The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

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llpAStONRUSStlElI of continental tour
including Indian
apolis. st. Louis. Kansas City, Pueblo.
Colorado Springs, Denver, Salt Lake
City, Los Angeles and Santa Cruz. In
all these cities local branches of the
i. B. S. a." invited him and made ar.
rangements for public addresses. Not
withSta nding the strain Of continuous
travel and continuous public speaking.
the Pastor seemed in excellent health
and vigor. He spoke enthusiastically
of the warm receptions and attentive
hearings which he had enjoyed. He
was specially pleased with his Califor-
mia experiences and the glorious climate
noted at his several stopping places.
The Pastors visit is unique in an.
other respect. Learning Of his intend
ed program, some Of his friends asked
permission to make up party to ac-
company him. He gladly assented. As
a result a train-load OF Bible Students
are with him-about one hundred and
sixty in all.
While the Golden Gate Convention
is the goal Of the tour. it is but the
turning point of the excursion party.
Meetings are to be held on the return
journey at Sacramento. Portland, Ia
coma, Seattle. Vancouver. Calgary.
Winnipeg. Duluth. Buffalo and Toron-
to. the latter being reached July 10th.
The Pastors scheme is novel and
benevolent one; for surely what he
has undertaken and is carrying out is
not lazy mans burden. From the
evidences here we surmise that the
Bible Students along his course of
travel will be blessed. stimulated, en-
erGiZed. Pastor Russell and his party
bear with them from the Golden Gate
the good wishes and Christian love of
many friends.
Tho Earthly Zionism.
Speaking from the text. The Law
shall go forth from Mt. Zion and the
Word of the Lord from Jerusalem"
isaiah ii. 81, Pastor Russell declared
that Christians have inadvertently
misappropriated to themselves many
promises of the Scriptures which are
not wholly theirs. Christian creeds
and theories have surmised that.
through the rejection of Jesus. all Jews
dying in unbelief of Messiah were
foreord3ined TO an eternity of torture
because of that unbeIiet in the Only
Name.
mere careful study of the Bible,
he declared. is showing Bible Students
the error of this position. Jews who
do not accept Jesus as their Savior and
who do not become followers i'm His
steps in the narrow way" will indeed
fail of attaining q place with Jesus in
His Throne Of Glory. They will fail
to become joint-heirs with Him in His
glorious Messianic Kingdom. They
will fail to become members of the
spiritual Seed of Abraham. respecting
whom st Paul said, IF We be Christ's.
then are We Abraham's Seed and heirs
according to the promise" Galatians
iii. 29i. IN thy Seed shall all the fam
lies of the earth be blessed
But. asked the Pastor, are there not
many besides Jews who will fail of
making their calling and election
sure" to that Heavenly portion-to
membership in the Messanic Body or
KingdomI His own conviction is that
there will be found as many Jews as
Of any other nationality in that spirit
ual company which. the Scriptures de-
clare, will, all told. be but little
flock" Indeed, there are strong rea.
sons for believing that the whole num-
Der of this elect company. this Roy
al Priesthood. this spiritual Seed of
Abraham. this Messiah of glory. long
promised, will be only "a hundred and
forty-four thousand" Revelation xiv,
y.
What Becomes of tho Others7
If the Church of glory. the Body of
Christ. be but small company out of
the millions of Christendom. what be-
comes of the remainder of Christendom
as well as the Jews? If only the Elect
gain the Kingdom--if only the few
make their calling and election sure
what will become of the great mass
of the non-elect. both Jews and Cen
tiles. and the heather myriads? Pas.
tor Russell declared that very foolish
and unscriptural conclusions have been
reached in respect to elect and non-
elect
The Apostle declares that all non.
elect are to be blessed by the elect as
soon as the election is completed But
we. following the achings of darker
time and less convenient Bible. have
Riley Case In District Court.