* DakianD Erifitrnc 6-A MONDAY EVENING APRIL XS, '1919. -

I %xrrr"rrrrr.lucx+ hD VEIiTISEVJSST. bDVERTISF3fJ2ST. .4.D\TERTIS~31J.~hT. AJJ Y U K L I I J I A ~ L U I I A

RUTHERFORD T AUDITOR1 HAS- ENDED

Pastor Russell's Successor Declares New Age Has Begun and Death Will Soon Cease

J. r. Rutherford, prCsldent I ]llstory. F~~ Ill,.tancfi, . j ~ i ~ o v a h don1 '' Sotnitlistanrl~ng tach nation I . or l n t c r n ~ t l o o a l J ca-d prophet Dan]c] to I cla~nllng tju 1 ) ~ f ~ l l o c e r s o: the

,,:orld, prince o( peace, the four -4scclation, and ~uccczsor of the late Ixn brief the IilLtOrY OI

ALIJ IS T R L ~ GR4YES SH.~TJTJ COME FORTH

\fillions have d ~ e d in the great World war. 3Iany a r e living today .rrliose hearts arc made sad because o i the loss of their loved ones. 3fil- lions heve died from disease a n d ~estilenee. Truly the poet h a . said;

"The earth is old u i t h centuries, But fo r this she h a g s not her head: Closer to her heart the sorrow lies; She holds so * m y dead.'.

B u t hope springs into tbe h e a d of Polshevist movement. which ha3 f o b mark the

collntries of the earth amounted to >ears of m-ar number a p l ~ r o ~ i m a t e l y life, liberty a n d happiness. All man- Iblved jt he declared ro be clearl? be the grat running to and i l ~ s S than 200.000.000. In other nine mlilion vlctlnls. The devas- kind sprang f rom Xdani. x h o \Gas

the old Testam2nt fro in the earth and a n Increase of -r\-ord% r~ractically the tvhole world tatrng pestilence known influ- created perfect, and had a perfect knowledge. For the p a d 50 >ears Tvas involved. either d~rectly o r indl- enza that s f f e ~ t the ear th during home in Eden. . ~ e c a b s e of hls vio-

prophecies.

c a r r ~ s d to crery nutlon on earth. The cfcrm nian used to tell ub chat nll the \\-orld nlust he converted and brought Into the chulch and then the end mould conle Eut that is not what Jesus said. TIC stated that tfia tcstlmony I)e glven as a

'"'l rould Xltness to the world, and then the

I n Yurther rrplp to the disciples' query Jesus said: "As I L was in the days of Koah, so shall it be a t the end of the world.'' Ele then added ~n sub-nee that t h o ~ c o n l e gave

famine and n'ould Starve wsre it not his disciples to pray: "Thy King- 1 lor the food produced in Alll9rica dom come, thy n7!ll be'done on earth, and transported to them. ~ n d e r l a s i t is done in heaven." H e pointed large headlines the Llterary Digest out that the kingdom wlll mark the

pastor xussell, ?poke here last in the rlunicipal au,jl-

rorlum to an audience that packed house to doors. For

Tnwo hours he War recorded tho

attention, as he expounded lhe Eible prophecies which he plained :O now be In course Of ful-

The nr and the fillmen t. one ~%.ho belleves the Lord's w o r a y h e n he hears the Biaster's meet message: "h1arvel not: all that are in their graves shall come forth."

henvens shall be shaken " I n l?cre- iallon, 1113 gises us the key to these symbols: the sun representing the gospel uf Jesus Chrlst: t h e moon picrur~lig the Mosaic law dlspensa- tion. and tile stars tile great C C C I ~ S - ias t~cal teachers. lion. t ronder fu l l~

\Iessiah's k ~ n g d o n ~ means that this IS fulf~lled now! The gospel of

Jesus Christ gave himself a ran- som for all, to be test~fied to all in due time; that durlng the gospel age the church is selected. and thereafter-~e bineflt of Christ's

Vrlnts: "The World Stafvlng . to Death. The grim spectre of fanllne 1s stalking through the ear th and

dread Presence is not felt- -k d m - there 1s hardly a land In which its

time of the beginning of the I~less- ing for mank~nd. Furtherinore Je- sus said- "XIy kingdom is not of this

just now passing away). Thus he world" (not of t h e old norld that is

time of the end total ~ 0 ~ u I a t i o n of all t h e neutral

from the beginnlng of the Gentileihas nltnessed the rlslnz na- dominion until the coniing of Jiea- I tions agalnd each other^ Iiingdom

slah.s KingGom. Daniel said. lagainst klngdon~, Cathol~c a g a ~ n s t

instrument lmL and the p u t four y e a n hare heard but I not.,. l n 'catho~rc. protestant against protpst-

other words. he was m

,TI:ll seten also officers

gerous famine 1s creep]% across shoxs that the time for the blessing Eur01)e." 1 of nimkind is during the ineomlng

That the Past tFelve montlls has or'nen- order of thing& j.Xn-under- lxltncssed a great pestilence in tbelstanding of t h e Divine plan shows earth' none vlil a t tempt to gain- what a wonderful provision God has say. he total e a s u ~ l t l e . of fourl made for the blessing of n l m With

in Jehoiah's hands. God told hinl a t *at time to seal up the words of the ~~~~h~~~ until 4'the time a( the e"d.., md that a

espec~allp, man has witoes~ed thc l r C C t l ~ p i n "Is great war. S1lch a n the past year claimed upwards of lahon of God's law, h e lost the right

marked the bloodiest conflict The vorld has e t e r knomn. Accordlnq to the New y o r ~ Herald, the eanh,s populatfon is 1,691,751,000. The

The purpose of .bringing them

I :event was nelVcr hefore recorded In twelve millions of v i c t h s . and sci- to-eternal life; t h e right to con l~ le te forth is to give them a fair and and leaders 0: the international rn"r'ellous dc''elopment o r rap't' I I I ~ ~ O ~ J ' . T ~ I S ~rorld-conflict conclu- entrsts throughout the parth agree happiness, and the light ro full lib- ilnpaitial trial for Ilfe.

,..Ible A-csociation. transit by stcam. electrir'lty lslvely cbtnblishes the first proor

I that a n even greater pestilence nou: erty. God pronlised Abraham: "In I TIIK OLD TO BEGOJIE P O m G

1 other niot~x-e potvcr. and the wonder- ' Lllen I)Y Jesus b y wh~cil ~e could threatens mankind. The "flu" thy seed shall a l l the l1111illes of the The Prophet Job glves a wonder- Rutherford a d s sentenced last June

t ful increase of E;no%i.lcdgc In variorls j dcternune that we had reached the Ivasnat confined to 'Oun- earth be blessed.'' T h e Apostle sho\vS I i u l picture of the restoration ofman-

111 Brooklyn. xclv Yorl;, to twent! end of the old \rorld, o r the old tries engaged ~n the \x--ar; even Es- that this "seed of promlse" IS The i n the federal penitentiary a t

lints. Or 'vhlCh mark the 1 order. klmaus lribcs and the Christ, the Jlessiah. c0mp0sed of nr lanra , Georpa, lor pub-

merit of tile P ~ O P ~ C ~ Y s ~ o h c n I)> 1 in "lCtrms Jesus the head and the members Of I *JJ<\\'s 7'0 I'.\I,ISSTJSI<. this dread dlseasc.

]]shed "Tne I'lnlshecl 31)sterj ." a I The tilnc canic when the jeWs, His body designated a s Lhe church, 'rrl I.; ~ - I < \ V I V O I ~ 111). ' Gotl's choscrn t j pic:# I 1 ) ~ ~ p l c ,

DISTRESS 01.' S ITTOSS. which means the class that has been Cible conimentar? on the prophecies

Our purpose in thls argulncnt is cast off f~.um i l l s t:lbol.. a Contlnu~ng, Jesits bald tii.rr a t thetealled out f rom the wol.ltl, selected.

or j:elelat~on and Crekiel, certain 1 .. to prove lljf corii~~ctcnt testlrnong ilurLllcr arlb\\cr to the qucstlon :Is to end of the n-orld there would be tried and made f i r durlng the C o s ~ e l

passage? of wlliph were declared that thC olrl Ixorld, the ul(l '"llcn tllc uorld T\ 'OUl t l end, .Tccus o "up011 the ear th distress of nations, .Xgc. To such Jesus said when he

he In confllct r l t h the Espionage act. sJld concern~~ig the ,jelvs: V T ~ ~ ~ ~ with perples~ty, the sea and the was about to depart fronl the edrth' order of thln6c has conic to a n ellti sh,ill he troddell o t the r;en-

xv~ves r o a n n ~ , and men's hearts "1 go to prepare a place for you, and althou;.h 1: mas ~ la ln icd by the de-

and IT pass~ng anay, thdr the l l ~ ~ \ ~ tiles llntll the times failing them for fear." \Vll0 doubts if 1 go, 1 1~111 come again and reCCl\e of the c;cntiles Iense 'Ihat '"' n-rltten In world and new order ot tlilngs 1s Ile fllli~llcd." S ~ V J ~ ~ , tllcn, th,,t

the Lulfillmcnt of this ScrlPturc in You unto myself." These thus Se- accordance 'c.r ILII ~nstructlons left by 1 Gc~ltflc hmes ended In 1914,

t h ~ s \c ry liour? lected the Scriptures designate as the

pastor Russell before h ~ s death and i:.::; ~ : ~ " ~ e ~ ~ ~ t:L:: i d ' l ~ h ~ , ' f ~ ~~~O~a",,s~Fy"o~rS,"~,"r;I;;ked e\qdenLe Comnienting on the awful time royal ( rergn~ng) iamlly Of heaven

through w h ~ c h a r e Passing. ( 1 Pet. ?:!I-10). and that they shall mas In the printer.s hands.beforc ~vronw-llolnf. orlprcsslon and suffcr - about that hnle. to the . lerv~ President 'ti'ilson before Congress reign %t-~th Christ during hls hllllen- emionage law pssed by 'On- l lnp predominated. that the ncv: 1 Both J c r and ~ ~ ~ t i l ~ have l o o ~ e d sald: "These a r e days of great ial period (Revelations 20:4) and the zress. and before this countr3' order .irlll gradually reverse t h ~ s return of the Jclv to P , ~ I ~ s - when a great cloud purpose of 111s klngdom Will be to re- :ere8 the war. I t was also claimed condition find will ultinlntcly cst:ll,- i lo nlarlx the end of the old

hangs over the greater par t of the store all that mas lost in Adam-, Of

\rorld and the conilng of 31css1all's world, I t seems as ~f great. blind that time the npostle Says: "Times In behalf Of lhe that OP- lirli peace universal. happincrs unl- ! ~ j ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . xrthan Straus, material forces havc heell released of refreslting shall come from the position to "The Finished 31>stsr?" xcrsal, and tlie blessings of life ever- old lnan ot hmericsn J ~ ~ ~ ~ , ;L

whlch had for long been llcld in presence of the Lord. and God shall had been mstigated by clergyy losting to all ivho \\ill rcndrtr them- I

There a r e many old a n d decrepit and cripplhd .lnd defornied ones in earth. There a re many crippled fronl the great war. \That hope i s there for then>? hIarli the prophetic words: "He keepcth back the soul fro111 the grave. and his life from p & r ~ s l i ~ n g by the s l~ord . IIe is chastened also wit11 pair1 upon his bed. and thc multitude of llis bones 1 ~ 1 t h strong pain:' (Thus describing the siclc ; L I I ~ afflicted ) -so that 111s llfe abhorretll bread and his soul daintv meat (plcturlng how nothing 1s sa&fying). l r l s flesh c o n s l l m e ~ a ~ v a y that lt cannot be and his bones that xvere Seen stick out (marlcing the s u f f a l n g condition of h u m a n ~ t ~ ) ; yea, his soul clrarueth near unto the gr'xve and his life to tho destroyers. I f tflere be a mes- senger xuith him, an interpreter (one

'PcCcll a t Cooper Union, seIv ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 ~ . leash and restraint." send Jesus Christ, who before who enables hini to understand), one

u h o had antlpaths tov\'ard it 0x1 sclvcs In olyodience to the rlgllteous delir.crcd In 1015 af ter the beglnnlng E ~ e r y w h e r e governmerlt officials preached unto SOU, whom the ha%--

purely religlol~s grounds- Ruther- I : ~ J ~ S of the 11e\\ order. s f the evi- O f tllc ~~-0rld-war. sard: "\Ye a r e a re perplesed, f~nanclers a rc 111 per- ens rliilst retain until tho times of plesrty, business *ell a re In per- the restitution of all things which

ford and hls se\.en assoclaier It'Crc dence docs cstnblisll ullrll as true, 11\ln6 In the age when -rve arc allout p l e l ~ t r : a n d generally mel1.s hearts God has spolten by the mouth OC all 10 1 ealllr~ the two-thousand-). csr-old On hit In 'larch then it ought ro be R. anchor hopc of tile Jewish I are falling then1 for fea r as they his holy prophets since the tvorld

face the sltuatlon. nine months in the -4t1anta r ~ r hope to niank~nd ~n this hour of 1 :In] es~cc ta l l r z i , ~ d tilnt tve .Ilp ,r.lt.. 1)ega.n." (Acts 3:19-21.)

pen~tentlary. The case is non pcnd- stress. Our purpose In prrsentin," 1 "'""'G the SPCCtdclc of the ~vholc I~GVOLti(l'T0S. Restitution . o r restoration means

ing in the circult court of appeals. : IP~I~udlnf i . ;~tid approtlng and Tn the Scriptures. the Lerln earth- to restore that xvhlch tVaS lost dur-

argurncnt 1s t o i ) r l n ~ to illc / s u l , D o r ~ n g o u r .,re,li rurposr tu re- quake is used a s the s ~ ~ l l b o l Ot TCt'O- ing the disobedience of Adam. name- l l l L EXD 01- THC \!-0Rl.D. I ljeirtr or distrcrrcd people. Cst~lllllsh the Jefilsh peopIc on tllclr lutron. Jesus stated that rc\ol1l- IY, the right to Ilfe. Ilbertu, :nld hall-

The speaker in part said- i;l:h-TILJ; TI31Ih. ! ow11 ~ 0 1 1 . " tion n ould follonr the mar a s fur ther ~liness.' .\nd tlic beginning of this I corrobor.itive evidence tha t the restoration and blessing worl; must

For nlncteen ccntur~cs students vC i The Jews- ncrc (:~>tl's ~ h n s e n lrcn- R13\ IS(: 1[01*1;$. rvorld had ended. -111 a r e 1anlill:lr be a t the establrshnient of AIess~nll's D ~ t i n e 11rophccy ha le loohcd for the I lllc fur many ccntnrieq, and ITc dcdlt .J~blls li1i~1led thc Jc\\lhll n,ltiun with tllc fearful revolution t h a t Is Iiingdom. I t io l low~, then, tj1a.t

nifllct~n;: ~ i u s s ~ a . The r~ulllic press mauy w ~ i o a r c In ing a t this tlnle alniost dally annonnccs that thlr will see that Iiingdon~ cst:lblished.

+ dread concltt~on threatens all Euru- Jesus sa~d: "This generailoh (mean- JUDGE ]. F. RUTHERFORD. J pean countr~cs. ing. tllc people now on earth) shall

4 Rcvolutlons a re Of Iff0 Icinds: not pass away until 311 these things

llcetf to So.lll.$, ilrO;ldlll~ltlull S.lcrIIICC n l l l cutcnilrrl to Inen. 61oodl- and b i o ~ d l e ~ . Somc Of be fulfilled." 1 elill o l tllLIL -\h;Lln lie illat nilz]ll llxvc ollC dlld Europeall countries have The reign Of Christ is for tho \'cry con that the) Ila\c viewed ~t said that. the (I,IX' \ \ r ,~~l t l cOn1C on the ~nlpdrtl.il trl,li for lift mitncsscd the former. Tn xOrth purpose of destroying death by re-

rleoplt, ..As ,L t l l l c f tlIgllt..- s tc~l l t l l l ly . q l l l C t I y

JI:SCS IGSOILEI) TOD.\I-. 11akota we have nn example of the s t o r ~ n g manklnd, those who a r e I'ltter; a ietolution chanMng the obedient, to life a n d health and hap-

'This ~ \ a k tausht by all the apos- form or ordcr of t h l n ~ s nrlthout piness. -4s the Apostle puts it: "1Ie lrer 'lo "Id llca a> tho -re.it i fmt r r , and fore- violence. 111 n recent irsue of The shall reign until he has dcsirocd 111 that. DlS fold 1 1 ~ !he tc:irhmgs of ;ill the Lltemry Digest. the Xorth Dakota cnenlies, and the ! y t enemy to be e n d . and thc.v +coffc(l a n d PrOPhet~. 1 dmc say that not 3 per revolut~on 1s treated a t length, re- destroyed fs death. lnoclicd " "In1. - I t prcsertt rent 0C the C'lcrgylncn In the \\orld garding the 'c~.onderful transforma- t ~ m c nf dlstrcss. anrI %-hen pco- gospel. Truly taduy prrdcll this ti011 of tile form of fiover~inlent or O S E l?AIIR FAXCJ:. " I C zrccltiy cO1nforL. l'lcr5) the s l l i i IS c].lrl,,cner~. Recently the

prder of things pre\railing there Three thousand ).ears ago Jehovall " llOL unl? f t ~ i l tn tell Kew Tori< *lllcr~c'ln pllblislled a re- ,ye these f a c b only for foretold the trouble through which except the n!rked. PeoPle of lrrrl ')le port of a great mEet]nc

(',trncgle pllrposc~ of further establishing the earth IS now passlng. Ife said: would groiirjcd n l t h im- of our pcoplr. troublc-th::i xorld 11 1s rr l ( l~d ilall. conll,osed of Xeccsnrlls then. this Period cndcd 1

cnrholic and our colltention thirt the evidence IS "I'iait ye upon I~IC, saitli the Lord, mortal bodies so thr: 11ie1r tor:arr I n the fcL1l Of l1I4. -\. I). T e c h n l ~ a l l ~ pure :Ioclclfnt that ~ i ~ ~ l ~ ~ ~ s :rad the l.ord7s lilngdolll 1s llaild p r o t e ~ t a ~ j t cleyg~ljien and jewisll clelLr, cogent and convincing that u n t ~ l thc day t h a t rise U P to the might be eternal. 3Iany c l c r ~ m c n . speaking. 1~1th refercnco to tlnic, the glo-~nsnn nntrons. Great Brltalll and -hut tllcy t r c ~ t the ~ l l b ~ e c t 1 t ~ t J ' ~ d b b i s . 111 tllat wllole the old or age ]las ended. IVC prey: for my deterniination IS to

bellevinr: that Calvin p r o f o u l l d ] ~ l d world cndcd a t that (late ant1 the United Stat.%. should be the Si l enL c@n'cnll ' t :"ld "Off nilY tho namr of Jesus, the great neck belleve tha t v h c n the q~lestlon is gather the natlons, t h a t I lllay as- O,rl order began lo rapld13- de- 1 f~rs: a n i o l i ~ the gre:lt powers to dares discs.n pai)ll.'lg. Of of tllc ~ o s ~ e l , was not mentioned, proper~y unders~ood everybody r i l l seeible the kingdoms, to pour upon

Eible student, l ia\c folloncd 111s l ~ n e rccoSnlze the Jei\*s' r ~ g h t to a na- COU1-se. arc eyceptlOns hcc,ti~sc l l c could not well be re- he Glad, because i t means a new or- them mine indignation. elpen all Illy 0: thougllt and ha\-c taugkt what Iic ~ c n c r a t c q dislntegratc- tion,\l horncland of thclr o T n . ~ Dur- this rille: b u ~ rhc3- a rc r c r y few. fclred to 9 s the Redeemer qltholltl der \\111 b r ~ n g the lolig-loobed ticrce anger; fo r ail the earth shall taught. R-e no?, submit k nilmher nf Scrip- ~ n g the norld war the control of ~ S l I " ~ S . ~ O IS T.Osl)OS. otfcndllir thc Jrrrlsll rabbis. Hence for i n d lollg-pronl~sed blessings to bc devoured n71th t h e fire of mY

clcranlcn d l f - tu'a1 rc.lsons In roof of the po111t 7':ll~stlllc heen wrestcd from thc \Vllcn ,Tcrus,~lcni ell lllto tllc others llrpfrrrcd to dlsrczard the manliind jes:ousy ( the fiery time of trouble),

fcr in their vicn4. solnc that the oltl n-orld or order has T"r1'. .Ind following sllortly there- hands (,f thr l;:.~t~sll a rm?, this. to- Lo'.(]. UI-. IQnle!, ~n :L apcech. IS The troubles of manklnd a r c not For then wlli I turn t o tho people a I = ~ ~ ~ ~ xv]lo bclieres in / 3 COnlnllSSiOn of: J e ~ s was dis- gether .c\lt]l thp z r e , ~ t 1nflu\ t>t .~CJ\-S quotcrl as s,iylng, "If Rle I\ ho 1 ) ~ - the spirit of s c l f ~ s l l n ~ s s pure language. t h a t they may

if t h e ~ \ o r l d c ~ c r ends ar: all. that llatched froill Creat'Britain to pales-

among a thousand to show unto man his uprightness; tllen he (the I ; o ~ ~ ) is gracious unto ]linl and D ~ - 11,er hfnl fronl going donn jnt& the pit; I found a ransonl. ills flesh shall be frcshes than a child's; hQ shall retur11 to days .of his youtll. H c shall pray unto c o d and he ,,.ill be favorable unto llinl, and llC see (discern) 1x1s face with joy, fo r 11, n 111 render r lnto lllan ],is rfght- c o u s n e s ~ . ~ ( J O ~ :3:1~-!~). ~h~~ the ],old pictures horn the old ,\-ill be restored to the I,rlnle of Inan- llood, and how blessings will bring all nllo arc obedient to the laws to state of perfection.

Tllese Scriptures must haye ful- flllmcnt a t some tinlc l~ is not the correct interpretation, then will the clergymen tell . the people whar tl1,r.y do mean? we reJoice in tllc fact tha t the lcingdonl of tile Lord is at hand. ~l~~ old order is pass-

away forever, md the order is coming in-

PERSECGIL‘IOSS-WTjP? Because wc have taught these

l~cautiful and wonderful t ruths tha t Jesus taught, because w e h a ~ a pornted to the fact that t h e present unrjghteous order 1s passlllg away; because we fiavc shown t h a t Chris- tendom has bee11 and is a failure: because nre slio\v froni thb Scriptures that there is a general resurrection for al l the dead and a hope of resti- tution blessings ncar a t hand for mankind, me have been called in question, misrepresented and ma- ligned before the people, persecuted I)Y those who b e t c n d to be Chris- t~ans . we hatre no ill feeling, how- ever, against Our persecutors, realiz- ing- tha t the Scriptures state, "all in Christ', .Tesus who will live godly shall suffer persec~t l~n ." Jesus safd ContemIinl those a h 0 =ill faithfully announce hls kingdom, "If the world hate .YOU '(meaning par t l cu la r !~ ec- clesiastics who have the worldly spirit because that was the class t h a t hated 111n1), ) e know that i t hated me b e f o r e x hated you." (Jobn ~s:Is.)

We count it a great prh-ilege to be permitted to suffer because of lo)-alt.ltg to righteousness and to be placed i n the category of o t h e r ~ h r i s t i m s who have followed the 3Iaster's footsteps i t is our privilege to announce: "The Iiingdom of Heaven is a t hand": and what that Kingdom means to man- kmd Jesus, in beautiful words, es- prcssed:

THE l<I?,-GnO>[ O F GLORY. '.I sa,\- a new hcavcn and a new

eartll; for the firs: heaven (ecclesi- astical systems. and the first earth order of things) have passed away; a n d there =-as no more sea (restless elements of society). ,\nd T, John. saw tile Holy Clt>-, the s e w Jpru- Salem (:he new order of things) comc don n fro111 God out of heaven. prepared as a bride adorned for her husbnnd;*and I heard a great voice out of heaven. saying, Behold, the tkbernacle of God is wit11 men, and he ~ 1 1 1 dwell with them, and they shall be hls people, and God him- self shall be with them, and be their GO^. .\]id God shall m-ipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death. neither sarrow nor crying. neitlicr shall there be any more pain: for tlic former things a re passed away." (Revelations :1:1-4).-i\drert1senlcnt.

EVERY Bible Lectures ,,,,, 2 p. m. at Golden Gate

Commandery Hall. Suttcr S:.. near Steiner. Sin Francisco

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cJnsIder It. T - , ~ ma3nrlty Insst rhnt t h e present order will continue for. ""r- The most of Christian ~ e o ~ l e , Ilowever, hat c l~een ra~:,-ht i1i.i: when the world ends, the earth \\-lr l

be destroyed.

E:lRTIr -3BlD32b I-OIU.;\-UPL. The nlethod Of

to l ' n l ~ s t l ~ l ~ . c;i~r\c,] :I fet\* clcrgsmun event is so man, !cars dlstnnt ln t!le slble* l i11C to orgatilze a Jcwlsh st;itc. to jncer In ~ , ~ ~ , j ~ ~ and Issup fu ture t h . ~ ir IS not worth while 10 that Jesus is the Son of b o d and t l l ~ t 1 zionisll1 for lollg h:is had in n i ~ n d frato. r\li~cli %.is jl~lhlisl~cd (hrougli.

'he spolic n l t h au thor l t~ . t1111st bc the re-~srabl i~l lmcnt O f Jcrvs In PA- coo\inmd f rom this te$~~nionj :hat / cktinc. The Zion Comnlonweal~l~ in-

h c o r ~ o r a t e d is tlin name of a C O I - has a'1d that POrate body ~vhlch has been org:.;111- I nQr one is bc~lnning. Of C O U r S C l/.Cd and ~ ~ i c i ~ r p o r a t c d for the rc ry

h l ~ h c r critics and teachers of cvolu-I PllrPosC of cst.~bI~sllixi~ a JCT\ISII tion conecrnlng. m;m will not j"t.3tc In Zion-Jrrusalcm. m-e quote

I preamble of the %Ion Common- lie' '. But \'.' s'lbnlit tllr:

testimony wealth Incorporated. O t as O f

Ileve in o Cod tn~xrh . thcrc is no is yet prevailing, and i t will reqU1i-e call upon the name of thc Lord,.to ~.efcrcncc to Jesus) cunllot forqet Inucll Illorc trouble upon mankind serve llini with one consent" (Zcphz- ollr dlfiCrmCn5 and our d i f f ~ c ~ l t i e s

out the wfirld, to the effect that the return of thr..lcrs p.,lestlne inel- rates tilt. llcILr ~\:,~l>ll~hlllellt of tile I,pr(]'s I,lngdonl :int! r!lp of the 3 orld.

CntCrpriSlng TCPortCr Of cllicnCo I*eralcI a I,unlbcr of c]er,3mcll on llle rilles- tlon, nlmosk all of \,born a t

Of this kind Is lrom t h e h ~ n o n y of otllcrs. PIVC days beiorr Bible itself; and the Scr~ptures plain- j llis jcsus. tvhlch clergymen generally

repudiate, because they say q c a r e

in order to h ~ ~ r n b l e thc Proud and

"Or i l~ra t~c l I I P ~ c or~a111zed 'ind es- I , ~ ~ ~ , ~ ~ ~ cnnllns labllshed this conlpany for the pur- I solation 111 these last words of IS trlcd: they shall call on m>- name. >laster. because it mCa1Is. t l lcland I will hoar them: I r i l l say. It

In the face of tile ~vorld h,ctrcd, what hopc rlin tilere be! - * - * The tune IS commg for Protestant, Catholic. Jcn- and GentiIc to co. operate to the end that every ellild may have a t I~',ibt an intlnxat~on of IS moral And rcl~gious ~nher i t - ante."

T ~ C sacrifice of animals under

nwh 2:s-3).

wltncses. I "\T.c, tile members and sharehold-. ti,, thollr;bi. ll.nly of tllenl said, Jenlsll dlspcnsation for?- s l ladoi~ed the grnl i of and lli. is rorrohorated the tcsii-

crucifixion his dlsclplrs ~ p - , Christ til:l,, (,tllpr ,,-ars all(l rr\olo- or aiding in 13- teach: tlons llarc 111 orller words, M1tll the 'hatiproarhed hlnl privarely md JFWS in IWrstlne

pu t them into a proper SLltc of l,ltld to recelre the great Kin.. the ~ r ~ ~ ~ i , z h . 1 t w a s Jesus t%ho stated.

fu r ther proof of the end Of the old ordcl-. illat the n-orld ~ ~ o u l d ile aftlicted by greater troubles. H e said: "For then there shall be great trlbulation, such a s was not since the beglnnlnz of the tR

e l r of the Elon Connnonnvealth In- . . I ihe I1rercllt ,var ,lo more

~llnlsclt to be iL Ircro, and llrcrc a re more herocs than saints in the ammy by lens tvs~y.~ Xonlin:ll christlan- dom, Catholic and Protestant, not

f:t11 to tell the people tha t t h e

plainly s a l ~ , a s ~ l l c ]l.lr\crt is tllc e n d / ~ ~ 0 " ~ ' ~ callctl IIPon to endure of the n,orlti:, iyc Tiow :L clc2rr SUCh P ~ r ~ ~ ~ ~ t i o l l , JCSIIS said: "..\lid ~ , l l f l l l m c n t of tjlis, jn tilaf trllc "hen t h ~ s c . t l l l n ~ ~ hbcill to ~ O I : ~ C slllpfrS O f the ~ , ~ ~ ~ l F . 2 ~ ~ l C P tllCI1l. to l):lSSp tllen look llP. lift 11:) Yo:Ir srlvrs togcther; dfsrcgarrlinq forlllcr I"nd". far ?'ollr dcllver:'qce ( l r a \ 5 - . 0 ~ 1 ~

11-hy turn a pure message to the people unless they a r e to profit .?y i t? .\gain, the Lord, through his prophet. declared: "And it shall come to pass t h a t in 'all the land: a l t h the Lord, tu-o parts therein shall be cut off and die: 'but the t h ~ r d shall be left therein. And I will firing t h e thrrd par t through the

tllis time: no, nor ever shall be- ( \ l a t ~ . ?!:?I.) We find much Con-

is my people; and they shall say, T11e Lord is m y God." (Zechariah 19:s-9.) .

SO one could accept the blessings of life and oiher.blessings incident thereto without a n opportunits, and

..tllltlgs contilnle as they lronl the

\ , , \vllu is rlerLTnlcll t ~ l I 1 h rco:::-+ mrny as;;. .Ind the AJJOS~IC I'ctcr .InSlwrs: .'That v r rn.1,- l ~ c ~iitndful of tile

Israeiltt*orcls ;\111(.]; ;\-ere spoI..cn before 1)s tllc lloly nn(i of tile colll-

and for securing meated the tinis qt:estlon: .'Tell us. 7% hat sh.111 I for our members aild their descend- I the earth and made It: be t h r Proof of ilie elid of the rights. IllfCrCSts and pr i r i l e~cs

he h a t h esablishcd it. he cieatcd it ,uorld7,, .x?,Iattben, 21.3.) land occupied by the Zion conl,

creatures of evolution and no present disturbed conditlans need of me biood of J ~ ~ ~ ~ . rnanland have pnssed alvaY- there

ecclesiastical stars, tllCir shall never be another Iilic in fcsrlon above a]l ,but the tinle.

' Tllcsc Script~lr*s l l a ~ c ncLber fur0 been applimblc. They must apply a t some time. They collld not apply untll the Lord had offcrctl rcstitutioll .blessinl;s to nlanhind.

]<sodus of the ~ c w s fronl the land of Phnroah."

~ c s l l s gave the rctllm of tile jetvs to Palestine ar; one of t!le lnost eon. ciusivc proofs or the cndlng of [he

Order of thing5 and brin,-!~ia i n the new.

TJIIC TIME OlJ ' r f j r : I.;s~,

Tllc Divlno mine. rorcknonin,- the

fire, and will refine them as sliver is refined. and r i l l t n them an gold

not in -izin, lle'formed it to be in- Ilabited;" "The earth a5ideth for- c"er." (Isaiah 4':1S' Eccl' There is a wide dxstlnction between

src&t fallen iron? CSaltCd pos~tlon of teaching Cllrist

They cmnot be offered Until Ills klngdoni is cstzllllshed. "l'lrc don1 of 1icave:l is a t Ilnn(1." TIlc

tllen, is almost 'I'hcn it folloKb rr '- apokc that \\.llcn tllat offer tliar the man n.110 hears. bclkvcu and 0bcS~. shall live a n d *llnll Ilot dir. Olhcrwlbe thCcC Scrll~tllrca nrc made \old.

iLDprcciatc ,,zns,,.crs, FI*:. Ire said: .

"Then Sald Jcsus unto .them:. Sa- tion shall arise agiiinst hzLtion, rind

m1: .\\ 0 1 t m \I .lR. I nlonx~ealth Incorporated. to tile end tllat Jltsticc in Ilarrllony tvitll

IVe have obscrvcd that the Genti le O f Of times 'Ilded in'1914. In r r f e r r l n ~ ioITras the of the Jew- that ttme. Jesus salt]: u ~ h e natlans! lsh c~lnnlonwenlth in Zlon:'

CI~RTS~--\\.~~ O F ~ R S SO ILOPE. ,

Jesus and llim crucified and haxc taken their part In ' the commbn politics of the norld, as j,,sUs srld l t motlld be at the end.

The best man on earth, the one n+hw holds the highest position be- fore God, is tile honest ~ m l ~ h ~ ~ of the gospei. On tllc contrary. the man v i io poses a s a teacher of the

lnto error and turns them away Divine Lord and then leads pcoplc

from the Bible is a grcar menace to soc~ety.

Jesus stated as a further c ~ i d e n c e of t h e end of the world that the truly consccrilted Cllristians who were humble and faithful in fol- lon-lng IIlln t v o ~ l d he pcnccuted because of their faithful devot~on

TIim and His cause. (Luke 1 - Tllf 11ubIic is well :l\vXrC 01 the nation-\\idc ~lcrsecu- t l m of certain 1'llristian.s dur1n.s the I)clat L W C ~ V ~ .loll:ll~. ]'or the en- C '01 t r~6~~l le I l t of Christians who

crcctl fences, :lntl atrld!, rho B ~ h l c (tul'c 'l:'S). 1 ollj order llxs ended and that Sles-

the words "world" and "earth." The JehOvah'sprOphct~ referring n13ndniont of us the npostlcs of the this 1,;rtt and S<~t .~or : kno\xing this flrst. r o i d ..wOr]d,** as ; - e n ~ l l y u p d jn

were and is come... I tinlc and event, said: t h , ~ t tlicrc <hall comc In tho last E\uctly On n;mlcl'-' I n (he ' b e mid* the Idorci liveih. "lie (lays l .~of(plb, .ilil;l~lg :lttpr their 'he Seriptum=' ]la' refcreoCc

rearOil Of 1911' 'lie chlidrcn Of lsrae1 own drslrer. and sqy:cg, \Vllcre is the material globe. but means the a r 'laad Of and 'I1 the proof o f hls presence (nnd ill5 O f Or 'he Order Of Xheq th,: qclcstlon pro- l.l"nd3 Whlthcr he had driven tllcl~l:

:hlnm ~ r e ~ a l l l n g during a slated lpound td t o ihster his dls- aJld I H.ill I,ring again unto fatliers fell as!cep all thlnfis Con- rnd of the tvurlti ' ) for s~lice the

1)criod of tlme. S t Peter c'escr~bes land gave f'lthers." tlnllc AS t l i(~y \\-ere lronl the bcg111- clples, hc ans~vercd I:, bat 111s an- (J~,, 16:lj.) first4ii0r1d. rhlch

s ~ e r could not be f u l l y understood rn Ymell, 1119, issue of the 11.1" 00' u c . ~ t ~ o n . l'or of 1111s they the -'loads a n d R h l C h *" until the events ~vould transpire, for 3lnccabacnn a P ~ e a r s tlre following n ~lllngly nrc i ~ n o r n n r "

destroycd by t r o reasons: T?lr,pt, lIC spol,e in UCwS ifeln: "xe\vS Itas flftered Into OTI11Cti SIGSS. Paris b,fcwlsh nli~ratloll aaitl at lime Of fiood' ProPhetrc 1m~lll:e and h e n o it 1 across llundwds Of miles of holtlle trua iho t.rlse Cllrlstlrn shollld and the Apostle sts:es tha t ~t IS to

could not be fully understood u n ~ l ~ c o u n t r ~ ~ tovard palestinC -k del.elol, in tllc c~lllrCllcs by lhe fulfilled, and seconci, no one could I and p-half J ~ ~ - ~ , it reported. arc ihe rlo.inS tjrys tills' tha t i t \clll be des t ro~ed b?' fire. 111 a ,l,ldcrjtandlnp of it mO\.lng toward tlle p r o n l ~ c d tllc trtle I,.ouln bl, qatllered

k:ibllcal 111-c is a s?nlbal until reeelred s p l r l t - ~ Great cnravans or men. \vomm and

or destructioli. 1: does not necck- ual discernment,

cllildrcn, carrling their bclonglnZs, But now, in rhe arc trekl;lng tol\+ar(l tllc sc:l. ~l~~ "'rily 'ltera1 lire. but

llbllC 01 hiYory, any reverential rill- mjgmiion, i t 1s s :~ l t ] , 15 con. 'Irn5 Of trOUbIe* desLrO).in- tile old l d c n t of tllc b r d a S ,yoid can d u c ~ d in a nlmner slmllar to tile

"1'1 world ant] tllC Conlin~ In 0: tllc cnd from tht? beginning. foretold the

nIany discontentetl peoples o f - h e must have kllowlcdze before this eartll unite themselves with rarioilsJ OPPOrtunltY Can conic to him. The radical orgalli/..tlonr becdusc ~ h e y ~ ~ ~ o s t l e sllYS: "There is One God. believe tha t by so doing they can 1 and one mediator. between God and

together anto tile i.ord :inti ilir 0th- ers x,,ould be bountl in Chllrc!l fe(i- cration, Ivitllout rcx:,rd to trutll. , lc deSignatctl ~ l l l s ,,nrli I l l {llc clo:r o f l tllG .,vorltl ..llarvC5t,*. mt] t]lnl 1

klngdoni against l.lngdot;1, and there

brinx a better order of things Dortbtless the Bolshevists belie\e that they can accomplish the desire of f o r (he cstabllshn~ent O f righteous guvernmant. but the

will fail. Scrlptures show that their CffOrts

The church systems. Weeds- and theories offer no consolatron for the 111s of mankind. indeed the Scrip- tures show tha t they tvould not. Wil- liam T. Ellis, "The Religious Rani-

;)rinclpal cvcnts that h a t e happencci, Ishall be faniincs and pcstilenccs and hi5 P r o P l ~ c ~ s of old recordcd thcte~esr thguzkcr in d ~ r c r s e places, ail

men, the man Jesus Christ,whogave hinlself a ransom for al!, to be testi- lied 111 due tinle." t 1- TI^. 2:s-6.)

r [ T h e due time for mankllld tO.begin to rcCelVe this testinlonl' is ;lIeSiah's Kingdom is established, immedratcly a f te r the great shaking of the time'of trouble In the carth God's prophet Says: "1 s i l l a11 nations, nnd,the desire of.all na- tions shall comc." (IlaSSa1. 2:'i-) When this tillle comes. and the proof

!lCR'.

c\cntq, and 1llcir sayings :9~c c,lll r~rv!~hccs. i'roplic~y Is 111 fact tlic

these a rc i h c beginning of Sorro~s." Stost 01. the nations of Eutol)c nlld

bier," writes: "It is frmkl>- adnnlitted shows 'it r i l l shor t l r come. then lie illat sectarianism must go into the In-110 renders himself in obedience to war's scrapheap. The soldiers who. I the ior8's will be restored of course, xvill dominate in the nest 1 perfect manhood. physica1. nlentdl

:11ld S ~ ~ ~ c to do IAortf'S \till.

)l!s:,,:y of ,hC aor l ( j Tsrltt,,n In :+,.,- .\merlcx t~lrmac,rcs ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . i ~ ~ ~ , ~ ~ ' " n c r ' stut lcnr < l f l ~ ~ ~ 1 ~ ~ l ~ c ~ 15 '"' a thasc clbaj'+d to 1nLcll)rcl It ill Lhc 1I:ll'i of (lc5l,"nclted as "Cllristcn-

genentjon, do not care an empty cartridge worth for church atid de- nominational distlnctfons."

C:,non >IeSutt Sap : la.\ man is not n Cllr~sdnn because he DrOrCS

I - 1 . , s ~ ~ ~ h ' s I i~ngdom 1s a t h,?nd. bllt t h ~ ~

and moral, Jesus said: " i~7h0s~erer Iivcth nnd belietetll In me ncver tlic." and aga in- "If a lnan keep my ~ i . i n g s . h e shall never see death."

(.OSPI.:T> 1'0 AlJr. l ~ l i c r c a s tlic cliirrrh nnmln:~\ unites Iddltlonal cri~el,Ce, saidll tvllh othcr i~~s i i t l i t ln~ is for pol)ul:~r-lty

1~'rlrthcr ntls\verln,- t11c ql lcst i~n tc:ir.~l !lot!iinl; that lro~ds out .ins

"T!lc gospcl of thc 1,lngdoln shall be v rcaeh~d 111 all the world for a TI^. 11~x3 UUto : L ~ I llations, and then the cb1l(l shall como" This hns hrcn Ii~lllllcd Tlic I:ll>le has bcrn trails-

, r ~ to tlir clltl of tlic worltl. Jcsr~s >.lid: 'rllat tlic \r,ir \\auld bc .lc- corup:~nictf ~ , y f ' l m i ~ ~ p pesli- Icnccs. I L ls a l>lrlttcr 01 pllhlir kl]n\\.]pdzc, frcqrtently :~nllollnccd bv tile Illll,lfc l,rcbs, that t l l r n;rtioila

1 ~ u r ~ l l c :ire face to lace ni th

am on^ 111elt. ~ d d l t i b n a i l ~ . Jccirs :tnqnercrl, t h ~

inqrllry: "Tllc sr~ii ?111all Ire diirk- cried and tlrr 11ino11 shall I ~ O L ~ l v c licr Ilfi;lt, the st:~rq hllnll fal!

hope for ilia11 111 tlie f t l t l l r~. 1 , I S 1 1 " 1 1 l i l ~ o ~ i s n o l v i 1 never

die": this stnicmcnt will be nstol~nd- in^ to many. Yet this statcn:cnt is jllst a s trllr a s it is also a ' a t the molld 11- ended. JCX mn,-ht I,~tcd into elcry I,no\%n 1nng11.tg0 :rlid from ]IC.L~.CII, nnd ilie powers of the