Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1914 — THE GREAT TEACHER AND HIS SCHOOL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE GREAT TEACHER AND HIS SCHOOL

“They Shall All Be Taught of God” Through His Word. How to Enter the School of Christ. Meekness the Primary Lemon—Then Comes Humility—Next Come Gentleness, Patience, Long-suffering, Brotherly-kiridness and Love-Meth-ods of Instruction—Two Classes Soon to Be Graduated—Diepoeal of the Finally Incorrigible— Future Service of the SuccSesful Claeses.

June 14.—Pastor Russell’s text toss a y wa s ou r Lord’s well-known exhortati o n: “Learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly of heart." (Matthew 1159.) The Pastor’s Pho-to-Drama of Creation is certainly helping all who see it to understand the Master’s

teachings. In our busy day few have time to study as they could wish. To all such the Photo-Drama seems to supply a long-felt want The Pastor began with the statement that there is only one way to get rid of sin-—belief In the Lord Jesus Christ. But mere intellectual belief does not accomplish this result Whoever believes truly will make a full consecration of himself to God. From the Scriptural standpoint a believer is a disciple, a pupil. The School of Christ is .not open td everybody, the speaker declared. The whole world are not in that School. There Is but one definite way of entering It Hear the Master’s own words: “If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow Me.” Oily those are enrolled in the Master’s School who present their bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to- God through the imputed merit of the Redeemer. The Primary Leseon. Those ( enrolled/ in the School of Christ, the Pastor said, are taught a variety of lessons, of which the first is meekness—teachableness. Probably there Is a greater lack along this line than any other. Self-conceit and selfwill are qualities which prevent their ■possessors from being teachable. Other lessons are taught in this unique School. Next in order are humility. gentleness, patience, long-suf-fering and brotherly-kindness. These are characteristics of the Lord’s Spirit. Whoever is devoid of these qualities which go to make up love must acquire them if he would be graduated from the Master’s School. Then, lest any should be discouraged, the speaker explained that the flesh of some who are really overcomers may never compare favorably with that of some who naturally possess these desirable qualities; but that they must have these characteristics of the Lord’s Spirit In their minds, In their wills; for the Lord will judge them by their desires, their endeavors, their efforts. Whoever will be of the Kingdom class must be meek and gentle. • • ’ • ’ / v" How These Lessons Are Learned. Then the Pastor illustrated the methods by which the Master teaches His pupils to acquire ti\eee graces of the Holy Spirit. If a disciple does something wrong, he must be meek enough to go to the person Injured and acknowledge his fault If he has been rude, he must offer suitable apologies. Such discipline is good for unruly ]snpils. So by their difficulties the pupils in the School of Christ learn th® required lessond, if not in one way, then In another; for learn they must If the Lord finds that the pupil’s mind Is meek, humble, patient, gentle, ' loving, *He will make allowance for the faults of the body, and In the resurrection will give that pupil a body which will carry out the Intentions of the new mind. Therefore all in the Schoo) of Christ should keep their hearth right with God, and do their very best to keep the body under the control of the new mind. All such self-discipline is part of the oreparation for the Kingdom work. Th® standard of character-develop-ment which the Pastor upholds is very high. He declared that whoever would be graduated with honors from the School of Christ must be so meek, humble, patient, that he will be ready to receive the Master’s instructions in whatever way He may send them. No matter how It Comes, he asserted, if any experience brings us knowledge of God, if It scatters our darkness, Ignorance. superstition, *we may be sure that the Master has done It. Commencement Day la Coming. The Pastor showed that two classes will be graduated from this‘School. One will receive the highest honors—glory, immortality, joint-heirship with Christ tn His Millennial Kingdom. The other class will be servants of God on the spirit plane, and will assist the Kingdom class. All incorrigible pupils will pass into the Second Death. In conclusion he exhorted «11 the consecrated to greater earnestness in learning God's will and tn developing the character-likeness ofthelr Lord. To accomplish this result they must receive blow after blow, experience xperience. trial after 'trial. .Bat are rightly exercised by tM» : ”, he blessed result will to •?■ -MWriour Lord. J