraven on him, and have already suffered a little 'was set forth, and it is this higher to work for self In order to work for s!ones-was to be "done away." (v. 11.) ()f the 8,corn and derision which the circumcision 'we must obserye. (Rom. him through Christ. Hear HeJo. 4: 10, Note th~ remarkable Similarity between ;world hurls at the soldier of the cross. 2:::'.8,2!),) Likewise Christ did not de­ "For he that is entered into his rest, the Rensed Vers~on rendering of verse The enumeration of all these points :stroy the Law, or set it at naught, but he also hath ceased from his own 11 and l\Iatt, 5: 18 Then in verses 12 on which we are agreed will enable :t.is perfect life fulfilled its eyery re­ works, as God did from his." And to 18 Paul shows that while Israel had :you to realize that what I am about quirement, as we imperfect creatures then Paul continues in verse 11, "let Moses cover his face so they could not to say respecting our differences is could not, and thus he became the us labor therefore," not let us cease see the glorious results of the giving' not meant in a spirit of wrangling, great inheritor of all the promises of from labor, but labor to put do,,,n those of t~at glorious Law, yet we should but solely for the purpose of sharing the Law, with the rigl}t to distribute selfish propensities which would lead refram. from covering our hearts with with you the blessedness and joy which what he inherited und'cr the Law to us, contrary to God's will, to live for the vell of prejudice, etc., as we wi!::h has da w, ed in our hearts with this all who would become Lis. Addition­ self, instead of permitting us "to enter to see the, more glorious results of this [Comforting li9'ht. ally the Law led to Chrid anll pointed into that rest," This rest of which the ~ore glorIOUS law upon the hearts and se,"enth day was a type will not €nd We a::;-ree ~'ith our Adventist friends him out as the Holy One of ,,"I:om 11\"es of our brethren, especially as it 3105es bad s3.id, "Hear Je him." (Acts with this life, but it v,~ill continue an was reflected in our great Elder that God neyer autborizell anvone to eternal rest, be[:ull here and consum­ 7::';7; 0:<1. 3:~!, 23,) Ti.1cTefore to con­ Brother, the Lord J eS11s,-2 Cor. 3: 13. change the Sabba th of the DecoJogue mated in eternity. !from the seventh day of the week to sider the La'IV given through 110ses as I?ear brother, much more might be I1:he first, but we do belieYe that just binding lljc()n the Christian is to doubt . Let me digress here to say that wntten, but I must refrain from more ns truly as the Christian has a greater whether Cl,rist has accomplished what God's re::t d::ty was not a period of 24: than one or two brief statements High Priest, and a greater sacrifice, he came for; "to fulfil" the Law. Of hours, b;..,t, lil{e the six doys of cre­ Paul'~ preaching upon the seventh day: and a greater Llbernacle than Israel course the Christian must stuc1y that ation, was a long period of time. In etc., IS no endorsement of seventh-day l1ad, so, too, tl10 follower of Christ La,,~, and he finds jewels of inspired our own language this is a very com­ Adven.tism. That was a day when the has a much gre:!lter Sabbath than the wisdom in it, but he studies it as a mon use of the word "day," and it is cessatIon from labor brought the Jew~ equally frequent in Biule language. follower of l\lose:~. Everything under shadow of better things, as typical of together in their synagogues and gave the Jewish dispensation was tJTical the blessings promised under the (2 Pet. 3:8; Ps: 9G:7-10.) While the P~ul an op;)ortunity he gladly used. of "good things to come." (Heb. 10: 1.) greater than :Moses-Christ. day of salvation of 2 Cor. 6: 2 is al­ '\V herever and whenever he found ears The Atonement Day, the passover, the Then is the foEower of Christ under ready over 1800 years long, so it was to hear he was ready to preach, There flabbatic years, the jubilees, etc., were no law? Yes, he is under a new law, with the great days of creation; they were cro,:;"ds in the synagogues on the all figures of m(',re important things, a higher law. Just as he has a better were long periods of time, and like­ seventh aay, so Paul went there and eo why should it seem strange that High Priest, a better sacrifice, a better wise the seventh day, in which God there were numbers at the m~rket everything than the Jew had, so he rested', is a long period; it is not over eyery day, so Pa:ll preached there on the seventh or Sabbath day was yet. rtypical any more th::1 n the seycn tIl or has a better law, and it contains a other days. (Acts 17: 17.) So just as flabbatic year? Eut in order that you better sabbath. Isa. 42: 21 foretold that . Dut to return to the subject of this Paul esteemed those opportunities, SOl may see this t" be the Scril1tur:::.l Christ was to "magnify the Jaw and letter. In Isa. 58: 13 we have a descrip­ we esteem the opportunities afforded though t hear Pa 111 in Col. 2: 16, 17: make it honorable," and we al e now tion by the inspired Prophet of what ~s on ,tl:e first (Jay, not because there constitutes Christian sabbath keep­ ~'Let no man thE:refore judge you, in unuer this magnified law. The law IS a dlvme command to consider that meat or in drink, or in reS1)ect of an said: "Thou shalt not kill," but Christ ing. We must refrain from doing day a sabbath above other days, al­ iholy day, or of the new moon, or of magnified that when he taught that our own ways, and from finding th?ugh we consider it a very appro­ !the Sabbath days: Which are a shadow whosoever hateth his brother without our own pleasures, and from speak­ pnate day ,for meetings of the people ing our own words. That is sab­ ()f good things to come; but the bodJr a caus·e is guilty of murder. (See of God, bemg our Lord's resurrection lis of Christ." The seventh-d'ay keep­ Matt. 5: 21, 22, 27, 28.) «:Fbe Law said: bath keeping. But the Christian day. However, refraining from actual must do that every day, therefore every i3 ~rs will argue t!l::tt the Sabbath here "Thou shalt not steal," but Christ labor on the first day not an endorse­ trefers to some of those yearly occa­ taught us that we should not merely day must be a sabbath to him. For ment of the wrong ideas many have fear you may not apply the latter U'1.rt eions, which were aL~o called Sabbaths, refrain from robbing our neighbor, but ~eld ab0l!t it, any more than a belief because part of tl1rir observance re­ be ever ready to bhare with him what of the verse to the sabbath let ~ ~e In the BIble would mean an endorse­ Quired rest from ordinary labor; for we had, eyen to the extent of laying refer you to the Revised Version, which ment of the many wrong views which. instance, the Day of Atonement. But do,,"n Ollr lives for our brethren. (John: reads: "And shalt honor it, not doing ha,"e been entertained of its teaching. this cannot be tDe meaning of Paul's 13:24; 1 John 3:16.) The Law said: thine Qwn ways," etc. Every day we It has been a great comfort to me to !language, for he had already included: "lIonor thy father and thy mother," are to "speak as the oracles of God." find that salvation did not hang upon all these yearly sabbaths unJer the but we are instructed to "honor all to (1 Pet. 4: 11.) Every day God: is to such a slender cord as the keeping of words, "an holy day." In harmonJ" whom honor is due."-Rom. 13: 7. work in us "to do of his good pleasure" a weekly rest day. with his usual systematic forms of No,Y, dear brother, the Adventists (Phil. 2: 13). Every day "the steps of There are othel.' features of the Sab-, expression Paul l1rst spoke of the ,see that Christ magnified the 1st, 2nd, a good man are ordered of the Lord." bath, for, inst~nce its foreshadowing yearly holy days, then came the 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th (Ps. 37: 23,) So again I say, every day of the Mlllenl1lum, which I have not monthly festivals, the new moons, and commandments, but they fail to realize is a sabbath to him who liveth "nJt touched upon at all. Pastor Chas. T. next tile weekly rest days. The Chris­ that he magnified the 4th, the Sabbath unto himself." Is not this a glorious Russell, of Brooklyn Tabernacle, Brook­ tian has a sabbath, too, but, as we commandment, too. To the contrary, magnifying of the Law? lyn, N. Y., has treated that phase of the eha11 see, his sabbath is as much they believe he made it smaller. One We can now see how "Christ is the subject most beautifully. Have you !)reater than the Jewish sabb-ath as the of your brethren put it to me this way: end of the Law for righieou;::ness to ever read his book, "The Divine Plan substance of a thing is greater than "Before Christ eyery little act contr:.:ry everyone that believeth." (Rom. 10: 4.) of the Ages"? It is a book of 386 pages its shadow. to the Sabbath commandment, eyen We can understand why Paul coul(l cloth bound, for 25 cents. The Watch You may ask: Did not the Lord in the building of a fire, was te> be se­ say in Gal. 3: 19, "The Law was T<;>wer Bible and Tract Society, 13-lT 'Y('rely punished, but since Christ's sac­ added' * * TILL THE SEED SHOULD HICks street, Brooklyn, N. y" supplies !Ex. 31: 16 speak of the seventh day them. Sabbath as being given. for "a per­ rifIce, so long as we try to do our COME," and then in verses 23 to 25 petual covenant T' I answer to this best to keep the Sabbath,' the Lord he boldly compares the Law to a se­ Your Brother in the service of the that the very identical language which will pardon and overlook where we vere pedagogue to whom they were King of kings, B. H. BARTON. !the Lord used here of the Sabbath come short in our obedience to that committed for a season, "but after (he uses elsewhere of the harvest offer­ command." That would have magni­ that faith is come we are no longer ling (Lev. 23: 14), the pentecostal sac­ fied God"s mercy, but it would not have under a pedagogue." And we can com­ FREE LITERATURE! rifice (Lev. 23:21), the Day of Atone­ magnified the commaadment. vVould prehend why Paul mourns because "ye observe days" (Gal. 4: 10, 11), and in­ Send post-card request to the editor men t (Lev. 23: 31, 32) and the feast of it be magnifying the 6th command­ for ~ree cop!es of this paper. Home of tabernacles (Lev 23: 41). The same ment if we should say: "Defore Christ timates that the brother is weak who the lnt~restlllg subjects you may have Hebrew word "olam," which is trans­ murder was to be severely punished, "esteems one day above another" (Rom. for askIng are: but since then, if you try to keep the 14: 5-read verses 1 to 7), failing to lated "perpetual" in the seventh-day C~l~mities-VYhy Permitted? treference, is the word translated "for­ Law-"thou shalt not kill"-it will be realize that they are all to be counted DIvlpe L,aw-Universa! and Eternal. ever" in the other passages. See all right if you do kill a man once in as d'ays in which his glory is to be JewlRh :sabbath Typical. Young's Analytical Concordance. So a while"? sought. Spiritism is Demonism. if the Advent view is correct we should Let me now present our understand­ I know how the seventh-day Ad­ Cardinal GibbonR on Church Unity. still be keeping the feast of taber­ ing of how Christ magnified the Sab­ ventists divide the Law inttJ two parts, Immortality of the Soul. nacles as well as the Sabbath, but as bath Law. The Israelite was to C8n­ calling the Decalogue "the law of God," \Yhere are the Dead? and the remainder "the law of Moses," Church of the Living Gud. eome of your own brethren have sider one-tenth of what he had as holy Our Lord's Return. ehown, when dealing with the punish­ unto the Lord; but do we ever hear and then claiming that Christ did a'way S1. Peter's Kpys, ment of the wicl'.ed, the word "olam," the Christian advised to give a tithe with the Law of Moses, but not with Refrain thy Voice from Weeping. like the Greek "aion,"' really means to the Lord? Not once. How much the law of God. This is an awful mis­ \\-h~' Financiers Tr<~lllblp, '''age-lasting,'' or "!asting to a consum­ are we advised to give him? All that take; it was all the Law of God, be­ Distress of Nations Precpding Arma- mation." It is sometimes used' in the we are and have. We are to give all cause it came from him, and it is all geddon, sense of eternal, but not necessarily. that we can in as direct a way as we the law of Moses in that it came E2 rthquakes in Prophecy. Thus in Ex. 29: 9 we read of the priestly can, and the remainder is to be given through him, (Lev. 26:46; Deut. 5:5,) \,{hat is the Sou!; him in a more indirect way; e. g., we Thus our Saviour, in Mark 7: 10, quotes nod's Messa~e to tlw Jews. ()ffice being' given to Aaron and his What is a Christian '? descendants "for a perpetual statute," give him the money we spend for food one of the ten commandments (Ex. tbe same word "olam" being used. But and clothing, because Qur body be- 20:12; Deut. 5:16)" a.nd then in the ~------____-..l f ,,---c ____J PUblishers.

Vol. VIII. BROOKLYN, N. Y. No.4

FACTS FOIL THE ASSASSiNATION OF PASTOR RUSSELL'S CHARACTER. T ELCHI EDEC P IESTHOOD A post-card request brings free to anyone who doubts Pastor Russell's GREAT PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT IS ORDAINED. purity of life and sincerity of purpose, a clear cut statement of the facts at issue. Address Watch Towel', Brook­ WHO WAS IVIELCHISEDEC? "WITHOUT FATHER, WITHOUT MOTHER." MELCHISE­ lyn. N. Y. DEC AND AARONIC ORDERS OF PRIESTS CONTRASTED. MEMBERSHIP Those who read carefully and get the benefit of the pure spiritual a,t­ LIMITED. THEIR FUTURE WORK. mosphere into which Pastor Russell leads them, need not be told that the UN a man taheth this honor to himself, but, he that is called of God, as was Am'on ...• many vile printed and pulpit attacks are wholly false o-nd merely the des­ "Thott art a Priest forever ,after the order of M elchisedec." -Hebrews 5 :4-6. perate efforts of opponents whose ne­ farious schemes to keep the people in HE Apostle's statement forming "Without Father or Mother." form of a servant; and being found in ignorance of the truth on all subjects fashion as a man, He humbled Him­ Pastor Russell is so fearlessly and the above texts is made in con- We read of Melchisedec that, as self still further-all that He might thoroughly exposing. T nection with his discussion of the a priest, he was without father, with­ It is for this reason that the millions Mosaic arrangement and the Aaronic out mother, without descent, and do the Father's will. His obedience of newspaper readers continue to en­ Order of priesthood. Christ, while, that neither his beginning of days to the Father finally led to the Cross. JOY PastDr Hussell's pen products and on earth, could not be a priest, be- nor end of life are recorded in the "Wherefore God hath highly exalted are not b,"ing influenced by any of the Him, and given Him a name that is so-eO-lled news reports with scare­ cause there was already a priesthood genealogies. (Heb. 7: a, 6, Syriac.) above every name, that at the name headlines, some of which, if even par­ ordained of God-the family of Aa- Likewise the priesthood of which ot Jesus every knee should bow." tially true, would have sent Pastor ron. No Israelite could take part in Jesus is Heal: does not trace its lin­ (Philippians 2: 5-11.) In that exalted Russell to prison long ago; but the this priesthood except he were of eage to any human source. This fact position He is the, Antitype of Mel- fact is that not a soul on earth has Aaron's' lineage. To presume to take is strikingly typified in Melchisedec, the slightest cause for grievance chisedeco ' against Pastor Russell, except that he part iIi it without God's invitation whose lineage and death have pur­ This is corroborated by our Lord's is telling the common people truths would be a sin. To this day the posely not been recorded. He was own statement in the Fifth Chapter the clergy wish them not to know. Jews respect' the Aaronic priesthood, a priest without having inherited the of the Revelation. There is pictured ' and no one could serve as a priest office from his father or his, mother, th') Father, seated upon' the Throne unless he could show his genealogy thereby picturing Christ's priesthood, of Glory and holding in His right back to Aaron. 'I'he Jews now do not which came not of the lineage of the hand a Scroll, written within and Why Such Calamities know who belongs to the priestly flesh, ,as did the Aaronic priesthood, without and sealed with seven seals. family. Therefore they have no priest which natural Israel thought to be This Scroll represented the Divine and no such service as a priest would the real. Melchisedec's death was Plan that God had purposed in Him­ Upon This Generation 1 render.' not recorded nor a successor named, self before the foundation of the In his Epistle to the Hebrews St. that thus might be typified the con­ world. What was in that Scroll no­ That the great European war is the Paul calls attention to another priest- tinuity· of Christ's Royal Priosthood.. body knew but Himself. The entire 'J'le~inning of God's judgment upon hood. He declares that Jesus, who Plan was in God's own power; and, .-I!. i.h,n +'!.'';~C> .r'\f T ,t:' Man" Christ' know, but for what they might know his appreciation of God's goodness, sacrifice is not shown, as he repre­ Jesus, He was qualified to fulfil the if they would apply their hearts unto the patriarch came to Melchisedec, sented The Christ glorified and reign­ Divine Purpose. But He· must be instruction-for the lessons which ex-' "king of Salem and priest of the ing after the work of sacrifice had tested. No one heretofore had proven perience (their own an.d others') is Most High God," and offered tithes of been completed. The AaronL priest­ worthy, because the conditions that designed to teach; and If men fall to all hJ had captured.'-Gen. 14: 18-20. hood furnished typica,l illustrations God had attached to the honor were heed the lessons of experience, or Melchisedec is supposed to have of the sacrifices and sufferings of very stringent. God was looking for Wilfully neglect or spurn its precepts, been one of the Shepherd Kings who 'Christ (Head and Body) and the One competent to be entrusted with they must suffer the consequences. invaded Egypt and built the Great blessings to follow. but it did not the charge of affairs-a Prime Min­ Before so.. called Christendom lies Pyramid, covering twelve acres, completely illustrate' the glorious, ister, as it were. One who would the open history of all past time, as known for ages as one 0:1: the Seven everlasting and unchangeable charac­ fully represent Him in the Kingdom well as the Divinely inspired revela­ Wonders of the world-about 2170 ter of this Royal Priesthood during work and be associated wit.h Him tion. And what lessons they contain! B. C. the Millennial Age. For this cause forever. For so high a posiUon God lessons of experience, of wisdom, of How much higher than Aaron must Melchisedec was presented as a type, had purposed that this One should be knowledge, of grace, and of warning. he have been who was 'a type of that thus might be shown his, glorious made partake of the Divine nature. By giving heed to the experiences of Christ and of Christ's Priesthood in office of priest and king combined. Immortality-"Life in Himself." preceding generations along the va­ glory? H,ere, too, the Body of Christ is no The Scriptures tell us that God has rious lines of human industry, politi­ Melchisedec was not a priest who longer shown as separate individuals, immortality; i. e., He is not liable to cal economy, etc., the world has made offered sacrifices in a linen robe; he but as one, comp:ete. In the work death. All the angels are mortal; not very commendable progress in mate­ was a priest who was at the same of sacrifice, as represented in Aaron that they are dying, but that they rial things. Many of the comforts ti Le a king-"A priest upon his and his under priests, we have seen could die. A mortal is not a dying and conveniences of our present civ­ throne." As such his position was them more or less separately sac­ person, but one liable to death. God ilization have come to ,us largely higher in the type than the position rificing; but all of the Church will has supplies to continue existence to from applying the lessons observed in of Aaron; for Aaron was a descend­ share unitedly with their Head those who will be obedient and loyal the experiences of past generations. ant of Abraham, and Abraham, great (Jesus) in the future glory repre­ to Him. To all such He is pleased The art of printing has brought these as he was as the patriarch Slnd sen ,d in Me!chisedec alone. to grant everlasting life. . But He is lessons within the range of every faft.er of Israel and of the Aaronic We see that our Heavenly Father immortal, not susceptible to death in man. The present generation in this Order of Priests, paid tithes to ,Mel­ has conferred a very great honor any sense. He is not dependent upon I()ne point alone has much advantage chisedec and received a bleRsing at upon our Lord Jesus 'Christ, in ap­ food, water, air, rest or anything else. IBvery way: all the accumulated wis­ his hands. Thus was typified, as pointing Him to be the world's great Jesus says, "As the Father hath life dom and experience of the past are the. Apostle explains, that the priest­ Redeemer, High Priest and King. He in Himself, so hath He given to the added to its own. But the great hood of sacrifice (the Aaronic) rep­ is the One through whom vrUl come Son to have life in Himself." (John moral lessons which men ought also resents a lower plane or condition all the blessings upon the world that 5: 26.) This is so high as to be bee to have been studying and learning than the higher priesthood Of king­ God has designed. But berore God yond human comprehension. have been very generally disregarded, ship-the Melchisedec order. Melchis­ could recognize Him in that posi­ God purposel that this One whom even when they have been emphati­ edee, Driest and king, therefore, rep­ tion, He must prove our Lord, as the He would so highly exalt should also cally forced upon public attention. reS'!.mted Tne Christ jJesus and Bible declares. ' have this quality of immortality-life History is full of such lessons to His Church) in glory and power, in Himself. But first He must demem­ thoughtful minds inclined to right­ whereas the Aaronic order sDecially "Worthy to Loose the ~-:als.f1 strate His loyalty to the fullest de­ eousness; men of the present day pictured the reoemptive sacrifice of Elsewhere St. Paul points: out that gree. Jehovah determined that the have more such;: lessons than those of our Lord and the share which the our Lord Jesus left the glc':'y which first opportunity to prove worthiness previous gener::ftions, and this genera­ Church has with Him in that sac­ He had with the Father b~fore the of this position should be given to tion must s'Uff((~r for its neglect. rifice. world was and took upon •Him the (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) ______?HE BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY, BROOKLYN, N. Y_'--:1:,;7-: -::--______. __ V_o_'_. _8:-, _N_o_._4 (Contint~ed from 1st page, 4th column.) up, God sent Je~m::> mto theiti';orld ready to do for us as He was ready THE MiELCHISEDECPRIESTHOOD. that He might ')pen up the way and to do for Jesus. . the Logos, "The 'Word," the One first that Jews and Gentiles might come iNow to come hack to the state" ~b~ !.1~~tH!!!~!!!~ ET,~r~fb,IY, created by the Father.. (Revelation in and part.icipate with Jesus, first ment, "No man taketh this honor un- 13, 15, 17, HICKS ST., Brool<_~IW. 3: 14; C'olossians 1: 15 ; John 1: 1-3.) in e"e tests and afterwards in the to himself, but he that is called of Monthly-12cts. a year. Single copies lc. Those who believe in the doctrine honor. In the Book it is written that God." Did we call ourselves? No. An Indepe1dent, Unsectarian Religi­ of the Trinity hold many very un- not only a' bullock, but also a Lord's indeed!, How did we come to a ous Newspaper, Specially Devoted to reasona:':)le views. They say that goat must be offered in sacrifice on knowleijge of the Truth? Thank God • . the Forwarding of the Laymen's Home Jesus cii.id' not become a man, that the Atonement Day. Thus the we have had the ears to hear His Missionary Movement for the Glory He merely hid Himself in a human Church are to ce starers in the suf- Message! Thank God that this privi­ of God and Good of Humanity. form for- a time. Not so says the ferings of Christ and in the glory to lege came to us-that we were called Bible. Our Trinitarian friends are follow.-Hebre\ys 13:11-13. of God! "iiTo what were we called? Ministers of the I. B. S. A. render driven to some very ridiculous pO>lL So all the work of this Gospel Age Hear the Call that applies to Jesus their services at funerals free of charge. tions by claiming that Jesus was co- has been with a view to perfecting and to all fUs disciples-the Call to They also invite correspondence from equal 'lith the :b-'ather, a very un- this company. First the Call went to which Jesus responded, and to which those desiring Christian counsel. scriptural claim..' such Jews as were ready, that these you and I are to respond. It reads~ The Son of God left the glory which might be brought into the Church, to "Gather My saints together unto Me; THEY CRIED "PEACE! PEACE!" He had with the Father, was made be of the Spiritual Seed of Abraham. those that have made a - Covenant flesh and dwelt amongst. us. He was But there were not enough of them; with Me by sacrifice." (Psalm 50: 5.) BUT THERE WAS NO PEACE. no ordinary man, no sinful man. We and so the door was thrown open to By nature we were sinners, like all The peace movements of the past beheld in Him a glory that no other the Gentiles, that as many of them as the fallen race of Adam. But even forty years having ended in the great­ man had-a glory of perfection. desired might come in and be fellow- as sinners we may have been trying est war in all human history, call (John 1:14; Hebrews 7:26.) He be- heirs with the Jews. All these are to to do our best. Then the Message forcefully to mind the prophetic state­ came a man fer the very purpose of be members of the Body of the gre~t reached us, speaking peace through ment of the Apostle Paul concern~ng carrying out the Father's Plan, which antitypical Priest and King, "after Jesus Christ, a Message telling us events that would lead up to the es­ He could not then fully know. He the order of Mechisede~." that if we gave ourselves to God we tablishment . of Messiah's Kingdom: knew that the first step of prepara God is now caliing merely the class would be forgiven our sins, begotten "For when they shall saY,Peace and Hon was to be made a man. The that is anxious to come to Him. The of the Holy Spirit and accepted into safety; then sudden destruction com­ next step was to' presen t Himself for Apostle speaks· of some who were God's family. eth upon them." (1 Thessalonians sacrifice. From those who interpreted feeling after God, if haply they might God's alrangement is that our Lord 5: 3.) For many centuries~ through the Law, He knew that there was find Him. (Acts 17:27.) Now there Jesus is to sanctify and make saints the holy prophets, God has foretold nothing that He could do in His is only one way to come to Him, and of those who have taken these steps. tne Time of Trouble with which this priestly office until He was thirty that way is by membership in the He will impute of His merit to such, Age shall end; and no number of years old. When His thirtieth anni- Body of Christ. Those who will walk to make up for their natural imperfec­ peace congresses nor peace palaces versary came, He presented Himself in this narrow way shall become joint- tions. To give them of that merit could aV'ert the inevitable disHster. to the Ji"ather in consecration and heirs with Christ. Some say, "I would make them perfect human be- Many realized this-"their hearts was baptized by John. thinK that I will wait a little while." ings. To impute the merit is to give failing them for fear, looking unto "T H They are not altogether ready to them a credit on God's account books. the things coming upon the earth"­ he eavens Were Opened to Him." sacrifice-to give up all to the Lord. God has arranged that nothing shall and their loud proclamations of There, at Jordan, the Father grant- To such the Lord says, "Very Well!" come to His altar except that which Peace! Peace! often bore the stamp ed the Son the opening of His eyes Jesus said to some in His day, "Sit is without blemish. We cannot come, of insincerity and empty boastfulness. of understanding. There He became down and count the cost." It is bet- therefore, except as our Lord Jesus During a great peace demonstration the slain Lamb. At the very moment ter that one should not put his hand shall make up wherein we are short sorne years ago the situation was He made His consecration at Jordan to the plow than that he should do of perfection. Christ has proposed ably summed up by the poet Whittier He died, so far as His covenant with so, and then look back and wish that to do this, in order that you. and in verse which can now be appre­ God was concerned. And so it is he were not there. I may . give acceptable sacrifices with His followers. The very mo- "If any man will come after Me [be through Him. Is that not a blessed. ciated much better than at the time ment we make our covenant with My disciple], 1et him deny himself, arrangement? It is made to permit it was written: God, we are dead-dead to sin and take up his cross and follow Me." So us to share l'n th ff' f Ch . t .. 'Great peace in Europe! Order to all earthly interests. Our death then we see the conditions of disci- that by and by ;eS~:;I~~~r~ in ~~s reigns dates not from the time we actually pleship. And whatever the Father's glories. (2 Timothy 2; 11, 12.) All From Tiber's hills to Danube's die, but from the time we give up providence may be for us, we wish that He has He will share with His plains!' our will. So God there counted jesus to have. Jesus did not specify what faithful Church; and by way of en- So say her kings and priests; so say dead. He was the sacrificial Lamb. was to. come to Him. The- Father couraging us He says that He will The lying I?rophets of our. day. To Him was given the right to open had specified our Lord's experiences make all things work together for _ the Scroll. before the foundation of the world. our Rood.-Romans 8: 28. ·'Go lay to earth a list'ning ear; So we read that at His baptism, As for you and for me, our part is Our Father will bless our trials and The tramp of measured marches when the Holy Spirit descended. upon to do the Father's. will-to drink difficulties. He will not permit us to hear, our Lord, "the Heavens [the higher whatever cup the Father shall pour be tried above that we are able; with The rolling of the cannon's wheel, things] were opened unto Him." for us. -He does not give us the every temptation He will provide a The shotted musket's murd'rous peal, (Matthew 3: 16). The deeper things honor of drinking so great a cup as way of escape. (1 Corinthians 10: 13.) The night alarm, the sentry's call, of God's Plan became open to His our Savior drank, however. I trust that we shall all be of one The quick-eared spy in hut and hall, mind. Never before had He seen the mind to accept this wonderful pro- From polar sea and tropic fen meaning of these things. They were "Gather Together My Saints Unto vision of God's grace, that we may be The dying groans of exileq men,. hidden from Him, as from any nat- Me." fully-accepted members of this great The bolted cell, fl?-e ga~ley:'3. chal!1s, ural man. The natural man-whether For each consecrated child of God Melchisedec Priesthood, of which our t:~ ~f~~~~~ _s~~.~~~?:.:l~I:~:tS:~lt~a.!es! _P~ll:t~rUave we e-n- the last members of this Order are Peace,-in the dungeon ~raults and neither can, he know them, because tered into a Covenant with God,. as completed, the entire number-144,- graves! they are spiritually discerned." (1 our Lord did? Faithful is He who OOO-will stand with the Lamb upon Speak, Prince and Kaiser, Priest and Corinthians· 2:14.) Jesus became a has called us. If we fail to get the Mount Zion, having His Father's Czar! perfect natural man,· and as such He great Prize of our High Calling, the name written in their foreheads.- If this be peace, pray; whait is war? gave all that He had in consecration. faUlt will be ours alone. God is Revelation 14:1-5. " d Then . God begat Him of the Holy "Stern herald.: of Thy better· ay, Spirit to the new nature. From the Before Thee to prepare TJay way The Baptist shade of Liberty,- moment of spirit-begetting, old things Gray, scarred. and hairy-robed must passed away and all things became A GOOD SOLDIER OF CHRIST new. "Endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ."-2 Timothy 2 :3. press ld' After Jesus had received the Holy With bleeding ,feet the wi erness. Spirit, He went immediately into the HE. name soldier, applied in the others may have joy and rejoicing o that its voice'might pierce the ear wilderness for forty days. During Bi ble to the followers of Jesus through . the knowledge of our God Of priests and princes while they that time He was a Bible Student, T Christ, is an appropriate one; and His glorious coming Kingdom. for it implies a special enlist­ A ~~yar as of the Hebrew seer: thinking over the Scriptures, which ~ow rich is our pay-,-in the present h from boyhood He had heard read in ment, or contract for service-a con­ hfe the peace of God, passing all un­ Repent! God's Kingdom d rawe t the synagogue. Having now received tract in which the life is freely of­ derstanding, and the assurance that near." ______the illumination of the Holy Spirit, fered, a contract in which the indi­ all things shall work together for our He could understand what was meant vidual is under rigid discipline, and in good and that every sorrow every by .the manna in the wilderness, by which his will is entirely ignored and tear, will result in "a far m'ore ex­ THE BIBLE HELL the serpent erected upon the pole, by the will of the Divine Government, as ~eeding a~d eternal weight of glory" A correct,:;;:~nderstanding of this the bullock of the Atonement Day expressed through the "Captain of our m. the hfe to come-joint-heirship subject is'a:f.most a necessity to sacrifices and by the Passover Lamb. salvation," is absolut.e Law, to be WIth our Master in His Kingdom of a Christian steadfastness. For centu­ The whole Plan of God for human obeyed at any cost. thousand years and in the eternal ries it has been the teaching of "or­ Doubtless many Christian soldiers glory of Ages to come! -2 Cor. 4: 13-18. salvation was opened to Him. He have taken note of the courage and thodo:x1," of all shades, that God, be­ had "loosed the seven seals." By that Quite in Contrast. fore creating man, had created a time He fully understood all that He devotion manifested by the soldiers of great abyss. of fire and terrors, capa­ was to suffer. He saw that He was the various armies of the world, now In contrast, note the description of ble of containing all the billions of to give up His life sacrifiCially, that in conflict. We notice their obedience a soldier of the present time, by the the human family which He purposed He was to be crucified. in going down into the trenches, en­ trencI:ant __pen of Jack London, the to bring into being; that this abyss Then, after all the stress of Bible during exposure and all kinds of pri­ novehst. Under the caption, "A GOOD He had named "hell;" and that all of study for forty days without food, the vation, and, in many. cases, receiving SOLDIER," he writes:- the promises and threatenings of the Devil came and tempted Him. This wounds or death or seeds of disease. ,.y oung man, the lowest aim of Bible were. designed to deter as many was the opportunity, in His weakened We are amazed at their courage, loy­ your life is to be a good soldier. The as possible (a "little flock") from physical condition, for the Adversary alty, devotion. Doubtless many of the g.ood soldier never tries to distinguish such wrong-doing as would make this to present a temptation. But' , our soldiers of the Cross have sa!d, as rIght from wrong. He never thinks; awfuJ place their perpetual. home. Lord withstood all of Satan's sugges­ they compared experiences, "If these ~ever reasons; he only 0 beys: If he Guided by the Lord's providence to tions, and finally the Devil left Him. men, fighting for they knoW' not what, IS ordered to fire on his fellow-citi­ a realization that the Bible has been We have no record that Satan ever receiving a small wage, very plain zens, on his friends, on his neighbors slandered, as well as its Divine Au­ again tried to tempt our Lord. food, and often very uncomfortable on his relatives, he obeys without hes: thor, and that, rightly understood, it God thoroughly proved the One conditions every way, are so loyal, itation. If he is ordered to fire down teaches nothing derogatory to God's who was to be the great Antitype of '''Yhat rna ~er of persons ought we to a crowded street when the poor are character nor to an intelligent reason, Melchisedec, the Priest upon His b'e' who have enlisted under the ban­ clamoring for bread, he obeys, and we have issued a booklet laying bare Throne, partaker of the Divine na­ ner of the Lord, pledging ourselves to se.es the gray hairs of· age stained the Scripture teaching on this subject. ture. And Jesus demonstrated His faithfulness, 'even unto death'? What WIth red and the life-tide gushing We believe that whoever shall hereby worthiness, not only during those manner of persons ought we to be, af­ fr~m the breasts of women, feeling find his false view rested upon human forty days in the wilderness, but ter receiving such large rewards of ~eIther remorse nor sympathy. If he misconceptions and misinterpretations during the following three and a half Divine care, blessing,. comfort and IS ordered off as one of a firing squad will, at the same time, learn to trust years, clear down to Calvary-even peace in the present life, and having to execute a hero or benefactor he hereafter less to his own and other to the death of the Cross. Now He through Christ such a glorious antici­ fires without hesitation, though' he men's imaginations and, by faith, to is the highly exalted One, far above pation in respect to the future, if we knows the bullet will pierce the no­ grasp more firmly the Word of God, angels, principalities, powers and are faithful? What manner of per­ blest heart that ever beat in human which is able to make wise unto sal­ every name that is named. He is at sons ought we to be-how zealous, breast. vation, and on this mission, under the Father's right hand-the chief how devoted, how loyal, how self-sac­ "A good soldier is a blind, heartless. God's providence, it is sent forth. place of favor. Our Lord Jesus is rificing! If others can renounce their soulless, murderous machine. He is \ God's great Prime- Minister-next to wills and obey orders, the purport of not a man. He is not even a brute. which they do not understand, how for brutes only kill in self-defense. WHAT SAY THE SCRIPTURES ABOUT HELL? the Father Himself. ready should we be to accept the Mes­ All that is human in him, all that is Further Contents of the Scroll. This interesting pamphlet of 96 sage of our Captain unquestioningly, divine in him, all that constitutes the pages explains every verse in the But the Scroll in God's hand con­ regardless of our kl10wledge of event­ man, has been sworn away when h~ Bible in which the original words are t.ainedJ'iilore than this. It showed that ualities! took the enlistment oath. His mind, found that are translated into the the Father, who had· called the. Lord And what a glorious Cause is ours! conscience, aye, his very soul, are in English as "Nell." Price, lOco post Jesus, r:''ld called Him to be the Head If we lay down our lives in following the keeping of his cfficer. paid. Address I. B. S. A., 15 Hicks over a (Church, which is His Body. our Captain's lead, it is for the good "No man can faU lower than a sol· Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Nineteem hundred years before the of others. 'Vith our Master we die dier--:-it is a depth beneath which we M':Jssiani~ Kingdom was due to be set that others may live, we endure that cannot go." Vol. 8, No.4. THE' BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY, BROOKLYN, N. Y. 3

the study of the Bible from tl~e out­ of this class, not on~y must we be be­ side, by those who try to tear ,it illLo gotten by the Spirit of God, but we THE PERFECT pbISE OF shreds, and the employmerlt o,f their must also manifest the fruits of that brains against the B~ble, that proves SpJrit, we must be quickened by it. the professors of our nay tile worst THe·j:l,·,;,JJil:?ili,the First Resurrection we of all times. Only when we P(~rceive shall be born of the Spirit and shall GOD'S JUStiCE AND LOVE from the inside can we se'e the share with our Lord this work of love strength of the, Bible. No human for all mankind" and shall also share mind ever originated such a Plan. It His glory forever. At the conclusion \Vhy God Permitted Man's Fall-The Justice of the Death Penalty is surely Divine, surely Biblical. We of the Millennial Reign this glorious -Man's 6000 Years'Schooling Valuable Training-How One did not discover it, but it was shown work of Divine Love will have been to the ,faithful "in due time:' accomplished. Through all the out­ Being Could Red~em the Whole Race-Love's Victory We know that this great Plan is of workings of this wonderful Plan, the in God's Great Plan of the Ages. God; and the Book that contains such principles of absolute Justice and ab­ a wonderful Message is surely the solute Love will be observed, operat­ ing in full harmony. ((Mercy rejoiceth against ludgment."-James 2:13. Word of God. It must be that those "holy men of old spake as the:1 were In what manner will ,God's JusticQ UR text signifies that Love has a great schooling time during the past, moved by the Holy Spirit:' The operate during the next Age toward '. six thousand years. Spirit of God indited this wonderful mankind? may be asked. Some have gained a v Ictory over Justlce; Message. The many men,' in various difficulty in seeing how the world in O for Mercy is merely an outward Love Plans Man's Redemption. times and places, who uttf;red the the future will have their sins forgiv­ expression of Love. Let us reason as As we study the matter, we can see . words did not know' what they meant. en. "Vill God not hold against the to the way in which Divine Mercy, great wisdom in God's course. L?ve The understanding was not then due. world something for wrongs commit­ or Love, gains the victory over Di- was not indifferent, though for a tIme But their words constitute a harmo­ ted in this life? Will the murderer vine Justice. In so doing, I believe God could not snow man His interest. nious whole, and "were written for our ha ve the same opportunity as those that we shall be learning something Love had beforehand arranged a Plan instruction, upon whom thE~ ends of who ha ve, been more noble in their as to our proper attitude; for we whereby redem1)tion would come, the ages have come."-l Peter 1:10- live.;;? How will Justice then be rep­ should copy God's character. ,We whereby Love would triumph over 12; 1 Corinthians 10:11; Romans 15:4. resented? should study His methods, His ways, Justice. In God's d'l0 time a Pur- Nor could we understand their We believe that God's dealings wilJ that we may have Heavenly wisdom. chase-price for man would be given. words until we received the begetting be in full harmony with Justice; that When therefnre, we see how God's Then, after Justice shou~d reign for of the Holy Spirit with its consequent while Love will be especially opera­ Love 'gains the victory over His Jus- six thousand years, during which the enlightenment. This brOl,lght these tive or manifest during the Millennial tice, we shall see how it should be world would learn its needed lessons' things to our attenticn in God's due Age, yet Justice will never he violat­ with us, in order that we may be- with r€.3pect to the heinousness of sin time, and enabled us to llnderstand ed. Will mankind in the future, then, come like Him. in all its manifold forms, redeeming their meaning. So the Apostle Paul be punshif:;d for their sins in the pres­ In -considering Divine Love and Di- Love should become restoring Love, writes to some, "After that ye were ent life? Yes, and no. They will not vine Justice, we are to remember that calling mankind forth from the tomb, illuminated, ye endured." (Heb. 10: be punish~d in the sen~e of being held Ood is perfect in all His attributes. during the thousand years' Reign of 32, 33.) We now understand what it legally accountable for sins of the Both His Justice and His Love are the One who purchased them. means to be illuminated. The illumi­ past; for this would nullify the work perfect. But inasmuch as these ar~ So ultimately, when death and hell nation is the work of the Holy Spirit, which Christ accomplished in His inherent, invisible qualities of the Dl- (the grave) shall have delivered up which we received at the time of our death in provlc'ling satisfaction for vine Nature, we could not study them all tnat are in them, and when the consecration unto death. This illumi­ Adamic sin. Chrl;st having made sat­ unless they were manifested. Thus curse of death shall be no more, Love nation of the Church had its begin­ isfaction for the sins of believers, this far they have been manifested only to will have triumphed over Justice. ning at Pentecost. Up to that time class are no longer legally responsible a faithful few. It is the manifesta- Thus we read, "0 Death, where is thy the Spirit had not been given.-John for them. The same principle will tion of these qualities that especially sting? 0 Grave, where is thy victo- 7: 39. operate with the world in the future. interests us. Let us note how these ry?" "Thanks be to God, who giveth The Church is a special elass, caned How Justice Operates. attributes manifest themselves, that us the victory through our Lcrd Jesus out in advance· of the .. world. The For the present we will consider we may thus learn valuable lessons. Christ!"-l Corinthians '15:55, 57. early Church had to walt until Jesus the Church of Christ. Suppose one . Justice the Foundation of God's This is one of the most wonderful had finished His sacrifice for sin, had had lived in such a way as to have Throne. things that we see in the Bible-the ascended up on High as the great gotten himself into a bad condition of Undoubtedly there is no lese::m that more wonderful as we understand it High Priest, to appear in the pres­ body, mind or morals. These things the people of God need to learn more the more. God always maintains His ence of God for us (the Church, not will be more or less as a penalty than this particular one of the rela- Justice, and He always maintains His yet for the world), to sprinkle the upon hini after be has become a tionship of Justice to Love, in order to Love; and we are blessed by both. blood of His sacrifice upon the Mercy­ Christian. Although God has forgiv­ know how to exercise these qualities Justice, having triumphed over the Seat on our behalf, and had become en his sins and cleansed him from all as God exercises them, and yet with world for six thousand years, has the Advocate of those who would fol­ unr.ighteousness, neyertheless such a some variations; for He has some brought our race down to Sheol, low in His steps. (Hebrews 9:24.) one will have in his body or in his rights which we do not possess. We Hades-the tom~. Love, in the mean- Having made satisfaction for the sins mind certain natural penalties result­ see that God's Love operated in, the time, began to operate, though in har- of, the consecrated, He imputed His ing from his previous sinful course" very begin~ting, when He created His mony with JUStiC3; and it has given own merit to them, thereby making If he had lived a sinful life for many Son to be His Log.,. His Love was the great Sacrifice of Jesus, and has them acceptable to the Father. Not years, the evil would b~ so much the afterwards seen in Hi!'i creation or an- arranl!ed that at the time of. the Sec- until then could they receive the be­ more deeply entrer.. ched; and he will gels, and mKl, in His own image. ond Advent of Christ, and. through His getting of the Holy Spirit. ' Ever since have all the greater fight to overcome Then we see that the fall of our race Reign of a thousand years, He shall that time the HolY Spirit has been these deeply imbedded tendencies to brought into operation Divine Justice; awaken aU humanity from the sleep with the Church, begetting each one sin. One who has lived- a conscien­ for it was Justice which decreed that of death. who came into, this class. .., . tious, mora! life will hn. vo just that man, because of his disobedience, How One Could Purchase a Race. With this begetting comes the ~iI- much less to overcome. should not live. We can thus see in the Bible what lumination. We are then sons of God. If through evil thoughts or evil "Dying, thou shalt die," wa~ the fiat a great equalization, or balance, God Not only does this illumination enable deeds the mind of that person has be­ of Divine Justice. (GeneSIS 2:17.) has arranged. Since 'twenty thousanL. us to understand things previously come poisoned, he may,have to battle When Justice decreed that death must miilions of SOUlb have sinned, it hidden ,from our eyes, but thereafter all his life against the seeds of sin, result from transgression, Divine would, in any other way than God's all the Word of God becomes food to not in the way of direct punishment Love agreed that the sentence was al- d us, that thereby we may grow in for his wrong-doing, but through nat­ together proper, not only because it is way, have required twenty thousan grace, in knowledge, in justice, in ural law; for the New Creature is to right for God to be just and in har- million redeemers. But when we see love, in all qualities of the Divine, be developed while tabernacling in the mony with His own Law, but also be- how God is operating, we wonder at character, that thus we may become flesh wherein the evil seeds have been cause it would not be good for man to His arrangement. He provided that more like our Father who is in . f 11 d' only one man should be condemned sown. It is like a piece of land live everlastingly m a a en con 1- to death, and that through this one Heaven. which has long been given over to tion. . man condemnation should come upon Deliverance of the World "low Due. weeds, in which case the roots would If God had permitted man to hve on' have become deeply imbedded in the in imperfection, we can scarcely im- all men while still in his loins. Thus Having, then, seen how D; vine Jus­ soil. This land may afterward be agine the tremendous power he would one man could pay the penalty for tice has operated until nov{ for. the changed into a wheat-field; but we have had by this time. As it is, we all. "For since by man [Adam] came future blessing of mankind, we look know from experience that the weeds see that some ,of our race in three death, by man [Jesus] comes the res- further, and see that Divine Mercy is will be there also, and that the wheat score and ten years are able to culti- urrection of the dead:' (1 Corinthians now about to gain a great vi.ctory for will not flourish so readily, because 'Vate such qualities of mind and char- 15: 21.) One man was a sinner; One the whole world. As somtl as the of this fact. . acter as to give them ascendency over Man was t~e Redeemer. Church is glorified, the mej'it of the It is even so with our hearts and their fellows; and were they allOwed Beautiful! We never heard of any- Redeemer is to be applied for all' the our bodies. After we have given them to live on indefinitely in sin, they thing like this except in God's Plan. human race. But it will require the to the Lord the fleshly tendencies are would undoubteciated with the great Chief "What shall I do to inherit eternal the rich must have great difficulty in that which is lost until he find it?" Shepherd. in the work which He short­ connection with their endeavor to en­ And finding it, he lays it upon his life?" Jesus referred him to the Law, ly will ihstitute, the work, of seek­ which promised eternal life to any ter the Kingdom. He said sympathet­ shoulders rejoicing, and tells the fact ing the lost sheep and finding them ically, rather than in a denunciatory to his neighbors exultantly. This Jew who would keep it. The young and restoring them-all the willing man replied that he had done his manner, "It is easier 'for a camel to course of the shepherd, Jesus de­ and obedIent. best, but still was dying. go through the needle's eye than for clared, illustrates the attitude of God --The Scm of Man came to seek and the rich to enter the Kingdom of and all the holy angels associated He was a model young man and J e­ God." This astonished the disciples with Him. They have a special feel­ to save (recover) that which was sus loved him. Evidently he was lost." Thn race was lost, not merely keeping the Jewish Law to the ex­ very greatly, for they knew that the ing of interest in those who have a, few, the Church; and their recov­ majority of the religionists of their strayed, and especially rejoice in the tent of his knowledge and ability. He ery is to include all that were lost. thought that he was loving his neigh­ day belonged to the wealthy class. recovery of such. There is more re­ This does not signify universalism, but the Scribes and the Pharisees. They joicing over the repentant sinner than bor as himself; but this was a mis­ replied, "Who, then, can get into the over ninety and nine just persons will be accomplished in bringing eve­ t~ke which the ~Lord disclosed to him ry member of Adam's race to a full by the following suggestion: "If thou Kingdom, if these cannot?" Our needing no repentance. knowledge of God and to full oppor­ Lord's reply was, "With men this is Oh, how encouraging it is to us to wouldst be perfect, go sell all that impossible, but not with God." Men know that this is. the sentiment of tunity of recovery from sin and death. thou hast and give to the poor and -1 Timothy 2:3, 4. thou shalt have treasure in Heaven" would be inclined to say that God Heaven, and that the fall of man and Jesus gave another parable of simi­ would find no one for the Kingdom our imperfections do not stand as a instead of on earth; sacrifice also at all if He rejected the rich. perpetual bar to recognition by the lar import, to illustrate the same your earthly reputation and become great truth from another angle. It My follower. In a word, no rich man can get in· Lord, if we return to Him! He is was the custom among the Jewish to the Kingdom. He must give up merciful, and will abundantly pardon, women {o wear on the forehead a Loss of Heaven Not Road to Torment everything to the Lord or else be and will remove our sins from us as fringe of coin bangles. These might barred from a place in the Kingdom. far, as the East is from .the West. be of gold or silver, and sometimes Ah, how the Lord knew to put His The terms of acceptance are the But this interest is in the repentant finger on the sore spot! The young same to the rich as to the poor. He one or in tbe one who has not sinned represented their dowry. The loss of man had come to Him very boastful, one of 1~hese coins would represent who would have the "pearl of great beyond repentance. Any sheep, hav­ more tha\n its intrinsic value; for its very sure that if anyone in the world price" must sell all that he has in ing been found by the Shepherd and absence 'marred the beauty of the was seeking to be in harmony with order that he may obtain it. The then preferring the wolfish spirit, bangles. The search for the coin the Divine arrangement he was that rich must give up all to the Lord, and would no longer be interesting to the would m,ean that, instead of its be­ one. He came for the Master's ap­ then as stewards of their riches will Heavenly ones. . ing abapdoned as not worthy of con­ proval, that he might hear Him say, be held responsible for their steward­ Many apply this parable inconsist­ "You are the one exception to the ship. ently. They seem to think of the siderati6n, it would be, hunted for rule." The Lord did not say, "If you diligenUy until found. The female FREE LITERATURE. whole world of mankind as represent­ neighhbrs would learn of the loss, and ,love your ~eighbor as you love your­ ing tbe flock of a hundred sheep, and self you WIll at least put forth an ef­ A post-card request to the editor of the one straying as representing the also lEhtrn if it were found, and would fort to make that neighbor as com­ this paper will bring you free copies sinners of earth, comparatively few. rejoic,e with them greatly. This is an­ fortable as you desire to be comfort­ of any of the following back issues Surely this cannot be the true inter­ other }illustration of "joy in the pres­ which treat such interesting and im­ ence jof the angels of God over one able." portant subjects as here enume.'ated: pn:-tation! Rather, as the Prophet repe:r;tant sinner. He was content to be very rich, Where are the Dead? has d,.eclared, "All we like sheep have while some of his neighbors whom he 'What is the Soul? gone astray." "There is none right­ \ The Value of a Man. thought he loved as he loved himself The Battle of Armageddon. eous, no not one." Jestls said, "Are ye not of much were very poor-abjectly, sorrowfully Why Financiers Tremble. Let us rather interpret the parable more I value than many sparrows ?" so. When Jesus disclosed to him the Clergy Ordination Proved Fraudu- on a broader scale, in comportment And iIn. the foregoing parables He inti­ difficulty of his situation, he grasped lent. with the facts and the Scriptures. Cardinal Gibbons on Church Unity. mates1 that a man is of much more it at once. He saw himself as never Earthquake in Prophecy. Let us understand the one stray sheep value I than many coins and of much before. It became a new test with 'I'he Divine Law-Universal, Eter- to represent Adam and his fami~y; more value than many sheep. We all him. Thus it is with all. In one nal. and the ninety and nine just persons agree i that it would be difficult to parable Jesus. represented the King­ Sabbath Questions Consider,ed. needing no repentance as represent­ estim tte too highly, too fully, the value dom as a great Priz~, a pearl of great What is a Christian? ing the holy angels. To this view of a J?uman life, especially if it were value, a treasure, which to possess, A Great Prophecy Nearing Fulfil­ every feature of the parable inclines. ment. our otwn life or the life of some one will cost all that we have; and this Fact and Philob;:lphy of Atonement. The Good Shepherd left the Heavenly dear us. But to what extent do we incid-ent points out the same fact. flock and came to earth to find, to re- 10 God's Message ,.0 the Jews. manifi3st this in our daily lives? , Let us not make the mistake of VOL VIII. BROOKLYN, N. Y., No.5

by the cultivation of the lower organs any cause, puts an end to sentient be­ of thought and a failure to use the ing,-stopping thoughts and feelings higher, intellectual faculties, have of every kind. The soul (i. e., sentient mbat is tbe $ou11 dwarfed the organs of the brain repre­ be'ing) ceases; the body returns to dust senting these higher faculties, yet the as it was; while the spirit or breath of , .He spared not their so~ls from death." -Psalm 78:.50. organs are still there, and are capable life returns to God, who imparted it of development, which is not the case to Adam, and to his race through him. with the most nearly perfect speci­ (Eccl. 12: 7.) It returns to God in the mens of the brute creation. So then it sense that it is no longer amenable to' OME one will possibly say, Ah! feeling and tasting commenced. That is in that the Creator has endowed man human control, as in pro-creation, and' No one believes in the immor- ,vhich was a lifeless human organism with a higher and finer organism, that can never be recovered except by di­ & tality of the body. Everybody had become a man, a sentient being; he has made him to differ from the vine power, Recognizing this fact, the knows that the body dies, that it needs the "living soul" condition mentioned brute. They have similar flesh and Lord's instructed ones commit their resupply continually and that hence it in the text had been reached. In other bones, breathe the same air, drink the hope of future life by resurrection to­ cannot be immortal. But the Scrip- words, the term "living soul" means same water, and eat similar food, and God and to Christ, his now exalted rep­ tures speak of souls. May it not be neither more nor less than the term all are souls or creatures possessing resentative. (Luke 23: 46; Acts 7: 59.) that the soul is indestructible?-that "sentinent being"; i. e., a being capable intelligence; but man, in his better So, then, had God made no provision God having made a soul cannot de- of sensation, perception, thought. body, possesses capacity for higher in­ for man's future life by a ransom and stroy it? Moreover, even though Adam was telligence and' is treated by the Crea- a promised resurrection, death would Reason tells us that, unless there perfect in his organism, it was neces- tor as on an entirely different plane. have been the end of all hope for hu­ is absolute proof to the contrary, the sary for him to sustain life, soul or It is in proportion as sin degrades man manitY.-1 Cor. 15: 14-18. life of every creature is subject to sentient being, by partaking of the from his original likeness of his Crea­ the will of the Creator. Now notice fruits of the trees of life. And when he tor that he is said to be "brutish"­ God's Provision for Our Living Again •. that the Scriptures nowhere speak of sinned, God drove him from the gar- more nearly resembling the brutes, des- But God has thus made provision the immortality of the soul, as some den, "lest he put forth his hand, and titute of the higher and finer sensibili- for our living again; and ever since he people seem to suppose-neither in the take also of the tree [plural trees or ties. made known his gracious plan, those translations nor in the original text. grove] of life, and eat, and live for- To this the Scripture testimony who speak and write intelligently upon Take a Concordance and try to find ever" [1. e., by eating continuously]. agrees. We read, (Gen. 1:30), "To you the subject (for instance the inspired the expression "immortal soul," and (Gen. 3: 22.) Row the fogs and myster- it shall be'for meat, and to every beast Scripture writers), as if by common thus you can quickly convince yourself ies scatter before the light of truth of the earth, and to every fowl of the consent, speak of the unconscious in- that no such expression is found in the which shines from God's Word! air, and to everything that creepeth terim between death and the resurrec- Scriptures. On the contrary, the Scrip- Lower Animals Also are Souls. upon the earth, wherein there is life tion morning, in which sentient being is tures declare that "God is able' to de- Thus, also, we see why it is that the [Reb. 'nephesh chaiyah'-a living suspended, as a "sleep." Indeed, the il- stroy both soul and body;" and again, Scriptures speak of "souls" in connec- soul]."-Again (Gen. 1:20), "Let the lustration is an excellent one; for the "the soul that sinneth, it shall die." tion with the lower animals. They, waters bring forth the moving creature dead will be totally unconscious of As we have already seen, that which as well as man, are sentient beings or that hath life [Reb.-a living soul]."- the lapse of time, and the moment of' can die, which can be destroyed, is not creatures of intelligence, only of lower See marginal readings. awakening will seem to them like the immortal, is not proof against death, orders. They, as well as man, can see, next moment after the moment of their destruction. Rence the Scriptures cited hear, feel, taste and smell; and each The Scripture Teaching on Thi~. dissolution. For instance, we read that prove that neither souls nor bodies are can reason up to the standard of his speaking of Lazarus' death our Lord immortal. own organism, though none can rea- The'same lesson,-that the life prin- said, "Our friend Lazarus sleepeth, I What, then, is the soul? . son as abstrusely. nqr Q~~s hi&:lJ a, ~E?,Is p9. different in mankind fr.Dln .-8G-..t-hat-l-may-awak-e him out of sleep." Tk€>geneI'a! ~,f)f..th~, s,?ul.~t-'plane asman. -....l'Ii.1.s difference 1s not what it IS in all other creatures whose Afterward, because the disciples were it is ~n indefinable something in us, because man has a different kind of breath is taken through the nostrils, slow to comprehend, he said, "Lazarus but what it is or where it. is located life from that possessed by the lower as distinguishing them from fish,-is is dead/' (John 11: 11.) Were the few attempt to explain. ThIS unknown animals' for all have similar vital taught in the account of thE:') destruc- theory of consciousness in death cor­ something is claimed to be the real, forces, 'from the same fountain or tion wrought by the Deluge. (Gen. rect, is it not remarkable that Lazarus intelligent being, while the body. is source of life, the same Creator; all 6: 17; 7: 15, 22.) This is in full accord gave no qccount of his experience dur­ merely its house or tool. A MethodIst sustain life in the same manner, by the with King Solomon's statement that ing those four days? None will claim bishop once defined a soul, thus: "It digestion of similar foods, producing man and beast have all "one breath" that he was in a "hell" of torment, for is without interior or exterior, without blood and muscles, and bones, etc., each [Reb. ruach, spirit of Iife]-one kind our Lord calls him his "friend"; and if body, shape, or parts, and you could accor'ding to his kind or nature; and of life; and that "as the one dieth, so he had been in heavenly bliss our Lord put a million of th~~ into a nu~shell;" each propagates his species similarly, dieth the other." (Eccl. 3: 19.) When he would not have called him from it, for -a very good defimtlOn of nothing, we bestowing the life, originally from God, asks (EccI. 3:21), "vVho knoweth the that would have been an unfriendly act. should say! upon his posterity. They differ in spirit of man that [it] goeth upward, But as Our Lord expressed it, Lazarus. shape and in mental capacity. ' and the spirit of the beast that [it] slept, and he awakened him to life, to God Able to Destroy Both Soul and Nor can it be said that while man is goeth downward to the earth?" he is conSCiousness, to his sentient being, or Body. a soul (or intelligent being) beasts are controverting the heathen theory, soul r.eturned or revived; and all this without this soul-quality or intelli- which even· at that time had begun to was evidently a favor greatly appreci­ The body is not the s,oul, as some gence thought, fOOling. On the con- speculate that man had some inherent ated by Lazarus and his friends. affirm; this is proved by our Lord's trary,' both man and beast have s~ul- quality which would preve.nt his dea~h, The thought pervades the Scriptures. statement that "God is able to destroy quality. or intelligent, conscious bemg. even when he seemed to dIe. The WIse that we are now in the night of dying both soul and body." And now, in Not only is this the statement of Scrip- man challenges any proof, any knowl- and sleeping as compared with the view of the foregoing, if our minds be ture but it is readily discernible as a edge, to such effect. This challenge to morning of awakening and resurrec­ freed from prejudice, we ought to be fact: as soon as the real meaning of others to produce proofs, or admit that tion. "Weeping may endure for a night" able to learn something further on this the word soul is comprehended, as they have no such knowledge, follows buy joy cometh in the morning."-Psa. subject by examining the inspired rec­ shown foregoing. To illustrate: SUp- his statement of the truth on the sub- 30: 5. ord of man's creation. Turning to Gen­ pose the creation of a perfect dog; and ject in verses 19 and 20. The apostles also frequently used esis 2:7, we read:- suppo'se that creation had been partic- The distinction between man and this appropriate, hopeful and peaceful "And the Lord God formed man of ularly described, as was Adam's, what beast is not in the kind of breath or figure of speech. For instance, Luke the dust of the ground, and breathed difference of detail could be imagined? life, but in that man has a higher or- says of Stephen, the first martyr, "he [Reb. blew] into his nostrilS. the The body of a dog created would not be ganism than other animalS; possessing fell asleep"; and in recording Paul's breath [Reb. wind] of life [Reb. lives a dog until the breath of life would be moral and intellectual powers and speech at Antioch he used the same plural-i. e., such as was common to all caused to energize that body;-then qualities in the image or likeness of expression, "David fell on sleep." (Acts living animals]; and man became a it would be a living creature with sen- those possessed by the Creator, who 7:60; 13:36.) Peter uses the same ex­ living 'Soul" [i. e., a "entient being]. sibilities and powers all its own-a liv- has a still higher organism, of spirit, pression, saying, "The fathers fell From this account it appears that ing soul of the lower order, called dog, not of flesh. And, as already show'n, asleep." (2 Pet. 3: 4). And Paul used it the body was formed first, but it was as Adam, when he received life, became man's hope for a future life lies not in many times, as the following quotations not a man, soul or being, until anima­ a living creature with sensibilities and his inherent powers, but in his Crea- show:- • ted. It had eyes, but saw nothing; ears, powers all his own-a living soul of tor's gracious provision which centered "The greater part remain unto this but heard nothing; a mouth, but spoke the highest order of flesh beings, called in the redemption of every soul of man present, but some are fallen asleep."- nothing; a tongue, but no taste; nos­ man. from death, by the great Redeemer, 1 Cor. 15: 6. trils, but no sense of smell; a heart, Man's Finer Organism. and the consequent provision that who- "If there be no resurrection, . . ~ but it pulsated not; blood, but it was cold, lifeless; lungs, but they moved If the great difference between man soever will may have everlasting life, then they also which are fallen asleep and beast is not in the life which ani- by resurrection, subject to the terms in Christ are perished."-l Cor. 15~ not. It was not a man, but a corpse, mates both, and not from lack of souI- of the New Covenant. ,;;:1,:3_-,:1.:8.:.,' ______~ an inanimate body. power which both pos£ess, can it be Our Redeemer "poured out his soul The second step in the process of that the difference is in their bodies? [being] unto death," "he made his man's creation was to give vitality to Yes; assuredly, the natural difference soul [being] an offering for sin" (Isa. fACTS fOil TH~ ASSASSINATION Of the properly "formed" and in every is physical, in addition to which. is the 53: 10, 12); and it ,vas the soul of Adam way prepared body; and this. is d~­ fact that God has made proviSIOn for (and his posterity) that he thus bought PASTOR RUSSHL'S CHARACTfR scribed by the words "blew mto hIS manis future, as expressed in his prom- with his precious blood-by making his A post'card request brings free to any nostrils the breath of life." When a ises, while no such provision for a fu- soul (being) an >offering for sin. Con­ one who doubts Pastor Russell's purity healthy person has been drowned, and ture life is made for beasts-nor are sequently it is souls that were re­ of life and sincerity of purpose, a clear cut animation is whoily suspended, resus­ they organically capable of apprec!a- deemed, and that are to be awakened, statement of the facts at issue. Address citation has, it is said, been effected by WATCH TOWER, Brooklyn, N. Y. working the arms and thus the lungs ting metaphysics. Other things bemg resurrected. Those who read carefully and get the as a bellows, and so gradually. estab­ equal, the size and weight of the brain Many suppose that the bodies buried bene'fit of the pure spiritual atmosphere lishing the breath in the nostr.Ils. In indicates capaoity and intelligence. In are to be restored atom for atom, but, into which Pastor Russell leads them need Adam's case it of course reqUIred no this respect man has been more highly on the contrary, the Apostle declares, not be told that the many vile printed endowed than the brute, by the Creator. "Thou sowest [in death] not that body and pulpit attacks are wholly false and labored effort on the part of the Cr~a­ The brute has less brains than man, which shall be." In the resurrection merelv the desperate efforts of opponents tor to cause the' perfect organIsm and what it has belongs almost ex- God will give to each person (to each whose nefarious schemes to keep the people which he had made to breathe the life­ clusively to the selfish propensities. Its soul or sentient being) such a body in ignorance of the truth. on all subj ects giving oxygen of the atmosphere. highest conception of right and wrong as his infinite wisdom has been pleased Pastor Russell is so fearlessly and thor, As the vitalizing breath entered, the oughly exposi~g. . . lungs expanded, the blood corpuscles is the will of its master, man; it cannot to provide; to the Church, the "Bride" It is for thIS reason that the mIllIOns of wer,e oxygenized an? passed to the appreciate the sublime in morals or in selected in this age, spirit bodies; to newspaper readers continue to enjoy Pas~or nature; the Creator did not give it a the restitution clas"" human bodies,. but Russell's pen products and are not be1l1g heart. which organ m turn propelled brain-capacity for such things. not the same ones lost in death.-l Cor. influenced by any of the so-called news them. to every part of the body, awak­ reports with scare-headlines. Nobody has ening all the prepared, b~t hitherto But although, because of his fall into 15: 37, 38. the slightest cause for grievance against dormant, nerves to sensatIOn and en­ sin and death, man's condition is far As in Adam's creation, the bringing Pastor Russell, except that he is telling from what it was in its original per- together of an organism ~nd the .breath the common people truths the clergy wish ergv. In an instant the energy reac~ed fection when pronounced "very good" of life produced a sentient being or the- brain, and thought, percept~on, them not to know. by the highest Jud~e;-so that some, soul; so the dissolution of these, from reasonin~, looking, touching, smellmg, 2 THE BIBLE STUDENTS -:\fONTllLY, BROOKLYN. ~. Y. Vol. 8, No.5

Jacob received his spark of life as well than that of our Creator guaranteeing Answer.-"The Lord knoweth how to as his physical organism, and hence the the resurrection, we might justly fear . reserve the unjust unto the day THE BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY united product of these, his soul or s,ome break or slip by which the iden­ of judgment [the Millennial Day] to .. W. F. HUDGINGS, Editor. intelligent being, from Isaac, and thence tity would be lost, especially with those be punished."-2 Pet. 2: 9; Job. 21: 30. from Adam, to whom alone God ever granted the great change of nature by Question.-What will be the end of 13, 15, 17 HICKS ST., BROOKLYN, N. Y. directly imparted life. And Jacob a share in the flrst (chief) resurrec­ those who when tried are found incor­ Monthly-12 cta. s year. Single coP es. le. passed on the life and organism and tion to spirit being. But we can se­ rigible-Wilfully wicked? An Independent, Unsectarlan soul to his posterity; and so with all curely trust this and all things to him Religions Ne"'spuIH"r, SI)ecially A~swer.-They shall "go away into a humanity. with whom we have to do in this mat­ cuttmg ~ff from life," "be punished with Devoted to the l<'orvvnrding of ter. He who knows our very thoughts the I,nYDlen's lIonle lUissionary A candle might be relighted by any everlastmg destruction [a destruction J\loveDlent for the Glory of God one having the ability; but by divine can reproduce them in the new brains which will mwer be terminated by a so that not one valuable lesson or pre­ and Good of HUDlnnity. ",,,", • arrangement the human body, bereft r~surrection] ;" for still "The wages of cious experience shall be lost. He is of the spark of life, "wasteth away," SI~ is death," "the Second Death;" and Ministere of the I. B. S. A. render their ecrvicce at "returneth to the dust from which it too wise to err and too good to be un­ stIll the gift of God, eternal life is to funerals free of charge. They also invite oorrespond. kind; and all that he has, promised he ence f rom those desiring Christian counsel. -"""'" was taken," and the spark of life can­ be had only in Christ. "He that hath not be re-enkindled except by divine will fulfill in a manner exceedingly the Son hath life;" he that hath not power, a miracle. The promise of abundantly better than we can ask the Son Shall not receive that gift...... resurrection is therefore a promise of or think. "Christ is risen from the dead and Rom. 6.23; Rev. 20:14, 15; Matt. 25:46' a relighting, a re-enkindling of' animal The terms body, soul and spirit may 1 John 5:12; 2 Thess. 1:9. ' become the first-fruits of them that be used of the Church collectively. For slept."-1 Cor. 15: 20. existence or soul; and since there can be no being or soul without a body and instance, the Apostle says: "I pray Questions for the Reader. "Behold, 1 show you a mystery, we restored life-power or spirit, it followS! God [that] your whole spirit, soul and shall not all sleep."-1 Cor. 15: 51. that a promised resurrection or restor­ body be pres,erved blamel.ess, unto the Q1!e~tion.-If hell (sheol) is a place "I would not have you to be igno­ coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 of l1v~ng torture, lighted with flames :rant, brethren, concerning them that ation of soul or being implies new bodies, new organisms. Thus the Scriptures Thess, 5: 23.) This prayer must be un­ and hIdeous with the curses of its oc­ ,are asleep."-l Thess. 4: 13. derstood to apply to the Church as a cupants suffering torture, either men­ "Them that sleep in Jesus, will God as,sure us that human bodies which re­ turn to dust will not be restored, but ·whole-the elect church, whose names tal or phYSical, why do the Scriptures bring [from the dead] with [by] him." are written in heaven. The true spirit d.eclare it to be a place or state of -1 Thess. 4:14. that in the resurrection God will give such new bodies as it may please him has been preserved in the little flock. SIlence, darkness, forgetfulness and ab­ When the Kingdom, the resurrection to give.-1 Cor. 15: 37 -40. It~ body is discernible to-day, also, not­ s(:l~te unconsciousness,?-Psa. 88:3-12; time, comes, "we who are alive and re­ WIthstanding the multitudes of tares 6.5, Job 10:21, 22; Ecc!. 9:10' Psa. main unto the presence of the Lord The Apostle here declares that in the that would hide as well as choke it. 146: 4; Isa. 38: 18. ' shall not precede them that are asleep." resurrection there will be a special And its soul, its activity, its intelli­ Question.-If God is able to destroy -1 Thess. 4: 15. clas's accounted worthy of a new na­ gence, its sentient being, is in evidence ture, spiritual instead of human or both soul and body in the Second They "fell asleep" in peace, to await everywhere, lifting up the standard of Death, and if he declares that he will the Lord's Day-the Day of Christ, the fleshly; and, as we should expect, he the people-the cross, the ransom. Shows that this great change of na­ d~stroy t~e wilfulI~ and intelligently Millennial Day-fully persuaded that In no other way could we apply the ,,~cked, \vIll not thIS prove that there he [Christl is able to kpep that which ture will be effected by giving these a Apostle's words; for, however much wIll be no su.ch thing as everlasting ::oin they committed unto him against that different kind of body. The candle may people may differ respecting the pre­ an.d everlastmg agony'? And does not here again serve to illustrate: Suppose day. (2 Tim. 1: 12.) This sanw thought servation of the individual spiritl'3 and thl~ <;lea~ God's character from charges runs through the Old Testament as the fleshly or human nature to be illus­ souls of the people addressed, all will of mJustlCe? well-from the time that God first trated by a tallow candle, the new agree that their bodies have not been preached to A braham the Gospel of a body might be illustrated bv a wax preserved, but have returned to dust, . question.-Are not these propositions resurrection; the expression, "He slept candle of a brighter flame or indeed like those of others. Besides, the words mtImately associated with all the with his fathers," is very common in by an electric arc-light apparatus. body, soul and spirit are in the singu­ doubts which have troubled you since yoU became a Christian, and perhaps the Old Testam0nt. But Job put~ the With any power and wisdom less lar, not in the plural. matter in very forcible language, say­ before? ~nd would not their Scrip­ ing. "Oh that thou wouldst hide me in tural s<;>lutlOn greatly assist in rooting the grave, that thou \vouldst keep me QUESTIONS WIT}I INSPIRED ANSWERS ?roun~hn!? and establishing your faith secret until thy wrath be [over] past!" 111 the Blble as the inspired Worcl of G?d'? This has been the blessed result The present dying time is the time of WIth many who in their confusion were God's wrath-the curs(' of death being Question.-Are the promises to the Ans\ver.-"As I said to the Jews, d.oubtful, skeptical and unsettled Chris­ upon all, becall"e of the original trans­ saints Clf the Gospel Age heavenly or Whither I go ye cannot come; so now tIans, as well as with Inany open and gression. Ho,vevc'r. \Y(> arC' promisC'd earthly promises? I say to you [apostles]," "I will come even blasphemous infidels. It is the that in due time tho curse \vill be lift­ Answer.-"As we have borne the im- again and receive you unto myself."­ key* which opens to the honest seeker ed and a blessing \yill rome through 2.ge of the earthly, we shall also bear John 13:33; 14:3. the treasures of divine wisdom and the Redeemer to all the families of the the image of the heayenly." \Ve are Question.-"\Vas it proper for the gra?e. vVrite to us for samples of other earth; and so .Job continues. "All the "partakers of tl1f~ heayenly caIling."- saints of the Gospel Age, except such COlJles of "}Jeople's Pulpit.·· days of my appninter1 time will I wait, 1 Cor. 15:49; 2 Tim. 4:18; Reb. 3:1; as would be living at the time of the until my change come; [then] thou {) : 4; Phil. 3: 14; Eph. 2: 6, 7; 2 Thess. Lord's return, to expect to be crowned *A flood of light on many Scriptural shalt call (John!): 2fi) find I will answer 1:11, 12; 2 Tim. 1:9, 10. at death '? questions can be obtained from a thee; thou S118lt hc1\'e a desire unto Qucstion.-\Vill the elect Church., the Answer.-"When the chief Shepherd pamphlet entitled, "vVhat Say the the \vork of thin(' hano"." CJob 14: 14, "oyerC0I11ers," the '·saints," contiuue to shall appear, ye.tshall receive a crown Scdptures About Hell'?" It examines 15.) And we of the Ke"lY Testament be human beings, "of the earth of glory that fadeth not away."-l Pet. every text of the Bible containing the times read our Lord's response, "All earthy?" 5:4; 2 Tim. 4:8; 1 Pet. 1:4, 5. :vord ~ell and assists the Bible student th8t are in the graves shall hear the Answer.-"God hath giyen unto us Question.-Did the Apostles expect m "rIghtly dividing the vVord of voice of the Son of m8n" [ccllling them exceecling great and precious promises, glory at death or at the second coming Truth." Sample copy free to those too to awake and come to a full ]{nowledge that by these we might become par­ of Christ? poor to purchase, who will ask for it of God and to a full opportunity of takers of the divine nature"-"new Answer.-"When Christ who is our This. should be followed by a i3tudiou~ everlasting life] .-John 5: 25, 29., creatures."-2 Pet. 1:4; 2 Cor. 5:17; life shall appear, then shall ye also ap­ readmg of "The Divine Plan of the Rom. 8: 17, 18. pear with him in glory."-Col. 3:4; Ages," a veritable "Bible Key," opening An Illustration-A Candle. Question.-When will the full change 1 John 3:2. to. the cons('crated children of God Let us ilIustraU' thp human and ani­ (begun in us by a change of heart, Question.-Were the saints to "shine" "hIdde~1 treasures" of divine grace, now mal body, soul an(l s[lil"it by something called the begetting of the spirit) be in death? ,meat 1~1 due season for such as are less complex and better understood completed ?-vV]wn shall we be made Answer.-"Many of them that sleep hungermg and thirsting after right­ generally; for instanc0.-<1n unlighted like Christ our Lord '? in the dust of the earth shall awake, eousness. 380 pages, cloth bound only candle would correspond to an inani­ Answer.-"\Ve [saintsJ shall all be . . . and they that be wise shall 25c; paper edition, 5c. Free to th~ mate human body or corpse, the light­ changed:' . . . "The dead [saints] shine as the brightness of the firma­ Lord's poor. ing of the eandle "would correspond to shall be raised incorruptible, and we ment [as the sun]."-Dan. 12:2, 3; the sl1ark of lif(' originally imparted by shall be changed, in a moment, in the Matt. 13: 40-43. the Creator; the flame or light cor­ twinkling of an eye . . . this mortal Question.-\Vere the ancient worthies re"ponds to sentient being or intelli­ shall put on immortality." "Sown a re"warded at death'? THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. g('nce or soul quality; the oxygeni7;ed natural [animal] body, it is raised a Answer.-"These all died in faith, atmosphpre which unites \vith the car­ spiritual body." "Thus is the [specialJ not having received the promises; ... resurrection of the [special, elect] that they without us should not be To play. through life a perfect part, bon of the candle in SUPIlOrting the Unnoticed and unknown; fiamE' corrC'sponds to th(' breath of life deacl."-l Cor. 15: 50-53, 42-44; Phil. made perfect."-Heb. 11: 13, 39, 40. Question.-David was one of the holy To seek no rest in any heart Dr spirit of life which unites with the 3: 11. Save only God's alone· physical orgnnism in producing soul or Question. - Are full recompenses, prophets: Was he rewarded by being In little things to own' no will int011igent existence. If ,1n accident either rewards or punishments, to be taknn to heaven? To. have no share in great, ' should occur "which would destroy the eXIlE'cted before the resurr('ction? Answer.-"David is not ascended ·into To lmd the labor ready still. candle, the flame, of course, would ;\ns"lyer. - "Thou shalt be recom­ the hW,vens."-Acts 2: 34. And for the crown to wait~; ceas,e; so if a human or animal body lwnsed at the resurrection of the jUst." Qu~tion.-How many had gone to -Luke 14: 14; Rev. 11: 18; l'vIatt. 16: 27. heaven up to the time of our Lord's Upon the brow to bear no trace be destroyed, as by consunlption or ac­ Of l1?-0re than common care; cident, the soul, the life, the intelli­ QUE~stion.-What is the hope held out ascension? I Answer.-"No man hath ascended up iTo Wrl te no secret in the face gence. ceases. for all except the elect Church of the I For men to read it there- Or if the supply of air were cut off Gospel Age'? to heaven but he that came down from The. daily cross to clasp and bieslil from the candle-flame, as by an ex­ Answer.-"The whole [humanJ crea­ heaven, even the Son of Man."-John I With such familiar zeal tinguisher or snuffer, or by submerging tion groaneth and travaileth in pain to­ 3:13. 'As hides from all that not the less the candle in ,Yater, the light would be gether until now, waiting for the mani- Question.-Can he who created man I It's daily weight you feel; extinguished even though the candle ,festation of the sons of God [the destroy him? Can the soul be destroyed by its Creator? In toils that praise will never pay remained unimpaired. So the soul, life, saints]." Then shall follow "times of , To see ;your life go past; -existence, of man or animal would restitution of all things which God hath Answer.-"Fear him who is able to To meet In every coming day cease if the breath of life were cut off spoken by the mouth of all his holy destroy both soul and body in Gehenna Twin sister of the last; by drowning or asphyxiation, while prophets since the world began," in [the 'Second Death'J." "He spared not To hear. of high, heroic things, the body might be comparatively which "all the families of the earth their souls from death." "The soul that And YIeld them reverence due, shall be blessed" through the elect sinneth, it shall die."-Matt. 10: 28; Psa. But feel life's daily offerings sound. As the lighted candle might be Are far more fit for you; used under favorable conditions to "Seed" of Abraham.-Rom. 8: 22, 19; 78:50; Ezek. 18:4, 20; Psa. 22:29; Joshua 10:35; Isa. 38:17; Psa. 56:13; light other candles, but the flame. once Acts 3:19-21; Gal. 3;16, 29. To woo no secret. soft disguise, extinguished, the candle could neither Question.-Are the dead conscious or 30:3; 119:175; Matt. 26:38; Isa. 53:10, To which self-love is prone; relight itself nor oth0r candles, so the unconscious? 12. Unnoticed by all other eyes, human or animal body while alive, Answer.-"The dead know not any­ Question.-How great importance did Unworthy in your own; as a living soul or bping can, under thing."-Eccl. 9: 5; Psa. 146: 4; Isa. the Apostle Paul attach to the doctrine To yield with such a happy art divine arrangement, start or propagate 38: 18, 19. of the resurrection? That no one thinks you care, Answer.-"If there be no resurrection Yet say to your POOl{ bleeding heart, other souls or beings-offspring; but Question.-Have the departed saints How little you can hear;- so soon as the spark of life is gone, bl'en praising the Lord all along during of the dcad, then is not Christ risen. soul or being has Cf'~ sf'd, and all powC'r the l'ast ages '? . . . Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished."-l Cor. Oh! 'tis a pathway roug-h to choose, to think, feel or prnpaga te has cC'ased. Answer.-"The dead praise not the A struggle hard to ",11'lr<'. In harmonv with this we read in the Lord."-Psa. 115: 17. 6: 5; Eccl. 9: 6. 15: 13-18. For hurnan pride wOllhl "till refuse Scriptures ·of Jacob's childrf'n: "All the Question.-Did the prophets receive Question.-Are the u'njust now being 1'11(1 namC'le"s trials t11('1'l'; souls that can)(' out of tl10 loins of their reward at death? or was it re­ tormented in some unknown hell? or But since we l,now thl' gn te is low Jacob were seycnty souls." (Exod. 1: 5.) served in God's plan to be given them do they always meet the full penalty That leads to heayenly bliss. at the beginning of the Millennium, the of their unrighteousness in the present What highet' gl·;[('(' could God bestow Tlmn snell a life as this. age of judgment? life '? Answer.-"The time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou ~ Thieves 'in Paradise ] shouldst give reward unto thy servants the prophets," is at the beginning of LUKE 23:43.-This greatly misun­ the sounding of the last trumpet, the sC'venth trumpet, at the end of the Gos­ derstood text explained in the August pel Age.-Rev. 11:15, 18; Psa. 17:15. The~~~=n~:Ul~'~~' interest aroused and the great demand~C~i:C for copies~~I~~~:S~ ot this sermon number of BIBLE STUDENTS. . Qucstion.-Were the apostles prom­ has been remarkable. A sample copy will be mailed to anyone free. Send post-card for free sample. ise(1 translation to heaven at death?­ or must they wait for the Lord's second n ~======:V coming? ~======~ Vol. 8, No.5 THE BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY, BROOKLYN, N. Y. ~------who strive for it day and night. Sure­ the School of Christ. "The secret ot ly from the standpoint of the Father'S the Lo:rd is with them that fear him; Word all earthly honors are vanities, and he will show them his Covenant." :£lectfng 1kfngs in comparison with the heavenly glo­ Other Graces to Be Added. ries and blessings which may be sure­ ly attained by the "called" of this The Apostle continues his advice as Give Diligen~e, Brethren, to Make Your Calling and Election Sure."-2 Pet. r:ro. Gospel Age-if they will but follow to things necessary to be added by the Divine directions. those who would make their calling and election sure,. They must keep Throughout the length and breadth Lord taught us to pray, "Thy King; • Terms and Conditions of Election. adding, and the adding must be little of this land of liberty, young and old dom come; thy will be done in earth In our context St. Peter tells us upon by little and day by day. The knowl,.. understand full well the signiflcance of as it is done in heaven," yet the thral­ What terms the called and accepted edge we gain of God through his Word election. Councilmen, aldermen, may­ dom of error upon us was so tense that may make their election sure. After should lead us to greater moderation ors of cities, county officials, State offi­ we recognized not the inconSistency calling our attention to God's exceed­ (translarted, temperance, in our common cials, United States Congressmen, Sen­ between these promises and our false ing great and precious promises he version). "Let your moderation be ators, the President and Vice-President hopes. Now, thank God, "the mys­ tells us that they were given us to known unto all men" (Philippians iv, are chosen or elected from amongst tery" is revealed to us in God's Word the intent that they should operate in 5), moderation or balance in thought, the people to their various official sta­ and by his Spirit, and we perceive that our minds so as to influence our lives, in word, in action. God's people may tions. They are chosen with a view to the Millennial Kingdom is to be a real­ in harmony with the Divine will, and be called extremists by those who are the blessing that will accrue to the ity and that its blessing to mankind in that thus we may "become partakers not begotten of the holy Spirit and: who -electors by the exercise of their official general, "to all the . families of the of the divine nature, after having es­ know not "the mystery." But even positions. How strange, then, that we earth," is to be most thorough, most caped the corruption that is in the they should be able to charge immod­ who are so familiar with these things systematic, most complete, and in the world through desire," - selfishness, eration only on the one score-our im­ .should read into our text so very dif­ end entirely satisfactory. lust (verse 4). He proceeds to ampli­ moderation, our faithfulness to the ferent a view of election! fy, and urges that such as have this Word of the Lord and to our covenant The thought should naturally suggest Kings to Be Electeel. hope shall give all diligence to the of self sacrifice as followers in the itself to us that if God is electing or What an interest we properly take in matter of adding to their faith virtue footsteps of Jesus. Our lives should selecting a Church in the present time. this matter of OUr election, after learn­ or fortitude. That is to say, faith of it­ be so moderate as respects business it must be with a view to the use of ing that the oft'ice for which we are self is very good as a start, but God and pleasure and food and raiment, that Church subsequently to serve in running is a combination of priesthood requires more than this. As a condi­ etc., that we should be examples ot some manner the interests of the re­ andkindship! The elect are to be tion of our aCGeptance. for election he wisdom and moderation to all-extrem. mainder of the world, from amongst priestly kings,or, Qtherwise styled, "a requires that our faith shall be of a ists only along the same lines that whom they were elected. And this is Royal Priesthood." Their glorious strong kind, giving us fortitude for all Jesus and the Apostles were counted just what the Scriptures teach; name­ service is to be for a period of one of life's affairs; for all of our cove­ extremists by those who knew not, nei­ ly, that Christ Jesus himself is the thousand years, during which they will nants with the Lord; for a faithful en­ ther did understand "the mystery" of Head, the Captain, the Chief Ruler. be kings and priests unto God and will durance of opposition, contradiction, their endeavor to be of "the very elect." reign on the earth (Revelation xx, and that this "elect" company are, fig­ 4, etc., that thus we might be copies of Patience must not be forgotten. In uratively speaking, his "members," his They will not "reign on the earth" in our Lord Jesus Christ, as God has or­ the sense of being earthly beings, hav­ addition to moderation, "Let patience associates, his under-priesthood. The dained all of "the elect" must be (Ro­ have her perfect work, that ye may Scriptures tell us that this selection is ing earthly courts and thrones; their mans viii, 29). resurrection "change" will constitute be perfect and entire, wanting noth­ according to Divine foreknowledge and Not only must we have a strong ing." NeKt add godlikeness-general foreordination. They tell us that God them heavenly or spirit beings; they faith co'mbined with fortitud€, but we will be invisible to mankind, as now goodness, benevolence, benignity to­ foreknew our Lord Jesus as the one must also add "knowledge." We re­ ward all. Add next brotherly kind­ who would occupy the glorious posi­ the "Prince of this world" is invisible quired some knowleQ,ge of God and of and as the holy angels are invisible. ness-in the natural family relation­ tion of Prophet, Priest, Mediator and our Lord Jesus and of the Gosp-el mes­ ship, and also in the spiritual family, King of the world during the Millen­ But they will possess heavenly power sage before we could come unto the and authority and wisdom and grace. the Church. "Love as brethren" nium. They tell us also that the same Lord at all, but the Apostle is not re­ (ought to love). "We ought also to God and Father of our Lord Jesus By these glorious attributes they will ferring to this, our earliest knowledge. be able to serve God and humanity by lay down our lives for the brethren." Christ foreknew us also and '''predes­ He is addressing Christians who have Still further the Apostle urges that tinated" that there sh,ould be a Church a reign of righteousness, whose up­ already taken the first steps. He as­ lifting or restitution influences (Acts while all of the foregoing are elements class selected from amongst the world, sures us that they need knowledge to of love we super-add love itself in the to be their Redeemer's associate, his iii, 21) .will begin with the living gen;.. enable them to go onward in Christian . erations, but eventually extend to "all fullest sense toward the Lord, toward under,"priesthood, his subordinate kings development-knowledge in addition to the brethren, toward humanity,' to':' during the Millennium. ' the families of the earth," who have their faith and fortitude. We have been going down for the past six thou­ nothing to say against worldly knowl­ ward the brute creation and toward The Elect Now and Hereafter. sand years into the great prison-house our enemies. While all of these can­ edge, scientific knowledge, etc., when not be loved in the same degree, all The Church is spoken of as God's of death-"prisoners of hope," how­ these do not cross or interfere with ever, because of the promise of God's should profit by the spirit of love in ·'elect" now, befor-e the election has the Divine Revelation, but we are con­ our hearts for all. been fInished; before the testing is Word and the redemption sacrifice of fident that the Apostle did not intend completed; before the called have been Jesu·s. to refer to worldly knowledge, but to "Ve Shall Never Fail." proven faithful and worthy. These My beloved hearers, if your hearts the greatest of all scientific knowledge are "elect" in the sense of baving been are not moved by this message of --the knowledge of God. Now comes the climax of the advice nominated--"moved and seconded." God's grace and this information re­ How shaH we know God? By study to those seeking to make their calling God moved that they should be elect­ specting his Kingdom and of your pros­ of his character. Our Lord Jesus it and election sure (verse 8). "If these ed, and "called them with a heaven­ pects of becoming kings and priests in was who declared, "This is life eternal, things be in you and abound, they ly calling." It remained fo-r fhe -CalTea that 'Kingdom; tt is because you do !Wt that-they mIght know thee, the only make you that ye shall neither be bar­ ones thEimselves to' "second the mo­ believe the message-because your true God, 'iLnd Jesus Christ, whom thou ren nor unfruitful in the knowledge tion" by presenting themselves in full faith does not properly grasp the "ex­ hast sent" (John xvii, 3). This knowl­ of our Lord Je.sns Christ." And then, consecration of heart to the Lord. But ceeding great and precious promises" edge at the present time is a secret as our text declares, If these things this was not sufficient; for the 'invited of God's Word (II Peter i, 4). I am knowledge and, as the Apostle says, a abound and if we give diligence to the ones were recognized as imperfect and aware that this whole message by "hidden mystery," which can be known making sure of OUr calling and elec­ unable to come up to the requirements Jesus and his apostles has been so only by those who put themselves into tion and do these things, we shall of the call. Hence it was necessary long covered by the rubbish of "the a certain attitude of heart and mind! never fail-we shall in no case fail that the Lord Jesus Christ should be­ dark ages" that it was 10st to our and conduct toward the Lord and his of securing our election. God seeketh come their surety and agree out of sight for a long while, and sadly we revelation. We are to study God's such ·for joint-heirship with their Re­ his own fulness of merit to supply all missed its encouragement to faithful­ character-to learn respecting his Jus­ deemer in the Kingdom. God "seek­ of their lack, their imperfection. And ness. I am glad, however, that now tice, his Wisdom, his Love and his eth such to worship him as worship this he gladly does by applying for Gur eyes of understanding are opening F-ower, by studying his revelation-the him in spirit and in truth." such the merIt of his sin-atonement­ to see the length and breadth and Bible. In it we see his dealings past, The grand consummation of our sacrifice finished at Calvary. height and depth in the great Divine and his promises respecting his .deal­ election-our Kingdom honors and Plan of the Ages. Making the Election Sure. ings future. And a correct apprecia­ glories-is specJfically referred to by The Value of Earthly Crowns. tion of these gives us a knowledge of St. Peter in the next verse, saying, Keeping before our minds that the God's character as exemplified therein. "For s.o an entrance shall be minis­ heavenly Father made the motion or Consider for a moment what fabu­ lous prices have' been paid for earthly But since this knowledge is not stated tered unto you abundantly into the the call, that we seconded it by ac­ in terms for the world to und,erstand, everlasting Kingdom of our Lord and cepting the call upon its terms of crowns! Thousands of lives have been sacrificed and millions of money, to it follows that only those in proper Saviour Jesus Christ." If, dear Breth­ faith and consecration unto death, condition of heart and enlightened by ren, we believe these things, let U5! and that our Lord Jesus is our surety gain an earthly crown. And thousands who paid this price knew well that the holy Spirit can receive this knowl­ permit them to control our lives-our who will make good our unintentional edge. It is taught only to the pupils in words, our deeds and our thoughts. blemishes, what shall we say of the "uneasy rests the head which wears prospects of our being elected and at tne crown." They knew well, too, that whose door shall we lay the responsi­ its tenure would be precarious and bility if we are not elected? Surely 'that' the attainment of it would bring the unchangeable God who nominated them lasting hatred from others who us has made every provision for our aspired to the same position and who election and will co-operate. Surely considered that their right to it was Six Wonderful Bible Keys by Pastor Russell of Brook j-n Tabernacle. our Redeemer, our Surety, our Advo­ as good or better. ·cate will give uS every assistanc·e in What comparison should we institute the 'way and, according to his prom­ as between the value of such a crown By now our readers doubtless feel found that has not lost some loved one ise, cause all things to work together and the "crown of glory," honor and well acquainted with Pastor Russell who died outside the church-outside for our good. Just as surely, there­ immortality which God has promised through his sermons, which we publish the plan of salvation, and, if Calvinism fore the entire responsibility for fail­ to his elect-to such of them as make in common with more than four hun­ be true, outside of all hope and inside ure 'WOUld lie at our door. And this is their calling and their election sure! dred of the leading American and of eternal torment and despair. We what St. Peter in our text declares, Has Go(\ placed too high a valuation Canadian journals. smother our feelings and turn away "Make your calling and election sure." upon the heavenly crown, in demand­ We are advised that many of our from the horrible picture. We dare not From this standpoint we have a spe- ing that those who would share it readers already have the Pastor's cele­ deny the faith of our fathers, and yet. , cial interest in our own election, such with the Reedemer must prove their brated books in their homes and are can it be possible that the good mother as we never had before when we mis­ loyal ty to him and to the principles using them effectively, to their delight and the \vandering child are forever understood the entire matter. Once in of righteousness, and to the spirit of and intellectual and spitritual profit. It separated ?--forever and forever? our ignorance we thought that St. Pe­ love, to the extent of laying down their must be so, since there are in circula­ "I believe it is the rigidity of these ter had written foolishly about our lives in his service and in "doing good tion about three millions of copies of teachings that makes atheists and infi­ making the election sure; fot accord­ unto all men as they have opportunity, the' first volume, "The Divine Plan." dels and skeptics--makes Christians ing to the erroneous theory which we especially to the household of faith"? The Bible and Tract Society of Brook­ unhappy and brings their gray hairs had "swallowed" without proper mas­ Our Lord asked wherein would be lyn, N. Y., 13-17 Hicks street, publishes down in sorrow to the grave-a lost tication, God was doing all the elect­ the profit to any man if he were to the volumes at cost price so as to child, a lost soul! . . . ing himself, and had unalterably fixed gain the whole' world and lose his secure for them a wide circulation. "This wonderful book makes no as­ our destiny as eternal -glory or eternal own soul-lose his future life. For This brings them within the reach of sertions that are not well sustained by suffering, long centuries before we the purpose of our present topic we all. the Scriptures. It is built up stone by were born. might ask a modified question, name­ Set I., three vols. handsomely bound, stone, and upon every stone is the This erroneous view blinded our ly: If one should gain the empire of over 1,100 pages, are supplied, post or text, and it becomes a pyramid ot God's I mental sight from all the various in­ the whole world and all of its riches, express charges prepaid, for $1. love, and mercy, and wisdom. centives which now are so precious and if another should gain this heav­ Set 11., three vols. to match, nearly "There is nothing in the Bible that and sO helpful. What had God elected enly election to the heavenly King­ 1,900 pages, for $1.20. the author denies or doubts, but there dom of one thousand years and to us to be and to do? To sit upon a Some Still Remember "Bill Arp." are many texts that he throws a flood cloud and to play upon a harp.and. to subsequent eternal blessings with the of light upon that seems to remove Sing to all eternity, cheerfully lookmg Lord which of these would choose Such will be· interested in the from them the dark and gloomy mean­ over the battlements of heaven to see the 'better part-which would show "Southern Philosopher's" review of the ~ng. I see that editors of leading our dear friends writhing in torment,­ the real wisdom, and which would be first volume of Series 1. He wrote Journals and many orthodox ministers and striving hard to praise GOd. for it the foolish one? But the contrast in­ some time before he died: of different denominations have en­ all and to think of his course m our creases when we note that the domin­ "It is impossible to read this book dorsed it and have confessed to this ion of earth cannot be secured by our without loving the writer and ponder­ new and comforting light that has election and their damnation as the ex­ ing his wonderful solution of the great ~rnplification of Justice and of Love? sailing through bloody seas, and that dawned upon the interpretation or We rel1d indeed in the Scriptures re­ a mere competency of earthly wealth mysteries that have troubled us all our God's book. Then let every man readi specting a Kingdom, for which our is attained by only one of a thousand lives. There is hardly a family to be and ponder and take comfort. THE BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY, BROOKLYN, N. Y. Vol. 8, No.5

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The Scriptures inform us that it was this world, rich in faith, heirsl of the ,The Most Precious Text in accord with the Father's arrange­ Kingdom. ment and the giving of his Son that he This "little flock" of "saints," this I • • • made to him the proposition to be- "royal priesthood," with Christ their "Por. GDd $(1 lDfle~ the world. fh,at ~e gave htS only beg~tten. 50,"'1- that wlst/soeve,., bel.,f/ells If.. come man's Redeemer and uplifter and Redeemer, their. Lord, their Bride­ hun should not pensh. but have eve"last~tJ' Me. -John 3:16. the Head of the Church, to receive groom, their Head, their Chief Priest, glory. honor and immortality. It was are to constitute the Kings, Priests. 1;T'HE flrstthought connected with this of sin, rebellion, anarchy, in the uni­ in view or this proposition as a whole Judges, Rulers of the world of man­ W text, dear friends, is the pecu­ verse to all eternity would have been that we read of our Lord that he, "For kind. Then in the age to follow this Uarlty of the fact that the God of all discreditable to the Divine Character the joy that was set before him, en­ one, in the Millennium, God's tims Brace, the Almighty, the All-Wise,' the and Government, as well, as injurious dured the cross, despising the shame, shall come for dealing with mankind .All-Just, should have love for the to his creatures. God's determination, and is set down at the ri.ght hand of as a whole. In co-operation with the rworld of mankind. It would surprise therefore, from the very beginning was God" (Heb. 12:2). Again, "Who gave Kingdom work will be the binding oj! 1I10ne of us if the Apostle had written that he \\ QuId have a clean u::-"11verse. himself a ransom for all, to be testified Satan and every evil infiuence amongst that God greatly loved the holy angels and hence the !f:iW, "The soul that sin­ :in due time" (I Tim. 2:6). He left men, and the letting loose of every land that he would do any and neth, it sbaH die"-a law which ulti­ the heavenly glory and took upon him good infiuence and every helpful truth. ~verythin.g for their protection and mately must prevail as respects the the human nature and, as the man This is God's provision for the world blessing. We WOuld have said, "It is fallen angels and Satan, as well as in Christ Jesus, gave himself as the Ran­ of mankind, whom he so loved. Not 11ust lilEe htm. Of course he would dQ respect to mankind. flom for all. merely for the saints, who already Thus we have the assurance that ul­ IISO. They have always' been loyal, al-, Who$oever Believeth in Him have the hearing ear, the seeing eye. ways been true. They are noble im­ timately nothing shall mar the har­ and the appreciative heart~ is God's, ages of himself in character." If the mony of the universe. What the Scrip­ God's love is not only large and loving })rovision, but for poor, de.., :statement had even been that God so tures point out respecting the future 'broad, but it is also deep and high. In graded humanity, which, through cen.. loved his saints-that, 'blemished by the will prove true. "And every creature blessing mankind he purposes the turiesof sin, has almost entirely lost imperfections of the fiesh, he had ac­ which is in heaven, and on the earth, largest bleSSing possible in the wisest the image and likeness of its Creator. cepted them through the merits of and such as are in the sea, and all that manner. He will not justify the The promise for these is that they Jesus' sacrifice and counted them as are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, heathen in their ignorance nor justify shall be privileged by resurrection J>erfect and entire in him-this would and honor, and glory, and power, be wIllful rebels. He limits hIs favor by processes to return to full harmony two conditions: have caused greater surprise than unto him that sitteth upon the throne, with the Lord and to repossess the God's love for the angels. And yet we and unto the Lamb for ever and ever" First.-The blessing through his Son blessings and favors lost by Father -wou-Id have said, "Yes,· it is just like (Rev. 5: 13). Thus the time will come ~hall go only to those who intelli­ Adam when he sinned-blessings and gently know 01 and by faith accept ()ur heavenly Father to be abundantly when sin and all who love sin will be it privileges, redeemed for Adam's rac~ it. gracious and to remember the sins and destroyed and when, as a consequence, through the merits of our dear Ree; iniquities no more against those who the Scriptures assure uS', "There shall Second.-It shall be available only deemer's sacrifice at Calvary. to those who desire to come into har­ ha.ve fully turned to righteousness and be no more death, neither sorrow, not" Believers Might Not Perish crying, neither. shall there be any mony with Divine laws as obedient by faith have been covered by the Be­ Notice how the various features "eerner's Robe of Perfection." more pain; f~r ,:the former things are children. o' This presents a difficuity to our our text intermesh with each other. 1 p~sseda vv~y. I~nd li).e that sat upon 4 CondemnedSin in the Flesh" ':;'i minds ,until we come to understand like the cogs and pinions of a well': ~~~'~hr?pe .~~Mi~'~~;f~ld! f .lUak~ . all fitted machine! Lli!t 1,11'1 get rid c! tl'1t.,L .. !! ~"!.!!" t~:l.:t W<>~0 t~c O:ply c:>ne (>1 L:uHlgl:> Hvw. =+'ll.,!;l'll,J"'.');:'l:t o. ' , '7\'hQt ~hc Sc~i:p~..l:,czca,n the Divine Scripture to the contrary (but it is Plan of the Ages. Until we under­ wrong thought that so long has be­ ~ot), :it would be an utter refutation 'IThat He, Gave His Son" stand that Plan, we are inclined to fogged our reason and robbed our s intelligence and higher or~ jure, not only his enemies, but also "it shall die;" "Dying tLou shalt die;" teaches that the heathen not only do ganism could avail him only on condi... the ignorant, the superstitious, the "The Wages of sin is death." God gave not get eternal life in glory, but that tion that they would be used in har­ great masses of mankind-of whom his only begotten Son .to die for our they do get eternal life in misery. mony with his Maker's reasonable and the Apostle declares, "The god of this sins that he might bring us back to Alas, how true are the Lord's words just requirements. Otherwise he must 'World hath blinded their minds?".... 2 God. Our Lord's death on Calvary was through the Prophet, "Your covenant die the death, as being even less <,o~. 4:4. the sufficient price for the sins of the with death shall be disannulled, and worthy of prolonged existence than the Let us have done with such night­ whole world, although he did not apply your agreement with the grave shall brute. Note how ,our text points OJlt mares, such "doctrines of demons," as that price directly to the world, but t() not stand. From the time that it that God saw that in the race of Adam the Apostle styles them. Let us begln believers of this present time; and, in­ goeth forth it shan take you; for morn­ there would be many who, if they un­ to know our Creator, our heavenly directly, through the consecrated be­ ing by morning shall it pass over, by derstood the light and the Truth an!! Father, for such knowledge is a step lievers, the Bride of Christ, it will be day and by night; and it shall be a had it in contrast with the wrong-. toward love for· him, and hence toward applied to mankind in general, thus iVexation only to understand the doc­ would be glad to return to harmony­ life eternal for ourselves. It was our permitting the Church class to "fill up :trine.".-Isa. 28 :18. 19. with God-glad to accept of Christ and dear Redeemer who said, "This is life that which is behind of the afflictions The Plan of the AgeiJ, Restitution privileges and blessingg. eternal, that they might know thee, the 'of Christ," and toshal"e with him in and to come into full accord with tha <>nly true God, and Jesus Christ, whom the sealing of the New Covenant for 'The key to the whole Mystery is Almighty and with Jesus, and to hava thou hast sent." (John 17:3.) Not Israel, and through Israel for the that God flrst selects from amongst back again the life-rights forfeited by! ized in th~s dispensation ,of mortal Adam's disobedience in Eden, would torment as the portion of the race. Let at the door. Not yet does God receive ,:time." be rolled away, and instead of a curse us get away from' this false thought glory in the highest, not yet is there -] (a blight), would come a blessing of the and get the truth that the Gospel is peace among men. Quite to the con­ May Sin Again Invade the Earth When Lord with life-giving refreshment. In good tidings. The angel elaborated, trary. God's name is blasphemed, not Once Rooted Out? various types, figures and shadowy saying that his message was "good only by those who vulgarly and in promises this lesson had come down tidings of great joy, which shall be un- ribald jest take the Divine Name in Will there be any danger that at through the ages to the time of our to all people." Ah, thank God, his plan vain, and not merely by the heathen Bome future time sin may again invade Lord's birth, especially among the is wider and deeper and higher and who worship devils and think they are the world, again degrade God's human Jews, who were the Divinely favored grander than anything we had ever gods, but even by Christian people, representatives and obscure the glory and covenanted people. And since the conceived. The Gospel message is not God's name is blasphemed every day. of the Divine creation? We answer, no, Jews were of a commercial spirit many merely to be good tidings to the com- For be it known that blasphemy is any never. The guarantee of this is in the of them were to be found in all parts paratively few that now have ears to dishonorable misrepresentation of the Lord's words that there shall be no of the civilized world; and thus among hear and eyes to see its beauties, but in character of another. God be merciful more death. So surely as there will be every people the faith in the one God God's due time it is to be good tidings to us, but at some time or other doubt­ sin, the penalty of sin must follow it, and the hope of Israel through a Mes- of great joy to all people. less everyone of us here present blas- hence the guarantee that there will be 'phemed the holy name in this manner no more dying, is the guarantee that siah was more or les,s made known, so The Cause, the Logic, of the Message -by misrepresenting the Divine char- there will be no more sin. But how can that at the time of our'Lord's birth we The message took cognI'zance of the acter and Divine Plan, by picturing the this 'be guaranteed and at the same read, "All men were in expectation" Qf fact that it was to reasonable people, God of love and mercy and justice and time man's free moral agency be pre­ a soon-coming Messiah. Doubtless who would want to know whY' the un- truth as the originator, the planner~ this expectation was built' upon the in- .changeable God, who had once pro- served? The Scriptures give the ex­ . the perpetuator of the eternal torment planation, telling us that at the close ter?retation of Daniel's prophecy, nounced a curse, should at any time so of the great mass of his creatures, ()f the Mediatorial Kingdom, when whlCh we ROW see clearly marked the amend and alter matters" as to sup- born in sin andshapen in iniquity, ·······llessiall"' shall have accomplished his year of.Qu:r.LorlfliL.maJor;ibr._ w~~n_ h~t -plant---tft€T-"ClH'Se--with-'a--blessing.- The· b6I'n- to' slna-s-the""sPco'Ks-to-rry ''UP­ work of putting down all opposition and was 30 years of age, and made hIS con- messenger states the philosophy of the secration to his work and received the Divine Plan. "Unto you is born this . wards. bringing all the willing and obedient up begetting of the Holy Spirit, his an-day a S'avior which is Christ (Mes- But the Lord had mercy ~pon us ~'e­ to perfection of' human nature, then he oi~ting as the great antitypiC~1 :a;igh siah) the Lo;d." There we have the cause we did it ignorantly. And we !lhall deliver up the kingdom to God. PrIest and as the great antItYPlCal key to the entire Gospel statement of also should have compassion upan even the Father. The next step in the King over Israel and the world. how God could be just and yet now be others who still ignorantly misrepre- Divine program as outlined in the sent our God, and our energies should Revelation is that the world, no longer From Bethlehem to Nazareth the justifier of sinners who accept be continually bent to their assistance, under the Mediatorial covering of the In olden times there were honorable Jesus. The word Savior here signi- that the eyes of their ..nderstanding Redeemer and no longer needing stich cities and mean cities. Nazareth was ties life-giver, and how beautiful is the might open more widely to perceive the a covering because perfect, will be sub­ generally recognized as one of the lat­ thought that as death is the wage of lengths and breadths and heights ana. jected by the Father to severe tests of ter, while Bethlehem was distinctly sin, the curse upon, the race, this Mes- depths and know the love of God which their love and loyalty, their obedience, .siah who was born is to be the one who one of the' former-the city of David, will rescue the race from the sentence passeth understanding. similar to the test which came upon Israel's beloved King. The Scriptures by giving them life again. The. ex- . Noting that peace on earth and good father Adam in Eden, when he was explain to us that Mary, our Lord's lanatI'on of how he would give life will to men have not followed the perfect. mother, and Joseph, her husband, were P S'avior's birth thus far, and in discern­ The description of Revelation is that both of the lineage of David, and that was not given, nor was it necessary at ing that this is a prophecy of what is that time; but now, in the light of Satan will be loosed to tempt and de­ in a seemingly accidental manner, the developments, and with the explana- to be accomplished during the existence ceive all the people whose number will prophecy was fulfilled which foretold tions furnished through the Spirit, in of the Messianic Kingdom, many have then be as the sands of the seashore. that Messiah would be born in Bethle­ the New Testament, we see how our been inclined to change the transla­ What proportion he will succeed in de­ hem.-Micah 5: 2. Lord's voluntary sacrifice of his life, Hon of this verse so as to have it read, ceIving is not intimated, but the gen­ The Roman Empire at that time bore dying the just for the unjust, settled "On earth peace among men, in whom eral statement is made that all those rule over the whole world, th~ Jews the claims of Divine Justice against he is well pleased." But even by thus who are deceived by him in that being subject to it, but waiting ex­ Adam and thus incidentally against all changing it the statement would not crucial test will be utterly destroyed pectan tly, restlessly, for the coming who shared his sentence. be true, for even the Lord's people with Satan in the Second Death, which, Messiah, who would deliver them from have no peace on earth. Whatever symbolically, is represented by the being subject people and make of them A Prophecy of Good Thir'lgs peace they have is in their hearts, and "lake of fire." This will leave a clean the ruling ca:.te of his Kingdom, the Yes, the angelic message was a based upon their faith in the Lord and Universe as represented in the Scrip­ dominion of the world. Rome's great prophecy of good things to be accom­ in the glorious things which he has 'tures, and "every voice in heaven and Emperor, Caesar Augustus, was in plished for the Church and the world promised. Our Lord himself and the in earth and under the earth will be power at this time, and had sent forth during the Millennial Age. The Apostles testified to this, assuring us proclaiming praise, honor, dominion, his decree for a polling or census of Church is to have the first blessing. that whosoever in this present time might and power to him that sitteth on the whole world for purposes of tax­ The first resurrection is to be composed would live godly should suffer perse­ the throne and to the Lamb." Blessed ation, etc. Luke informs us that it only of the blessed and holy who shall cution, that a man's foes would be they are our eyes and our ears and our un­ was in response to this royal decree live and reign with Christ during the of his own household, etc. (2 Tim. derstanding hearts which are already that Joseph and Mary went up to their millennium, the thousand years tn 3:12; Matt. 10:36). Let us not confuse enlightened in advance of the world, native city to be enrolled, and that thus which Satan shall be bound, and when ourselves nor abridge the testimony that have already learned of the glory it was that Jesus was born in Bethle­ the good influences of truth and right­ of the Word, but with the eye of faith of God. We with the seraphim pro­ hem, and on account of \he great con­ eousness shall enlighten the whole look forward to the day of Christ, in claim, "holy, holy, holy, Lord God Al­ course of people at the time and for earth. The declaration of the Scrip­ which all these glorious things shall mighty," and we rejoice that the time the same purpose, accommodations tures is that the deliverance of the have their fulfillment, in which peace Is near at hand when the whole earth being scarce, the stable of the inn, or Church will come early in the morning shall indeed fill the whole earth with shall be filled with his glory. khan, was used by some as a lodging. of that Millennial Day, as the prophet the knowledge of the glory of the Joseph and Mary, being of the late declares, "God will help her early in Lord, bringing Divine favor and rolling comers, were forced to occupy these the morning."-Psalm 46: 5. away the curse from the entire groan- . humble quarters, and thus it was that It will be during the Millennial Age lng creation, as pointed out by the ~. the King of Glory, whose Kingdom is that this prophecy of the angel will Apostle.-Rom. 8: 22. // Thieves in Paradise by and by to rule the world, was in the time of his flesh born in a stable and Luke 23 :43.-This greatly misunder­ cradled in a manger. stood text explained in a recent issue CJCJ WHERE ARE THE DEAD 1" The Angel's and the Shepherds of The Bible Students Monthly. This sermon was published in Bible Students Monthly, Vol. 5, No.3. Noble shepherds those must have The interest aroused and the great demand for copies of this sermon have Send post oard for free sample. been to whom the Almighty sent the angelic message respecting the birth of been remarkable. A sample copy will be mailed t<;> anyone free. Jesus, the MeSSiah, the message which Vol. 8, No.6. THE BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY, Brooklyn, N. Y. flesh, which will include those who Father's will, and his love for human-­ have gone down into the prison house ity, was exemplified in his sacrifice Earth .to Be Filled With God's Glory of death, the tomb, sheoI, hades, dur­ as our ransom price. All these assure € ing the past, and of whom the Lord us that the wonderful powers com­ "The glory of the Lord shall be: revealed and all flesh shall see # mitted to his care and exercised by together."-Isaiah 40 :5. declares, "All who are in their graves shall hear the voice of the Son of him during the Millennial Age to ef­ Man and shall come forth."-John fect this return of Divine glory to the _HILE it is quite true that the Tears Not Yet Wiped Away 5 :28. earth, will be exercised in full har­ ~ heavens declare the glory of God All these and many more Scriptures Of course, it was possible for the mony with all the principles of love and the earth showeth his handiwork, imply what we know to be the case, Lord to have revealed his glory at any which he has already so richly mani­ it is also true that but few appreci- that the knowledge of the Lord does time in the past, but the Scriptures in­ fested in his dealings with our race. ate these facts. Few see the glory of not prevail now, that the glory of the form us that this was not the Divine Through the prophet the Lord gives the Lord, few see the glory of the sun Lord is not now seen, that the tears purpose; that God chose rather to al­ us the message respecting MeSSiah and and moon and stars, and their won- of humanity are not now wiped away. low the night of weeping and sin and his work-"He shall not fail nor be drous harmonies of movem'ent and re- Whoever believes this Scripture looks death to give to the world of mankind discouraged until he shall have es­ lationship. And while the earth forward to a glorious coming day, the an experimental lesson on the exceed­ tablished righteonsness in the earth." shows God's handiwork and his pro- Golden Age. Whoever doubts this tes­ ing sinfulness of sin, as well as to give (Isa. 42:4.) Our Redeemer's sojourn vision for the necessities of all his timony, viewing it from the stand­ to the holy angels an object lesson with our race III the valley of the creatures in hill and valley and plain, point of the higher cr~tics, loses the along the same lines, without prejudice shadow of deatli and his sufferings. 'grain, fruit and flower, beast, bird and power, strength and help which he to any. but in the interest of all, to demonstrated his faithfulness-he did man, the' great majority 'of' the race might have through its acceptance. cause the light of the knowledge of his not fail, he was not discouraged In accept divine blessings daily with but Let us learn more and more to take the glory to fill the whole earth. harmony with the Divine will, the little appreciation - with but little Lord at his word and thus have more The glory of the Lord will not be church, his espoused Bride, continually thankfulness. The majority, as the of hIs joy, his peace and his love shed seen by all flesh during the present under his guidance, when called to Apostle declares, are "blind and can- abroad in our hearts, because of hav­ Age-not until the New Dispensation walk in his steps and to suffer for not see afar Qff."-2 Peter 1: 9. ing the true hope built upon the sure sha)l remove present blindness and dis­ their loyalty to the truth, by his grace Nor need we wonder that it is only foundation of Divine testimony. play to the world the love which God shall neither fail nor, be discouraged -an elect company of them, all over­ those who have the eyes of faith, only God Bless the Missionaries bore for us all as exemplified in his great eift, his Son, and the provision comers, more than "conquerors," will those whose eyes of understanding Our hearts go out toward those who eventually be found. Then all these have been opened, who can appreciate have consecrated their lives as mis­ made for our recovery from sin and the divine glories and benefits at the death through him by his resurrecting together, the jewels of the Lord gath­ present time. When we look around us' sionaries to carry the message of Di- power. By aild by, when not merely ered to himself, will shine forth in the vine truth and grace to the twelve Kingdorri as the glorious Sun of and see that sin and death are reign- hundred millions of heathendom. We the justice of God, but also his love has been manifested, his power will Righteousness for the healing and re­ lng, that their sting has blemished are glad to know through missionary storing of all the families of the earth. every pleasure, every joy, every beauty, reports that a few here and there be­ lalso be manifest in the overthrow of the natural inquiry is, Why does not Hatan and in the arrangement of all (Matt. 13: 43.) A pictu·re of this fu­ the Creator of the Universe rule come Christians, and that many chil- the affairs of the New Dispensation in ture work of establishing righteousness amongst the children of 'men, over- dren are gathered into schools where favor of Adam and his race, in assist,. in the earth-abolishing sin and death throw Satan and sin and death and all tbey are taught various branches of ing them up out of their degradation by the uplift of the human family out their train of evils, and give to God's useful knowledge. But no reasonable and death back to all that was lost in of these-is given us in the symbols of creatures such blessings as might mind can hope that all the efforts-if Eden. Finally, the wisdom of God will Revelation. There the glorified, elect naturally be expected from such a doubled, if trebled, if multiplied ten be seen in having permitted sin, and church, changed to spirit conditions, is beneficent Creator and Father? times-woUld accomplish the desired evH, and death and all the train of con­ pictured as the heavenly Jerusalem, in results and blot out the darkness and ,A satisfactory answer comes to us fill the earth with the knowledge of nected woes. It will be seen that it the midst of which is the throne of :from but one direction-the Bible. God. On the contrary, we see that tne was wise to do so as a great lesson for God's glory. "God is in the midst ot True, infidels and higher critics gen- number of heathen is today twice as man and for all creation. Thus will her."-Psa. 46:5; Rev. 21:2, 3. erally tell us that nature is our God great as it was a century ago-six hun­ 'the glory of the Lord be revealed. and The symbolical picture shows a rivQl" of life flowing from the Throne, and and Creator and is. without sentiment, dred millions then, twelve hundred mil­ ~.ll flesh shall see it. is merely an operation of laws which lions now. We see further that the God's Footstool to Be Glorious on its either bank grew trees whose leaves are for the healing of the na­ ignore man's noblest sentiments of four hundred millions accredited as The Lord declares, heaven to be hl~ tions, while the spirit and the Bride jUstice, love, mercy, etc. But this an- Christians in such statistics include so trrone and the earth his footstool. He glorified say to all the families of the !wer is not satisfactory to the reason- many goats, ~o many wolves in sheep's has informed us respecting the glory earth, "Come and take of the water lng mind, which feels assured that the clothing, and so many ring-streaked ot of heaven, and we know of the disor­ life freely," and "whosoever will may Creator cannot be inferior to, but must and speckled sheep as to contradict der, darkness, trouble and sin in the be the superior of the created being. the thought that Christendom is the come." (Rev. 21:1, 2, 17.) In propor­ earth-prevailing throughout God's tion as any will fall into line with the Hence, reason tells us that he who ideal to which the Lord intends to footstool. Do we wonder that he al­ righteous laws of the Kingdom and formed the eye sees even better than bring humanity. Indeed, we may feel lows his footstool to be thus out of into loving obedience to the great King, we; he who formed the ear hears bet- sure that ~:e all the missionaries were accord with himself, his righteousness, in that same proportion will he be ter than do we; and he who gave us to be called home and a thorough-goingJ his power, his wisdom, his love, his drinking of the water of life provided '~J,PJ.aHtk~ of ~",artRnd mind has work attempted a.mong.,the ,four huri­ ju~ticc? If so he gives us the assur-' the same on a higher and more com- dred million professed Christians, the a.nce that at the second coming of by the great Life Giver-in that same plete plane; that at the very most we results would still be unsatisfactory. Christ "he will make the place of his proportion will he be rising out of his condition of sin, imperfection and dy­ were merely made in his image; and The church does not possess the feet glorious." (Isa. 60: 13.) This is in ing, up and back to all that was lost by bere the Scriptures step in and assure power to more than gloss the fallen full accord with all the other t<.~sti­ father Adam. us that all this is true, but that we human nature-to more than partially monies on the subject of the great have lost much (some more and some civilize the masses of the people. The work of the Lord Jesus in the earth- less) of the Divine likeness through great and deep truths which the Re­ the restitution promises to begin at the ,~~~~~~_ the fall, through sin and its penalty- deemer taught respecting the "narrow second coming. (Acts 3:19.) All are • • '''dying thou shalt dle." way" and self-sacrificing condItions to lead up to and finally accomplish : FREE L.ITERATURE. Weeping Endures For the Night arranged for his followers in the pres­ the renovation of the earth, of Gnd's. Send post-card request to the footstool, to make of it a paradise of • editor for free copies of this paper. ent time, are now appreciated only by Some of the interesting- subjects The Lord, speaking to us through a mere handful of the race. These God as promised, to restore mankind • you may have for asking, are: the prophet, comforts us with the alone see the glory of the Lord as in once more to his original position of • Where are the Dead? thought that "weeping may endure for a mirror, in the Word, by faith-they kjng of earth, subject to his Heavenly • What is the Soul? Calamities-Why Permitted? a night, but joy cometh in the morn- . "walk by faith and not by sight." To K!ng. Spiritism, Mormonism, etc., their lng" (Psalm 30: 5). The era of the these alone, therefore, comes any meas­ Let us not forget that while Divine Mysteries Explained. reign of sin and death is thus figur- ure of appreciation of the Divine glor­ glory will be manifested in the perfec- Card. Gibbons on Church Unity. atively spoken of as a night time, a les and blessings. Of these alone the tions of earth, its fruits, its flowers, g~:~o~~~;e~e\~;~.e Resurrection? dark time, when the Sun of Divine Lord speaks, saying, "Tne secret of the the beauties of nature, etc., yet the Is Christian Science Scriptural? Righteousness and glory does not Lord 'is with them that fear (rever­ grandest exhibition of Divine glory Church of the Living- God. '11 b 1 k' d h' If T 'Why Financiers Tremble. shine upon the human family-when ence) him, and he will make them to WI e n man III Imse. 0 ap- Clergy Ordination Fraudulent. only the reflection of his glory may understand his, Covenant (promise)." preciate this we must remember that Distress of Nations preceding Ar- be seen in the stars of hope and the (Psa. 25: 14.) To these alone, there­ God created man in his image and mageddon. · 1 W t The Battle of Armageddon. moon of the Mosaic Law. It is in har- fore, is displayed even the reflection Iik-eness an d f or h IS gory. emus God's Message to the Jews. mony with this that other Scriptures of the coming glories in the promises remember also that it is written of our Great Prophecy of Matt. 24. assure us that darkness covers the of the Scriptures, which they see and race, "All have sinned and come short Earthquakcs in Prophecy. earth-the most enlightened of the ar>preciate with the eye of faith. AC'­ of the glory of God." God's glory in ~~~~e~a~~ ¥~~~~~~~ and Eternal. hum~m family-and gross darknesS! tually, the glories of the Lord are not us as a race has been blemished; we The Handwriting on the "Vall. covers the people, the heathen.-Isa. revealed to mankind. no longer as a race properly reflect the *' Great Pyramid a Divine Oracle. 4;,0:2. Divine image and likeness. In har- Philosophy of the Deluge. As the poet has expressed it, the The Promise of Our Text 'What is Baptism? mony with this we can see that ail Fire and Brimstone RepUdiated. human family are "like children cry- Our text c1eclares that "the glory of the work of restitution, all the bless- Purgatory Fires not Now but Soon! ing in the night." With the morning the Lord shall be revealed, and all ings coming to the earth in material ~~1)'£a~0~~t~:~~i'tu1r~~~tY-Maker. sun will come the termination of all flesh shall see it together." Here is ways, would not fully show forth the ~ Immortality of the Soul. our troubles, our sorrows, our crying an admission that the glories are not glory of ' the great Creator so long a-: Rebel Satan Doomed to Death. a.nd our dying, "for the mouth of the yet. revealed as well as a promise for man, his ·chief handiwork, would be Sheep and Goats Parable. Lord hath spoken it." The morning of the f'Jture revelation, and that ,future imperfect, blemished. Hence the ~9~af\~h a MC~ri~~i~~Il. the New Dispensation, the Millennial revelation is not merely to be for the grandest feature of restitution held Ancient Garden of Eden. Morning, will be ushered in, the Bible church in glory, but for the world­ out before us pertains to mankind him- Some Foreign Mission Facts. Rssures us, by a great time of trouble, for all. Neither will it be, as some self. The return of humanity to its How Jesus Preached to the Spirits in Prison. it great thunder storm, from behind of 'our pre-millenarian brethren think, former estate of the Divine likeness Social Conditions beyond Human which the Sun of Righteousness shall merely for those who shall be so for­ will be the crowning climax of the Contro1. arise with healing in its beams, to flood tun ate as to live when the glorious Divine Plan, set in operation when Thousand-Year Day of Judgment. the whol~ earth with the light of the Millennial epoch shall' be ushered in. man was created by Jehovah, who, Existence of a Supreme Intelligent Creator Established. "knowledge of the Lord as the waters On the contrary, it shall be unto all we are assured, is working all things A Great Prophecy Nearing- Fulfil- (lover the ~ea."-Isa. 11: 9. according to the counsel of his own· ment. • These various Scriptures indicate will.-Eph. 1:11. ~~~~~~~*~ that the knowledge of the Lord is to The King of Glory come in the Millennial Age, that then Thl Hcpa of Immortality The titIesof this great King of PASTOR RUSSELL'S STUDIEs IN the tears w1ll be wiped from off all THIS subject, which has Deen so glory who is to accomplish so great a misunderstood, is convincingly THE SCRIPTURES. faees; that then the Lord's blessing and Scripturally treated in a re­ work are full of satisfaction; he is to The set of six volumes, cloth, 3,000 and uplifting influence will be with cent issue of The Bible Students be the "Prince of Peace," the "King pages, is supplied by the BIBLE AND every creature; that then the darkness Monthly. of Righteousness," the "Judge," the TRACT SOCIETY, No. 17 HICKS ST." will be 'Over and the, true light will Send post card for free sample. 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,iTh,' Kin&dom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness and peace Q,nfl joy in tlte Holy "The word~\th'!t I speak unto you, they are spirit, ~nd they are life."-10hnG:63. Ghost,"-Rom. 14:17. ... " 'lltItlTHOUT a parable spake he not expressio~ bfthe Lordfs favor towar:ds .J~ET us keep in memory that the he will find the prizef he will surely be ~ unto the people." What the the sheep-like, rewarding them with ,... Master's parables of the Kingdom unwilling to sacrifice all he has for it. Prophet had declared of him was true, eternal life, and the expression of his. of Heaven relate to the class of people The field belongs to God. He has pU:t "He shall open his mouth in parables disfavor towards the goat-liRe, de­ whom 'he is calling out ,of the world ~f the treasure there. He offers it for and dark sayings." It is important stroying them in the "second death." mankind to be associated with him in sale to any willing to pay the price. that we remember this. Many noble This is symbolically repret!'ented by the his Mediatorial Kingdom soon to be in- The buyer is the Lord and those who Christian people have inferred that our statement, "Depart ye cursed into the augurated. Let us remember that accept his invitation to join with him Lord's words were aU simple, and that lasting fire (a figure of destruction) sometimes this class is spoken of as in the sacrifice of their earthly inter- they presented the truth ina manner prepared for Satan and his messengers including, nominally, not merely the ests that they may be sharers with him easily understood by everybody. Noth­ (followers)." The reward of the right­ saintly, the wheat class, but also, to in his heavenly glories-in the work of ing is further from the truth. If our eous will thus be everl&.sting life. The some extent, the tares, as shown in our the Age to come, to unearth all that Lord's parables and dark sayings be "everlasting punishment" of the un­ ,study of last week. These different treasure in the blessing of the world taken as plain, literaJ statements of righteous will be everlasting death. for paraale-pictures represent the same of mankind. The hiding of the treas- truth, they will lead to all kinds of the "wages of sin is death and the subject from different standpoints, just ure is necessary; as our Lord said, errors and misapprehensions. Let us gift of God is eternalUfe through Jesus as we take a photograph of a building "Cast not your pearls before swine"; remember, therefore, the Apostle's Christ our Lord."-Rom. 6:23. from the north, the south, the east and they will not understand you, they will declaration, "Without a parable spake, the west, internally and externally. think you foolish, and in their disap- he not unto the people." '''I Thank Thee, Father" Like a Grain of Mustard Seed pOI'ntm'ent m a y do y ou '1· nJ· ury. "Hast There l·S absolutely nothl·ng in, t' he E'vidently some wise and gracious thou faith, have it to thyself before f J ·th t d ··fi purpose stands· connected with the As, a mustard seed is very sma11 ,yet God." Make your sacrifice of earthly words 0 H esus' WI hou, a t eepbl slgmdr' - hl'dl·ng ,or secretl·ng at present of the pro d uces a Iarge b ush ,so tha t th e things to him and he whoseeth in cance.L d ,ow manybI bave t s k~m g theme ove to D1'vine purpose from mankind in gen- ' ' I d . 't our. or S p,ar, a es yam , eral. Whl'le'the Scrl'ptur,es declare it is f owI s 0 f the air may 0 ge m 1 s secret will reward you openly. bit Itt t f f t H branches, so this illustrates how the e 1 era s a eme~ s 0 ac s. ow a mark of special favor to, the Lord's absurd the conclUSIOn drawn from the' . Gospel of the Kingdom ~vould, from a The Pearl of Great Value parable of the rich man and Lazarus, p~ople tha~ ~hey are made acquamted small beginning, attain to a consider- Pearls were much more in vogue in for instance! How absurd to conclude With the D1vme Purposes, yet nowhere able size. Its size would not be great ancient times than now. Pearl buyers that simply because a'man was rich,do they d~clare that all, those from among the trees, but great among traded in these gems and carried them fared sumptuously every day; and was whom God s plans are secreted are bushes or herbage. Thus the message to market, where they were highly es- garbed in fine linen, that he must, suf,.. doox;ned toO etern~l torture, or to ever­ of Christ received ....;t first only by the timated. The parable represents one f th h 11 t 't' H equally lastmg destructIOn. Thus our Lord f "1 poor, an d th e ew 0 f I srae, 1 h as finally of these pearl merchants as coming erb droug. t ta e erm t th y, ow L Jesus prayed·. thank thee, Father, · t t d' " a sur 0 m erpre e ,poor ma,n az- Lord 0' f heaven and earth, because th"'u ' grown t 0 such Impor an ImenSIOn~ across the finest pearl he had ever hIt th h t '" th t th f 1 l'k t' th . ·t arus, w 0 a,y a. e rIC man s gao e, hast hl'd these thl"ngs from the w'ise a e ow s leo ga er m I S ,seen. He considered it so priceless that as representit lng, I era 11 y, poor an d d 1S- ad' d t d ha tId th b ranc h es. But Ie t us remem b er tha t he was quite rejoiced to sell or trade eased beggars! How unreasonable to n pru en an s revea e ez.n the fowl's, according to our Lord's in- all of his other pearls and property think that only such as have had an unto babes. ~ven so,. Fat,~er, for so It , terpretation of a previous parable, rep- that he might become the owner of experience of this kind, with dogs to seemed gOOd. l~ thy SIght.. resent the servants of the Wicked One. that pearl. lick their sores, and hungering for the Had the ~l1dm~ o~ the Divine counsel So then the teaching of this parable This parable represents the Gospel ,crumbs that fall from the rich man's from mankmd S'lgmfied .eternal t~rture would lead us to conclude that the offer of a share with Christ in his table, would experience the joys of for those from whom It was hidden, Church of Christ, at one time, was so Kingdom as being superior to all other heaven, according to the Divine pro- there surely woul;d have been no unimportant in the world that it was a propositions of the world. The honor gram! How foolish to think of Abra- ground for. thankmg the heave~ly shame and a dishonor to belong to it. of the world, of name and fame, posl- ham's bosom, which could hold oQ,ly Father for thIS act. We can thank hIm, but that ultimately it would become tion and wealth, are indeed desirable; two or three, as being the portion of however, .that althoug~ many of the honorable and great and the Adver- as the Scriptures say, "A good name is blessing for all who would be saved. world!y WIse ~re not privileged to know sary's servants would have pleasure in rather:tc be chosen than great riches"; of hIS glorIOUS plans, nevertheless its shade, This development the Scrip- but when our eyes behold "the pearl of A Parable Never the Thing Meant those plans are sure. For the world to tures represent as being Babylon, de- great price," the Kingdom offer of Note afresh the parable of the wheat have known of the Divine purposes in elaring that, as a whole, with the joint-heirship with our Lord Jesus in and the tares, the gathering of the for- advance would doubtless have be.en in­ various branches and denominations, his heavenly glory and the association mer into the garner and the burning of jurious, because in their blindness they the nominal Church of Christ is Baby- with him in his, work of bleSSing all the the latter. Neither represents litera,l would have attempted to thwart these . lonish. Hearken to the Lord's words: purposes and theref.ore would have' , , I families of the earth, we realize that experiences. In the parable the wheat gotten themselves into a worse con' di- ' "She has become the hold of every fou this is a lJriceless thing, worth more 'by is not literal wheat, the tares are not spirit and the cage of every unclean far than all the honors and dignities tares. The wheat symbolizes the in- tion of condemnation. and hateful bird." (Rev. 18: 2.) The and pleasures of the world. heritors of the Kingdom; the tares intimation is that there is a large out- Those worthy to' buy this pearl will symbolize the offspring oferror~chil­ ward development Qftb.e-."Church~whicb, "g:la'a'fjr"excnange'7al1' " earth1y"tliIiigs >'dren' (lethe-Wicked-Chie.' The gather­ PASTOR is not to her advantage and glory but therefor-even their good name, and 'ing into the barn of safety symbolizes contrariwise. Nevertheless, this is, this will be necessary, as the Master the glorification of the Church on the "STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES" nominally, the Church of Christ. How- forewarned them, saying, "they shall spirit plane, and precedes the shining ever his spirit may have been misrep';' say' all manner of evil against you forth of the sons of God in the glory Complete in Six Volumes resented and there may have been an falsely for my sake; rejoice and be of the Messianic Kingdom, for the 8,000,000 Copies in Circulatioa-19 LaD,ua, •• improper development; ultimately the exceeding glad, for great is your re- blessing of the groaning creation; as Haad.ome Embllsed Cloth great Head of the, Church will bring ward in heaven, for so persecuted they the Apostle declares, "The whole crea­ order out ,of chaos and confusion and the prophets wbo were before you" tion gr'Oaneth and travaileth in pain will ·glorify and use his "elect." (Matt. 5: 11, 12). He that is not willing together, waiting for the manifestation uLeaven Hidden in the Meal" to have the Kingdom at such a cost is of the sons of God." The whole crea­ not worthy of the Kingdom. The tioD. is waiting for the shining forth of The parable of the "leaven" (V. 33) Apostle said, "Through much tribula- the sons of God in the Kingdom, and illustrates the process by which, as tion must we enter the Kingdom" (Acts their shining forth in truth and right­ foretold, the Church woul~ get into the 14:22); and only those who willingly eousness will scatter all the darkness wrong condition. As a vv;oman would endure such tribulations for righteous- of sin and error and awaken and re­ take her batch of flour for baking and ness'sake,-for the sake of the truth, vivify the world of maIl"kind. put leaven (yeast) in it and the result in obedI·enc' e to the Heavenly call1·ng- E t 11 II th ·11' I b d· t 'would be that the mass would become ven ua y a e WI mg y 0 e len leavened, so it would be with the are overcomers. may enjoy th~ blessings of eternal life. .Church of Christ; the food of the en- The Net Gathered of Every Kind' On the other hand, the descri:f)tion of d the burning of the tares, instead of re- tire household would become leavene Another' p"rable of the Kingdom 1· 1 b . h . or corrupted. Every portion would ~ ferring to a Itera urnmg,· as, eV1- become more or less vitiated with the represents the gospel message as a dently, a symbolic significapce; it leaven. of false doctrines which would "net." Only one kind of fish is de- means the destruction of the tare class d sired, but the net gathers every kind. -not their destruction as individuals, permeate the entire mass. Thus to ay Not every kind will inherit the King- but as "tares," as imitations of the nearly every doctrine inculcated by dom as joint-heirs with Christ Jesus, "wheat" class. Jesus and his Apostles has become hence the end of this age will be a sift- 'The parable of "the sheep and the more or less perverted or twisted by Vol. Pages. the errors of the dark ages. ing, separating time, as represented in goats," taken literally, has caused con­ I. "The Divine Plan of the Ages" • . . .• 416 the parable. The desirable fish will be fusion to many. They think of the II. "The Time Is At Hand". . . . . • • • • .• 432 Treasure Hid in a Field gathered into vessels, the remainder separation of the sheep and the goats lII. "Thy Kingdom Come".,...... 432 The desirability of obtaining joint- will be cast back into the sea as unfit as now in progress, failing to notice IV. "The Battle of Armageddon"...... 720 heirship with Christ in his Messianic for the Kingdom, but not necessarily the Scriptural declaration that the V. "Atonement Between God and Man" 752 Kingdom, i$ pictured in the parable of unfit for any purpose. During Christ's parable shall find. its application VI. "The N'ew Creation". , . " ." • • • • • • •• 816 "the treasure hidden in the field." The Mediatorial reign that class unfit for "when the Son of m~n shan come in finder, realizing its value, desired it for the Kingdom will be dealt witb. aJ.1d his glory and all his holy angels (mes­ SPECIAL REDUCED PRICEr himself and had such faith in it that blessed and, if possible, made useful Bengers) with him. Then shall he sit he disposed of all his property in order and fit for eternal life. upon, the throne of his glory and before g!ll,'y $3. 95 ~u.olisners.\

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Bible, has since been used to print the Religious and Scientific very volume they so vainly sought to destroy. Do You Believe in the Resurrection of theDead? Gleanings Thus has the Word of the Lord lived and triumphed. Portions of it were .. HI ,rlllcAed unto tAem Jesus and tA, Resurrection." (Acts J7:18.) .. And wAen they heard olt. written thousands of year::; ago. Whole Resurrection 01 the dead some mocked." (Acts 17:32.) "II there be no Resurrection 01 the • MINISTER ATTACKS ORTHODOX libraries of works have perished, of dead. • •• then is our Preaching vain, and your faith ;s also vain; •.. then is net BELl EF much more modern date. Never was Christ raised, and .•• ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perisAed." - I Cor. 15:13·18. "The ordinary orthodox minister book more bitterly hated. Most malev.0 - k t th t G d is less J'ust less )ent e!for.ts hav~ been put forth for Its ma es ou a o. 'annihIlatIOn. Kmgs and emperors and HEN we 'remember that the word the resurrection, we merely mean a loving and less. mercIful than ~he peo- generals philosophers statesmen and W "l'esurrection" is used ~10 less resurrection of the bod v-the bodies pIe w.ho worship Him, if you plCk up a legislato~s, have all ai~ed at its ~xtir­ than thirty-seven times in the New which we bury are all to come forth man Hi the stre.et ~e deserves more re- pation. Yet has 'it flourished, while its Testament, besides various other words again from the 'graVE:, and the spirits spect and admI~atIOn th.an the brute- adversaries have been blasted one after of 'similar import; and when we re­ which parted from them in death are like God WO~shIppe~ by th.e orthodox another.-Alfred Nevin. church, WhICh belIeves In eternal member that aU the prominent creeds to be rehabilitated in those bodIes in * * * of Christendom declare faith in a the resurrection. This is what we meah damnation." The great Adversary'S latest attack is resurrection as an integral and essen­ by resurrection." Hearty applause greeted this expres- through creedal misrepresentations on tial part of Scriptural doctrine and of Well, well! Who would have. sup­ sion made from the pulpit by the Rev. the one hand and "Higher Criticism" the hope of eternal life-in view of Dr. lohn H. Dietrich, pastor of the and Evolution theory on the other posed such inconsistency on the. part these facts, and of the strong language of so many learned and well-meaning St. Ma.rk's Memorial Reformed Church, hand. Only the few really understand of the texts above quoted, whose in­ North Highland avenue. Dr. Dietrich's it; because "The secret of the Lord is men! Before taking up the Scriptural spira tion is conceded by all Christians, side of the question, to show that 'Such congregation gave vent to its feel~ngs with them that reverence Him, and He it may seem strange that we Rhould by applauding his attack on the Idea will show them His Covenant." expectations are at variance with the ask any Christian the question, Do you Scripture teaching, let us examine the of eternal punishment. believe in the resurrection of the dead? Continuing along the same line of proposition of these mi,nisters in the Nevertheless, we have serious rea­ light of its own inconsistency. thought and dwelling on the way In BAPTISTS ENDORSE HIGHER son to doubt that a belief in the resur­ which the orthodox church. speaks of CRITICISM rection of the dead prevails amongst God as being blasphemous, Dr. Die­ "Consistency, Thou Art a Jewel." Amongst the most staunch adher­ Christians to any considerable extent; trich said: and it is because we believe the resur­ (1) They tell us that the deceased is "Its members give to Him who is ents to the Bible are the Baptists. It, therefore; caused all the more aston­ rection to be a very important doc­ "far better off," in that he has gotten supposed to be all-:wise, all-~owe:ful ishment that at their Convention in trine in its connection with other doc­ free from the "fetters of the flesh," and all-loving, attrIbutes WhICh Im­ trines of Scripture (throwing light and that now "his free spirit wings its peach His character and make Him a Canada they endorsed Higher Criti­ cism-Infidelity., In their Toronto Ed­ upon other doctrines), that we desire fiight to God, no longer hampered and Being not only unworthy of worship to call general attention to this sub­ hindered by the mortal dust." They but unworthy of respect. I hope you ucational Institution the Bible and its so-called Higher Critics had a contest. ject and to invite an· examination of go into ecstasies in describing the will pardon me for speaking thus ve­ our question in the light of facts and of grandeur and liberty and blessedness ~~hen the decision went against the hemently; my only reason is that I Scripture; our hope being that after of the one who has died, and who, by want to save the name ,of our Father, Bible, an appeal was made to the Con­ vention. The Convention upheld High­ a careful examinatiun of the subject reason of getting rid of the body, has whom I love, admire and worship, from many more of God's people will come attained to life more abundan', knowl­ the blasphemy of those who would er Criticism in its endorsement of the to believe-consistently, logically, edge a hundreufold, and blessings make Him such a brute as to eternally continu.ed teaching,.m Higher, ..Criti~ S1cripfurally-in a . resurrection. indescribable. cism in Baptist Theological Schools. ... I 'Clanm His children."-Pittsburg Chron­ (2) In the same breath they quote icle-Telegraph. For about twerrtrYYet:trsHigher Crit­ Resurrection Rarely Chosen Now As a the Scriptures referring to the resur­ icism has been taking it more and Subject for Sermons. rection and (wholly mi'3construing more pronounced stand in all the Bap­ those Scriptures) tell us that by and THE PRESERVATION OF THE tist Theological Seminaries, as well "Like priest, like people," is an old BIBLE adage, which implies that the views of by, at the second coming of the Lord as in all other Protestant Seminaries. Jesus Christ, the same bodies of flesh The surprising t.hing about the pro­ the teaching or clerical .class on any With what wonder should we gaze subject may safely be considered an that were buried will be reorganized upon a fortress that had withstood the ceedings of the Convention is that this (Dr. Talmage, in his famous resurrec­ brand of infidelity has gained such index to the views of their parishion­ assaults of sueceeding generations for ers. It is not difficult to ascertain the tion sermon pictured the resurrection thousands of years! Thus has it been strength and such courage that it is morning, and the entire sky darkened willing to announce itself publicly to views of the clergy of all denominations with the Word of God during all its on the subject of the resurrection of with the fragments of human bodies history. Men have made it their ene­ the whole world as Anti-Biblical. coming together from various parts of Here we see reflected what we have the dead; for, althoug-h that topic is lllY by their bad lives, and the~ have rarely chosen for discourse, except the earth, where a finger, a foot, or a 'become its enemies and hated It, and fqr some years been pointing out, hand had been lost by accident, Ms­ namely, that all the young ministers upon Easter Sunday, it is, nevertheless, sought to destroy it. indissolubly attached to every funeral ease or amputation); they tell us that Jehoiakim, as we -read, cut to pieces of all denominations are being grad­ then the spirit beings which, th'ey say, uated as Higher Critics, Infidels, with service; and these num'erous occasions, the Divine Roll, and threw it into the we believe, amply justify us in the left those bodies at death, will fire About 170 years before Christ, exactly the same view of the Bible as statement that both the clergy of all return to t.hem, as their everlasting Antiochus caused all the copies of the Robt. Ingersoll and Thos. Paine held denominations and their people have habitations. Then, inasmuch a's the Jewish Scriptures to be burned. Th~ee and advocated. little or no faith in a resUrrection of resurrection i,s Scripturally set forth hundred and three years afler, DlO­ The only difference is that thes.e the dead. to be the grand and glorious result and cletian by an edict, order,~d all the young ministers pose as Christians and True, it is customary on every fu­ consummation of our salvation, they . Script~res to be committed to the belivers in a personal God and in Hi's neral occasion to read the words of the feel COmpelled to go into ecstasies over flames; and Eusebius, the historian, revelation of His character and Plan Apostle Paul, in which he sets forth their erroneous presentation of the tells us he saw large heaps of them in the Bible, whereas they are totally the resurrection as the Christian"3 resurrection, and to tell how glorious burning in the market place. .N or has unbelievers. Christianity is losing its hope (I Cor. 15), but this seems to be and grand will be the result. ,this spirit ever failed to show Itself. hold when its very foundation is a mere concession on the part of the The Man 50 Would Be Sadly Handi­ The Bible has, all along its course, laughed at by its most prominent rep­ offiCiating minister. He feels it to be capped. 1 had to' struggle against opposition, resentatives. He who disbelieves the his duty to read somethin~ on the They seem to overlook entirely the :visible and latent, artful and violent. Bible record of Adam and Eve and the subject, but his remarks following the inconsistency of these two proposi­ ; It has had to contend with the preva­ fall must also disbelieve any necessity reading. prove most conclusively that, tions; and they expect that their hear­ : lence of error, the tyranny of passion, for a redemption of the fallen race. so far from believing that the person ers will be similarly inconsistent and 'and the cruelty of persecution. Nu­ whose corp'se is about to be buried is illogical (and apparently their expecta­ merous foes have risen up against it- Those who believe that Adam fell upward, instead of downward, cannot dead, he believes, and instructs his tions are fully justified, for the major­ I some who have aimed to destroy it, hearers that they should believe that ity of their hearers swallow the incon­ others who have striven to monopolize have sympathy or appreciation for the words of the Master, that He came to their friend and neighbor is "more sistency without difficulty); yea, many ,it, and ungodly men, who have hated alive than he ever was." Frequently, of them seem to think that the more It for its purity and its penalties. seek and to recover that which was lost. They do not believe that we indeed, he plays directly into the hands inconsistent and unreasonable their But from all these assaults it has were redeemed by the precious' blood of the "Spiritualists" and "Christian belief may be, the more reason they been preserved. It has survived the of Christ. They totally deny the Mas­ Scientists," by telling the audience that have to congratulate themselve's that shocks of all its enemies, and with­ the spirit of their dead friend is with they have a very strong. faith. How­ stood the ravages of, time. The very ter's own words that He came into the world to give Himself a ransom-price, them in the room, hovering over them; ever, the real fact is that they have nionum~nt5: cf m!i!!'~ pO~Te~ have been ,a corresponding offset. for human sin and that if permitted to speak he a very strong credulity. But they will converted into the mockery of his would say to· them, "Dry your tears: have no reward for believing unrea­ weakness. His eternal cities moulder and condemnation. What Gospel have such ministers to preach and how few weep not for me; I am far better off sonable things which God's Word has tn their ruins, and the serpent hisses in glory." not taught, but has contradicted. in the cabinet where he planned his ministers there are in any denomina­ tion that are not Higher Critics-In­ Who cannot see, if he will, that the ,empire. To Many Death Has Become a Delusion fidels? The remainder are classed as and Not a Reality man who dies fifty years old, if. in Yet, notwithstanding all this deso­ old fogies and are not in demand. dying he obtains life more abundant lation, the stream which first bubbled Indeed, it has come to be the gen­ and knowledge a hundredfold, and a up at the foot of the Eternal Thus we see fulfilling before our era! belief among Christian people that eyes the Master's words, "When the freedom to "wing his flight," etc., 'Throne has continued to roll on with death is a delUsion, and not a reality; would be sadly disappointed by a silent majesty and might, bearing down Son of Man cometh. shall He find faith that people merely seem to die, and in the earth?" The faith once deliv­ resurrection·-if it should mean to him each opposing barrier, and declaring do not die; that they merely experience reimprisonment in a tenement of clay. to perishing multitudes on its brink, ered to. the saints is certainly not very a change to a higher form of being; generally held to-day, even amongst with phYsical restrictions and human that, while "all flesh is grass, and all that so-called "Christian Scientists" limitations? And then, if he had thus the glory of man as the flower of grass, those who profess to be the special ad­ are quite correct in saying, "There is for centuries been a "free spirit," the Word of the Lord endureth for­ vocates, mouthpieces and championl'l no death." roaming at liberty throughout the Uni­ ever." of true religion. Whoever holds such views does not, verse, untrammeled by a body and No weapon that has ever been cannot consistently. believe in "the bodily limitations, where would be the formed against the Bible has prospered. resurrection of the dead;" because if consistency on God's part of reimpris­ It has survived the power of secret no one is dead, how can there be a oning such an one in a human body, treachery and open violence. The time Thieves in Paradise resUrrection of the dead? Wherein whose powers and uses would be en­ has been when to read it was death. would be the f'ense in speaking of a tirely forgotten during those centuries Infidelity has fought against it with re­ Luke 23 :43.-This greatly misunder­ resurrection of the dead to life, if they of liberty? And if to be without a lentless malignity, but it has success­ stood text explained in a recent issue of The Bible Student" Monthly. already have life more abundantly bodv is "perfect blis's." as the funera,l fully resisted all its potencv. The iden­ than tl',py nOf':"1essed it before they orators tell, how could there be any­ tical press, indeed. which was employed seemin2.'lv dieil'l thing added to perfect bUss by a resur­ by Volt>lire and the French Institute to Send post eard for frpe salDple. But thousands of ministers would rection of the body, and a reincarcera. .dissemina,te their attacks upon the answer us, saying. "When speaking of tion therein? 2 THE BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY, Brooklyn, N. Y. Vol. g, No.7

fered according to the Divine penalty Today, as eighteen centuries ago, the His stripes we are healed."-Rom. 5: 8; for sin pronounced against our race­ blind are leading the blind into the I Pet. 3: 18; lsa. 53: 4, 6, 10. THE BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY "Dying thou shalt die." The opposers ditch of unbelief and error. Nothing is more evident than that w. F. HUDGINGS, Editor. talw up with Satan's delusive state­ uAs Dieth the One, So Dieth the our Lord Jesus did not suffer an eter­ 13, IS, n HICKS ST., BROOKLYN, N. Y. ment to Mother Eve, "Ye shall not nity of torment as the price of our re­ surely die," and attempt to prove that Otherj They Have All One Monthly-12 cta. a year. Single COP es, 10. Breath." demption; and hence, if the matter Lhe dead are not dead; that God's peIl­ needed proof we have here the proof iA. Independent, UnsectariRD. alty against sin did not go into effect, The testimony of our senses, like the that eternal torment was not the pen­ Religious Ne"wspaper, Specially and that death, so far from being the Devoted to tile Forwarding of testimony of God's vVord, is that death alty for our sins. On the contrary, the Laymen's Home Missionary sentence or curse upon our race, is a means the loss of life, and not an in­ the fact that our Lord Jesus died for Movement for the Glory of God blessing, a step in a general process crease of life. vVatch the dying one our sins, and that the Heavenly and Good of Humanity. of evolution. The two theories are as and note his weakening powers, mental Father accepted of that sacrifice of far apart as the poles, and the two and physical, until the spark of life be­ His life on our behalf, proves that it Ministars of the 1. tJ. S. A. render their serviCe!! at teachers of these two theories, as' we comes extinct. You have seen nothing was our lives that were forfeited by funerals free of charge. They also invite oorrespond­ ha ve shown, are God, on the one hand, go from him, you have heard nothing encefrom thoBe desiring Christian counsel. sin; that the full penalty of the Divine and Satan, "a liar from the beginning," but the death-rattle; you have felt the Law against us as a race was the de­ on the other hand. Which shall we sradual cessation of the pulse, and privation of life. The whole race, "i'rom the foregoing considerations believe? noted the gasping for breath; and all 'We feel that we are justified in our under 'sentence of death, has gone The entire Plan of Salvation is con­ of your senses which you can exercise dO\yn to the great prison-house of assumption that the vast majority of nected with this que.3tion. If death upon the subject tell you that your Christian people do not believe in a death-the grave, sheol, hades. And so was not the penalty of sin, incurred friend, your loved one, is dead-alive our dear Redeemer, when He gave up resurrection-neither the Scriptural through Adam, then j'life and that no longer. You look about you and kind ("a resurrection of the dead"), his life for us, went also to sheol, more abundant" is not the reward and study the subject and inQuire of hades, the grave. He took our pla.ce, nor in the kind they themselves teach, blessing of God secured through Christ others, "What next?" The answer to namely, a resurrection of the body. and suffered for US' the penalty for our by a resurrection. Satan's proposition, your senses is, "The next thing is cor­ sins. :The Scriptures Hold Out the Only which has been so widely accepted by ruption; when the spark of life has But as Jesus' death ransoms man Hope, the Blessed Hope, the the Lord's people, and '.vhich exercises gone the corpse must be buried; 'dust from the 'sentence of death, so His I Consistent Hope. so blinding an inn~ence upon their to dust, ashes to ashes.''' You note resurrection from death became the With this preface to our subject we minds, is the reversal, in every sense the similarity between the death of assurance of the justification of all wlW go to the Scriptures to learn from of the word, of the Divine proposition your friend and loved one and the accept and obey Him. The Heaven­ them what is meant by "the resurrec­ that death is the curse or penalty of death of the brute beast, and your ly Father gave evidence that the Ran­ tion of the dead," and in what manner 'sin; that Christ died to release man senses can discern no difference be­ som price was entirely satisfactory; and why the Scriptures speak of th8 fro 111. this sentence or curse, and that tween them; and the Scriptures de­ and our Lord, who waS' thus obedient resurrection as the hope, the only the release comes by the resurrection clare, "As dieth the one, SO dieth the to the Father, was raised from the de,ad !hope, the blessed hope, not only of of the dead, who otherwise, would other; they have all one [spirit of life] and, as the Father's Agent and Rep­ the Lord's p.eople, \yho are to have never have future life, as says th0 treath."-Eccl. 3: 19. resentative, will soon begin the work part in the "first resurrection," but of Apostle in our text. Satan's theory But with a longing for a future life, of blessing the entire world redeemed the world in general, who are to declares death a ble:osing which brings implanted in your nature by our Crea­ by His precious blood. have an opportunity to share in the the fulness of life and liberty and tor, you inquire, Is tl1ere no hope; resurrection of judgment, improperly joy, and would make of the resurrec­ hath a man no pre-eminene:e above a The Prison- House of Death to Ba translated, "the resurrection of dam­ tion a curse, bringing imprisonment beast? The Scriptures ~nswer your Opened and the Prisoners nation."-John 5: 29. and difficulty and restriction and pain question, assuring us that, physically Set Free. Whoeyer would believe the Scriptural and trouble. spea.~ing, man "hath no pl'e-eminence The blessing of the world means the above a beast." But the Scriptures doctrine of the I'C'surrection must also The Apostle Preached Jesus and the breaL~ing epell of the prison-house and believe the Scriptural doctrine respect­ Resurrection. assure us that although mankind is the setting at liberty of the captives, ing death-that death is death, the not possessed of any po\yer of life be­ who for SIX thousand years have been cessation of life. 'Ehen, and not until No wonder that, blinded by this de­ yond that of the beast, the Creator has, gains into the prison-house of death. then will he be able to understand the ception of the Adversary, the majority nevertheless, made a provision for For this reason our Lord is called the Apo~tle's \Y(>rds in our text, "If there of the gl'eat theologians of Christen­ man that He did not make for the Life-gh-cr, because His great work be no resurrection of the dead, dom-and rapidly their :many follow­ beast; and that provision is the very 'will be to give back life to the world then they which are fallen asleep in ers-are lc'aving the doctrine of the thing for which we IOIl';", namely, ever­ of mankind, who lost life in Adam. Christ are perished." Atonement, which declal'es that "as' lasting life. The Scriptures point out And since the restoration of life to Nor is this statement by the great by a man [Adam] came death, so also to us that this provision for man's .mankind will mean the removal of Apostle Paul an exception to or indif­ by a man [the man Christ Jesus] everlasting lile was made by the Lord pains and sicknesses and troubles, ferent from the teaching of the Scrip­ comes the resurrection of the dead; in the beginning-not by implanting a which are a part of the dying process, tures elsewhere. Their unanimous that as all in Adam die, even so all deathless qu::llity in the man's consti­ our Rcueemer is styled the Great testimony is that the dead are dead; in Christ shall be made alive.-I Cor. tution, but lJy providing in the life­ Physician. that "in that very day their thoughts 15:21,22. sustaining trees of the Garden of The prophecy which mentions the perish." (Psa. 146: 4.) Of the dead the If the reality of death is' denied, it is Eden, the means of continuing his life brealdng on en of the prison-house of Scriptures fUrther declare, "His 'sons no more difficult to deny the reality everlastingly; nevertheless, this pro­ death, and the setting' at liberty of its come to honor and he l{noweth it not; of sin. If it is claimed that Father vision was conditional, dependent upon captives (Isa. 42: 7), was applied, and rto dishonor, and he perceiveth it not Adam was not created in the image 111an's obedience to his Creator. unqu('stionably correctly, by our Lord of them;" "for there is neither wisdom, and likeness of God, but was created The Scriptures point out that man's to Himself; but He did not break open nor knoy.,-]edge, nor device in the graY0 a yery close image and likeness of the disobpdience brought upon him the sen­ the prison-heuse of death, and set all whither thou goest."-Job 14:2l; Eccl. monkey, it follows that in that low tence of death, and that the execution the captives free by resurrection imme­ 9: 10. condition of intellisence he was unfit of that sentence was effected by driv­ dia tely upon His own resurrection. He Which Shall We Believe-God or for trial for eternal life; and it is ing 11im out of the Garden and away tells us when this work will be done, only a furthC'r step to deny that he from the life-sustaining fruit of its saying (John 5: 25-29), "The hour Satan? ever had a trial, and that he ever failed trees. Thus driven out, the sentence, Here is a direct conflict between cometh in which all that are in the and fell from -grace. And if the fall 'Dying, thou shalt die," took effect gra\'C3 shall hear the voice of the Son modern teach PI'S and the inspirpd Word, is denied, and, instead, the claim is UDon Father Adam gradually, and he the Scriptures claiming that the dead of lVIan, and come forth;" "and they put fonvard that man has really been lived out nearly to the end of the first tha t 1H'ar [obey His voice then, Acts know not anything, the modern theo­ advancing even to the present time­ thou::and-year day. His posterity, be­ logians claiming that they know every­ 3: 2~] shall live!' losing hiS' likeness to the monkey and coming weaker and weaker as genera­ Our Lord thus passed over the in­ thing. The Bible claims that the dead gaining in likeness to God, then it tions . rolled by, are to-day (notwith­ are really dead, and have really suf- terim of the Gospel Age, and pointed \vill be consistent also to take the next standing' the many advancements in to the grand consummation of His work step, and decl8re that since man did science, and medicine and sanitary ar­ not fall he did not need to be re­ rangements), reduced to an average of in the incomins Age becausf' su('h was deemed from the fall. about thirty-five years-"and if by the 1,-'ather's prearrangE'd Plan. "The Father sE'nt the Son," and the Son will­ PASTOR RUSSELL'S And hence, with all such reasoning reason of Ltrength they be fourscore ingly undertook the work of rE'demp­ upon false Scriptural b2sis, it appears years, yet is their strength labor a,nd ~'STUDIES tbn, at a ri:ne sufficiently in advance IN THE SCRIPTURES" logical to deny the oft-repeated Clecla­ sorrow" and they are soon "cut off from cf the "Times of Restitution," or ration of God's ,¥ord, that our Lord the land of th ~ living," to go into "the rpsurrection, and the general bles'sing Complete in Six Volumes J-esus is our Redeemer, and that "He land of the enemy"-into the great is the propitiation for our sins [the prison-house of death, in which it is of the world during the Reign of Mes­ 8,000,000 Copies in Circulatioa-19 Lanluarea Church's sins], and not for ours only, 'siah, to le::LVe the interim of this Gos­ estimated that over twenty thousand pel Age for another work, namely, Haad.ome Embessecl Cloth but also for the sins of the whole raillion3 of our race are already­ world," giving for us, as our ransom or "where the wicked cease from troubling for selecti"!1g from the world a "little corresponding price, His own life, that and the weary are at rest."-Job 3:17- flock," a "royal priesthood," a "pecu­ He might buy back the forfeited life of liar peoMe," a "holy nation," to be 19. joint-hE'irs \yith Christ Jesus their Adam. "Jesus Died, the Just for the Unjust." ,,ye thus see that the leading lights Lord in the honors of the Mediatorial of Christendom today, repudiate both The Scriptures answer our inquiries Kingdom. These shall be associated of the cardinal features of the Gospel, respecting the dead. vVhile assurinrr with the Redeemer in the grand arid which the Apostle preached of old: us of the justice of the Divine sentence glorious work of destroying the Prince "'He preached Jesus and the resurrec­ of death, they nevertheless declare of Darkness and breaking open the tion"-Jesus as the Redeemer of man­ that our Creator is a God of mercy prison-house of death, and setting at kind from sin and its curse-death­ and o~ pity, and that when. there was liberty the captives of sin and igno­ and the resurrection as the grand re­ no eye to pity and no arm to deliver rance and superstition; and in fl'llfilling sult of that redemptive work, by which us, His Arm brought salvation to us. generally all the provisions of the the blessing secured by the Ransom­ The Scriptures, moreover, point out to gracious promises of God made to sacrifice will be made applicable to and us the Lord Jesus Christ as the Arm Father Abraham, that in his Seed available for who'soever wills to ac­ of Jehovah, stretchpd down for our (Christ, and His elect Body, ·the Cf'pt eternal life upon the terms of relief from sin and sickness and pain Church), "all the families of the earth this Age. We are reminded here of and trouble, and for our deliverance shall be blessed."-GaI. 3: 8, 16, 29. from the prison-house of death, end our Lord's own words respecting un­ HBlessed and Holy Are They belief at the present time: He says, for our restoration to the liberties and Who Have Part in the First "When the Son of Man cometh, ~hall privileges of sons of God. He find the faith on the earth ?"-Luke It \yas in harmony with this Divine Resurrection." 18: 8. sympathy that, in due time, God sent T'his brings us to the Scriptural His only begotten Son into the world, proposition, that there is a first, a chief IVol. Pages. The Five Senses in Full Accord with for our redemption-to give for us the the Scriptures. or special resurrection, and a general , 1. "The Divine Plan of the Ages" , . . .. 416 ransom-price, and ultimately to re­ one later. The first or superior resur­ II. "The Time Is At Hand"...... 432 The Scripture declarations respect­ cover all who will accept of Divine rection includes the resurrection of our [II. "Thy Kingdom Come"...... 432 ing death are in full accord with the mercy, from all the consequences of the Lord Jesus Christ and of the entire IV. "The Battle of Armageddon" ...... 720 testimony of the five senses given us fall by a resurrection from the dead. elect "Church which is His Body"­ V. "Atonement Between God and Man" 752 a'S men by our Creator; and this is But Divine Love could not make void no more, no less. "BleS'sed and holy what we should expect, though we VI. "The New Creation". . . . • .. . • • • • • .• 816 Divine Justice; it was necessary that are all thf'Y that have part in the First S'hould be ready to admit the possibility God should be just, if He would be the Resurrection; on such the Second SPECIAL REDUCED PRICE! of our senses being in error if the justifier of them that believe in Jesus; Death hath no power, but they 'shall Divine revelation contradicts our hence the demandS' of Justice-the pen­ NOW $3 95 POST ,senses. But when our senses are con­ alty for 'sin-must be paid by our Re­ ONLY • . PAID tradicted by a human theory, contrary deemer, before the work of release and si~ to Scriptural statements, the theory for the entire set of booksl restitution could begin. And here we What Say the Scriptures About together with one year's sub. should be rejected and the testimony have the best of evidence respecting I scription to Pastor R u sse II's of the senses held to be true; and when what is the penalty of sin, and what the Scriptures and our senses together I II e m i·m 0 nth 1 y journal, The is not; bcc::1Uce, si'"'.ce our Lord Jesus . i\Vatch Tower. • unite in one testimony, it is certainly pays for us the just penalty of sin, SHEOL--HADES--HElL? wrong to hold to a theory of human what He hid down for us will nrove ·A very interesting pamphlet, explain­ dissolution, which is contradicted by what was the penalty against uS'. vVhat ing every verse in the Bible in which Publishers: Divine revelation and by our own did He do for us? The Scriptures the original words are found that are senses as well. And whoever thus re­ answer: He laid down His life for us; translated into the English as "Hell." will be sent on postal card request. free I International Bible Students Auociatlos I pudiates his GOd-given (thouS'h sin­ "He died for our sins;" "He died, the of charge, to anyone. Address BROOK­ Brooklyn, N. Y •• U. S~ A. J impaired) senses and the Divine tf'sti­ Just for the unjust:" "He poured out LYN TABERNACLE, Brooklyn, N. Y. mony, nef'd expect nothing f'l~e tl-Jan His soul unto dpath;" He "made His to be led into darkness and 'stumblin~. soul an offering for [our] sin," and "by THE BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY, Brooklyn, N. Y. 8 be kings and priests unto God and shall of death, to per!ection of being, per­ Apostle says, "Thou sowest not that learned to have confidence in Him reign on the earth"-the Messianic fection of life. body which shall be." The bodies of Kingdom class. Those who will share through the revelation of His Word The first work of Christ and the the world, as they shall be when awak­ could we exercise faith in such a in this First Resurrection will experi­ Church in the world, for those who ened, will be really new bodies, in the ence an instantaneous "change" from ,stupendous miracle as He has prom­ have gone down into death, the prison, sense that they will be different atoms ised shall be performed. the human nature to the Divine na­ will be their awakening to physical of matter; but they will be old bodies, ture-the highest of the spirit natures; conditions, similar to those in which in the sense that they will be dupli­ Nor need we expect that the world not human, not flesh and blood, for they died. The surrounding conditions cates of those which died and went of mankind will all be a wakened simul­ "flesh and blood cannot inherit the of SOCiety will then be greatly im­ to dust. We cannot wonder that the taneomdy, but rather that the .great Kingdom of God." * Their trial and proved; knowledge will have taken the worldly mind, which knows not God work of the Messianic Kingdom will perfecting of heart takes place befor?­ place of ignorance, and the reign of and knows not of His power, cavils at begin with those who have not gone hand, and only the "overcomers" wIll righteousness and the law of love will the thought of resurrection. It will be down to the tomb, but who are never­ receive this blessing. Some of the at that time have superceded the rule a most stupendous work, more wonder­ theless in death, in the sense that they characteristics Qf their change are in­ of sin under the law of selfishness; and ful by far than man's original crea­ are not alive in the complete, full i>i>i>~~**i>i>~0i>i>0i>i>i>* portunity for rising out of those concli­ who has reached this condition of • depth; and to know the love of Christ, FREE LITERATURE. tions of degradation, up, up, up, to full ,yhich passeth knowlege."-Eph. 3:14, realizing his own meanness by nature, • perfection of nature, and all that was and of getting a glimpse of the Send post-card request to the lost through Adam's disobedience. 17, 18. grandeur of Divine perfection, the " editor for free copies of this paper. This work of Divine Grace we see is Many, Yet Few. standard, the ideal. Some of the interesting subjects to be accomplished for the world dur­ Do we not see, then, that thE' called "And Will Give You are: ing the Messianic Age, when Christ O:les mentioned by our Lord as "many I Rest." \S~e~aKr~~~~ ~~a~~king, and the Elect Church will constitute called" are merely many in propor­ Those who have come to Jesus in • What is the Soul? response to His invitation find in Him, .. Calamities-\Vhy Permitted? God's Kingdom, with power and great tion to the few who will constitute the Spiritism, Mormonism, etc., their glory for the blessing of the world. elect? and that the number of called in His Fellowship, in His ,Vord, in His. Mysteries Explained. is not many as respects the whole peace, which comes from believing His .. Card. Gibbons on Church Unity. The Advantage of the Hearing Ear. number of our race, but, on the con­ promises, a blessing far beyond any- .. Do you believe in the Resurrection? We who have heard the Lord's trary, few? So then, our Lord's wordS, thing they could at first understand.--- • Our Lord's Return. voice calling us, inviting us during this interpreted by other Scriptures, sig­ (1 Cor. 2:9, 10.) Is Christian Science Scriptural? !\ge to joint-heirship in the Kingdom, nify that a few of the world are called They find that they have assistances • Church of the Living God. have an advantage over the heathen, during this Gospel Age, whereas none in the assurance of their Master that vVhy Financiers Tl'emble. h t t f 1 Clergy Ordination Fraudulent. as knowledge is always an advantage. of the world were called prior to this t e presen res a faith wi I by and by Distress of Nations preceding Ar- No injustice is done the heathen in Gospel Age, during the 4,000 years from be succeeded by the actual rest of the· mageddon. leaving them without this knowledge, Adam to Jesus. (Eph. 2: 12.) Only the Kingdom; that what they have by The Battle of Armageddon. but a favor is conferred upon those Jewish nation was then dealt with by faith now in anticipation. they are to God's Message to the Jews. who have the hearing ear. Our sal­ the Lord at all, and they were not more than realize by and by when Great Prophecy of Matt. 24. vation, like the world's, waits for the culled under the terms of this Gospel in the resurrection they shall be • Earthquakes in Prophecy. New Age. In the morning of that Age. As we see the selection changed in a moment. in the twinkling • God's Law Universal and Eternal. glorious thol:sand-year-day the Church which the Lord is making, we should of an eye, and be like their Redeemer- • Thieves in Paradise. H' H' d h H' 1 The Handwriting on the Wall. is to be rescued first, as it is written, appreciate the more the value of our see nTI as e IS an s are IS gory. Great Pyramid a Divine Oracle. "God will help her early in the morn­ l\:nowledge of Him, and whatever we To the extent that they can exercise Philosophy of the Deluge. ing." (Psa. 46:5.) These He will use have heard of His Call, that by using this faith in the Lord and in His \Vhat is Baptism? here as His instrumentalities in bless­ the same we may greatly profit our. promises present and future, in that Fire and Brimstone Repudiated. ing the heathen and all the families selves and secure the "pearl of great same proportion they have cause for Purgatory Fires not Now but Soon! of the earth, as says the Apostle John, price," joint-heirship with our Lord in rejOicing, and experience the rest, the Emp'r Constantine Trinity-Maker. "The Spirit and the Bride shall say His Kingdom. We should make our peace, the blessing, which the Master • The Law of Retribution. come, and whosoever will may come calling and election sure by diligent assures us will be theirs when He Immortality of the Soul. and take of the water of life freely." faithfulness to the terms and condi­ said, "I will give you r: est." H(~bel S:::tan Doomed to Death. tions regulating this selection. - Sh(~ep and Goats Parable. (Rev. 22:17.) The Bride must be de­ "Acco.'ding to Thy Faith." The Rich M[~n in Hell. veloped before she can join with the Is Poverty a Blessing? Spirit in inviting the world to the But some one will say, We can- X'~hct~n~S Gar~~~is~~a~·den. blessing which God has in reservation, '\Thy did not our Lord say, "Come not exercise this faith; we must Some Foreign Mission Facts. and this Gospel Age is for the very ye righteous. come ye educated, come hold on to the things of this pres- How Jesus Preached to the Spirits \ purpose of calling and testing, proving­ ye wise, come ye rich ?" Why did en t life; we cannot sacrifice social in Prison. and selecting the Bride class; and at He on the contrary say, "Come unto position, or wealth, or honor of men, Social Conditions beyond Human the close of this Age the marriage of Me, all ye that labor and are heavy or time, or influence-we cannot sac- Control. the Lamb will come, and the faithful laden"? Why did he so frequently rifice these' on a bare hope of a better • Thollsand-Year Day of Jud1Tment. Church will thenceforth be the Bride intimate that His chosen ones would resurrection and an everlasting glory Existence of a Supreme Intelligent in glory, and in association with the be composed chiefly of the poor of in the Kingdom. We must walk by Creator Established. Bridegroom in His Kingdom work. this world, rich in faith? Why did sight not by faith. Why should God A ~:~t.t Prophecy Nearing Fulfil- Thus our second blessing is the privi­ he say through His Apostles, "Not make a test of faith? Ah, we answer, .. • lege of accepting God's gracious ar­ many rich, not many great, not many that is the very pOint: The Lord is ~~i>~~~~~~0%~~ rangement and becoming his "very learned, not many noble. not many making, an election according to elect." wise hath God chosen, but chiefly the faith, as we read, "According to your poor of this world"? (1 Cor. 1: 26, 27; faith be it unto you." Not every per­ PASTOR RUSSELL'S STUDIES IN Christendom's 400,000,OClO. Jas. 2: 5_) The answer 1's not far to son is able to exercise this faith, and THE SCRIPTURES. Having disposed of the 1,200,000,000 seek: The rich, the noble, the learned, those who cannot do so are not to be The set of six volumes, cloth, 3,000 of heathendom, and finding that they the self-satisfied righteous are not in eternally tortured because of their i1:1- pages, is sllpplied by the BIBLE AND have no call, but are under g-rosS the condition of heart to hunger and ability. Nevertheless their failure to TRACT SOCIETY, No. 17 HICKS ST., darkness, blLldness. we now turn our thirst after the things which God has ('xercise faith demonstrates that they BROOKLYN, N. Y., for the usual price attention tl) the estirnatf'd 400,000.000 to give now. And God is so present­ cannot belong to the class whicn called Christendom, and ask to what ing His Truth now that it will appeal the Lord is now electing or selecting. of one f;uch volunle, viz., $3.30 prepaid. -~~-----"' f:,--C:---=~~___=_- ______/ International BiDIe SluaentS' Associa:lion, E , Vol. VllI. BROOKLYN~ ,N .. Y. No.8

which is but for a moment, worketh his living jewels can "rejoice in tribu.. for us a far more exceeding and eternal lation," knowing that it is working out weight of glory."-Rom. 5:3-5; 2 Cor. in them the peaceable fruits of right... '4:17. eousness-of love, and that such expe... IIAbandon. Us Not In Temptation." riences .are essential, and that without them they could never be amongst the "What SOB is He the Father Chasteneth Not'~ The lapidarist tu.kes firm hold up0nJ gathere4i' jewels. the jewel which he has already tested and proved to have the requisite jewel: "What Son is He that the Fathen, quality, and enca::;ing it in a suitable Chasteneth Not?" f'TlU!y snaIl be 'mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I instrument, he presses it against the Our text, after speaking of the'gath... make up my jewels."-Mal. 3:I7. friction, a Iap-w:i:.eel, with just the re- ering of the jewel class, drops the fig... 'luired amount of pres~ure to cut away ure and refers to the same class as the roughness and unevenness, and to God's sons, saying, "And I will spare effect the necessary shaping and pol- them, as a man spareth his own SORI ' EWELS have a value of their own, in seeking for those of the desirable ishing. The process requires great skill, that serveth him." Here we have the J an intrinsic quality, and no doubt kind, so the great Jewel-Gatherer op­ otherwise at times much of the value distinction always held out, as between -would be appreciated if they were very erates according to a principle in seek­ of the stone might be lost through mis- those who are servants merely, and ;plentiful, but their appreciation is alL ing foa" his jewels. shaping; hence only skilled workmen those who are serving sons. Moses was the more marked because of their com- 41Even as Many as the L.ord Shan CaB" are employed; in this department. faithful as a servant over his house l;>arative scarcity. The figures andi For instance, 'the celebrated Kohinoor (natural Israel), but Christ is faithful aimiles used throughout the Scriptures. The hardness of the diamond may be diamond originally weighed nearly 800 as a Son, over his house (the elect by the holy Spirit are full of signifi- used to represent character, and we karats, but in the hands of a poor cut- Church)-the house or family of sons. cance, and this one as well as others. are to remember that character belongs ter was reduced to 280 karats. Yet so who have received the spirit of adop-i When the Lord likens his faithful peo- to the individual and not to God. Each much of a diamond's value depends on tion, the holy Spirit. Although sons:. ;pIe to the precious stones, jewels, it {)f us must have his own character, and skilful cutting, that more than one-half yet they must learn obedience no less ~ignifies that there is an intrinsic value only in proportion as each has charac­ of its size was ~ubsequently sacrificed thoroughly than if they were mereIY\ .or beauty that he appreciates, and it ter can he hope to be accepted finallY' h h t s are as a jewel, for those without character in recutting it, to {)btain symmetry. servants. Indeed, as sons, it is all the implies also tha t suc c arac er 'will not endure the tests. As the dia- beauty. and refractive power, and noW1 more necessary that they learn the les... an comparison with the world, very it weighs less than 107 karats. sons of obedience to the Father; more. lScarce-a "little fiock." mond-seeker lays hold upon everything S'o it is with the polishing of the much more, is to be expected of a SOIL Our text points to the close of the in his path that gives evidence of hav­ Lord's jewels; their value dependS! in his father's service, than of one who !Gospel Age, and not only tells us that ing the diamond quality. so divine much en proper cutting; and thLs is is not a son. He is expected to en..; the Lord will not gather his jewels grace, operating in the diamond field of! entrusted only to the skilled hands of gage in the service in th,e Spirit of hi~ sooner, but implies also that the only the world (Christendom, and wherever' our Lord .Jesus Cl:rist, of whom we are Father, moved by the same impulses a! class to be gathered at that time will the Word of the Lord has gone), lays assured in advance that he was tempt-, justice and love, because "begotteri be the jewel class-he comes to make hold upon all who have anythiJag re..: ed in all points. like as we are again" by that spirit of holiness. As w 'Up his jewels. We hav~ here a con- sembling character. The soft, the pli-: I-that he himself passed through son he requires no less careful, bub !t;radiction of the ordinayy thoughts on abfe, the uncrystallized, are not being similar experiences of testings. etc., more careful,' training than a servant;i ;'this subject: (1) That the Lord has sought now, and coming in contact with at the Father's hands~ He knows more careful disciplining at the Fath~ "Peen gathering his jewels all along for divine grace are passed by. Only such just what we need to perfect us, er's hands; for is he not his represen-.J the past six thousand years; evidently as give evidence of charac~er are so that WEll will be pleasing and ac- ,tative and to be his heir?-Heb. 3: 5, 6:J an erroneous thought, since he has ap- tho~ght even worthy of washmg and ceptable to the Father, to refiect and 12:7; Rom. 8:15, 17. :pointed a day, in the end {)f this age, testmg. . . ref\act the light <;f' 11.1s glo!y w,hen ,it While these sons are not to be sparec'L lin which he will gather, or make up'. 'The hard crystalhz~~I~>Ilt of the' dla- iSh~!} fall up0D; Us :m ~.ur:fi~ls:l,edi .s, .. to mak~,Ai::t:>,S',m a,cc.eptab1.y as_ SO!!I:l'~"~ __ tlll~ gre~Lt .Lhasle:r , v\ptkm:::t;u, WHom d.e, cepted in: the Beloved"-nevertheless tabl half-way dece... Ullle;:,,,, , ,,1Umgne,~s toward Father hM apPolllted 1:0 shape and pol- they aTato be spared from something-I> :'~Yt:ed t~ the Lord, and sh'are in hIs God andr!l:i'lH?ommess there is n~:m~ of] lsJ'l us. We may require, much more our text assures us. Other ScriptureS d' • ;Ki for it distinctly points out the jewel qualIty which the Lord IS now trimn;ing' on some' sid~s' of ou!' cha.r~c- show U/:I that this class is to be spared. 'th~l aO~e'ry exceptional class only will seeking. Those whose wills are formed, ters ti'::':::':!' on others; and the dIspOSItion (1) from the great time of tribulation be sought for and gathered. crystallized, set, determined for :rl.gh~ .. often is to oes not expect to find the jewels essential to the receIving of such a know the real merit of their characters lay in attaining to that whichfS lin perfect order, shaped, cut, polished polishing. Those, therefore, who a~a or the value of the cutting !Lnd poUsh- perfect. And not only so, but, as we llnd ready for the setting in glory. On in the hands of the great LapidarLt, ing, for even the already fimshed facets have seen from other Scriptures and as the contrary by 'one class of his serv- and undergoing his polishing process, are smeared with the cement and sl~m$ is implied in this Scripture, the cla.~ :ants he lift~ them out of the mire of must first h~ve passed tI:rough the pre­ from the grindwheel. But the gl'eat, now being selected is a jewel class, dlfoo1 ~in and out of the horrible pit, and vious experIence of havmg been found loving Master-Workman and Lapidar- fering in many respects from the worlel \'Washes them cleanses them from &in of divine grace-found of the Lord lst-in-Chief knows and: has explamed it of mankind in g6neral, all of whom. through the :nerit of his own precious Jesus; must first have been washed; all to the "jewels"; and they kn.ow have been redeemed, and for all of t>lood and through his Word:; and then and must have been accepted as hav­ in part now, and by faith are trustmg whom a way of escape will be provIded, JthroU'gh other servants and providences ing wills. desirous of harmony with the all the remainder, singing in their from the inherited Adamic sin and: pen.... the polishes them with divine skill, to divine ml~d. Therefore~ they ma:y- take hearts, "He knows, He knows!" "He alty, "in due time."-l Tim. 2:6. the intent that they may reflect and pleasure m all the trymg. experlences will not suffer us to be tempte<,! ab~ve IIAfterwarci It Yieldeth the Peaceabfe (l'efract the light of the glory of God---< and ·difficulties through WhICh our I:ord that we are able to be3,i', but WIll WIth .. " -the divine- character,-justice, wisdom, Jesus causes th~m .to pa s as V~rl?US the temptation provid'e also a way of FrUits of Righteousness ~ove parts of the grmdmg and pol1shmg escape," Yes, the Lord knows just how Nor are we to supp~se that those whO AS the diamond in its rough state, process, necessary to their completion much pressure to apply,-just hoW' are no,,! ~re~sed agaIllst the wheel ot 'Uncut, unpolished, would have no more as Jehovah's jewels, to be made up by much friction is necessary-and will tribulatlOn, dIfficulty, are thereby made :Value than any other common stone for the close of the Gospel Age, and to be not willingly afflict us, or cause tribu- miserable. Quite to the cor:trary, they :ordinary purposes, so those whom t:t:e set in the gold o! the divine r:ature, to lation which he cannot and will not realize, as the Scriptures pomt out th~ Lord is selecting and preparing as hIS refiect the beautles of the divme char- overrule for our good. And being thus should, a joy and peace which the ~ewels are to iterive their ultimate acter. fo::ever.. . . assured that all things are working to- world knows not of-which the world. value from the cutting, shaping, pol- It IS m harmony WIth thIS thought gether for good to them that love God, can neither give nor take away. And, dshing, of their cllara(;ters und~.r divine ~h~t t.he ~postI~ encoural?es us to. r~­ providence; as it is written, vVe are JOIce In tnbulatlOn, k~owmg that. It IS bis workmanship." (Eph. 2: 10.) We working out for u.s patIence, expenence, ~++++++++++++++++++++++++~ cannot suppose the illustration to be hope, brotherly km~ness, love,-:the va;­ perfect in every particular, yet we m~y rious facets of th~ Jewel e~sentlal. !o It :readily see, that, while divine grace IS in the e::(es of hIm. who IS s~ortly !o. t "WHERE AR . THE DEAD?': ; to be credited with the entire outcome gather hIS jewels. The AI?ostle aga;m .Jt... This sermon was publIshed III a recent Issue of THE BIBLE ~ -the beauty and grace of the finished S'peaks of aven the most tryml? 8;nd d~f­ ~ STUDENTS MONTHLY, The interest aroused, and the great de- ~ jewel-yet nevertheless divine grace ficult experiences of !hc: Chnstlatl. lIfe mand copies of. this sermon has been remarkable. A sample operates according to. principles and as being "light affllctlOns," a?-d he ~ for ~ conditions, under divine law. .As ~he speaks of the present life as bemg, f,n ~ copy will be mailed to anyone free. . . + experienced diamond miners reJect the comparison t~ the .~terna~ future, ?ut a. 80ft cla'1, and various. Qf the hard ~9u.e~£ momellt!"~aymg8 .our. llght aifllctiQll" ~++++!++.++++++++++++++++~ THE BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY, Brooklyn, N. Y. Vol 8, No.8

,that time, when Christ'SI Millennial ,..------a reign shall be inaugurated, it is de- ~+++~++++++++++++.+++++.+. THE BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY clared prophetically, "In hie daY' the w. F. HUDGINGS, Editor. righteous shall flourish," and the "evil­ doer shall be cut off."-Satan shall be THE II. 15, 11 HICKS ST., BROOKLYN, N. Y. t RICH AN IN HELL # bound also.-Psa. 72:7; 37:9; Rev. 20.2. Monthl3-12 ets. a year. Single COP es, 10. AD! Independent, UnseetarlaJli I4They Spake Often One to -Another" t L us IN ABRAHAMtS BOSOM Religious Newlllpaper, SpeeiaUy Devoted to the For-warding o:t! * But glancing back at the context we ~ A Wghly instructive and interesting sermon on this subject appeared ~ the LaY-DIlen'. Bom.e Milild&nary see another suggestion respecting the ~ in Vol. I, :t,u;; 4, of PEePLES PULPIT. Send ~ Move:ment for the Glory of God disposition of this "jewel" class during and Good ot HUlUanity. post-card for free sample. their time of polishing, We read, i . +" Ministers of the I. B. S. A. render their Brly kindness, love. world for the coming blessings. HencQ . Lord. andi thegra~~ I;of h~s truth, yet cultivate roots ~f. b~tte~ness, wher¢by will surely be separated.-1 John 2: 19. we see that if we a're to be amongst the' there is 110 realharniony or fellowship o.ften ~'many are':I~,r:i.~;0d":~;-I.Ieh. 1,~~i[5.. [-llm0. wUl not be amongst those wlj() : .. ,}:'llUBe:W1l'O rd.t.yilt:n,·o .. s, . .... ~·c,. , their belly, TlJeil" show their disapl"ll'Ovcl by words of are to be. polished, "shall come to be cates that as soon as the jewels shall converse, therefore, win not be re­ kindly ~.dmoTlition? pointing- out that glorified in his saints, and to be ad­ have been gathered there will be a specting earthly pleasures, food. and: such things are not from God, but mired [Head and Body] of all them general change in his dealings with the raiment, the amb~tions of the w::.tural from the Adversary, should at least that believe in that day," by all those world of mankind:. Verse 15 shows mind, the pride of life, etc" hut will be manifest their disapproval in their who, during the Millennial day, come how it is at the pr0sont time, while the respecting "the things vvhich belong vdthholding- any look of sympathy with into harmony with God, through Christ. 'Polishing of the Lord's jewels progress- unto their peace," the things which such a course and by breaking- off the under the terms of the New Covenant es; 'the unfaitl::ful and the worldly fr,o- are uppermost in their hearts; fOl' those conversation, and very generally avoid­ sealed. by the precious blood'.-2 Thess. quently seem to have the advantage; are all seeking "tirst the Kingdom of ing tte compn.ny ot sllch; and by the 1:10. . but v. 18 points out that after this pol- heaven and its rir;hteousness," and in ishing of the jewels is completed, and earthly matters are "content with such ~~====~~~~~======:~ they have been cet in the great crown things as they have,"-as the Lord's of rejoicing at the end of this age, providence shaH arrange for them. "Then shall yo return, and discern be- 'n-lls IS NOT AN ADVERTISEMENT BUT AN EDITORIAL. tween the righteous and the wicked, 'Tha New Song in Their Moulh. between him that serveth God and him Neither do they come togetller to that sorvcth him not." lament the trials and diillcultibS by the itt t4t ~trtpturts"~ Now, while evil predominates, whi1('~ way; althou,;-h there may be some oc­ "the prince of this world" (John 14: 30) casions when the majority may "woep "MY PEOPLE PL~RISH i!:'OR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE/' reigns unbound, and while "they that with those that weep." Usually, how­ , SAITH THE LORD.) tempt God t:lre even delivered," it ever, the proper condition is that in would be difficult, by outward eviden- which each should live so in the light INFIDEllTV~ HIGHEfi: CRnICISM, ETC., ARE DESTROYING ces, to judge of who are the Lord's fa- of the Father's countenance that the FAITH. vored ones. Indeed, his favored ones, trials and. difficulties of the present his "jewels," seem to be les-s favored life, which would be terrible and bur­ The HPe0ple':g, Pulpit'" Seeking to Uphold God's Word at and to have more afflictions, more densome to the world unsustained by Any Cost, Seeks to Shed Abroad '6The Light 0'£ the trials, more persecutions, more difficul- divine grace, ,vill be to these but "light ties, a narrower way, than others. And afflictions;" :lnd as children of the Knowledge of the Glory of God, as it Shines in amongst them, consequently, are "not henvenly King, instead of going mourn­ the Face of Jesus; Christ Our Lord" found many grea~ or rich or wise, but ing all their days, they will rejoice---­ chiefly the poor of this world, rich in rej0ice in the tribulation and adversity, We commend' to the thousands of our readers the careful study faith, and prospectively heirs of tte as well as in prosperity. Accordingly, of the Six Series of "Studies irrl the Scriptur0s/' Many of you must Kingdom (Jas. 2; 5). But when these as the sentiment of this class, it is already have them in your homes, for over three millions of the first shall be glorified with their Lord in the written,-"He hath put a new song in series is announced by the publishers, The Bible and Tract Society Klngdom-then t~ere shall be a gener- my mouth, oven the loving kindness of Brooklyn Tabernacle, Brooklyn, N. Y. a] change, a turning round. No longer of our God." We urge that you read these Studies, yea that you study them, will the wicked and those who tempt It is quite in h9.rmony with this that if you would have the greatest Uessing imaginable by a Christian God be found in power and' in influence the Apostle prays for some, that they in the present Efe, Never mind the fact that some dear Christian and in prosperity. and the humble, the may be enabled to "comprehend with people speak evil of this work:, s many spoke evil of our Master and meek, the godly. suffer persecution all saints the length and: the breadth, his words. They are prejudiced, blinded, like Saul of Tarsus of old'. c.nd tribulation; but contrariwise, of the height and the depth of the love In ignorance they oppose.. not having read. Hearken to the words of God which passeth all understand­ of C. T. Smith . ing." Those who have received this "new song," and have comprehended «It is impossible to read this book without loving the writer and pondering its meaning, with the saints in gen­ l1is wonderful solution of the great mysteries that have troubled us all our lives. eral, will have, in this love of God, and There is hardly a family to be found that has not lost some loved one who died Thieves in Pa dise outside the church-outside the plan of salvation, and, if Calvanism be true, in the wide and deep, high and glorious outside of all hope and inside of eternal torment and despair. I.JUKE 23 :43.-This greatly mis­ plan' of God: for the ~alvation first of "This wonderful book makes no assertions that are not well sustained by the the elect Church, and subsequently of Scriptures. It is built up stone by stone, and upon every stone is the text, and understood text explained in a the world of mankind-"whosoever it becomes a pyramid of God's love and mercy and wisdom. There is nothing in recent issue of THE BIBLE will"--an ab"\mdant theme, a never­ the Bible that the author denies or doubts, but there are many textt} that he STUDENTS MONTHLY. ending theme, a theme above all oth­ throws a flood of light upon that seem to uncover its meaning." ers, whi~h will fill their hearts and fin their mi:Q(!l,s. It Wi~l crowd out WQrll!ll~ Vol 8, No.8 THE BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY, Brooklyn, N. Y. seemingly tended more and more to Law Covenant. Not being a direc. degrade humanity, so that we read member of the human family. but

tEbtu~t in tEbp ~icklt that God beheld that· "every imagina­ "holy, harmless c and separate from. tion of man's heart was evil, and only sinners," he was perfect and fully able ''The World that WasJP-dlThe Present Evil World"-"The World to Come" evil, and that cO!l,tinually." to keep all the terms of that Law. JlThis Present Evil World." Covenant, and did so. Thus· under. Text:-"Thrust in thy sickle, and reap; for the tim;.e is come for thee "This present evil world" differs the provisions of the Law Covenant f() reap.JJ-Rev. 14 :I5. from "the world before the flood" in he, and he alone of aU the Jewish na.. that it is not under the ministration tion, could claim the rights of the Intelligent people appear to reason lea into disobedience to God, which re­ of the angels-but man, i!l, a general Abrahamic Covenant-the blessings upon every subject under the sun ex­ sulted in the death sentence on Ad3,m sense, is left to himself. Since the foretold and the rightful authority to cept on religion. Approach a man and his race. Subsequently for cen­ flood, the world in general has been bless men, for, as the fuler of earth, upon any matter of industry or social turies the holy angels were allowed to going on just as if there were no God, he took the· place of Father Adam progress or political economy or have intercourse with fallen men, with with all his rights and authorities de­ the exceptions, aside from the Jewish finance and we find him reasonably a view to helping them back into har­ scribed in Psalm viii, 4-6. nation and the Church of Christ, being mony with God, not that God expected By keeping these rights and priv~ alert to the general law of Cause and the destruction of- the Sodomites and Effect, but when it comes to religion any such results, for he already knew ileges as a man our Lord indeed would the preaching of Jonah to the Nine­ have been an earthly potentate of the same man refuses to recognize or that there could be no recovery of 'vites, warning them that they were considerable dignity, the highe~rt follow such laws. To illustrate: If a humanity, except through the merit about to perish. In other words, so far amongst men. But the Father's place thousand religious men and women of the Redeemer, whose sacrifice as outward appearance goes, God has for him and for the world was far were asked to give some general out­ would purchase the world and whose allowed the world to take .its own higher than this. As an earthly poten­ line of the Divine Plan under which . reign as the King of kings and Lord course, interfering only when the cor­ tate he would have ruled over a falling humanity is being dealt with by the and dying race and would have been of lords would ultimately restore the ruption became so great as to make Almighty. Nine Hundred and Ninety-' willing and obedient of the race. But privileged merely to counsel, rule and life injurious rather than a favor. direct their imperfect energies; but he Nine of them would look at you in the angels to all eternity might have St. Paul, reviewing the question of blank astonishment as though it were supposed that an easier way of saving never could have brought them to human degradation as exhibited in eternal life. Hence the Divine Plan absurd to suppose that God would con­ men was possible; that if permitted heathendom, etc., explains that the was that he should die as the Redeetnm' duct his affairs along the lines of they could educate, assist and uplift great deterioration in the human fam­ of Adam and his race, that thus he order, reason and common sense­ mankind out of sin and death condi­ ily is the result of man's being left to might have the just, the legal right Cause and Effect. On the contrary tions back to harmony with God. God himself as respects the Divine super­ to lift out of sin and degradation and death all of mankind who would fall the Scriptures everywhere hold that not only desired to show that all such VISIon. He says, looking back along our Creator is systematically ordering results were lmpossible, but also he in line with the gracious arrangements the line of Noah's descendants, "When of the Divine purpose which center i~ the affairs of earth and "working all desired to use the opportunity to test, they knew God they glorified him not things according to the counsel of to prove, the loyalty. the faithfultleSs Christ. It was in fulfilment of this as God, neither were thankful. ... his own will" (Ephesians, i, 11). of the angelic hosts. feature of the Divine Plan that our And even as they did not like to re­ Lord laid down the earthly Kingdom;> St. Peter divides the world's history Amongst the liberties granted to aU tain God in their knowledge, God gave the earthly rights, all that he had, as into three great epochs, which our the angels at that time was the power them over to a reprobate mind"-they man's ransom price (Matthew xiii, 44) .. common version Bible designates as to materialize-to assume human giving themselves over to things that "Who gave himself a ransom for aU, ·''World.the reaping time, of tural record. and to such it will be from Noah's day until three and one­ We now have Messiah exalted and that epoch. It was the conclusion to quite sufficient for us to cite one of the half years after our Lord's crucifixion, in his possession the authority jUStlY9 the course of sin which, he tells us, many Scriptural instances; the case when the special favor of God toward legally acquired, whereby he may there prevailed. And only eight per­ bless all the families of the earth-' of the three 'men who appeared to the nation of Israel terminated and sons, Noah and his family, were car­ all the children of Adam, by restoring' Abraham and were subsequently found the "middle wall of partition was ried over as a nucleus for another to the willing and obedient "that which to be angels--spJrit beings. They broken down"-Cornelius being the great epoch or "world," which St. was lost"-earthly perfection and do., looked, talked, ate and were clothed first Gentile admitted to the privileges minion. Where will he begin hi~ Peter calls, H,,",' world that now is," like men. Abraham knew not who of the Gospel. bleSSing work? All the prophecies and which St. Paul calls, "This pres­ they were until subsequently they re­ Duri·ng the long period from Noah to implied that Messiah would begin his ent evil world" or .. epoch, and of vealed their identity. as we read in the Christ-Twenty-Five Hundred years­ work with Israel and that it should which Jesus states, "My kingdom is account of Genesis xviii. The Apostle God, as we have seen, had no dealing progress through Israel to all nationEr~ not of this world (epoch)" while again Paul adds his testimon~to this in,ci- But the prophecies did not even hint be fnforms us that Satan is :'the w~th the world" but ill,e did have very at the fact that before. giving the "res­ i dent, saying tQJhe : ChUllC~. ;'Be not spe~ia~ ~!3a;~ings rwi~~;;AOra~am. Isaa,c --'-Pti-rr<"'e'-'uf ,-t:hiB '-Vi~fld..h ';'---, ,,,,.f.; ,~, i" ;.~( '-.-C~ ,i,,: >')('-:!~:;::;;,i""zrftli~~a:ct~'si, . Mi titution" .. blessin~ to Israel, . llud~rtlle a~1Cl ~ac

parents. Desiring to establish him­ work having been accomplished, that Jewish f'Zlvor Culminated. then will be the King of glory, ruling'9 self as an Emperor over earth, sepa­ "world before the flood" was brought The culmination of the Lord's deal­ reigning, enlightening, bleSSing, uplift­ rate and distinot from the Empire of to an end, was overwhelmed by a ing, restituting, purging, purifying, and ings with Israel was reached, as he bringing to perfection so many of Jehovah, Lucifer became Satan, God's flood of waters, the Lord declaring had intended from the beginning, Adversary, and has since continued in Adam's race as will heartily respond that the whole earth had become cor­ when our Lord Jesus left the glory of to the rules of his Kingdom. AU his opposition to the Divine 'will. Our rupt through this evil. The influence. the Father on the heavenly plane and others will be destroyed as brute. first parents, through Satan's lie,were of the angels, alQng licentious lines was made flesb, being born under the beasts.-2 Pet. ;3; 12. THE BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY, Brooklyn, N. Y. Vol 8, No. I

the First-born," and aga.in, "the first· spirit had been received by any mem­ fruits unto God of His creatures." The ber ot our race. The Lord Jesus Him­ WHAT IS MAN? elect of this Gospel Age are not, there- selt became the Captain and Forerun­ "What is man that Theu art mindful of him!" fore, all who are to be saved, but mere- ner of "the Church, which Is His ly all who are to be saved to the spirit :Body," and which, during this Gospel Psalm 8:4. plane. With the completion of the Age, has been walking in His steps ot elect Church and her glorification witll self-sacrifice. The special priVilege of OTWITHSTANDING ALL that the will tell yoU, at very most, that he be., our Lord in His resurrection, the "First this Gospel Age Is the sacrifice of the N Bible has to say respecting the Ueves some of them are honest, or Resurrection" (Phil. 3: 10; Rev. 20:6). earthly nature in order to the attain­ nature of man few subjects seem to be will tell, ;you sorrowfully that some ot the Kingdom will be established for ment, instead, of the heavenly nature. more misunderstood. Science declares them have lied to him time and again, which we pray. This was an incomprehensible mat- man to be an animal of the highest and if he be an advancea' and expe· The Kingdom, per se, will be spirit· tel' to those to whom it was preached type or order. In this science is in rienced spiritualist he will tell that. uaI, invisible to men, but It will have at first. No Jew had ever thought of absolute agreement with the Scriptures. at times some of these evil" spirits earthly agents and representatives, anything higher than the human plane which declare of our first parents, "Thewhave made all manner of vile sugges· and its dealings will be with mankind. and Divine service on the human . first man was of the earth. earthy" ·,;t!ons to him. But he wilr tell also to uplift Adam and his race from sin plane. But the message of the Gos­ (! Cor. 15: 47). Our text agrees with that at first it was not so; instead, he and degradation-not to spirit condi· pel was a call or invitation to the t.his, declaring that man was made a was at ..first told that he should pray tions, not to the heavenly plane, not heavenly nature and heavenly service, . little lower than the angels-angels more and read the Scriptures more. to make them like the angels, but, as as the Bride of Christ and His Joint­ being the lowest form of spirit beings, Afterwards he was jeered at and the Scriptures declare, to restore them Heirs in glory. Of this call St. PaUl man the highest type of earth beings. mocked and told that the Scriptures to human perfection-to perfection of says that it is a "Mystery that was A particular account of man's creation were nonsense and that although there the earthly nature, in which Adam hidden from past Ages and Dispensa­ Is given, and when we examine it we Is a God the inqui.rer is too renegade was created and from which by sin tions, but that it is now revealed unto find it in full agreement with what to hope for any blessing from God. he fell and will be recovered by the the saints" (Col. 1: 26). It was not we have seen to be the teachings of We have neglected our Bibles too grace of God in Christ Jesus. proper that any but the saints should iDther parts of the Scriptures. Il'hat much; we have trusted too much to Begotten to a New Nature. fully appreciate and comprehend this. account declares that God formed man worldly wisdom. The Bible alone gives ·'To you it is given to know the things of the dust of the earth, and it tells the solution of the matter. It alone Very long ago the distinctions be- of the Kingdom, but to outsiders these us that after man's transgression had tells us respecting these spirits-that tween those two salvations was lost things are spoken in parables and dark brought him under the Divine condem- they are not humans and never were; sight of-the Heavenly Calling for the sayings that they might not under­ )nation of death, his Creator said to that they are the fallen angels. Church and the Restitution for the stand." him, "Dust thou art. and unto duet world (Heb. 3: 1; Acts 3: 19-21). The ThIs Mystery was, therefore. never 9 !.Shalt thou return." "A Man's flI Man For A' That. ' Old Testament refers exclusively to understood by many because the saints Whence Came Our Confusion! The Bible is thoroughly consistent the earthly and the fact that the New were never many, and thus, later on, Testament tells almost exclusively of when salntship was at a discount and In view of the facts. which we now with itself; from first to last it main­ the heavenly and its promises was when nominal Christians became nu· have clearly before our minds, how tains that man is an earthy being. According to the Greek and the He­ overlooked. Thenceforth no difference meroue and infiuential and made the IBtrange it seems that most of the brew of the Bible he is an animal soul was recognized between the consecrat- creeds. it was but Ratural that· the civilized world denies all and declares ?r animal being in contradistinction to ad Church and mankind in general, and Mystery should become more or less to the contrary-that man is a spirit ' the words of the Apostle, addressed to befogged. But instead of goIng back being, and that his death' is merely an a spint soul or spirit being. "Man the Church class only. were applied t() to preach human restitution to the evolutionary step by which he passes that is born of woman Is of few (On to his real nature as a spirit. This days and full of trouble"; "Man dieth all. human plane, in a world-like Eden, and wasteth away, and where Is he? For instance, in first CorinthIans, the the misinformed theologians hung is supposed to be very scientific, be- He shall not awake nor be raised out fifteenth chapter, St. Paul discusses their own hopes and the hopes of the cause many presumably wise and sci- f hi 1 the general fact of death reigning world upon the heavenly assurances­ ;~~ --' )T!~~~~!nff;-sfri~ ~ci~-'- ahat tortures await them in the spirit of the: living would be unnecessary. mnd-a.wait nine hundred and ninety~ and if death brought to man a change Whhed ~~" n~::~{D~ _, . . l;llb Ui;t.S been much searching mine out of every thousand? Ah, here to a higher plane of existence as a th!r.,) ldJ.V G., ".",ec:I<..1l!6 Lv ~wn creeds. The devilish suggestions the dead' would not be set before hu­ giveth t;~'every seed 'itS ow;:- body"; errors handed to us from the past by Fare allowed to remain in the cre.eds; manity as a blessed hope. for rather that is to say. if we sow wheat we well-meani.ng but deceived foretathers. unbelieved by the intelligent. to af· It would be a punishment. even to the expect to reap wheat. if we sow oata It is time for us to be honest, and to fright the unintelligent. But alasl holy. we expect to reap oats. The Apostle's Bearch that we may know God s Mes­ these misrepresentations are really argument is that none need expect to sage to us through His inspired Pro­ blasphemies against our Creator, which be of the wheat class, the spirit class. pheta and His Son and the Apostles. misrepresent His Wisdom, Justice, It seems probable that this serious unlesS they are of that class when It will not do to say that doctrines Love and Power. And these blasphe­ error, which has had so much to do sown in death. In other words, he are unne<:essary. The Bible puts taith, mous thoughts are accredited to the with the world's theological confUSion, would have them understand that a. proper faIth, at the v_~;y founda.tion of Dible, with the result that It Is disbe­ came about through the misunder­ natural man~ an animal man, lin the Christian chara?:er. We believe and lieved and its great Author doubted or standing of the Bible teachings re­ resurrection, will be an animal man. therefore spea~ •• (lenied and thousands of the inteUl­ !:lpecting th~ Church-the application but those who accept the Divine offer Let us do thls, let us not be content gent of our' race are agnostics. of things said concerning the Church of this Gospel Age to become New until we know exactly what the Bible One Voice Only Answers. to the world. to whom they do not Creatures in Christ Jesus, begotten teaches concerning "Wha~ Is man" amI apply. Bible students are coming again by the Holy Spirit-these wlll respecting the hope. man s restitution. Spir1Usm speaks up to assert that U. more and more to see, in the light not come forth in the resurrection hu- and respecting the h1gh calling, the and it a.lone, can furnish proof that Which one passage of Scripture throws man beings, but. being in full har- heavenly calli~g of the Church. When man, of the earth earthy. is after upon another. that the Church is a dis­ mony with the begetting of the Spirit we begin to see these matters clearly death a spirit. It furnishes us medi­ tinctive class, separate from the angels hi h they have received will in the the entire Bible shines as never beforet ums at whose lnstance tables are tip­ and the world of mankind in general. w c ft' S i 1+ our faith becomes strong as never !ped and rappings are heard and other resurrection be born 0 he p r ... before. And then. If we are honest. evidences are gIven of unseen power; The Divine Plan revealed tn the The Hidden Mystery Revealed. our love for God and our zeal for His Scriptures sets forth one salvation for Up to the time of Christ no promise service must a.lsQ increase proportion­ and these unseen powers, we are told. the Church-on the spirit plane. It re­ dLre Ute spirits of dead men seeking veals to us two classes who will be of a change of nature from human to ately. to prove to humans that they are not blessed on that spirit plane. It shows «lead, but that In the moment of death us that one of these classes was typi­ they were transformed into spirit. fied 1a the priesthood of natural Is­ And now our scientific men are tak· rael and that the other class was typi­ THE LOVE TO BE DESIRED Ing up the subject. They· decline to fied in the Levites who asshlted the '''Seeing ye have turified your souls in obeying the Truth throug~ the Spirit, untQ un­ be identified with Spiritism and desig­ priests as servants. The remainder of feigned love fJf tile brethren, see that ye love one Q1tother w~th a ture heart mate their findings Psychic Phenomena. fervently."-r Pet. 1:22. Mediums and their demonstrations the tribes of Israel represented, typ­ have been subjected to every 1magina­ ically. the entire world of mankind who ble Scientific test to demonstrate that will ultimately be saved. not to a heav­ THE word '·souls" ilL this text stands, truth. through faith, our sins Were for­ enly state or condition, but as men, to as usual, for the being, and not given; we were accepted as New Crea­ the results are not fraudulent-that restored earthly condition. there Is really a spirit power, an invis­ a merely for the ph7S1ca1 being, which tures in Christ; our souls were l'urifi· It will be remembered that the ed; we were started in a new career. ible power which can do and has done is included. The purifying, therefore, remarkable thing'S beyond the power of Priests and Levites had no Inheritance In our text the Apostle proceeds to In the land, thus typically showing that refers to a thorough cleansing of the say that, having had this glorious )humanity. Accepting these investiga­ heart (the mind, the will, the actuat­ tions as scientific, and accepting the they represented that portion of hu­ transformation of character, through manity which, by God's grace, will ing intentions, or motives), as the ef­ the knowledge of and obedience to the results as ~cientific proof that there obtain a heavenly inheritance and ex­ fect of such purification will be mani­ spirit of the Truth, we have learned Is a spirit power or force Which can fest in the outward life and conduct. 'operate and has operated in conjunction perience a change from human to splrtt to love the brethren with an "unfeign­ with human affairs and especially nature. We purify our souls-that is, our souls ed love," a love that is genuine, with­ through mediums. what does this As the Levites and Priests reJ)resent­ are purified (have been purified if we out pretence-not merely an outward prove? What scientific fact have we ed the first-born of Israel saved at the are saints)--by obedience to the Truth profession, to have a smile upon the here to evidence that these spirit Passover, so those who will attain a through the spirit; that is to imply face or to give a cordial grasp of the powers have anything to do with our resurrection to th$ spirit plane are that it is necessary for us to know the hand, but that through this spirit we friends who have died? Scripturally deSignated "the Church of Truth; not necessarily that we know have recognized that all who trust in all truth, but necessary for us to know the precious blood and are consecrated "Lying Spirits," Says St. Paul. the great truth on this subject-the to the dear Redeemer, and are seeking These spirits operate through me­ truth that God condemned stn; to know to follow His leadings, are "brethren," lHums, sometimes in trance, somtimes The Hope of Immortality the truth that the whole world of man­ regardless of race or color or educa­ answering by written notes from ·'no­ kind came under this condemnation; tion or poverty or homeliness. We where," sometimes mechanically grasp- to know the truth that God has pro­ have reached the point where our ing the hand of the writing-medium vided a way of escape from the con­ hearts are so full of the Spirit of the and using it without her volition: This subject, which has been demnation that is upon the world; to Master that we can truthfully say we (Sometimes by rappings and sometimes so misunderstood, is convincingly know the truth that there is but one love all the brethren with a love which by ouija·boards, declaring themselves particular way in which any ca.n avail is sincere and not at all feigned. We truthful, sihcere, honest, desirous of and Scripturally treated in Vol. themselves of this Divine provision. must not only regard them as brethren and give them "unfeigned love," but assisting humanity. etc. 2, No.4. namely, that of being justified by faith But - does this prove, scientifically. in Christ, and taking up the cross and this should give us great sympathy that they are honest, that they Send post card fot' free lI!Iample. following; in His footsteps. When we and a desire to do everything we can are true? Ask any spirItualist! He" w_____ ..... __ ...... _ .....---"!!""...lI presented ourselves in spirit and in to encourage them, to help them. c:______~__ ~.~ ~c: ____J International Bible Students Association, PUblishers.

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away, where no thief approacheth, neither Religious and Scientific DECLINE OF FAITH AND GODLINESS moth corrupteth; for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."-Luke Gleanings So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and Is not dell, toward God."-LuKE 12:21. 12:32-34. "Charge Them That 8e Rich." $'JF MY PULPIT WERE MADE INTO A o DRS is the day of wealth. Nothing to Not to the world, however, does the We are not for a moment to suppose that CIRCUS I WOULD BE WINNER," compare with it has ever been known Lord address His reproof and admonition, the Apostle referred to the worldly rich DECLARED MINISTER. in the world's history, and the wealth is but merely to His ChurCh-the conse­ when he wrote to Timothy, "Charge them increasing. Not merely have we discov­ crated few. The world is about to learn that are rich in this world, that they be In Resigning Pastor Says Too Much At. ered rich deposits of gold and silver and a great lesson along this very line of self­ not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain tention Is Paid to Features. precious stones; not merely are these ishness. Having sown to the wind the riches, but in the living God, who giveth being mined in a provide'ilt and successful seed of selfishness, it is about to reap a us richly all things to enjoy." (1 Tim. "If I made my pulpit a circus, I'd be a manner, with which nothing in the past whirlwind of trouble, the fruitage of self­ 6 :17.) Most evidently the Apostle refers winner," said Rev. A. J. Belanger, in could compare, but additionally the world ishness, in which the interests of the rich to some of the consecrated people of God resigning as a minister. "People nowa­ is growing rich in every conceivable way. and poor will clash in the great conflict as having wealth; they are to consider it days want their preachers to be mixers, Our cities are growing in size and beauty, between capital and labor, between those a stewardship, and not their own-Dot to not martyrs." in sanitary conveniences, in spacious who have secured wealth and those who be disposed of aceording to their own Mr. Belanger has added largely to the parks, in good, paved streets, and boule­ will sbrive to take the wealth from them­ worldly caprices, and surely not to be membership of the Auburn Street. Con­ vards all the world over. "a time of trouble such as never was disposed of according to the dictum of gregational Church, of Paterson, N. J., Furthermore, machinery perfected with­ since there was a nation." their friends and neighbors and relatives. during his pastorate, and is widely known in the last fifty years is being multi­ Are any so blinded as not to see the If they are the Lord's, all they have for his scholarly and eloquent sermons. plied and turning out articles of conve­ awful growth of anarchy, which is grad- must have been consecrated to Him, else But members of the congregation have nience and value which add to the world's "ually settling down upon the highest civil­ they were not accepted as His disciples complained that he'does not "mix." comfort and material wealth-not merely ization to which the world has ever at­ as He said. The charge which the Apos­ "J! I stood on my head or ran a min­ in perishable articles, such as clothing tained? And are there any so blinded as tle directed to be given to the brethren strel show I could hold these complain­ and bric-a-brac, but vast libraries, public to be unable to see that the confiict will possessing wealth is stated, "that they do ants," said he. "It is a truth to be de­ and private, are being acquired; and be along the lines of selfishness-desire good, that they be rich in good works, plored that ministers today are called many of these luxuries are becoming on the one part to hold and on the other ready to distribute (for the necessities of upon to be interesting and frothy per­ cheap, because of the facility with which part to acquire? But God is not appeal­ others), willing to communicate" (lib­ sonally, rather than preachers of good they can be produced. These all, how­ ing to the world, and indeed an appeal erally; willing to share with others of the sermons, known for theological attain­ ever, constitute riches, one glance at would be useless, so intense is the spirit brethren as members of a community, ments, and for conscientious, dignified which would amaze our ancestors. of avarice. somewhat along the lines of Christian work. It does not seem to me desirable But are we as a race growing rich God, therefore, is allowing the world as communism). that churches should be mere play cen­ toward God, as our text intimates would a whole to learn its great lesson that self- , The effect of so doing, the Apostle ters. I think that the social and insti­ be the proper thing? Is not the very re­ ishness is an integral part of sin, as love states, would be "laying up in store for tutional side of church work is not any­ verse true; namely, that faith and godli­ and benevolence are integral parts of themselves a good foundation against the thing like as important as pUlpit work. ness are on the decline? Is it not true righteousness. We cannot doubt that by time to come." (1 Tim. 6:19). The word 'The power of the sermon should never that within the last fifty years the love the time the lesson of selfishness and its foundation here is used in the same sense be diluted because the preacher is forced of money, which the Apostle declares is results shall have been fully learned by as when we say that a wealthy man gave to spend his time on activities that are 4la root of all evil," has intensified? Is it the world it will be ready to cry out for a foundation of a million dollars for a col­ not purely theological. But it is un- not true that financial become Divine assistance. lege. His present constitutes the fOlJDf1a­ ,;:J ...... ·' ..,,,..,,~0~1~.,. i·Y' ....:0 ~'h::,+ so strong alL "SO lY1LKe AWi by tha t· time, too, God's assistance UUB ..JL" 0CC:::-l.3 LUi fHe CcUT,Ylllg 0lH ox Ule the pulpit are made to necessary our recently passed Pure-food for the poor world will be ready. The college plans and arrangements. elevated thought in sermons is not as Laws for the protection of the lives of the Messianic Kingdom wm be inaugurated Thus a Christian who generously uses needful to success as personal manner­ people-because life and health were in and a reign of love will be established in the Lord's service his financial stew­ isms and entertainment ability."-Graf­ jeopardy? which will contrast sharply with the pres­ ardship is laying a foundation for the fu­ ton, W. Va., Sentinel. Is it not true that although we are all ent conditions in all its blessed results of ture-a foundati0n for his spiritual wealth, better housed, better fed and better peace, joy, love and good-will amongst and the more of time and influence and METHODIST PRAYERS FOR THE clothed than were our forefathers, there men. And we may reasonably assume wealth any of us can lay up thus in doing DEAD. is a general unrest, because of the trust that there is no better way than this for good in forwarding the interests of the The editor of The Western Christian in riches? Is it not true that even with teaching the world its needed lesson on brethren and the Lord's work, the more Advocate, having some time since ad­ aU the modern safeguards of police and this subject. are we piling up our treasures in heaven. detective systems, and the telegraph, and lessening those on earth. And the vocated that Methodists hereafter pray The Lesson to the Church. publicly for the dead, aroused his brother telephone, etc., still human lives and advantage of this procedure is that it editor of The Central Christian Advocate property are in peril, because of the God's lessons are for the Church-not helps to center our hearts on things to a discussion of the subject. He noted everywhere prevalent hunger for wealth? for the Church nominal, which is merely above, and to wean them from the things a more civilized section of the world­ of the earth, for where our treasures are that not even Romanists pray for those in "Whose Shall These Things 8e?" hell, but only for those in purgatory, for but for the Church real, for God's saintly there will our hearts be also. And thus, whom there is a hOl')e of escape. He Our text is a portion of one of our people in and out of the various sects says the Apostle, we will be able to "lay asked. "vVould we [Methodists] adopt Lord's parables. In it He pictures a man and parties, and in every nation, kindred hold on eternal life," now proffered to us. whose lines were fallen in pleasant places. the word Purgatory?" He proceeded to and tongue. These, anxious to know and Like Unto Your Father. The smiling sun and genial showers pros­ do the will of God, receive special instruc­ show that John Wesley, when charged It helps God's intelligent children to with praying for the dead, did not deny pered his Undertakings and his wealth tion such as the world is not prepared to grew. The opportunity came to him for receive. To these saintly footstep follow­ follow in the "narrow way" and to learn. it, but admitted it-denying that prayers the lessons of the present life, if they can for the dead were "poppery." He con­ helping his friends and neighbors and ers of Jesus, the Lord says, Let not your relatives less favored-the opportunity riches, your treasures, be of an earthly see the principles involved; and how the cludes: lessons in the School of Christ are advan­ "We do not think that His strange for turning his material wealth to a good kind. Rather, go to the opposite extreme account in the cultivation of the generous and spend and be spent in the interests of tageous. For instance, many at first are that Methodism has not produced a lit­ inclined to say, "I do not see how it will erature on this thing of prayers for the traits of his character, and thus to de­ others, in the service of God, in the serv­ velop more and more the Divine charac­ ice of His message of Love; and thus, make any difference to the Lord what :r dead. Methodism is practical. The land do with my money, my talents, my influ­ immediately beyond the grave is shroud­ ter (for God scatters His blessings, the along the lines of the Divine promises, ed in loving mystery; there is scant reve­ rain and the sunshine, upon the evil and seek for a share with the great Redeemer ence. He is rich, He needs nothing. upon the good). ' in the sufferings and self-denials of the Moreover, if any are needy, He is quite lation. Therefore Methodism is silent." able to supply their needs without in the :I: :$ :II But instead of becoming rich through present life, and in tfte glory, honor and So,. then, Methodism from Wesley down the cultivation of the noble qualities of immortality of the life that is to come. slightest degree impoverishing Himself. to the present finds nothing to say his character, he allowed selfishness to "Therefore, take no thought for your Why, then, should He desire His chil­ against future probation; but has some dominate. He pulled down his barns and life [soul] what ye shall eat, neither for dren, who are far from rich in the world'S considerable leaning toward it. Only built greater. He accumulated instead of the body what ye shall put on. The soul estimation, to use their little talents of uninformed Methodists, therefore, have dispensing the wealth which Divine Provi­ is more than meat, and the body more time and money and influence, and why anything to say against the main argu­ dence permitted to flow into his lap. Are than raiment"-"Your Father knoweth make this a test for them, which will ment presented and proven by us. there not many today who are patterning what things y.e have need of." There­ determine whether or not they shall at­ after the character which the Lord por­ fore, "seek first [chiefly] the Kingdom" tain to the Kingdom at all, and if they trayed in this parable ?-many who are attain at all, whether they shall be "LIFE IS ARTIFICIAL." and the righteousness which it demands saying to themselves, "I will accumUlate and all needful things shall be supplied amongst the greatest or amongst the least After seven years in the ministry Rev. wealth and then say to my soul, You have according to your Father's wisdom. "Fear in the Kingdom? What is the philosophy Robert A. Bakeman has "quit the minis­ plenty; 'eat, drink and be merry'! Think not, little fiock; for it is your Father's good of it?" try to go to wGrk." He has been assis­ not particularly of your less favored pleasure to give you the Kingdom. Sell The philosophy is this: Man as origi­ tant to Dr. Geo. Lunn, the Socialist brethren or neighbors, nor of the miser­ that ye have, and give alms; provide your­ nally created, in the Divine likeness, was mayor of Schenectady, as pastor of the ably poor; live for yourself." Does it not selves bags which wax not old, a treas­ tender-hearted, sympathetic. It was after United People's Church. He went to appear that the Lord has here drawn a ure in the heavens which fadeth not sin entered the world and the strife for a work today as a laborer under the super­ picture of practically every man in the living began that selfishness gradually intendent of streets. Mr. Bakeman ar­ world, some of whom are really doing became the predominant influence, pro­ raigned the church, its methods and its ~~~~~*~*~~~*~z these things, and others only longing for THE R][q;n: MAN AND LAZARU§ ~ ducing hard-heartedness--carelessness of ministers in leaving the ministry. He the opportunity? All Christians have wondered re­ the interests of others-self-love. took exception to the preaching of the specting this parable. When taken Take Away the Stony Heart. church of the day, which, as he said, was Hear the Lord's Estimation. literally it seems unreasonable. Why ~ unproved. He declared the putpit is If the Lord declared that the man in ~ should a man suffer torture merely ~ God proposes that during the thousand hampered by an atmosphere of "so-called His parable was a fool, what may we ~"1 because he was rich, well clothed, l' years of Messiah's reign the hard-hearted­ truths," which the minister must accept suppose is His estimate of the masses of and bountifully fed? And why should ~ ness of our race shall gradually be dis­ the world today-blessed as men never another man be carried to glory solved. Satan will be bound and his al­ regardless of his own convictions on simply because he was sick and poor church doctrines. "'l'he minister is in a before were blessed, privileged as men and a companion of dogs? In the lurements will be ended. The curse will castle," he said. "He stands unchal­ never before were privileged, and there­ clear light now shining, this parable be lifted, the earth will yield its increase, lenged and says what he pleases so long fore responsible as men never before were is luminous and beautiful to such f10 the thorn.s and thistles will give place, as he keeps within his pledges. I am ;rJ;:sponsible in the use of money? Alas! ~.~ an extent that one is compelled to ~ i}nd so WIll the pests. The stress being tired of being in a castle, unchallenged. v"Ve fear that the Lord is not well pleased ii1 laugh at his own foolish misunder- Hrted from mankind it will be easier for I want to get out where a man c.an place with the world in its scramble for wealth, .:N standing of it in the past. him to learn the lessons of love and P1 '1'he full explanation of this par- brotherhood, and to rise up out of his his brains against men. The minister's witnessed today on every hand. In our }\j able is given in another number, k life is artificial. It is an unreal life. He text God's people of today have the re­ P1 which we shall be glad to send you. l' present condition of measures and hard­ has a code of morals all his own. A minder that the masses have the opportu­ .N free of charge, upon postal-card ~ heartedness, selfishness-·back to the glo­ great majority of old ministers are bend­ nity of becoming rich toward God because P1 request. Address, Bible & Tract ~ rious image of God in Which man was ing over with the burden of trying to they have the opportunity to cultivate ~ Society, 17 Hicks St., Brooklyn, ~ created. This will mean the dissolving of retain their influence,"-Grafton, W. Va., the Christlike spirit through generosity, j New York. l' the stony-heartedness of our race; or, as Sentinel. helpfulness and brotherly kindness. ~~ i4X ~ ~;.;t$i\ J4X ~~~~~ (Continued on 2d page, 2d oolumn.) 2 THE BIBLE STUDENTS MC)NTHLY, Brooklyn, N. Y. Vol. 8, No.9.

(Continued trom lid page, 4th column.) Father-a spirit of love, kindness, gentle­ agents without really being a,1I'are of the the Scriptures put it, the Lord will take ness, meekness, patience and long suffer­ fact. According to our Lord's testimony T BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY away the stony heart out of their flesh, ing toward all. Moreover, during the on one occasion, we may understand W. F. HUDGINGS, Editor. an,d give them a heart of flesh-a heart of thousand years of the world's recovery that the whole world of mankind is 13, 1$, 11 HICKS ST., BROOKLYN, N. Y. sympathy. All under that favorable con­ from sin and selfishness and hard-heart­ divided into two hostile camps, the one dition who will refuse to return to har­ edness, doubtless each individual will a little flock, under the guidance and Monthly-12 eta. a year. Single COIl es, Ie. mony with God, and to the likeness of have several centuries for his gradual control of .Jesus, their invisible Lord and An Independent, Unsectarlan God, will be destroyed from amongst the development, but the Father seeks in the Head, whose will they seek to do; the Religions Newspaper, Specially people in the Second Death.-Acts 3:19-23. Church class such as will manifest so other, the remainder of the ,vorld, who Devote(i to the For~arding of unwittingly are in the service of sin, the LaYJuen's HOlUe Missionary But while such a restitution under the much zeal for Him, and such as will give :ttloveUlent for the Glory of God favorable conditions of the Messianic such heed to His instructions, and show beoause they are in the service Gf sin. and' Good of HUlUanity. Kingdom is GOQ'S provision for the world, such. earnestness to copy His character, and because, as the Apostle expressed He has a different provision for the that they will succeed in attaining a it, "His servants you are to whonl yon Ministers of the I~ B. S. A. rendllr their servicee Church, now being called, tested, proven. heart condition of tenderness, sympathy render service."-Rom. 6:16. funerals free of charge. They also invite oorreBIIO and love like unto the Heavenly Father's, From this standpoint, with this view ence f rom those desiring Christian oounsel. By nature our hearts are hard and selfish; and, as the Apostle says, "We were chil­ in th~ pre,fent years of their Christian before our minds, how many ag.ents our dren of wrath, even as others." The fact experience. great Adversary has who unconsciously that God has called us to joint-heirship And if we shall ultimately demonstrate are working for him, working for sin, working against the Lord, and hence THE CHRISTIAN·PAGAN NATIONS. with His Son in the glorious Kingdom this fixity of our hearts, the Lord will that is shortly to bless the world does not own us as His children in the First Res­ are the opponents of the few who have The paradox of the twentieth century urrection and grant us perfect bodies on tasted of the grace of God, who have 'ac­ is that everywhere Christian relation­ signify that He will accept us in our pres­ ent condition of hard-heartedness and the spirit plane, when it will be possible cepted the Divine conditions and who ships prevail between individuals, But for us to be absolutely like Him. That have consecrated themselves to walk in pagan relationships between the nations selfishness. On the· contrary, if we are to be the is the glorious condition for which we are the footsteps of .Jesus. No wonder we to which these individuals belong. This waiting, hoping, praying, striving. And are urged to "watch" as well as to is the observation of Dr. Frederick Lynch kings, priests and judges of the world, in association with our Lord and Head, it is within our reach, for the Lord has "pray," to watch against these various of The Congregationalist (Boston) from not called us in vain: "Faithful is He seductive influences of the Adversary, the vantage point of a summer holiday the great King, we can readily see that we ourselves must get rid of this condi­ who hath called us." through the world and its spirit operating at Lucerne, Switzerland. In this summer So, then, dear fellow-Bible students, let through social, financial and churchianity meeting-place of Europe he has seen tion before being capable of helping the world up out of its hard-heartedness. us gird up the loins of our minds, deter­ channels, to draw us away from that full English and Germans grouped together mining that with the Lord's help we will consecration to the Lord ::mc1 to the "their tall~ full of the utmost good-will,.: "We Walk by Faith." Truth to which we have already pledged the relatlOns "Christian through and be rich toward God. Let us think less and In various respects the Lord's dealings less of earthly riches, and more and more our lives. through." "The German would never with His called Church at the present True, the Lord could answer our pray­ think of steal.ing the Englishman's purse, prize the Kingdom which the Lord has time are different from what His dealings promised to His faithful ones. All who ers by defending us from every adverse and the EnglIshman would never suspect influence, by shielding us from every the German of murderous designs upon will be with the world by and by. This shall attain to it will be rich in the high­ is because ours is so high an honor; and, temptation by making us immune to all him." If they differed in a dispute, they est sense, rich toward God. Not only will correspondingly, it is appropriate that we they be rich in the possession of the manner of temptations. But for Him to would not fly at each other's throat; they do this would be to change His own plans, would refer the judgment to the nearest should manifest the more love, the more highest prize that God has to give-His zeal than will be expected of the world. very best-but following the process and and hence He will not do it. And when friend, or if it were a serious quarrel, to we come to understand what the Divine an impartial jury. "As a matter of fact, To illustrate: We must walk by faith lessons or our Great Teacher we shall be and not by sight, and voluntarily accept rich in His character-likeness, rich in ex­ plans are, and how the watching and nationality is not uppermost in their resistance of sin are a necessity to our talk." "But the moment the German the Lord's providences, and volu'ntarily perience, rich in faith, rich in benevo­ undertake to co-operate in putting away lence, rich in all that is good and great, proper development as the Lord's people, Government and the English Government we will no longer be expecting to be exchange words, the whole atmosphere the stony heart, accepting instead the however poor we may be in earthly goods, at the finish of our course. "carried to the skies on flo',very beds of changes from Christian to pagan." In fact, Spirit of the Lord, and the Spirit of the ease, while others fought to win the "It is as if Christianity had never ex­ prize and sailed through bloody seas." isted, or else had no part in the relation­ Character Development, ships of nations. The talk is all of FAITH, FIDELITY' AND OBEDIENCE preparation for murderous assault of one Jehovah's object in the special call of nation upon the other. Each declares the NECESSARY TO SALVATION the Church dUring this Gospel Age is the other harbors designs of invasion, and development of a class of people into the each seems to believe that the other "Watch and pray, Zest ye enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is wining, but the character-likeness of His dear Son, our Hedeemer. This means a condition of would seize the land at once did it dare. flesh is weak."-MATT. 26 :41. Instead of good-will there is recrimina­ heart that will be in opposition to sin, that will have its special delight in op­ tion. No bandit in pre-Christian Europe WATCHING and praying are both ne­ veneration, faith and conscience. li\:)!' posing sin, that would die rather than ever armed himself against a fellow man cessary to escape entering into temp­ the natural man to approach the Lord m yield to sin. 'vVe must remember, how­ as each one of these nations is arming tation. But flrst it is proper that we in­ prayer, with the selfish motives and in­ ever, that we have this treasure of a new itself against the other. Should the quire who are addressed. vVho are to stincts of the old will, would mean that mind in earthen vessels, our mortal slightest dispute arise, these nations are watch? Who are to pray? Who are to his prayers would be of a wrong kind, bodies (2 Cor. 4:7); we must remember ready to fly at each other's throats, and escape entering into the temptation? We from the selfish standpoint. that to will is present with us, but that it is only because the few who believe reply that this prescription is not given Our Lord clearly marks out the kind the performance is another matter. Christian ethics should prevail between by the Great Physician to the world in of petition which His people will offer, To will right is of absolute necessity ~ation~ are influential enough to be general. True, our dear Redeemer called the kind of petition which He will be from the very beginning of our Christian eard m these days ~hat the~e two gr~a~sjnners p.v ef2:where a.pd a t all. times to to entertain and surely grant and COllrse. He who ,'.lins :3.dverse to right­ naLlO?S were kept 1rom flymg at eaCli repentance, but He has no dealings with ~lt some time. VeSCrlbIrlg tms eousness and truth and goodness and the other s throats last year. It seems too them until they respond to that call. proper prayer He says: "If ye abide in Lord is not begotten of the Holy Spirit. horrible to be believed, but it is true; and It were well if the entire world could Me and My words abide in you, ye shall Everyone that is begotten again wills to so pagan still are all the codes of national realize our Lord's attitude toward them­ ask what ye will and it shall be done do right, wills to follow the Lamb whith-­ ethics in spite of Hague conferences and that while not unsympathetic toward unto you." (.John 15:7.) Ah, yes! If the ersoever He goeth. But with all our peace congresses, that i~ wo~ld take little them in respect to their weaknesses and Lord's words abide in us it will imply our willing we have difficulty in performing, to plunge these two natIOns mto war. blemishes of the fall He nevertheless love for them, and diligent study to know because of the adverse conditions of our "There are a good many· ~ta1ians in has closed up all methods' of reconcilia~ the words of the Lord and the will of own flesh and because also of the adverse Lucerne and a good many I~ahan pape~s tion, all avenues of approach to Himself the Lord expressed in those words; and conditions of the world about us. So, are .sold

they will be qualified to share with Him Little-Known Facts About,HeU. THE NEW DAY ALREADY DAWNING the great work of blessing Abraham's Natural Seed.-Gal. 3:29. By c. J. ·Woodworth. The completion and glorification of the ((At the name ot Jesus every knee shall bow ana every tongue confess-to the glory of The average man believes in hell, but GOd."-PHILIPPIANS 2 :10, 11. Church will mark the time for the es­ tablishment of the Kingdom. Then will thinks few people go there and nobody begin the pouring out of the Divine knows much about it. The Bible is the WE CALL attention to the Six Great world's being happier because of these blessing and the removal of the Curse. only authority on the subject, and no Days of a thousand years each, favors, it is more unhappy, more discon­ Satan will be bound for a thousand one can know· a.nything ab@Jut it, aside during which the world is experiencing a tented than ever. The Scriptures show years. The knowledge of God will grad­ from the Bible. Few know that the Bible reign of sin and death, sighing and cry­ that the discontent will culminate in a ually fill the Whole earth. The Natural teaches that ten thousand go to hell to ing. Physicians physical and moral haye short, sharp period of terrible anarchy, Seed of Abraham will be the first to re­ one that stays out. been unable to effect a cure. God Him­ from which the world will be rescued by ceive the Restitution blessings-to re­ The population of the earth is 1,6'Oe,- self alone is able to 1'011 away the curse the establishment of Messiah's Kingdom. turn to the likeness of God in the flesh 000,000 and the number of adult pro­ which He imposed and to give mankind The permission of the light and bless­ and to have returned to them Paradise fessed Protestant Christians is 16,000,000, instead His blessing. ings of our ooy, in advance of Messiah's conditions and Divine favor. The ancient or one in 100. Many of these Christians In the past we have been so intent on Rule, the Creator intends, shall teach saintly ones of the Jewish race, we are are rich, but we read, "A rich man shall following our own sectarian schemes and humanity a great lesson respecting their assured, shall be made princes in all the hardly enter into the Kingdom of theories that we have neglected the own fallen condition and respecting their earth for the correction of their brethren, heaven." (Matt. 19:23, 24.) Many are proper study of the Bible. Indeed, need of the very help which God is pro­ Natural Israel, and for the instruction wise, influential and noble-minded, but not until our day has such a study been viding in Christ. None shall have the and assistance, also, of the people of we read, "Not many wise men after the possible for the masses. Only now do opportunity of erroneously supposing that every nation, kindred and tongue-the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble they have the Word of God in their pos­ God's blessings, coming to the unregen­ living and the dead. are called."-1 Cor. 1:26. session in convenient form in every fam­ erate hearts, will make them thankful Many believing Christians will be dis­ ily, and only now is education so general and happy. The new heart is necessary Paradise Restored. appointed, for the Lord will say to many as to permit all to read, all to study, all to real happiness. such, "I know you not whence ye are; de­ to know the good things of the Divine We also incidentally see that if God Rapidly the knowledge of the glory part from me." (Luke 13:27.) Many pray­ promises. had sent or permitted the light of our of God will fill the whole earth. Cor­ ing and working Christians' will be disap­ The creeds of the "Dark Ages" did day with its blessings a thousand years rections in righteousness will be meted pointed, for prophesying, casting out indeed din into our ears the' message of sooner, then the discontent of humanity out to all not doing their very best to devils, praying Lord, Lord, and doing many the curse. Yea, they distorted it and would have culminated in anarchy a come into harmony with the Divine Law. wonderful works are all insufficient to ob­ made it a message of eternal torture, thousand years sooner-and before the Blessed rewards of increasing perfection tain the reward of heaven.-Matt. 7:21-23. whereas the Scriptures declare that "the time Divinely arranged for the establish­ of mind and body will gradually come to When we consider Christ's statement wages of sin is death"-not eternal tor­ ment of Messiah and His Bride, the the willing and obedient in that day. that un!ess a man loves Him more than ment. In our darkness we mistranslated Church, in heavenly glory for the ruling, The wilful evil-doers shall be cut off in "father, and mother, and wife, and child­ and misinterpreted God's Word to our blessing and uplifting of humanity. the Second Death. Then as a result, ren, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and before the thousand years of Messiah's his own life also, he cannot be my dis­ own confusion, swallowing also some in­ Truth Discerned Aids Faith. terpolations without proper 'scrutiny. No Kingdom shall expire, every knee will ciple" (Luke 14:26), and reflect that prob­ wonder we were nauseated by those As we gradually come to realize that bow to the glory of God. ably not one professed Christian in a creeds! No wonder the intelligent por­ we are living in the dawning of the time Meantime also the blessings of Para­ hundred has reached either this standard tion of humanity were in danger of all for the long-promised bleSSing, this Sab­ dise wiII be coming to the earth as a or the other one which He set in the being driven into infidelity-away from bath Day of earth, when the Curse shall whole. "God will make the place of His same chapter, that "Whosoever he be of God and from His Book, which we mis­ roll away, it gives us a fresh interest in feet glorious." (Isa. 60:13; 66:1.) Jesus you that forsaketh not all that he hath, understood and misrepresented! all the affairs of the present life, as well will see of the travail of His soul and be he cannot be My disciple" (Luke 14:33), as in those features of the Divine Plan satisfied. (Isa. 53 :10, 11.) All those who A New Day Is Dawning. it should make us willing to consider which are yet future! The knowledge have suffered for righteousness' sake carefully what is to become of the 9,999 Bible students are arousing from their makes life worth living. Millions of during the present time of the reign of out of every 10,000 of earth's population sleep and finding that they have long people live a treadmill existence, un­ sin and death will be more than com­ that do not meet these conditions. suffered from nocturnal hallucinations. worthy of themselves and joyless, be­ pensated therefor in the blessings and We all know that "The wicked shall be 'l'he true message of God's Word is cause they have not come into the family joys of the New Dispensation. The turned into hell, and all the nations that spreading, and with it goes increase of of God and not been taught to under­ knowledge of the glory of God shall fill forget God" (Psa. 9 :17); but how many faith, together with joy, peace and god­ stand the deep things of His gracious the whole earth. The glorious Divine of us know that they will be re-turned liness. purposes. character will be made manifest, not there; that the passage, correctly trans­ "\Ve have all noted the fact that ours is The first step necessary is an acknowl­ only to angels, but to men. The infini­ lated, reads, "The wicked shall be re­ the most wonderful day of earth's his­ edgment of the Creator and a consecra­ tude of God's Love, .Justice, Wisdom and turned into hell, all the nations that tory. Our eyes open widely as we note tion of life to Him, and then an application Power may then be seen by all; whereas forget God"-showing that there are na­ the contrast between the blessings which of our hearts to know His will, that we today under the reign' of sin and death, tions which go into hell once, come out surround US and those enjoyed by our may do it. One day of such living is worth with minds beclouded by the error in­ of hell, learn of God, forget Him and are fathers. We are surely all amazed at more than a year of the aimless meander­ stilled by the Prince of Darkness, the returned there. what we see of progress, invention and ing common to the masses. All who have opposite condition-darkness-covers the We may all know (.Judges 11) that labor-saving machinery, of educational entered into this blessing should rejoice earth and gross darkness the heathen. Korah or Core went to hell, but how arrangements, of improvement in the therein. All who have not, should seek What a glorious consummation is be­ many of us know that he was accom­ breeding of cattle, sheep, swine, horses, the Door, Christ, and be glad to walk the fore us! "\Vhat lengths and breadths of panied to this place by his house; with poultry, etc. narrow way, following His footsteps into human possibility in perfection we see all his household goods, and two other We are equally astonished at the grace and peace Divine. with the eye of faith! Man was made in establishments similarly equipped?­ progress made in the culture of fruit and the image of his Creator, and the earth Stiff-necked and Stiff-kneed. Num. 16:32, 33. vegetables. "\Ve cogitate further, that was provided to be his everlasting home. We may all know that the Sodomites with the progress of invention, the ne­ We may, indeed, rejoice in the lessen­ The Curse that has reRted uDon .the fl:Jrth welltLulIeIl ~Geu. 19), 'but how many "",::;::HLyuf arduous labor and sweat of ing -oi-the-swe'd.t;-orrace coming to man·, arid its king has brought both to angels know that they were accompanied by the face for the daily bread will soon be at kind-in the dawning of this New Day. and to men valuable lessons, which per­ city in which they lived and that there an end, and the necessary leisure and We may, indeed, rejoice in the greater haps could not have been learned under are other cities there ?-M att. 1 i :23. conveniences and comforts which will spread of knowledge to every class. We any other process of instruction. We may all suppose that many heathen permit every man to be a nobleman will may, ind~ed, rejOice in the more com­ The result will be glorious, as de­ warriors of long ago went to hell, but soon be available to all. What do these fortable housing, feeding and clothing of scribed by the Master Himself. There how many of us know that they took things mean? Why have they come sud­ our race. We may, indeed, praise the shall be no more sighing, no more Curse with them their weapons of war, and denly upon us in one generation ?-yea, Day which is ushering in these blessings there, nor sorrow, nor pain, nor any that their swords are there now, under and give no :ndication of slackening, and which, through irrigation canals and more dying; for all the things of sin and their heads, with what is left of their but rather of progressing to still greater artesian wells, scientific study and teach­ death wiIIhavepassed away. He who bones?-JDzek. 32:27. wonders! vVhat is the explanation of ers, books and newspapers, is making the sits upon the 'l'hrone "will make all We may understand that the wealthy go thi's? wHderness to blossom as the rose and things new."-Rev. 21:4, 5. to hell, but how many of us know that The Bible alone gives the reply to this many blades of grass to grow where one The Prophet Isaiah declares that Je­ in the same place are sheep, gray hairs, query. It explains to us the meaning of alone grew previously, bringing increased hovah will do these things and that worms, dust, trees and water?-Psa. 49:14; the reign of sin and death which we and fruitfulness. But still much is to be desired every knee shall bow to Him and every Gen. 44:31; Job 17:13·16; Ezek. 31:16. our forefathers have shared. :u tells us -much that we cannot accomplish for tongue confess. (Isaiah 45 :23.) st. Paul We may all know that bad men go to that our sorrows, aches and pains, weak­ ourselves. We need an outside influence, applies this Scripture and declares that hell, but how many of us know that the nesses, mental, moral and physical, are an outside power-the very one which it will be fulfilled through Jesus, and in­ Ancient Worthies, Jacob and Hezekiah, all the results of sin-the sin of Father God's Word declares is about to take cidentally it will be fulfilled by the fully expected to go there, and that Adam entailed upon us by the laws of control-Messiah's Kingdom. Church through Jesus. All things are of faithful Job prayed to go there?-Gen, heredity for the Six Great Days of a Our blessings thus far are not draw­ the Father and by the Son. The thought, 37:35; sa. 38:10, 18; Job 14:13. thousand years each, already past. ing the masses nearer to God-not mak­ then, is that the world in acknowledging We may all wish to keep out of hell, Then to our astonishment the Bible ing them more thankful, more holy, more Christ and the Church, and bowing to but how many of us know that David opens the door of the future and bids reverential, more loving. On the con­ them, will be bowing to Jehovah, for the said there is not a man that liveth that us look abroad and see the better Day trary, we are becoming more strifeful, Logos, Jesus, the Redeemer, forever will shall deliver his soul from its power and Which God promises. It explains that He more self-willed, than any previous gen­ be the Representative of the Father and that Solomon says thou goest there, who­ has been giving us lessons respecting the eration-less inclined as a world than His Power; hence all men should honor soever thou art?-Psa. 49:10; Eccl. 9:10. exceeding sinfulness of sin, but that all ever before to worship and reverence the the Son even as they honor the Father We may think that those who go to the while He has sympathized with and God of All Grace-less inclined to believe also-not honor Him as the Father, but hell go there to stay forever, but how loved His creatures. It tells us that as a that there is such a Being at all. At the as the Son, the Father's direct Represen­ many of us know that Samuel said, "The present rate of growth of irreverence it beginning of the Divine intention to roU tative-Heir of all things.-John 5:23; Lord kiIIeth and maketh alive; He bring­ away the curse and to give instead Di­ would seem as though the time might Hebrews 1:2. eth down to hell and bringeth up" out of vine blessings, .Jesus came into the soon come when no knee would bow and no tongue confess to God's glory. The Elect Church Already Bows the hell, and- that David said God has the world and died for Adam and his race, Knee. same power to aid those in hell that He "the .Just for the unjust," to cancel "As. I Live, Saith the Lord." has to bless those in heaven ?-1 sam. their judicial obligations-the death pen­ The Elect Church of the present time But here we look to God to see what 2:6; Psa. 139:8. alty upon them-and thus to give them already bows to Jesus as the Representa­ We may think that those who go into an opportunity in God's due time to re­ provision He ha:;:. ~nade for present con­ tive of the Heavenly Father, and already ditions. And as we look, our hearts are hell never come out, and that there is turn to their former estate, all that enjoys a great blessing through this no record that any have come out, yet Adam lost-to the perfection which was cheered. We have the Divinely solemn special relationship into which she has declaration that the full end of the reign there are at least two persons in history his when he was in the image of God, to entered and which is to be completed in who have been in hell and come out of all that was his in his glorious estate­ of sin and death is to come. And we her resurrection change. Jesus, as the have outlined in God's Word proofs that hell. One is Jonah, who prayed in hell Paradise. great King of Glory, and His Bride class and was delivered from hell (Jonah 2:2), we are now living in the time when that as the great Queen of Glory, will be dis­ When Will the Curse Roll Away? New Reign of righteousness shall be in­ and the other is Christ, whose soul went tinctly separate from the world-sharers to hell, but "His soul was not left in Chronologically we are already in the augurated. We have prayed for it with of an altogether different salvation. more or less of faith all our lives: "Thy hell," for God raised him up out of it. Great Seventh Day or Thousand-Year These, begotten of the Holy Spirit, are (Acts 2:31.) And when Christ came out Sabbath-we are already thirty-eight Kingdom come; Thy will be done on promised a partiCipation in the Divine earth, even as it is done in heaven." of hell He brought with Him "The keys of years into the great Seventh Day. This nature, which is far above that of angels, hell" and now has the power and the explains the blessings which are ours Permit not faith to let go her hold; the Apostle assures us. and which are coming to us increasingly. the "Word of God cannot fail. As He is right to let all its captives free.-Rev. 1:18. For the same reason that the Heaven­ We may suppose that hell is to last This progress will continue throughout bringing to us the temporal blessings ly Father is invisible to men Christ and the great Thousand-Year Sabbath of promised in His Word and appropriate to forever, but the Prophet speaks of its the Church wiII be invisible, though all­ coming destruction, and John the Reve­ Messiah's Kingdom. The Bible promises this time-the New Dispensation-let us powerful. The blessings of human Res­ that it shall bring blessings to every trust Him for every other feature of His lator says that it is to be made to "de­ titution that they will bring mankind liver up the dead" which are in it, and it, creature-not only the living, but the promised blessing. He who has begun will be conveyed through earthly chan­ dead, "for all that are in their graves the good work is able to complete it. If itself, is to be destroyed.-Hosea 13:14: nels, of whom Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Rev. 20:13. must hear the voice of the Son of God, He has promised, and sworn to this and all the Prophets and faithful ones of and come forth." (.John 5:28,29.) All promise, that all the families of the The last passage cited affords the ex­ the past wiII be the leaders, or Princes, planation of the whole subject, for in must be given a full opportunity to come earth shall be blessed in Abraham's Seed, as God has declared.-Psalm 45:16. into harmony with the Creator and to surely ·we may rely upon it. If we see at the margin opposite Rev. 20:13 the trans­ come to perfection and everlasting life. present only the Spiritual Seed of Abra­ lators have explained that the word *l\t!!.***~~~***~ "hell" means "grave." Reversely, in the Only by personal, wilful, intelligent sin ham in full harmony with God through :J What Say the Scriiptillre§ Aboillt t!!. can anyone's blessings be turned into the Christ, and they not glorified, let us wait margin opposite 1 Cor. 15:55, the trans­ ~ SHEOL-HADES-HELL~ ~ lators have explained that "grave" means second curse of God, the Second Death, patiently for the Lord, knowing that He 2>J A very interesting pamphlet, ex- t.>!. from which there will be no redemption. will fulfil His promises in due time. "helL" The terms are interchangeable ~ plaining every verse in the Bible in ~ and the meaning is the same. In every Incidentally let us note that the coming The Church, the Elect, are indeed the ~ which the word Hell is found, will ~ of those blessings is, in one sense, pre­ Spiritual Seed of Abraham. This class, P) be sent on postal-card request, free. k place in this article in which the citations mature, in that they have come to us as the Bride of Christ, must be completed ~ Address, Bible & Tract Society, ~ appear in black type, the translators before the establishment of the Messianic and must be united to their Redeemer ~ Brooklyn, N. Y. \;t: have rendered Sheol or Hades by "grave" Kingdom. Consequently, instead of the by the First Resurrection change before ~~*~~~~~~~ or "pit" instead of "hell." c______~~ ~c=______J International Bible Students Association, Pnb.l.is.lzers.

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ing to God for guidance I took up nacle congregation, there are several . BIble study in a very different way assistants and I am privileged to from previously. I began to study speak to thinking Christians in vari­ JONAH IN THE the Bible as I should have done at ous parts of the world, especially in first-without reference to any of the the United States. Only the Lord cree -So I began to let God teach me. knows how I thank him for this I ceased to say, It. reads, "Thus," BELLY OF HELL but it must mean otherwise. It says, privilege of service, and for the still "So and so," but cannot mean that, larger opportunity afforded me but the reverse. In other words I through the columns of some of the ceased to try to teach God and en­ principal papers of the United States. "OUT OF THE BELLY OF HELL CRIED I."-JONAH 2:2. deavored to be taught of God through My sermons are handled by a Syn­ his Word, guided by his Holy Spirit. dicate, and I am advised that now they appear in several hundred news­ International Bible Studies. SYNOPSIS of Pastor Russell's suffer still more excruciatingly every papers, aggregating a circulation of That was forty-four years ago. several million copies. All these peo­ recent s e I' m 0 non "Jonah," time the operation was performed. Under the Lord's blessing I found the A which has caused quite a sen­ lAs a child I tried to imagine that ple, of every denomination who do Key to the interpretation of the any thinking at all, I am sure have sation, will be read with interest. He this was the just desert of sinners, Scriptures-not because of ability, said in part: and that the Heavenly Father was had similar difficulties to those which Some, intent on disproving as much really kind and loving-that He did but, I telieve, because it is now due I experienced -difficulties in compre­ as possible of the Bible, have at­ not give them worse, though I could time for the Bible to be understood­ hending how our Heavenly Father tempted to make light of Jonah's in the closing of this Gospel Age could be a good Father, a good God, a not think of anything worse that and the dawning of the Millennial experiences, claiming that there was they could suffer. loving Creator p,nd yet provide for no fish in the world of such capacity Day. Having found the Key and hiS human creatures such terrible "When I was a child, I spake as a used it myself I have spent my best as could swallow a man entirely. We chilc' but when I became a man, I destinies as all the creeds of the endeavors since to put the Key into "dark ages" set forth. There is not are to remember, however, that the put away childish things." (I Corin­ the hands of God's consecrated peo­ Scriptures do not say that it was an thians 13: 11.) I asked for the proof a thinking Christian in the w.orld ple the world over. I have nothing who does not need the correct under­ ordinary whale that swaHowed Jonah, that anybody could endure such suf­ to boast of, dear friends, but have but rather they specifically declare ferings and yet live. I asked for the standing of the Bible m order to be much to be glad for. First, I am glad able to stand in the evil day that is that God "specially prepared" a great proof that our God is as unsympathet­ on my own account with a joy un­ fish for the occasion. Nor is that all. ic as any devil could be. My mind upon us. All need to give heed to speakable, that now I know my St. Paul's words, "Take unto you .the \Ve have our Lord's own testimony rejected as irrational the whole pro­ Heavenly Father and can have con­ to the truthfulness of the matter, and position. I said: The God whom I whole armor of God, that ye may be fidence in him and can have love able to withstand in the evil day, and, whoever denies either His truthfulness shall worship must be a greater being for him as never before. I am thank­ or His intelligence is thereby denying than myself-greater than any human having done all, to stand." (Ephe­ ful that, to some extent, I have been sians 6: 13.) Our day is a blessed also His Messiahship and repudiating being, not only in power to execute enabled to convey similar joys, Him as a Savior, because neither a His will, but also in wisdom to make one in respect to its wonderful op­ similar blessings, to others of his portunities and privileges, but it is falsifier nor a dupe could possibly be a wise arrangement for His creatures, dear people of all denominations in recognized as the great Redeemer and and also perfect in justice to do to an evil one in the sense of being a all parts of the world. The Lord time of great trial and testing of Savior, the Sent of God, the Messiah. them as he would have them do to has gradually enlarged my opportuni­ Additionally our Lord informs us faith to Christendom. Him, if he were ·E1e creature and they ties year by year. I am not build­ Thinking minds are rejecting the that the Jonah incident was in the the God. He must also be perfect ill ing a sect-not making a new de­ nature of a type, especially designed doctrine of eternal torment and gen­ love, the noblest feature of any char­ nomination-not founding a Church. erally at the same time rejecting the of God to foreshadow the fact that acter. I said to myself: Such must We have had too much of that sort of Jesus Himself would be dead for parts be the God who was the Creator of Bible and denying that it is the in­ thing already. Not only have we spired Word of God. These dear of three days and arise from the dead our race, for He has produced in Wesley's Church and Calvin's Church, on the third day, even friends are stumbling into infidelity etc., etc., but it has become the cus­ and think that Higher Criticism and as Jonah was buried tom for each minister to be spoken alive for parts of three Darwin's Evolution theory are new of as the proprietor of the Church; light. What tbey need is to see that days and on the third as, for example, the Reverend Dr. day the great fish vom­ the tru3 light is in the Bible and A.'s Church. It has become a custom, that, wearing our grandfathers' spec­ ited him upon dry land. too, for the preachers to speak of the There is nothing diffi­ tacles, we misread the Word of God people as "My people," "My Church." and wrested it to our own injury and cult about the narra­ This is all wrong. I wish to have tive to one who has to the loss of our peace of mind and neither part nor lot in it. I have no fellowship with the Father and Son. proper faith i. God. To Church, and wish for none. There tho:5e who :nave not is but the one Church-the Church The Key to the Scriptures. faith, nothing connec!ed of Christ-"the Church of the Liv­ Whoever gets the proper under­ with Divine revelatIOn ing liod"-"the Church of the First­ is reasonable, commend­ standing of our text has in his pos­ Borns, whose names are written in session the Key to the Bible. If he able or satisfactory. Let Heaven." That Church includes in its will use it, passage after passage will us continue to main­ membership every true saint of God open for him and the whole Word of., tain our stand with who trusts in the merit of Christ those who hold fast to God becomes a new and glorious rev­ and seeks to walk in his footsteps. elation of Justice, Wisdom, Love the Word of Life. Whatever earthly systems such may and Power Divine. The Belly of Hell be identified with are without Divine The Prophet Jonah was in the Described. authorizatic,n. Their standing in fish's belly-he was buried alive. It God's sight is merely because of their is this that is referred to in our But what have "the identification with Christ as "mem­ text. The words "hell-belly" signify belly of hell" and the Enters uThe Hell Belly"-Jonah 2:2 bers of his Body." grave-belly or belly-grave. The con­ poor soul crying from it In God's providence I was led to text shows all this, telling us addi­ to do with the story of Jonah? Jonah humanity certain degrees of these publish six volumes of "Studies in the tionally that sea-weeds were wrapped was in the belly of hell and his cry various qualities and he could not Scriptures," or Bible Keys. These about the Prophet's head and that unto the Lord from there constitutes give to man what he does not him­ were taken up by the Bible and Tract God heard his prayer and delivered our text. When a boy I heard this self possess, nor can we suppose Society; and published at cost price, him from. the hell-belly, or belly­ text and my imagination conjured up that he would create man with more to enable all of God's people every­ grave, on the third day, by causing what hell was like and especially justice, wisdom, love and power than where to procure them. They are the fish to vomit him up. If you what the belly of hell, or what I sup­ he himself possesses. To that great now published in t wen t y of the have a reference Bible note that in posed the middle part of it, was like. God I bowed my heart and mind most prominent languages. The first the margin there is a reference to I had the opportunity of looking into and every power that I possess. To Volume, "The Plan c,1. the Ages," has the words of our text, saying, "He­ blast furnaces through what is called him I still bow, and give thanks that reached almost to the five million brew, the grave." Ah! says one, The the glory-hole or peep-hole. There I by his grace I have come to see his mark. I have received not one cent translators merely made a mistake noted that the center of the fire was character, his Plan and his Word of royalty. My life is a very simple and translated it "hell" when they at white heat. I tried to imagine peo­ more clearly than in the past. I one. My expenses are small. I accept should have translated it "grave." ple in such a condition in the very thank him that now I can see in no salary and take up no collections. Yes, . I answer, and they made the middle or belly of hell. I could not what way ultimately Jesus will be Voluntary donations from those who same mistake in every case in which imagine how they could survive such the "Light of the world"-not merely have been blessed by my labors sup­ they u'!ed the same word "sheol" an experience a single moment, let the Light of the Church.-John 8:12. ply my needs and the surplus goes throughout the Old Testament. As alone for all eternity. I sought theo­ In abandoning the doctrine of eter­ to the Bible and Tract Society for it is, "sheol" is transl ted "grave" logical expositions of the matter and nal torment my disposition was to the forwarding of its work-"The more times than it is translated learned that some theologians of the abandon the Bible also, because I be­ Promulgation of Christian Knowl­ "hell" in our Common Version; but it hoary past, admitting the destructive lieved that the Bible was the founda­ edge." should be translated "grave" every effect of fire, claimed that God would tion of the irrational theory which Each earnest Christian who obtains time. There we have the Key to the specially vitalize all the poor crea­ had pictured God to my mind as a the assistance of these Bible Keys Bible. The hell of the Bible, the tures consigned to this torment, so demon of the worst imaginable type. and enters into the treasures of God's penalty for sin, is death, the grave, that they would never die, but would But, thank God, dear friends, the Word and becomes rich himself in the tomb. It is not an everlasting keep on suffering forever and forever Lord heard my prayer for light, for spiritual knowledge and in joy and hell, for several Scriptures declare and forever, untellable tortures. I knowleCge respecting himself. After peace of heart, is glad to call the that "sheol" (hell) shall be destroyed. found that other theologians ex­ I had made a search of heathen attention of others to these Bible "I will ransom them from the power plained that those consigr.ed to such creeds, as well as those of Christen­ Helps. Thus the International classes of the 'grave' (sheol); I will redeem a fiery ordeal would gradually be­ dom, and had found them all illogi­ of Bible Students of all denominations them from death; 0 death, I will be come adapted to it and assume an cal, unreasomible, unsatisfactory, I in all parts of the world are spring­ thy plagues; 0 grave (sheol, hell), asbestos-like shell which would meas­ turned to the Bible again, saying-, ing up and a blessed light, we be­ I will be thy destruction." (Hosea urably - protect them from the fire. Perhaps I have not done the Bible lieve, is going forth from these, as­ 13 :14.) St. Paul quotes this proph­ But these theologians went on to ex­ justice; perhaps I have unconsciously sistful to all who love righteousness ecy in conjunction with his great nlain that. wishing them to Ruffer attributed to the Bihle the teachings and hate iniquity. Although I am the discourse on the resurrection, "0 horrihlR tortures. Goo. would seale off of thp cree(h~. PRrhans I have read regular Pastor of the New York City death, where is thy sting? 0 grave the asbestos shell, causing them to it through colored spectac1es. Pray- Temple and of the Brooklyn Taber- (Continued on 2d page, 2d column.)

j ___ ~ -'--ll::L~" S;[E)LNTS MON'1.'liLY, bwoldyn, N. Y. Vol. 8, No .... ---.------.------~------JONAH IN THE HELL BELLY. families of the earth-not only those tive work-as one of His many titles. (Continued from 1st page.) then living, but also all who have To suppose that Jesus is in Hea"en The BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY gone down to the tomb. The general a human being, is to suppose that he W. F. HUDGINGS, Editor. resurrection will not be an instan­ is still, as when on earth, "a little (hades) where is thy victory?"-I lower than the angels," whereas the 13, 15, 17 Hicks St.; ~rooklyn, N. Y. Corinthians 15: 55. taneous one. as in the case of the saints. It will be a gradual one in Scriptures state that He has ascended Monthly-12c. a year. Single copies, lc. Christ Died for Our Sins. two senses: far higner, so that not only men, but An Independent, Unsectarian Re­ We see, dear friends, what our (1) All will not come forth at once, also all the angels of God, are com­ ligious Newspaper, Specially Devoted dear Redeemer suffered on our be­ but as the Apostle declares, "Every manded to worship Him. To sup­ to the Forwarding of the Laymen's half to release us from the penalty man in his o'--n order," company or pose Jesus in Heaven a human being Home Missionary Movement for the for sin. He did not go to eternal is to suppose Him out of all harmony Glory of God and Good of Humanity. band.-1Corinthians 15: 23. torment for our sins. He did go into (2) It will be gradual in the sense with Heavenly surroundings and sheol, into hades, into the grave. that the awakening from the tomb spiritual conditions. Ministers of the 1. B. S. A. render their "Christ died for our sins, according will be but the beginning of the res­ MoreovlClr, are we not told that the services at funerals free of charge. They to the Scriptures." (1 Corinthians 15: urrection of the world. During the Church of Christ will be changed also invite correspondence from those de­ 3.) Thus God has provided for the thousand years of Christ's reign all from the human condition to the siring Christian counsel. resurrection of the dead-all man­ who will give heed to his instruc­ spiritual condition in the resurrection; kind, "both of the just and of the tions and assistance may rise grad­ and that this change will make them READING FACILITATED FOR THE unjust." The just are the Church, ually-up, up, up-and by the close like their Redeemer, so that they BLIND. the saints. The unjust include all of the Millennium they will reach the may see Him as He IS, not as He WAS-that they may see Him in Dr. Max Herz, of Vienna, well others. The blood of Jesus will avail full perfection and image of God, lost for the release of every member of by Father Adam through disobedience. glory, honor and immortality -exalta­ known in scientific circles, is the in­ tion-and not as the One who in ventor of a contrivance enabling the the race from the great penalty of The unwilling, those rebellious after death. Now it operates under a the light has fully come upon them, humiliation was made flesh that' He Blind, by means of a combination of might sacrifice His flesh on behalf a talking machine and the telegraph, special call to the saintly few w1!o will be destroyed in the Second are invited to become joint-heirs with Death, from which there will be no of the race of Adam? When we so to "read" with greater ease than was thought we forgot the Scriptural as­ heretofore possible by the aid of com­ the Redeemer in his great Kingdom recovery.- They will perish as the which shortly is to bless all the brute beasts. sertion that "flesh and blood cannot plicated and expensive Braille books. inherit the Kingdom of God." This The underlying feature of this new statement of Scripture implies that system is a mechanism, by means of all who become partakers of the which the "Morse" and other tele­ Divine nature and share in the graphic characters are conveyed to Heavenly Kingdom with their Lord tne Blind BY way of the ear. The A GREAT CONQUEROR, and lledeemer must be made like machine is supplied with a combina­ Him by the power of the First Resur­ tion of small plates, everyone of rection. which contains a story completely Difficulties of Unbeliever written out. To operate these sound A GRAND TRIUMPH plates, another piece of machinery, We have found worldly-wise people consisting of two Morse-keys and very skeptical respecting the descent electrical sound-receivers, is neces­ "When He ascended up on High, He led a multitude of captives." of the Logos, the Con of God, to sary. The latter are connected by -Ephesiaus 4:8, margin. earthly conditions, but Christians 1neans of a needle, which makes im­ seem to have more difficulty than do N one sense of the word, our Lord Seen by Saul of Tarsus. . the \'''-or~d to comprehend the ascen­ prints on a prepared wax tablet. The Jesus ascended at the time of His sound plates contain both short and I '.L'he Apostles were to bear witness sIon of Jesus to the spirit plane and resurrection from the dead; for to the resurrection of Jesus; but its excellent glory. Both points, how­ long tunE'S and can be sold at ex­ then He left the human nature and the tremely low prices. It is intended Judas having lost his place, which ever, are important. Whoever is un­ to publish a daily paper for the blind. and the tomb for the Divine nature was given to St. Paul, it was proper able to see that the Logos, the glor­ and im nortality. He tarried, how­ that the latter should also be able to ious Son of the Highest, humbled ever, lor the space of forty days bear witness to Jesus' resurrection. Himself, divested Himself of the spirit after His resurrection, that He might ELECTRICITY AFTER 50 YEARS. Recounting those who had seen our nature and took instead the human establish and instruct His Apostles. Lord after His resurrection, St. ,Paul nature, cannot see that Jesus was Dr. Chas. Steinmetz, of Schenec­ During that time He was invisible says, "Last of all He was seen of me sinless. And those who cannot recog­ tady, N. Y., one of the country's most to them, except when He manifested also, as of one born before the time." nize that He was holy, harmless, un­ noted experts on electricity, stated Himself by appearing miraculously Jesus appeared to St. Paul in the defiled and separate from sinners, can­ last week in the course of a speech in various forms to convince them glory of His spirit being, "shining not belIeve in the sacrifice of .r esus delivered in Cleveland: "Within 100, that He was no longer dead, and that above the brightness of the sun" at as being a eansom for Adam, to if not within 50, years electrici"Ly \vill He was no longer confined to human noonday. The sight cam d injury to effect his release and th~t of his pOS"­ be the general motive power and all conditioru-that His resurrection had Saul's eyes. terity from condemnation to death. the work which now has to be per­ made Him a spirit being again, on a Row inappropriate and unsatisfac­ The Logos was transferred from formed by man in the sweat of his higher plane than He was before He tory such a manifestation would have Heavenly conditions to earthly condi­ brow, will then be done as quick took human nature for the suffering been if the Redeemer had so ap­ tions, and the purity of the Logos­ as lightning." Electrical power, he of death in order to redeem hmllanity. peared to the Eleven during the forty His perfection of organism, His free­ added vlOuld become as cheap as the During the period between His res­ days following His resurrection! They dom from sin-was preserved, not­ air, giVing to the world of mankind urrection and His ascension our Lord could not possibly have identified the withstanding the fact that He was ample time to apply itself to higher taught His followers not alone by His glorious Personage who shone above born of an earthly mother who was tasks than to breaking stones for words, but also by His conduct. They the brightness of the noonday sun not free from the blemishes of the one's bread, as most of us are forced had not yet received the Holy Spirit, with the Lord Jesus, their Friend, Adamic race. Pastor Russell's vol­ to do. and hence could not understand or their Teacher. But to Saul of Tar­ ume. "THE ATONEMNET," an­ Mr. Steinmetz is not only an in­ appreciate spiritual things. They sus, the revealing in fiery light, above nounced elsewhere in this issue, genious and ceaselessly working in­ could therefore receive instruction the noonday glare, was· very appro­ shows scientifically the process used ventor, but also a philanthropist, and only along natural lines. priate. It convinced him in a man­ of God by which the Logos was as such he is doing big things in his Jesus was raised from the dead a ner that no human appearance could changed from the higher to the capacity as president of the city coun­ spirit being, far above angels, prin­ have equaled that Jesus was no human nature, yet preserved im­ cil and of the school board of Sche- cipalities and powers. Had He gone longer a man and that He was no maCUlate. nectady, N. Y. Exchange. directly to the Father without mani­ impostor. St. Paul's conversion was A Serious Error Among Christians. festing Himself to His disciples, they ins tan taneous. would not have been able to under­ The error of supposing that Jesus WONDERS OF THE TELEPHONE. It should not cause us to marvel is still a man was shown to signify stand the truth of the matter. that Jesus ascended, as He peclared, the denial of His statement that He Dr. H. Barringer Cox announces Hence their lessons were given them "up where He was before." It would ascend up where He was be­ that he has invented a new wireless largely ill pantomime, corroborated should not surprise us that the Apos­ fore, and of St. Paul's teaching that underground telephone. At the same by the Master's words, explaining tle de.clares that our Lord ascended He has been highly exalted to glory time he claims to have gotten, in con­ that it was necessary for Messiah in dignity and. station far above an­ and distinction-the Divine nature, nection therewith, the clue to a new to die in order to redeem the world, gels, principalities and powers, and instead of the human nature. This electric phenomenon, the principal and that it was also necessary for above every name that is named. On error has led to other errors, one of feature of the same being the pos­ Him to rise from the dead and to the contrary, it would be both equit­ which we cite; namely, that made by sibility of sending an electric current ascend 'on High and reenter the able and God-like that the great many Chrstian pecple of expecting over a single conduit. For five spiritual plane of existence in order Jehovah s_lOuld highly honor His the Second Coming of Jesus in the months Dr. Cox has been at work in that from that higher plane of being faithful Son, the First and the Last, flesh-as a glorious Man and not as Los Olives, Calif., constructing a He might be the more capable of the Begin:o.ing and the Ending of the a glorious Spjrit, partaker of the wireless telephone system for the filling the great office of Prophet, creation of Jehovah. Could we for Divine nature and altogether dis­ forestry service. He Las now suc­ Priest and King for mankind. one moment suppose that our great sociated from human nature. Think­ ceeeed in conducting the human The Pentecostal Blessings. Creator would permit this faithful ing of our Lord at His Second Ad­ voice through the soil. ' he new After forty days, during which He Son, or any servant, to lay down vent as a glorified l\tfan, they asso­ wireless telephone consists of a reg­ life in the Divine service and to ciate Him with a material throne and ulation telephone al paratus and a was invisibly present with His disci­ ples, except on the few occasions suffer loss as a consequence of his an earthly court. The unreasonable­ newly invented contrivance, which obedience? Is it not much more ness of this error leads other Chris­ may be connected as a conduit with when He manifested Himself for a few moments each, our Lord ascended rational' to believe, as the Scriptures tian people in an opposite direction. the soil. Dr. Cox expects to go to declare, that "Him hath God highly Realizing that such an earthly king­ Washington shortly, in order to lay to Hef' "n. Ten days afterward, the Holy Spirit came from the Father exalted"? dom would be a step backward his new- invention before the Govern- Extreme Humiliation and Exaltation. rather than forward, they deny the ment. Exchange. upon the waiting Household of Faith. The outpouring of the Spirit evi­ Note tl~e Apostle's phraseology in Second Coming of Christ to establish denced to them that they were justi­ the context-that the One who as­ the long-promised Messianic Kingdom_ FACTS FOIL THE ASSASSINATION fied freely from all things through the cended had previously descended, and The prop'''' thought is that Jesus OF PASTOR RUSSELL'S merit of the Redeemer's sacrifice, that that the descending and the ascend­ accomplished in the flesh the work CHARACTER. their consecration to sacrifice them­ ing w{:)re related as cause and effect. which the Father had given Him to A post-card request brings free to selves had been accepted of the The One who has ascended on High do, when H~ sacrificed His earthly anyone who doubts Pastor Russell's Father, and that thenceforth they completely fills the highest position life. The Father rewarded· Him glo­ purity of life and sincerity of purpose, riously by exalting Him to the highest a clear cut statement of the facts at might count themselves as ~oint-sacri­ in the great Divine Government ficers with Christ, members of His of the Universe-as Head of princi­ spirit plane. Now l.ur glorified Lord issue. Address Watch Tower, Brook­ is waiting for the gathering of His lyn, N. Y. Body, members of "the Church of the palities and powers, angels and men Those who read carefully and get First-borns, written in Heaven," mem­ -next to the great Jehovah. Yet, as Elect, His Church, His Bride. These the benefit of the pure spiritual at­ bers of the Seed of Abraham, in the Apostle warns us, we must not are to share in His resurrection to mosphere into which Pastor Russell whom all the families of the earth identify tho body now possessed by the Divine nature and to sit with Him leads them need not be told that the are to be blessed. this glorified One with 'the One who in His Throne. Then the -Kingdom many vile printed and pulpit attacks of Messiah, so long promised, will be­ are wholly false and merely the des­ Only' Jews received the Pente­ in obedience to the rather's will costal blessings. Until three and a gin to bless the world, using as its perate efforts of opponents whose came down from Heaven and as a earthly representatives, visible to nefarious schemes to keep the people half years thereafter, in harmony man humbled Himself unto death, in ignorance of the truth on all sub­ with a Divine promise made to the even the ignominious death of the men, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and all jects Pastor Russell is so fearlessly Jews, the Gentiles were excluded. cross. The Apostle calls attention to the Ancient Worthies mentioned in and thoroughly exposing. Then the time came for the Gospel these two extremeb of humiliation Hebrews 11. It is for this reason that the mil­ A Multitude of Captives. lions of newspaper readers continue to go to the Gentiles. The record and exaltation-both accomplished in to enjoy Pastor Russell's pen products informs us that Cornelius was the the Son of God, the Logos, the Mes­ Our text figuratively represents th\ and are not being influenced by any first Gentile to be received into spiri­ siah, the Christ. ascension of our Lord from the of the so-called news reports with tual relationship with God. Until If any of us at one time supposed earthly plane to the Heavenly as the scare-headlines, some of which, if God's due time for "the middle wall that our Lord Jesus ascended to triumph of a great Conqueror. Sin even partially true, would have sent of partition" between Jew and Gen­ Heaven in a physical condition, as a had gained ascendency over Adam Pastor Russell to prison long ago; but tile to be broken down, he could not man, we entirely misunderstood the and his race, and had brought them the fact is that not a soul on earth has the slightest cause for grievance receive the spiritual blessings. Even Scriptures. To suppose that Jesus down to the dust, mentally, morally agaim;t Pastor Russell, except that he then he was received, not because of went to Heaven a man, is to mistake and physically. Moreover, this vic­ is telling the common people truths his works and prayers. but because of the significance of His title, the Son tory over mankind had been gained the clergy wish them not to know. faith in the redemptive sacrifice of­ of Man, which He preserves as iden­ in a legal manner, through the one fered upon Calvary. tifying Him with His great redemp- man's disobedience. The Logos di~ 3 Vol. 8, No. 10 vested Himsed of His glory on the v. _Illng to accept the sacrifices of all The most saintly, t'he most con- Lord is with them that reverence spint plane, was maQe 11es11, fulfilled 'w 110 aesire to become His aisciples­ scientious of them are tl'ouoled by Him and He will snow wem His Cove­ the demands of the La-w, proved him" LO take up their cross and follow Him tileir fears, tormented by tuei!" bYlll- nant"-He Y;l11 bt.-~ 1..ta11 tree now self competent to pay the sinner's through good report and evil report, pathies, perplexed to under::>LCtllU (juQ'S from the bonuage of sllpersution and Ransom-price, anu "gave Himself a even unto death. The entire Gospel dealings, hindered from ha'vllig ,the' fear, and by and by, III tHe "Firnt Ra.nsom for all, to be testified in due Age antitypes Israel's Atonement peace and joy which the Master prom- Resurrection," He WIll free them time." Having finished His sa.crificial Day; and the sacrifices of our Lord ised His followers. The less conscien- from the body of corruption. work, He was again received to the and the Church are the "better sacri­ tious of them stifie conscience to their In other words, at the present time spir'~ nature with exceeding glory and fices," foreshadowed by the bullock own injury, gradually losing faith in all humanity may r€ceive a bleSSing to the right l:urcl of God. and the goat offered typically by the the Word of God because of this of heart-consolation in proponion as Thus the great Conqueror is seen Jews. This antitypical Atonement error. They thus escape some of the tl~e~ can come to the knowledge of returning to the Heavenly state, ac­ Day is "the acceptable Year of the torments of fear, but they do not at- DIVme Truth; and each will be heiped claimed by the Heavenly host; and Lord," as Jesus pointed. ouL God's tain the love, joy, contentment and to the knowledge of the Truth in pro­ far down the centuries the prophetic faithful people of this acceptable Day peace which the Master promised His portion to his hunger and thirst after view sees following Him a great pro­ are glad to be invited to "present faithful ones. righteousness-his honesty of soul. cession. First comes the Church, the their bodies living sacrifices, holy and Unrel:able Subterfuges Harmful. The dishonest-hearted are not worthy Royal Priesthoood, His brethren, de­ acceptable unto God." In the end of There is only the one Divine rem- of being Eet free from fear. Liberty livered from the power of Sin and this acceptable Day will come the end and freedom from fear for these would I;)r'lth through the merit of Jesus' of all opportunity thus to sacrifiee the edy for this harmful.fear. This rem- not be favorable t.o them nor to oth- blood. These are cnly the vanguard human nature and become joint-heirs edy is associated with the Gospel of ers under present _conditions_ Fear is of an- advancing host; they are "a with Jesus Christ our Lord. Christ; but there are numerous sub- associated with alienation from God kind of first-fruits to GQd of His crea­ "Times of Restitution!' terfuges. Some drown the~r fears, dis- and, as the Bible declares, "None of tun~s," rescued from Sin and Death. appointments and sorrows with aleo- the wicked shaH nnderstand." Later on, for a period of a thousand After the Gospel Age has passed hoI or various narcotics. S()me seek years beyond the deliverance of the away there will be a new period in­ to drown them with sensuous pleas- Mystery of the Gospel A!ile~ Church, the prophetic pen foretells trod .:ced, styled. in the Scriptures, ure, some with business activity, To attain the highest blessing countles::: hosts of every nation, peo­ "The Times of Restitution." The ac­ some with church activity, some with wbich God has to offer at the present l4l1e, kindred and tongue, to be de­ ceptable Day for the sacrifice of the "devil-may-care" unreason. Of late a time c-ertain Uithcult requirements Church has lasted f()r nearly nineteen considerable degree of subterfuge suc- must be complied with. Sin must be livered from the power of Sin and centuries; and the Scriptures clearly DeaPl Clrou~" the merit of Him who cess has co:ne along the lines of repented of heartily, and, so far as died on Calvary. indicate that the Times of Restitu­ deceit-denying the existence of sin, possible, restitution must be made Then will come the glorious con­ tion will last a thousand years. St. denying the facts of pain and SOT- which mea:r_s that sin m.ust be for~ summation. When all who will have Peter tells us just when these Times n wand death and, contrariwise, af- saken to the extent cf ability. Faith refused Divine grace shall have been of Hestitution will begin. . They will firming that everything is good, re- must then recognize the ·'Lamb of destroyed in tb e Second Death, then beg-in as a re::mlt of the Second Com­ gardless of the nntruthfulness of this G::.d which taketh away the sin of shall be beard every creature ih ing of Jesus, tbe Messiah, and the proposition. the world"-that H:.e sacrific-e for Heaven and on earth saying, "Bless­ establishment of His Kingdom. Then The result of this self-deception in- sins was necessary, and that God. ing. aJld honor, and glory, and power, "Times of refreshing shall come from deed relieves froin a considerable Himself provided it in the death of he unto Him that sitteth upon the the presence of the Lord; and He measure of fear. To this extent it Jesus. Faith and knowledge mast T'-:-one, and unto the Lamb forever." sha!l send Jesus Christ, which before proves a solace and satisfaction; but go further and not only see and ac­ was preached unto you; whom the it. is a subterfuge and not the true knowledge the d-eath of the Redeemer, "The Acceptable Year of the Lore." Heavens must retain until the Times remedy. As a proposition its in- but also that God raised Him from At our Lord's First Advent began of Restitution of all things, which God fluence upon the mind, upon all the the dead and highly exalted Him to "the acceptable Year of the Lord"­ hath spoken by the mouth of all His reasoning faculties, is injurious. The spirit b, ~ng again, to the intent that the time when God, having accepted holy Prophets since the world began." twisting of reason necessary to this eventuallS He may accomplish for aU the sacrifice of Christ Jesus, became -Acts 3 :19-21. philosophy, which calls black white, mankind the wonderful blessings fore­ and pain pleasure, and sin righteous- told in the Law and the Prophets. ness, is destructive of so-~nd reasoning Additi()nally, to such will be re­ ability. The habit of perversion nec- vealed the great '"Mystery" of this essary to the calling of bad good and Gospel Age, lasting from the death FEAR-THE BANE OF HUMANITY wrong right not only injures the of Jesus to the manifestation of }.fes­ mind, but, in attempting to sustain si~h in power and great glory as 3 itself from the Scriptures, perverts the MIchael-the "God-Hke-One. ' (Dan. entire Word of God. With reason per- 12:1.) The Mystery is that .Jesus is ({Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name; thou verted and the Scriptures perverted, the Head, Chief, Lord, over the art Mine."-Isaiah 43.'1. the true Message of the Scriptures Church which S<; His Body and that EAR is a great calamity. It is The Name Christendom a Misnomer. cannot be enjoyed. Unless fear be the "Body" mCLnbers will 'eventually measurably eliminated, the proper be glorified with the Head on the closely related t~ all the sorrows 'fhe explanation of this peculiar sit­ F of lite, closely lmked to all the faith, hope, joy and spirit of a sound spirit plane; and that then Head and uation is that Christendom is not mind are impossible. Body will constitute the great Mes- crimes of the worlu. One of the oless­ Christian; that the name Christendom ings of true Uhnstlanny is the release is a misnomer! Christ's Kingdom does Divine Antidote for Fear. siah whose spiritual reign of a thou- it gives from iear. rlut alas; true not prevail amongst the civilized one­ God's Message through the Law and sand years will result in the bless­ Christianity, true Christian faith, and fourth of humanity. For centuries the Prophets to Israel, as interpreted ing and uplifting of mankind. the present rewards of these are not now Christendom has deceived itself. by Jesus and His Apostles, gives us W~oever shall 00 thus taught of very common even in Christendom. and "has seriously misrepresented the true antioolc 1(,1' lear. It does not God In the School of Christ wHl learn Few know the meaning of the Mas­ Christ, His teachings and H1S prOll­ denydn, slckness, Gorrow, death; it al~o the necessity for having a share ter's words, "Come unto Me," all ye ised K:inguolll or l(ighteousness, tor denies no fact, but it dJes held out a WIth the Master in His suffering and that labor and are heavy laden, and I which stIll we are pray>ng, "Tny remeuy for all of these, an antidote, death, in order to have a share with will give you rest." Few appreciate Kingdom come, TliY will be done on "the balm of Gilead." Moreover, it H~m in His glorious Reign. These the assuralice, "n the :::;on suaH ma1{e earth." The world's large armies, pre­ informs us that this antidote can be WIll be taught by the great Head that you free, y ~ shall be u'ee mueed."­ pared to destroy each other; and our received only through the coopera- "if they suffer with Him they shall Matt. 11:28; John 8:36. Dreadnaught navies, prepared to blow tion of our heads and hearts. reign with Him" and that the suffer- Fear has its founuation in sin. We each other to atoms; and our sub­ It informs us that this healing is ings of this present time (if faith­ obtainable by only a comparatively funy endured by them) will work out may be sure that the angels in Heav~n marines and our flying machines, our know no fear. After Adam llad dIS­ great cannons and torpedoes-all few at this time, but, eventually, the an exceeding and abundant blessing. obeyed the pivine command in Ji]den, prove the mistake of calling human Divine blessings, world-wide, shall op- . The Sentiment of Our Text. he ieareu his Maker and hid from civilization Christ's Kingdom. erate toward all humanity as fully as Him. Similarly, fear affects all of SIllllldIly, the ",ony, fear, strife, have the penalties of sin. It applies To properly understand our text Adam's po::, LeJ'lL,Y , l.JeCdUSt) or the gen­ nervousness, etc., of Christendom all now (in full degree) only to such as and, indeed, to understand t"he Bible eral realization that "aU are sinners." prove that the Great Teacher's anti­ h,ove the hearing ear, the eye of faith as a whole, it is necessary to dis­ God and His righteousness are, figur­ dote for fear and worry has not been and the appreciative, responsive heart. cern that God has fOTeordained two atively, light, and the sinner and his taken by the masses of Christendom. Others may obtain a measure only of Israels-the earthly and the heavenly. sins are, figuratively, darkness. There We hold that the Good Physician's this consolation. The Great Teacher Both are precious, both are "'elect," remedy for sin. corroding care, worry, gave us the key to this deliverance both are to be used of the Lord dur­ is no compromise-the darkness hat­ from fear, saying, "Ye shall know the ing Messiah's Kingdom reign-the one eth (opposeth) the light, the light fear, is just as effective today as it was eighteen and a half centuries Truth and the Truth shall make you on the heavenly plane and the other scattereth the darkness. Love and free." "If the Son shall make you on the earthly. A mistake has been reverence go hand in hand, but love ago; we hold that the real difficulty and fear are opposites; we cannot is that His prescription has not been free, ye shall be free indeed." made by some in z:ecognizing the faithfully followed. We urge that The Coating Should Be Removed.' earthly Israe' and in not recognizing love that which we fear. we do not the hea v enly or spiritual Israel. fear that which we love. those who now have "an ear to hear" His Message should accept it faith­ The first step toward having the Others have made the mistake of Fear, Worry. Sickness. Truth make us free is to have the recognizing the heavenly or spiritual fully, and that they should not ac­ coating Qf ignorance and superstition Israel and not recognizing the earthly Hope, pride and ambiti0l?- encourage cept at the hands of anybody another removed and this is a difficult matter. Israel. The promise of God is to be the business man and Ule laborer, the prescription, said to be "just as good." For instance, the Catholic superstition sure to both the seeds of Abraham­ king and the peasant, the. housew~fe We should make sure that we get the of Purgatory and the Protestant su- to that which is according to the and the maid, the leaders of the SOCial Remedy which bears the endorsement perstition of eternal torment, for prac- promise, the oath-the Spiritual Seed get and the patient mother. Never­ of the Lord's Word, and which has tically all mankind, have been so -and also to that which is accord­ theless all of tnese have a drag­ the seal of "the precious blood." thoroughly riveted upoJ+ their faithful ing to the Law, the natural seed.­ anchor' of fear, which in the stress of The Master's Teachings Perverted. that to break their bonds and get free Romans 4: 16. life produces worry; worry pro .. more nprvous peevish and sickly than VI. "The New Creation" ...... " . "Hi .• t.he twelve hllndred millions outside less, not one in a hundred believes of C11ristel'dom. this. Address: International Bible Students Association, Brooklyn, N. Y .• U. S. A. THE BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY, Brooklyn, N. Y. Vol. 8, No. 10 enough to keep the eyes of our under­ earthly home in Eden that was lost. stanamg open so that we can ap­ It was an earthly likeness of Gua preCiate the things which are freely that was lost. Jesus came to bee ... TO KNOW GOD given us of God. His true children and to recover that which was lOSL, are witnesses to the fact that He has and by the end of the Millennial Age been opening the eyes of our under­ the world will have been restorea standing more and more d ... ring these and will be ready to be received or IS TO LOVE HIM last days. Certain great blessings the Father.-1 Cor. 15: 24-28. have com to God's people, partic­ Then, the Bible tells us, God will ularly during the past forty-two years have another work for Christ to do. " MEN HAVE MADE HIS LOVE TOO NARROW -riches of grace and knowledge. It will be for Him, as Jehovah's Agent (to test all mankind in their BY FALSE PRECEPTS OF THEIR OWN."· Satan a Liar and Murderer. rich porfection at· the end of the The wor Id in general has been Millennial Age; and whoever is not laboring under a gross misconception in full heart sympathy with righ­ ~'The glory of the Lord shall be revealed) and all flesh shall .see it to­ of God which had its start six thou­ teousness, whoever does not hate in­ gether."-Isaiah 40:5. sand years ago in Eden. God had iquity; will be d'estroyed from amongst said to our first parents respecting the people. Everything unfavorable HE text implies that a tim~ is com­ above every name." (Philippians the fruit of the forbidden tree, "In to I'1ankind will be rooted out. He T ing when everybody WIll know 2: 8-11.) This name is Christ, the the day that thou eatest thereof, dy­ will destroy all who love unrighteous­ about God's glory-all flesh. This Anointed of God. Christ Jesus is ing thou shalt die." But Satan, ness and sin, both root and branch. will include not only all who will at anointed to be Head over the Church through the serpent, said, "This is (Malachi 4:1.) St. Peter; speaking that time be living, but all who have which is His Body, anointed to be the not true. Ye shall not surely die." on this subject, says, "These, like ever lived. We rejoice that God great High Priest after the Order of Thus he made God a liar, while he natural brute beasts, made to be has so grand a Program. Weare Melchisedec, anointed to be King of himself became a murderer; for he taken· and destroyed, shall utterly per­ given an intimation of this as we kings and Lord of lords-when He slew our race. (John 8:44.) But God ish." (2 Peter 2: 12.) From this Sec­ look into the past and observe that shall come into His Kingdom. remained quiet. He did not smite ond Death they will have no. resur­ the glory of the Lord has not yet. "To the Jew First." Satan down, although He sentenced rection. "They shall be as though been revealed to the world. God gave Adam and Eve to death and drove they had not been."-Obadiah 16. some little intimation of His glory, The Bible tells us that God, who them out of Eden. His character, His design, to Abra­ made this glorious arrangement for Practically the whole world has be­ God's Glory Soon to Be Revealed. ham, telling him that by and by He our Lord Jesus, provided also that a lieved Satan's lie. Mankind believe But the point which we especially purposed to bless the world t~rough certain class should be gathered out that when they appear to die they wish to make is this: During all these Abraham's Seed. But this was only of the world to be 'members of His really become more alive-that what six thousand years past, the glory of a promise, not a revelation of .God's Body, otherwise called "the Royal is called death is really a good thing the Lord has not been revealed. All glory; for only Abraham. belIeved. Priesthood," "the Bride, the Lllrgatory. That God had to put men see, to understand. "All the blind But they were unable to keep the ones, either Jews or Gentiles, could somewhere is the theory. A dead eyes shall be opened, and all the Law. None of the' fallen' race of walk in Jesus' footsteps, and as the person could remain in the tomb, deaf ears unstopped." God's keeping Adam are able. (Romans 3: 20.) things revealed to the worthy ones unconscious; but if the supposedly The hope of becoming the Spiritual were revealed to their eyes of under­ quiet for so long, not defending Him­ dead person is alive, he must be put S( against IIis traducers, will ulti­ Seed of Abraham faded from the standing, so to us today the Master's somewhere. "Only a handful fear mately redound to His greater honor. minds of the Israelites. But to words equally apply. The Lord's God, and therefore the great mass," (Psalm 50: 21.) When the world strengthen them the Lord promised consecrated ones shall see, shall they say, "must have gone to a place understand. It is not God's will that really come to know that God is He will make, a still greater Cove­ of torture; being alive and unfit for Love, they will have such a revulsion nant than the Law Covenant.-Jere­ others shall know now. Their time Heaven, they must be in Hell or Pur­ o' feeling from all the wrong thoughts miah 31: 31-34. to know will be that mentioned in gatory." they have had in the past that it will Israel could not keep God's per­ our text. By and by the Message Many say, "God would be glad ·to cause them all the more to appreciate fect Law. They failed because th~y shall go forth to all. destroy man if He could, but He the riches of God's glorious character; were sinners, members of Adam s We recall the various steps in the made man too well; and although As a dark background often sets forth race, born in sin, misshapen in in­ selection of the Church. First God He said that man would die, He can­ selected the worthy ones from the morE perfectly the harmonies of a iquity, in sin did their. mothers ~on­ not kill the soul, whi~h is immortal." beautiful picture, so the darkness and ceive them as the BIble explams. Jews in Palestine, then from those Nearly everybody believes this non­ misrepresentation concerning Jeho­ Finally God sent His Son, "born scattered abroad. The Apostle says sense about our Heavenly Father. that everywhere the Jews were vah will ultimately redound to His under the Law," put under the Law They slander Him, making Him out praise The world will all the more for the very purpose of demonstrat­ sought first, and only after they had to be the worst Being that ever lived. had their opportunity was the Gos­ love and hoilor Him. This will be ing that what other Israelites coulq One cannot picture any more wicked only the beginning of their adoration, not do He could do. He kept the pel Call sent to the Gentiles. God being than we have been told that wished a very cosmopolitan class to which will increase as His glory and Law, thus manifesting that "He was our Heavenly Father is. We are His goodness continue· to unfold be­ holy harmless, undefiled, and separ­ reign with Christ for the blessing given all sorts of descriptions, accord­ of all mankind. Jesus is the Head fore tI_eir astonished eyes. To know ate from sinners." Sinners were un­ ing to the measure of ignorance or our God is to love Him. . able to keep God's Law, but Jesus of all these. All must be true-hearted, wilfulness of the one describing God kept it, and to Hi~ was given. the all must come through the same low -the God of all grace and mercy. great privilege of bemg the promIsed gate of Consecration, all must walk Why has He not smitten those who Seed of Abraham. the same Narrow Way-w'alk in the have thus blasphemed His Holy WHAT SAY footsteps of their Forerunner. Name? But He has not. He has Qualified to Be Blesser of the World. Whether Jews or Gentiles at the His keeping the Law, however, did even allowed some of His children to start, all are now New Creatures in do this in ignorance and blindness. THE SCRIPTURES not make our Lord Jesus Abraham's Christ. Old hopes, aims and desires Seed spiritual, but merely demon­ To some in his day the Apostle have passed away, and all things Paul expressed the fear that Satan ABOUT strated His qualifications. Even have become new.-2 Cor. 5:17. though He was perfect, as a man He would beguile many of t e Church could not have done the work which Truths Revealed in Due Season. j'qst as he had beguiled Mother Eve God had purposed; for He could not We have briefly traced the history -by false doctrine, misrepresenting SPIRITISM? have given life to the race under sen­ of the world. During all this time the Almighty. (2 Corinthians 11: 3.) tence of death. In order to give life the glory of the Lord had not been It is very difficult for us to realize Proofs that it is Demonism! to the dying world He must first lay that we ever came into such a con­ revealed. It is true that our Lord --Also- down His own life as an equivalent Jesus knew about the glory of the dition that we believed such lies; price for the life of Adam, in whom Father. The Apostles also saw the yet we must have done so. It is "The Spirits in Prison" and why they the whole race fell; and He must glory of the Lord clearly before their difficult for us to sympathize with are there. also be a perfect Jew, to redeem those minds. Not many, even in the early others who are in that condition; but who were under the Law. He must Church, could see it clearly. (Eph. we were once just as blind ourselves. The necessity of this little brochure take the step of sacrificing His 1: 18-23.) The Apostles, though fully Ignorance is the great tool which lies . in the fact that SPIRITISM 'is human life-rights, that He might do in God's favor, were not privileged, the Adversary has used to blind the showing an increased activity of late, the Father's will. This He did. whole world.-Acts 3: 17; 1 Corin­ and meeting with considerable success however, to know certain things that in entrapping Christians who are feel­ But even then Jesus was not the we may now know. C&tain truths thians 2: 8; 2 Corinthians 4: 4. ing dissatisfied with their present at­ Seed of Abraham that should bless are dispensational and cannot be Satan is a .rebel against Jehovah. tainments and craving spiritual food the world, except as we might regard understood until the due time has He wishes that the glory of God and a better foundation for faith. Him, properly, as having been begot­ arrived. To illustrate: The Prophet should not shine into the hearts of The aim is to show the unscriptural­ ten to be this Seed. At the time of Daniel sought to understand certain mankind; for it has a sanctifying in­ ness of Spiritism, and to point those His baptism, He was begotten of the things that had been declared to him. fluence, causing us to will and to do who hunger and thirst for truth in the Holy Spirit to a New Nature. It was But the angel ~ .plied, "Go thy way, God's good pleasure. Satan would directioJ) of God's Word-the Counsel here that He consecrated His human hinder us, would keep us in the dark of the Most High. "Thou shalt guide for the words are sealed till the Time me with Thy counsel, and afterward, life-rights unto death. During the of the End."-Danio~ 12: 8-10. respecting God's real character. three and one-half years of His min­ receive me to glory."-Psalm 73 :24. The Scriptures indicate that we en­ God's Purposes Will Be Accomplished. istry He carried out His Covenant of tered the period of the Time of the lUI pages; in paper covers, lOco postpaid. Sacrifice. This work was not fully End in the year 1799. Since then, The idea of some evangelists that accomplished until at Calvary, when the knowledge of the times and sea­ God is weeping and gnashing His BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY, He cried, "It is finished!" and died. sons has been forthcoming. The teeth over the condition of our race 15 Hicks Street Brooklyn, N. Y. When on the third day God raised times and seasons have gradually is because they do not know that Him from the dead, He was fully been becoming better understood as there is a God of all Wisdom and qualified to be the Blesser of the the due time came for the wise in Power, who has full control of the FREE LITERATURE! world as Abraham's Spiritual Seed­ Heavenly things to understand. To situation. He has a broad, deep Plan Send postal-card request to the editor no longer a man, but a spirit Be­ this class it will be given to know that will all work out properly. He for free copies of this paper. Some of the ing', privileged, with the price at His everything that the Very Elect are is not giving it any anxious concern interesting subjects you may have for command, the value of His own asking are: to know, until the time when Christ whatever; for He has laid the re­ Spiritism is Demonism t human life-rights, to make application shall receive t· e last of these unto sponsibility upon His Son Jesus, as Where are the Dead? of it, in Jehovah's due time, as a Re­ Himself. We should rest ourselves the Bible sets forth. The Rich Man in Hell. demption-price for Adam and his race. in the Divine arrangement of things, In this great work of human uplift Thieves in Paradise. Since His resurrection, our Lord Je­ and not seek to ferret out in advance the Church will be associated with Distress of Nations Preceding Arma- sus is the Spiritual Seed of Abra­ that which the Lord has not yet her Lord. For a thousand years it geddon. ' ham. Speaking of Jesus' death and made clear. will progress. As the Bible declares, "What is a Christian? resurrection, the Apostle Paul says, God is able to make clear in due Messiah will bless all of Adam's race, Sabbath Questions Answered. "Wherefore (because He was obedient time whatever He has decreed shall restoring to them that was re­ Divine Law Universal and Eternal. unto death) God hath highly exalted an What is the Soul? come to pass. If we are in the right deemed for them at Calvarv. It was Clergy Ordination Proved Fraudulent. Him, and given Him a name which is attitude of heart, we shall have a man that was lost. It was an Church of the Living God. !

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etc. If any ·of these fell upon the ledges oi the rock, no one thougl't Immortal Worms-Unquenchable Fire! 'worth while to interfere. and the xr.a.g ... gots and worms destroyed them. FirelJ also were lighted occasionally to ~ufn ~'Where the worm dieth not and the fire is net quenched"-Mark 9:48. IThe similar words of Verses 44 and 46 are not in oldest Mss.l the combustible rubbish, and brim;:ltond nrHESE words from the lips of our readers, is not supposable. We must I wish that those of you who have wa. added so that the f~mes might W Master, the Great 'I'eacher, have look for some explanation of the Mas- modern Bibles with maps at the back destroy any. malarial tendency, h. thO !)een grievously misunderstood. The ter's words more consistent with his would turn to the map of the City of Interest of the health of the city. teaching of our Protestant childhood own character and with the Heavenly Jerusalem and there notice on the was to the effect that only the saintly Father's character, and more consistent Southwest side of the City, just out­ The Lesson Jesus Taught elect would 0'0 to heaven and that with our conception of what a Just, side the wall, the Valley of Hinnom. We. have before our minds now th. others would' ~ot only lose heaven, but Loving, Wise and Powerful Creator That is the Valley that in brief was gehenna fire which no one ever at­ gain an eternal life in torment. Thus would do. It does not answer the pur- ·called Geh-hinnon, the Greek of which tempted to quench, but which was d~­ our teX!t was understood to portray po·se to say, as so many do, "Bosh, do is gehenna. All of our Lord's uses of Signed to consume utterly c',rerytlling what practically the whole world of not discuss such a matter. Nobody the word gehenna stand related to cast into it. vVe have in uind also mankind would be compelled to en- now 1!elieves such things!" This one that Valley. For the sake of our large the worms of which he spake-w')l'm!f dure. This hell was pictured to our Scripture repudiated would shake our number of readers it will bE: worth which were permitt~d to feed on !.hl! childhood minds from outside the Bi- confidence in the whole Bible. But while for us to take a glance backward carcasses undisturbed until the car­ ble as heated to a white heat. 'If we rightly explained and understood it at the history of that Valley during casses were consumed and the worm~ expressed wonder or surprise that any :"ould s.ettlc and increas.e our faith in ;nany centuries b~fore Jes~s' day. themselves died. Another item here human creature could endure such 'le ,'ScrIptures as a DIvine message~. The first mentIOn of thIS Valley in sbould be noticed, namely, that a say­ conditions so long t~e a~swer wa~ Entering Into Life "./ the Bi~le. is .found in Joshua (15:8), ing amongst the Jews was, Whos>oevel' that God would {eXerCIse 1'1S omn.po- Let us go back to Jesus' day and in wh~re It IS gIven as one of the boun- commits such a misdemeanor will. be tent pow~r. to make us fire-p~oof T-1 mind place ourselves with those who ?arIeS of the tr.be of Judah, a~cord­ in danger of going from bad to worse pain-sensItIve. Some t~eOloglan~ heard him utter the words of our text l~g. ~o the lot cast by Joshua III ~he until he will be brought before the the Thomas a KempIs schoc: OJ and context. The Teacher had just dIVISIOn Of. the land that ha? come 1I:­ tribunal of the Sanhedrin, a culprit. thought went SO ~ar as. to PlC~ure said, "If thy hand offend thee, cut it to ~ossessIO.n ()f th;e .Israel1~e'3. It IS .resus took the same line of proverbs the poor creatures In th~'r sufferIr:g!'l off-it is better for thee to enter into agam mentIOned SImIlarly In Josh~a. and declared that anyone violating the and to show that the heao w.ould fO~ ..l life maimed, than, having two hands, 18:16. The next .referen~e to thIS Gold~n Rule to the extent of calling' • kind of an asbestos r"vermg WhlCP to go into hell into the fire that never Valley is found In II Kmgs, 23:10. his brother a fool would be in danger would shield 'them from t. measure of !hall be quen~hed where their worm There we read how Josiah, the good eventually of such digression from Its intensity. But thor ~,deluded theo- dieth not and thei~ fire is not quench- King of Judah, instituted a. great re·· righteousness as to bring him under togians pro~eeded to exr~d.in that these ed." He said the same in the follow- form in the nation and ')bolished idol­ sentence of the greater tribunal' ot _ou~er coverIngs woul.!'! cx:.~c~ liLJ1g,~he.ll~-trrg"VBT~tlS '!'eBpectrrrg'llie ioOtafid"U'ie aa-y, ~-o£thc IIiv..,l;'ht::lmiu.':' £vTT{u3 ot MesShii:~'s Kingdom, 'a;n:a;"-"Whosoever off every little while, leavin.g the j;J~or ~ye. Was he speaking literally or fig- the iduJat.ry having been practised in shall say un to his brother, Thou art victim freshly tende~ that hl.ssuffermg . uratively? Does any sane person sup- this Valley of Hinnom, which had e:ot­ a fool, shall be in danger of gehenna. might be the more mtense. pose today that Jesus advised a literal ten a new name namely Topheth. fire."--Matt. 5: 22. Of course, these theologians of the cutting off of a hand or a foot or the HistorY tells us hat the Israelites What the Great Teacher meant was past had their difficulty in dealing with plucking out of an eye? Assuredly built in this Topheth, the Valley of that t':le earthly Jerusalem was a pic­ the worms. They could imagine de,:,ils not. And the person who would fol- Hinnom, a great brass image to the ture or type of the heavenly Jerusa.. who would oversee the torture as beIng low his counsel in that ",uy would be heathen god Moloch. lem, which represents the Divine Gov­ ~ade immune to pain by the chief tor- considered unbalanced in mine In various places they had groves ernment or Kingdom-the New Jerusa­ iturer, the Almighty God. But just how All recognize what he did 'mean, in which a licentious form of worship lem, which by and by, will come to imagine the worms getting along ~n namely, that if any who desired to have was enacted and tnen they resorted down to earth-when Go

J tty. But patient thoughtf~lness along foot, hand, these precious, but dis qual- was a boy and sometimes it was a of Jerusalem, so our Lord intimated these cruel and devilish lmes enabled Hying sins 01' wrong-doings, should be girl that \vas placed naked in the arms there would be an antitypical gehenna 1I0me to formulate the theory ::h~t tl:C put away-no matter how precious of the great image after it had been outside the New Jerusalem. As the worms would be fiery ones, llvmg In they were-no matter how highly es- fired to a red heat with fuel piled un­ trash and offal of the typical city were fire, delighting in fire-.worms ~hat teemed. By way of contrast, the Mas- derneath the image dnd passing consumed in the Valley of Hinnom, SCI would bore th!:'oug. the Incrustatl?ns ter suggested that if the retaining of through it as a fiue. The cries of these the offal and trash of humanity who and add still further to the horrIble these things would hinder them from infants so horribly sacrificed were will refuse all of God's favors, mercie~ sufferings of the world of mankind. entering into life they could not af- drowned by the cheers of the worship- blessings and opportunities, will be Was This What Jesus Meant? ford to retain them--that even if they pers and various musical instruments. tl'ea ted as disgraceful wretches and be were to carry the figure further and All of this, indeed everything akin consumed, destroyed, in the antityp­ Did the Great Teacher intend that suppose that in the future life they to suffering, was strictly forbidden by ical gehenna-which is the Second such conclusions should be drawn from would be deprived to the extent of be- the Divine Law given to Israel. And Dea tho Concerning this antitypical ge­ his language? And did he stop short ing maimed t, all eternity it still they had been specially warned henna, the Second Death, we are defi­ (\f the description from reas~ns of would be preferable to them to prac- against this very form of idolatry nitely informed of the characters which lIympathy or modesty or shame? Is tice the self-denial now and to enter (Lev. 18:21; Deut. 18:10). It is a will there be destroyed utterly, as Pe­ this the general teaching of God's into life. gross mistake and slander of the Di­ ter says, "as natural brute beasts." Word or has a great and terrible mis­ Be it noted that the reward here in- vine character and Law to suppose We have a description of this sym­ take been made? And have we mis­ dicated is in the entering into life, and that it ever sanctioned torture. And bolical New Jerusalem or Divine King­ taken a figure of speech and treated it the intimation is that those who fail- it is a still worse slander upon God to dom (Rev. 21), composed primarily as literal? We erred. We misunder­ will not have life at all-that they will suppose that he would himself do, and oC the Church, and secondarily of all stood. The Great Teacher who rebuked fail to attain life; that they will have that for all eternity, what -he C".l­ from the world who, during Messiah's his disciples, James and ,John, when no eternal life, either in pain or in demned in his fa .en creatures. rejgn, will enter in through its gates they desired to call fire from heaven pleasure. Let us examine our text The Lord decLLres all this through ai\a enjoy the blessings of Divine favor. upon the City of Samaria, because the further and see this. the Prophet Jeremiah (7:31 34). Here and life eternal. And hen we read. })eople thereof refused to sell them God particularly forw8,rned the Isra e1- verse 8, "But the fearful, and unbe­ food for the Master-the sympathetic Gehenna "Typed the Second Death ites that their wrong course would lieving, and the abominable, and mur­ One who said to them, "Ye know not The word hell in our text is from the eventuate in the terrible time of trou­ derers, and whoremongers, and sorcer­ what manner of rpirit ye are of; the Greek word gehenna, which, in turn, ble which came upon Jerusalem in the ers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall Son of man came not to destroy men's was a corruption of the Hebrew word year A. D. 70, when it was estimated have their part in the lake which Uves, but to save them'~-could that geh-hinnon, which signifies valley of that over a million died at the siege burneth with fire and brimstone. whiclr Son of man in any wise intend to tell death. There are two other words in of Jerusalem. In fulfi:lment of this is the Se!!ond Death." us that our great Heavenly Father had the New Testament Greek, translated prophecy the Jews cast the dead bodies Note that this lake of fire and brim­ Jess of the spirit of love and righteous­ hell in our common version. One of over the wall of Jerusalem into this etone into which all the offscouring of ness than the two impetuous disciples? these, tartarus, has no reference to hu- very Valley. Thus we read, "Behold, humanity will be cast is a symbol, and Did he mean to intimate that while the manity whatever, but merely signifies the day is come, saith the Lord, that the meaning of the symbol is plainly disciples might impetuously have been our earth's atmosphere-the place it shall no more be called Topheth, but, stated in the words, "Which Is the Sec­ wUling to destroy the earthly life of where Satan and the fallen angels are The Valley of Slaughter; for they shall ond Death." The first death passed the Samaritans, ,the Heavenly Father, restrained in chains of darkness (II bur.! in 'l'opheth till there be no place. upon all mankind on account of father of still more demoniacal disposition, Peter 2:4). The other Greek word And the carcasses of this people shall Adam's disobedience. Our Lord Jesus would treat practically all mankind ten rendered hell in the New Testament is be meat for the fowls of tho heaven. was appointed the Savior of Adam aad million times worse than that and use hades, which corresponds exactly to and for the bf>-Rsts of the carth." his race and gave his Ute a ransom tor Divine Power to all eternity to perpet­ the word rendered hell in the Old Tes- After the reformation mado by King all, to rescue all from death, to give uate the sufferings of his earthly crea­ tament, namely sheof. And all scholars Josiah the Valley of Hin:1om was dese­ to each and every member of Adam's tures which his own Word decl~res know that both of these words signify crated to the intent that it might never race one full, fair opportunity tor a were born in sin, shapen in iniquity, the same thing. They are used inter- afterward be considered :it for any test of loyalty to God and righteou2- In sin did their mothers conceive them changeably in the Scriptures to desig- kind of religious worship, sacrifice ('t" ness and to secure life eternal In tbe --earthly creatures, too, whose envi­ nate the state or condition of death- ceremony. It became the valley of New Jerusalem. Contrariwise all who romnent was unfavorable and whose the tomb. No person, of even slight defilement. It was used at certain wlll reject that full opportunity wlIl Adversary, the devil, God neither de­ education, would for a moment at- times for the burning of the offal and die the Second Death, from which there Itroyed nor bound? tempt to claim that eternal torment Is rubbish of the city. It became the will be no redemption, no resurrection.. Such an interpretation, my dear taught by sheof, hades or tartarua, dumping place of deati cats and dogs, no recovery of any kind. 'l'HE BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY, Brooklyn, N. Y. (Vol. 8. No. 11.)

of the responsibility. Could they ... iHE BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY Which is the True Gospel? mand of God that they should be put into heaven? Surely not! Surelyenly F. HUDGINGS, Editor. w. the saintly few are fit for heaven! 13. 15. 17 HICKS ST•• BROOKLYN. N. Y. "1 am not ashamed of the Gospel of CJa.rist,"-Roma"$ 1:1'. They, as well as all, recognized that MonthIy-12 ote. a year. Single COP es, 10. fact. Then, with blank consternation. An Independent, Unsectarlan Religious NeW"spaper, Specially I1tHRISTENDOM was startled re­ mentioned by the Great Teacher,' "The they determined that they must crowd Devoted to the ForW"arding of \Ur cently by a communication which darkness hateth the light;" "All things the entire mass into a hell of eternal the LaYDlen'. HODle Missionary announced that the Christian Alliance that are reproved are made manifest torture and shut the gates upon them ltloveDlent for the Glory of God had lifted a collection of $60,000 in a by the light" (Eph. 5: 13). Our work is and Good of HUDlanity. forever and write upon the gates, few minutes-$300 in cash, the remain­ to proclaim the true Gospel-to incite "Who enters here abandons hope." Ministers of the I. B. S. A. render their services at der in promises. Then followed the start­ Christian people to Bible study in the funerals free of charge. They aleo invite oorrellPond­ Brother Calvin to the Rescue enoefrom those desiring Christian counsel. ling announcement of Brother Simp­ light of the Bible's own testimony arid !Ion, its preSident, that the collection without sectarian spectacles, which, in Taking from practically all humanity TO US THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY lifted would probably be the last at the past, have so distorted the Word all future hope made the Reformers TEACH Old Orchard, because the Ca~Y'o of God' and set it forth in false colors. for the time heartsick. It would be That the Church is "the Temple of the Grounds directom had rented its Au­ As Christian people come to see the awful to do that for one person, but Living God"-peculiarly "His workman­ torium for three days for the use of grossness of the errors by which they to thus "do" all humanity seemed ter­ ship;" its construction has been in prog­ the International Bible Students As­ have been blinded, the light not only rible. ress throughout the Gospel Age-ever But Brother John Calvin helped since Christ became the world's Re­ elociation. He declared that he dis­ has a blessed and transforming effect deemer and Chief Corner Stone of His agrees with the Association's theology. upon their minds, but it influences them amazingly and took from them Terr:.ple, through which, whcn finish'3d, This was [I, veiled threat that the their pocketbooks also. They no their burden. He told them that they God's blessing shall come "to all peo­ directors of the (lamp ground must longer appreciate the "business" meth­ should not worry, because it was all ple," and they find access to Him.- break their contrac~ with the Bible ods of the Alliance nor the brand of God's fault and not theirs. God hart 1 Corinthians 3:16, 17; Ephesians 2:20; Students. This they promptly did, and 'Gospel which it sets forth. The more predestinated them to that awful fu­ Genesis 28:14; Galatians 3:29. . the money paid in advance was ac­ ture long before he created man. Now That meantime the chiseling, shaping and God's people come to a correct under­ cepted back, rather than go to Law. standing of the teachings of his Word, they should merely try to think ot pOlishing of consecrated believers in themselves as the "elect" and try to Christ's Atonement for sin progresses; It was for that reason that it held its the smaller will be the collections of and when the last of these "living convention "outside the camp." We the Christian Alliance. That is the forget everybody else. Of course, it stones," "Elect and precious," shall are glad that its fence does not separ­ real secret of their opposition. We seemed horrible to charge all these have been made ready, the great Master ate us from our great Red~emer and would that it were true that they would things against the God of all Justice. Workman will bring all together in the Teacher. never take up another collection at Wisdom, Love and Power. But it wa. First Resurrection; and the Temple the only solution which occurred to t:lhall be filled with His glory, and be the Explanations Surely in Order Old Orchard! The heathen have al­ ready had too much of ~heir Gospel them. John Calvin'S theories were meeting place between God and men Since Brother Simpson may not care afterwards embodied in the "West­ throughout the Millennium.-Revelation of damnation. God's name has al­ 15:5-8; 21:3. to tell the whole truth about the mat­ ready ,been slandered and blasphemed minster Confession of Faith." And Tbat the Basis of Hope, for the Church ter and since the Christian public is enough by the false Gospel message­ that confession of faith became the and the World, lies in the fact that interested and ought to know the facts, that nine hundred and ninety-nine out foundation of near!.· all Protestant "Jesus Christ, by the grace of God, we shall tell them. The unpleasant of every thousand of humanity ever creeds. Brother John Wesley after­ tasted death for every man," "a Ran­ duty, however, will not necessitate the born are to suffer eternal roastinb be­ - lard objected, but admitted that only som for all," and will be "the true Light saying of an unkind word concerning the saintly went to heaven and every­ which lighteth every man that cometh cause of father Adam's sin -nd the Mr. Simpson and the Christian friends ignorance, stupidity and meannQ':Is body else went to eternal torment. HI!! Into the world," "in due time."-He­ who are in alliance with him. protest was that, instead of this being brews 2:9; John 1:9; 1 Timothy 2:5, 6. which have resulted. That the Hope of the Church is that she There are two reasons why Brother by Divine foreordination and intention. may be like her Lord, "see Him as He Simpson thought it doubtful if he Which Is tho True Gospel? it was, on the contrary, because of 1s," be "partaker of the Divine nature,'~ could come next year following the Catholic and Protestant orthodoxy Divine unwisdom and incompetency. and share His glory as His joint-heir.- Bible students' three days of this have set forth for centuries two gen­ "Good Tidings of Great Joy" 1 John 3:2; John 17:24; Romans 8:17; year. eral views of the Gospel of Christ. To 2 Peter 1:4. (1) He knew instinctively that his whatever extent they now disagree Surely no sane person can any longer That the present mission of the Church: collections would be smaller, hardly defend any of the above '~Gospels" as is the perfecting of the saints for the with these they should publicly dis­ worth coming for, if the people should own and abandon them. Until then the true ohe, of which St. Paul was future work of service; to develop in not ashamed! Surely St. Paul never herself every grace; to be God's witness begin to get the eyes of their under­ they are besmirched with whatever to the world; and to prepare to be kings standing more widely opened respect­ odium attaches. preached any of those Gospels, nor did and priests in the next Age.-Ephesians ing what really constitutes the Gospel any of the Apostles-nor does the Bible The Catholic Gospel (Good Tidings) support such theories, except by the 4:12; Matthew 24:14; Revelation 1:6; 20:6. of Christ. la that all the heathen, all Catholics That the hope for the ·World lies in the (2) The $60,000 "raised" was not turning and twisting of language, mise ---.....bTesstfigs 6fknowledge and opportunity and all' Protestants, except a mere cash and a large proportion Of It never handful, go to a Purgatory of awtul translations of .th_e original and mis::;in::::.--__ to be brought to all by Christ's Mil­ terpretations of some parabje~s.-- The will be. Some of it is promised over suffering, terrible anguish, lasting for lennial Kingdom-the Restitution of all plain statements of the Scriptures are and over again and telegraphed o'Ver aecades, centuries and thousands of that was lost in Adam, to all the willing all directly to the opposite. and ohedient, at the hands of their and over, as was the case with the years, roasting, bolling, agoniZing, and Redeemer and His Glorified Church­ young woman who in the spectacular thus purging away their sins and dross The Bible teaches that "the wages of when all the wilfully wicked will be manne!' offered her jewels from time to that they may ultimately attain to sin is death," not Purgatory nor eter­ destroyed.-Acts 3 :19-23; Isaiah 35. time and had it mentioned in the pa­ heavenly bliss for the remainder of nal torment. "The soul that sinnetb, We affirm the pre-existence of Jesus as pers. Such repetitions of "charitable eternity. it shall die." Adam, the perfect, was the mighty Word (Logos-spokesman) work" are considered entirely proper by placed on trial for life eternal O't' death ·'the beginnigg of the creation of God," Our Protestant GospeJ eternal. He sinned and the sentence 4'the First-lrorn of every creature," the many, in connection with religious :::ctive agent of the Heavenly Father, work in various denominations, "for Our Protestant Gospel, of which we against him was, "Cursed is the earth Jehovah, in aU the work of creation. the good of the cause." Subscriptions are so proud that we want to thrust It for thy sake; thorns and thistles shall ·'Without Him was not anything made are given publicly without hope of upon Jews and Catholics and heathens It bring forth unto thee. In the sweat that was made."-Revelation 3:14; Co-, payment, to influence others who are everywhere, we should thoroughly un­ of thy face shalt thou eat bread until lossians 1:15; John 1:3. more sincere-some of whom in the derstand, enjoy and appreciate before thou return unto the ground frolll We affirm that the Word (Logos) was excitement give more than they can we waste good time and money giv!ng whence thou wast taken" (GeD. nade flesh-became the Babe of Beth­ 3:17-19). St. Paul declares the same: L:hem-thus becoming the Man Jesus, afford. It to others. Here it is: Four cen­ "holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from Chicagp Stockyard Method turies ago our forefathers were not "By one man's disobedience sin en­ Protestants but Catholics and believed tered into the world; and thus death ::;inners." As we affirm the humanitY' This same method is illustrated In of Jesus, we equally affirm the DivinitY" In Purgatory, etc., as above. Then passed upon all men, because all are of Christ-"God also hath highly exalted the Chicago Stock Yards. A fine, large, what was known as the Reformation sinners" (Rom. 5:12). trained bull gallops out to meet the Him, and given Him a name which is Movement set in. Catholics, Jews and Looking about us we find this true. cattle designed for slaughter. He above every name."-Hebrews 7:26; Phi-i infidels will admit with Protestants Everybody who is not dead is dying. waltzes l::efore them and becomes their lippians 2:9. that a great blessing of enlightenment As the Bible says, we are living under We acknowledge that the personality of leader. Following him in a grand rush a reign of Sin and Death. Nothing the Holy Spirit is the Father and Son; for a narrow passage they crowd one and civilization has come to the world that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both. in the train of the Reformation Move­ that man can do can either eradIcate another to the executioner, who knocks sin or lift him out of the dead and and is manifested in all who receive the them senseless. A special place, just ment. begetting of the Holy Spirit and thereby The R'eformers criticized the Catho­ dying condition God alone can help us! large enough, is provided for the de­ become sons oJ: God.-John 1:12; 1 Peter lic teachings which they had formerly He proposes to help us, and the mes­ coy bull, who, later, goes out to lead 1:3. . believed. They examined their Bibles sage respecting that help is, in the on another herd for the slaughter. \Y 3 affirm the resurrection of Christ-that and found nothing there to the effect Scriptures, called the Gospel. Its an­ We do not mean to say that those He was put to death in flesh but quick­ that Mary was the mother of God, nor nouncement by the angels on the night ened in Spirit. We deny that He was who give their money are slaughtered that we should pray to saints, nor of Jesus' birth is full, complete, sat­ raised in the flesh, and challenge any or otherwise injured. We believe that that we should use pictures or im­ isfactory, viz: "Behold, we bring you statement to that effect as being un­ they are blessed-that everyone is ages in our worship, nor that their good ttdings of great joy which shall scripturaL-l Peter 3:18; 2 Corinthians blessed who sacrifices anything heart­ 2:17; 1 Corinthians 15:8; Acts 26:13-15. sacrifice of Christ in the mass was be unto all people; for unto you La ily unto the Lord or to what they sup­ proper, nor that there was a Purgatory born this day in the City of David a 7 WONDERS OF MODERN WORLD. pose to be his service, whether it is A scientific magazine made a request anywhere. The Reformers threw out Savior (Ufe-giver) which is Christ the 01' not. It is the method of getting the these things as unscriptural. They Lord."-Luke 2: 10. to the Physical Department at Cornell to money from the people and the decep­ completely demolished Purgrutory in Ah, now we have the Truth! The name seven wonders of the modern world tion practiced which we deplore. How­ selected from a list of fifty-seven out­ their minds, declaring th::.t it had never penalty of sin is death! And the "good ever, the Alliance has plenty of com­ ,::;tanding inventions and structures sub­ been anything more than imagination. tidings" is that God has provided for pany in this method in larger Chris­ ;n:itted. Then came another thought, viz: our recov"ry from sin and death. The tian denominations. It is part of the The faculty. graduates, and seniors in Savior gave his life for the cancellation the physics seminary balloted, the award "business" method of recent years. What must we do with the thousands of our sin, for the satisfaction of Jus­ of the voting going to wireless telegraphy~ Some who did not understand this of m1l1ions of mankind that we and tice, that in due time Adam and a.Il !:ynthetic chemistry, radium, antitoxins, "business" method wondered where all our fathers for centuries supposed his condemned and imperfect race ~viation, the Panama Canal, and the tele-, the money apparently contributed to were in Purgatory, roasting, stewing, phone.-New York Times. tortured, but hoping for heaven. They :might be released from the condemna­ the "Christian Alliance" work wa~ tion and be lifted out of the sin and spent. An investigation of its financial looked at one another in consternation. SAN FRANCICCO TO NEW YORK IN death conditions which now prevail. THREE DAYS AND A HALF. accounts was made, which revealed They had hearts and symapthies and That uplifting is Scripturally called The acceleration of transcontinental the fact that they were chaotic, and felt that as it had devolved upon them 'railway travel during the past two years to smash Purgatory, it must also de­ the resurrection of the dead. Hence, other "business" methods were ad­ the preaching of the early Church was. llas been made so quietly that not many vised. volve upon them to re-Iocate all tho ,e people are aware that the time froIn thousands of millions whom they had "Jesus and the Resurl'ectlon"-the Re­ ocean to ocean has been reduced to less "The Darkness Hateth the Light" on thpir haTlo!'!. Thev felt the wei2'ht deemer .:tnd his work. .than three and a half days. The fact was Some one may inquire why th( recently brought into prominence by daily press notices of a trip made by an Al!s­ Christian Alliance should fear us and 't:'a::an passenger who left San Francisco whether or not we have ever done at 1:).40 P.M., March 2, and reached NeVI .them harm. We reply, Never have we "WHERE ARE THE DEAD?" York March 6, in time to· catch the steam· -Injured them in the slightest degoree. This article was published in this paper in Volume one, Num­ :;::"::'p sa::bg at noon, the same day fOI nor ever even publicly mentioned their ber 3. The interest aroused, and the great demand for copies of it '::-.::"ope, t.lte total time from San Fran­ name before. Their opposition to us have been remarkable. A sample copy will be mailed to anyone free. c~:co to New York being three days a!1d 'Address, BillIe Society, 17 Hicks Street, Brooklyn. ·eleven hours.-Scientific American. hi OD the lines of general princlpJea THE BIBLE STUDENTS M0NTHLY. lJrooklyn, N. Y. -----. ~------""':""""'------"":""'------.,.~...-.....,..,.,~----....,.-~~-.,.--:------in heaven. the day in which the poor pose and arrangement in everyLHllll;;. The Seas in the Hollow of God's Hand and, needy will be lifted up from; the Yet. notwithstanding the willingness dunghill of superstition and depravity. of the Redeemer, the Father would the day in which the knowledge of the not permit him to engage in this great "Who hath measured Ihe seas in the hollow of his hand."-Isaiah 40:12. glory of God shall fill the whole earth. undertaking which would cost himself And there shall be no more fear. 80 much, unless he would give him i7iHE wonderful force and immensitY to realize that the loftiest sentim~nts That day will not end as do others. It a corresponding reward. Thus we \Ci of the thought of our text cannot of the human mind and heart are will not be followed by a night, but read of Jesus, that "for the joy that be appreciated by those who have merely the reflections of this Creator. lead on to a glorious eternity for all of was set before him he endured the never been upon the great Ocean. As Thus coming into sympathetic ac- God's creatures who appreciate Divine cross and despised the shame." we travel through the water at railroad cord with our Maker we can compre- goodness and, using the Divinely pro­ "No! It Is Just Like Him" "':geed and keep watch in every direc- hend the principles of his character- vided opportunities, will return to full don, yet seldom see a vessel, large or what. justice signil'ies, and mercy and harmony with their Creator. Such he The Divine plan being set forth to small, day after day, we begin to get kindness-what is wisdom as con- will in turn recognize as his sons and, an old cofored woman, she was aske,­ a little conception of the world in trasted with foolishness. From this at his right hand of favor, they will If it was not strange that God should which we live. It is so much larger standpOint we were enabled to see the enjoy pleasures for evermore. do such great things for us. Her an­ than previounly we were able to com- glorious perfection of our Maker's swer was, "No, Maste·r, it is just like prehend. Yet by the aid of the tele- character and attributes, which justify The Revelation of Our God him!" scope and the mathematical calcula- the name which he has taken to him- One of old truly said, "Thou art a So we say respecting the great God tions we perceive that oOur earth and self when he declares through his am- God which hidest thyself" (Isa. 45:15). who made the heavens and the eartb lts seas are small, in cOIpparison to bassador, "God is Love." As we come How true! As a result the world and sun and stars, It is not strange many other worlds. We perceive that to realize this more and more, we are by wisdom knows not God. He is that he s'hould have a glorious Plan our solar system (our sun and his plan- grasping the Infinite; we are getting near in his wisdom and love, yet he for all of his creatures-a Plan whicb etary satellites) constitutes but a small near to the heart of the great Eternal can be seen only by those whose eyes will fully exemplify his character-hi. fraction of God's creation. Astrono- One, who weighs the mountains as in of understanding have been opened. Justice, Wisdom, Love and Power! mers tell us that by the aid of sensitive a balance and measures the seas in the But we are glad that the time is com- And amongst these wonderful things photographic plates they are able to hollow of his hand. ing when all the blind eyes shall see of the pivine Purpose none is more count about one hundred and twenty- "Like Unto Your Father" clearly. "As I live, saith the Lord, the wonderful than that which relates to five millions of suns, around which whole earth shall be filled with my the Church class, "the elect." drawn planets are revolving, as our earth re- Godliness is love-likeness, and, as glory," "The. knowledge of the glory of and called and begotten of the holy volves around our sun. And they esti- the Scriptures declare, "Love is the God shall fill the whole earth as the Spirit during thif;! Gospel Age. These. mate that only a small portion of fulfilling of the (Divine) Law" (Rom. waters cover the great deep" (Habak­ justified by faith instantly, are a sep­ these suns is visible to our naked eye- 13:10). Our great Creator, the only kuk 2:14). Then all shall see what arate class from the world, who will 80 far distant are they.- Astronomers living. and true God, is thus seen in God hath wrought and our temporary be justified, perfected, through works estimate that there are millions of contrast with all the gods of the blindness will but accentuate the glo­ during Messiah's glorious reign. The other suns so far distant that their heathen, who are pitiless, merciless, rious brightness of his Wisdom, Jus­ arrangement for their faith-justifica­ I1ght cannot even be discerned by pho- vengeful, devilish. From the Bible we tice. Love and Power: tion through the merit of the Re.­ tography. learn that Jehovah, the True God, "Blind unbelief is sure to err, deemer in advance, of the world's jus­ We 'stand appalled at the immensity takes delight in doing good-in the ex- And scan his work in vain; tification is for the purpose of allowing' of space and the law and order which ercise of his Almighty power and wis- God is his own interpreter, these, who, by nature are "children ot everywhere reign. We heartily assent dom in the creating of beings in whose And he will make it plainl" wrath even as others," to become sons to the. words of the Prophet David, everlasting life and enjoyment forever In the end it will be seen that the 'of God on the spirit plane, "partakere "Day unto day uttereth speech, and he takes pleasure. With such glorious Divine permission of the reign of sin of the divine nature." night unto night showeth knowledge; intentions his creative work began and death in the' earth, instead of be­ Dealing on lines of impartiality, there is no place where their voice is with the celestial beings, who are still ing a blot upon Divine character and God's offer to these· members of Dot heard." The person who can look enjoying his favor. With similar be- a demonstration of Divine unwisdom Adam's race, a "little flock" in all, Is upon this wonderful display of super- nevolence he created man a little lower and iricompetency, will reveal the that, if they join with their Redeemer human power and who can believe than the angels, crowning him with great Creator to his subjects, his chil­ in sacrifice and walk in his footsteps. that these worlds created themselves glory and honor as the king of all dren, as nothing else could have done. his merit shall cover their blemishes shows to the majority of us that, if h~ creatures, on the animal, the human, Besides, the experiences of mankind and they may become for all eternity has brains, they are sadly disordered, plane, the likeness of his Maker, who during the seven thousand years from his glorious Bride and joint-heirs witb unbalanced. The person who, after In- Is a spirit. Adam's creation to the end of Mes­ him in his Kingdom-that they may' telligent thought, concludes that there Hearkening to the explanations of siah's mediatorial Kingdom will dem­ ,eit with him in his Throne and be 8.8- Is no God, that everything ca'me to be the Divine purposes by the Apostles onstrate traits of the Divine charac­ 80clated in the great work of upUftln. what it is by chance or by the opera- and Prophets, we have received assur- ter which could not otherwise be man­ the ch:ldren of men. tlon of some blind force-that person ances that nothing has befallen hu- ifested to I;:lngels or to men. How wonderful is our God, infinite ___ !s_~~scribed in the Scriptures in the manity in all the dire experiences of For instance, without the permis- In all his qualities! "Who hath known following words, "The fool hafh--saldTn---the-paBt 15ix ,thou;w::tnd~~~· ~.~ .~. -~. Qlernent . o:f . .Divine. tM m..ind 9t the r..."rd; who hath. .be'W/82JftlL-__ his heart, There is no Godr-Psa. great Creator did not foresee. Fur- Justice and the unalterable opposttio~ his counsellor!" (Romans 11: 34). How 14: 1. ther, we have the assurances that .~- of God to all sin would never have came all these wonderful things vine Wisdom purposes. eventually that been known to his creatures. His sen­ "The Half Was Never Told" which are written in his Book, unleu the tears and sorrows, cryings and tence upon father Adam and his race by his own knowledge? Let us bow On first reading our text some of us dying, the penalty for Original Sin, and the permission of the reign of before him and adore him and be might have been inclined to say, Ah, under which man has suffered all these death and sin for all these centuries faithful followers in the footsteps of a beautiful poetic' extravagance! But centuries, the great Creator purposes have demonstrated the fact that Di­ Jesus until the end of the race-untU not so, dear friends! As scientific in­ shall work no real disadvantage to his vine Justice cannot be trifled with. we receive the crown of llfe. struments demonstrate to us the im­ creatures. Instead, the end of the And this reign of sin and the strength mensity of the universe we perceive Divine Program will attest the various of the Divine opposition to sin, and that the Prophet used very moderate elements of the Divine character as the sentence upon sinners" in turn EVERV THINKING language indeed in his description of nothing else could have done. The gave opportunity fQr the exhibit of the majestic power and greatness of holy angels, who have known no sin, Divine mercy, compassion, sympathy. the Creator, representing him as will in mankind read to eternity a love. Undoubtedly God's love was CHRISTIAN weighing the mountains in his bal­ valuable lesson of the exceeding sin- known to the angelic hosts before, but SHOULD READ anees and holding the seas in the hol­ fulness of sin and the wisdom and not to the same extent. His dealing low of his hand and that, from his blessedness of righteousness. with humanity will prove the depth of standpoint, a thousand years are but And even mankind, although at pres- his sympathy to angels and to men. ae a watch in the night. How insig­ ent suffering seriously under the "God commended his love toward us'. PASTOR nificantly small we all feel in the weight of Divine displeasure and con- in that while we were yet sinners presence of our God ! No wonder some demnation to death, wiII ultimately be Christ dj.,d for us" (Romans 5: 8). great men l:ave been inclined to say so blessed and the weight of blessing Surely, as the poet declares, we have that humanity is too insignificant from so outweigh the sorrows of the curse,in this a manifestation of RUSSELL'S the Divine standpoint to be worthy of that every creature shall bow the knee "Love Divine, all love excelling." the least consideration-much less to and every tongue confess to Divine More than this: Some of us at one BOOKS be objects of Divine care and provi­ Justice, Wisdom, Love and Power in time were, perhaps, inclined to criti­ dence! The Scriptures encourage us connection with the Divine dealings to reason from the known to the un­ with- humanity. cize our Maker and to say that he had known. They tell us that although no right to redeem us at the cost of Calvary; that it was wrong to cancel God is so great, so wise, SO powerful, "Joy Cometh in the Morning" he is also just and loving. And the A night of weeping six thousand the sins of one and require their pay­ more we consider the matter, the more years long, involving suffering and sor­ ment of another. But we erred. It "Studies reasonable this Bible description of row to twenty-thousand millions, Is an was not thus. Rightly understood, the the Almighty appears. His power we awful thought. But the proposition is dealings of the Father with the Son in the !!lee demonstra ted. The wisdom of a different one when we remember add still further to his glory-magnify One so great cannot be doubted. Then that the majority of Adam's children still more his Wisdom, Justice, Love we come to consider, Could One so die in infancy and that to those who and Power. With all power and au­ wise and so powerful be unjust or un­ live their three score years and ten thority the Almighty would not com':' generous? Our hearts answer, No; with labor and sorrow, then: are pleas­ mand the death of his Son. For Jesus no one is really great who is devoid ing and happifying experiences, as well to become man's Redeemer meant his Scriptures" of justice and love. So surely as our as tears. And when we read that even voluntary sacrifice of himself. And "Bill Arp" the Southern journ God is Jehovah he must possess these the tears of a few years are a part of how shall we understand this-the alist said editorially: Qualities. the disciplines, instructions and expe­ Redeemer's willingness to be man's' "It is impossible to read this book withoaC When we came in contact with the riences .which God designs shall be ransom-price? T'he Scriptures, reply­ lovin~ the writer and pondering hi. wonderful BIble, and particularly after we learned valuable lessons in preparation for a ing, tell us that it was because of his solutton of the great mysteries that have great love for the Father, his great troubled us all our lives. There is hardly • lIomething of its teachings and got glorious and joyous eternity-then the family to be found that has not lost II01IMI rid of, the misrepresentations which whole matter begins to have a new as­ confidence in him and his willingness loved one who died outside the church-outside pect to our minds. ...to submit to the Divine w1ll and p~ the plan of salvation, and if Calvinism be I'athered about it during the dark ages true, outside of all hope and inside of eternal -then we be.gan to recognize it as the The night of weeping, six thousand torment and despair. mel!l15age of Jehovah to his creatures. years long, is about to be followed by "This wonderful book makes no asaertiona It informed us that the ,great Creator the morning of joy. The New Day. In that are not well sustained by the ScriptureL It is b.uilt up stone by ~tone. and upon every of the Universe is not only Almighty which darkness and sin will be abol­ WHAT IS THE SOUL 7 stone IS the text, and 1t becomes a pyramid and All-wise, but loving and kind. ished and in which the Sun of Right­ !,f God:s loye and ~ercy and wisdom. There with Justice as the very foundation eousness will bless and heal the world A postal-card request will se­ IS nothmg In the Bible that the author deniea cure for you a free sample copy or doubts, but there are many texts that he of his Empire. From the Bible we of mankind, is a Thousand-Year Day throws a flood of light upon that seem to un­ learned, too, that our Creator had been for the blessing and uplifting of out of this paper in which this in­ cover its meaning." teresting and very important pleased to make us in his own image, race (II Peter 3:8). The Bible de­ The set of six volumesp cloth" 3,000 In his own moral likeness, to the in­ acribes that day in most glowing terms. subject is treated in a manner pages, i.. supplied by the BIBLE AND tent that we might enjoy him and the It is the day of Messiah. the day In that will satisfy the most exact­ TRACT SOCIETY, No. 17 HICKS ST., fruits o-f his righteousness to all eter­ which God's Kingdom shall come and' ing, BROOKLYN, N. Y., ,for the usual price alty. From this standpoint we, began bia will be done on earth as it ts 40nt If of one such volt. me, viz., $3.30. prepaid. 4 THE BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY, Brooklyn, N. Y. (Vol. 8, No. 11.) Jesus a Wonderful Man When God Was Alone

"Wh., nwnn., of nwn is this, that even, the winds and the sea obey him."-Matt. 8:27. From Only One Standpoint Can Divine Wisdom and Love be Discerned in Connection with Mankind. 1mt :m have always sympathized flesh" in the same manner that Adam rn HE Scriptures declare a "beginning the scroll and to unloose the seals ~ deeply witll the Apostles in their was before he sinned. ~ off the creation of God," and this thereof?" N one was found worthy. experience with the storm on the Sea :But more than this, he obtained a evidence.s the fact that God walil pre­ Many were found perfect, but some­ of Galilee. The storm was so violent special blessing which Adam never viously alone-the self-existent One. thing more was required-the testing that even the experienced fishermen knew. At the time of his consecration His qualities and attributes then were and demonstration of loyalty to God. were in terror and wakened their Mar­ to death at his baptism he received the same as they are now, for the even unto death, even the death of the ter Jesus. The latter, we,ary with the anOinting of the holy Sp.irit and Scriptures: declare his unchangeable­ cros,s. Until Jesus came into the world travel and preaching, was sound asleep begetting again to the spirit plane as ness-"the same yesterday, today and and vowed his consecration to death. In a little cabin at the stern of the ves­ the Anointed One----the Anointed Priest forever." no one had been found worthy even to. sel. They appealed to- him, "Master. and King for Israel and through Israel Moreover, the completeness of the understand the great Plan of the Ages carest thou not that we perish?" Then for the world. By virtue of that anoint­ Divine perfection is such that compan­ which Jehovah God had purposed in Jesus arose and, at his command, the ing he became the special ambassador ionship was not nece,ssary to the hap­ himself before the foundation of the storm ceased and a great calm pre­ of Jehovah-his special representative piness of Jehovah. The only one who world. As soon as Jesus made his, con­ vailed. Then it was that his fishermen amongst men. Thereafter he was God inhrubiteth eternity is self-centered. The secration and began his work, to him disciples exclaimed, "What manner of manifest in the flesh in a far higher creation of angels and of men was in­ the scroll of the Divine Purpose was man Is this, that even the winds and sense than was Adam. Thus was this deed his pleasure, because, benevolent­ committed and the announcement was waves o-bey him?" Wonderful One The Son of The Man, ly, he desires to do good, to give ca­ made, "Worthy is the Lamb that was Although more than eighteen cen­ and, by the begetting of the holy Spirit, pacity for pleasure and to afford it OlJ­ slain to receive honor and dominion turies have since passed, the same specially also the Son of God. portunity for gratification. Further­ and might and power" (Revelation v: 9). question is going the rounds of most Michael One Like God more, the highest gOOL.. of his creatures And to him was given the scroll with civilized peoples of the world-What called for an exhibition to the full of full authority to read, to understand The Hebrew prophets had foretold all the elements of the Divine charac­ and to fullill its glorious prophecies, manner of man is this?" Some of the this greatness of the Messiah, who at best thinkers and noblest hearts of all ter~Divine Justice, Love, Power and which specially related to the blessing the Divinely-appointed hour will as­ Wisdom. The scope of the exercise of of our race. nationalities, Jew and Gentile, agree sume the dominiOR of earth, setting up th8Jt ,·Jesus of Nazareth was a most Divine power is the Universe, but it is In the opening of this scroll, in the by Divine authority his Mediatorial difficult for our finite minds to compre­ revealmen t of the Divine purpose. wonderful man. It is still agreed, as Kingdom, which, for a thousand years, In the days of his presence, that "never hend the meaning of this word-Uni- God's love would be manifested both to­ will reign triump.hantly, binding Satan verse. angels and to men-the love which he man spake like this man!" Some, in­ and sin in its every form and setting at deed, called him a deceiver. Others Astronomers tell us that by the aid had before he began his creative work, liberty every good principle of right­ of photo-astronomy they can see nearly 'but which there was no intelligent said that he was under the control of eousness for the bleSSing of Israel un­ evil spirits. Others, going to the op­ 125,000,000 suns-solar systems like our creature to understand; the love which der the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31: posite extreme, declared that this great own, with supposedly more than a bil­ Gnd had even when he permitted sin 31), and through Israel the blessing of lion of worlds more or less like our and death to mar the happines's ot Jew was Jehovah. himself, who, for the every nation. "Unto him every knee time, was masquerading as a man. earth. These, we may assume, are in Eden-the love which neither angels shall bow and every tongue confess, process of development, are in prepar­ nor men could fully see and appreCiate "Wonderful Words of Life" when the knowledge of the Lord shall ation for inhabitants whom the great during all the centuries of the reign A man should be judged by his own fill the earth."-Hab. 2: 14. Creator will in due time provide. From of sin and <\eath. words and not by the words of others, J ehov8lh, through the Prophet Daniel, the Scriptural standpoint, however, the. called this great Messiah Michael, and INTERESTING SERMONS. whether friends or foes. As we prompt­ great work of Creation began with our Some of the interesting Topics :JUblished ly reject the testimony of his enemies tells that when he shall stand up, when earth. What a boundless thought we in previous issues of this paper are as below. as contradictory to thE' facts, se, when he shaE take his authority and begin have in thE; ::>are suggestion that the Sample copies of any of these sermons the friends of Jesus contradict his his rule, there will be a time of trouble billion worlds are to be peopled, and will be sent FREE on reque~',: own words in their endeavor to honor suoh as never was since there was a that the lesso~ls o,f righteousness and Where are the Dead? him, they should not be followed. nation, incidental to the inauguration sin, of life and death eternal, now being Rich Man in Hell. Their counsels respecting what they of the Empire of Righteousness, for the taught to humanity, will never need to ThieveS in Par2(lise Gathering the Lord's Jewels. do not know should be as thoroughly purposE: of bringing peace on earth and be repeated. good will amongst men. Oven Lette'· t ~ j'i!ventists. rejected as those of his enemies, when Tho Permission of Evil Weeping All Night. they contradict his own testimonies. Michael, the arch-angel, signifies What is tJ:e Suul? One like God-a god-like one. Who- From only one standpoint can DivIne Do You Know? Pastor Russell contends that the great­ The Immortality of the Soul. est of all Jews told the truth about ever, therefore, believes in Messiah Wisdom and Love be dis,cerned in con­ Calamaties-Why Permitted. himself, as well as about other mat- from this standpoint must not expect nedion with the history of mankind. It Christian Science Unscientific and -7:1_ a human Messiah of flesh and blood. must include the Age 3!bout to be ush­ Christian. ___ Jm:L in .his "wonderful words of life." Our Lurd's Reutrn. He declared, "My Father is greater He must expect just such an One as ered in-the period of Messiah's reign The Two Salvations. than I." (John 14: 28.) He declared that ,the Scriptures declare Jesus now to be of righteousness; the time in which Spiritism is Demonism. -the glorified Son of the Highest. every member of Adam's race, sharing Why Financiers Tremble. he delighted to do his Father's will Clergy Ordination Proved Fraudulent. and that he had come into the world Moreover, the New Testament, after the penalty of sin and death because Church of tlce Living God. to do it, even at the cost of self-sacri­ telling that this Great Messiah must inheriting his weaknesses, will be set What is a CJ 1 ristian? reign until he shall have put all ene- free from these; the time when the Social Conrlitions Beyond Human Power. flce and every self-denial even unto The Lost Key of Knowledge. death (Hebrews 12: 2). When he prayed mies under his feet, in subjection, tells full knowledge of the glory of God shall Ancient Garden :if Eden. to the Father with strong cryings and also that then he will in turn, at th~be granted to every human being; and The Law of Retribution. A Great Prophecy Nearing Fulfillment. tears in Gethsemane (Hebrews 5:7), he close of his Mediatorial reign deliver when a full opportunity will come to up the Kingdom to God, even' the Fa- each by obedience to gain life everlast­ Our Lord's Great Prophecy. was not shamming. He was not per­ The Divine Law, Universal and Eternal. -petuating fraud and deceiving his, dis­ ther, that Jehovah may be all in all. ing. The Melchisedec Priesthood. ciples then and since. There is no suggestion therefore on 'The lesson thus fa,r taught is the Keep My Commandments. the part of J'esus or hi~ Apostles 'that goodness and the severity of God-his Earthquakes in Prophecy. Jesus declared that the Father sent God's Message of Comfort to tl'e Jcws. at all corresponds with the absurd sug- goodness in bringing us into being, and him and that he de.lighted to come in Spiritual Israel, Then Natur;!l Israel. gestions and contradictions of those his severity in the punishment of father Purgatory Fires, Not Now, But Soon, obedience to Jehovah's will, to be his who claim that Jesus was his own Adam's wilful transgression; also, to St. Peter's Kingdom Keys. agent and servant in the outworking Spiriti~m, Mormonism, Etc., their Mysteries Father-that the Father and the Son both men and angels, Justice, unswerv­ of a great plan for human redemption. Explained. are the same person under two names. Ing Justic.e. The next lesson will be. Book Of Mormon No Part of the Bille. Those who deny all of this, and who that God IS love. The foundation for Babylon'S Doom. have awakened so much confusion these lessons is already laid in the, The Time is at Hand, The New Day amongst Chris'tians, and have made Dawns. WORRY WILL SURELY KILL. Ransom sacrifice of Jesus, through and The Divine C'laracter W ofully Slandered. the Gospel of Christ impossible to the Worry injures beyond repair certain on aocount of which he becomes the \Vorld-Wide Autocracy is Coming and Near. Jew, should give an account of them­ cells of the brain, and the brain being, world's Redeemer and Restorer. A few The Judgment Day of the Nations. selves and explain by what authoritY End of Tbe Age a Perilous Time. the nutritive center of the body, the can believe this message by faith; but Do You Believe in the Resurrection of the they contradicted the Great Teacher­ other organs become gradually injured, not many have the ear of faith nor the Dead? "The Father is greater than I." And and when some diseases of these or­ eye of faith. Only the saints are able Immortal Worms-Unquenchable Fire. when they claim that the death of Je­ Cardinal Gibbons on Church Unity. gans or a combination of them arise to ruppreciate this g,reat fact at the The Negro Question. sus was merely a farce, and that' he death finally ensues. present time. The Trinity of the Bible. as Jehovah merely stepped out of the Thus worry kills. InSidiously, like That which iSI now secret and unii.?i'­ Decline in Faith and Godliness. Body of Jesus and perpetrated a fraud What is Baptism? many other diseases, it creeps upon the stood only by the few is shortly to be A Famine in the Land. and pretended to be dead and aroused brain in the form of a single, constant, made manifest to every creature in Thousand-Year Day of Judgment. his disciples so to think and so to never lost idea, and, as a dropping of heaven and in earth. All will then see Philosophy of the Deluge. teach, and pretended later to be raised How Jesus Preached to the Spirits in water over a period of years will wear and be able to appreciate the great fact £'rison. from the dead-those who thus teach a groove in the stone, so does worry that the redemption accomplished by Darwin Evolution Theory Exploded. and who thus confuse the minds' of all the sacrifi'ce of Jesus is world wide and Emperor Constantine was Trinity-Maker. gradually, imperceptibly and no less The Great Parable of Sheep and Goats. Christendom and Jewry, should ex­ surely destroy the brain cells that lead means a full deliverance from the sin­ plain away, if they can, the plain The World on Fire. all the rest, which are, so to speak, the and-death condemnation, which passed statement of the Apostl~ that God commanding officers of mental power, upon Adam and all of his race, to all raised up Jesus from the dead by health and motion. who will acce'pt the same as a gift from his own power 'on the third day. Worry, . to make the theory still God. The remainder will he destroy in The Rich Man in Hell; "God Manifest in Flesh" stronger, is an irritant at certain points the "Second Death." "Adam was 'created in the image ane! which produces little harm if it comes The Scroll With Seven Seals Lazarus in likeness of God," hence God was man­ at intervals or irregularly. Occasional 'The Divine pU~OSle, originally known ifested in Adam's fiesh. Still more so worriment the brain can cope with, only to Jehovah himself, was indeed Abraham's Bosom was he manifested in "The man Christ but the iteration and the reiteration of declared through the prophets and in Jesus" (I Timothy 2: 5). The Scrip­ one idea of a dIsquieting sort the cells the Law, but those who declared it This greatly misunderstood parable tures declare most positively that Je­ of the brain are not proof against. ma.de plain in a recent issue of understood not their own visions and BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY. sus had a previous existence on the It is as if the skull were lai.d bare prophecies. Not until Jesus appeared Send for free sample copy. spirit plane and that he voluntartly and the surface of the brain struck and received the anointing of the holy consented to be made flesh for the out­ lightly with a hammer every few sec­ Spirit at his bruptism did the Divine working of Jehovah's plan. He was onds with mechanical precision, with Plan be&in to be unfolde·d; and then it not a sinner like others. His life was never a Sign of a stop or the failure was unfolded to Jesus through the holy What Say the Scriptures About direotly transferred at his birth from of a stroke. Just in this way does Spirit which came upon him, witnes's­ the spirit to the human plane. Thus the annoying idea, the maddening Ing his consecration to death and be­ he was a partaker of human nature on thought that will not be done away getting him to a new life, beyond the SHEIL-HADES-HELL ? his mother's side only, and his life was with, strike or fall upon certain nerve vail. A very interesting pamphlet, explaining unimpaired-"holy, harmless, separate every verse in the Bible in which the cells, never ceasing, diminishing the 'This is shown symbolically in the original words are found that are trans­ from sinners." Thus as a perfect man Vitality of the delicate organisms that :picture of Revelation. During the time lated into the English as "Hell," will be he was the corresponding price for are so minute that they can be seen p,receding the undertaking of the work sent on postal·card request, free of charge, Father Adam at thirty years of age. to anyone. Address BROOKLYN only under the microscope.-"Journal by Jesus the announcement was made TABERNACLE, Brooklyn, N. Y. And he was "God manifest in the of Physiological Therapeutics." everywhere, "Who 1-s worthy to take ______~~ ______~rt

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Vengeance with this happy thought in Jlpeech, and night unto night showeth DAY OF VENGEANCE our hearts, that as the Lord in the knowledge, and there is no place where present time has favored us, his peo­ their voice is not heard.'" Consequently ple, by permitting the plowshare of there is no excuse for any-neither for WHAT? WHEN? WHERE? trouble to break UP the fallow ground the heathen nor for his civilized atheis­ "To Day (j)f all of our hearts and make them ready for tic fellow, occupying a high position in ,roclaim lhe Vingeance of our Got!" ant!, '9 cow/or' thaI his glorious message, so he speaks of ,Christendom and having various hon­ mourn."-Isa. 61 :2. this coming time of trouble as the orable titles attached to his name. The ------plowing of the world, the time for the flaming fire wiU enlighten both and jfN considering what the Anointed Well may our hearts rejoice to note breaking of the stony hearts, the time scorch these in a figurative sense, and .:!J Members of the Body of Christ are the Scriptural declaration that the Day for the general preparation of the happy will they be .vho promptly yield to proclaim in his name we come to the of Vengeance is limited, that it will be world of mankind to be brought to a and come into accord, for otherwise subject of the "Day of Vengeance." The cut short. We are assured that "a knowledge of the truth-to, a knowl­ they shall be utterly destroyed fl'om Anointed were to preach good tidings short work will the Lord make on the edge of God's righteousness and justice among the people. unto the meek for the bindir g up of the earth," and that to this end, instead of as well as to a knowledge of h'is mercy 'The second class that will be-affeoted broken hearts, and were to proclaim allowing the time of trouble to run its and love, to the intent that all the will be those who have a knowledg6- of liberty to the capt: les, the opening of course and to ;-ractically exterminate world then may be on judgment, on God, who are not atheistic, but who re­ the prison doors to those that are t1:e race in the reign of anarchy, the trial, to test their loyalty to the prin­ fuse to fall into line and to co-opertlte bound, and to make known the accept- Lord declares that in the midst of the ciples of righteousness. with the Gospel of the Lord J e~us able time of. the Lord, in which he trouble he will establish his Kingdom This Day of Vengeance, more prop­ Christ-those who refuse to acctlpt would be willing to receive sacrifices of on the ruins of the present civilization, erly the day of recompenses or vindi­ God's favor in the forgiveness of th~ir the 'little flock," and withal they were and that under the ministration of that cation will be a thousand years long, !lins and to abandon sin and to e11- to proclaim also "The Day of Ven- Kingdom, order and peace and blessing but it will be in its beginning that the deavor to be obedient to the terms or geance of Our God." will soon be established on the earth fume of God's righteous indignation the Kingdom. These shall have reb i­ This part of the proclamation must on a sure foundation-on a foundation will be most conspicuous. As the bution, the light and th" scorching ,.Df not be overlooked, even though the of righteousness and truth. Apostle declares, our. Lord Jesus 'shall that flaming fire. And wen will it be preachers be thought in consequence The Apostle describes the world of be revealed in flaming fire, taking for those who will promptly yield tn to be pessimistic. There is a sweet mankind in general at the present time vengeance, vindicating the Divine char­ submissive obedience, for otherwUte element in the message and there is as a groaning creation, waiting for the acter, recompensing mankind in prop or­ they also shall have part in the d&­ also a bitter element. Those faithful manifestation of the sons of God in tion as they shall be obedient or dis­ struction Which that fiaming fire will to their anointing, to their ordination, their Kingdom power in the end of this obedient. Because of the prevalence of bring to every member of the race wh,* must not shun to declare the whole Age, in the dawning of the New Dis- iniquity, injustice, selfishness, opposi­ will not come into fullest accord with counsel of God. However, it is neces- pensati.on. And if i~ is true that. ~he tion, etc., the flaming fire will burn the Lord and his law of righteousnen sary that we scrutinize carefully this world IS now groamng and travallmg fiercely at first but all the more quickly and his law of love. lIubject. A considerable amount of in pain how much more true it will be 'w1ll the world be reduced tosubmis­ prejudice and misconception of the ~n that Da! of Vengeance, in that Day sion and yield O'bedience to the prin­ Escaping the Condemnation Divine character and plan have come, ot "YV'rath:' m that great time of trou?le ciples of righteousness, the law of the We seew-hat is coming in the worl~ down to us from the Dark Ages, and' . whlCh WIll affect every human bemg Kingdom of God's dear Son, which will and the Lord assures us that througb we are able to attach to the words of throughout the world? We may expect then be in process of establishment. faith in him and joyful obedience to hI. the Lord sentiments which they do not just what the Scriptures declare, that This same vindication, or the burn- instruction we may escap~ all tho~e really express. as a r~sult of that trouble many na- ing of justice against all unrightcous- things coming upon the world. (LUKe The average Christian, mistal',ght by tion'3 WIll come and say, Come, ,let us go ness, against all sin, shall continue 21:36.) We shall escape because all the up to the mountain of the Lord s house; throughout the Millennial Age giving a members of the Church will be gloriQed :be creeds and tradiUons handed down he wil~ tea~h us of his ways and we will just recompense Of reward to ~very son before the Day of Vengeance upon the ~rom the Dark Ages, thinks of the great najority of the human family as being walk m hIS paths. For then the law of man that doeth evil and likewise to world. Before the revelation of the either in purgatory or in everlasting shall g? forth from Mt. Zion (th~'Heav- everyone who shall seek to walk in the Lord in flaming fire comes his paron.sia, torture. Such are very apt to think enly Kmgdom, the Glorified ChrIst) and highway of holiness in obedience to the his manifestation to his saints thr6ugh of this message of "the Day of Ven­ the Word of ~he Lord from Jerusalem. law of the Lord, then made so plain the eyes of their understanding under geance" as referring to those tortures -Isa. 2: 3; MIcah 4: 2. that a wayfaring man need not err the guidance of the holy Spirit and the which they believe are already being It is a proper question, Why should "therein. teaching of the Word. Blessed are our God take vengeance upon the world" .'. " eyes for they see, and our ears for the,. endured by the vast majority of the when he teaches us to the contrary, All the Wicked WIll God Destroy - hear! Blessed are we whom the SOD human family who have died. When saying: "Avenge ~ot yourSelves','? We Those who re~use to yield to. the of Man at his second presence cornea we point out to these that "the Day of reply that the enhre Word of God, the stripes and chastIsements of the hme, forth to serve with the precious things Vengeance" Is everywhere in the Scrip­ entire plan of God, the entire Kingdom who refuse to do what they can to at- of his Word, things new and old ac­ tures indicated as a future period or or dominion of God, is based upon Jus- tain the righteous standard then lifted cording to promise.-Matt. 13: 52. ' epoch they will feel a still greater fear tice; as we read, "Justice and judgment up before the people, will be counted W, t d 1 th d f and dread, saying to themselves: "If are the foundation of thy throne." But worthy of only a limited measure of .e a~e .n.o concerne n e ay 0 the eternal tormen.t which we are Justice has not been administered in forbearance, stated in the Scriptures ~etrlbu~lOn m/~: ~~nSejOfd expec:ing tG taught is already being experienced the world by the Almighty. He has to be a period of a hundred years, and e un er re rl u 1',:,e u gmen ou~­ and is awful to the degree of being confined his efforts to setting before his to all who will not yield, to all who in selves, ~ut bare hopmg by the Lord 8 indescribable, what further atrocities people the laws of righteousness. He spite of the Lord's favors reject his gr:ce, jO d e a~on~l ihb e over~omt ers,i ean the Almighty Creator propose that has indeed held a slight rein over the mercy and the laws of his Kingdom ~. ose u gtmen WId he cO~IIPbe e D he should speak of a further Da,Y of kingdoms of the world, that they might there can be but the one end, namely, IS tPrdesen thage fan hW o. w~~ Ket ac- Vengeance, as though all the tortures not overreach the Divme. purposes and h e "h s a II b e d es t roye d f rom among the coun d e dwor h y th0 a As aretl In !.uS hng- It of the past had been merely incidentals, arrangements; but as for endeavors people;" the flaming fire of righteous- j 0:, ~~ .w ~'d e bPOS e ~aysd 8: unworthy of being rega.rded as punish­ God's only dealings have been with ness of justice shall consume him; as CUh ~et e ~?r ~nhtd e assolclate w,tll ment at all." Abraham and his seed-the natural 1t is written, "A simier an hundred' riS as IS m g y ange 5, messen- Before recounting the particulars of seed, the few during the Jewish Dis- y&ars old shall be cut, off"; and again, fe~s of ~ower,.:~ th~,;~~rC~ing ofha the the great Day of Vengeanc'e let us note pensation, and the spiritual seed, the "It shall come to' pass that the soul ~l 1~en ~ ;V~~ ;n- 14;~9 onor v. that there have been other days of ven­ Church, during this Gospel Dispensa,.. that will not obey that Prophet (the a IS sam s. - sa. .• geance in the past, which in the Scrip­ tion. Messiah of glory, Head and Body) shall Nevertheless it is profitable to U8 tures are to some extent referred to as The judgments of the Lord have be cut off' (utterly destroyed) kom that the Lord hath anointed WJ to de­ bearing some likeness or resemblance been with these, not only collectively, among the people."-Isa. 65: 20; Acts clare the day of retribution as well as to this coming Day of Vengeance. For but also individually, ordering their 3: 23. to declare the good tidings;. It the instance, at the close of the first dis­ affairs, blessing them in certain re- Thus, eventually, the flaming fire in whole world could ,be made aware of pensation, in Noah's day, there came a spects in proportion to their faithful- which our Lord Jesus will be revealed the real retribution that is coming it reckoning time, a day of judgment, a ness to him, punishing them in some and which will constitute the terrible undoubtedly would fnfluence many. day of vengeance, a day of Divine visi­ particulars in proportion to their un- time of trouble at the time of the es- The thought that the future wID be the tation or punishment upon the world faithfulness; but the mass of the world tablishment of the Kingdom, will burn same for all, whether they sin much or that then was, which perished in the has been judging itself. only against wilful evil-doers until it littie, has tended to make maD7 care- ftood. . "Joy Cometh in the Morning" shall J:aveconsumed them all ~s ad- less of the extent of their wroDSdoing. A more particular picture of the com­ Look back to the clOsing of the Jew- versarles of God, for to all hiS ad- On the contrary we see that every Ing DaT of Vengeance is furnished us ish Age and note how much there was versaries our God is a consuming fire. word and act of life has Us bMrin& In the time of trouble which came upon of formal Judaism of professions of He will utterly destroy them-be will even so far as the world Is ecmaerned. the Jewish nation. After their rejec­ holiness called Ph~rlsaism. Note how not preserve them in torment.-Heb. in proportion to. their knowledge. aad tion of Messiah, after 1hey had been the bitt~rest enemies of God's Son arid 10: 27; 12: 29. that those possessing much light wUl favored with the Gospel at the mouth of the Plan of Salvath.. n centered in From this standpoint notice again the have the severer retribution if tbe.Y of the Apostles .and other proclaimers him were found among those who words of the Apostle that the Lord neglect it or walk contrary to -'-' of that time, there came upon that na­ made the greatest professions. See Jesus shall be revealed from heaven they discern to ,be the Lord's 8taIIIIIe tion a destructive trouble which utterly how it was the Scrib~s and Pharisees "in flaming fire, taking vengeance on of righteousness. _..... overthrew their polity in A. D. 69. and Doctors of Divini(y of that time them that know not God and them that :::::: = =:::= =: =:::s:::::~ 2 :: := =s :: who misled the, populace into crying ()bey not the Gospel of o~r ;Lord Jesus.'" 'j Deserlblngthat very trouble4 the Scrip­ tures declare: "These be the days of for the crucifixioil of Jesus. Was it Two classes will be ~hastened: (1) Vengeance, that all things written may any wonder that vengeance came upon Tbose who recog:n,I~e~o~God. None TftIeves In Paradise those men-that, having so much are so degraded that tbey should not be fulfilled." (Luke 21:22.) The Apos­ Luke 23 :43.-ThllJ greatly mfsun4er­ tle, oIIeferring to the same wrath or llght and opportunity and advantage be able to recognize the fact that there stood text etplain~d in a recent Juu. vengeance upon the nation of Israel, everyway, they should be held respon- is a great Supreme. Creator to whom ot The Bible Students 'Monthly. u,ys: ''Wrath is come upon them to the lIible for their course of evil? we are lndebted for our liv~s and aU We maT look forward to th~ DaT of that we posaess-"Day unto day uttereth ""r.~o8t."-I These. 2: 16. ! 2 ''''1.1: mBLE S'TULI:NTS MONTHLY$ Brooklyn, N. Y. (Vol. 8, No. 12.) --.--. ~"------....,.. 9 truthfulness of all this. If some of us lhe Lord s House in .T op of the Mountains have hoped that the general education THE BiBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY of the masses and the general enlight­ W. F. HUDGINGS, Editor. "It shall come to pass ilt the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established enment of the race would abolish sin Ul~ 15, 17 lUCKS ST., BROOKLYN. N. Y" in the top of tile mountains, and shall be exalted above the hiils; and and selfishness, and demonstrate the !ttnthly-12 cts.a yaar. Singlecopes.l0. all nations shall fiow unto it."-lsaiah 2:2. truthfulness of the Proverb, "Honesty An Independent, Unsecia:ll."lau. is the best policy," we are willing to Religious Newspaper, Specially Devoted to the Forwarding of ;'1t\ UR text has not yet been fulfilled, composed of "Israelites indeed." At confess that this has been a mistake. the Laym.en's Home lUissionary; 'lJI but we belIeve tile beginning of their head as princes in all the earth We perceive that the greater the wis­ lUovement for the Glory of God i.ts i'ulfillment to be near. It pictu'j.:es will stand the resurrected Ancient dom and intelligence granted to a self­ and Good of Humani>:;,".. ish mind and heart the greater will be ~V1essiah's Kingdom, for which ChrisLLn ,\Vorthies, perfected as men and sam­ its opportunities for evil and incitement Ministers of the I. B. S. A. render t~~r services B·.-Jeople have long been waiting aI:d ples of what all mankind, by obedience thereto. ~~~:rfa;~~rteho~~ J~si~(:g ci~i~i:~s~o~;;'I:~ oorresponc.l ';:iraying, "Thy Kingdom come; thy will to the laws of the Kingdom, may attain - - -_ De done on earth as it is in heaven"-- to, with eternal life. These Ancient "Every Man's Hand Shall Be Against TO US l'HE SCRIPTURES Cl.EARLY Lhe same Kingdom for which the Jews Worthies are enumE;lrated in the Scrip­ H is Neighbor" . As a consequence the world Is losIng tures-Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, the TEACH ~o iong waited and are still waiting. confidence in itself. All, whether peli­ Thn;t . the Ch;-:rch is,. .?-,e.mp:e t'ht text relates, not to the spirRual prophets, etc., and descI:ibed by St. ~the ~t Our ticians or judges or governors, great Ll'ymg .God -pecu<~""rly Ills" ~rkll\1an. Klart of the Kingdom which the Gospel Paul in Hebrews 11: 38-40. To t.hese or small. of one party or another, of shlp;" Its constructlOn has bee4ll. In prog- '-~. 'h b t t the belong the earthly promises of the Old ress throughout the Gospel Age-evGr' uhul'ch IS called to .s are,. u . 0 one nationality or ... nother-all are ac­ Testament. They never heard of the since Christ became the world's Re- ~arthly part of the KIngdom, WhICh be­ cused of being tarred with the same heavenly or spiritual promises. Their deemer and Chief Corner Stone of His :ongs to the natural seed of Abraham. stick of selfishness. The Bible clearly loyalty will find its reward in the fact Ter.-:ple, through which, when finished. A great mistake has been made by indicates that this distrust is not with­ God's blessing shan come "to all peo"'! mt!.ny of us in the past, in that we have that they will come forth from the out reason and that the great time of pIe," and they find access ~o Him.- ~o1! . discerned and acknowledged the ,tomb no longer blemished and imper- trouble soon to come upon every nation 1 Cor~nthians 3:16, .17; EpheSIans 2:20~ two Israels spiritual and natural, and fect, but fully, completely restored to (Daniel 12: 1) will be the direct result GeneSIS 28:14; GalatIans 3:29. '. . '", the perfection originally enjoyed by That meantime the chiseling, shaping an(lt,he separate rewards and b~e~smbs ,ap- of this loss of confidence. The Bible's father Adam. Additionally these will pOlishing of consecrated believers iIi portioned to these by the Dlvme prom­ description of the matter briefly have the ~pecial guidance and instruc­ Christ's Atonement for sin progresses: fses of. the Scriptures. . Both are. to be summed up is, Every man's hand shall tion of Messiah (Head and members) and when the last of these "living u~ed of God in fulfilling the promise be against his neighbor (Zechariah in all the affairs of mankind. Thus as stones," "Elect and precious," shalf made to Abra.ham-in blessing all the 8:10; 14:13). It.will be after tha·t great have been made ready, the great Master families of the earth. the Master said, speaking of that time, time of trouble shall have thoroughly vv~orkman will b~ing [tIl together in the After the completion of Messiah, shall see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob "Ye sickened humanity as respects itself FIrst ResurrectIOn; and the Temple . f and the prophets in the Kingdom."­ shall be filled with His glory, and be the Head and ~~embers, on the. plane. 0 and any hopes it might have had of meeting place between God a:1d men 'glory, the New Covenant WIll be In­ Luke 13:28. bringing about a Millennium by its own throughout the Millennium.-Revelation augurated with Israel, as the Scrip- God's Kingdom will be represented efforts~that God will manifest his 15:5-8; 21:3. tures distinctly teach. (Jer. 31: 31-34.) in the earth by Israel-especially by Kingdom in the top of the mountains­ That the Basis of Hope, for the Church Our text, therefore, waits for its ac­ these saintly men of Israel, resurrected higher than all other kingdoms every and the World, lies in the fact thai! complishment until the last member of perfect, who will be ~he special ap­ way, and all people shall fiow toward it. "Jesus Christ, by the grace of God" th~ elect Church of Christ' shall have pointees and representatives of the tasted death for e~ery man," "a R:an-:pas~ed beyond the vail. As it is written,"The desire of all peo­ sam for all," and WIll be "the true LIght . . glorified Messiah's rule. As it is writ­ ples shall come."-Haggai 2: 7. which Iighteth every man that cometh israel the Earthl~ Representative of the ten, instead of thy fatners (the ancient This is described in the verses folIow­ Into the world," "in due time."-He..; Kingdom saintly ones were styled "the fathers,'P iI~.g our text which read, "And many brews 2:9; John 1:9; 1 Timothy 2:5, 6. In the symbolic language of the as Jesus was styled the Son of Abra­ people shall go and say, Come ye, let That the Hope of the Church is that shEll Scriptures a mountain is ahvays sym­ ham and David) shall be thy children, us go up to the mountain (kingdom) :n~r be,,1ike her Lord, "s~e. Him as' H:: bolicalof a Kingdom. Hence the moun­ whom thou mayest make princes in all of the Lord, to the house (temple) of IS, be partaker of the ~IVI.n~ nat~re•. tain of the Lord's house means the and share His glory as Hls Jomt-helr.- . the earth. (Psalm 45:13.) 'Ihesa the God of Jacob; and he will teach ua 1 John 3:2; John 17:24; Romans 8:17;: Kmg.do~ of Gad. and that. royal ho~se princes acting under and continually in of his ways and we will walk in his 2 Peter 1:4. or famIly recogmzed by hIm. For 111- ·contact with the spiritual Kingdom and paths, for out of Zion [the spiritual un­ That the present mission of the Church) ~tance, we read that David sat upon rulers l'ltyled in the Scriptures "the seen Kingdom of Messiah] shall go is the perrecting of the saints for the: ~he throne of the Kingdom of the Lord royal priesthood," will, of course, be so forth the Law and the Word of the future work of service; to d.evelop in and that God made a Covenant with superior in their wisdom and power as Lord from Jerusalem [the seat of herself every grace; to be God's witness him "even the sure mercies of David" to command the obedience of the whole earth's empire to be]. And he shall to the world,; and to prepare to be k~ngs -viz., that none but his Seed, his pos­ earth. The nation of Israel, with whom judge among the nations [rewarding and priests m the next Age.-Epheslans t' ld b' . d t h<> 4:12; Matthew 24:14; Revelation 1:6; 20:6. e:l~y, wou ~.ver e recogmze . as ".. f they are related, would naturally re­ and punishing justly], and shall re­ That the hope for the vVorld lies in the D1Vlr:ely . appomted ~epresentatlves 0 .. ",pond more quickly than others to the buke many people; and they shall beat blessings of knowledge and opportunitY' God m kmgly authonty and power. ; .J:n New Order of things, which will be just their s'\vords in to plowshares a nd theIr ~::- .,~ brougl".t to all by Christ's Mn~ other word", J)ll;es;:;iah was to 1:>P' 'roc, t.hat for which they have been waiting speR.,rs into pruning books. N8.tj0~ Ienn~al Kingdom-the Restitution of all offspring of David the great antitypi­ and praying for mo're than thirty cen­ shall not lift up svvord against nation, that was l.ost in Adam, to all the wi1li~g cal David (Beloved), who mUSt. "reig-n turies. neither shall they learn war any more." and obedlent, at. the h~nds of thmr from· sea to sea and from the river to Redeemer and HIS GlorIfied Church- . " All Nations Shall Flow Unto It. All Christians agree that these words

0 • apply to the Messiah's Kingdom. They when' all the wilfully wicked will be th,e ends of t?e e~~th. In these words the Lord through the de~troyed.-Acts 3:19-23; Isaiah 35. The MessI9-h - Kmg on .the sD:nt. tell us clearly and distinctly of how prophet assures us of the wonderful We affirm the pre-existence of Jesus as plane, the Son of God (and lIke GOd Ill­ the judgments of the Lord will be the mighty Word (Logos-spokesn~an) visible to men, as are also the ange~s), success which will attend the estab­ lishment of the New Empire of earth, abroad in the earth, causing wa~s to "'the beginning of the creation of God," is the antitypical David and the anti­ cease and the knowledge of the Lord the dominion of the Prince of light, '''the First-Born of every creature,.' tha,typical Solomon, the wise, the great, to fill the whole earth as the waters which will supersede the dominion of active agent of the Heavenly Fat~er. the rich. In the days of his flesh our cover the great deep.-Isaiah 11: 9. ,Jehovah in all the work of creatlOn. .. the Prince of darkness, when Satan "'Witho~t Him was not anything made Lord was the Son of DavId acco~d~ng !Shall be bound for a thousand years, o House of Ji:l.cob, Come! that was made."-Revelation 3:14; Co- t? the flesh.' though begotten of a. dIVIne We have already noted that this lossians 1:15; John 1:3. hfe not tamted by any human Imper- that he may deceive the peoples no more. Messiah's Kingdom will be high prophecy belongs to natural Israel and We affirm that the vVord (Logos) wasfection. He was, therefore, holy, harm­ not to spirItual Israel. As the first above all other Kingdoms, not only in made flesh-became the Pabe of Beth-less, undefiled and separate from sin­ verse declares, it concerns Judah and its grandeur, majesty and authority, lehem-thus becoming the Man Jesus, ners. His faithfulness to the will of Jerusalem. By the time this prophecy but also in the lofty principles which it 4'holy, harmless, undefiled, separate fr?:n the Father made him subject to all of shall have begun to be fulfilled, spiritual sinners." As we affirm the humamty th . f ff' d d th will represent. Israel will be beyond the vail. It is In of Jesus; we equally affirm the Divinity e expenence.s 0 .su erIng an ~a, Thus it is written, "He shall lay of Christ-HGod also hath highly exalted as expressed m hls own words, The righteousness to the line and jus., full harmony with this that we read Him and given, I-lim a name which is cup which my Father hath 'poured for tice to the plummet and the hail in the fifth verse, "0 house of Jacob, abov'e every name."-Hebrews 7:2G;Phi.., me, shall I refuse to drink it?" His [Truth] shall sweep away the refuge Come ye and let us walk in the light of Iippians 2:9. obedience unto death, even the death of lies" (Isaiah 28: 17). Nevertheless, the Lord." We acknowledge that the personality of of the cross, demonstrated his loyalty as the world shall come to appreciate This is particularly the time when the Holy Spirit is the Father and Son; to the last degree and he received the the new order of things all nations this wonderful message to natural that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both.• h' h d . t "Ir h tl Israel should go forth. We understand and is manifested in all who receive the 19 rewar. appropna e. In: a 1 shall flow unto it, flow up to it-con­ the Scriptures to teach that during the :>egctting ")f the Holy Spirit and thereJ;lY' God also h:ghly exq.lted and .. glven a trary to the downwardness of fallen next few years the Lord will have spe­ become sons of God.-John 1:12; 1 Pete~ name that IS above every name, that human nature. It will make manifest 1:3. .at the name of Jesus every knee should ·cial dealings with Israel in connection ~uch wonderful rewards for righteous­ We affirm the .resurrection of Christ-tha' ,bow, both of things in heaven and with this call. He will point out to ness and obedience to God and it will He was put to death in flesh but quiclr things in earth." them the way of righteousness and the so make manifest the stripes that must ened in Spirit. ,;We deny that He w'. Exalted to the right hand of Divine great privileges that are theirs as a attend all willful disobedience to the raised in the flesh, and challenge ar:..) f h 't . I f th F th ' people, because of Divine promises to statement to that effect as being' un- ?,vor e wal s ?n y o~ e a er s Divine arrangement that the Scripture their fathers, Abraham, Isaac and . tural-1 Peter 3:18' 2 Corinthian6i tIme to take to h1lnself Ins great power will be fulfilled which declares that Jacob, etc. But only those who re­ ~~[? 1 Co"rinthians 15:8; 'Ads 26:13-15,] and reign (Revelation 11:17). Mean- when the judgments of the Lord are spond by turning to the light of God's , time, in harmony with the Divine 'will, abroad in the earth, the inhabitants of 1 WONDERS o;~· MODERN WORL.D·purposed before the foundation of the vVord to walk in it will be in the proper tLe world will learn righteousness.­ A scientific magazine made a request world he acts as Advocate hr such as condition of heart and obedience to Isaiah 26: 9. to the Physical Department at Cornell h have the hearing ear and the obeditmt promptly get the biessing at the be­ name seven wonders of the modern worl( h t d "'1 d t th Humanity for six thousand years has selected. from a list of fifty-seven out"'\ ear. a~ . Wl~ now respon .0 e ginning of Messiah's reign. Those most been learning "the exceeding sinfulness standing inventions and structures SUQ"!; speCIal InVItatlOn of the Gospel Age. prompt to respond will get the greater mitted. o:i.'hat call is to leave the world, its sIns, of. sin," its down ward tendency in every blessing. The faculty, graduates, and seniors ir Us pleasures and its hopes, and to walk sense ·of the word. Every form of gov­ Verses 6-10 portray some of the rea­ the physiCS seminary balloted, the awar( 'by faith in the exceeding great and ernment has been tried in an endeavor sons why God's favor has been with­ of the v.oting go~ng to wir~less tele?"raI

seek to ba instruments willing and This great company he designates as Vessels of Gold and of Silver ready, "for the Master's use made in the end honored and honorable VlC­ meet." tors, with palm branches-the crowns fIn a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth, "House of Many Mansions" being reserved for the little floc:~, the vessels of gold. In the same picture and $lome to honor, and some to dishonor. If a man, therefore, purge himself from Looking beyond our lilresent opp"rtu~ he shows us that while the little flock these, he shall be a vessel unto hOllor, sanctified and meet for the Master's nities and privileges of usefulness in of more than conquerors are to sit use, and prepared unto every good work."-2 Tim. 2:20, 21. the Lord's service, and the degree of upon the throne with him, these others, opportunities secured by us now worthy but less worthy, are to be be­ HIS text shows that the Apostle and strive toward perfect attainment. through faithfulness, we perceive that 7j'i' fore the throne. He points out that. was solicitous for the Church be­ But not all of those who make a the great work for which we are \li while the "little flock" will share his cause of a sectarian spirit of conten­ full consecration and who strive for 'called,' chosen, being schooled, is that glory and honor as his Bride, this tion which prRvailed where the ,spirit righteousness shall occupy the same of the future, of which the Apostle . greater company, represented by the of. fellowship should have manifested station in the Divine service, either says, "That in the ages to come God more numerous vessels of silver, will itself. Thl:": does not signify that tbe now or hereafter. The degree of honor will show forth the riches of his grace, serve him in his temple. (Rev. 7: 9-15.) .A postle ignored the importance of in the Lord's service will depend, upon in his loving k,indness toward us in He points out further in the same mes­ fidelity to the Truth, for concerning their degree of honesty and zeal. Christ Jesus." (Eph. 2: 7). Our Lord sage that while the little flock will be this }"e had already written that the "\Yhile. therefore. we may well rejoice referred to that glorious future condi­ the Bride class, the "great company" Church should "contend earnestly for to be vessels in the Lord's house, to tion when he declared w his Apostles. will be honored with an invitation to :~le faith once delivered to the saints." pe used of him either in more honor~ "'In my Father's house are many man­ be present at the marriage supper of He here objects to the disposition of able Or less honorable capacity in his sions. I go to prepare a place for you." the Lamb in glory. (Rev. 19: 9.) And many to contend about matters of n() service. nevertheless. he is pleased to The many mansions, the many stations, through the Prophet David he pictured mom'ent, which he terms "words to no have us aspire to such faithfulness in, the many planes of celestial being and the distinction between these classes, profit, but to the subverting of the thought, in word, in deed, as would b:essing are here pictured, and the the little flock, the vessels of gold ilearers," and again "profane and vain have his approval and win for us the suggestion. is further given that one unto greatest honor, and the greater babblin.gs, which would inc'rease unto higher stations in his esteem and eerv­ special place .jn the Divine family multitude, the vessels of silver unto more ungodliness and eat as doth ice here and hereafter. a would be made for the special follow­ less honor, picturing them as the Bride canker." ers of the Lord':"-those known through­ "If a Man Purge Himself" and her companions-br~desmaids. The In a weird, man-made differences out the Scriptures as "the Bride, the picture shows the Bride all glorious in The Apostle tells us how· as ChrIs­ Lamb's Wife," and again as "the Royal iShould be ignored and only those doc~ raiment of fine needle work, of em­ tians we may attain to the highest po~ Priesthood" under Christ, their great trines Which the Scriptures clearly and broidery and gold, brought in before sitions in Divine favor. He says, "If Chief Priest. The chief mansion will distinctly set forth are to be in­ ,the King, and then it shows us the a man purge himself from these he 6e for these who, called to the highest .!listed upon and contended for. In "virgins, her companions, who follow l'lhall be a vessel unto honor." He does honor, are represented by the golden all other things Uie Lord's people are her."-Psalm45. to have fervent charity and liberty not mean, however, if any man do so, vessels. among themselves. ,After exhorting for here and elsewhere he shows, in And again they are cal;ed the "Lord's "Vessels of Wood and of Earth" Timothy, "Study to show thyself ap­ harmony with the other Scriptures, jewels," and he says of them, "They To be in any part of God's great lProved unto God, a workman that need­ that the world has nothing whatever shall be mine, saUh the Lord, in that house-to be in his service in any ca­ (£lth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing to do with this matter-that the first day when, I come to make up my pacity, either now or hereafter, is an the word of truth," he declares that st€P of approach to God must be jewels." (Mal. 3: 17.) .As jewels are honor, is no dishonor. Hence we pre­ notwithstanding these various 'bab­ through the door, through Christ, and scarce, so these are described to be fer that translation of our text,ves­ blings and twi3tings of the Scriptures, that only those who come unto the only a litt1e flock to whom it is the sels unto more honor and vessels unto the "foundation of God standeth sure." Father through him have any standing Father's good pleasure to give the less honor. The vessels of earth and God's great plan will stand and will whatever at the present time. Hence Kingdom. (Luke 12: 32.) To be or of wood are specified as indicating finally triumph no matter who may the Apostle's thought is that if any this company, styled in the Scriptures. those unto less honor, and to Our un­ babble against it and no matter how man in the Church will purge himself, as "more than conquerors through him derstanding represent in U:e future much the Adversary may seek to draw wi1l purify himself, will seek to put that loved them and bought them with those who will be servants of God on attention away from the fundamental away these elements of dross and un­ his precious blood," the Apostle Paul the earthly or human p'ane. V[hoever facts to the theories and fancies of righteousness, will seek to avoid pro­ declared that he was glad to suffer 'through the portals of the Divine Word the egotistical and hypocritical. The fane and vain babblings, will cease to any loss-to count all things but as catches a glimpse of the C'oming glory Apostle's thought seems to be that strive about words to no profit, and loss and dross that he might win Christ of the earth during the l\i[illennial Age some of the Lord's people, by follow­ will seek more and more by the Lord's and be found in him-as a member of -a glimpse of the "Lmes of re.:titu­ ing the course he has outlined, and be­ assistance to "rightly divide the word his Body, a member of the royal priest­ tion of all things wllichGod hath coming th0roughly furnished in the of truth"-such a man in Christ, hood, a member of the little fiock, a spoken by the mouth of 2.11 the holy word of truth and able to rightly divide whether his talents and opportunities partaker of the divine nature. prophets"-can rejoice with any who it to others, will be vessels of honor in be great or small, will be blessed of In the tabernac~e and in the temple will be found worthy to be a vessel of the service of the Lord in the present the Lord and reckoned of him as one gold was used as a symbol of this less honor in the Master's cause in the time. On the contrary, some-truly of the more honorable vessels for his dlvine nature, the highest of all na­ future on the earthly plane. '1'0 0111:' UOd.'S people, truly consecrated to him, service here and hereafter, tures, superior to the· angelic. Our understanding the majority of Chris­ yet neglecting these important princi­ Continuing further he declar.es that Lord described this immortal condition tian peop'e have never appreciated the ples-will be vessels of less honor and the man who thus purges himself and a~ signifying the possession of life in glorious grandeur that is to come to used of the Lord to accomplish 1es'3 seeks to bring himse;f closely into himself-life not derived from other earth during and as a result of the glorious results. alignment with the will of God, will sources. "As the Father hath life in reign. of Messiah-his Bride included. himself (immortality), so hath he Surely, as Saint Peter declares (Acts To Honor and Less Honor not only be reckoned a vessel unto honor, but will be sanctified and set given unto the Son to have life in 3:19-21), these will be times of restitu'­ How manifestly true is thIs inspired apart by the Lord for his service. He hImself" (immortality). (John 5: 26.) tion which God has declared through declaration only the more advanced of will give him opportunities, special op­ And he has been given the privilege all his holy prophets. the Lord's people may know. The rortunities, to do and to be a~sisted, of giving this to whomsoever he will world judges by outward appearance, which he would not h:;,ve provided for ..,.-to the worthy ones constituting his EVERV THJ[NI<'ING :and perceives the prosperity of many him otherwise. Christian people too elect Bride, otherwise styled "members who have the form of godlines's with­ often seem to overlook this matter-to of the Body of Christ," vitally con­ CIiRISTIAN (Qut the power thereof; it perceives the forget how much God has to do with nected with him, their living Head. It SHOULD READ ]prosperity of many sects. and parties, his Church, with those who have made is to this glorious quality of the divine divided chieft.y by mere quibbles, and consecra.tion of thems'elves to him. nature, symbolized by the gold, and again in our text styled the vessels of it perceives the lesser prosperity of o More and more should we all remem­ those who ignore sectarian lines and ber, as is urged by the Apostle, that gold, that Peter refers, saying "God stand only for the ,yord of truth, and hath given unto us exceeding great and R "God hath set in the Body the various contend only "for the faith once de­ members as it hath pleased him." It is precious promises, that by these we ]ivered to the saints." Only the spir­ for us not to be ambitious for a high might become partakers of the div1ne Hually minded can see the situation station, but to humbly desire to be and nature."---2 Peter 1: 4. LL'S from the Lord's standpoint-only these to do those things acceptabl~ to the "Vessels of Silver"