The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-11-24
PASTOR RUSSELL.

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ordinary interest for many sea-
sons. Pastor Russell, as he
was -familiary known by both OF
his friends and his enemies, was
an Independent Bible student
writer, lecturer, preacher, well
known the wide world around.
More generally and heartily low
ed and honored and at the same
time more intensely hated and de-
spised, than any man of his gene
ration. Why was he loved and
/. Because of what he
WAS. 2. Because Of his entire
and complete devotion to what he
BELIEVED. 3. Because Of
what he accomplished i'll opening
up the plan Of God for human sal
vation, as no other man has done
since the days Of Paul the Apostle.
l. AS to what he WAS. All
those who knew him at all init
mately, know that he was a man
of the purest thoughts, words and
deeds. In all, his voluminous
writings for forty years, not one
sentence can be found that would
teach impurity Of thought, cruel
and lying words, or unjust, dis
honest, or wicked deeds. His ac-
tions correspond with his words.
While hi accommodations Of hypro-
cricy, injustice, dishonesty, err
ror and sin, were strong and clear,
yet he had strong and constant
sympathy for every one truly de-
sirous Of mending his ways, and
seeking a higher life.
2. As to his complete devotion
of his life to the highest aims.
First of all he devoted a large for
tune of several hundreds Of thou
sands Of dollars to the gratitious
PRONUNCIATION Of what he believed
to be the trnth-entirely turned
aside his exceptional financial a.
bility from all personal aggran-
dizement, and spent his whole life
in working for the truth, and for
the best interests Of his felloW:
lmen. His salary in all these years
|of service was the simple necessi.
ties Of life, the same as the humb-
Hest worker in the publication
house, of whic hhe was President
Jean there be found a stronger
tproof Of his entire devotion to his
principles than this?
3. As to his accomplishments
in opening and unfolding God
great plan for human salvation
1st., Pastor Russell's Scripture
Studies have had a larger circula
| ton than any religious books out
side Of the Bible-parts or al
having been published in owe
, twenty languages with an outpu
lof over nine million copies.
End. Pastor Russell's SER
: MONS have undoubtedly had
more extended publication in tn
newspapers than all the sermon
of all the other preachers eve
published in newspapers. At on
time his sermons had a combine
lcirculation Of about Is millio
Issues weekly, in about two thor
sand newspapers.
= 3rd. Pastor Russell's sermon
in the form Of tracts have bee
published in about thirty lang,
, ages, and scattered by hundre
of million Of copies all over til
- cizilized earth.
. 4th. Pastor Russell s mary
- lous condensation of the Bib
- statements of God s great plan,
connection with the Photo-Dran
"a Of Creation, have been declare
+ by wonderful phonograph recort
20 easily understood by large aud
IN ences and beautifully illustrate
20 by steroptican and moving pi
in lures, to the delight and instru
a ton of many millions.
Of 5th. Pastor Russell has u
e. doubtedly travelled more -exte
sively and has probably persona
RS ly preached to more people tn,
k any other preacher Of the la
a forty years.
K 9th. Pastor Russell has acco1
~ plished all this, with no solicit