The Ordway new era., 1912-02-23

lAsI0R RgsSElg cinl position as
second d In COM
mand Of the United States Army, the
latter rs the Chairman Of the Commit
tee. We report Pastor Russells dis.
course:-
Pastor Russell greatly enjoyed his
visit to the Chinese Paris. 1t was an
experience he had longed for from
childhood. Early in life he had in.
quired respecting the fate Of the
heathen and had received the answer
that without faith it is impossible to
please God" and that "there is none
other Name given under heaven
whereby We must be saved" than the
name Of Jesus. and through faith In
His blood. He then inquired the fate
Of the unsuved. and got the answer OF
all orthodox creeds." that such would
be consigned for all eternity to
place where they would suffer inde
scribnble tortures.
Surprising that the Bible was the
foundation of these creeds he aban.
doned the Bible. and for nearly two
years was on the sen Of life with
out chart or compass. seeking after u
true God not less noble and loving and
just than the very best Of His human
creatures.
Feeling sure that a wise. Just. low
Ing God. having made man with men.
tai capacity to appreciate Himself.
would make revelation Of His char
acter and His purposes. he sought for
a book containing such n revelation Of
the Divine will as his heart and head
could accept. Having abandoned the
Bible. he sought the teachings of other
sacred books Of the world. only to f3nd
them still more disappointing.
Hungry of soul. he returned to the
Bible. thinking possibly he had studied
1t before through the distorted spec
tacles Of human creeds. His fresh in.
vestigatons brought q blessing! No
where had he found 80 glorious rep.
resentation Of the true. Divine charac
ter as in Jesus and His teachings:
Truly. he said. "Never man spake like
this man, Finally he saw the grent
difficulty which had blinded himself
and others to the Divine love and
gracious plan Of the Bible.
The Resurrection Of the Dead.
This discovery was that the penalty
for sin is not everlasting torture after
death. and that the Bible does not so
teach. 1t declares. 1.-THE wages Of sin
is DEATH" 1.-The soul that sinneth. 1t
shall die" (Romans vi. %: Ezekiel
xviii. 2OJ He perceived that for six
thousand years the world has been suf
fering the very penalty which God de-
clared to Adam. Thou shalt surely
die: I'm the sweat Of thy face shalt
thou eat bread. until thou return to the
ground from whence thou vast taken"
He sought the Bible remedy for all
this and found that no remedy could
be applied only us the Divine sentence
should be settled for Adam by sub
stitute-that then only could the curse
be removed. In full harmony with ali
this came the Scriptural presentation
that the Only Begotten Son of God
had left His spiritual plane of glory
and become q Man. that He by the
grace Of God should taste death for ev
cry man.: Christ died for our sins.
according to the Scriptures. and rose
again for our justification"
Pursuing this Bible study he soon
found that the hope of humanity cen
tiers in the resurrection of the dead: "As
by a man came death, by a Man also
comes the resurrection of the dead:
for as all in Adam die; even SO all in
Christ shall be made alive-every man
in his own order" or rank. II Corin
thians xv. 81. 22.'
Two Very Different saIvations.
The Pastor was glad rs he though,
of the hundreds Of millions of patient
Chinese who will have a share in, the
of Jesus, and not only SO, but their
ancestors. thousands of millions, will
also have share. for Jesus Christ
by the grace Of God tasted death for
every man." He Is Precipitation [sat
isfactionl for our sins 1.-THE Church's
sinsl. and not for ours only. but also
for the sins of the whole world" Here
are the two different salvations Sc
cured through the death Of Jesus
Only one of these has yet been made
effective-"ours" the worlds. Ours
is to be the First Resurrection. the
worlds is to be subsequent one.
Inc eleCt CuuTCu. VI "ulCu JesuS II
the Head. and his sanity followers the
membel., will reign for a thousand
years. overthrowing sin and death
breaking the shackles of ignorance and
superstition. uplifting humanity out
of sin and degradation to full human
perfection. The earth is to be mans
Paradise. which will reach perfection
by the close of Messiah's reign. All
who then reject this light will be de