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

Pastor Russell
Discourse
On Jerusalem

tlielf blindness VIII begin 40 %NNIHl.
ana Skilitlie blind eyes shpll he open.
ed. or Tint time the Lord DECLARES
that 'EIe who scattered Israel WIN
gather them
we are iInpres al. not BY fancy. but
~ the Word II God ihat Isiaels
.double,is now fnlnileds that Isracls
blessing 5has airendy beglin, that The
opening 81 Israeis eyes Is now Ia
progress lFor fllis tcasen we hnye
chosen fofopr text Comfort ye COM
fort ye ny people, salih your God.
Cry unto Jerusalem and say unto her
that her appointed lime IS accomplish.
ed! for she ihatll received al The Lords
hand double The I've parts q her
chastisetnent for gu hef sins. Be
cause the double y compleleu' NO
may speak the word q comfort
Thirty,tour years ago We called at'
tention 10 these facls. but few had
ears 70 bear. IVllea elghteen yenrs
ago We visited Jerusaleln. having In
mind chiefly Tic. fact tlatthe time for
the regatheritig scf Israel Nas nigh %
hand, and TINT the SCI time to iavol
Zion had come. We found 10 hearing
ears amongst the Jewish people; ana
zlonism had not then been dreamed
Of. Our conlmtfni olswlth tho rep
resentatiyes 81 the Baron Hirsch Inn
migration Fund md also With the eS-
ecutors Of the sif Moses Monieaore
Jewish iketieL z slne lss WIN se.'us
eeoglltloa: 1e's Ae.s
Lnat lsFaels lag. yseu .u'.
snlled. ana ,tnat neEs morning o. Joy
wouia soen pEes ";
Meantime how much pqs happened
during those elgpseen years 1lonism
has risen and erlgendeTea we nope OF
the chosen people r. every la w. ana
turned thelr eyes toward lhe ianu OF
promise not That 3 Y 3aEe 3tnanklns or
returning thlther. bit tlles every 1e"
who retains fattn ~ tte 800 OF ms
fathers, and IN -the AbEapanilc prom
Use. Is now looking itlsls hoping hor enc
time Of ibless ing long fogetpll 1hey
know not about thelr double; sney
have NOT been stutiylng tlle Holy Scrip
lures. but the teachings Or their an
clients, az pres eEitea ly she Inlmpo.
They have been milking 2 yefy s'm''nr
mistake to that q Christian people.
who have been studying ile creeus or
the dark ages Inst irlstead,ct the WORD
Of God.
The Three spcubIesH
Glance with me IL thrce different
statements by the Lord through the
Prophets Of Israel Tespetthg isruers
adoublep Of experience: The 6rst. un
experience Of Cod ffyuf tie second.
an experience of e1ual leilEiil without
divine farors Nntlee ftSt icFemluh's
prophecy tJeremiali Syi' Isl After
telling Of Israels tisfayoE md then
Of Notwithstanding the ieflI declafes.
"Atd tst IawilE recoinpense their n.
iuuity and tiieir SIN doaoie some 20
the recompense with favor and some
without favor. Jeremiahls propbeey
looks down 10 the double from BIS
own day, which was more than alS
hundred years before thesecond pnli
Of their double began.
Turn now to Zec6afiahls prophecy.
and note that prophetically he takes
bis standpoint at tie vety time when
the second part d The douhie' be-
gan. Hls words me. sl5fen today 90
declare that I wilI render double unto
thee tzechariah
Come next 10 our text. and note that
the PROPHET Isaiah lands with us. nnd
views Tie ma III from Tie standpoint
that the double of experience has
been fulfilled. sSpedk COMFORTABLY hAiQ
Jerusdltm. cfg INTO lcg tAqt her 0g
gointsd tlaIe q accoHbiisIrd because elr
nam reesipsd 1T Sfhe bord8 hand doable
ftwo edual spartsl for ieF Tins It d
orr understandable that thls edouhlof
reached gfulhInent ID die year 1915
a. b. and since iiat date We have
been. fleclaring Is De besl 81 our abil-
IN. as tte Ford ,fantea opportunity.
these tmfoftinE words 10 Isrnal. ns
anrins CODE chosen people that their
Tr,Setsriod q idisf 4 F6r Iias ended. and that
they I'M effRduaiiy retdrniug 10 pros
na,;ty mi iTSivI6e fayoF BEGAN WITH