Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27

((PsSiOR RusSflD) I'm m ensc audi
No. cnees that every
whore greet him IL proof that the True
Gospel which he breaches has to some
extent found a responsive chord In
thousands OF Canadian hearts.
one Of Pastor Russell's addresses
while here was from the words ef ~.
Paul: Moreover. brethren, declare
unto you the Gospel which | preached
unto you: How that Christ died for
cur sins. according TO the Scriptures;
and that He was buried and that He
rose again the third day.s-I Corinr
thlans, Ky, ~,
"wonderful, indeed, IL 30 complete q
statement Of the Gospel in 10 few
Words said Pastor Russell st
Paul, like the rest OF us, woulsl have
Said more without the guidance OF In
spltatlon rwonld have said too much.
kat,ir text teaches that we are sin
ners, and also that our sins are beyond
our power 10 wash away. This ~ a
fundamental doctrine Of the Christian
religion. The failure on the part OF
many to rpalize this. that we are oh
imperfect. hns hIntirrcd them from see
ing the necessity for Savior. md
therefore the necessity for accepting
Jesus an their Redcemer.
ITO say that we are sinners.' said
Pastor Russell. ''impies a time when
absolute righteousness existed In our
ancestry"
"christ Died For Our sins.r
-. tstt, Ina
plies that our sins had death penalty
attached to them. This also implies
that TINT death penalty was a Just one.
because Just God would not punish
unJustiy. The justice OF death pen.
atty implies a high degree Of intelii-
geuce on the part of the sinner. and
that he was 10 n condition In which he
would not have needed 10 die If he had
not slnned. All this corroborates ex
actly the testimony Of the Old and the
New Testament Scriptures
THE Scripturnl proposition that
Christ died for our SINS " said Pastor
RUSSELL further implies that Christ
was not Of the fallen race, for had He
been He also would have been a sin
ner, and how could sinner have died
for our sins7 How cesId such a death
have been OF any value to mnnkind3
Gospel In a Nutshell.
"As great onk may be said 10 be
In an acorn, so the great Gospel Mes
sage mny be said to be In our text
Every time we look at II, II seems
little larger aud more beautiful than
before We can almost see II grow.
But the Gospel does not grow; our APP
probation OF II expands as we grow In
grace and IN knowledge of the Divine
Plan aud in the Spirit Of our Lord"
"In bis Epistle TO the Romans (xi,
1920, st. Paul uses the illustration
OF an olive tree and declares the
branches 10 be the members Of the
Body Of Christ. which is the Church.
The fsraelites tOere the natural branch
ss, and therefore had the first oppor
tunity of becoming members OF the
Body of Christ. In fact, all privilege
was excluded from the Gentiles until
Israels time of favor was complete
three and half years after the cross
During those three and a half years
the Lords providence 80 blessed the
Jews that they were all brought in con-
tact with the Truth under most favor
able conditions. We remember that
thousands were converted and blessed
at Penteeost and other thousands lii
tie later. Every worthy branch In that
I tree was accepted OF the Lord-every
gsraelite indeed. IN whom was no
guile.
aSt Paul proceeds to tell us that
Then the unbelieying Jews. the remain
ing natural branches were all broken
Oh and separated from Divine favor.
and that then began the work OF en-
grating wild olive branches repre-
5enting worthy Gentiies.'
I Pastor Russell proceeded to call at
4 tentioH to the fact that this work OK
A engrafting Gentiles and making them
qellow-heirs with the Jews Of the orig
hal Divine promise made to Abraham
has progressed ever since-nearly nine
teen centuries. This is a part OF the
same Gospel. because It an springs
from the same gracious promise Its
value was intensified when God made
oath to It's certainty OF fulflment. The
fnliilment began In Jesus. continued
+ through the Jewish disciples. and now
has accumulated considerable num-
Der Of the Gentiles-probabl the fore
ordained number Is completed.
when the elect number shall have
been tested and shall have been ac-
eepted in the resurrection change. this
most wonderful feattipe OF the Gospel
will have been ACCOMPLISHED. Then
VIII speedily follow the establishment
Of Messiah's Kingdom. and the bless
ing Of all earth's families through this
spiritual Seed of Abraham"