Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-10-16
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooliyn
Tabernacle.

Brooklyn Tabernacle. preached today
from the text, "The blessing Of the
Lord, Il maketh rich, and He addeth
no sorrow Herewith" He said:
We continue today our topic OF last
Sunday. Our hope Is that not only
those OF you who hear my voice, but
also the seven millions OF readers to
whom this sermon will go I'm print In
the columns OF more than four hun
dred newspapers may have well IN
mind what we had to say on this text
n week ago Briefly we showed that
the world has not yet received the
blessing Of the Lord which maketh
rich-that, on the contrary. ever since
the dlsobedience OF our first parents
our race has labored under the Divine
sentence or "curse" OF death. and that
our dying conditions mental. moral
and physlcaD are upon us ms convicts.
We pointed out that the Lord has de-
clared that he will yet grant his bless
ing TO our race, releasing all from the
curse and supplying the blessing OF
the Lord that maketh rich. We point
cd out the foreshadowings OF this. es-
pecially In the promise or covenant
made to Abraham, and confirmed TO
the nation OF Israel through Isaac and
Jacob-"In thee and In thy seed shall
all the families OF the earth be bless
cd"
We showed the failure OF the Law
Covenant to give these blessings and
that Jesus. the Son OF God, holy, harm
less and undelled, separate from sin
ners. and he alone. was able to keep
the Law and prove himself worthy OF
eternal life and all the blessings lost
by Adam-not heavenly but earthly
blessings-the same that Adam lost.
We saw next that those earthly rights
and blessings won by our Lord by the
keeping OF the Law, he, with the Fa.
theirs consent and arrangement. sacri-
feed, laid down IN death. and that his
reward for so doing was n resurrection
20 a spirit or heavenly plane OF being.
far above that OF angels. We saw a
glorious King who had those earthly
rights in his possession as an asset or
tillk VI NHluf W XIV w hAH'los
We want now 10 continue this in
vostigation and 20 see In the light Of
Gods Word what Is 10 be done with
those earthly rights which Jesus gain.
ed by virtue OF his obedience 20 the
Law, and which he sacrificed. How
viii they be applled2 We might rea-
sonably have supposed (since Gods
promise 10 Israel was that the world
should be blessed through iU that as
soon as our Lord Jesus had ascend
ed up on high he would give 90 the
nation OF Israel all those earthly
rights and honors which he had Sc
cured by obedience and death. We
might have expected accordingly that,
forthwith. the nation OF Israel would
have begun 90 realize the forgiveness
OF their sins aud would have been thus
turned to the Lord; and that, under
his blessing. their work with all the
nations since would have progressed.
AS Il IL written. "ln thy seed shall all
the families OF the earth be blessed"
Admitting that the Lord Jesus was the
spiritual seed OF Abraham we would
have expected that upon his glorhca
ton the earthly kingdom would have
begun 90 be blessed and to be used
for the blessing OF others, But moth.
ing of this kind occurred. Disaster
came upon the Jewish nation, aud
blindness Their nation was destroyed
aud for nearly nineteen centuries they
have been not only blind but outcast,
under the dlsfavor OF the Almighty,
Did GOd forget his promise mnde to
Israel. or did he change his purpose,
or what is the explanation OF the
course he dld pursueY
Spiritual israel Called and Chosen.
What God has been doing sluce
Christ died for the worlds sins the
Scriptures term the mystery OF God
II has been a mystery TO the Jews ana
a mystery to the world IN general ana
the Lord so intended Il TO be. No one
can understand the matter nor appre-
ciate Il, except he be In the right CON
dltion of heart ana begotgen OF the
holy Spirit 10 such the Lord says,
TO you II Is given to know the mys-
terry OF the Kingdom of heaven, but to
all outsiders these things are spoken
In parallels aud In dark sayings
some who cannot perceive IN the full
appreclatlve sense what we shall show,
may nevertheless hc able to appreciate
the matter 60 a limited degree,
The mystery Is this God intepds 20
have a larger Messiah than the Jews
had understood, Not only so, but he
viii he ON a higher plane than they had
supposed aud accomplish a far greater
nlesslng than they had supposed.
Gods purpose Is 10 have multitudl.
nous Messiah aud 10 select the mem
beers thereof from many nations, As
compored With the world these win be
"little flock AS the Master said.
Fear not. little flock. Il Is your Fa-
TIERS good pleasure 20 give YOU the
Kingdom" Each member Of this little
flock company INNS, develop the same
characteristics which were exemplihed
IA their Redeemer. Jesus. They must
have his spirit on disposition Like
him they nnuai Law do,Vn their lives An