Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-05-28

DRAMA as @ means
lRASIQR QSSElD of Biblical instruc-
ton. Large crowds;
are In daily attendance.
The Pastors text today was, when.
He assembled on High, He led a multi
tude, of capives ."-Eph. As, margin.
The speaker declared that in one.
sense of the word cur Lord assembled
from the human nature and the tomb
to the Divine nature and Immortality
at the time of His, resurrection. He.
tarr1ed for forty days with His Apos-
ties, however, for their establishment
and instruction. Being then a Spirit,
He was invisible to them, except
when He materialized in various forms;
to convince them that He wa no.
longer confined to human conditions.
Els resurrection had made Elm a.
where He was before He took the hui
man nature for the suffering OF DEATH
in order to redeem humanity.
The Pastor demonstrated that our
Lord taught Els followers these Inn
portant truths by both wore and con
duct As they had not yet received
the Holy Spirit, they could not APP
preciate spiritual things, bat must be
Instructed along natural lines. Had
He assembled without manifesting
Himself to His disciples, they would
not have understood the truth of the
matter, and could not have borne wit
ness to His resurrection. Hence their
lessons were given them in panto-
mime, corroborated by the Masters
explanation that Messiah must needs
die to redeem mankind, and hen as
cend on High to be the more capable
ofsflling the duties Of Ellis great Office.
The %outpourins Of the Spirit.
The speaker then reviewed the woas
derful manifestation Of the descent OF
the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. This
manifestation evidenced to the dtsci-
Pies the fact that their sins had been
freely forgiven for Chrtst's sake, that
thelr conservation to sacrifice them
selves had been accepted by the Fa-
cher, and that henceforth they might
count themselves part Of Abraham's
Seed. who would bless all humanity.
APNSISS "SAc W DGdI WtlllGSS u
Jesus resurrection. Hence when Saul
Of Tarsus was given Judas place, it
was proper that he also should be able
to bear that witness. His experience.
on the road to Damascus convinced
!, him, that Jesus had risen from the
dead'and that He was the Messiah.
> The Pastor then showed that the de-
Inanf pf tho r oro, - 4ho .lo-.
and the ascension Of Christ to the Di-
: vine plane were related as cause and
effect Our Lord now fills the highest
position in the Universe, next to the
Father. To suppose that our Lord
Went to Heaven a man is to mistake
the significance Of His title, Son Of
Man, which He maintains as identify
ing Him with His great redemptive
work for humanity. To suppose that
he is still ayman is to overlook the
Scrtptural statement that man is "a
Little lower than the angels" and that
since our Lords ascension angels and
men are commanded to worship Him.
As usual, the Pastor discussed all
texts bearing upon this point and full
" sustained bis position. He went
into details respecting the transfer OF
the Logos from Heavenly to earthly
conditions, and proffered his hearers,
free upon application, a treatise en-
titled "The Undefiled One which he
believes shows scientifically the proc
| ess by which the Logos was changed
from spirit to human conditions, yet
was preserved immaculate.
A Multitude Of captivea.
Then the Pastor considered his text,
which fguratively represents Jesus
ascension as the triumph OF d great
Conqueror: Sin and Death had gain
ed a~scendency over Father Adam ana
ms q and had brought them
down to the dust-mentally, morally
q physically. Moreover, this victory
nad been won legally-by one mans
d~isoDedience. But the Logos was
made flesh, proved Himself competent
60 pay the sinners ransom-price, and
paid that price. Having finished His
sacriiciai work, He was again recetv-
ed 70 the spirit plane, and exalted "a
the right hand of God.
the speaker depicted our Lord as re.
turning to the Heavenly state, ac-
clainned Of the Heavenly host Ear
down the centuries, the prophetic eye
saw following Him, first the Church,
~ Royal Priesthood, defiyered from
me owe Of Sin and Death; and next
the millions upon millions Of humani-
81 rescued nom the bondage Of corrup,
Hon.