Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-11


away on the occasion of his last dis
course here February g.. To-day, how
ever, hundreds were unable to gain
admittance and are promising them
selves to go earlier next time. IT looks
as though a still larger auditorium
should be sought.
Pastor Russell translated his text to
read, "Thenceforth there shall be nc
more death of an infant of days, nor
OF an old man who hath not filed his
days; for the dying n shall be but q
child at a hundred years old-a sinner
a hundred years old shall be accursed'
cut off from life. He pointed out
from the text that this statement Is a
prophecy respecting the future-re-
specting the time when Messiah's
Kingdom will rule the world. The
verses following the text, he said, In
dicate clearly that in that glorious
Epoch landlordism will be a thing of
the past. People will build their own
houses and inhabit them; plant their
own vineyards and enjoy the fruit
thereof. They give a description OF the
period when sin will be giving place
to righteousness; and sorrow and death
will be giving place to happiness and
hfe-perfect and lasting.
Two SaIvations Taught In the Bible.
All of us In the past have misread
u Bibles and not noticed that there
are ttco saIcations. One will be to heav-
emily conditions like unto the angels,
where there will be no planting, no
building, etc. This is the salvation Of
fered from Pentecost to the present
time, to the faithful few who walk In
the footsteps Of Jesus and make their
calling and election sure" The other
salvation will be an earthly one. 1t
will recover mankind from sin, degra-
datfon, sorrow and death, to human
perfection, to earthly palaces, In a
worldwide Paradise restored. But this
earthly blessing or salvation has not
come to mankind as yet and cannot
come before it's time. st. Peter tells
us that those times of restitution Of
all things which God hath spoken by
the mouth of all the holy prophets
since the world began" will begin at
the Second Coming of Christ-after he
shall have selected the sanity few who
will constitute his Bride, his joint-heirs.
In his glory, honor and immortality
his associates in the Messianie King
dom.
Living and Dead--Just and Unjust.
Pastor Russell declares that Gods
provision for the Church will include,
not only those alive at the SECOND
Coming Of Christ, but also, by a resur-
rection change. all those who have
fallen asleep In Christ throughout this
Gospel Age. These win constitute the
"first resurrection" and as priests Of
God and Christ win reign with him a
thousand years Revelation Xxx, A.,
Just so also, the earthly blessings
win include not only the people living
at the time Of the Inauguration Of that
Reign of Righteousness, but also, as
the Redeemer said, "All that are In
their graves"-the evil as well as the
good. The sanity one coming forth
will have their reward Immediately
because of their faithfulness during
their trial time. which precedes the
trial time OF the world. Then the mas
of mankind. aside from the Church
class. will all be brought to a knowl-
edge Of the Truth-heathen and civil
lized-none win any longer be allowed
to grope in darkness or to be blinded
by Satan and the attractions of sin.
Satan himself will be bound and all
the fallen angels with him win be re-
strained from deluding or having any
thing further to do with humanity.
The light of the glory Of God win fill
the whole earth as the waters cover
the great deep. Every knee shall bow
and every tongue confess to Messiah
to the glory Of God the Father.
Hundred Year Old Children.
In the beginning. before our race
had fallen so far into death, some Of
its members lived to be several hum
bred years old. and that under the I'M
favorable conditions OF the curse
thorns, thistles, etc. At that time,
said the Pastor, human kind who were
only a hundred years old were but
as children. Today, after six thousand
years of experience under the fall,
centenarians are rare-and these are
old men returning to second childhood.
The restitution processes of Ensanuel's
reign Of righteousness will have so up
lifting and blessed an effect ON maa-
kind as TO bring back, not only
strength of morals and Of mind and
of win. but also physical strength
youth, vigor.
Every man will have q century OF
schooling. Of instruction, of prepare.
sion for living. Open and violent sin,
wickedness and injury to others viii
not be permitted at that time at all
Nevertheless. there win be many cp-
pe~rtunities for testing. proving. teach
ing mankind. The disobedient viii
receive pnnsahxrents, stripes The
w~eli-doers win be blessed. rewarded
uplifted. But asser having enjoyed Q
century of such schooling ara corres
ton in righteousness, those sdA resist
ing the Divine regulations WIN be sen
fenced, as sinners, to be @cut or
from life.