The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-29

bert hall. Many of his au
dience were Jews, attracted by the lib
eral extracts from Pastor Russelps
sermons which have been appearing in
the Jewish papers all over the world.
The discourse was full of comforting
assurances (both to Jew and Gentile)
of the glorious outcome of the Di-
vine plan, as respects our world and
its inhabitants. We report the address
only in part as follows:
There can be no doubt that the
words of our text apply, not to spir-
itual Israel and the heavenly Jerusa-
lem, but to the seed of Jacob, for many
centuries Travelling in pain-a nation
without a land, people possessing most
wonderful promise, yet enjoying none
of them-a people scattered amongst
all other peoples: yet, in harmony with
the Divine promise made at the begin
ming of their organization, they have
been preserved separate and distinct
from all other nationsl The Jews are
a miracle in themselves. They witness
to the civilized world Gods promises
and the powers thereof in the human
mind. AS foretold in the Scriptures
for long centuries they have had no
prophet, no priest, no ephod, no vision
from God, no revelation. The people
to whom at one time belonged the hon
or of being the only people to whom
the Divine purposes were revealed have
| for more than eighteen centuries been
| left destitute of any evidence of Di-
vine favor, except in this one fact,
that their solidarity as a people is
| preserved.
We are not of those who rail against
the Jew; who cry out, "Christ-killers;
| the vengeance of God is upon you, and
what YOU have suffered is only fore
| taste of more awful sufferings for all
| eternity Thank God, MOI We have
| no such evil sentiment in our heart.
| We have nothing for the Jew but sym
pathy even while in him as in others
of Adams children, we may see much
| to reprehend; nevertheless, we also see
his commendable qualities. Among
others, we see the quality which God
so greatly appreciated in Abraham
| namely, faith in his God and in the
Divine promises. Such a faith has in
| spired Goods Chosen People" to wait
| for his promised MeSsianic Kingdom
| 10, these many centuries-through all
kinds of discouragements, disappoint-
| ments and prosecutions.
The long promised time of IsraePs
exaltation as the channel of Messiantc
blessing to mankind is near--1t hasteth
| greatly. What though there shall be
another and great spasm of triubla-
ton in conjunction with the birth OF
the new order of things! Beyond the
signing and the crying, the morning
daWns-the glorious dav in which the
Sun of Righteousness shall chase from
| the world all the shadows of death
and despair, which sin and its penalty
| have brought upon mankind Wha1
though the scriptures ten US tldl 10
rael is yet to have 1.-THE time of ia
eob's trouble" in connection with the
worlds great time of trouble impend-
/ ing. None of these things shall hinder
US from rejoicing in the New Heavens
and the New Earth, which God de-
clares he is about to create and put
into control of our world-"Be We GLAD
and rejoice forever in that which
| create" (Isaiah ky, 1S).
The New Heavens and the New
Earth are but symbolical terms for the
consideration of that new era, in which
there will be a new social order, a!
we'll as a new ecclesiastical system
| eternal in the heavens.
The time has come when our text il
having it's fulfllment. The shining o
the lamp of truth upon the prophetic