Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-06-11
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.

Brooklyn, n. Y, June 5.-Pastor Rus
sell returned from bis European trip
Just IN time to keep his appointment &c
speak In %Brooklyn's largest auditorium,
the Academy of Music. His topic was
JERUSALEM" from the text. Com
fort ye. comfort ye my people. saith
your God. Speak We comfortably to
Jerusalem. and cry unto her that her
appointed time is accomplished. that
her iniquity is pardoned; for she hath
received of the Lords hand double for
all her sins isaiah ii. /. 2. AS had
been anticipated. the crowds were too
great for accommodation at the Tab
ernaele. The spacious Academy OF
Music was crowded. with d large mum
Der of ministers and other men on the
platform. After announcing his text
the speaker said
~Cbristendom. with united voice. adj
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
ol CIRCUMCISION NULL tNtlN 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. "In thy Seed shall all the
families of the earth be blessed" Gala
tians Iii. s..
ITO the Jew First"
il was the most natural thing imagi-
nable for the Jewish Nation to suppose
that the giving to them of the Law al
Mount Sinai. through the mediatorship
of Moses. was the fulflment of the
promise to Abraham. Nevertheless
they were mistaken.
~lsrael's 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 sacrifices" higher Priesthood bet
ttI mtuidlOIs anu ElOl tohH pitNNliISN w
eternal forgiveness and reconciliation
yet to be accomplished. Nevertheless
the period of ~lsrael's types was not
wasted. Not only were the types there
given, but at the same time Il special
class of agents were selected: Abra
ham, Isaac. Jacob. and all the Proph-
cts and worthy ones of that age. holy,
consecrated 70 God. and accepted "a
agents qualified for the Kingdom con
ditions. OF these the Scriptures de
clare. They fell asleep" They are
still asleep in the dust OF the earth,
awaiting the glorious resurrection
morning, and a 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 "David's
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, 16l. 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.
Ii will be his pleasure to appoint to
Abraham. Isaac. Jacob and all Of the
Ancient Worthless, and Prophets, and
faithful one a glorious share with
himself in he great MeSsianic King
dom, which ne is about to set up for
the ruling and blessing OF Israel and
all the nations of the earth. win not
this be a grand honor TO Abraham and
his Seed! Could we expect that the
Almighty would honor and use in such
high position any except the faith
tul2 Surely not. When Messiah shall
make these Ancient Worthless Princes
sn all the earth" as representatives Of
his invisible Kingdom. will not this
mean honor and dignity to the Jews
drstf
Comfort Ye My People"
Oes text Is one Of three declarations
In the Ola Testament, which assure
us that there is a double" connected
with ~Isr~el's history. That is TO say,
Jewish history naturally divides itself
into two exactly equal parts; the first
OF which was a time OF favor, inter
mingled with disciplines. but favor
nevertheless. The second Of these
parts has been one Of dlsfavor and
exclusion from Divine fellowship. As
foretold by the Prophet Israel for
many centuries has been without
prophet, or priest, and without ephod
and without communion with God;
whereas, at one time they were Gods
favored people. They now, according
10 their OWL admission. are so thor
oughly rejected that they have 10 com