The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

pray every morning and to attend the
mid-week prayer-meeting." II claimsd
that such a revival would cleanse the
country of flth. Of graft and OF greed,
petty and big, Of worship. OF fine
houses and big lands. and high ofs,ecs
and grand social functions.
Bishop Gambler also noticed the
Journals appeal and Pastor Russell
quoted him freely as follows:-
I'VE cannot get q revival Of religion
by seeking revival OF religion. No
where in Gods Word are men Rdmon-
ished to seek religion or seek . re-
vival Of religion.
Herein Is our trouble; We have lost
God! Men called preachers have e1-
planned away the Word Of God, max
ing 1t no longer a sure Word Of proph-
ecy, but an antique for the critics to
analyZe and discuss. The moral law
has been lowered. The Ten Command
ments have been reckoned as a piece
Of Mosaic plagiarism applicable to the
needs Of ancient nomads in the will
derness, but having no moro than q
qualified bearing on the life Of today.
The Sermon on the Mount has been
treated as An irldescent dream The
lordship Of Jesus Christ has been de-
MED, while treacherOus compliments
have been poured out upon His name,
as that Of merely a great Teacher and
noble martyr"
Difficulties In tho Way, Says Pastor
Russell.
The words of the Wall street Jour
nal respecting the need Of the old-tme
religion are along proper lines. Bishop
Gambler sees already what ! also have
so frequently pointed out, namely, that
the so-called New Theology, Higher
Criticism and Evolution theories have
30 undermined faith that 1t would be
folly to look for a return Of the pious
earnestncss Of the past, which was
built upon a living faith. even though
1t was not the pure faith "once deiiv-
cred unto the saints" Jude 81.
Most Important Points.
1t Is useless for any to attempt to
believe or to attempt to teach others
that God is great, and just, and loving,
while at the same time teaching that
he prepared before the foundation OF
the world All immense torture chamber
in which thousands Of millions would
be forced to spend eternity. How our
forefathers could believe this and yet
believe somehow or other that God Is
Love we do not understand. 1t was
their faith in Gods love, and not their
| faith in eternal torment, which con-
stituted the power Of God working in
them for good, and which Offset the er
rors of their creeds to a considerable
degree.
What the world needs, and what
first Of all the Church needs, is to get
doctrinally straight in respect to the
Almighty's character, and In respect
to His purposes with His human crea-
lures AS soon as that condition Of
mind shall have been reached there
will be no need to pray or to ask for
REVEALS Of religion--they Will follow
irresistibly.
But what do we see opposing any
such desirable denouement? We see
two hundred thousand Protestant min
listers and Sunday School superintend-
ents working against such desirable re-
suits. We see about two-thirds Of
them advocating Higher Critcism-In-
fidelity and the other one.third striy-
ing to hold the people in ignorance re-
specting the teachings Of tho Bible
concerning mans future.
Church and Wsr!s etsnasras.
During tho Ozark Ages" the fact
that the Church is a specially called.
chosen. faithful class and only "a little
flock" was seen and preached to Some
extent. But this lofty Church StonSard
was difficult Of application to the
world, and the worlds hope under
a different standard was not seen. II
clarifies our minds greatly when We
recognize that the elect few are in
tended by God to be the worlds In
structors and helpers by and by, when
the world will be granted an opportu-
nifty of rescue from sin and death, not
to heavenly conditions, but an earthly
Restitution Of all that was lost by
Adams transgression and redeemed by
the great Sacrifice of Calvary.
After learning that the hell to which
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and that 1t Is an unconscious condi-
tion, Sleep" the next lesson Is the
resurrection Of the dead: Many that
sleep in the dust of the earth shall
awake. - some to shame and last
ing contempt" Daniel xii. p. Man
hind fall asleep with experience only
with unrighteousness and very indis-
nnct glimpses of holiness and saint
ship. When awakened they will rec
ognize the glory. honor and immortal.
lty Of the sanity Bride of Christ and
| be recipients of her loving care and
blessing in proportion as they respond
to the blessed privileges OF that time.
As the Restitution work will progress.
and they obediently rise from their
degradation, their shame and contempt
\ will gradually disappear and eventual
y perfection Of human nature may be
attained in an earth also attaining per
: lection, as the Garden Of the Lord.
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