The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-30
PEOPLES

Chicago, Iune 20 Pastor Russell of
the BROOKLYN Tabefnacle preached here
itwice today ID Orchestra HalL As
usual be had q large and attentive at-
dience. We quote one Of his dlscoursesi
In part as follows; Il
All men who have any knowledge Of
Jesus esteem him Christians Genhles.
and Jews. Ali men whatever their
religious convictions are readytoadmit
the surprising personalIty Of the great
Nazarene and his wonderful words OF
llfe. It IS as respects his Messiabshlp
that they differ, However, weisub
INIT that Il he were not the specialserv.
ant OF Jehovah, the Son OF God. as
be claimed. sent into the world on a
special mission. then he must Of neces-
sity have been either a deceived man
or a wicked impostor. His wonderful
personality and words Of Justice and
wisdom and love contradict the
thought that be was either ignorant or
a deceiver. Hence the only tenable
ground Is that be was a deceived man
or else that he was indeed the Son of
God who acted and spoke and per-
formed miracles under Divine direction
and power. We hold that the evil
dences of his teaching Overwhelmingly
corroborate the truth Of his claims
! But here we make a. distinction be-
tween the claims which orr Lord Jesus
made for himself and other claims
which have been made for him With
out his sanction and without apostolic
Or other inspired eOrroboration.
Let It not be supposed that we,are
forgetting the length and breadth OF
Jesus love for ali humanity and a spe-
clal love for all Of his disciples, yen,
for all who loved righteousness and
sought, as he did, to do the Fathers
will In keeping with this was bis
prayer for his disciples on the plght
before his cruclaxion. in connection
with which we read. Jesus having
loved his own. loved them unto the
e1dD (John diI, II. And again his
statement Greater love hath nolnan
than this. that a man lay down hisllfe
for his friends" John Nv, 1877. And
again his statement who is my moth.
er, and who are my brethren? And.
he stretched forth bis hand to bis dlscl-
pies, and said. Behold my mother, and
my brethren! For whosoeyer shall do
the will of my Father which Is in
Heaven. the same is my brother, and
! sister, and mother (iatthew KILL
$500. These expressions give US a
glimpse Of the length and breadth of
the love OF Jesus. But for the present
occasion let US consider those persons
whom Jesus is said to have specially
loved.
@Jssus Bsholdins Him Loved Him.
The rich young uobleman who came
to the Lord said, Rabbi. what good
thing shall / do that may inherit the
Kingdom of Godl Jesus saith unto
him, Thou knowest the command.
ments and he said unto hIm.
Master. all these have / observed from
my youth. Then Jesus beholding him.
loved him. Jesus lovingly admired
the young man who was thus DESTROYS
of being In full accord with the Heav.
emily Fathers will That young man
had very much Of the Masters own
spirit. He wanted to do right and he
desired to have the gift Of God, eter-
nal life. He thought that he must
have merited this by bis faithful atten-
ton to the Law. Yet he knew that be
had not attained to eternal life, that
the death sentence was still upon him.
he sought counsel Of the greatest
Rabbi, the greatest Teacher. That
Teacher loved so earnest a spirit and
preferred him advice on what he still
lacked Of coming fully up 10 Godlsre-
quirements of those who will be grant
ed a place In the Messianlc Kingdom
which in "due time" is to bless Israel
and, through Israel, all the families Of
the earth.
In no uncertain terms the Master
gave the young man to see that while
ho had been keeping, probably to,thc
best of hts ability, the commandments
Of the decalogue. be had only 1InPef.
fectly dlscerned the meaning Of the
Divine requirement Of love for ibis
neIghbor as for himself. The young
man was very rich. And to fulfil the
requirements Of the Law to love,hls
nelghbor as himself would have meant
not the boarding Of wealth. nor neses-
sarily the distribution Of It ALI but
the wise use Of 1t In the interest ofttls
fellowmen. But 20 gain a share inithe
Kingdom would require even more
than this. He must take up his cross |
and become a follower Of Jesus walk
ing Fl the steps Of full obedience to-
the Divine will The price was too much
for the young man, and he went ,hlS
way Jesus merely answered the ques.
ton but did not urge the young man /
to thus present himself a living saer.
fcc to God and his service. Indeed IN
no .case did Jesus ever do more than
luylte-never did Bheurge, on the con.
trary be advised, SIT down 6rst and
count the cost OF dlsclpleship.
What could. we surmise respecting