The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-07
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Brooklyn Tabernacle, March G.-ras-
tor Russell preached twice iiere today.
His. discourse OH ..1nfcrno" was deliv-
cred in Brooklyn's largest Auditorium.
the Academy OF Music. witch WIS
overcrowdcd. 1t was estimated In ad-
vance that this subject would draw a
larger crowd than the Tabernacle
would Accommodate. The other meet
lnss of the day were held In tile Taber-
nacfe. We report Pastor Kussett's dis.
course from the text foregoing. ~ fol-
lows:-j7. II y:
1t is difficult TO please everybody.
The duty Of n Christian minister Is 10
seek chiefly TO please the Lord .I.ct
the words OF my mouth aud The lncdl.
tatIons of my heart. be acceptable In
thy sight. o Lord. my strength and my
Redermer" psalm XIX. III. Our min
lsterlal friends seem to BIZ annoyed be-
cause we preach tho rdocirincs'' of
Christ. In substance. their sentiment
Is: Brother Russell. Do you not know
that III the fashionable topics Of our
day doctrines are tlbnoed by the great
ministers Of all denominations? In.
stead. as you perceive from the news
paper announcements. 1t IL now quite
the thing to discuss political. scientific
anu sociological doctrines. iou should
give the public lectures oil subjects
like these: Social Democracy: Rapid
Transit In Brooklyn. from tile text.
"Many shall run to ana fro:" Female
Suffrage; The Boys Brigade: The Best
Novel OF the Year: The Narrow Way
Ut the Bicycle Rider: Will the Comet
Sweep the Earth With Its Tail; Can
Football Survive etc.: or occasionally.
for effect, gently rake the rich on bet
ter housing for the poor. or belabor the
Trusts for soaring prices of food. Such
topics rs these, Brother Russell, Inter-
est the Christian public In our day.
And the public constitute our principal
congregations when we lift our largest
collections The only people who Will
be interested In the doctrines you are
preaching nrc tile old fogy. out.of-datc
folk, and you will find the majority Of
them poor In this worlds riches. For
PHYS sake stop tenchlng the doctrines
of Christi! Doctrines were good
enough In the days OF Jesus and Paul
and Calvin and Luther and Wesley. but
the people. are not accustomed to them
! nowadays.
have no faulthto find with my
Christian brethren lin the ministry Of
the various denominations: II Is not
to me. but TO the Lord. that they must
give an account of their stewardship
of their grand opportunities for tlcclar.
Ing the Gospel or-Christ.' To their
own Master they must stand or fall.
II is not for HE to forbid them becnl5e
they follow not with us. 1t Is for
each Que who stands rs III umbassA-
dor Of Christ md of God TO follow his
own convictions faithfully. Besides.
l am assured that many of them are
loyal TO the core.
1t Is my understanding that. rs u
minister of the Gospel. should take
for my guide III ibis matter the in
structions OF my ordination. Like st.
Paul my ordination 10 preach the Cos.
pei WAS froD. the Lord. ] must preach
the. message which believe lie Inns
given ME q Timothy II. u. As his
ambassador must preach the Word.
following the example OF the Lord aud
the Apostles. AS they avoided poll
lies. so must ]. Az they avoided vain
philosophy aud science falsely SO
Called" SO must l. AS they preached
The doctrines OF Christ. SO must l.
whether men hear or forbear 10 hear.
i remember the words of st. Paul to
Timothy: Preach the Word, =.
with NIL lons-sufferlns and doctrine.
For the time will come when they will
not endure samHd doctrine; but after
their own preferences they shall gath
or teachers to themselves: having Itch
Ing ears they shall turn away their
ears from the Truth and shall lie turn-
ed unto fables III Timothy w. o-4l.
/ mere IL reason.
| There must be n reason why Chris
tian preachers and their hearers have
abandoned the study of the DOCTRINES
OF Christ" set forth by tile Apostles
aud Prophets. Ii it not because they
no longer believe those dortrincs1 Is
1t not true that the College and Semi
unry Professors have led the majority
of the ministry afar into unbclief In
gradually leading their contidlng flocks
into other pastures green" than those
which the Great Shepherd and his ap-
pointed mouthpleces. the Apostles. mp
proved: Is not the Higher Criticism
fnfidellty Of the colleges gradually ner-
Il