The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-18

Nevertheless we, according to
His promise, look for new heavens and
new earth, wherein dwelleth right
eousness. II. Peter i'll, 10. IL, 1s.
The new heavens will be the glor1-
Head and His bride class, selected from
the world during the past eighteen CEN
turies. The new earth will be the new
social order under the control of the
ing of present institutions, but clean
sweep of them by the fire of Divine
wrath preceding the establishment OF
the new order, wherein only that which
Is righteous. just, equitable, true, Will
be recognized.
1--WE rejoice that such glorious things
are coming-even though the world
must necessarily reach them through
the tribulation of the time of trouble.
Happy are those whose eyes and ears
of understanding are open now, and
who are in such heart relationship with
the Lord that He can make known to
them in advance something Of the rich
es of His grace, and show them how the
coming troubles will work out bless
ings for the human family"
Pastor RusseIPs Character.
In this dark hour upon the nations
let the peoples of the earth hear this
message and heed 1t as one from the
Lord. For forty years Pastor Russell
has set forth in his writings that this
dark hour would come soon. He reach
Of the Lord Behold, it Is fully CONFIRM
ed by the events we see Let the Chris
tian people of the earth, therefore,
awake to the Importance of the hour
and heed the message-"The hingoom
of Heaven is at hand"
Arise and shine: for thy light IS
come and the glory of the Lord is aris-
en- upon thee."-Isa. TX, l..
Enemies? Yes; he had some-God
pity them! Jesus had enemies who re.
ientlessly prosecuted Him. l would not
mar this occasion by reference to the
enemies Of Pastor Russell, but l know
that he would be glad for me to speak
anything that would help to open the
eyes Of understanding of those who
are blinded to Gods purposes. Bilnd
prejudice based upon false accusations
Of enemies, has tended to keep some IN
the dark.
But prosecutions only stirred him to
greater efforts in the cause of the King
of kings, knowing, as he did, that sucn
prosecutions are evidences that the
night is drawing on when no man can
work. without murmur or complaint
early and late, in winter and in sum-
mer, in heat and in cold, in season and
out of season, amidst storms and IN
sunshine. as a mighty giant r; ne 81 tGught 1uett
ing back Truly, he died hero, and
died in the harness! Precious In the
sight of the Lord is the death OF HIS
saints" Truly at the close or MS earth-
/ ly career. as such a hero, he could say:
"I have fought my way through;
1 have finished the work
Thou didst give me to do
Silently listening we hear the re,
"Well and faithfully done;
Enter into My joy and sit
Down on My throne"
szhA n
OF such faithful ones who die during
the presence of the Lord the Great
Master said, blessed are the dead
! which die in the Lord from henceforth
from their labors; and their works do
follow them."-Rev. xiv, 13.
The Presence of the Lord.
The work that Pastor Russell did was
the Lords work. 1t was Jesus who said
| that at His coming He would gird Him
self and cause His servants to sit down
at meat; and that He would come forth
and serve them.-Luke xii, 81
For forty years the Lord has been
present, feeding those who have been
hungering and thirsting for righteous
ness. For forty years Pastor Russell
that faithful servant of the Lord-nas
set forth clear and unmistakable eyi-
dence of the presence of the Master. he
nailed the banner of Christs presence
: on the title page of The Watch ROVER
and IL snail never COEl6 -uO"h bALAA ~
Kingdom is known in the earth. The
| flood of present truth has been rising
| for more than forty years, and II Is rls-
| ing higher and higher. AS well might
the enemies Of the truth seek WIN .
common broom to sweep back the
waves of the mighty Atlantic as to try
to suppress the food of truth that Is
rising now. In spite of all the opposi.
tion that can be brought to bear, II wlii
continue to rise until, as the prophet
declares, 1.-The knowledge OF the glory
OF the Lord shall hll the whole earth as
the waters fill the deep; until sucn
time as it will not be necessary toI
| any man to teach his neighbor. saying
Know ye the Lord; for all shall Know
Him, from the least unto the greatest
lisa. XII. 8; Jer. XXI. "a:
The thousands of Christian men ano
women in the earth today who nave
fought by the side Of Pastor Russell
| have not been blindly following MIN
They have followed the LORD; they nave
! followed Pastor Russell only as he fol
lowed the Lord. Recognizing him as
the special servant of the Lord, they
have fought by his side as his breth-
rem, looking to Jesus, the Captain OF
their salvation; and haying thus start
ed in the fight, they will fight on until
every one of the Kingdom class has
gained the victory.
Personal Tribute to the Pastor.
/ cannot pass this moment without
paying a personal tribute to Pastor
RuSSell. he was my lIlehuf~ ohu a - ~
| friend indeed. 1t is written, "a true
| friend loves you all the time" loved
him; know he loved me. Long before
/ knew Pastor Russell, he had done
much for me- While I was engaged In
the law practice in the middle west
there came into my office one day a
lady, bearing some books in her arms
She was modest, gentle and kind.
thought she was poor, and that 1t was
nv privilege and duty to help her.
found that she was rich in faith in
God bought the books and after
| wards read them. Up to that time
never heard of Pastor Russell. i die
not even know that he was the author
of the books at the time I read them
| but know that the wonderfully sweet
harmonious explanation of the plan OF
God thrilled my heart and changed the
| course of my life from doubt to JOY.