The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-01-05

- z===z-.---,- Pastor Russell
of Brooklyn Tabernacle today address
ed an immense audience in the worlds
greatest Auditorium, the Royal Albert
Hall. Many of his audience were
Jews, attracted by the liberal extracts
from Pastor Russelrs sermons which
have been appearing in the Jewish pa
pers all over the world. The discourse
was full of comforting assurances bOth
to Jew and GentileJ of the glorious out
come to the Divine Plan, as respects
our world and its inhabitants. We re-
port the address only in part, as fol
fows:-
There can be no doubt that the words
of our text apply, not to Spiritual Is
rael and the heavenly Jerusalem, but
to the Seed of Jacob, for many cHl-
turtles Travelling in palma nation
without a land, people possessing most
wonderful promises, yet enjoying none
of them-a people scattered amongst
all other peoples; yet, in harmony with
the Divine promise made at the begin
ming of their organization, they have
been preserved separate and distinct
from all other nations, The Jews are
a miracle in themselves. They witness
to the civilized world Gods promises
and the power thereof in the human
mind. As foretold in the Scriptures
for long centuries they have had no
Prophet. no Priest, no ephod, no vision
from God, no revelation. The people
to whom at one time belonged the hon
or of being the only people to whom
the Divine purposes were revealed have
for more than eighteen centuries been
left destitute of any evidence OF Di-
vine favor, except in this one fact,
that their solidarity as a people is
preserved.
We are not Of those who rail against
the Jew; who cry out, "Christ-killers,
the vengeance of God is upon you, and
what you have suffered is only fore
taste of more awful sulferings for all
eternity" Thank God. No. We have
70 such evil sentiment in our heart
We have nothing for the Jew but sym
pathy, even while in him, as in others
of Adams children. we may see much
to reprehend: nevertheless. we also see
his commendable qualities. Among
others, we see the quality which God
so greatly appreciated in Abraham;
namely. faith in his God and in the
Divine promises. Such a faith has in
spired Gods Chosen People" to wait
for his promised Messianic Kingdom.
10, these many conturies-through all
kinds of discouragements, disappOint-
ments and prosecutions.
The Compromised time of Israels
exaltation as the channel of Messianic
blessing to mankind is near-it hasteth
greatly. What though there shall be
another and great spasm of tribula-
ton in conjunction with the birth OF
the New order of things! Beyond the
signing and the crying. the morning
dawns-the glorious day in which the
Sun of Righteousness shall chase from
the world all the shadows of death
and despair, which sin and its penalty
have brought upon mankind. What
though the Scriptures tell US that Is.
rael is vet to have The time of ia
cobs trouble" in connection with the
worlds great time of trouble impend-
ing. None Of these things shall hinder
US from rejoicing in the New Heavens
and the New Earth. which God de
clares he is about to create and put
into control of our worId-"Be ye glad
and rejoice forever in that which
create" isaiah XIV, 1S).
The New Heavens and the New
Earth are but symbolical terms for the
consideration of that New Era. in
which there will be a new social order,
as well as a new ecclesiastical system,
eternal in the heavens
The time has come when our text is
having its fulfillment The shining of
the lamp of Truth upon the prophetic
page shows US that the great clock of
the Universe is marking the hour when
he whose right it is shall take to him
self his great power and reign. All,
yes! We remember that it is written
that then the nations shall be angry,
and Gods wrath shall be manifest, and
then the time shall come for the judg-
ment of the dead and the reward of
all, both small and great But we are
glad, nevertheless, that the times of
the Gentiles'' are nearly at an end and
the time of Messiahs theocratic gov
eminent is at hand-For he must reign
until he shall have put down all I'M
Righteousness and INSTRUMENTATION, I'M
Il he shall have caused every knee to
Dew and every tongue to confess to
he glory of God the Father.
First in order of the Kingdom work
will be the binding of Satan-the work
Of a heavenly, and not of an earthly
king. Gradually, in the judgments,
decrees rewards. punishments of man
kind and the banishing Of sin and
death will the great King of Glory re-
veal his own gracious character and
the Fathers righteousness to the chill
dren Of men Gradually all will have
the eyes Of their understanding open
ed to see, not only the Father of all
in his true character. but also the Son
IN his glorious majesty-the Conquer
Or ''who, for the joy that was set be
fore him, endured the cross, despising
the shame" and hence is at the right