The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-05

RASI02 0USSEll0 Gle would not
- - accommodate the
crowds. AS 1t was, however. the
Tabernacle was crowded His text
was. '.The harvest Is past, the sum,
mer Is ended. ana we are not saved.
Jeremiah yili CO.,
The Pastor seemed specially to en-
Joy sthe Seni-privacy Of this meeting
With the Tabernacle congregation. As
is generally known he is about to start
on a tour of the world in coiipany
with a Committee OF six gantlcmen OF
affairs Of which he Is the chosen
Chairman. The Committee was ap.
pointed some months ngo by the In
ternationai Bible students Association
to visit heather lands. to investigate
conditionS there and TO report to the
Association and to the public their
findings along the following lines
The con,mittee's INSTRUCTIONS
G) Are tie Foreign Missions being
conducted along Christian business
lines?
~ To what extent are the methods
used sue, essful in reaching the hea
then peoples and in bringing them to
Christianity?
ca What are the teachings. what the
Inducements 10 accept Christianity
and how enduring are the results?
IA What is the attitude OF Heathen-
dom 10 the missionaries and toward
Christianity and what are the pros
poets fof Foreign Missions becoming
f-sustainihse
(5) What. if any. changes could be
made in teaching or in financial ad.
ministra;ion to make the foreign mis-,
sionary work more successful In the
future?
90 What hope is there for the con
version Of the world in this generation
as proposed by the I.aymen's Mission
airy Movement with its thirty million
dollar endowIient?
ca To what extent do the monies
donated teuefit the heather and could
any Improvement along this line be
suggested?
The personnel OF this Committee is
interesting. They are all deeply inter
ested in Christian work. both ut home
and abroad They are Christian men
Of the highest type. and have long
been contributors to the spread Of the
Gospel They are rs follows: Pastor.
Russell President: Prof f. H. Robson.
Secretary; Gen. " L. Hall, u. S. A.;
Mr.. j. 7. d. Pyles. Washington, d.
C.. Merchant: Mr. f. w. V. Kuehn,
Merchant, To,edo. Ohio: DR.. L. ".
Jones, Chicago, Illinois. and Mr. r. B.
Maxwell. Merchant Mansfield, Ohio
The report Of this committee will be
awaited with great interest by many.
Pastor Russell will visit classes of
Bible Students Ell route aud will adj
dress the public next Sunday in Los
Angeles, California Arrangements
are perfected whereby we Will be in
touch with him throughout his jour.
ney His addresses will he reported
from japan, China. Manila, Travan.
core, Madras, Calcutta, Cairo and Cor.
NTH
Discussing his text the Pastor de
clared that as there was harvest
time, n reaping time, in the end of the
Jewish Age. so also there is to be q
harvesting in the end of this Gospel
Age. The fruitage of this Age will he
gathered into the heavenly garner"
by the glorious change Of the First
Resurrection The Lords words were
THE harvest is the end of the Age"
BY mstranslation His words were
rendered THE harvest Is the end of
the world" and thus many have been
misled into fear that the second com,
ing OF Jesus will mean the end of all
things, for all except the sanity few.
Rather we should understand that
rs the Jewish Age ended with har-
vest, and its ripe fruitage was gath. \
fred into the garner" so the garner.
ing OF the Church. in the close of this
Age, will mean the inauguration OF
the New Dspensation Of NIessiah's
Kjngdom--a New Age of blessing to
the world in general--to all the FAINT
lies Of the earth. The glorltied Church,
IN association with her Lord and Res
deemer, will reign for thousand
years, as kings and priests unto God
and unto Christ for the worlds up
lifting out Of sin and death conditions, |
Only the Church Harvested.
The Pastor reminded his hearers that
be believes the Bible to teach that we
are now in the Harvest time Of this
Age. Consequently none shorld mis-
understand the visit to heather lands
to imply any expectation on his part
that the heathens must be converted
before this Age wiz and. That .s:srh
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