Newspaper Clippings of Pastor Russell's Sermons (c. 1904–1911) (1909)

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Sermon by CHARLES T. RUSSELL Pastor Brooklyn Tabernacle.

Glasgow. "We know all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son; that he might be the firstborn among many brethren" (Romans vill. 28, 29).

Coming to the land of that sturdy man of God, John Knox, I am reminded of his able contention for the doctrine of Election—its Scripturalness and its demonstration of the greatness, majesty and sovereignty of the Lord our God. We surmise, however, that the good man's heart must frequently have been sorely distressed with the logic of his own argument; that the eternal woe of nine-tenths of our race was as unalterably fixed in advance of their birth as was the eternal joy of the blessed handful predestinated to be saints and to share the heavenly glories. We may well thank God, dear friends, that in the clearer light now shining upon the Scriptures we may discern the errors handed down to us from the dark ages, without losing our appreciation of Divine foreknowledge and Divine sovereignty.

While it is true that it would be difficult to estimate the value of the doctrine of Divine foreknowledge taught by Brother Knox, not only in this nation, but also throughout the world, inculcating a reverence for the Almighty, it is also true that it would be difficult to estimate the amount of damage which has resulted to Christendom and throughout the world from his teachings respecting the Divine treatment of the non-elect. This serious error has alienated the hearts of thousand from God and from his Book. Let us look together at the doctrines of Election, Predestination and Foreordination, from the Scriptural standpoint, that we may note their beauties and be drawn the nearer to the Lord and to his Book in true reverence and worship.

Foreknown and Predestinated

Our text declares that whom God did foreknow them he also did predestinate; but we notice that the predestination is stated only as respects the Church and not in respect to others. This fact does not escape the attention of others, but they have reasoned erroneously.—that if God foreknew an elect Church, for whom he predestinated special blessings and honors, this would imply that the remainder of mankind non-elect were to be tortured eternally. The logic of this position is unsound and it is quite unscriptural to say, that all of the non-elect will be consigned to an eternity of torture at the hands of fireproof demons in fulfillment of a Divine predestination fixed before creation. There is no Scripture whatever to this effect, and Brother Knox and others were in error to the extent that they wove into their theories matters not Scripturally stated.

According to the Scriptures, as well as according to human judgment as expressed in the laws of civilization, the highest, the severest penalty to be enforced, is the death penalty, the taking away of the life not used in harmony with the Creator's reasonable, righteous requirements This is the Scriptural declaration to which, for so long a time, we were blind: "The wages of sin is death;" "The soul that sinneth, it shall die;" "All the wicked will he destroy;" "They shall perlsh as brute beasts;" "They shall be destroyed with an everlasting destruction" (the Second Death). —Romans vi, 23; Ezekiel xviii, 4; Psalm 90; H. Patens ii, 12; H. Thersele

Does it not seem strange that Brother Knox and others, his coadjutors, in getting away from much of the smoke of the "dark ages," failed to even think of a salvation of the non-elect as a part of God's providence? Their eyes, beholding the awful and blighting errors respecting eternal torment, totally blinded them to God's provisions for the non-elect; for they reasoned that if God had predestinated them to eternal torment and had in advance of their creation prepared a great place of torture and fire-proof devils and fuel enough for eternity,

Foreordination, Predestination and Election. Pastor Russell's Discourse at Glasgow, Scotland.

Thus seen the very severest results possible to non-election would be extinction—the Second Death. But the Scriptures clearly show that God has gracious purposes, not for the "elect" only, but also for the non-elect, and that in his due time the non-elect shall be brought to a clearer knowledge of the Truth and to a full opportunity of harmony with their Creator and through Christ Jesus the re-attainment of all that was lost in Adam, all that was redeemed by the precious sacrifice of Christ. Thus, as the Scriptures declare, there is a "common salvation" (Jude 3) in which all of Adam's children shall be privileged to have a share. There is also a special salvation, a "high calling" of God in Christ, which is referred to as "so great salvation which began to be (preached) spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him." (Heb. ii, 8.) This special or great salvation is the one which our Lord has provided for the "Elect," while the "common salvation" is his provision for the non-elect.

—Romans vi, 23; Ezekiel xviii, 4; Psalm cxlv, 20; II Peter ii, 12; II Thessalonians i. 9.

then surely he could have no plan of salvation for them. The entire premise was wrong. The death into which they went was not eternal torment but the tomb, as represented by the Hebrew word Sheol and the Greek word Hades. And they can have no release from the tomb, no return to consciousness or pain or pleasure until the Second Coming of the Redeemer in the morning of the Resurrection.

Thank God, then, for the rolling away of the mists of darkness and error which permits us to see in the Bible that the "common salvation," God's provision for the world, will be a Restitution, a restoration to human perfection in the rejuvenated earth, a world-wide Paradise! Thank God for the promises to the effect that then "the knowledge of the glory of God shall fill the whole earth as the waters cover the great deep" and that "the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in his beams;" that "nothing shall hurt or destroy or injure in all God's holy Kingdom;" that "the way-faring man, though simple, need not err therein," and that a broad highway shall be there as a way of salvation—a much traveled way—and that all the redeemed of the Lord shall be privileged to go up thereon out of sin and death conditions to conditions of life everlasting. We thank God, too, that those who shall refuse to make proper progress and shall fall of that "common salvation" because of willful sin will not be permitted to live endlessly in sin, nor in torment, but will be utterly destroyed in the Second Death; because God is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna, the Second Death. We thank God also that the elect Church, under Christ, the Captain of their salvation, are promised a share in that glorious work of the Redeemer, in blessing all the families of the earth in bringing to them that common (general) salvation

Your High Calling.

If once we dreaded to think of God's grace toward us in accepting us as members of his elect Church, because of the opposing thought of the damnation of the nonelect, we may now correspondingly rejoice the more in our privilege of election, seeing that it means our privilege of sharing in the world's uplift under the direction of Emmanuel, our Lord, during his Millennial reign. The Apostle speaks of the prospect of the elect as "our High Calling;" and again, "our heavenly calling." The thought is that we are called to a very high honor and wonderful distinction and that on a heavenly plane. The Gospel Church is invited to experience a change of nature from human to divine, from the highest of the earthly natures to the highest of the heavenly natures—far above angels and principalities and powers and every name that is named—"joint heirs with Christ." "partakers of the Divine nature." members of "the Bride, the Lamb's wife."

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If we had here a box of sawdust and scattered through it a paper of tacks until the latter were quite hidden from view, surrounded and covered in the sawdust, we know that we could take a magnet and, by passing it to and fro amongst the sawdust, the magnet would attract to itself every tack. It might indeed exercise a still further attraction upon some of the sawdust, but the hold would be so slight that we could blow it off, while the tacks would be firmly held by reason of their responsiveness to the magnetic influence. The box of sawdust represents the world of mankind. The tacks of the illustration represent a small class of humanity, zealous at heart for God and for righteousness. The magnet represents the Gospel invitation which is now passed up and down, hither and thither throughout the civilized world, and to some extent, into the heathen world.

Truly do the Scriptures tell that not many would be able to hear, to appreciate, to understand, to accept this high calling. The Divine arrangement of the call is elective, selective. It appeals to some and does not appeal to others. It has an attraction for some and not for others.

It is not the design of the Lord to elect, select, choose, gather all mankind (the sawdust) by the magnet; merely he would now gather the truehearted, represented by the specks of steel, the tacks. The illustration might be enlarged by supposing some other tacks of other metallic composition not so subject to the magnetic influence as the steel. The illustration of these would represent mixed characters, such as we see about us in the world everywhere. The illustration might be extended to include good tacks covered with dirt or other foreign substance which would hinder them from responding to the influence of the magnet and this would represent true characters encrusted with the cares of this life, the deceitfulness of riches, etc.

"Elect according to the foreknowledge of God through sanctification of the spirit and the belief of the Truth," writes the Apostle. God designed the election of this Age. He desired to separate to himself a peculiar people, to be the associates of Jesus, their Redeemer, in his subsequent work of

uplifting the willing and obedient of the world of mankind. But God has not predestinated nor desired the election of any except a sanctified class, a class not sanctified through stripes, not through force or compulsion, but sanctified through a knowledge of the Truth. Such are drawn to God in devotion through a knowledge of his glorious purposes and heart sympathy therein, sufficient to induce them to sacrifice their all, so far as earthly matters and interests are concerned. These are the elect, whom the Lord has been searching for and testing with the magnet of his Truth, and the manner of their response to it throughout this Gospel Age determines whether "They shall be mine, saith the Lord, in that day when I come to make up my jewels."

"Whom He Did Foreknow."

It is not for us to quibble respecting the Divine power of foreknowledge—to question the ability of our Creator, to have foreknown, had he chosen to do so, and foretold every member of the elect class. The Divine is so far above the human that it is impossible for the human mind to measure the infinite or to comprehend his power. We must merely accept the Divine statement. However, nothing in the Word of God tells us that we were foreknown individually—personally. Rather the intimation is that God predestinated the election of a Church, predetermined the number of persons who would be accepted as members of that Church, the Body of Christ, predetermined what characters they must have and what tests of character would be necessary to demonstrate their loyalty and to prove the individual worthy a place in the foreordained class.

It is in full harmony with this that we read that many are called to the few who will be chosen, and that again we are exhorted to "make our calling and our election sure." We are assured that "Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it"—do all that he has promised—keep his part of the contract. This being so, all of the called ones have the determining of results in their own cases. God is faithful. If they are faithful at heart to the terms and conditions of their Covenant they will be of the elect—otherwise not.

"He Also Did Predestinate."

We come now to the particular clause of our text which has seemed to fortify the error. "Them he also did predestinate." Ah, say many, that fixes it! There is no option, nothing dependent upon it. God predestinated everything. Not so, we answer. In the past we have been prone to read our text disconnectedly and thus doing we have overlooked its clear teaching. We thought of it as though it read, "God predestinated the elect," but not so. The declaration is that God predestinated that all that would be of the elect class must be copies of his Son. The predestination of this verse relates not to individuals, but to a certain character which all of the elect individuals must attain to—otherwise they will not be of the elect.

How beautifully simple and plain this makes it all! Nor would we ask the matter otherwise. "Just and true are thy ways, Lord God Almighty!" The great honor, the high distinction which God proposes to confer upon the "very elect" in the First Resurrection at the Second Coming of Christ is so grand that the very highest possible test of character is appropriate to those who would be granted such honors and immortality. Our Lord Jesus said to his disciples, Sit down first and count the cost of discipleship and if you determine that it is worth the price, come, "take up your cross and follow me." As a reward I promise you that "where I am there shall my disciple be." "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne."

Those who attain the character likeness of Christ Jesus will have the character likeness of the Father, of whom the Son is the express image and character likeness. Hence the appropriateness of our Lord's words, "Be ye like unto your Father which is in heaven."

So direct an application as we are making of these words may appall some of the Lord's people who have been thinking carelessly that if they were once in grace they would always be in grace—if once elect they would never fail. I desire to awaken such to a realization of the heights of our calling and of the necessity of our obedience to the terms of the calling, if we would make our calling and our election sure—certain. However, it is well to remark here that the perfection to which the called ones are exhorted is not a perfection of the flesh, which would be an impossibility because of its natural blemishes, its hereditary taints and weaknesses. It is the heart, the will, that the Lord is inspecting, proving, and not the flesh. "Blessed are the pure in heart," said our Saviour. And we may be sure that the pure in heart, the pure in intention and endeavor, will make considerable progress in overcoming the weaknesses of the flesh. The Lord will expect them to prove their faith and their loyalty by such good works as are possible to them in their weakness and under their environments.

All Things Work Good.

It is to this class that our text refers, assuring us that "all things work together for good to them that love God, to the called ones according to his purpose." So we should expect. These called and chosen, begotten of the holy Spirit, are "children of God, and if children, then heirs—heir of God and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ their Lord" (Romans viii, 16, 17). Could we expect less than that their Heavenly Father would watch over their every interest, temporal and spiritual?

MERCHANTS ORGANIZE

Retail Merchants, of Gettysburg Hold Preliminary Organization Meeting. Association to Benefit Town as Well as Members.

The Retail Merchants' Association of Gettysburg effected a temporary organization on Tuesday evening in the office of the Gettysburg Water Company by electing E. P. Miller president, and M K. Eckert secretary. A meeting for permanent organization will be held next Tuesday evening at half past eight o'clock.

The objects and purposes of the organization were set forth and discussed at length It was pointed out that the organization will be a benefit not only to the merchants individually and collectively but also that it will be a great benefit to Gettysburg, in the matter of improving the town. securing business for it and in other ways to be developed later. It is the intention of the organizers to have the local association become a member of the Retail Merchants' Association of Pennsylvania.

The initiation fee has been placed at a nominal figure for two months, after which it will be raised. The following committee was appointed to solicit members: E.P.Wisotzkey, J. H. Colliflower, Max Davis, H. B. Bender, J.B. Wineman,Harry Wentz, Frank Hartman and Charles Mumper.

The committee appointed to draw up a constitution to be presented at the next meeting consists of H. T. Weaver, M.K. Eckert, William Codori and R.R.Buvinger.

In addition to the members appointed on the committees the following were also present William Eden, W. O. Lyles, Morgan Mickley, Peter Stock, D. J. Reile.

All present at the organization meeting were heartily in favor of the plans and purposes of the association and prospects are bright for a prosperous future.

REUNION

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Winand, of York Springs, were given a very pleasant surprise on Sunday when their family and grandchildren gathered at their home to celebrate Mrs. Winand's 79th birthday. Many presents and baskets loaded with good things were taken by the family to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Winand and a happy day and one long to be remembered was spent. Those who spent the day at the Winand home were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Winand, of Bermudian; Mr. and Mrs. John W. Winand, of New Oxford: Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Winand, of East Berlin; Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Winand. of New Chester, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Tanger, of York Springs; Mrs Ollie Jacobs, of York Springs: Mr. Gochanour and Mr. and Mrs. Christ Kauffman, Melvin and Russell Kauffman, all of York; and Mrs. George Binder, of Bermudian; Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Winand, of East Berlin; Lovina Winand, of York Springs; Miss Hilda Winand, Miss Irene Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Addison Myers, all of East Berlin; Dr. and Mrs. Kennedy, of Bermudian; Miss May Gochanour, Miss Nellie Gochanour, Clarence, Charles and William Kauffman, of York; Nicholas Wierman and son, of Gettysburg.

RAISES LICENSE FEE

It costs more to get married now. Applicants for marriage licenses will be sadly surprised to learn that the price has gone up. Couples thinking of applying at the office of the Clerk of the Courts Thomas must pay $1.00 for the licenses instead of 50 cents.

The Governor signed the bill over a week ago. raising the price of certificates, but Clerk Thomas did not announce until Monday that he would enforce the law here. A warning to would be grooms to have more than 50 cents in their pockets when applying at the office is only right Some of the justices of the peace throughout the county do not know of the change and unless they get posted it may mean some money out of their pockets.

Fifteen excursion trains have already been booked for Monday. May 31. Gettysburg will have its biggest day for many years. Here's hoping the weather man doesn't report a "flareback."

FIFTEEN EXTRAS

NOTICE

is hereby given that Letters of Administration on the estate of John E. C. Slaybaugh, late of Berwick Borough, deceased, have been granted to the undersigned, and all persons having claims against said estate are requested to present them to the undersigned, and those indebted thereto to make payment immediately.

ADELAIDE SLAYBAUGH Abbottstown, Pa. Administratrix Or to her Attorney.

J. L. Williams, Esq.

Gettyburg, Pa.

STREET BRAWL IN FIRST WARD

Sam Maretz and Harrison Frazer Have Lively Fight on York Street. Woman in the Case Alleged.Both Men Hurt.

The lower end of York street had a lively street night on Monday evening resulting from a feud of long standing between Sam Maretz and Harrison Frazer, residents of this place. Both received minor injuries about the eyes.

It seems that Maretz and Frazer have not loved each other for many months and it is intimated that there is a woman in the case. Both men worked at Schmuckler's factory on North Washington street for many weeks and trouble was always brewing between them and frequent quarrels resulted. Recently Maretz decided to quit work and leave town and, Monday evening being his last night in Gettysurg, Frazer determined to have vengeance upon his rival.

It is alleged that he laid in wait for his victim on the second square of York street where the trees are somewhat dense and it is rather dark. When Maretz approached the other man jumped on him and for a few minutes there was a lively tussle. Maretz finally getting away and making for the house of Mr. Schmuckler where he made his home. There were two other men with Frazer at the time of the fight but neither took part in it. Maretz feared that they would, however, and gives this as his reason for leaving the scene of the conflict.

The man seemed to be suffering greatly when he got home and a physician was summoned but upon examination found that he had simply been given a severe shaking and a good fright and that he would soon recover. He left town Tues. afternoon.

The residents of that peaceable portion of town were considerably excited over the warfare in their midst and there were a few exciting moments for the residents of that part of the First Ward.

CLEAN-UP ORDERED

Burgess Holtzworth has ordered a cleanup of the whole town in preparation for Memorial Day. He requests that people sweep up in front of their properties and on Friday, May 28, the town will have this refuse removed. Merchants are requested to remove boxes from in front of their stores and all are asked to do their share toward making the town look its best.

SOLD 1200 TREES

York Springs. May 21 - J. H. Gardner, the York Springs agent of the Chase Nurseries, of Geneva, N.Y., recently sold to A.C.Givler, of Carlisle, 1200 apple trees, to be planted on his farm. recently bought of the Watson Sadler state, in Huntington township.

AUTOISTS PASS THROUGH TOWN

Automobile Club of Maryland Passes through Gettysburg in One Day Endurance Run. Contestants Delighted with Scenery.

Under smiling skies over a dozen handsome runabouts, touring cars and other automobiles, comprising the run of the Automobile Club of Maryland, arrived in Gettysburg about noon Sat. and after passing through town proceeded on their way to Littlestown.

The autoists left Baltimore early Saturday and came to Gettysburg by way of Hagerstown. They entered town by West Middle street.

All were checked at the garage of the Gettybsurg Motor Car Company and later left for Baltimore by way of Littlestown. Almost all the cars arrived on time and there were no serious breaks or accidents.

The run from Baltimore was made without special incident. All of the autoists were enthusiastic about the scenery of the country through which they passed and reported enjoying the run thoroughly. While a number were entered for the purpose of showing their prowess in autoing, the majority were in it purely for the fun and the enjoyment of the run, little caring about the place they would occupy at the close of the day's run. Baltimore will be reached at the close of the day.

Many varieties of cars were present in the run and there were numerous makes driven by the various chauffeurs.

Laborers Worthy of Their Hire

Bendersville, May 21—Memorial Day falling on Sunday, May 30, Post 507, G. A. R., of Bendersville, will conduct services as follows: The graves at Biglerville will be decorated Friday afternoon, May 28, meeting at two o'clock. At Wenksville the services will take place on Saturday morning, May 29, meeting at 8 o'clock. At Bendersville the ceremonies will be held at two o'clock in the afternoon. Rev. Fred Goeller will deliver the Memorial Day address at Wenksville and Rev. Edward Watters will deliver the address at Bendersville There will be plenty of music and all are invited to attend the various exercises.

The Bowery Mission Free Labor Bureau is prepared to supply any number of men, for any kind of labor, at a moment's notice. Within the past twelve months their cashier has paid out $1,453.86 for railroad expenses on thousands of worthy, willing and able-bodied men, to all parts of the country. Address John C. Earl, Financial Secretary, 92 Bible House, New York City

Your Baby Needs a Go=Cart

Nothing is better for baby's health than plenty of fresh air and sunshine. Our 1909 go-carts are built like an automobile in many ways. Folding auto top of chased leather with sides and front that protects baby in stormy weather. On nice days, the sides and front roll up or you can turn the top back. Handsomely enameled in dark bottle green and maroon. A large, roomy cart at any price from 4.90 to 15.

C. S. Mumper,

First National Bank Building,

Gettysburg,

Photographs of The Children

—pictures for their friends

—pictures for your family and your wife's—pictures for you and the children both to look on in future years and bring back the childhood days again.

We take them, and take them so well that they catch all the charms and preserve them for you.

J. I. MUMPER

PHOTOGRAPHER

41 Baltimore Street Gettysburg, Pa.

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"It would have been absolutely impossible for me to make a case against Christian Geiger without the presidence of his fellow conspirators. The only person who had the confidence of Henderson, Martin and Dillon was their alleged Mr. Caugier.

"Apparently, Mr. Geiger is not the only guilty person who has been connected in this wholesale conspiracy to commit burglary, robbery and murder, and that they and they alone are the persons who are complaining about the expense in a criminal case. Most men never complain so long as truth and justice prevail, and I will assure them as long as I am a prosecuting Attorney I shall spare no expense in attempting to run every one of them down regardless of who they are, whether they dwell in high or low society."—Statement of Prosecutor Welty.

The above extract from the self-written letter to the News from the Prosecuting Attorney is worthy of much thought. Mr. Welty apparently admits that there are still others connected with the new famous Youkum job. If there are such, Mr. Welty, you owe it to the county to inform your assistants and get busy. On your statement above you convicted Mr. Geiger on the testimony of admitted thieves and convicts, aided by their own personal counsel, who turned your way for the money he could secure in assisting you. It is an old saying that it "takes a thief to catch a thief," and following out this policy, you have caught Mr. Geiger.

We have no interest in what is going on about the court house other than the same high interest which you say, has guarded your conduct of the office of Prosecuting Attorney. There was something unknown to past courts in the recent attempted jail break, in which it was admitted other, and knowledge, gave the one person whose custody the prisoners took your field. It is time to explain the silence that resigned at that time. As you were alleged to have known of this jail break, it is up to you to make as thorough a probe into that case as you made into the Yoakum robbery.

If Sheriff Van Gunten has been charging the commissioners for boarding prisoners when "he did not furnish a morsel of bread or a cup of cold water," it is time to notify the court, and ask for his resignation.

No one in this county will censure you, Mr. Prosecutor, in your attempt to run down lawbreakers, in high of low society, no matter what the cost. Censure may come should you fail to employ the same strenuous tactics in forretting out the truth in the recent jail-break scandal. If necessary "use a thief to catch the thief," but clear up the case from the bottom up, and if you do this, and the sheriff says he wants you to do this, the public will congratulate you.

A NEW PENITENTIARY. The decision of the board of pentitentiary managers to hold up the contracts for the remodeling of the old pentitentiary at Columbus and to seek the erection of a new prison

will meet with favor from every source. The old prison is a diagram to Ohio and a lasting reproach to the men placed in charge of the Ohio penal institution.

Last spring the agitation for a new prison was carried into the legislature but that body with its characteristic do-nothing policy, failed to do more than talk about the change in site of the prison from Columbus into some rural district. It was admitted that the prison was antiquated and should be abandoned, but when it came to voting the money for a new one, the legislators balked and voiced to throw good money away by repairing the old buildings. Money was given the board of managers to install new cell blocks and a new power plant and bids were advertised for, the contracts to be let in September. A few days ago the board of managers refused to waste the public money, and it is probable that their action will force the building of a new prison.

The present institution is woefully out of date. It is built so that fresh air and sunlight never enter the cell rooms and that dirt and grime are constantly slitting upon prisoners and attendants alike. It is too small to accommodate the prisoners seat there and the sanitary conditions are such that a sentence of 10 years in the institution is practically a death sentence, as few men come out without having contracted tuberculosis or some similar disease.

The present Ohio penitentiary should have been abolished years ago and a prison erected which would serve the ends of justice by reforming and bettering the condition of criminals, mentally and physically. The present death-trap makes it almost impossible to reform a prisoner and the board of managers is to be commended for the stand it has taken against the institution. A new penitentiary is one of the crying needs of the state, and the action of the truethood will go far towards securing it.

TRIUMPHANT HOME-COMING.

THRUMPHANT HOME-COMING.

This is not only the home-coming week for all former Allen county citizens on the occasion of the Golden Anniversary of the Allen County Fair, but there is another home-coming that should be heralded with equal pride and delight.

The Ohio Male Chorus, an organization, the nucleus of which is made up of Lima talent, after a series of victories and successes throughout the great Northwest and West, will make its triumphant entry into the city and will appear Tuesday evening in a testimonial concert which is being promoted by public spirited citizens, to be held in the Memorial Building. This will be a fitting occasion for the people of this community to show their appreciation of these talented singers, whose splendid work has sent the name of Lima, crowned with the immortal garlands of victory, resounding throughout the civilized world.

By their work at the Seattle Exposition they won a decisive victory in a World's contest, the verdict of Adjudicator Protheroe, of the Eisteddfod, being that their rendition of the male chorus number was perfect, even excelling in technique the renditions of the same composition by the Royal Male Choir of Wales.

Perfection in any line of art or science is seldom achieved by man, and the achievement of the Ohio Male Chorus is deserving of the same allotment of laurels that would have crowned the heroes of ancient Greece returning from deeds of valour on the plains of battle.

The Best Bet — That if cement curb and gutter was a good thing for Market street, and cost the property owners nothing, then it is a good thing for Spring street. Why is a fish?

What was solicitor Rogers doing all those hours when Judge Raley says Brice and the contractors were getting their heads together? But

Food Which Dr Cook Lived Upon.

the solicitor is only an adviser, and perhaps Brice didn't need him.

Perhaps Mr. Mehaffey and Mr. Campbell would accept the two directorships on the Board of Control; then the public would know the city was getting an honest deal. They would admit it themselves.

Since any mayor has authority to order out not more than one regiment of militia, supposedly only in time of stress, we need not be surprised to learn that the cost of maintaining said militia is on the increase.

The faith in Cook expressed by those who have heard him tell his story is in strange contrast to the charge made by Peary and reflects little credit on the naval man.

Welcome the returning sons and daughters of old Allen with open arms. Then invite a few of them out to dinner.

It is up to Hiram Colving to declare he doesn't need either the appointment or the money.

The morning paper started to make a platform for Mr. Dyer, yesterday, but some one must have broken the typewriter.

Lillian Russell is said to have added a new character to her repertoire in her new play and it wouldn't be at all surprising if she also annexed a new name some of these days.

An indication of the manner in which Harriman builded is found in the fact that the stock market was bullish on the day following the announcement of his death.

There are about thirty city positions for which there is now a wild scramble, yet the seven churches of the city are not calling for police protection to keep away the applicants.

Wilhur Fisk has said so; now it is Mr. Becker's say.

Princess Victoria Louise Adelaide Mathilde Charlotte, only daughter and the seventh and youngest of the off-spring of the Emperor and Empress of Germany, was born at Marmous Palace, near Potsdam, September 13, 1892, and is thus celebrating her seventeenth birthday today

The little Princess was recently introduced into German society, and the gossips of Germany are already talking of a husband for her. The 22-year-old Archduke Charles Francis Joseph, the son of the late Archduke Otto and heir presumptive to the Austrian throne after his uncle, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, has been persistently mentioned as a possible "suitor" for the hand of the little German Princess, and that she will be disposed of in marriage to the highest bidder—that is, to the one who can best further the interests of the empire.

Every royal family in Europe will welcome the idea of a union with the family of one of the most powerful of modern rulers. From the time she takes her place in the arena of world politics the Princess Victoria Louise will never be out of the limelight.

Below is shown Dr. Cook at the age of 17 years, when a student in New York. The upper picture show walrus meat, the principal food of Dr. Cook and his companions, white in the Polar regions.

Perhaps this will not be entirely welcome to the Princess, for she is a shy and studious young woman, who takes life very seriously, and has little time for the nonsense that engages other young girls.

Recognizing this disposition in her daughter, the Empress, that most tactful of all royal mothers, purposely delayed her confirmation as long as possible, so that when the time came for her to set up housekeeping on her own account Victoria Louise should have as much development as possible.

The Princess, in addition to her Imperial title, is also a Princess of Prussia and of Brandenberg, a Countess of Hohenzollern, a Duchess, of Saxony, Holstein Westphalia, Luneburg, Mechlenburg, Pomerania, Magdeburg, Hesse and Thuringia: a Princess of Orange and a Baroness of Frankfort, Nassau, Ravensberg, Fulda, Muenster, Minden, Oenabruck, Hildesheim and Kaminin.

She has six brothers—the Crown Prince Wilhelm, Prince Ethel Fritz, Prince Adalbert, Prince August Wilhelm, Prince Oscar and Prince Joachim. Three of these are married and the little Princess is already the aunt of a growing family of little royalties.

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Sermon by

CHARLES T.

RUSSELL.

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September 12.--Intelligent people appear to reason upon every other subject except religion. Approach a man upon any matter of industry or social progress or political economy or finance and we find him reasonably alert to the general law of Cause and Effect, but when it comes to religion the same man refuses to recognize or follow such laws. To illustrate: If a thousand religious men, and women were asked to give some general outline of the Divine Plan under which humanity is being dealt with by the Almighty, Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine of them would look at you in blank astonishment as though it were absurd to suppose that God would conduct his affairs along the lines of order reason and common sense—Cause and Effect. On the contrary the Scriptures everywhere hold that our Creator is systematically ordering the affairs of earth and "working all things according to the counsel of his own will" (Ephelians 1, 11).

St. Peter divides the world's history into three great epochs, which our common version Bible designates as "worlds." The first of these, he says, lasted from the creation of our first parents to the flood. The flood was the harvest time, the reaping time, of that epoch. It was the conclusion to the course of sin which, he tells us, there prevailed. And only eight persons, Noah and his family, were carried over as a nucleus for another great epoch or "world." which St. Peter calls, "The world that now is," and which St. Paul calls, "This present evil world" or epoch, and of which Jesus states, "My kingdom is not of this world (epoch)," while again he informs us that Satan is "the Prince of this world."

Certain things have been in progress—certain great instructions and blessings from the Almighty during this long period of over Forty-three Hundred years. "This present evil world" or epoch is to have a harvest time and its affairs are to be as thoroughly wound up, completed, as were the affairs of "the world before the flood." Then a new epoch, or "world to come" will dawn, the character of which is clearly delicately in the Scriptures as being very contrary everyway to that of "this present evil world." It will be "The world to come, whereof we speak," the new epoch, figuratively said to have "a new heavens and a new earth," in which the Lord will dominate human affairs. His elect Church of the present time associated with him as his Bride, will constitute the "new heavens" or new spiritual domination under which human regeneration will bring the "new earth." Under that new dispensation everything will be in accord with the character of its King, the Prince of Light and Righteousness, just as the conditions of "the present evil world" are in harmony with the characteristics of the "Prince of this world, who now worketh in the hearts of the children of disobedience"—"the Prince of Darkness."

The "world" or epoch which ended at the flood accomplished a great work. It was during that period of Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-six years that God first tested Satan, by permitting him to have an opportunity to show the traitorous attitude of his heart in connection with our first parents. Desiring to establish himself as an Emperor over earth, separate and distinct from the Empire of Zehorah, Lucifer became Satan, God's Adversary, and has since continued in his opposition to the Divine will. Our first parents, through Satan's lie, were led into disobedience to God, which resulted in the death sentence on Adam and his race. Subsequently for centuries the holy angels were allowed to have intercourse with fallen men, with a view to helping them back into harmony with God, not that God expected any such results, for he already foreknew that there could be no recovery of humanity, except through the merit of the Redeemer, whose sacrifice would purchase the world and whose reign as the King of kings and Lord of lords would ultimately restore the willing and obedient of the race. But the angels to all eternity might have supposed that an easier way of saving men was possible; that if permitted they could educate, assist and uplift mankind out of sin and death conditions back to harmony with God. God not only desired to show that all such results were impossible, but also desired to use the opportunity to test, to prove, the loyalty, the faithfulness of the angelic hosts.

PULPIT... Thrust In Thy Sickle.

Text. "Thrust in thy sickle, and reap; for the time is come for thee to reap" (Revelation xiv, 15):

they were until subsequently they revealed their identity, as we read in the account of Genesis xviii. The Apostle Paul adds his testimony to this incident, saying to the Church, "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares" (Hebrews xiii, 2).

For long centuries this relationship between the angels and mankind continued. We have no record of any human being receiving an uplift from their institutions. On the contrary, as God had foreseen, the influence of sin was contagious and ere long some of the angelic hosts became so enamored of the daughters of men that "they took to themselves wives of such as they chose," and preferred to leave their own habitation or spirit condition and to remain in a materialized form and to raise earthly families, although their course was contrary to the Divine arrangement and must have been so understood by them. Divine power was not interposed to hinder them. The error of this sedition, the leaving of their own habitation or plane of spirit being, from a small beginning, spread, and God's non-interference justified the supposition that he was either not able to cope with the situation, or unable to enforce his own Law. Thus centuries rolled by, while the earthly children of "those angels which kept not their first estate" became "giants and men of renown" at a time when maturity was not reached until at least One Hundred years (Genesis vii).

During all those centuries we may be sure that every one of the holy angels had fullest opportunity to participate in the seductive pleasures of sin. And we may be quite sure during that epoch or age God demonstrated fully, completely, which of the angels were in heart and indeed in spirit and in truth loyal to him and to all the principles of his righteousness. This work having been accomplished, that "world before the flood" was brought to an end, was overwhelmed by a flood of waters, the Lord declaring that the whole earth had become corrupt through this evil. The influence of the angels among deities lines seemingly tended more and more to degrade humanity, so that we read that God beheld that "every imagination of man's heart was evil, and only evil, and that continually." With this closing of that epoch or "world" those angels which had not sought to abandon the angelic plane of being were restrained to Tartarus, our earth's atmosphere, until the judgment of the great day of trouble in the close of this "world." when evidently they will recover their power of materialization.

"This Prosant Evil World."

"This present evil world" differs from "the world before the flood" in that it is not under the ministration of the angels—but man, in a general sense, is left to himself. Since the flood the world in general has been going on just as if there were no God, the exceptions, aside from the Jewish nation and the Church of Christ, being the destruction of the Sodomites and the preaching of Jonah to the Ninevites, warning them that they were about to perish. In other words, so far as outward appearance goes, God has allowed the world to take its own course, interfering only when the corruption became so great as to make life injurious rather than a favor. We may also understand the Scriptures to teach that God has had a silent supervision of the nations to hinder them from overturning or disturbing any feature of the Divine program. He is wise enough to know how to make the wrath of man to praise him and the remainder more than this he will restrain. St. Paul, reviewing the question of human degradation as exhibited in heathendom, etc., explains that the great deterioration in the human family is the result of man's being left to himself as respects the Divine supervision. He says, looking back along the line of Noah's descendants, "When they knew God they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful. * And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reproducible mind—they giving themselves over to things that were not profitable, defiling themselves, etc. (Romanus i, 21-28).

This condition of things continued from Noah's day until 31⁄2 years after our Lord's crucifixion, when the special favor of God toward the nation of Israel terminated and the "middle wall of partition was broken down"—Cornelius being the first Gentile admitted to the privileges of the Gospel. From that time onward the proclamation of the Gospel was not restricted to the Jewish nation, but is for whosoever may have "an ear to hear" of every nation, people, kindred and tongue.

During the long period from Noah to Christ—Twenty-Five Hundred years—God, as we have seen, had no dealing with the world, but he did have very special dealings with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and then subsequently with the nation of Israel. To those patrarchs he gave an Onth-Bound Covenant, that through their posterity he would ultimately bless all the families of the earth. Moreover, the character of the promise was such that it implied not only the resurrection of the patriarchs, but the resurrection also of all the families of the earth that have gone down into death under the great Adamic sentence (Romans v. 12, 17, 19). The nation of Israel was aggregated from all the other nations of the world and bound to the Lord and to them by the Covenant of the Law entered into at Mt. Sinai. Under the terms of that Covenant it was implied that that whole nation should constitute the seed of Abraham and rule and bless all other nations, but the conditions were the keeping of the Law perfectly. God, of course, knew that, as imperfect men, Israel had undertaken an impossible contract. But he also knew that under his supervision the contract would not eventually be to their disadvantage, but the reverse. He used that nation as a typical people, their jubilees representing the "times of restitution" (Acts ill. 20) coming to the world under the Millennial reign of Christ. Their day Sabbath typified a coming blessing to Spiritual Israel. Their year Sabbath typified a coming blessing to the world, to the universe. Their Day of Atonement for sins typified the day of better sacrifices, of Christ and the Church. Indeed, we may understand that fleshly Israel and all of its great affairs were typical foreshadowings of God's greater blessings to come in after dispensations.

Jewish Favor Culminated.

The culmination of the Lord's dealings with Israel was reached, as he had intended from the beginning, when our Lord Jesus left the glory of the Father on the heavenly plane and was made flesh, being born under the Law Covenant. That being a slight member of the human family, and that being less and separate from sinners," he was perfect and fully able to keep all the terrors that the Covenant had did so. Thus ended the provisions of the Law Covenant, and he alone of all the Jewish nation, could claim the rights of the Abrahamic Covenant—the blessings foretold and the rightful authority to bless men, for, as the ruler of earth, he took the place of Father Adam with all his rights and authorities described in Psalm vill. 4-6.

By keeping these rights and privileges as a man our Lord indeed would have been an earthly potentate of considerable dignity, the highest amongst men. But the Father's place for him and for the world was far higher than this. As an earthly potentate he would have ruled over a failing and dying race and would have been privileged merely to counsel, rule and direct their imperfect energies; but he never could have brought them to eternal life. Hence the Divine Plan was that he should die as the Redeemer of Adam and his race, that thus he might have the just, the legal right to lift out of sin and degradation and death all of mankind who would fall in time with the gracious hirrangelentia of the Divine purpose which contour in Christ. It was in fulfilment of this feature of the Divine Plan that our Lord laid down the earthly Kingdom, the earthly rights, all that he had, as man's common price (Matthew xiii, 44). "Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time" (1 Timothy ii, 6).

"Every Knae Shall Bow."

We now have Messiah escalated and in his possession the authority justly, legally acquired, whereby he may bless all the families of the earth—all the children of Adam, by restoring to the willing and obedient "that which was lost"—earthly perfection and dominion. Where will he begin his blessing work? All the prophecies implied that Messiah would begin his work with Israel and that it should progress through Israel to all nations. But the prophecies did not even hint at the fact that before giving the "restitution" blessing to Israel, under the New (Law) Coronant of Jeremiah xxxi 31, Messiah would first make use of his "restitution" authority for the gathering of a special class of people, "a holy nation, a peculiar people, a royal priesthood." This, as the Appale tells us, was kept a "Mystery," and, generally speaking, it is still a "Mystery," not only to Israel, but to the world. The gathering of the Spiritual Israelites was the first step in the new program. Those of the Jewish nation at our Lord's First Advent who were of the right attitude of heart were transferred from Moses to Christ, from natural Israel to spiritual Israel. Then, as we have seen, from the time of Cornelius onward the Gospel message has been free to all who have the believing heart and hearing ear to take the message. Those, as a whole, as our Lord intimated, are but a "little sock." His words were, "Fear not, little sock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom" (Luke xii, 32).

The Kingdom, the life eternal, etc., which the Lord has to give away, are those of Adam, which were lost through his disobedience and repurchased by our Lord at Calvary. These he gives to his followers, the "little flock," but not to keep. Earthly restitution blessings are theirs to sacrifice only. Whoever will not accept them on these terms cannot be Jesus' disciples. Such are the terms of the heavenly or high calling bestowed upon his followers. They must take up their cross and follow him in the sacrifice of earthly life and earthly restitution rights, if they would share with him the glory and honor that will be his in his exalted station.

"The world to come" merely signifies the epoch to come, the epoch wherein dwelling righteousness, where righteousness will be in the ascendent, and where sin will be absolutely under the control of the great Rodecmer, who then will be the King of glory, ruling, reigning, enlightening, blessing, upilifting, restituting, purging, purifying and bringing to perfection so many of Adam's race as will heartily respond to the rules of his Kingdom.

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THE GOOD OF THE SERVICE.

The dismissal of seven cadets from West Point on the charge of hazing a fellow cadet will perhaps attract much sympathy from a certain class not conversant with conditions existing at the academy, but it will meet with the approval of the majority who take any interest in the national training school.

Every large school or university has been troubled in the past by the practice of hazing which has prevailed among the upper classmen who have delighted to torment the first year students in various ways. At first this practice was confined to playing harmless practical jokes, but gradually it expanded until it became brutal and even deadly. Students were ceppled for life and a number of cases were recorded where the victims of the practice were either killed outright or received injuries which resulted in their death. The practice became so prevalent that the authorities were formed to take active measures to suppress it and it has been plotted out in the majority of the larger schools. At West Point, the practice of hazing has been handed down from generation to generation of cadets and almost every graduate of the military training school has passed through the hands of hazers. The same conditions which prevailed at the larger colleges have been found at the military academy although the offense has been intensified by the close discipline which prevails there and the fact that men indulging in the practice are guilty of a double infraction of the rules.

In the present case, the cadets have been caught red handed. They were convicted of stealing from their quarters at night after taps had been sounded, this in itself being a serious infraction of the rules. Then they fell upon a sentry from the first year or plebe class and when he resisted beat him so that he was compelled to seek medical attention and was confined to the hospital for a time. Having been convicted it was necessary to make an example of the guilty parties as a light penalty would only encourage others to persist in the practice and to disregard all rules. The United States military academy is a training school for future officers of the United States army and in the event the cadets are not taught to respect rules and discipline, it is folly to expect them to do their duty when assigned to a command.

While the dismissal of the cadets from the academy may seem to be an excessive punishment there is no question but that this course is necessary to preserve order at the institution and to instill respect for rules and military regulations into the minds of the future officers.

Touchin' on and appertainin' to the Wellman dash for the pole, the paragraphers appear to be deriving considerable inspiration from the name of the Norwegian town of Hammerfest, where the intrepid navigator is stopping at present.

Mr. Madarial Dhinagri has been tried, convicted and hanged in LONDON

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don in less time than it would have taken counsel for the defense to propound the hypothetical question in a certain land of the free and home of the brave.

As if we didn't have enough to bear already, Mr. Kemble has a cartoon in the current issue of Harper's Weekly that leaves the impression that Uncle Joe Cannon comes from Ohio.

The war game now in progress in the vicinity of Senator Lodge's home must remind that great man of the revision of the tariff by its friends, in that no offense to the object of attack is intended.

A man of our acquaintance, after severely arraigning Cuba for having a lottery, asked his wife to have a cantaloupe for luncheon, and then went out and bought 100 shares of Union Pacific on a 10-point margin.

This dauntless old government has undertaken to find out what's in Sandusky wine and we shall expect to hear of her taking up the hash ingredient question next.

The Georgia life insurance company which is to accept risks on total abstainers only would do well to include the cucumber in the list of prescribed beverages.

Of course Dick is not likely to object if Brother Charles takes a shy at Harmon's seat. More than that, he would probably take off his coat and work for him.

Mr. Wickersham is said to be a very determined man, but we don't notice the trusts trembling violently if the mere mention of his name.

Since Bunker Hill had to be taken again we are glad the capture was made by forces who have no desire to take it across seas.

Messrs. Thunderbolt Smith and Mike Donavan are reminded again that Governor Harmon is a strict constructionist.

Our understanding is that Mr. Harriman has not yet secured control of the Roosevelt and Western.

Ballinger will accompany Taft on his western trip and the friends of Pinchot don't like it a bit.

It is to be hoped that it doesn't take Wellman as long to reach the hole as it did to make the start.

Although Harriman is still feeble in body there is evidence in plenty that his brain is still active.

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Frankfort, Ky., August 22.—Governor Willson has been notified by the secretary in charge of the trip of President Tuff from Chicago to New Orleans, as a guest of the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways Association, that 17 governors have accepted invitations to be on that party. Those who have accepted to date are Governors B. B. Comer of Alabama; G. A. Donaghey of Arkansas; C. S. Deneen of Illinois; T. R. Marshall of Indiana; Augustus E. Willson of Kentucky; J. Y. Sanders of Louisiana; F. M. Warner of Michigan; E. F. Noel of Mississippi; H. S. Hadley of Missouri; A. C. Shallenberger of Nebraska; J. F. Port of New Jersey; G. Curry of New Mexico; R. S. Vesey of South Dakota; M. R. Patterson of Tennessee; E. M. Campbell of Texas; G. H. Prouty of Vermont; and M. F. Ansel of South Carolina. Governor Willson will leave Frankfort to arrive at St. Louis to join the party, October 24.

APPENDICITIS OUTING.

APPENDICITS OUTING.

The people of Spencerville and vicinity, who have undergone an operation for appendicitis, will hold an outing in the Charles Post grove, east of town, on Sunday, September 5th. All who have been treated by operation are requested to be present.

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Sensation Follows Death.

The young Buffalo politician, secretary to Mayor Adam, whose mysterious death has given the Queen

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BIOGRAPHICAL CALENDAR.

Louis XVI. King of France and husband of Marle Antoinette, was born in Versailles, 155 years ago today. He died suddenly on January 21, 1793, after having been tried by the National Convention and found guilty of being a public nuisance because of his royal blood.

Louis the Sixteenth was the son of Louis the Dauphin and grandson of Louis the Fifteenth, the merry monarch who originated this Louis Quinze style of furniture now extensively manufactured in Grand Rapids, Mich. History records that the sixteenth Louis was a most estimable ruler, as kings go; and that he did not indulge in the licentious orgles that were pulled off in the royal palace during the reign of his grandfather.

City of the Lakes a sensation skim to the celebrated Burdick case.

In 1770 Louis, then the Duke of Berri, married Marie Antoinette, an Austrian princess who was credited with great beauty and many accomplishments. In 1774 Louis XV., after a career of unbridled indulgence in every vice, died and was gathered to his fathers, and his grandson ascended the throne destined to reap the whirlwind which the profligate monarch had sown.

He found France in a depolarable state, its people groaning under the great burden of taxation and other

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DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS.

Cleveland, August 23.—"McIntyre & Heath in Hayti," the new musical piece in which the two comedians will appear, is to have its premiere at the Euclid Avenue Opera House tonight.

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