Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1912 — PASTOR RUSSELL AT ILLINOIS STATE FAIR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PASTOR RUSSELL AT ILLINOIS STATE FAIR

Honor to the Son Means Honor to the Father Also. Work of Calvary Progressing, but Far From iFiushed—Selection of Elect Church the Beginning—Not the Completion, of the Divine Purpose.

Springfield, 111., Oct. 6.—Pastor Russell arrived yes te r day, the guest of the State Board. In his evening address the text was taken from Philippians ii. 10. 11: “At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow and every tongue confess.” Pastor Russell

drew attention to the fact that for half n century the world has been undergoing a most marvelous revolution along tlie lines of increase of knowledge. He referred briefly to the share of Illinois in this onward march of intelligence. This, he said, is plainly manifest at this Fair in the wonderful display of labor-saving devices, etc. He remarked on the school exhibitions and what they indicate of the progress -of general knowledge .even amongst the young. He remarked also 4>n the improved breeds of live-stock, poultry, etc. This progress belongs to the last fifty years. The fruits and vegetables also, he declared, remind one of Paradise and lead us to wonder if there could have, been more nearly perfect fruit and vegetables there. These things are corroborative of the Bible testimony that we are at the threshold of a glorious Epoch, called in the Scriptures The Reign of Christ for a Thousand Yeurs. Our blessings are the foregleams of coming blessings, which, undoubtedly, will be manyfold greater. The Scriptures, he declared. tell not only of the Six Great Days of the Reign of Sin and Death (each day 1,000 years), but also of the Great Seventh Day of 1,000 years—the Sabbath of rest from toil and sweat of face, the rolling away of the Curse and the pouring out of God’s blessing. So accustomed have we become to the Reign of Sin and Death that many incline to think It the normal condition. But not so. There is no sin in heaven, and the Bible explains that there will be no evidences of the curse on earth at the close of Messiah’s Reign. Father Adam’s disobedience and sin brought the curse, “Dying thou shalt die.” ih.