Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-12-09

accommodate tho
crowds AS 1t was. however, the
Tabernacle was crowded. His text
was. The harvest is past. the sum
mer Is ended and we are not saved ?
Jeremiah will 2Ol
The Pastor seemed specially to en-.
joy the semi-prlvacy of this meeting
with the Tabernacle congregation. As
Is generally known he is about to start
on a tour Of the world in company
with Committee of six gentlemen of
affairs Of which he is the chosen
Chairman. The Committee was ap-
pointed some months ago by the In
ternationA Bible Students Association
to visit henthen lands, to investigate
conditions there and to report to the
Association and to the public their
findings along the following lines:-
The Committees instructions.
~ Are the Foreign Missions being
conducted along Christian business
lines?
~ To what extent are the methods
used successful In reaching the hea-
then peoples and in bringing them to
Christianity?
(3l What are the teachings. what the
Inducements to accept Christianity
and how enduring are the results?
~ What Is the attitude Of Heathen-
dom to the missionaries and toward
Christianity and what are the pros
poets for Foreign Missions becoming
self-sustaining?
(5) What II any. changes could be
made in teaching or in financial ad-
ministration to make the foreign mis-
sionary work more successful in the
. future?
t6) What hope is there for the con-
version Of the world in this generation
as proposed by the Laymen's Mission
airy Movement with its thlrty4million-
dollar endowment?
(O To what extent do the monies
donated benefit the heather and could
any Improvement along this line be-
suggested?
The personnel Of this Committee ia
interesting, They are all deeply inter
ested In Christian work. both at home
and abroad They are Christian men
Of the highest type. and have long
been contributors to the spread 81 the
Gospel. They are as follows. Pastor
Russell, President; Prof. Il. Il. Robson.
Secretary; Gen. w, r. Hall, U. S. Az
Mr. ]. I, d. Pyles. Washington. d.
O., Merchant; Mr. H. w. V. Kuehno
Merchant, Toledo, Ohio; Dr. L. W..
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 en- route and will ad.
dress the public next Sunday in Los
Angeles, California, Arrangements
are perfected whereby we viii be in
touch with him throughout his Jour.
ney. His addresses will be reported
from Japan. China. Manila, Travan.
core, Madras, Calcutta, Cairo aud Cor
inth
Discussing his text the Pastor de-.
clared that as there was harvest
time, reaplng time, in the end of the
Jewish Age, so also there Is to be a,
harvesting In the end Of this Gospel
Age The fruitage Of this Age win be
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 mistranslation 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 win mean the end of all
things, for all except the salntly few.
Rather we should understand that 4
as the Jewish Age ended with har.
vest, and It's ripe fruitage was gath.
cred into the garner" so the garner
ing Of the Church. I'm the close OF this
Age, will mean the inauguration OF 4
me New Dispensation of Messiah's
New Age of blessing to
he world In general--to all the fami,
les Of the earth, The glorlded Church.
n association with her Lord and Re
Ieemer will reign for a thousand
ears. as kings aud priests unto God
nd unto Christ, for the worlds up
Ifting out OF sin and death conditions.
Only the Church Harvested. II
The Pastor reminded his bearers that i
e believes the Bible to teach that we
re now In the Harvest time Of this