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and fair that some one should be heard
on the other side, d b therefor offer q
few thoughts in Esfdtatlun stlths itaga;
rtes offered by said pastor on the
case Of the ifict Nah and EazaFns, II
all would turn = to Luke fSth tehaptet
and read the account or these two
men, It would help them in under.
standing what follows.
Mr.. Russell is known as the author
of the Second chance theory of sal
walton for those who love slh too we'll
in this life to serve the Lord, but who
Tget scared at the little taste of tor
ment they may get in or after death,
and then are willing to serve the Lord,
provided He will give them the larger
part OF one thousand yearsos after
death IN which iaga an To- qIddigg their
fleshly lusts This ease1 Vggffyf much
in the way Of his tIeofyggsd he must
make desperate efforts to get rid OF
1t. He makes out that Abraham rep
resents God; the rich man represents
the two tribes of the Jewish nation,
Lazaruo the Gentiles and 1"outcasts
from divine favor under the Lap, who,
sin.sick, hungered and thirsted after
righteousness-the publicans and sin.
ners." While the death Of Dives, the
rich man was the national death Of
the Jews, and the death Of Lazarus
Is the coming Of, the Gentlles into di.
vine favor!
Sixty years ago, when Millenial
Dawnism tRussellism) was hardly a
prospect, the old school Of Universal
ism, now dead, was unnecessarily
wrestling with the case Of the rich
man and Lazarus. Their obsolete re.
suits are borrowed by Russell from
these, his dead kinsfolk. To notice
the silly stuff Is an act that demands
an apology, and our apology consists
in the fact that this doctrine has late
ly been heralded forth as coming from
"the Brooklyn Tabernacle. Many now
living are too young to have seen the
Universalist invention crumble to
ruin. The rich man was the Jewish
nation, composed OF the tribes OF Jn-
dab and Benjamin; the five brethren
were the other ten tribes Lazarus
was the Geltles. Mr.. Russellhas but
little use for anything connected with
this account aside from these asser-
tions. According to his representa-
ton, the rich man got sick at the cru
citixion and died in 10 A. d. His death
Is the national death Of the Jews. This
is the best the Universalists had to
lend TO Russell.
Fail not to remember tnat the death
of the rich man was the loss Of Jew.
ish nationally. The other ten tribes
represent or are the rich mans five
brethren. But they were dead lost
their national distinction long before
the two tribes represented by the rich
man, were dead, II the loss otnation.
ality is death, then as the ten tribes
lost nationality long before the two
tribes 1.-THE rich mani did, II. follows
that the rich mans Eve brethren
were dead long before he waSD SO
we see how nearly correct Russell Is
in his guess. But In his petition to
Abraham, the rich man 1.-THE two
tribes said, Send him to my fathers
house; for Thaye five brethren, that
he may testify unto them lest they
also come to this place Of torment.
According to this, loss Of nationality
was not the death OF the ten tribes, or
else they were not the rich mans Ave
brethren, and Russell Is wrong The
rich mans torment was the environ,
lment OF his lost nationality aud he
desires that his five brethren might
not come oshls condition, when I'M
fact they had been in identlcally the
same torment long before tie richI
man was This. IN itself, saHicient
To- expose RaBsellis bafT06ed nons
sens
The rich man lthe NO tribea said
his five brethren THE other ten tribes
were alive, yeshe know they had long
since lost their nationality, or dead.
Hence The loss OF nationality Is not