The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-01
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Special TO The Tribune
CELoRoN. n. Y. July sl.-Today at
this place Pastor Russell of BROOKLYN
tabernacle addressed the International
Bible Students association, about 1000.
He said:
The great Messiah. king of Glory"
has long been waited for by the civilized
nations For thirty-fve centuries the
Jews have waited for him as the great
prophet ioreshadowed by Moses and fore
told by him (Acts iii, 22): and as the
Great King foreshadowed by their Kings
David and Solomon and their glori-
ous Priest typified by Aaron. but special
~ In the formers majesty as King and
priest forcShown by Mclclisedek-a priest
upon his throne psalm cN, -.
Free Mnsons have waited twenty five
hundred years for the same glorious per-
sonaSc, as Hiram Abiff. the great Master
mason. whose death, Qualification and fu
lure appearing are continually set before
them by the letters upon their lecyStones.
He died a violent death. they claim, be-
cause OF his loyalty to the Divine secrets
typed In Solomon's temple. He must re-
appear. they claim, in order that the great
1ntitypical temple may be completed md
its grand service for Israel and for all
peoples may be accomplished. They claim
lily.
Christians OF every shade. in proportion
as lAey arc CDHSelS;lnl .Wltn the Blblc
void Testament and New) believe. also,
in great temple builder who died be-
cause Of his faithfulness to the Divine
plans, re the spiritual temple the elect
church q Peter il, 4. 80. Him they ex
pect 10 come a second time in power
and great glory TO complete the temple
that spiritual and glorious temple 20
bless Israel and all the families of the
earth. His second presence in glory and
power but invisible to men, is believed
TO be imminent.
The Mohammedans, also worshping the
God Of Abraham. Isaac and Jacob and
David and Solomon. are also expecting
y great Heavenly Messenger to bless
them and all peoples by the establish
ment OF a heavenly Kingdom, They have
awaited his coming for centuries The~
believe his kingdom 10 he near at hand
WHO Is This King Of Glory7
The same glorious parsonage will full
fill all these deslres-these hopes, Is it
not time that all Of these peoples. fearing
God and hoping in His promises, should
come together in one hope. In one cxpec-
tation IL must be So for do VIC not read
ShalI Gomez
We arc we'll aware that great bar
we hold that they are chiefly barriers OF
superstition and ignorance. In tho past
'hey have pulled apart. and have SLAM
dered and prosecuted one another II now
Ihey will sympatheticalIv draw near TO
each other. surely they will find much TO
appreciate in ench others hopes and aims.
The Basic OF Sympathy.
The fact that the Jews and Noham-
medans. Catholics and Protestants and
Free Masons all base their faith on the
Old Testament of the Holy Scriptures, is
ground for the better understanding
All Christians must accept the author
ity OF the Hebrew Scriptures because
the founder of Christianity, Jesus. and
his special mouthpieces, the apostles,
taught nothing contrary TO the law and
the prophets. Indeed. they quoted from
trine advanced, They claimed that they
neither destroyed nor ignored the Old
Testament, but merely noted its fulfill
ment,
The error in the past has been the
slition and prejudice and bigotry. rather
Avood results-in order TO see eye to eye.
What Ali Can Agree To.
All agree that the world needs the
Divine blessng' All agree that We have
been Iaboring under a mistake in suppos-
ing that education and civilization are
alone necessary to secure human lIappi-
ness we perceive that The greater The
and the broader the education the great
or are the suggestions and opportunities
for taking selfish advantage OF others,
All are agreed that only the later in
veutons. telephones. etc. and our mod
crn and costly police precautions mako
that. despite all these. murders are
hundrcd-fold what they were fifty years
ago. In those days a murder would be
detailed and discussed for year. Now
We give little hced 10 several reported
IN each DAYS newspapers. Thousands
are executed other thousands are i'm
prisoncd for life and Ne pay little heed
so gradually have we become accus-
toned to these horrors of our civilization
and education.
sion Influences, with Sunday schools, Y.
A NJ. G. AS with courts. juvenile and SUI
- perior,, and yet they increase. we pen
alize the carrying OF weapons and bombs
and wisely prohibit lnnammatory
speeches: and the better informed know
..nt Christcndom is like . powder mag
nzinc which some unlucky friction be-
tween the classcs may any day explode
All Hopes Really One.
Admitting That all mankind are. inn
perfect, born in sin and shapen In in
jduity" nevertheless cannot assent
TO The doctrine OF total depravity-tIiat
there is nothing good in any man. or in
all men. Each one who prays forgive
us our trcspgsses as we forgive others
should conccde that others. as we'll
himself. would prefer righteousness 10 sin.
II the environment were difIercnt-if his
appetite were not so pcrVcrSe, il his will
power were not so inadequate. So. then.
whether jew, Mohammcdan. Catholic.
Free Mason or Protestant. do not
all really desire the one thing? And do
we not admit. after centuries Of cndcayor
along different lines. that God alone can
send us the aid which the whole world
so greatly needs We do
Let us now formulate this desire Of
all nations" from those holy scriptures
which all acknowledge. Let us scr
that it IS exactly what we all have been
looking and praying for under different
names: It is The kingdom Of God,-thc
kinsdom Of AlInh Its rule is to he "un
-seer the whole heavens" however heaven
~ or spiritual the great ruler will be
Daniel vii. ~. Under It's beneiiccut and
unIifiing influence the glorious result
will be that Gods VIII shall he done on
earth as completely il is now done
e.. sI,,t Cor
lures dcclare-th1i sin and ignorance will
bc done away: that the knowledge OF
the glory Of Gods character will fiji the
whole earth II means strong govern
ment exercised for the restraint OF sin
and for the freeing OF mankind from
slavery 10 sln-the slavery OF inherited
weaknesses cntaiIed by Adams dlsobc
dtence Tho great heavenly king. the
son OF David. who will do these thlnEs,