Arizona republican., 1921-03-02

w 9uose Rutherford fs 2, warren ! ySorc I cstor Russell. whose ser,,on,, izkn x,,rIa aeeu throughout the civil tho ananioo ne comes to Phoenix under t)<u6~nts' e oI the International Bible nearly 1900 ware c,,.,..,
 areen looking forward to tha tIrna %9. lile everlasting will be offSred e.es H~t rle peoples of the earth said 1Asn1 ,s ,ieIlord, and their expecta- IT. xnh,nope nave been based upon n71~TE = s testimony of the inspired ~r1E ol old-from Moses to John T*% e e testimony of Jesus of Naza- I< tne Son of the Living God. and tne inspired testimony of his k1<S<E Inese testimonials Judge i~9-~- ~ To rvro presented to the big audi l~~~ 1e also quoted many scriptural s<pts 10 prove that the hopes of the { ~S S~s.nn race Tor everlasting life will be
 League of Nations
 -,Sucning upon the league of nations which he roundly condemned. fudge ~Susneriord said: With the cessation tha ,se11itles, statesmen representing
 o reading nations met in conference ano-slving them credit for the desire to establish peace and prosperity-the Iesuit or their deliberations was q cove sant t known as the league of nations. ,, ms IS offered as a remedy for present
 "A formed amongst all the nations of the eartn, based upon the principles of jus ,ice ana righteousness, and in which all tne contracting parties would honestly carry out the purpose expressed would uouptiess result in great good. But 'Wnere selfishness is the chief motive and controls the actions of any or all ana Ideal conditions could not be at tained, God in his wisdom foreknew and foretold the formation of the league of nations, and he likewise fore told that 1t must fail"
 He quotes Isaiah S:9-10, to prove his assertion, saying that the prophet truly wrote, Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord'-Psalm 32:12, and "But a nation that ignores the divine plan or any league of nations formed which , ignores the same need not expect a de- .sirable result. The Lords prophet clearly had in mind the formation of league of nations. Judge Rutherford has just returned from a trip to the Holy Land, and he gave an interesting description of the colonization of Jews in that country. 'The Jews" he said "are not only laying the foundation of a state in Palestine but they are putting in operation great schemes for the i'm provement of the country by means of irrigation, systems of rapid transit, the building of houses, establishment of n. schools, great university at Jerusa- lem and many other things"
 Judge Rutherford's lecture, in part lis as follows:
 The Genesis record shows that man was created perfect. given dominion over the earth with the right to live on the earth everlastingly in happfness; that he sinned, was sentenced to death and thereby forfeited his right to do- minioh, life, liberty and happiness on the earth. By inheritance all of the human family were born sinners: God created man to live on the earth for ever. That is his natural .state;- sick ness and death his unnatural state. Foreknowing mans course, God pro- S~vided for his redemption and restora- ton to that which he had lost. He be- gan to reveal his plan some four thou sand years ago when he made the promise to Abraham. Tn thy seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed" with an opportunity for life everlasting, liberty and happiness on earth. The seed, according to the prom ise, St. Paul states. Is the Messiah Galatians 3:15). To carry out Jeho- vah's plan his beloved Son became a man. died. arose from the dead, ascend ed on high. and presented the merit of hls sacrifice before Jehovah. From |. Pentecost till now God has been gath ering from amongst men those who will constitute the members of the body of Christ These are the fundamental principles of Christianity.
 From the days of the apostles till now all Christians have believed the Bible teaching that at the second com ing of Christ at the end of the world the blessings of life, liberty and hap piness promised will be offered to man kind All Christians have agreed that V the world must come to an end at some ~time, but they have misunderstood the meaning of the scriptures concerning the end of the world. The end of the
 e t,r earth. because the "earth abideth for ever" The term ''world' as used in the scriptures means a certain social order of things existing for a specific period of time. The first world passed away with the flood; the second world . of trouble so stated the Apostle Peter N in 2d Peter g. 1-12.
 GentiIe Lease of Power
 The Gentle lease of power wa granted by Jehovah at the dethrone ment of Zedekiah in the year 606 B. c and he promised that the Gentle do minion should continue for perio of 2520 years. It, therefore, follow that 1t must end with 1914, henc Bible students for years prior to 191 knew that the world would begin t end at that time and that the worl
 war would then begin. The Lord speakinE through the revelator, con m corning conditions at the end of tn world. said: we thank thee, O Lord p~ Cod almighty. which art and vast an Nrt to come, because thou hast take unto three thy great power an reirned; and the nations were angr and thy wrath is come" (Revelation 11.17 ls.) This began to have fulfill ment exactly on time, 1914.
 Jews do not accept Jesus of Naza rsth as the Messiah, but they do recog nire him as a great teacher, whose tes ,,r,onv is worthy of great weight an con.Ideration. Christians recognlz
 I.sns as the savior of the world, an se eTtbem his testimony is concluslv tJ,s Testimony conclusively proves ths th. world began to end in 1914; that | Tho old order there began to PaS & awav He was. asked the questlol sewbat shall be the proof or the en
 tha world?" (Matthew 24:3) AT , M answered: Nation shall fH
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 ,ltsrdon. and there shall be famine nH nestilences and earthquakes GIT
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