The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-06

Photo-Drama Of Creation. The other
Conventions have been in session
throughout the week at Asbury Park.
N. j., and Columbus. Ohio. Pastor
Russell. President of the Association,
being in attendance at each. Delegates
to the number Of about 5000 have par
tcipated in the proceedings Of the
Conventions, and the results Of the
e are regarded as being among
the most favorable in the history of
the Association.
The Photo-Drama Of Creation, which
has already been exhibited in over one
hundred cities at home and is now run
ming abroad also, was an interesting
feature Of the evening sessions of the
three Conventions. Creations Drama
depicts Solomon's Temple In its va
rious stages Of preparation, showing
the stone quarries under Jerusalem,
the cedar forests In Lebanon, and de-
tails incident to its erection and dedi-
cation. This wonderful Temple fur
nished the basis for several New Tesla
ment descriptions of the antitypical
Temple OF God-the Church OF Christ,
The Temple, both type and antique.
was Pastor Russells theme today. Ills
text was, THE Temple Of God is holy.
which Temple We are."-1 Cor. SIT.
The Pastor declared that both st.
Paul and st. Peter are our authority
for saying that the Church which Ia
the Body Of Christ is the Temple of
God, and that His Temple Is holy.
God, who condemned the whole world
in Adam, and who has declared that
He will have nc fellowship with sim
ners, has provided a way by which
these sinners a come back into har-
mony with Him. Only through the ar
rangement which He has made, In re-
spect to this great Temple can man
kind come back into harmony with
their Creator. st. Paul points out the
foundation Of this great a~ntitypical
Temple, saying, Other foundation can
no man lay than that is laid, which is
Jesus Christ" st. Peter declares to
the Church, "Ye also, as living stones,
are built up a spiritual House, an holy
Priesthood, to offer up sacrifices, ac-
ceptable to God through Jesus Christ"
Then the speaker showed that Selo-
mons Temple was a type, or figure,
Of this greater Temple which GOD Ia
erecting. Solomon's Temple had sew
eral peculiarities connected with it's
construction. One very special peculi-
arity was that the great stones were
taken out from underneath the site
of the Temple. Another popularity
was that each stone was made to
ft exactly the place in which 1t was
to be located, and then numbered and
marked with signs. which the builders
understood. This method is followed
by modern builders also; and when a
building Is constructed, every part is
put in place quietly and orderiy-nO
confusion whatever. So it was In Solo
mons Temple! The stones were made
ready before they were brought thith-
err, 80 that there was neither hammer
nor x nor any tool of iron heard in
the house while it was being built
The Living Stones Of the Great Temple.
After having described the Temple
OF Solomon as a type, the Pastor pro-
ceeded to discuss the anttype--Ehe
Church OF the living God. The Builder
and Maker is God. he declared. The
quarry is the world in general. The
living stones are taken out Of the
world, separated from the world. but
are chiseled and polished in this anti.
typical quarry, made ready for their
positions, and then taken to their prop
err place. For more than eighteen hun
dred years this work of preparation
has been going on. Jesus was the
Foundation Stone. Before He came
there were no stones prepared; none
could be accepted until He had come
and died, 1.-The Just for the unjust"
Then the process of cutting, chisel-
ing and polishing the living stones of
the Temple was explained. Each con.
secrated Christian has had experiences
OF such a nature as to separate him
from the world. 1t was a difficult
matter to block out character and to
bring each to the place where he would
be separated from his surroundings.
Still more difficult In some respects
have been the chiselings, blow after
blow, experience after experience, trial
after trial, in order that each living
stone might be shaped. lifted and pre-
pared for a place in that glorious TeS,-
pie which is vet to be constructed.
The polishing process has also peen i