The Mankato free press., 1910-06-10
PEOPLES
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklyn
7 Tabernacle.

sen TetufHeu IfOm his European tril
just IN time TO keep his appointment t,
speak in Brooklyns largest auditorium
the Academy of Music. His topic wa.
'JERUSALEM." from the text, Com
fort ye. comfort We my people. saitl
your God. Speak We comfortably tt
Jerusalem. and cry unto her that hel
appointed time is accomplished. thai
her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath
received of the Lords hand double fol
all her sins" isaiah H. l. y. AS had
been anticipated. the crowds were toe
great for accommodation at the Tab
ernacle. The spacious Academy OF
Music was crowded. with Il large mum.
Der of ministers and other men on the
platform. After announcing his text
the speaker said
Christendom, with united voice. ad.
mits that all Of the Divine Revelation
came to and through the Hebrew peo-
pie Listen to the argument of the
Apostle Paul. what advantage then
hath the Jew? or what profit is there
or circumcision? Much every way;
chiefly. because that unto them were
committed the oracles of God"-the
| Divine message respecting the Divine
purposes. present and to come. The
Apostle again informs us that the
entire Gospel message was briefly
| comprehended in the Creators promise
to Abraham. I'm thy Seed shall all the
families of the earth be blessed tGala-
tians iii. g..
"To the Jew First"
1t was the most natural thing iInagi-
nable for the Jewish Nation to suppose
that the giving to them of the Law at
Mount Sinai. through the mediatorship
of Moses, was the fuIflment of the
promise to Abraham. Nevertheless
they were mistaken.
Israels Mediator. and the sacrificing
priests. and the sacrifices they offered.
and their Tabernacle. with it's Holy
and Most Holy. and the Temple. and
all the features of the Law Covenant
were types or foreshadows Of the bet
ter sacrifces." higher Priesthood. bet
ter Mediator, and glorious blessings of
eternal forgiveness and reconciliation
yet to be accomplished. Nevertheless
the period of Israels types was not
wasted. Not only were the types there
given. but at the same time a special
class of agents were selected: Abra-
ham. Isaac. Jacob. and all the Proph-
cts and worthy ones of that age. holy,
consecrated to God. and accepted as
agents qualified for the Kingdom con-
ditions. OF these the Scriptures de-
clare. They fell asleep" They are
still asleep i'm the dust of the earth.
awaiting the, glorious resurrection
morning, and grand share then with
Messiah in the work then to be ac-
complished. In their lifetime they
were styled the Fathers. because Mes
siah was foretold to be of the poster
ity of Abraham, and also 'Davids
Son."
But other Scriptures. without con-
tradicting these statements. show us
distinctly that "David's Son. and
"Abraham's Seed is to be Lord and
Father of both David and Abraham.
Thus we read, Instead of thy fathers
shall be thy children. whom thou !
mayest make princes in all the earth" |
psalm xiv. 1Gi. David's son. Messiah.
will be David's father. or life-giver. |
when he will raise David from the
dead. Similarly he will be the father :
of all of those ancient worthless: and .
as David's Lord, and Lord Of lords" /
it will be his pleasure to appoint to
Abraham, Isaac. Jacob and all of the
Ancient WORTHLESS, and Prophets. and .
faithful ones glorious share with
himself in the great Messianic King
dom, which he is about to set up for
the ruling and blessing of Israel and
all the nations of the earth. Will not
this be Il grand honor to Abraham and
his Seed, Gould we expect that the
Almighty would honor and use in such
a high position any except the faith
full? Surely not. When Messiah shall
make these Ancient Worthless princes
IN all the EARTH as representatives of
his invisible Kingdom, will not this
mean honor ard dignity to the Jews
first?
Comfort Ye Ny People"
Our text is one of three declarations
N the Old Testament. which assure
is that there is double connected
with Israel's history. That is to say,
Jewish history naturally divides itself
nto two exactly equal parts; the first
If which was time of favor. inter-
mingled with dsciplines. but favor
PARTS has been one Of disfavor and
EXCLUSION from Divine fellowship Az
oretold by the Prophet. Israel fer
many centuries has been without
prophet. or priest. and without ephod
md without communion with God:
at one time they were Gods I
avored people. They now. according
o their own admission. are so thor
'ughly rejected that they have no COM
whatever no light to shine
lpon their pathway The prophets ,
words have been fulfilled. Let their /.
able become snare before them: and !,
hat which should have been for their
Welfare. let it become trap. Let
heir eyes be dlrkened. that they see
lot" psalm lxil. %. 23) They have
they are blinded: but thank /,
sod! their blindness is not to be FER !
etual. The peiiod of their hlipd1ess
the second part or the 'double;" l
With the fulflnent of that double"
heir blindness will begin to vanish. r
nd "All the blind eyes shall be open e
d." OF that time the Lord declares '
hat w bo coo ftopad Tcraol uyiu ! q