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foreword his announcement is dedicated to newspaper editors and publishers and we hope it may encourage some of even greater zeal in their efforts in serving their constituency the first article the press and the public while not bearing directly on pastor russell s proposed tour is inserted because it in unique style excellently describes certain prevailing conditions which when properly appreciated by editors make easy the solution of certain vexatious questions of the past approximately fifteen hundred editors are at present publishing weekly pastor russell copy furnished in various countries through press associations news syndicates or lecture bureaus in a special endeavor to serve the interests of the editors receiving their services the american lecture bureau and press association invited pastor russell to make a round-the-w orid tour hoping thus to en able him to give his many millions of readers the benefit of his keen observation and wonderful power of description when applied to the present status and prospects of christianity in heathen lands pastor russell is at present on his regular autumn lecture tour in great britain he is due in new york november 24th after spending a few days at home he will begin the round-the-world tour by leaving for the pacific coast sailing from san francisco for honolulu december 13th small interior points as well as many leading cities are to be visited in oriental and african countries and the pastor russell party is due in london next march in time for pasto r russell to fill his regular british engagements the international bible students association assembled in general annual convention at mountain lake park maryland sept 1-11 1911 appointed general wm p hall u s a robert b maxwell mansfield ohio e w v kuehn toledo prof f h robison ontario t d pyles washington d c dr leslie w jones chicago and pastor russell as a committee to investigate the subject of foreign mission work-as to the present conditions methods employed doctrines taught disbursement of funds etc the first six gentlemen named go as contributors and laymen at the first meeting of the committee held at the waldorf-astoria new york city sept 25th for organization and adoption of plans of procedure pastor russell was maae chairman and prof robison secretary the international bible students association expects this committee upon their return to report without fear or favor all important facts that would properly have a bearing upon their policy respecting future supp ort in person or by purse the special sermons by pastor russell while on this tour will be stirring copy containing much valuable information interestin gly commented on from his an independent standpoint we beg leave to venture the one assertion that this round-the-world tour will be instrumental in bringing from pastor russell s pen the most remarkable and valuable writings of the age on past and present christian endeavor in the foreign missionary field on page fifteen detailed information is given showing how pastor russell s writings reach the press and the people [4944]

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pastor russell s round the-world tour the press and the public ew indeed are those that realize the opportunities and the power of the press in this the twentieth century so great is this power that the generally accepted opinion of a nation upon a subject may be completely reversed within a month this was not so fifty or one hundred years ago under former conditions it would have taken a century to crystalize public opinion on such a matter as the recent dr cook and commodore perry north pole controversy this case was through the press placed on trial before the tribunal of public opinion and consequently was readily settled furnishing an excellent example of how the people of the whole world take knowledge and settle matters in this our day a case of a thousand times greater importance is now up for trial before this same tribunal of public opinion sectarianism has within the very recent past been placed in the balance shall she be found wanting we see denominational prestige and influence being shattered on the right and on the left seemingly thinking people have suddenly awakened to an individual responsibility and are examining the teachings of the past and are inquiring why so many divisions among professed christians so general is this awakening that a reasonable answer to this question must be forthcoming many clergymen realizing the personal advantages of sect preservation and of keeping the masses under some sort of religious influence are now willing even under protest to exclusively advocate simply a brotherhood among men insisting only upon the retention of a few fundamentals such as the fatherhood of god the saviourhood of jesus and the brotherhood of man re-c:eivjng tjie momentous indeed are the consequences and de:first impre-ssions cisive will be the verdict in this issue in the face of the radical sectarian teachings of the past centuries we may well ask what will the verdict be will the people allow venerated doctrines of their fathers to be covered up or abandoned without explanation we think not the first impressions received in childhood are perhaps still with us no matter how unsatisfactory they may be they cannot be forgotten nor wiped out of the mind unless something more reasonable is offered and accepted in their stead to the minds of many religion and politics suggest a similar picture as political party doctrines are seldom praised by adherents of an opposing party or vice versa so it is with clergymen of every community sectarian preach ers in order to retain their pulpits must do a denominational work and therefore cannot extol or even admit the good points of competing denominations not satisfied with this condition the general public by the aid of the press have figuratively raised themselves up above the heads of both stump speaker and sectarian preacher the masses refuse longer to be bound by party in thr ilallkj 1l past · or creed bonds or ties and consequently are freethinkers +xf tjiinkv l l vlluc o lat prf:stji t ppcl,nb :jfn lljrr;s and independents this fact is fully attested by the admitted great falling away from the churches and the enormous independent vote cast in the recent state and national elections of the various countries independents now constitute the big congregation and can be influenced by and will pay sincere respect to only an independent it matters not how able as a writer or speaker one of your local sectarian ministers may be he can hold as a following only those of his own congregation which is at most only a small portion of what should be the constituency of any representative newspaper 0 j.c t~liian .qfl ilitk y iit c:h d to r:a1 1.dwu c auzlimc s [4945]

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pastor russell s round-the-world tour thus is manifested an unprecedented opport unity for the press will it be grasped yes the newspapers at present constitute the only channel through which the solution of this mighty problem can be speedily disseminated among the people the clergymen have waited too long they once had the public ear and confidence they now have neither as to doctrines they now stand repudiated the daily and the weekly press of the present day are the sole source of information for millions of families and these families assuredly will through the press learn a harmonious complete and satisfactory explanation of heretofore incomprehensible doctrinal questions hundreds of editors realizing their responsibilities and possible opportunity sought a solution and found it they after many experiments were forced to acknowledge that their sermon or religious department even though edited by a high class local minister would not secure for their paper the personal influence of christians belonging to congregations served by other ministers nor could they interest the large non-church going element of their community invariably to publish the copy of a local man was to invite criticism from either the clergy or laity of other denominations finally the solution was found hundreds upon hundreds of editors have since demonstrated that the best way to completely fulfil their responsibility to the public and to successfully cater to the active christians of all denominations is to publish copy prepared by an independent who is not endeavoring to build up any particular denomination at the expense of another copy emanating from some outside city copy that will appeal to the heart of not only every christian but also to skeptic jew or gentile copy prepared without malice but with an :lbundance of charity for all copy written by a man who ably shows forth from the scriptures a logical basis for true christian unity amongst christians of all denominations in addition jj u 5eand to the desired general brotherhood of man this sort of .manyotm copy was found in the weekly articles prepared by an re reoched only tnro sh independent pastor russell of london and brooklyn il 1l i 1ao tabernacles sl that you may know something of this man who can satisfactorily serve you in the capacity of editor of your weekly sermon or of your sunday school department we are sending you this little booklet which is dedicated to our friends the editors of the more than fourteen hundred newspapers at present publishing pastor russell copy weekly so notable testimony was never before accorded by editors to any religious writer past or present pastor russell london and brooklyn tabernacles chairman i b s a committee general w m p hall u s a washington d c i b s a committee prof f h robison linguist secretary i b s a committee [4946]

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pastor russell s round-the-world tour a pastor in the making a charles taze second son of joseph l and ann eliza birney russell was born in pittsburgh pa in 1852 and is shown in the accompanying portrait at the age of three years at about this time the russell children began to receive their first impressions on religion some of which have since been shattered notably those relating to the supposed literal lake of fire as a place of eternal torment for the unsaved the strong resemblance between the portraits of pastor russell at sixty and charles t aze at three is unusual and the character lines indicating determination rather suggest the explanation for his subsequent independent evangelistic work up to the age of fifteen he believed as gospel truth all and only such doctrines as his sectarian ministers had taught him to learn to understand doctrines at that period was very difficult as the clergy usually discouraged individual bible research and the asking of questions on doctrines was then considered equivalent to doubting and to doubt was to be damned the dissipation of this superstitious reverence and fear only awaited such time as he should attempt to defend by the scriptures his particular sectarian views and subsequent events justify the thought that providence had decreed that just at this juncture young russell should attempt to reclaim an infidel acquaintance to christianity by skillful questions which were unanswerable by either minister or laymen from their sectarian standpoints and by the maneuvering of many seemingly paradoxical scriptures the infidel completely routed young russell who within a few months became an admitted skeptic here as in nearly every similar case the bible was discarded together with the doctrines of the creed few indeed under such circumstances study the scriptures to see whether they had been properly interpreted and charles t aze russell was no exception as he desired to learn the truth regarding the hereafter the next few years were devoted to the investigation of the claims of the leading oriental religions all of which he found to be unworthy of credence hence we see him arriving at manhood s estate with a mind unsatisfied a mind which despite all efforts to the contrary was still subject to its occasional bad hours on account of its first imnression on the eternal torment theory why he became a bible teacher at twenty-one mr russell was possessed of much knowledge and voluminous data on religion as believed in and practised in all parts of the world apparently these were to become of no value to himself or others because of large business responsibilities that were placed on him at this time days grew into weeks and weeks into months and he found less and less time to devote to theological research and the solace for heart and head so diligently sought for seemed as remote to him as ever the question that here confronted him was shall i try longer to find the truth on religion or shall i smother the hope of finding it and strive for fame and fortune among the financial and commercial captains of the time the latter he was about to do but fortunately he decided first to search the scriptures from a skeptic s standpoint for its own answer on hell-fire and brimstone amazed at the harmonious testimony proving an unexpected but satisfactory answer he undertook systematic bible research and was brought to a complete confidence in the bible as being inspired by an all-wise powerful just and loving creator worthy of adoration and worship thus a sure anchor for a fainting hope was found and an honest truth-seeking heart was made glad [4947]

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pa5tor rv.55eli:5 round-me-wor.ld tour pavorite prrac b:er tj e pecople-5 pastor r.u5.5ell as seen wren 51 eak in ilj5 .5tupy fokmfuy jitnl j warp beeciif r s 1jbiary ing in t1 c lolidon and blooklyon tabf:r.nacle-8 dod il hu8]

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tl the evenino teleoraph philadelphia saturday s eptii:mber 9 lot r international bible students convention a great success from 1.1t to right e.w.v kuehn dr.l w jones cen.wm p hall u.sa pa.lor russell pral f h robi.on robert b maxwell j t d pyleo the i.b.s.a loday appointed a committee 10 investigate foreian miasiolll a mllhon 01 money are annually spenl .n the foreign mission liel the a iahon lor its own information as well a lot the bene6t 01 all conlnbutors d es 10 a~ertain do6~ile knowledge on the following points finl are ihe foreip mission being conducled along christian bu.iness lineo second to whal ulenl are ihe method used lucce lul n reathing the heathen peopl and in bri.cing ihem 10 chnslianity third whal .are ihe leachill9s what the idducemenls 10 accept chrilhanily and how endu ar lhe relulll fou what i the attitude of heathendom il>ward the mlss omneo and loward o.l1iliallll and whal are the proopeell lor foreign ~ilaionl l-omil g 1t l ii in fif whal il any changes could n made ,n leaching oc in 6nantiai ad~idiiitallod 10 make the loreign millionary work more luttets 1 ii the lutu sislb wt.a hope is there for the coaver.lon of lhe world 10 lit g~abon u llillpon ii lhe laymenl mis.ionary movement wnh .11 ih,ny-mahon.dollar seventh -t 0 whal lent do the money donated bede6t the heatlsea idd any improvement alonillhi line be .uggosted [4949]

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the republican.register vol -j xu no lbo galesburg 0 1 monday evenino july 31 1911-ten pages rice two cents os many were here from outsid£ chicaco conlin t how hobo for la est f .idu.1 d.leptioa an able address polio r uon hereafter p nted hopeful view in muterful manner crowd a big one ~1i iiiiii j f,the immensesmall for them r.s f,oved too speaker teot flift oainn to hear the fa maul preacher and lecturer· i~i «011 llo llo k [4961]

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pastor russell s round-the-world tour visits the holy land interprets great pyramid he unfulfilled promises to the jews spoken of hundreds of times by the prophets of old and reaffirmed in the writings of the new testament attracted pastor russell s early attention and consequently the time of the restoration of the jews in palestine as a nation became a question of almost paramount importance to his mind in order to verify or disprove certain claims or supposed facts pastor russell visited the holy land in 1892 verifying much valuable information contained in his third volume of scripture studies wherein he interestingly treats the complex jewish racial problem past present and future this trip was the real beginning of a campaign to attract the attention of the world to the future inheritance of the natural seed of abraham during the past twenty years pastor russell has written much on jewish topics and has addressed many jewish audiences on biblical zionism pointing out the significance of the many unfulfilled promises to them by jehovah the wonderthe great pyramid of gizeh ful stone building the bible stone-witness at the border yet in the center of egypt stands strangely related to the hope of the jew and pastor russell has most in t ere stingly treated the measurements angles shape size weight passag e way s king s chamber queen s chamber etc as positive corroborative evidence of the time prophecies of the prophets of old his findings as explained in the symbolic language of holy writ the great pyramid read like a rebuilt 2170 b c probably language so markable piece of etates seemingly every stone inby melchizedek in its own symbolic the world ithas this the most remarkable building in fiction when in been made to testify by pastor russell in his remarkable interpretation reality it is a plain yet entrancing narrative of jehovah s plan as respects the various ages and his dispensational dealings with the human race terminating with the full restoration of the jewish people in the land of their fathers during the times of restitution of all things prof c piazzi smith f.r.s.e f.r.a.s ex-astronomer royal for scotland in a letter written from clova ripon england dec 21 1890 commenting on pastor russell s interpretation of the pyramid said in part at first i could find only slips of the type-writer but as i progressed through the pages the powers the specialties and the originalities of the author came out magnificently and there were not a few passages i should have been glad to take a copy of for quotation with name in the next possible edition of my own pyramid book but of course i did nothing of that sort and shall wait with perfect patience and in most thankful mood of mind for when the author shall choose his own time for publishing so i merely remark here that he is both good and new in much that he says on the chronology of the various parts of the pyramid especially the first ascending passage and its granite plug on the grand gallery as illustrating the lord s life on the parallelisms between the king s chamber and its granite against the jewish tabernacle and its gold and generally on the confirmations or close agreements between scripture and the great pyramid the late dr john edgar m.a b.so m b c.m f.f.p.s.g of glasgow scotland with his brother morton in 1909 visited gizeh to critically test pastor russell s deductions their verdict after a most elaborate investigation was a thorough endorsement of pastor russell s interpretation of the great pyramid the greatest of the world s wonders [4953]

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pastor russell s round-the-world tour how pastor russell copy is furnished to the press plate service the american press association of 225 w 39th st new york city holds the exclusive right in the united states for the pastor russell three-column sermon service when furnished in stereotype plate form the central press agency of toronto canada holds the right for and furnishes the three-column sermon service in stereotype plate to papers throughout the canadian provinces the national press vhite friars bldg carmelite st london england furnishes weekly as their regular single-column sermon feature in great britain and ireland a fourteen-hundred word report of pastor russell s sermons in stereotype plate either 14 or 15 ems the cassell s co limited london england holds the british right for the stereotype plate service of the brooklyn t abernac1e articles on the international sunday school lessons manuscript copy for the united states and canada manuscript copy in printer s proof form of pastor russell three-colwnn weekly sermon and the one-column report of this threecolumn sennon and the one-column brooklyn tabernacle international sunday school lesson is furnished to papers in the united states and canada by the pastor russell lecture bureau of 4030 metropolitan bldg new york city orders sent them for any of these in stereotype plate are filled by the american press association of new york great britain-manuscript copy of the single-column sermon report is furnished by the london pastor russell lecture bureau thanet house 231 strand london w c manuscript copy of the international sunday school topic is furnished by either the cassell s co lto or the london lecture bureau germany-manuscript or plate service of the one-column sermon report is furnished by the barmen branch of the pastor russell lecture bureau of new york city australia-manuscript and plate services of the one-column sermon report and the sunday school lessons are furnished by the melbourne branch of the london pastor russell lecture bureau flinders buildings flinders st melbourne australia for managing editors the data herein pertaining to the proposed pastor russell round-the world tour was prepared primarily for the fourteen hundred editors now publishing the pastor russell weekly sermons or the brooklyn tabernacle articles on the international sunday school topic we have endeavored to embody only such other matter as is of value or interest to newspaper editors in general either for immediate or future use [4954]

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vol xxxiii brooklyn n y january 15 1912 no.2 views from the watch tower pulpit has lost power the rev lyman abbott of new york spoke sadly of the decadence of the power of the pulpit addressing 3,000 university of visconsin men and women at a convention at madison wis it is said the cloth has lost its power-it has said dr abbott it is said the pulpit has lost its power-it has but a man altruistic in the highest sense and spiritual will never lose his power press report it was certainlv appropriate that dr abbott should make the above statement to college people admitting the facts let us find also their cause it is because of the inconsistency of its teaching that the pulpit has lost its power with the masses the pulpit backs up and endorses the teachings of all the colleges of our day along the lines of higher criticism and evolution the people are coming to understand that this means that the pulpit is in antagonism to the bible if evolution be true man never fell and hence needed no redeemer and no saving from a fallen state but needed merely to be let alone in his evolutionary progress according to higher criticism the bible in general is unreliable moses never wrote the books accredited to him and isaiah jeremiah daniel and others nevc r wrote the books accredited to them-never were inspired of god to write these books and if this be true then jesus and the apostlcs were deceived and could not have been inspired by gori whc n they quoted from these sacred writings of thp past and derlared them to be the vord of god and vouched for their authorship no wonder church attendance is slim wonder doubt and skepticism are prevalent no wonder that faith in the bible is undermined and religion made to look ridiculous and contradictory the unbelief of the people grows and threa tcns to become agnosticism or worse atheism those who have brought about this condition of things during the past thirty years are the college professors and the best educated pulpiteers of christendom and now they stand astonished at the results which they should have foreseen verily they are fulfilling the divine prophecies of isaiah which referring to our day declare the wbdom of their wise men shall perish the understanding of their prudent men shall not be manifest isa 29 14 no wonder the civilized world is in trepidation as it sees the onward march of socialism and however honest and well intentioned many socialists may be the results of their effort will spell anarchy and a time of trouble such as the world has never yet seen-a time of trouble however predicted by daniel the prophet whose prediction was endorsed by jesus himself dan 12:1 matt 24:21 yhat is the remedy no remedy can possibly reach the dis ase the bible rightly understoocl is the balm of gilead whieh alone could have helped but matters have gone so far that comparatively f w have sufficient confidence in the bible to be willing to make a re-examination of it in the light of the divine plan of the ages which alone shows the harmony of the vord of god from genesis to revelation but while we cannot hope to stem the tide of higher critical evolutionary infidelity-while we cannot hope to counteract the influences of more than half of christendom and of three-fourths of all the pulpits of christendom we do hope by the lord s grace to find some of the truth-hungry sheep and to assist them to an appreciation of the heavenly father s message given by jesus the apostles and prophets but lost during the dark ages we can help them to fin

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28-30 the watch tower brooklyn n y must get their second chance after being awakened from the tomb but nobody is to get a third chance vi e believe that the soul was condemned to death the soul that sinneth it shall die we believe that this death would have been eternal everlasting destruction had it not been for god s mercy in and through our lord s redemptive work by reason of his death our souls do not die in this full sense of the word but are scripturally said to fall asleep asleep in jesus the awakening will be in the resurrection morning and the interim will be a period of unconsciousness beautifully symbolized by a restful sleep vii ve believe in the hell of the bible sheo this the only word used for hell for four thousand years is translated more than one-half the time grave in our common version and should always be thus translated hades in the new testament is its equivalent gehenna fire of the new testament is a symbolical picture declared to signify the second death viii ve believe that god is able to destroy both soul and body in gehenna-the second death ve consider it much more sane to believe thus as it is more scriptural than to be lieve that in creating man god did a work which he could not undo much more reasonable also than to believe he prefers to have the incorrigible suffer eternally when their sufferings could do neither themselves nor others any good ix we believe that like the father and the holy angels our lord is a spirit being ve are convinced that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of god we do not believe that our lord has a flesh and blood body a little lower than the angels and has thus been out of harmony with his heavenly environment for nearly two thousand years we believe the apostle s statement now the lord is that spirit this is the jesus who will so come in like manner quietly and unknown to the world as he went away ¥ e do not affirm dogmatically that he came in 1874 but we say that to us it is the evident teaching of the scriptures our lord warned us not to expect him in the flesh that men might say lo here or lo there the harvest work in the universal church nominal the laodicean period of the church well corroborates our expecta tions of what his work will be as outlined in his parables etc the test of endurance [this article was a reprint of that published in issue of june 1894 which please see born king of the jews matthew 2:1-12 february 4 look unto me and be ye saved all ye ends of the eart h j for i am god and there is none else isaiah 45 22 today s study relates to the wise men of the east and their seek the lord and wait for his kingdom alas even the moseeing of a wbnderful star which as astrologers they recognized hammedans and brahmins of the east are waiting for messiah to import a great event-the birth of a great king at the time and the golden age and disposed to seek the evidences-but palestine was a province of the roman empire and its king amongst the most prominent ministers of christendom there herod was not a jew of the house of jacob but a representis apparent unbelief higher criticism evolution and general ative of the house of esau herod sought to perpetuate his dyopposition to messiah and his kingdom let the civil governnasty and hence the announcement of the shepherds that a great ment fight down if it chooses everything associated with the king of the jews had just been born suggested the overthrow of new dispensation these are quite indifferent they have plans the herodian dynasty and the establishment on israel s throne and schemes of their own by which they are hoping to accomof a king in the line of david and solomon plish the work predicted for messiah they are anxious to raise herod s disquietude is easily understood but the fact that money and to convert the world without disturbing the present the people of jerusalem in general should be disturbed by the order of things alas for them how clearly they are mistaken annunciation of a king of their own awakens thought evihow terrible will be their disappointment when their cherished dently they were in a very self-satisfied condition under the plans will all fail in a time of trouble which while it will romans they were experiencing great prosperity herod the greatly disappoint them will prove to be the forerunner of the edomite had built them a temple the grandeur of which out· reign of righteousness for the blessing of all the families of the shone that of solomon the people were feeling so satisfied earth-for the ushering in of the times of restitution with their attainments that they had ceased to specially long was there a mistake for and pray for the coming of the messiah the long-promised nearly nineteen centuries have passed since the events of king of the line of david they were disturbed lest any change this lesson israel instead of being exalted as messiah s kingshould be for the worse-lest it should mean internal strife as dom has been wrecked was it by mistake that jesus was anbetwf en herod and another and lest it should mean strife with nounced king of the jews at his birth or did god change his the roman empire which at the time was treating the jews plan because the jews refused jesus and crucified him quite generously neither suggestion is correct jesus is yet to be the king of a very similar condition of things may be expected in conthe jews and the king of the world the mystery is cleared junction with the second advent of christ the powers that be when we understand that there are two classes of jews two t01lay are styled christ s kingdom christendom but they are classes of israelites-a heavenly and also an earthly class thus really kingdoms of this world any announcement today there are the two seeds of abraham one of which is to be as that me~sjah s kingdom i nigh-that he will soon take unto the stars of heaven and the other as the sands of the seashore himself his great power and reign rev 11:l7 meets with the heavenly the spiritual must be developed first and be assoresentment if in surprise we ask why this indifference respectciated with messiah in glory honor and immortality far above ing the fulfilment of our prayer thy kingdom come the anangels swer is lpt well enough alone do not agitate that subject it may bring in strife and contention because many are prosperit has required all of this gospel age for the selecting of this ing so well under the reign of the prince of this world that spiritual s eed yith it completion a new age will be inauthey could not look upon a change as likely to bring any imgurated then the earthly blessings promised will be fulfilled provement in their condition-indeed somp of them have reason to the natural seed of abraham they shall build houses and to fear that messiah s kingdom would seriously disturb their inhabit them they shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit theref ntrenched privileges and monopolistic control of the wonderful of the knowledge of the glory of the lord shall fill the whole blessings of our day earth to him every knee will bow and every tongue confess for all who refuse shall be destroyed in the second death isa priestly indifference on the subject 65 :21 hab 2 14 rom 14 11 messiah is already recognized although king herod called the priests and teachers of his as lord by all spiritual israelites during the next age he will day to inquire particularly respecting the prophecies of mesbe crowned lord of all by natural israel and all other nationsiah s hirth and although they answered him correctly neverthpless the records show no joy no enthusiasm on the part of alities will enjoy the privilege of becoming proselyte children the rl ligious teachers in respect to the prophetic fulfilment of abraham in the flesh messiah will reign in his mediatorial which they had professed to trust in and to long for thl y were kingdom for the very purpose of bringing these blessings to natural israel and through her to all nations indifferent none of them followed to bethlehl m to find the new the relationship of messiah to spiritual israel the elect horn king of thf jews they had become highf r critics and no church is quite difl erent from what it will be toward the world longer believed the prophecies they had less faith in them than he is our lord and prospective bridegroom we are his behad herod trothed and prospective bride and joint-heirs of his glory and and do we not find an anti type in this day are not the are to be associated in his glorious messianic work if ye be hief priests and religious leaders generally so out of harmony christ s then are ye abraham s seed and heirs according to the with the divine promises and so faithless as respects thf glorious messianic kingdom of which the bible tells that they are promise gal 3 29 it will require the entire thousand years of the reign of ashamf d to identify thf mselves in any degrf e with those who [4956]

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