Biography of Pastor Russell

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Biography of Pastor Russell

Pastor Russelly au#m, lecturer and minister ofthe, aospel, was born at Pittsburgh, Pa., February16, 1858; died October 31, 1916. He was &e son ofJoseph L. and FJiza Birney Russell, W of Scotch-Irish lineage. He waa duattted in the mmmon school4and under private btors. Author of "OgmANDM ~ N E ~F O m Lo&s RETURN,""POODOB THINK-ING CHRISTIANS," "TABrnnac~~ HADOWS,"TEEDIVIWEPUN o'P TBE A Q W ~ HBIMES AT HAND,'@Twmcaxrx COME," "BATTLE F ABMAUEDDON%e A'IIORBMEYTT,"'EE EW CREATION,"WITASAY %BE Sm-8 ABOUT HELL," C S ~"OLD TEEOMOY R A ~ , "THE PHOTO-DRAXAFO~~~dmow,"t etera, et &era.P&r R n d wm manied in 1879 to Maria FiancesAcldey. Wo children b l e d this union. Seventeenyeam'later they dimgreed J o u t the m a n w m t of hiaj aad a separation followed.

l'biimd oader the influence of Christian parents, atrm ewly age he became interested in theology, unitedh i m a wit6 the Congregational church, and becamed v e in local mission work. The doctrine of eternaltorment of all mankind sxeept the few elej ecame soabhorrent to him that at the age af seventeen he waaa dqptio. He said : "A God that would use his powerto create hnman beings whom he foreknew a d precles-tinsbed &odd be eternally tormented, codd be neitherwise, jjust nor loving. His standard would be Iawer thanthat of many men.s Ee 8011tinued -to kydieve, however,

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In the existence of God, but was not willing to acceptthe commonly understood teachings aa God's revelationof himself to man. He turned his attention to the in-vestigation of heathen religions, only to find each anda31 of these watisfactory.

HIS TEACHING8Nafnrally of a reverential mind, desiring to worshipand serve the true Cod, Pastor Russell reasoned: "Allthe creeds of Christendom claim to be founded on theBible; and these are conflicting, Is it possible that theBible has been misrepresented? It may not teach theterrible doctrine of eternal torment." Turning againto the Bible he determined to make a careful, systematicstudy of it without reference to creeds of men. As ctresult the remainder of his life was wholly devoted toteaching the Bible, writing and publishing religiousbooks and papers, lecturing and proclaiming the messageof Messiah's kingdom. He was the greatest religiousteacher since St. Paul, and did more than any otherman of modern times to establish the faith of the peoplein the Scriptures.He wm not the founder of a new religion, and nevermade such claim. He revived the great truths taughtby Jesus ahd the apostles, and turned the light of thetwentieth century upon these teachings. He made nodaim of a special revelation from God, but held that itwas God's due time for the Bible to be understood; andthat, being fully consecrated to the Lord and to hisservice,-he was permitted to understand it. Because hedevoted himself to the development of the fruits andgraces of the holy spirit, the promise of the Lord vasfulfilled in him: "For if these things be in you and


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He clearly taught, and proved his teachings by thecitation of Scriptural authority, that man does notpsssess an immorkl sod], that he is a s o d and is mortal;that the wages of %in' is death, not eternd tsrment;that death came upon man as'tbe just penalty for theviolation of God's Law; that death means the destmo-tion of man; that God, in his goodness, has providedthe great ransom-price whereby man may be deliveredfrom the bondage of sin and death; that God's belovedSon, Jesus, became a man, grew to manhood's estate,was put to death as a man and raised again from thedead a spirit-being, possessing the divine nature; thatby his death and resurrection Christ Jesus providedand produced the ransom-price for man's deliveranceahd restordon; that Jesus Christ, by the grace of 'God, tasted de&h for every man; that every man in%d's due t h e must, therefore, have a fair trial farlife, and b hh endl there shall be a resurredion of aUthe dead; that Jesus Christ weended into heaven andmud come thegecond time; that the period of timeaIop~ingetweem the &st a d he second coming of theLord ia devoted ts the election of the members of hebody ef M t , bken from amongat men; that +he re-qnir-enb 3br election to that exalted psition are, fullfaith irm the ehed blod of Jemu as the mm - p r im ,a fall 0onsecl.pl.tien to do the Father's will, and s faith-fu l continuanae in obedience to the Father's will wen'anta death; ht all who thus me aansecraid aad b eten of fhe boly spirit and are o v m m r s &all hare partin the chid reemdim, and be exalted to pwitivns inthe h e a d y kkgdom .of Qod and partfx4pet.e withChriet Jaaa in his IbfiUBnnid njga far the bb~singof dl the f d i m sf the earth; Zutt dnrfa the thou-Wst


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shall be everlastingly destroyed, while those obedientto the righteous rule of Christ shall be fully restoredto human perfection of body, mind and character; thatduring this Millennia1 reign the earth shall be broughtto a state of Edenic Paradise and made fit as a placehabitable for perfect man; that man, fully restored toperfection, will inhabit the beautified earth in all thecages to come.

HIS WORXSeeing that God has such a wonderful plan for theblessing of mankind, Pastor Ruaeell gave all his powerand energy to making known these peat truths to theworld. He never took a vacation; he worked until theday of his death.Like other Christians he was Ieoking for the second

coming of Christ., Wv e e n 1872-6 he discovered thatthe Scriptures clearly teach that the Lord would notreturn in a body of flesh, but would return as a spiritbeing, invisible to hnman eyes, and that his secondpresence was due in the autumn of 1874. This led tothe pubbhing of a booklet entitled, "The Object andMamer of Our Lord's Return," which had a phe-nomenal circulation.Mang. students of the Bible throughout the UnitedStates and Canada responded to the information arrivedfrom that book, and his correspondence became volumin-ous. Realizing the necessity of keeping the truth beforethe minds of those who had begun to investigate, in1879 he began the publication of THEWATCH OWE~ LNDHEMLDOF CRBIST'S PRESENCE,nd was its soleeditor to the time of his death. This journal ia issuedsemi-monthly; t never publishes adve-enh butk devoted exclusively to religious tepics. Among theS+ a b ,


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BiographyNorwegian, Finnish, Fredch, German, Greek, Hun@-rjan, Italian, Lithuania7 Polish, Itoumaniaa, Slovak,Bpanish, Swedish and Ukrainian, reaching a largenumber of subscribers in Ameriea and Europe.Pastor R u d was President of the WATUE TOWEBIBLE ND TRbm SO- from its organization in1884 until his death. E e was dm Prersidat of thePEOPLESULPIT A B ~ T I O N ,rganized in 1909, andthe INTERNATIONALIBLE m ~ m~SOCIATIOW,n-corporated in London, in 1913, both of the latter cor-porations being adjunots to the WATCH OWERIBLEAND T a a a ~OCIETY. Though t h e religious corpora-tions, as well rn by word of mouth, he promulgated thaG@ of messiah'^ kingdom. He was the antlior ofthe following publi~tions,h i e d between the pears1881 and 1914, each having phenomenal circulation,a6s given below :FOOD FOR THINKIKBCHRI~TIANS.~.,,450,000T A B ~ A C L BHADOWS.........".. mmm.m 1.000,OOODIV~WELAN F T E E AGES- -.. 5,532.500!PEE TIB~ES AT HAND........ .,,878.500TRYR I N ~ ~ O J IOnm..........-. , 1,Y92 500BATTLEOF ARMAGEDDOX...-.......--.-.- Y141000THE A T O N ~ ~ E N T----- 663,500THENEWCREATION........--......-..-.. 646,500WSAT SAY HE SORIPTURESBOUT

JB1Kd; . 3,000,000Ee was also the a~jthor f WHAT SAY HE SCRIP

TUFW ABOUT PIRITISM, OLD TREOLOC)YRACTS,teetm et crtera. He was the author of the PHOTD ~ A3 ~ 1CREATION, hich prior to his death had beenexU&kA to more than nine million presons. Hewrok published the S~EXARIOf the PHOTO-DRAM


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ferent languages. At the same time he was pastor ofmore than 1,200 congregations of Bible Students, indifferent pqrts of the world. These he visited andtaught as often as possible.Pastor Russell organized and conducted s LectureBureau which constantly employed seventy Bible lectur-ers, who traveled and derivered lectures on the Scrip-tures. He organized and managed an auxiliary lecturebureau of seven hundred men who gave a portion oftheir time to lecturing on Bible teachings. Each yearhe wrote practically all of the copy for the BIBLSTUDENTSONTHLY,he annual distribution of whichapzounted to approximately fifty million copiea.Eis weekly sermons were handled by a newspapersyndicate. afore than $000 newspapers, with a com-bined circulation of fifteen million readers, a t one timepublished his discourses. All told, more than 4,000newspapers published these sermons.The Cmtment, a publioation whose editor oftenopposed Pasbr Russell, once published the followingsignificant statement concerning him :'cHiswritings are said to have greater newspaper circula-tion eyery week than those of any other living man; a&eater, doubtless, than the combined circulation of the writ-ings of all the priests and preachers in North America;greater even than the work of Arthur Brisbane, NormanHapgoo~3,Ueorge Horace Lorimer, Dr. Frank Crane, Fred-erick Haskins, and a dozen other of the k t nown ed itors

and syndicate writers put together."HARVEST WORKPastor Russell adhered closely to the teachings of theSdptures. He believed and. taught that we are livingin the time of the second presence of our Lord, and that


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the age," during which the Lord has beem conductinghis great harvest work; that, in harmony uith the Lord'sown statement, this harvest work is separating trueChristians, designated as ''whet&" from merely pro-fessing Christims, designated as "tares," and gatheringthe true saints into the kingdom of the h r d . It is hereinteresting to note that Jesus said: 'Who then is afaithful and wise servant, whom his Lord hath madieruler over hia household, togive them meat in due sea-son?. Blessed is that servant, whom his Lord, when he 'cameth, shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, thathe shall make him ruler over all his goods." Thousandsof the readers of Pastor Russell's writin@ believe that ,he filled the office of "that faithful and wise servant,"and that his peat work was giving to the householld offaith. meat in due season. His modesty and humilityprecluded him from openly clabing this title, but headmitted as much in private eonversation. For a more .detailed account of his work, reference is made to %ENATGHOWERf June lst, 1916.I n 1910 Pastor Russell visited Palestine and Russia..,He there delivered to thousands of orthodox Jewslectures on the regathering of the Jews to Pdestine. In1911 he was one of a committee of seven who made' ajourney around the world and especially examined intothe conditions of missionary work in Japan, China,Korea, and India. On the atme occasionhe again visited :the Jews in Palestine and Galatia, explaining t o them ,that the prophecies teach that the Jews at an earlydate will again be established in Palestine. On his re-turn to America he was given a great ovation at theNew York City Hippodrome by thousands of Jew, hisdiscourse on this occasion being published by Hebrewpapers both in America and in Europe. .


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No collection was ever taken at any meeting addressedby him or by any of his associates. He had faith thatthe Lorit would wpply sufficient mmey to carry on hiswork; that the work was the Lord's and not man's.The fact that volnntary contributions were liberallym e p ~nanyersons hroughout the world proved thathi8 condusions were cmect.He devoted his private fortune entirely to the causeto which he gave his life. He received the nominal sumof $11.00 permonth for his persunal expenses. He died,leaving no estate whatsoever.Thus closed the career of a most remarkable man.H e was lovedmost by those who knew h h est.

Pastor Russell's Will and TestamentHaving at various times during past years donated inebe Warn s TOWERIBLENT TRACTOCIETYl l of mypersonal post;essions except a mall personal bankmmant el! apppoximately two hnndred dollm, in thek&ange National Bank of Pithburgh, which d~ p l ye paid o m o my wife if she survive8me, Ihave m d y ove end Ghridian good wiehes to Ieave toall d %hedear msmhers of the Bible House Family,gnd a l l other dear mlaborers in the Barvest work, yea,far tbU ef the boubiehold cyf faith in every place who callqim the name of the T k d Jesus ss their Redeemer.Xewever, ia vim of the f a d that in donating the$mmal, ZION'^ WATCH OWER,he OLD TEBD~QUARTERLY&d the copyrights of th e MILI+ENNTAD a m S c w m STIJDTESl a s and various otherboolnfets, hymn-books, etc., to theW A ~OWERIBL


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Biographyth at after my decease they should be conducted acoord-ing to m wishes. I now hereri th set forth the saidwishes-my will respecting the same--as follow^:

AT( EIlITOEIAL COBIIMITTEM OF W EI direct that the entire editorid charge of ZION'SWATCHOWERhall be in the hawlo of a c0mmitt-mof five brethren , whom I exhort to great ca* andfidelity to the truth. All articles appearing in the col-

umns of ZION'S WATCHTOWERhall have the unquali-fied approval of a t least three of the committee of fivqand I urge that if any matter approved by three beknown or supposed to h ontrary to the views of one orboth of the other members of th e committee, such ar ti-cles shall be held over fo r thought, prayer and discussionfo r three months before being published-that so faras possible th e unity of th e faith and the bonds of peacemay be mai11-4 in the editorial managementof thejo~irnal .The names of the Editorial Committee (with ~ u c hchanges as may from time to time occur) shall all hepublished in each number of the journal. B ut it shaflno t in any manner he indicated by whom the variousarticles appearing in th e journal are w ritten. It w i l l besufficient that the fact he recognized tha t the articlw areapproved by the majority of the cammithe.As the SOCIETYs already pledged to me t ha t it w i l lpublit& no other periodicals, it shall also be requiredth a t the Editorial Committee shall write fo r o r be con-nected with no oth er ' publications in any manner ordegree. My object in these requirements is to d e g u a r dthe committee and the journal from any spirit of am-bition or pride or headship, and that the truth may berecognized an d appreciated for its o m worth. m d tha t


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Oopies of my Sunday discourses published in the dailynewspapers covering a period of several years have beenpreserved and may be used as editorial matter for THBWATUHTOWERr not, as the committee may think best,but my name s h d not be attached nor any indicationwhatever given respecting the authorship.Those named below as members of the Editorial Com-mi* (snxect to their acceptance) are 'supposd by meto be tlioroughly loyal to the doctrines of the Scriptures,especially so to the doctrine of the Ransom-that thereis no acceptance with God and no salvation to eternaIlife except through faith ip Christ and obedience to hisWord and its spirit. If any of the designated ones shallat any time h d hemselves out of harmony with th isprovision they will be violating their cdnsciences andhence committing sin if they continue to remain mem-bers of this Editorial Corqittee, knowing that so to dowould be w t r a r y to the spirit and intention of thiaprovihn. ,The Editorial Committee is self-perpetuating, in tha tehcrtfld one of these members die or resign, it will be th eduty of the remainder to elect his successor, that thejou* mag never have an issue without a M l EditorialCommittee of five. I enjoin upon the committee namedgreat caution in respect to the e b t i o n of others to theirnumber-that purity of life, clemess in the truth, zedfor God, love for the brethren and faithfulness to theReaeemer s h d be prominent characteristics of the oneelected. Tn addition to the five named for the committeeI have named five others from whom I prd er that se-lection should be made for any vacancies in the Edi-torial Committee, before going outside for a generalselection, unless in the interim, between the making of


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mentioned The names of the Editorial Committee @eas follows: WILZLBME. PAGE,WILJIAX E. VANA M B ~ ~ ~ H ,HENRYCUY ROCKWEI~~,E. W. BRENNEISON,F. H. ROBISON.The names of the five whom I , uggest as psssiblyamongst the most suitable from which to fill the vacan-

cies in the Editorial Committee are as follows: A. E.Burgess, Robert Hirsh, Isaac Hoskins, Geo. H. Fisher(Scranton), J. 3'. Rutherford, Dr. John Edgar.The following announcement shall appear in eacliissue of THEWATCHTOWER, followed by the names ofthe Editorial Committee:ZIOX,SW~TCHOWER DITORIALOMMITTEEThis journal is published m d e ~he supemision ofan Editorial Committee, a t least three of who% muethave read and have approved as TRUTH ach and everyarticle appearing in these columns. The names of tbe

Committee now serving are : (names to follow.) .As for compensation, I think it wise to maintain t s eSOCIETY'S ourse of the past in respect to salaxies:that none be paid; that merely reasonable experms beallowed t o these who serve the SOCIETY r its work'in any manner. In harmony with the course of theSOCIETY, suggest that the provision for the EditorialCommittee, or the three that shall be actively engaged,shall consist of not more than a provision for theirfood and shelter and ten dollars per mdnth, with sacha moderate allowance for wife or children or other^dependent upon them for support $4he $ocm~y'e


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r desire that the OLD T m o m U A R ~ Yon-t inue t o appear aa a t present, so f a r as the opportuni-ties for distribution and the laws of the land willpermit, an d th a t its issues shall consist of reprints fromthe old issues of THE WATCHTOWER r extracts frommy discourses, but that no name shall appear in con-nection with the matter n d w tIie same is requiredby law.It is my wish t ha t the ssme d e e apply to tlil eman,

the French, the Italian, the Danish, m d the Swedishor any other fo re im ptrb1icat;ons controlled or supportedby the WATCH OWER IBLE XD TRACTOCIETY.I will that a copy of this paper be mt to each onewhose n a m e has appeared above as of the EditoridCommittee or the list from whom others of that com-

mittee may be chosen to fdl vacancies and also to eachmember of th e Board of Directors 62' the WATCHTOWEBIBLE ND !FRACTOGIETY.T h i s h a l l be done im-mediately on my death being reported, so th a t within aweek, f @ble, the p m n s named as of the EditorialG o m i t t e e may be heard from, their eommnnjcotionsbeing add& to the Pice-President of the WATCHTQWERIRLEAND TRACTOCIETT.whoel~ermav beholding th a t ofice a t th a t time. The answers of thoseappointed shall be to the point. indicating their ac-ceptance or rejection of the provisions and terms speci-6d. A reasonable time shall be allowed for any one~ e n t i o n e d ho may be absent from the cifq or from th e'muntry. Meantime the remainder of the committee ofat leasst three .shaII proceed to act in their capacity a seditors. It .shall he the duty of the 0 6 e e r ~ f th eSOCIETY to provide th e necessary arrangem ents fo r thesemembers of th e Editorial Commitfee and fa a d s t themin their duties in every pomibfe manner, in compliance


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I have already donated to the WATCHOWERIBLEawr, Turn S o a m all my voting shares therein, put-ting the B ~ ~ C P Rn the hands of five twtees, as follows:Sr. E. LouiseHaadton, Sr.A h e t a 114. Nation Robison,Sr. J. G. Hen; Sr. C. T d h r. Alice Cf. James.These nastees&all $.ernefor life. Iu event of deathsor resignations auwemors ahall be elhofiea by the WATCTOWEBOGKETYi redon lrnd Edibrial Committeeandthe remaining trugtees after prayer for divine @ d m a

I now provide for the impeachment and d i m i dfrom the Ed .orid Cornmitt% of any member thereoffound to be waworkhy the psitian by reason of eitherdoctrind or m o d laches, a% follows:At lead three of the h a r d mu& unite in bringingthe i m p b e n t chargee, and the Board of J u d p a ein the matte shell mnsist of the W A T ~ HOWERIBLIAND Tu r n S w d s mdeea and the five t r u hcontroUing my v o w ahares and the Editorial Com-mittee. es~eptinghe m e d . Of these sixteen membersat least thirteen must favor the impeachment and dis-miseal in order to e8& the same.

DIRECTIONS FOR FUNERALI desire to be buried in the plot of ground owned byour Society, in the Rusemont United Cemeteq, and all

the detailsof arrangementsrespecting the funeral serviceI leave in the care of my sister, Dlrs. Bf. M. Land, andher daughters, Alice and Nay, or such of them as maysurvive me, with the assistance and advice and coiipera-tion of the brethren, as they may request the same. In-stead*of an ordinary funeral discourse, I request thstthey arrange to have a number of the brethren, accus-tomed to public speitkikinl?;,make a few remarks each, that;the wrvice be very simple and inexpensive and that it


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MY LWAOY OF LOVETo the dear "Bethely' family collectively and individ-ually I leave my best wishes, in hoping for them of theLord his blessin which maketh rich and addeth no sor-%ow. The same extend in a still broader sweep to allthe family of the Lord in every place, especially to thoserejoicing in the harvest truth. I entreat,you all thatyou continue to progress and to grow in grace, in knowl-edge, and above all in love, the great fruit of the spiritin its various diversified forms. I exhort to meekness,not onlp with the world, but with one another; tapatience with one another and with dl men, to gentlenesswith all, to brotherly kindness, t t n godliness, to purity,I remind you that all these things are necessary for us,nemsary that we may attain the promised kingdom;and that the Apostle has assured us that if we do thesethings we shall never fail, but that "so an entrance shallbe ministered unto us abundantly into the everlastingkingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."It is my wish that this, my -will md testament, bepublished in the issue of TIrLG WATCHTOWERollowingmy death.My hope for myself, as for all the dear Israel of God,is that soon we shall meet to part no more, in the firstresurrection, in the Waster's presence, where there isfulness of jcy forevermore. We shall be satisfied whenwe awake in his likeness-"Changed from glory unto glory."(Signed) CHARLESTAZE USSELLPUBLISHEDND DECLARED IN THE PRESENCE OF THBWITNESSES WHOSE NAMES AIlE AWACHED:

& ~ A EF. LAND,M. ALMETANATION,LAURAM. ~VEITEBOUBE.


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Oration at Evening SewtceH~BLESTAZE U S ~ E L Laa loyal t o Clod, loyal to Christ!Jesus, loyal to th e cause of Messiah's kingdom. He

h a s declared in his Word t h a t loving loyalty t o him fs theprice of greatest riches. Pastor Russell has received h isgreat reward. It is a wonderfa1 thing to receive th eapproval of God, the great and mighty Creator of th euniverse, the all-wise, all-powerful and all-loving One. I nh is Book, the Bible, God has made favorable mention ofcertain men ; nd in every instance t h a t favorable mentionh a s been because of their loving loyalty t o him a u d h iscause of righteousness. When God's record concerning th echurch is fully written, th e people will find t h a t UharlesTaze Russell not only h a s received favorable mention fromGod, b a t h a s been born in Zion-a member of the royalfamily of heaven. (Psalm 87 :6) T he Psalmist h as assuredus t h a t this is especially t rue of those who a r e fai thfulunto death. What a wonderful privilege i t will be fo r th eworld t o have th e real t ruth concerning martyrs to thecause of righteousness 1We who have come into closer contact with Pastor R Wsell, and who knew him a s h e was, a r e privileged by thafjord to h o w these things in advance af the world. Happglis our lot to be t hus favored of God.Lives of great men stand a s monumults in th e earl&Silently they beckon .to those who a r e hurrying 6x1 in t h emad rush of human affairs, and say: "Stop and learnwisdom."T he greatest man t h a t h a s lived since the apse P a u lh a s passed from the earth. W e have come aside this eveningfrom the busy rush of this great city to pay tr ibute to th ememory of Pastor Russell. L et us in calmness and sobrietxseek to know why this man w as great, why w e .say witt3such assurance tha t h e hap the approval of God,

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Glad's laws are fixed and nnchanmble. 'Fo all of hfsintelligent creatum he says: "Obey nay laws, aod receivemy approval and blessing. Take a different course, andyou will fall to &ve my blessing.'* Pastor Bugget1 walkedwith the Lord in harmony with hh law.PAB?LIQBBT?~S~W%*Q.#SgfQH WPI %SPTLINearly sixty-iive w s i:4 a M d was Bgn In bf%?ghenyCounty, PeaneylvaaisL Sis pilragCs ehi&s%d za CharlesTaze BwseU. His p a w & Wsd C.hrd urd amght to obey

him. !Be p-t.l iaairenss was god for Charlee. Theytrained the mall twig; sLnd it grew in the directb of tZ18lm-13.mrlg Be beww a Christian.~ u t f i k ~ ~ g o o d ,~ W S L C O B ~ C ~ ~ ~ O I X SR M;on& weawn, Blil parats had bwm tasght t8e imaa-madecreeds of the e h r c h nezxiial. Yonng %srks was taughtt fmtGsdts- tmdgcred ,yet th%tbgad~~s ldealB-hhermtly imnwW, and had plpvlW a lake at %re asd&&istone h which Be weufel eke~nally smemt all except afew whe $e had prwksttaated &wld be saved. The hen-- eart ef ik lad revolted against sneh a irorrible thing;a& in substpnce be seiii: " I canm be&= that there is a

On61 wlse God 'Rho wmld do s m h a t h i n g to a p m ,rrof&mate Plnlllan being." Fwthw4th he f;ocJ3008 the rejig-&XI of t&e creerls; but while he was invfbstigPthg ethesreligions, his mind was turning to the LBrd in an bquiringJ W L R ~ ~ ~ .han he said: "I will 8tady &e Bible, and seewhether or not it ttaceeS &at C 3 d haa such an arran*ment"True to his inborn ckarwter, he Yeesfly and prayerfullyblenmbd the Scripttlres. Te his a s h i s h m t and joy hem d aat tk Bible i s W's Word & of-; that Godhas a graat piinn of salvatten, prnvidd b7 hhfre Before thefoundation of the wwld, which shall ultlm&ly result inthe b-ng of Bnnaaalrind. W m r n the BWe be learned thatifod created the father of the huanan ram, Adam, the firstman, a perfect being, gave unto Nm a perfect wife, placedhinr in a perfect Borne under perf& oonditiws, and advised


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the law of W nd was sentenced to death; Mat ke wssthen drieen Lrom h is m e e t home bo the nnifnfshed eaPtft:t h a t God pemnltted him ta Eve for S O gears a f te r Be hadbeen m~fmeed o b a a ; t h a t while undergoing this sen-tence, Atlam fer the firat ffm? efEerCEwd his power andauthori ty to beget ePriId~en:kt by th e I n w of heredityaII of hls children were born tn srln a& &capen fn fniqnity,and hence a l l came under the effects sf f3te jW penaltythat Eta6 come upon the father-that "as by one marl sinentered Into the amld , and dea th by sin, so death llaapassed upon a11 men," for rrll a r e sinners; that nltimatelyth e whole Bnma n race would perish from tlre earth (dearttmeaning destruction): tha t man Q a sod; t h t h e doesnot po8.s- m e ; t h a t the sont consists of t k s M y nel thebreath of Itre. the Ufe prfneipb; and that thesebefng m a -rated, t& gout Is deaCf.

ETB BkaBCH EEWARI)EDTben be iearaed t h a t Goti hitd lovinHy p n H W a phrnof &emptEon of ntsln fmui his conditiort of death ; hatGod ss tZte world that be gave hfs sniy WottenSw, hat whosoever would befieae in hini shouM not perish,but have life everIa&ng: that Jesus, havtng a pre-hbrnnnexistence tas e spfrit befng, W&Q made human and grewTComanhood'% estate, i n order that he, by tbe grace of Gld,mfght gfve his own pePfeet nfe whereby the purchnse prt*mould be provided far the redemption of A d ~ m nd aH hFsraee; tWt he dIea upon the eross and provfded fh i prfee;that Bs m a r a i d from tk deab, n o longer a man, Butnow bid-re,arrd that he ascend& &to h e a m , *re to risetke d t f his hmnan sacrftice, amMfng to the vitl ofGod, or the b1ec;slrrg'of mankind.Furthermore, he leaned from the EkrFptmPs tBat theLord 3ww wmM retrrm and estahlfsh rt kfng&m fo r ttteblessing: 04 mankind ; h a t in the ir~terim etween hfe resar-rection and hls aecond coming, sod h as been and is holdlngan election fer hep w p m of se?e&ng mm amangst menfkme who &an be asstxiate@ d t h Cbf& Jesus as members


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blew aU humaskind with tb e grivileges of life, health andhappinekB; tha t the terms of this electibn a re tha t everyonewho desires to run fo r such a prize must believe on the&ora Jesw Christ and consecrate his lffe, his all, to thes e r v i k of the Lord; t ha t those' who would prove faithful,t rue and loyal unto derith would participate in the first o rchief resurrection, and be made kings and priests untob d nd unto Christ and reign with Christ f o r the blessingof mankind.This wonderful story of the love of God thrilled the beartof young Bussell. He readily and joyfully consecrated hisall toT ' theservice of the Lord, and continued faithful int h a t service even unto death.Oharles Taze Russen loved hls fellow men. Seeing thegreat truth$ contained in the Bible, h e said: "1 mustpreach these to my fellow creatures; I must use a l l mypopper to lead the people out of darkness, tha t they maysee the love of God." Vehemently h e declared: '"If theBible does teach t ha t eternal torture is the fa te of allexcept t l ie saints, it ,should be preached-yea, thunderedErom the housetops weekly, daily, hourly; if it aoes not80 teach, the fact should be made known, and the foul&in dishonoring God's holy name removed."Fi'tfi ~ t r o n g hysique, a fertile brain, and a brave heart,wholly devoted to the Lard, h e consecrated and used all ofbis'powet' to teach mab the great message of Messiah's king-aom and the blessings which i t will bring to the world.Early ih his manhood he possessed a fortune of no meansize. He spent i t a l l tha t the minds of men might be en-lightened and their hearts made glad. Early in his battlefo r righteousness he spent, ou t of his own private fortune,forty thousand dollars in this great city of New Pork forthe publieation and eree distribution of a booklet settingforth clearly the t ruth concer?lng the doctrine of the hellpf the Bible, t ha t a i l might learn t ha t Jehovah is a God ofbove.Other Uhristian people, sadly aware of the fact t ha t theywere not taceiving spiritual food in the various churches to


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of the explanation khereof given ,by Charles Taze Rusself.Gladly they began to support him and the righteous workin which h e was engaged. Without solicitation o r fnvita-tion they joyfully brought forth their money and said:"What can we do to have p a rt in this glorious work whichyou have begun?"More than thirty years ago, a con~regtztlonof Christianpeople formed a t Pittsburgh, Pa., selected Charles TazeRussell as their pastor; and he served that congregation '~ n t i n u o u s l y s pastor t o th e end, being able, however, tovisit them only occasionally since th e removal of the WATQB;TOWEBBIBLEND TBACTOCIETY eadquarters t o Brooklynseveral years ago. H e wrote an d publisfied a series ofbooks--STUDI~N THE & ~ ~ T u R E G - - ~ ~ix volumes, whichturned on a flood of light upon God's Word. Millions ofthese have gone into the homes of men throughout th eearth, bringing gIadness to their heart% For more thanthirty years he edited and published a semi-monthly bur-n a l , T H ~WATCHOWEB ND HERALD OF CHRIST'S&EBEIWZ&wholly devoted to the cause of Messiah's kingdom. B e itknown Wt this is the only publication on ear th tha t hasever announced the presence of our Lord. The Lord Jm a 'promised that at his second coming, which should be invis-ible to hum an. eyes, he would have one wise and fai thfulservant whom he would make ruler over all his goods togive meat to th e household of faith in due season. Chris-tians throughout the world who are familiar with the workof Pastor Russell readily recoguize tha t h e has long beentha t vise and faithful servant of the Lord.The work grew to g reat proportions ; an d desiring tha t itmight be conducted in a systematic manner and perpetuatedaf ter his death, Pastor Bussell o r g s n h d the WATCIITOWEBBIBLE ND TJZAOTOCIETY, a corporation the charter ofwhich was written by his own hand and is admitted, bymen who Bnow, to be a most remarkable document. Throughth is ch am el he has promulgated the message of Messiah'skingdom t o a l l the nations of the earth. Branches of thisS o c m r ~ ave been established and a r e maintained in the


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Australia, and in many other parts of the world. Hispublications have been translated into thirty-four differentlanguages, and millions of copies have been eupplied freeto the people b$ means of money joyfully contributed bythose with him who love the Lvrd and his eagse of right-eousness and who are looking with joy to the establish-ment 02 Mesaiah'er kingdom.Pastor Russell traveled an8 preached to the people'throughout the world. He was elected pastor of the con-gregation a t tBis Temple, and ef the Brooklyn Tabercacle,ef the London Tabernad, of the Temple Congregation a tWashington, D. C., the Csagwgatfon a t Pittsburgh, theAuditorium Congmgatlen a t Chicago, the Congregation atSt. Louis, LOs Angelm, and those in many other parts ofthe world. These he visited at regnlar intervals, to en-eourage and comfort and help them. During the past fewyears his sermons have been heard not only from the plat-fom, but have been published in appreximately four thou-rrand papers; and In practically every home of the UnitedStates and Canada Pastor Russell is known. He did agreater work for the cause of Messiah's kingdom than didany other man that ever lived on the earth.

Frra n m G HornsA few weeks ago he started on a M p to the Pacific Coast,preaching every evening, and traveling throughout the re-mainder of the night and of the day. His last sermon hepreached to the congregation a t Los Angeles; and beingtoo weak to stand, he sat throughout the discourse. He left

Lo8 Angeles Snnday evening to return to Brooklyn, andrapiay grew weaker. Seven hours before his death, ad-dressing his traveling companion, Brother Menta Sturgeon,he said: "Make me a Romm toga." Using the bed sheets,Brother Sturfieo~ made a Coga,which Brother Russell puton himself. He &md erect for a moment, and then lyingdown on the couch in his Pullman drawing room, closedhis eyes, thns in symbolic langaage speaking of death. A,great deal of the Bible is written in symbolic language, and


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Roman toga symboliees: Augustus' poet laureate safd : " I tis by the toga that the royal nation is recognized." Theword toga mean a covering garment (white robe). I t wasthe &cia1 robe of higher magistrates, priests and of peesons discharging vows, and was worn on npecial occasion&such as celebratfng a triumph.We are reminded of the last experiences af t h e apostlePaul, who traveled wlth his b@Ievedcomganian Timothy,whom he called Ms son-not a natural son, but, a s St.Paulstated, he had begotten this young man in the spirit. Like-wise Pastor Russell begot Brother Sturgeon in the spirit,i n that he brought Brother Sturgeon to a knowledge of thed iv i~e lan. ShortIy before St. Panl'ca death h e wrote: "Iam now ready to be offered, and the time of my depapture is a t hand. I have fought a good &kt, I have finishedmy course, I have kept the faith: h e ~ d o r t l lhere is laidup for me a crown of i-ighteousness, whfch the Lord, therightems ;fudge, shall give me at that day; a d not to mewig, but nato all them alao that love his appearing." (2Tfmothy 4: S S ) O w dear Brother Russel1 not only lwedthe appearing d he Lord Jm s , but above all men on theearth he declared the presawe of theMaster. Brother Ruasell was a very modest man and never exalted himself. Itwas exceedingly difBeult to get him to speak of himseHe chose, therefore, a symbol whiah we mid aftem8interpret to speak pmcticaIIy the xame thing spoken byapostle Paul. By wearing tlx tag;a B i t h e r Russell insaid: "I have fought the good fight; I h v e triumphed and&all be&ved as n men,ber of thema: m i l y of heaven."What a wonderful example and fnspiration for the othermem ? ~ r sf the body of Christ this side the veil earnmy tO&rive t o receive the approval of the Lord 1This evening we see here lying, silent in death, the bodywbi& he so faithfully used to the last. But he if9 not dead!S t Paul wrote : "Behold, I show you a ~p-y :We shallnot afl sleep, but we shall dl be changed, in a mom- fnthe twinkling of an eye." (1Corintbfaaa 15: % 52) God'sTord points out that the rasurredion of the saints wmld


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Biographyt h a t this resurrectLon is now in progress; tha t our dearBrother and Pastor sleeps not in death, but was instanta-neously changed from the human to the divine nature, :mdi s now forever with the Lord, glorious reward fo r a t rueand faithful servant.I t had been announced tha t he was to speak in thisa'emple tonight. God had directed otherwise! BrotherRussell had prepared a sermon to preach to you, and I amclure you will be glad to hear it. The lips of the body heused on earth a re silent, but his words yet a re spoken. Byh d ' s grace i t is my privilege here to be used, and to speakforth t o you the message which he left. My friends, giveheed,.if you please, while I read this message t o the churchQd tp_we world, Behold, how appropriate the subject:* d'. -.."I; :- PASTOB RUSBELL'SSEBMONIw: MOBNINB OMETH, ND A NIGHTb~dlo''m e ight W as Long-Its Sorrow8 and Tears Were Mmp-4013's Promises ?lone Illuminated It-The Mornings e r e a t Last-A Wonderful Dawning-The h e y to Beill ore Wonderful-Proofs All About Us Considered. ' Brief Night of Trouble Settling Down-Already

un in Europe--After It a Glorious Sunburst.. .,Wa.tchasz,what of the flight? .. .The morning comet&aM a flight aEso."-Im%ab 81: 1,lR.'"The literature of th e world shows t h a t Intelligent menhave refused t o believe tha t the divine purpose in thecreation of our earth has yet been attained. Continuallyw e fi4d references to 'the morning of the new day,' t o the

'&1den Age,' etc., etc. Yet not t o th e longing of men'sheartg, but to the promises of our God, do we look for realinptrnction on this subject. The Bible most emphatimHyi?y!lartxi tha t the entire period of human history thus f a r@s been a night time.' m e prophet David explains: 'Weeping may endure fo r8' bight,, but joy cometh in the ,morning.' (Psalm 30: 5 )


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compensate fo r a l l the dark shadows of the night time past.O ur text is another prophecy along the same line. Themessage of the Lord is, 'The morning; cometh.' St. Paulwrites tha t u p to his time the world had been under areign of sin and death, not under a reign of righteousnessand life. (Romans 5: 21) H e points out also tha t the day-of the Lord will come, and will come gradually, stealthily, 'taking the world u n a w a r e t i L a s a thief in the night.'--1 hessalonians 5: -6."All of the apostles assure us tha t i t is not God's purposeto permit the reign of sin and death to continue farever.They tell us tha t the divine program Is tha t Messiah, inthe Father's appointed time, will t ake t o himself his greatpower and reign King of k h g s and Lord of brdq puttingdpwn sin and every evil thing, uplifting humanity andgranting a divine blessing w h e r e ' f ~ r ix thousand yeamthere has been B divine curse. T he Bible wrlters explaint ha t this does not signify a change in the divine purpose,.but tha t God had planned thIs thing in himself from befdrethe foundation of the world; an8 tha t although he hadpermitted sin to enter and death to reign, he had madefullest provision for the Redeemer to die fo r our sins andeventually to become the Recltorer and Life-giver t o Adamand his r a e t o a s many of them a s will accept everlastingW e on the divine terms."The apostles tell us tha t during the b i g h t time,' sinceJesus' death, God has been doing a special work* select@from mankind a special class, a &intly few, the church qfth e firstborns, whose names are written. in heavetl. Thesea r e not taken from any one nation o r denomination. Thl$ ''little flock,' t o whom i t is the Father's good pleasure togive the kingdom (Luke 12: 32), is composed of a ll thesaintly followers of Jesus, who walk in his steps 'in the 'narrow way during this Gmpel age. Their experienbes a dto qualify them for association with their Redeemer' in hisMessianic kingdom. Thei r trials, their obedience and thei rsufferings fo r righteousness' sake a r e tcr work out fo r thesea far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. SufPlsrIng


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life to come They are to be Bis joint-heirs in lais Btngdom.--Galatians 8: 29 ; 2 TImothy 2 1,12.TEE KXNQWar [NRBIBE HElhBMQ

*Atmngctt the Lord's peaale even, few yet understand" t h a t J ~ s n s istinetlg &aches tha t the Sun of Righteonmess,which wlll arise with BeaLlnP; in Pulp Beams and who& lightwill constitute th e new day, wili be cornpasecl of fhe churchof Christ glorified--changed frem human to divine natureby *&idpation in the lirst resnrredion. Our Lord Jesustells this in the parable uf the Wheat and the Tares. Hedwlares tha t to the end ef this Goepel age a11 of the wheatdass will be gathered into the heavenly gamer, and t h a tIthen shall the rightems shine fort& as the sulv in thekingdom of their Father.' (Matthew 13:43) We must notWnk, however, t b t t h h signifies the church without thelb&smw, but must r e m ~ t m rWt Jems fs 'the head overthe &~reR,'which 161 lria bedg.-E&esrians 1 a,%.%ow wonderful, haw hnt l fn l , how appropriate are the~r t ia rc tnrcs f tBe Bible! No one But the Urd kr~ewofthe great divine pfan. No me but him, therefore, could give

-&&st?m r e s of its &evdop,ment. fn various terms andSgw& of speeeh the Bible attempts to give as a little&Wq&e sf t h e g10rlolls eca&tions of tha t day. The new'day and the kingdom will be 'the $&re of all people.' InW T day the rkhteotrs will imrish, and evil-doem will beant siP from 1 Dnriag taat ~hmsfind-year ay of M e&ab%kingdom, Satan b e be bsand, that he may dw i v ethe rntion% no mere' (Revelatien 20: !4 3) Landlordismwill conte to an end; fsr Bey shall not build and anotherBPhbit; tbey shall not plant and anotber -eat,' the fru i ttlrtwaf, but 'shall long enjoy th e work sf their hands.'-Isaiah & : 2. ."The earth is to yfeld her (Psalm 87 : ) Streamssre ts ceme forth in the desert; the Solitary pIaces a re to'be made glad. The entire earth is to become like the Gardenof Eden. It is W s ootstoel, and he dedares m a t he willf t glorfans. It fa not to be burned up with liteml fire,.zts It k


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WON1)EBlWL FOgEGLEAblS OF LIGHT"The most wonderful thing that the Bible tells us respect-ing that new day is that i t will bring great intelligence andenlightenment to every creature. The 1PgM of the knowledgeof the g luq of Qod shall fin the whole earth as the wqterscover the face of the great deep. .(Isaiah 11:9 ; Habakkuk2: 14) 'An6 they shall teach nQmore every man his neighbor,and every wan his brother, saying, Know the Lord; for they&all all know de, from the least of them unto the greatest,of them, snith the brd.' (Jeremiah 31: 34) Ultimatelyevery lmee shall bow and every tenme shall confess, to thegbry of Bod.-Philippians 2 :1411; Isaiah 45 :28."What an enthusing p m p x t #he Bible h~ l d s ut beforethe church an6 before as many of the world as can exercisea measure of faith to believe! The world indeed sees tosome extent that great blessings are corning; but just what:these are and how they are cone mankind know not:for 'the world by wisdom knows not God.' (1Corinthians 1:21) The worldly wise have rejected the Bible, and do nott m t it as a revelation from Gad. Thus the wise are caughtin their own m a f t k l a (1 tor. 8 :19) Their boasted wisdomensnslres them and Mfnde them to the divine revelation."Nevertheless, some of oar greatest thinkers-Mr. Edisonand othem-are rapidly w i n g that the world 19 just onthe verge of the most wonderful inventions and knowiedge,which will transferm the face of the earth and the peoplethereof. They are moborat ing the BiMe unwittingly; forthey believe It not and know not the character of itsmessages.

THE DAWIWlWG BKSUN IN A. D. 1874"Let w not stop now to discux~he darkness of the nightand its weeping. Let w awake, and take note of the factthat the dawning of the new age is already here. For thepast forty-two years we have been in it and enjoying manyof its blessings. But those blessings came so stealthily, likea thief in the night, tbat few recognize their import. Some


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"BTble chmolbgy'quife clwrly teaches that the six thou-sand years since Adam's creation have ended, six greatdays of a thousand years each, mentioned b ~ -t. Peter--'oneis with the Lord as a thousand years.' (2 Peter 3: 8)NOWhe && seventh day; also a thousand ye& long, hascommenced. We haye beoh enjoying' its dawning. It is tobe a grand day! What wonder b the dawning be rymarkable !"It may surprise some to be told that the past forty-tweyears mean more to the world in increase of education,increase of wealth, increase of all manner of labor-savingInventions and conveniences, increase of safeguards andprotections for human life, than did all the six thousandyea& which preceded them-many times over. The worldhas probably created a thousand times as much wealthduring these forty-two years as during the enti~e i x tB.ou=sand, years preceding Yet these changes have come sogradually that few have noticed them.

FWLFXLMENT OB PEOPHECT EWlBTWEEW,.HIFoCt-y-twoears ago man labred ~PVIBsun t e m~;Wafwf?are .rapidly approachlag an eight-hour dag . [email protected]~early all the labor qi the world war done with8areattof face; tMag it is nearly all amrnpUs3bdBy machin*cry,.. &fiy-bm years ago the sewfx%g-machine waa mtreaching ,perfection; taday it ia emr$wIere inaispenablaSo with the thousand honsehsld cenvenknces. SowikhaU of our sanitary and plnmbing arrangements. So witkf'anming imglementa Reapers and binders, mewem, antetnobiEes, gas engines, etc., etc., all belong to these forty-tw.yam. In our cities the m d m convenienwraare waaaerful.Sg$omon in a11 his glory uevm even dreamed of wuh thing8as the poorest human being fn America m y eajoy l"Prophecies regpecting strgaw in tlte deserts and theW e m e s s blossoming as the rose are having Pnllilmnt,not miraculously, but in harmony with tBe diqine order ofM ncreased: i n t f l i n c g mongst met\. Artesian wells a hbehg drilled, irrigating canals mnstw&ed, not only in the


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&r-ofE Mesopotaluia The results are marvelous. Land preQ.iously not worth fencing is valued at $500 per acre today,Vhe increase of know1edg;e has been supplemented by govern-mental arrangements for the distribution of that knowledgeamongst the people. The soils of various localities are beinganalyzed at public expense; and the tillers of the soil aregiven knowledge as respects w h ~ tind of fertilizers are re-quired to bring satisfact'ory results."Under these conditions it does not surprise us to knowthat as much as 156 bushels of corn have been raised to oneacre, and that 600 bushels of potatoes and over are notan uncommon record. Is not the Bible being fulfllled? Whocan dispute these facts? What do they signify? We answerthat they exactly corroborate the divine declaration whichdescribes our day: Many shall run to and fro; knowledgeshall lie increased; the wise of God's people shall under-stand; and 'there shall be a time of trouble such as never,was since there was a nation.'-Daniel 12: 4,10,1; Ith&thew 24: 1.

ZaCBEBBE OF WOELD-WfDE DISCONTENTcbWeare in the morning of our text. Ah, what a gloriousmorning1 How changed the human conditions from those-

of .our grandfathers How thankful the whole world shouldbe! P~eansof praise should be rising from all the peopleOf the favored lands of civilization; and helping handsShouldbe outstretched to carry the same blessings to heathenlands, But is it so? Are the people happy and rejoicing?Are they appreciative of the new day?--of the gifts ofdivine providence?"No! In proportion as the blessings of Cod have come,the discontent of humanity has increased;and unbelief, notonly in respect to the Bible as. the divine revelation, butIn many instances in respect to the very existence of anintelligent Creator. Notwithstanding the great increase inthe world's wealth, and the fact that there are some noblesouls who are using their share of the wealth in a praiseworthy manner, nevertheless the general operation of the


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@tintInsQftutfona-dorporatioRS-of vur day, fafrs to hindetthem from exploiting the masses in the interests of thecamparatively few."Md Osd b o w all tItese things? What will be do aboutthem? WIH he bring inthMiDennfaI blessings, and riskthat men shall fake for granted that they have won thesecrets of nnatnre by their own wisdom and perseverance,and forget God entirely? Will tB@pbecome more discen-tented? Ieetlld a MSlenniwnd bcontent be adrant%geau.s2.what wiflw a0 about it?TII3 DAEK RIGHT ALREADY SBXTLZIQ

"According to the Bible, God foreknew the conditionscd our day as we are now reviewing them; and in our&%the gives a key to the situation--elsewhere in theWptures made peq pIain. Throu@;hhe prophet, God tellsof tbe dark & a t coming after the morning dawn had beenwell ushered in , a dark storm-cloud just at sunrise. Thisdark hour is described i n the prophecy of Daniel, and atsoin that of our Lad Jesns, to be 'a time of trouble, suchgg mu* was since there wag a nation.'"Bfbfe Btrrdeats fee this great time of bnble alreadybeginaiBg in the letting loose of the winds of sfrife fnMope. In the Iight of the Bible they perceive that theleeds1t Of ahis present war will be the great weakening ofthe nation%of the governments of the earth, and increasedI m o w ~ ~nd discontent amongst the people.' T h e p t phase of the trouble, according to the Bible,i s te be the 'great earthquake, such as was not since menwere npou the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.'CBveIatJon 16: 18) Thb is not a literal earthquake, bat1 pz?bdid me--revdution. Then the third phase of thecalamity-the darkest ef all-will be the symbolfe fire ofstnarchy,which will utterly destroy our present dviltzation.Thai, in the midst of that most awful time of trouble,X&eh, the great e g , will take his great power and miUwerdse it, with the result that the raang w ~ e sf tneof human passion will all be quieted, the aresofanaFCh~


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MESSIAH WILL &&fAICX U EINM NEW*"Cannot we see the wisdem of the great Clreabr'sprogram? He has de tembd to permit mankind to con-

vince themsolvetl of their a m mpotency, s f their needof a sod, and of the fa& that them i a a a d , and that hisglorious pnrgsoea fer hplpaaity are revealed i3 his Word.Ah, i t is no wonder that the Biblemks oP that revdationaf the Lord as the Wiil small voice' 09 Gad, Speralriag tomankind through Messiah's kiegdem! Ne wonder the Leddeclares that 'then he will turn to t;Be pwpbt a wramessage, that they may all a l l upon the name of the Lord,k, serve hiBI with one cwtmt ' 1

"St. Peter give16 as a rirld picture of the new or& ofthings in Yemiah's kin@om. He snjs: T h e day of theLord will wme as a thief ta the night in which the heaverzsshall pass away with a great ndse, and the elements shallmeit with fervent heat; the earth also, and the works thatare therein, ~ 1 1e bnwed up; . . he heareas, being onBre, shall be d'lsedved. .. Nevertheless we, according tahis promise, look for a new heavens and a new earth,wherein dwelleth righteoosnesa9-2 Petw 3: 0,l2,73."The h e w heavens' wi l l be the glorified ehurch, msWing3 Jesus the Head a& his bride class, selected from theworld during the past eighteen centuries. The 'new earth*will be the new social order ander the control of the newheavens. Tbere will be no patching of present institutions,but n clean sweep of them by the fire of divine wrath pmceding the establishment of the new order, w h e w onlythat wb3cb is righteous, just, equitable, true, will berecognized

"We recognfie that .mch glorious things are eoming-&wenthough the world must necessarily reach them throughthe tribulation of the time of trouble. Happy are thosewhose eyes and ears of understanding are open now,4who are in such heart relationship with the Lord that hacan make known to them in advance something of th*riches of his gra?e,and show then how the coming tro&deS


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BiographyPAS*OB Buss='s C H A B A ~In this dark hour upon the nations let the peoples ofthe earth hear this message and heed it as one from the

Lord. For forty years Pastor Russell has set forth in hiswritings that this dark hour would come soon, Be reachedthis conclusion based upon the Word of the Lord: Behold,i t is fully confirmed by the events we see. Let the Christianpeople of the earth, therefore, awake to the importance ofthe hour and heed the message: "DUEXETQDOYzmm IS AT &hXB !""Mse,shine; for t h y light is come, and the gleryof thr, Lord b risen upon the&"-Isaiah 80.1.

Enemies? Yes; he had some-Qd pity them! Jesuu hadenemies who reiattleealy persecuted him. I would not marthis occasion by reference to the enemies of Pastor Russell,but I know that he would be glad for me to speak anythingthat would help te opee the eyes of understan4iBg of thosewho are blinded to God's purposes. Blind prejudice, bas&Upon false accnsations of anemia, has tended to keepsome in the dark.Truly it can be said that Pastor Ruseell's character warand is without blemish. He was the deanat, pureat andbest man I ever knew. His enemies sought to make himef no reputation. B y nsinuation-the most cruel ~f weapons-they sought to destroy his power and influence, and hencehis wars They utterly failed. I feel constrained, under thecircumstances, to read to you a paper signed by PastorRusselLIn the year lflll he was starting on a trip around theworld. At that t ime the flery darts from the enemy werecoming thick an4 fast. He wrote out this instrument, madeoath to it, and placed M in my hands, saying, "YOUmaymake i t as public as your judgment dictates." It reads:"In view of my soon departure for a foreign shore and inview of the increasing virulence and threats of my ejIedeU,and ianaer the assumption that they mag await my a m c 0to make,a fresh attack, by advice of my counsel I mago


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