Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1911-06-29

here. He has been king sort oil
continental tour. including Indianapo
liz. st. Louis. Kansas City. Pueblo. Col
orado Springs. Denver. Salt Lake City
Los Angeles. Pasadena and SAINTS
Cruz. In all these cities local brnnche.
Of tae Il. b. 3. A." invited him and
made arrangements for public nd
dressed A trlin-ioad Of Bible Stu
dents are with him-about one hun
dred and nfty In all
Meetings are to be held returning
az, Sacramento. Portland. Tacoma
Seattle. Vancouver. Calgary. winni
Deg. Duluth. Buffalo and Toronto
The scheme Is Q novel and q bcnevo
lent ones fos surely what he has un
dersaken and Is carrying out Is not
lazy mans burden
The earthly zisoism.
Speaking FROM the text The Law
shall 60 forth from Mt Zion and the
Word Of the Lord from Jerusalem"
isaiah II. 81, PASTOR Russell declared
that Christians had Inadvertently mis-
approprisecd to themselves many
promises Of the Scriptures which are
NOT wholly theirA Christian creeds
and theories have Aurmised that
through the rejection \of Jesus. all
Jews dying In unbelie( Of Messiah
were foreordained to aS> eternity Of
torture because Of that unbelief In the
Only Name.
A more careful study Of the Bisse.
he declared. IL showing Bihl& Students
the error Of this position Jews who
DO not accept Jesus ~ their Savior
and who do not become followers In
His steps In the marrow way will In
deed fail Of attaining q place with
Jesus In his Throne Of glory. They
will fail to become jolnt-heirs' with
Him in His glorious Messianic King
dom They will fail TO become Nmem.
bers Of the spiritual Seed Of Abraham,
respecting whom St Paul said. III ye
be Christs. then arc 70 Abrsh,m's
Seed and heirs according to the Prom
ise Galatians III. 29D.
The heavenly zieoisan.
The Zionism Of the past eighteen
centuries has been Of the heaSeniy
kind II has been calling and ipispir'
ing to loving zeal. obedience and &C
tivity such rs have the hearing ear
the heavenly calling to toint-hsirshir
with Messiah. This glorious prpvilegs
q about to and because the fui1 mum
Der predestinated OF the Lord wiia soor
have been completed. Meantime. thu
Pastor aud others OF Gods eonsacratet
people should be Zionists in the high
est sense Of the word and. laying aside
every weight and every besettiIpg sin
each should strive to make his '1callint
and election sure" to q place in thu
Heavenly Zion-the Kingdom OF Mes
dab.
1t win be from this Mt Ziof. th'
spiritual Kingdom Of Messiah. THAT tn
Law viii 60 forth during the thoiusa n,
years Of the MessianIc reign: thcl grea
Judge and Law-giver Of the world vii
b the giorined Redeemer: andl Hi
associates. In His various oficts o
Prophet. Priest. King. Judge nndf Me
diator. will be the faithful ZionIstAs O.
the present time who follow in nh
steps Of their Redeemer. delighungt t.
lay down their lives for the Truth,
sake and for the brethren's sake, III
cooperation with the great Captain pl
their salvation. through the merit bl
His imputed righteousness.
The Word From jerusalem.
Az soon rs Mt Zion. the kingdom,
shall be completed BY the glorifcatieC
OF the last member Of the Church, Il
viii be time for the Law to 20 forth
therefrom for the correction of the
worlds Affairs In righteousness-fo
the. overthrow Of every form Of iniqui-
~ and everything contrary to the Gold
en- Rule In other words. when thet
Kingdom class shall have been COM
pleted by the elective process. which
u the Divine arrangement Of this Age,
forthwith that Kingdom will come into
power and the reign Of righteousness
will begin
Zionism. amongst the Jews today.
We believe the Lord Is sfirfing up-a
preparation Of natural Israel for the
great blessing which % soon will be at
their door. -thsy begin to really
appreciate the Land Of Promise, the
rich promises In connection with that
land must become thsirs. and the in-l
epiraticp Of thoss promises Win lead
their hearts back to the Lord in pray
a.