Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 26, 1912, Page 3

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1912. THE EEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER - s JESUS IS GOD'S GIFT T0 ALL HUMANITY Salvation s of God's Love, Not of Justice or Necessily. Misunderstanding of What Constitutes the Divins Penalty For Sin Has Mis- ded Us In Respect to Every Feature of God’s Program For Qur Recovery From the Penalty. Rochester, N. Y. Nor. 24 - Pastor Russell of Brook- Iyn is here. We re- port one of his ad- dresses from the text, “Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable Gift.” —II Corinthians ix, 15. The Pastor said 3 & that in order to PASTOR. RUSSELL appreciate the Scriptures on all #ubjects, we must handle the Word of God honestly. We must recognize that our Lord Jesus is one person and the Father another person. The oneness between the Father and the Son is that declared by our Master Himself, say tng that He and the Father are one in the same sense that He desires all of His disciples to be one—in mind, in purpose. in will. in effort. (John xvii, 21. 23,1 Our Lord Jesus is God's un- speakable Gift. The Scriptures declare that the Re- deemer took the nature of men in or- der to redeem sinners; but that in Him there was no sin. Only a sinless oune eould give to GGod a Ransom for Adam, and thus redeem from destruction, not onir Adam. but all his posterity, in- volved in sin :nd death through him. The speaker then showed that God set before our Lord a great joy, tle influence of which led Jesus to endure cheerfully the bitter experiences of His earthix life. This joy is intimated to have been: (1) His pleasure in doing the Father's will; (2) His privilege of “bringing many sons to glory’'—the Church; (3) His pleasure and joy in be- ing by and by the world's Restorer, de- lvering them from the power of Satan, sin and death. *“Wherefore,” St. Paul says, “God hath highly exalted Him.” far above “angels. principalities and powers, and every name that is named.” An Opposite Course From Satan's, Pastor Russell then contrasted the course pursued by Satan with that fol- Jowed by our Lord. Meditating am- bitious de: . Satan found an oppor- tunity in en. He beheld in our first parents a new order of beings, design- ed 1o Lring into e ence a race that would fill the earth. Satan essayed to be ruler or prince over this human cre ation: and by so doing, he not only be- came 2 rebel against God, but brought sip and death into the world. Our Lord Jesus pursued an opposite course. and demons and obedience. St. Paul intimates that although the Logos was much higher than was Lucifer, yet IHe was humble, and “meditated not a usurpation,” as the Greek text declares. (Phil. ii, 6.1 He thought not by robbery to be equal with (;od. On the contrary. our Lord willingly accepted the Divine pro- posal that He should be humbled to the human plane for a time, in order to earry out the Father’s Plan. To the Church, Jesus is God's un- speakuable (:ift. He is indeed a Gift to the whole world., unspeakable in value. but He is more to the Church than to the world. To His footstep followers, He is the “‘Captain of their Balvation.” their Bridegroom, their “Elder Brother.” their great High Priest. Through Him they are priv- flezed 10 be the Royal Priesthood. Through the merit of the sacrifice of €Christ, they are privileged to “present their bodies living racrifices, holy, ac- eceptable unto (GGod.” The Pastor then said that Justice is the foundation of (God's Throne. In the past. endeavors to harmonize Jus- tice with our great Creator’s dealings with humanity have involved us in diffienlty. We were assured by the prominent creeds that God had know- tngiv brought mankind into existence under such conditions that the great majority would spend eternity in tor- ture. We perceived no Justice in any such arrangement. But while desist- ing from criticising the Creator. we could not indorse such a course, nor see it to be in harmony with the Di- vine regulations governing ourselves. If we are to love our enemies, should more be expected of fallen human be- Ings than of our perfect Creator? The Scriptures declare only the con- secrated Church see the ‘lengths, breadths, heights and depths of the Love of God,” which passeth under- standing. This class alone is in any sense prepared to give thanks to God now for His unspeakable Gift. Their thanks go up. not only in words, but also in actions, which “speak louder than words.” These thanks ascend as sweet incense to God. By and by. “All the blind eyes will be opened and all the deaf ears will be unstopped.” Then the whole world of mankind, including those awakened from the sleep of death during Mes- siah’s reign, will be in condition to rec- ognize God’s unspeakable Gift angd ren- der thanks. When wilful evil doers shall have been destroyed, then every erveature in Heaven, on earth and In the sea shail be heard saying, “Praise, glory, honor, dominion and might be unto Him that sitteth on the Throne, and to the Lamb, forever,” through the unspeakable Gift. SCOORP zerorrer SCOOP —IM GONG TO MAKE You DOME STIC SCENC EDITOR -IT wu BE UP T You To RuN ABOUT D-0-M-E-S-T-1-C- THE FAMILY SERVaNT = HOLY stMowe, T™ To WRITE A COLUMN A Day ON THE SCIENE OF FaAMILY SERVANTS ! Honeymoons. An Englishman and his wife have| recently had a honeymoon, the second | since their marriage. They left the! babies at home and went to the place | where they went on the day they were married and stayed as long as they could stand it. They didn't like it at | pll. They didn’'t see how they'd man- | nged on their previous honeymoon— | without the children! In short, the| times had changed and honeymooning | wasn't to their way of thinking any | longer. Honeymoons do read well ‘We hear about people going on them | and we think we’d rather like to go ! rlong. Or go again. But if we did—- | really, I think going again would be | elmost as bad as going along! [/ guess the English couple sized it up | correctly. There’s no “Dackward.% turn backward, oh! time, in tbhy! 1 flight!” No chance of a second hon- | eymoon. TUnless we get a second hys- | band or a second wife. Accepts the Rebuke. | A resident of an English city has | made himself a marked man by in- ! sisting on saying “nought” instead of | “0" when he calls a telephone num: | ber having ciphers in it. The tele | pone operator usually corrects him | when he says “three double naught” | by saying “Three double O.” The/| other night he called up central and! said, “Hello,” and the girl replied: | “Hell-naught.” He accepted meekly | the “quiet rebuke."—Springfield Re- | publican. i Phoenician Relics Found in Spain. Some months ago important arch: | eological discoveries were made at Ca- diz. They consisted of Phoenician | tombs; and fresh excavations have | ylelded satisfactory results. A few days ago further tombs were discov- | | ered, and one contained a fossilized | pkeleton. Golden amulets, rings and | eeals have also been found. Scoop, Don't Try To Kid The City Editor Again THE B0OSS AND WIS \DEAS MAKE MY F00T TIRED IN THE ELBow — T WONDER \F HE WaNTS ME YO DRESS, T0 SUIT THE. Parr? PLEASE MUM-WILLYEZ HAVE. YOUR- COFFEE Chunge In ti.: roscman, P This small boy, three and one-hali; years old, was accustomed to mee{ the postman and get the letters for| the family. He and the postman were friends and the postman always had a | smile and pleasant word for him. H But one morning when the post | ., man came around he neither smiled | at the boy nor said a word to him;! he just handed the letters over the| gate to him and passed on, which was a great surprise to the boy. The fact was that this was another postman, | taking that morning the place of the regular man on this route, but the small boy wasn't quite old enough ta realize it. This new postman wore the same uniform, carried the same bag, was just like the other man in| every way, except as to his face. Bml certainly that was different, as the | pmall boy could see, and so when he | carried in the letters this morning he| announced to the family: “Qur postman has got a new head.” Formerly the Conger Hat Shop Is Olosing Out Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats Discount of 25 per cent Telephone 247 209 4th Street Bemidji, Minn. man, woman or child in The bringing and dresses Munsing Underwear--Musser Hose Sweaters Out door sport requires a good sweater. a good sweater. Our sales people will have a half-holiday Thursday afternoon. Kindly do your shopping tommorrow and Thursday forenoon. ’ SMART ~ WEARING APPAREL being well dressed on Thanksgiving Day. Two Specials in Ladies’ Dresses One lot of Ladies’ Late Fall Dresses, consisting of extra good all wool serge dresses for party wear, only $0.95 each. Girls’ Coats We have not forgotten the girls. has been reduced iu order that the girls, both large and and small can have a new Thanksgiving coat. Every coat in the store We can fit the Price 75¢ to $6. Store Will Close Thursday at Noon FOR THANKSGIVING price has been reducee on all Ladies’ Coats and Suits, the price within the reach of all. No excuse for not made from pure soft taffeta silk, beautifully embroidered in silk. Gowns fit Thanksgiving Table Linen Good quality bleached linen, 50c to $1.50 a yard. Linen sets==-a large sized table cloth and ome dozen napkins to match, $7.00 to $15.00 a set. Fancy Work Materials Ladies who are making their holiday gifts can find mear- ly every article needed here. Beldings Silks, Royal Society Floss and D. M. C. Art Lines, Scrims, Laces, Ribbons, Satins and Silks.