New-York tribune., 1910-06-06

At one bound agriculture is passing
from the stage Of plOughing with a
stick drawn by an OK or camel,
and sometimes by dOnkeys. TO the lat
est improvements in agriculture
twelve-gang plough, drawn by trac-
Company, at Jaffa. have just imported
and set up this piece Of machinery.
whose capacity is forty acres per dav
of plOughing. narrowing and seeding.
complete. Following comes the reaplnS
and threshing apparatus. operated by
the same engine. The Arabs are sell
ing their property and the Jews are
buying from them A recently passed
law requires that taxes hereafter shall
be paid in money and not IN a share
of the crop. This means that whoever
holds the title must cultivate the land.
and signifies in turn that the waste
places must be made productive and
that the nOn-prOgreSsive Arabs must
give place TO the Jews who are pur-
chasing and improving
Inside the city walls matters have
made little Improvement. but on the
outside much money has been spent
and many fine buildings. public and
private. have been erected The out
side is modern Jerusalem. The extern
sion is in the direction which ruins OF
ancient walls indicate was once en-
closed.
We should not be understood as rec
Ommending that all Jews go to Pales-
tine. nor as expecting that many OF the
eight millions of that people will leave
their homes Of great comfort for ths
land OF promise Our understanding Of
the Scriptures is that the door to Pal
estine, which has now been opened to
the Jews. under the new Turkish gov
b. nnf H,vyf hn
earnest and faithful Of the Jews. and
that the prosecutions. in Russia and
elsewhere will make the land Of prom
iSe attractive TO them. A little later
some Of the more wealthy Hebrews,
fOreseefnR trOublous time elsewhere.
will go TO Jerusalem as the City Of
Peace. These are not our speculatiOns,
but interpretations Of Hebrew prophe-
cies. During our tour the Russian
government ordered the departure Of
twenty thousand Hebrews from Kfeff.
and others will doubtless be command
ed. Thus, the Lord opens the door. at
tracts the attention of His people and
then pushes them out Of other lands
and makes them long for their father
land.
THE NEW JERUSALEM
Pastor Russell reminded his audi
ence that Christians have a deep in
terest in all these matters because the
period Of Jewish disfavOr and rejection
had been the period Of Christian favor.
While natural Israel had been outcast
the gathering Of spiritual Israel has
been in progress. and the returning Of
favor to Abraham's natural seed will
signify that the spiritual seed has all
been selected. This has a mOmentOus
significance to us. and but little time
remains in which TO make our calling
and election sure as Abraham's spirit
uaI seed (GaL ill.,, 29).
We are interested in the earthly Jeru-
salem and the prosperity about to come
to il. when. under Messiah's Kingdom.
il shall become the capital Of the world.
However. we have a deep interest in
the heavenly Jerusalem, symbOlically
the gIOrified Church. the spiritual seed
Of Abraham. Mount Zion. for The law
shall go forth from Mount Zion. and
the word of the Lord from Jerusalem"
None of the nations Of ChristendOm
will constitute the New Jerusalem. nor
all or any Of it's Sects. The Lord ia
choosing a sanity little company out
of all nations. peoples. kindreds and
tongues. sects and parties To these
He says. Fear not, little flock. for it is
your Fathers good pleasure to give you
the Kingdom" AS soon as this little
flock shall have been found. completed.
tested. glOrified. the time will come for
the esta bliShment of Messiah's King
dom under the whole heavens. For a
thousand years II Will rule the world
for the overthrow Of sin and death,
and for the uplifting Of humanity out
of degradation to full human perfec-
tiOn into the image and likeness Of God
ANCIENT WORTHLESS OF ISRAEL
The channel through which this spir-
ttual and invisible kingdom will Oper-
ate amongst men will be the ancient
worthless of Israel. ''Ye shall see Abra-
ham ard Isaac and Jacob and all the
prophets in the kingdom" In close as
sOciatiOn with these first to be reCOg-
niZed will be the Jews. natural Israel
Gods favor To them will open the eyes
of their understanding, and the ears OF
their hearts. and they VIII receive the
necessary Instructions and the blessings
of restitution. which will begin with
them according TO Gods covenant with
them. All who would enjoy divine favor
and restitution blessings will gladly
gather 10 their standard and by cir
cumciSiOn of heart and conservation OF
will they will become Israelites. prose-
lytes, children of Abraham Ultimately
all who will not come into accord with
hshed will die the second death-de-
StructiOn, and all who viii obey that
glorious kingdom of Gods dear Son, the
kingdom of Messiah. will be blessed
as Abraham's seed and be lifted up,
up. up to perfection and to everlast-
Ing life During this reign Of DIessiah's
kingdom the earth. too. shall be blessed
and shall yield her increase and be-
come paradise restored. the fOOtstOol
ynh 10 -.
made glorious. Then in the end the
entire race will be Abraham's seed,
whose number shall be as the sands OF
the seashOre; while spiritual Israel. as
fOretOld. will be as the stars OF heaven.
Then Gods will shall be done on earth
as it is now done in heaven. Thence
forth there shall be no more death.
neither sorrow nor crying: neither shall
there be any more pain. for the former
things are passed away" And every
creature which is in heaven and on the
earth. and such as are in the sea, and
all that are in them / heard saying.
blessing. and honor. and glory, and
power. be unto him that sitteth upon
the throne. and unto the Lamb for
ever and ever" (Rev.. xxi. 4. v, 13.)
LONDON MEETINGS.
The three Sunday public 1910 Nav
meetings of the International Bible
Students Association. held in the
worlds finest and largest auditorium.
the ROYAL Albert Hall. London. Eng
land. were addressed by Pastor Rus
sell. he being, by invitation. the prin-
cipal speaker. The manager OF the
London branch of the Bible and Tract
Society has since notified Pastor Rus
sell that. as a result OF these meet
lngs. they have received over five
thousand written requests for printed
copies OF his various disCOurses men
toned In the London announcements.
Believing that a similar desire for
definite and reasonable answers for
some important questions may exist
here as we'll as there, Pastor Russell