Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1910 — Page 7

THE FAMOUS PREACHER OF THE CITY OF CHURCHES.

Pastor Russell of the Brooklyn Tabernacle-—America’s UMquftons Preacher—His Remarkable Foreign Tour and His Return. Comments of Foreign Journals on His Work.

CFrom the London (England) Christian Globe. May 5, 1910.] SINCE the days of Henry Ward Beecher and Dr. Talmage no preacher has occupied so prominent a position in the United States of America as Pastor Russell of

PASTOR RUSSELL SPEAKING IN ROYAL ALBERT HALL.

The Royal Albert London, England, is the largest and finest auditorium In the world. It waa here that fwtor Roseau delivered bis new famous remarks of consolation and comfort to the he reared royal family ot the late King Edward Til. Pastor Rowell was the principal speaker to the three Royal Albert hall 1910 Sunday May meetings of the international Bible Students' Awwcta#m held May 8. 15 and 22 respectively Hi* opening remark*

REPRODUCED FROM “BLACK AND WHITE,” LONDON’S PRINCIPAL ILL’TTRATED NEWSPAPER. on the Sunday evening following the death of King Edward VII. were well received by the British public, being cabled to and published by the various leading papers in New York city. During his European tour the principal London and New York newspapers made very favor&ble comments concerning Pastor Russell and his work.

Brooklyn Tabernacle holds today. Now we on this side of the Atlantic are to be privileged to listen to the man the announcement of whose name fills to overflowing the largest halls in the United States. . ■- . < . Pastor Itussell will be the principal

Will Carry the Gospel to Sailors of New York on Gift Yacht.

□from tbs New York Evening ’ , 1910.1

Pastor Russell of the Peoples Pulpit Association today declared that be would use the yacht Angel, presented to him by his association, to carry the gospel to the sailors of New York harbor, and, although complete a» rangements have not been made for the work, be said there was no reason for questioning the efficacy of his plan. “I have In my plans,” he said, "one to make a mission boat of the Angel, preaching the go*- ■ pel on her decks

every night of the week In a different language, carrying the Word to sajlors of all nations. “A practical plan would be to moor the yacht at different points nightly and advertise meetings for sailors, Sermons could be In English. German. Swedish. Italian and the tongues of other seafaring nations." The Angel Is 125 feet over all and uses both sails and naphtha. Seventy persons can And accommodations In her cabin and more on her deck during fair weather. Pastor Russell accepted the Angel, he said, not for himself, but as a trustee for the association.

THE ANGEL, YACHT TO BE USED IN MISSION WORK.

speaker at the meetings of the International Bible Students’ association’s meetings, which are to be held at the Albert hall on the evening of Sunday next and the two following Sundays. He will In addition visit during the next three weeks the principal cities

and towns in England, Scotland and Ireland. Like Beecher and Talmage, both of the same City of Churches. Pastor Russeli is an independent teacher, not allied to any particular denominational organization, giving his time, his

strength and his great powers of oratory to the molding of pnbiic thought “with malice toward none, with charity for all.’’ Above all. the pastor may be described as strictly orthodox. Although Pastor Russell holds to the Bible tenaciously, he claims to have

proved that on points it has been misunderstood by both friends arid foes. In his search for a upon which to build his hope for future bliss he undertook a lengthy investigation of the claims of Confucius. Mohammed. Buddha and other founders of religion. These he found to be unsatisfactory to either hea,rt or bead. Almost without hope, he took up the systematic study of the question of the punishment for sin. Ilis findings were such as to restore perfect confidence in the Bible as God's inspired word apd revelation. Over 000 leading American newspapers now publish Pastor Russell's sermons weekly, reaching approximately 10.000.000 homes. He is also author of works entitled “Studies In the Scriptures." over 5.000,000 volumes being in the hands of readers. The sixth million is now in the press. This is a remarkable testimony to the popularity of his writings. Pastor Russell is now on his way to London, having just revisited the pyramids and Palestine. It is expected that his recent investigations will have much to do Id still further unsealing the mysteries which for centuries have been kept secret by that “Stone Witness." The Great Pyramid is the subject of an important chapter in one of his books, in which he makes some most interesting applications of the published measurements made by the late Plazzi Smyth, formerly astronomer royal for Scotland. Dr John Edgar within the la ;t year has verified all of Professor Smyth’s measurements, which have been used by'Mr. EUs.selL The return of the Jews to their promised land, as proph esied in the Scriptures, has been elab-, orately treated by Mr Russeli. an ! he will now be in position. t?> sjieak v, ith added knowledge regarding tile work of the Zionists.

THE SAVIOR'S TEACHINGS BROOKLYN TABERNACLE BIBLE STUDIES

WISE AND FOOLISH VIRGINS Matthew 25:1-13. — October 2 "Be ye therefore ready also; for the Bon of man cometh at an hour token ye think not." —Luke 12:10. CHE Great Teacher in today's Study tells ns further about his glorious Messianic Kingdom and concerning those who will be accounted worthy to share it with him—as his Bride. This parable has not been of general application all through this Gospel Age. It applies merely at the close of the Age—at the present time, we believe. It does not take into consideration the world, nor even the nominal Church, but solely, only, the true Church, the Virgin class. The word “virgin" signifies pure, and in using this term the Lord implies that he is referring only to those who have been justified, by faith and consecration, because by nature none are pure; none are holy; none are virgins. Five Wise—Five Foolish One of the special lessons of the parable is to show that amongst the pure, the wise, the consecrated people of God. there are two classes. For a time these will be all together—unseparated. But in the fulfilling of this parable certain circumstances and conditions and truths will develop and separate these two classes of saints, virgins. • The parable shows all the virgins as 1 Sleeping, waiting for the coming of thp Bridegroom. Apparently, there Is no difference; but really there is a difference—the wise had a larger supply of oil than had the foolish. Then came an announcement of the presence of the Bridegroom and a call to go forth to meet him. This implies that something from the prophetic Word at the appropriate time will call the attention of all the Virgin class to the presence of Messiah. But at the Second Advent it will be as if was at the First AdTent, when John said to Jesus. “Behold there standeth one among you whom ye know not.” We are not to expert the Second Coming of Christ In the flesh, but as a spirit being. We are to remember that the Scrip tures outline two distinct features con nected with the Second Coming. First will come the parousia or “presence” of the Lord, recognizable only by the Wise and Foolish Virgins. In his parousia or “presence” he will test and prove his Church, dividing them into wise and foolish virgin classes—the wise virgins to become the Bride class and the foolish virgins to become the class who will experience a second grade of salvation —coming up out of great tribulation and becoming the Bridesmaids, so to speak, “the virgins, the Bride’s Companions, who follow after her” (Psalm xiv. 141. These will attain great blessings in spiritual life, but fail to gain the prize of joint-heir-ship with the Lord in his Throne, in his Kingdom.

Litter on will come the manifestation of Christ with his Church, in pow-

er and great glory, in the setting up of bis Messianic Kingdom and in the overthrow of everything contrary to it. Concerning this manifestation we read, •‘When he, shall appear; tee. also (the Bride classj. will appear with him in glory.’’—Col. Hi. 4. It will be in the time of the presence, the parousia. of the Son of man, for the gathering of the "elect." that all the Virgins will be awakened by the message of the Truth. jSopie will be able to appreciate, others will not be able to, appreciate bis presence. The latter will need to "go and buy” the oil. the wisdom, the understanding, of the Divine Word. It will cost some of them considerable of self-sacrifice and humiliation t<> learn their lessons. Such as obtain the oil in time will join the party that will go in with the Bridegroom to the marriage feast. Then the door to that High Calling will close forever. - Thank God that It is not ak we once supposed—that the door of mercy Is to close, shutting out the foolish Virgins of the Church, together with the whole world of mankind; and. as we once supposed, shutting them into eternal torment. The parable merely shows that the closed door will exclude any ethers from coming into the Bride class, to be joint-heirs with Messiah in his Kingdom. The door will close biecause the full number elected and oredestinated to this high honor will

have attained the necessary character likeness of Christ aiid will have stood the necessary testings. As no oneTxTthe Jewish priests could ever serve as High Priest if he had a superfluous finger or toe. it is thus shown in the type that the antitypical High Priest, the Messiah, will have only a definite, fixed number of members in his Body—neither one too few nor one too many. Later on. the foolish Virgins came to the'“door,’’ but found it forever shut. They lost the great prize. They Were foolish in that they did not give attention to getting the oil in time; foolish also in that they cared too much for the things of this present life; but they were Virgins, nevertheless. They finally got the oil, which represents the holy Spirit, but too late! The door was shut! They could not be of the Bride class. The Master-answered, I know you not I could not recognize you as my Bride.

In view of this the Lord exhorts that his consecrated followers of the Church

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% r-Y". -•.. ‘ ' . V dr Virgin class be constantly on the" alert, because they know neither the day nor the hour of the Master's coming and of the invitation to go in to the wedding. The parable shows, however, that although the time of the Master's coming, could not be known In the past, nevertheless, It would be known to all of the Virgin class “In due time." It will be announced! as indicated in the cry. The cry will be so loud that all of the Vir-. gins will hear it. even though ttib world will have no knowledge of It. The Master merely wished us to understand that the great event would not be foretold in advance. The parable does not show how the foolish Vlrgjns. excluded from the wedding and from membership In the Bride class, will be treated. Other Scriptures, however, show that this foolish virgin class will share with the world in a great time of trouble, which will then come to every nation. In that time of trouble these foolish virgins will suffer severely and “Wash their robes and make them white In the blood of the Lamb.” and thereafter be accounted worthy to “serve God In his Temple,” though not worthy to be of the Temple. They will be accounted worthy to serve before the Throne, though not worthy to sit in the Throne. They will be accounted worthy to have palms of victory, but not be accounted worthy of crowns of glory. The lesson to God’s people is to Awake, to hearken, to have our lamps, the Word of God. trimmed and burning, and to have oil. the holy Spirit, in our vessels—to be living in an attitude of full consecration to God (Revelation vii. 9.14, 15).

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