The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-02
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.


1000 He sald--
The great Messiah. "King of Glory"
has long been waited for by the civil
ized nations. For thirty Eve centuries
the Jews have waited for him as the
great Prophet foresiIadcwed by. Moses
and foretold by him tActs iii. 22l: and
as the Great King foreshadowed by
their Kings David aud Solomon; and
as their glorious Priest typi6ed by
Aaron. but specially In the formers
majesty as king and priest foreshown
Throne psalm cx. A.
Free masons have waited twenty eve
hundred years for the same glorious
parsonage. as Hiram Abiff, the great
Master Mason whose death glorifica.
tion and future appearing are contin-
ually set before them by the letters
upon their keystones. He died vic.
lent death. they claim. because of his
loyalty 10 the Divine secrets typed in
Solomon's Temple. He must reappear,
they claim. In order that the great
and It's grand service for Israel and for
all peoples may be accomplished. They
claim that his presence is to be ex-
pected speedily.
Christians of every shade. in proper
tion as they are conversant with the
Bible tOld Testament and New be-
lieve, also, In a 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 a 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 aud pow
er, bnt invisible TO men. Is believed to
be imminent
The Mohammedans. also worship
ping the God Of Abraham. Isaac and
Jacob and David aud Solomon. are
also expecting great Heavenly Mes
senger 10 bless them and all peoples
by the establishment OF n heavenly
Kingdom. They have awaited his com
Ing for centuries. They believe his
Kingdom to be near AT hand,
Who 10 This King Of Glory?
The same glorious parsonage will full.
all all these desircs--thcsc hopes. IL
II not time that all of these peoples.
fearing God and hoping in his prom
ises, should come together In one hope,
in one expectatlon2 II must be so, for
do we not read prophctIcaIly. The de
sire of all nations shall come"
We are well aware that great bar
rlers lie between these multltudes but
we hold that they are chleny barriers
of superstition and ignorance. In the
past they have pulled apart. and have
slandered and persccutcd one another
If now they will sympatheticnlly draw
near TO each other, surely they will
find much 10 appreciate in each 9th
er's hopes and aims
Tho Basis Of Sympathy,
The fact thai the Jews aud Mohnm
medans. Catholics aud Professionals aud
Free Masons. nh base their faith on
the Old Testament OF the Holy Scrip
lures, Is ground G6r the better under
standing pleaded for
Al Christians must accept the au
fhority OF The Hebrew Scriptures he
cause the founder OF Christianity
Jesus, and his special mouthpeccS the
Apostles, taught nothing contrary tC
the Law and tie Prophets, Indeed
they quoted from the old Tcslamcn
in proof Of every doctrine advanced
They claimed that they neither de
stroyed nor ignored the old Testament
but merely noted its fulGllmcnt
The error IN Jlle past has been tn
general disposition 20 appeal TO super
stitlon ana prejudice aud bigotry, rath
er than 10 facts aud Scripture, W.
must reverse the lever In order 20 nt
tain the good results In order TO SCI
eye TO eye,
What All Can Agree To.
All agree that the world needs TN
Divine blessing Al agree that W
have been luborng under n mistake Il
suppAlng that education and civili2u
tion nrc alone necessary 10 secure hu
man happiness We perceive that III
greater the civilization the greater
the unrest; and the broader the cdr
cation the greater are tile suggestion
and opportunities Tor taking selfish nc
vantage of others.
All are agreed that only the later II
vcnti0ns. telephones, etc. and on
modern and costly police precautiou
make II possible 10 live In clvillze
lands and that, despite ali these, mu
ders are hundred fold what the
were lifty years ago. IN those days
murder would be detailed and discus
ed for year Now we give little h'G
TO several reported In each days new
papers. Thousands are executed. oth'
thousands are imprisoned for life nu
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