Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-03-23

d. Pyles, Mr. 10. W. Y. Kuehn and Mr..
II. B. Maxwell, all Of the United States.
Pastor Russell opened his address by
remarking that although the Interna'
tlonal Bible Students Association,
which appointed the Committee Of
which he was Chairman, held British
Charter and might be supposed by
some to make full or partial report in
London Of It's findings, he regretted
that they would be disappointed. The
Committee felt that It should make
but one report, and advice received in
dicated that considerable preparation
had been made for the Committees re.
ceptlon in New York City on Sunday,
March 81.
However, said Pastor Russell, things
are marvellous today, and with the
wonderful facilities for communlca-
tlon, Britishers, az well as the people
Of the United States and Canada, will
receive the report at practically the
same time through hundreds Of their
prominent newspapers.
Very Significant Text.
His text was this; God hath made
OF one blood all natlons Of men, for to
dwell upon the face Of the earth; and
hath determined the times before APP
pointed and the bounds Of their habita-
tlons, that they should seek the Lord,
II haply they might feel after Him and
and Him" tActs xvii, 20, 27) He
Bald:-
Our toxt is taken from Saint Paul's
address 10 the Athenlans, whom he
found so rellglousy inclined that they
had erected nm Idol to every known
deity, and then one prominently ito the
unknown God" The words Of my text
have been repeatedly borne In upon my
mind In my soiOurnlngs Of the past
four months, mOryeed as percelv'
cd the thOroughness OF the division OF
the human family as result OF the
confusion Of human language Time
and again the Apostles statement that
God had determined the bounds OF
their habitailons" impressed me,
Our text explains the matter; II
was Of God; and we win doubtless yet
SEQ more particularly than now how II
worked some good for all-staying the
downward tendency Of sin.
OF One Blood All Nations.
My wider contact with humanity i'm
presses the Apostles declaration TINT
our various nationallties are all Of one
blood-or nre Of one original parent
age. And IN this scientists usually
wholly out OF accord with the Bible,
agree. They do not claim that our
race eyoluted from many monkeys, but
merely from one pair, II seems strange
indeed to me that some Of those learn
cd gentlemen 80 persistently bend thelT
efforts TO antagonye the Blble-eu
dOavorlng TO prove human evolution
IN conflict with the Bible declaration
that God created man IN His owr
image likeness that the present
dlyersItes Of degradation are all re
uults Of Adams fall from Divine IA
vor through dlsobedlence, under The
sentence OF death
Even n some divisions Of our race
do bear n Stronger resemblance thar
others 10 tho ape, this Is surely moi
scientific proof that they eyoluted from
the ape, Just as reasonably might We
argue the reverse that they are NOR,
deprayed section OF humanity Bu
we do not NO rate t. On the contrary
the most savage peoples seem TO hav,
mental organism capable OF quite q
considerable development under favor
able conditions. even Of a few years.
Indeed, when we consider the In
ferior station Of icoman In all the
heather nations, and the hlnnkness Of
the mothers mind and hor detection
and hopelcseness and the tendency oi
these 10 mark her offspring, we do mol
wonder at the sad faces OF many Of
heathon lands, both male and female
Indeed, on the contrary, we are aston
ished as we compare some Of the low
est types OF Chrlstendom with some Of
the degraded types OF heathendom-
surprised that the difference Is moi
greater The explanation for II all Il
that we have not had the truo type o.
Christianity. Our Christianity hal
been so mixed with superstition an,
% lmprtgnated with error that Church
ianlty. taken us a whole In the fou
hundred millions Of Chrlstendom, ia
hybrid thlng-O slander upon the nam
Chrls,lan and upon the teachings o
Christ
And, By the way, remind you q