River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-09

| tlPASIGJk KUSSfLIJI Fart ". OF the
------------- Pastors famous
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
ticipated in the proceedings of the
Conventions, and the results of the
week are regarded Us 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 it's 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 Russel's theme today. His
text was. THE Temple of God is holy,
which Temple We are."-1 Cor. 3:17
The Pastor declared that both St
Paul and st. Peter are our authority
for saying that the Church which is
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 no fellowship with sin
ners, has provided a way by which
these sinners can 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 antitypical
Temple saying. "Other foundation can
no man lay than that is laid, which is
Jesus Christ st. Peter declares to
the Church, I'VE also. as living stones,
are built up a spiritual House, an holy
Priesthood, to offer up sacrifices, &C.
ceptable to God through Jesus Christ"
Then the speaker showed that Solo
mons Temple was a type. or figure,
of this greater Temple which God is
erecting. Solomon's Temple had sew
eral peculiarities connected with its
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
fit exactly the place in whic. 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 orderly-no
confusion whatever So it was in Solo
mons Temple! The stones were made
ready before they were brought thith-
er, so that there was neither hammer
nor axe 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
IT Solomon as type, the Pastor pro-
ceeded to discuss the antitype-the
Church of the living God. The Builder
and Maker is God, he declared. The
1uarry is the world in general. The
living stones are taken out of the
world. separated from the world, but
are chiseied and polished in this anti
Typical quarry. made ready for their
positions, and then taken TO their prop
er place. For more than eighteen hun
1red 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
Ind 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 4 nature us TO separate him
from the world 1t was a difficult
matter to block out character and to
bring each to the place where ne would
be separated from his rroundings-
Still more difficult IN - respects
have been the chiSeIingS. Diaw after
blow, experience after experience, trial
after trial in order that each living
stone might be shaped. fitted and pre-
pared for a place in that glorious Tenn
pie which is yet to be constructed.
The polishing process has also been