The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-12-08

crowds. AS it was. however. the
Tabernacle was crowded His text
was. The harvest is past. the sum
mer is ended. and we are not saved"
Jeremiah viii, 20.i
The Pastor seemed specially to en-
Joy the semi-privacy of this meeting
with the Tabernacle congregation. AS
is generally known he is bout to start
on tour of the world in company
with Committee Of six gentlemen Of
affairs of which be is the chosen
Chairman. The Committee was ap-
pointed some months ago by the In
ternational 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 Committees Instructions.
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?
81 What are the teachings. what the
inducements to accept Christianity
and how enduring are the results?
a. What is the attitude Of Heathen-
dom to the missionaries and toward
Christianity. and what are the pros
poets for Foreign Missions becoming
selfsustaining?
% What. if any, changes could be
made in teaching or i'm financial adj
ministration to make the foreign mis-
sionary work more successful in the
future?
tG) 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 thirty million
dollar endowment?
% To what extent do the monies
donated benefit the heather and could
any improvement along this line be
suggested?
The personnel of this Committee is
interesting They are all deeply inter-
ested i'm Christian work. both at home
and abroad. They are Christian men
of the highest type, and have long
been contributors to the spread Of the
Gospel. They are as follows: Pastor
Russell. President: Prof F. II. Robson
Secretary; Gen. w. P. Hall. u. S. A;
Mr.. j. r. d. Pyles. Washington. D.
c.. Merchant; Mr.. e. W. V. Kuehn.
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 will be in
touch with him. throughout his jour
ney. His addresses will be 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, reaping time. in the end Of the
.Ie"lSH age. So 1lSO there Is W De a
harvesting in the end of this Gospel
Age The fruitage of this Age will be
gathered into the heavenly garner"
by the glorious change of the First
Resurrection. The Lords words were,
1.-The harvest is the end of the Age"
By mistranslation His words were
rendered. 1.-The harvest is the end of
tine world" and thus many have been
misled into a 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
as the Jewish Age ended with har-
vest. and its ripe fruitage was gath
cred into the garner" so the garner
ing of the Church. in the close of this
Age, will mean the inauguration of
the New Dispensation Of Messiah's
Kingdom-a New Age of blessing to
the world in general-tO all the fami-
lies of the earth. The glorified Church.
i'm association with her Lord and Re.
deemer. will reign for a 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
he believes the Bible to teach that we
are now in the Harvest time Of this