The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-08-12
PEOPLES
Sermon by
CHARLES r.
RUSSELL
Pastor BROOKLYN
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The great Messiah, king of Glory"
has long been waited for by the civil
ICED nations. For thirty five centuries
the Jews have waited for him as the
great Prophet foreshadowed by Moses
and foretold by him (Acts lii. 90; and
as the Great King foreshadowed by
their Kings David and Solomon; and
as their glorious Priest typitied by
Aaron. but specially in the formers
majesty as king and priest foreshown
by Mechisedek-a priest upon his
Throne psalm OK, ~.
Free masons have waited twenty-five
hundred years for the same glorious
parsonage, as Hiram Abiff, the great
Master Mason whose death, glorifica-
ton and future appearing are contin-
ually set before them by the letters
upon their keystones. He died a VIC
lent death. they claim, because of his
loyalty TO the Divine secrets typed in
Solomon's Temple He must reappear.
they claim, in order that the great
antitypical Temple may be completed
and its grand service for Israel and for
ali peoples may be accomplished. They
claim that his presence is to be ex-
pected speedily.
Christians of every shade, in proper
ton as they are conversant with the
Bible (Old Testament and New be-
lieve. also, in q great Temple builder
who died because of his faithfulness
to the Divine plans, re the spiritual
Temple. the elect Church q Peter ii,
4, ~. Him they expect to come sec
ond time "in power and great glory"
to complete the Temple which is his
Body, and in and through that spirit
ual and glorious Temple to bless Is
rael and all the families of the earth
His second presence in glory and pow
err but invisible to men. is believed to
be imminent.
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ping the God of Abraham. Isaac and
Jacob and David and Solomon. are
also expecting great Heavenly Mes
senger to bless them and all peoples
by the establishment of a heavenly
Kingdom. They have awaited his COM
ing for centuries. They believe his
Kingdom to be near at hand.
Who Is This King of Glory?
The same glorious parsonage will full
fill all these desires-these hopes. Is
it not time that all of these peoples,
fearing God and hoping in his prom
Uses, should come together in one hope,
in one expectation? 1t must be so, for
do we not read prOphetically, The de
sire of all nations shall Gomez
We are we'll aware that great bar
rierS lie between these multitudeS; but
we hold that they are chiefly barriers
of superstition and ignorance. In the
past they have pulled apart, and have
slandered and prosecuted one another.
If now they will sympathetically draw
near to each other, surely they will
er's hopes and aims.
The Basio Of Sympathy.
The fact that the Jews and Moham-
medans, Catholics and Professionals and
Free Masons. all base their faith on
the Old Testament of the Holy Scrip
lures, Is ground for the better under
standing pleaded for.
All Christians must accept the au-
thority of the Hebrew Scriptures be-
cause the founder Of Christianity,
Jesus, and his special mouthpieces, the
| Apostles, taught nothing contrary to
the Law and the Prophets. Indeed,
they quoted from the Old Testament
| In proof Of every doctrine advanced.
They claimed that they neither de-
stroyed nor ignored the Old Testament
but merely noted its fulfillment.
The error in the past has been the
general disposition to appeal to super
stition and prejudice and bigotry, rath-
err than to facts and Scripture. We
must reverse the lever in order to at
tain the good results-in order to see
wye to eye.
What All Can Agree To.
All agree that the world needs the
Divine blessing. All agree that we
have been laboring under a mistake in
supposing that education and civiliza
ton are alone necessary to secure hui
man happiness. We perceive that the
greater the civilization the greater is
the unrest; and the broader the edu
cation the greater are the suggestions
and opportunities for taking selfish ad
vantage of others.
All are agreed that only the later in
ventions, telephones, etc, and ouI
modern and costly police precautions
make 1t possible to live in civilized
lands and that. despite all these, muir
ders are hundredfold what they
were fifty years ago. In those days q
murder would be detailed and discuss
ed for year. Now we give little heed
to several reported In each days news
papers. Thousands are executed, Other
thousands are imprisoned for life and
we pay little heed-so gradually have
we become accustomed to these hor
rors OF our civilization and education
We oppose these with Church anc
| mission Influences with Sunday