The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-10
PASTOR RUSSELL'S
SERMON
Fate of the Rich Man and Lazax,.

resent perpetual condition. but ,sr,
pp,afy s,saf one; from which Messiah viii
sansn a release. and hades, in eyerv
're woro' VIII be destroyed.
| Dives in Torment
But the parable declares that Dives
was In torment. How could This ha
seeing that the word hades sieniries
sne s death state. the unconschious con-
ni.'onH ni,. ha we answer that the Jewish peo
and out Of H. Nationally. ibev arn 49,
or asleep. bu, as a people they are VERY
&. ue, o ahVe-no other people more so. i,
ferjnu " ~" Ueople ,hat they have been suf-
ing the past eighteen centuries, while
in in hoaa nation they have been dead. buried
ton ''a1es' of uhId ahd are awaiting resurrec-
a,oii, oI winch the present Zionism is
an advance token. Soon IsraeTs perse
cutlons Will end. when Messiah's eIorioTs
viii con,, snadi th, take IT'S power; and then
they are TO be actively and specially
Identified with the Messianic kinsdo9
shoftiy. as It's earthly and visible repre-
AS the two tribes OF Judah and Ben
larnin were represented In .'The Rich
1en mah triIno IN very special sense, the other
zen zen tribes, scattered amongst the sur
rounding nations. would, al a like Dro-
portion represent his five brethren. Gods
u.hang uGhanngs with the Jews will be the same
Wherever they are-no preference will be
shown-"They have Moses and the proph-
cts, let them hear them" This could
,n,t lJt oe applicable to any except these two
TipeS ana the other ten tribes OF Israel
Tor they alone had Moses and the proph,
cts. ~ Pi0p'
fhe Rich Man Tormented in Hades
AN scholars Will concede that the Greek
word hades and the Hebrew word shcol.
rendered hell in our common version.
various Scriptures tell us of the silence
OF sheol and hades and that there is
neither wisdom nor knowledge nor de-
Vice there; that the dead know not any
thlng Scholars. therefore, have been
perpleNed greatly at the statement OF
siIs saIs parable that the rich man lifted up
MS eyes In hades being In torinents
The difficulty dissolves as soon as we
nave the proper Interpretation to the
parable and see that the Jewish people
aied as nation and were buried as
Ihe people of Israel outcast from their
own land among all the nations of earth
are very much alive. socially and per-
sonally, having suffered for all these
Only. very recently we have had an
eNhloition of how this rich man UsraeD.
IIas appealed TO Father Abraham to have
Lazarus cool his tongue with drop OF
water. or course, the thought would not
be that spirit finger would take drop
OF literal water to cool literal tongue
A drop or water on the tip of finger
would not afford much relief anyway.
Ihe interpretation must be looked for
along the lines of the parable, The full
iillment came when the Jews OF this
country in general petition requested
the president Of the United States to
and intercede on behalf OF their people
In Russia that they might have more lib
erty and less persecution, that their tor
ments might be cooled.
Finding the Lazarus Glass.
If We have found the rich man. let
Lag JJe
resented God-fearing and God seeking
class outside the pale of official Judaism
mot all the Gentiles, but certain ones
concerning whom Jesus said. 81 have not
found so great faith, no. not in Israeli"
The Jews were in the habit OF speaking
Of the Gentles as dogs" The great
Mark vii, 25-30), Lazarus had no fine
linen garment granted to him because he
was outside the pale Of Israel, for whom
alone 1he typical sacrifices were offered.
Lazarus had no purple robe for the same
reason-beceuse the Kingdom OF blessing,
for the time, belonged exclusively to the
tilesl licked his sores, In the sense OF
considering the Lazarus class upright
and godly and in some sense showing
sympathy for them. His eating of the
crumbs that fell from the chidren's table
signifies that Jesus did. on few occa-
sions, allow. some special blessings OF
healing, which. were for the Jews. TO
go to this worthy class OF Gentlles.
For instance, the daughter OF Jalrus,
raised from death. was crumb from
The children's table to one noble minded
built synagogue for the Jews. The
healing OF the centurion's servant was an
other crumb from 'the rich MANS table
TO one Of the Lazarus class. Healing the
daughter of the Syro-Pheniclan woman
was another crumb from "the rich man s.
table 10 member OF the Lazarus class.
In answer TO nor request Jesus answered.
1T is not proper to take the children's
bread and give IL TO dogs"-Gcnlilcs Ac-
cep.ing the suggestion the woman replied.
"Yea. Lord. yet the dogs eat OF the
crumbs which fall from the children's
| table" Her faith in God marked her as
one OF The Lazarus class outside "the
rich MANS household. She was com
| penon of dogs (Gentiles). and for the
| "the rich mans table.
AS the death Of ''the rich man repre-
sented change in his affairs, so the
| death Of the Lazarus class Indicated Il
| change in the affairs Of this outcast class.
But instead OF being buried. these. were
carried by the angels TO Abrahams bosom
| not to heaven. but TO purgatory. not 10
some intermediate state. AS Abraham IN
| the parable represents God The receiV-
| ing OF the faithful OF the Lazarus class
Unto the bosom OF Abraham figuretreN
| represents the acceptance OF this class as
! the true children OF Abraham-true chil.
dreu OF God. As Jesus went outside OF
| "thc camp" bearing the reproach OF his
nation, before he died so did all Of his
| followers who belonged 10 that nation.
They were all recognized as outcasts WIN
| the Gentilcs: these the Lord received as
| his children by the besetting of the HOLY
Spirit And SO 81. Paul tells US Una, we
Who were hy nature Gentiles were not OF
ih. stock Of israel. But ''1f yc be
C'hrist's. then are We Abraham's seed
(children), and heirs acrording to ,me
| hers OF the great Messiah Galatians Ill.
! 29). cor
sstcnt Interpretation OF TINS paraoiu, hita
| Il relieves our minds greatly. IL ASSISTS
also in illustrating 10 us the special re-
lintionsbip of tho Jews under the law
| ..nnrnanf End low this special rcIatIon-