Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1910 — THE FAMOUS PREACHER OF THE CITY OF CHURCHES. [ARTICLE]

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

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

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.