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lAtagara jfalls, lA.

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S, 9, 10, 11
1905

W.

THE CHICAGO PARTY STARTED

FROM

THE NEW

LA SALLE STREET DEPOT

CHICAGO, ILL.

CHARLE.

T, RGSSELL

Presidell/ - Watch To wer Bibl e and Tract Society,

Editor - Zion 's Watch Tower an d Herald of Chrisl's Presence,
.tlltimr - " Millennial Dawn " Series o f Bible lI elps,
Pas/ar - Bibl e Hon se Chapel , Allegh e ll )" 1'a.

EAR FRIEKDS: This is not an official report by the vVatch Tower

Bible & Tract Society, but m erely notes on the sermons, incidents and
circumstances connected with the

WATCH TOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOCIETY'S

CONVENTION
AT

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.
JULY 8, 9, 10, 11
1905
This report is gotten up with the hope that some of the dear friends in
places, from which no representative went to the Convention, might share,
with those who were privileged to be present in person, at least some crumbs
of the feast of fat things which were spread so bountifully before us, as
"meat in due season," for th e household of faith.
Credit is due to a few of the friends whose assistanc e made it possible
to get out this report and thus bless many others. Credit is also due to the
Natural Food Co, for their kindness in allowing us to us e cuts of their wonderful building and also of the Falls.
Please send these notes , cover and all, from friend to friend of the
truth. Keep them going and may the Lord's blessing- g-o with them.
Yours in fellowship and se rvice,
L. W. JONES,
2024 Washington Boul.
Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A.

Notes on the Sermons, Incidents and Circumstances

Connected with the

WATCH TOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOCIETY'S CONVENTION

At

Niagara Falls, N. Y., July 8, 9, 10, 11 , 1905

BOUT 1 0 '.,l(lck , Thu rsday, Ju ly 6, t he fr iends began to gatller in U.C new, .Iarge
LaSa ll e Btr Nt depot in Chieago, a nd after mu ch gree t ing eaeh p rocu red al;ou t a yanl
of pape]', ea ll ed a t ick et , boarded a special ear reser ved for us, and werc soon on t he
way to the con ventio n, to which so many had looke d fonvanl, hoping t hey migl. t be pe rmitted to ~ltten d . Our party consisted of t he fo ll owing peI'sons:

CHICAG O,
Erot hersG. F. Gustaf son
.J ohn Spietz
.Jona Johnson
.Jacob Christense n
,John A. Peterson
O. K. :rones, .J!'.
,J ohn T . Read
Os ~a r Magnuson
G. A. Aldine
Olgot Hol mgrcn
L. W. Jones
Harry Man ning
Geo. }<'isher
l~rank S. Perry

Sist ers--F I<lrence Sn vder

H ulda .J acohson
L . Spietz
M. L. McPha il
Lama M cPhail
Ma he I .J ones
E. M. B enjami n
lrene Magnn Ron
Della -Sny d er
F. Orloff"
Ett.a C. J ones
Geo. K eutzer
Martha H astings
Ma ry A. P erry
Mad ge .J ones
Mary Ansley
Ma ry Axley
Anna Williams
M a ry Rockw ood
JI a:t,el 1\1. P erry
Flor a L. Baker
CAR I-'E:-iTEHSV JL LE, ILL.

He nry Ba ke l'

Edi t h M. Baker
Gmce }:. B akc]'
F loren ce L . Ru sse ll
Ll.BEH'l'YVI LLE, ILL.

Ea rl C. and For est Dy mond

ELGIN, ILL.
A. T . Metz

Clara .J. MeCon aty

ROCKFORD, ILL.

Emert Ande rson

Rose An(l el'son

WILMING'rON, ILL.

Cha rl es S. OEb urn

E lllm a Osb urll

COll vention itself, for we had a grand

time in fellowship, singing "Zion '8 Glad Songs," distributing tract.s, etc .
We r eached Buffalo abo ut 9 o'clock Friday morning, changing cars for Niagam,
and arrived there about 10 o'clock. On getting off the train we found Bro. J. H. Cole and
others there to welcome and guide us to th e conven tion hall. After walking about six
blocks through a very pretty residence section of the city w e arrived at th e hall, were
ur"herecl into the large reception parlor, greet ed the fricm1s and met Bro. A. E. Williamson,
ehairman of th e convention. 'We th en received our assignment for rooms, wh ere we at once
wcnt, cleaned up and prepare<l ourselves for the blessings that were in store for \1S.

VJ{ trip of about 18 honl's was a prelud e to the

Right here it would not be amiss to speak of the

HOME OF SHREDDED WHEAT

THE NATURAL FOOD CONSERVATORY

BUFFALO AVJ>;NUE , BETWEEN FOURTH AND SIXTH STREETS

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.
In this wonderful and beautiful building were the Convention Hall, Reception Parlor and other wnvencnces, which were turned over to us for the use of the Convention, FREE OF ALL CHARGES, by the
NATURAL FOOD COMPANY.
H}<; home of shredded wheat - the finest, largest and most hygienic building in the
world d e vot ed to food production-stands in the heart of the resid ence district of
Niagara Falls, far away from the smoke an d Just of factory and railro ad, fronting
the rapids of Niagara River and within sound of the rush and roar of the great cataract.
This noble structure, with the ~unlight streaming in through thirty thousand lights of
glass, flooding every nook and co rner with cleansing rays, is dedicated to the scientifie
t ruth th:lt (' a grain of wheat contains all of t he elements of a complete and perfect food
for man . ."
Here in this industrial palace of white tiling, marble and mosaics, visited every year
by llela!y one hundred thousand pilgrims to th e Falls, are ma(lc every day over a million
a nd a ouarter Shredded WholeWheat Biscuits.
Fro'm 1,500 to 2,000 bush els of wheat arc used every clay in this work, nothing being
taken from and nothing being added to the wheat. The grain is first carried to the top
of the b uilding to the ckaning room , where it passes through ingenious devices that remove
froll1 it. every particle of dust, sand, chaff, rock , cockle and otber foreign substances, drop
ping it clean into tanks of sterilized water. Th ere al'e 20 of these machines , ea ch doing
i ts special work of cleaning.
The swelled and softened k ernels are then spread on cl ean cloths and exposed to cool
a ir for 14 hours, being turned from time to tim e with paddles until ready to feed into the
hoppers for th e great shreddin g machines, each 80 feet long and consisting of 36 pairs of

rOl'l'ugated roll ers. The wheat kOrJJels are ca ught between theso roll ers and drawn out
iuto jine porous shreds, laying laye r upon layer, until t he thickness of a biscuit is formed
wh en the long band of white filam ents is brought iuto a cutting device, which separate~
thelll into oblong cakes and drops them into pans holding 48 biscuits each . The pan 1M
then pla ced in the arms of a large drum, shaped like a F erris wheel, 'which revolves in an
immense oven until the biscuits are baked brown, but they are still damp inside, so are
passed thr ough a second long oven . 'rh ey move slowly and it require' about threo hours
for th em to pass through tho long oven, but whon they co mo out they are thoroughly dry,
a nd then thoy go to the packing tables, wllero t hey are put into boxes by girls, and this
is the only time in the whole process that the biscuits are touched by the hands of anyone.
Previous to visiting thi' institution w e hlld used some of their product, but not knowing
how it was made 01' wh eth er adulterated w e had formed no special liking for it. After
seein g such a process and r oalizing what wheat i s many of us began at onco to in corporate
Shredded Whol e Wheat Biscu its in O Ul' (liet. Purit.y and elel'lnlin es. seem to be the watch
word s of the Natural Food Co mpany.
L et us go back io the Home of Sh redded Wheat. We r efer to thi building aud th"
work done in i t at considerable length because w e ihink we see in it foreshadowings of
r ('stituti on blessings, both in the pl'oduct and in the mallller of treatin<1 the !'mployees.
'l'he more you know al:out the plant and the process the better you will like the
Shredded Wh eat product. Why does (he Natlll'al Food ompany keep" open house" for
thp thousands of visitor' to Niagara Fall s~ Because llearly everyon e who visits this
mod el plant and not es its spotless cleanlin ess and t he scrupulous care with which the
purity and healthfulness ar e gU3rcled becomes fI, consum er of S ll1'edded Whol e Wheat Bis
(alit. H e gets tbe "ShredtIed Wh eat Habit." An industrial buildin g that i s visited by
s" man y thousand people every year is worth lmowing something about, au] w e ar o glad
to in a measure reciprocate the kindness of 1h e co mpany to t he conv ention in ge neral by
in corporating some facts conc erning them i n this r eport.
Certain factory ideals have been attained in this building wbich mak e it uniqu c
~"J"JIlg the industrial plants of the world.
M ere figures give a V01'y inadequate idea of
the noble proportions of this building. Th ey do not t ell the story of tIl e architectural
sYlllmetry, its costly equipment or its pOlfect adaptation to the work of making the cleanest
and most hea lthful food product on ea rth. Those who like figur es, howevo r, will be inter
osted in lm owing tbat the ~aiural Food Co nservatory is 463 feet in It:ngth by 66 in depth,
co ntains 3,000 tons'.of steel and 200 tOllS of marbl e. Its beauty is greatly enhan ced by the
44 win dows, with t heir 30,000 lights of glass, makiug i t indeed a veritable "crystal
pr,]ace. " 'l'b e building is enter ed through a large foyer, on eith er siele of which are wl'it

Foyer, or Reception H nll

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ing and readin g rooms for guests, fllrni~hcd with bea utiful rugs find 'lllnptuoll S weat heredoak, l eat h e r -uphol ste ~e tl fUl'l1 .iture. FrOIll the midd le of the ceiling hangs a pe ncl ant, a a reat
Cl'y tal ba ll, inside of which are 36 el ctJ'ic lights. At t he base of tll e vast co lumu s"sup V(.J-ting th e ceili ng ar e uphol ster ed settecs. In one end of t he foye r dai nty" de monstrat ion lun che " m'e se rved to visitors, anel h re may be fou nd gui les to pilot v is ito rs
th r ough tlle building. The ga ll er~' ar ouncl t he foycr, a well as the floor above. arc taken
lip with admin ist rat ion, publicity an d accounting office'.
On t he fou rth iloo)' is a 'onvention hall 0 )' aud itoriu m with a eatin g capacity of
1,0 0, though on unda)' aitet'noon about ] ,200 crow(l ec1 in 1'0 h ar Bro. Hus e ll . who gave
t he l)1'in ~i pal add r ess of the conve nt ion.

AuditoriulI1 or Con vention Jlall (Seating 1080)

The bui lding i elect ri c- li g hted th roug hout, and has a ll modem co nve niences in lwe ping with the other hand 'ome appo in t me)1ts. There are elaborate lavatori e~ a nd bat h
r(oms finished in marble and mosaic at a cost of $100,000; these are provided with not
on ly hot a n 'I co ld water, but with II ced le a nel shower baths. These a re for t he use of all
of t he employces of the COl11jJll ny, who are fll1'nisheci ,dth soap, towe ls, etc., frce of chargc
a nd are given onc hou r a weck, with pay, for bathing pu r pose, and a re permitted to ta k e
ot her baths befol'e ~nd after workin g hou rs an(l at the noo n hou r if t hey wi sh. Th e
wood wook of the entire building is of whjt~ enam el and is kept immacu lately clean. Th e
win dows are do ubl c glazed, n:aking th em dust ploof. Th e pure ail', filt ered through
i~ve , is fo rced through the stru cture by means of gr eat suction fans and ventilator sbafts.
Jt ,,-ou ld r eq uire a goodsized boold et to de cri be t he man y depa rt ments of "welfa re
work" ca rri ed on by th i co mpa ny to auard the health of their employees and to secme
their tomfort, contentm ent and in te ll ectual and moral improvement . Th e co mpany not
onl y prnvides a locker for eac h empl oyee, costly lavato ri es an ] bat hs and hygie ni c n oon
day lun ches, but a l 0 maintain a circulatin g libra ry, a nd gives t hem access to hundreds
of othe r peri odical. It provides addr ses by men and women of note, classes in Englisb
composit ion, e ', ay contests, cookin g sc ho ol, ewing chool, bo 5' vegetab le gard ns, with
ea h pri ze for the best work and children '5 playgl'ollUd5. It f urnishes the g irls in t he
malJufact uring 'ecti on with caps, [I]l'ons and sleeves f r ee, and t hey a r e a lso provided
with clmirs which have foot all d bac k l'c.'ta. Th ey a re all owed fi ftcen minu tes mOl'l1ing
and aftern oon fo r I' st aml recreation.
Th e co mpan y get its power f l'o m :N iagal'ft Falls. 'rh e" harn ess in g" of this mighty
cataract to the whl' Is of industry wa s nlad e possible by the electr.i1I1 power t ransmiss ion.
[t is t hi s g reat engiJl eerin g t riu mph whi r h make t he Nat Ul'a l Food (;onservatory a beehive of iudustJ'.v by day and a palace of elect ri c beauty by night. 'rhus t he most won dPl'ful ac hieveme nt of mod ern electrical science is yo l{ ed to th e g rea te t of iUetetic science.
Natme's g reatc t wonde r is providing the wor ld with Natu re's greate t food prod uct, a nd
here Wfl S he ld th hest onve)1tion of Biblc tudents the world ha s eve r kn own.
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s the co nv c lltiolJ was 110t to open

until t he ncxt day, Ba tunla.'", man y
of t he f ri ends went in the afte l'nooo to see th e wond e rful Niagara F a lls ,
Walk ing about Ii b loe k through the
Natuntl Food Co mplln y 's park we arrived
:It t il(' s hor p of ~iHgm'a Ri ve r, about a
mil e ahov(' thc Fall s, H ere t he wat I'
is ",tim , withollt <In,v suspic ion of thc
di st ul' h:tnl'e f urth cr on, except for thl'
roa r that l' ould bl' It ca rd eve n IIp t he rc,
a nd f or a faint v iew of the r ap id s in
the (l ista n('e, ICl'om this point in f ront
of t he Natu ral 1"00,1 Compa ny's Con ,
SI' I'I'utor,)' to the I~a ll s them e lves a long'
the AllIcri(,:tn s id c of th c rivel' is thl'
(:ove rn l1: n t pa rk l{(~pt in t he nir e't
kind of o rd e r b,v the Government, a nd
wldeh offe red a 1lI0st d eli g htfll l walk
whil e v iew in g' the r :1[ id s and fa ll s,
The cnt ire viPII' IlIl1st be sCl'n ag'H in and
:tg':t in to he app rl'r iatcd,

Th e fa ll of t he Xiagara Riv e r from

the hcad of t he rap id s, threc 'q ll a r te rs
of u. lIIil c above t he ('atu. ract, to t he efig\'
of thc prccipi('e, is n ea l'l~ 60 feet, t il('
v 10l' it,v of the ('lI \'1'ent varying f ro l1l
Cm'c of Wind s and Roc k o[ Age,
sl've n to '27 l1Ii II'S an hour, No wonls
l'a n dcsnibc thl' g'l'anllellr of t hi s sig ht
to the visitor a' he ta nd , upon tllC brink of t he current abovc t he falls and loo ks out
ac ross the tos, in g', foaming stretc h of wator, a VI' 1'," emb lem of c haos it e lf, All the
s hadc' of gr een and violet arc i\isp laye(l ill t he co lol' in gs of t hl' water, whil e sp read ove r
it, lik e a network of fi lm y hll'c that ri ses a nd fa ll s with t he tumllituous heav in g of t l1('
wa ttl r 's hosom, is thc wh ite foa m and sp ra y and mist, A walk of about t hree-qua l'te r3
of a mil e along thc cdge of th ese grflnrl, ~ 111: lill1 e, ." r t ~wf nl rnpids l.ri ngs I1S to thl' fa ll s
themselves,
Th' _-\lIl l' ri ra n and Canadian falls at'(' di v id ed 11\' (:O:1t l. ' land, whir'lt is rl'a(,hl'd f rolll
t he A lll c rican s ide o n I,\', mlll is ('01l1le<"l ed with tltl' ;1I:tinl alld by :I I~ ca lltifnl stone' IJI' id gp,
whi ch tak es t he p lace of sC'vora l rt'nde st ru ctu res tllUt sc r ved as passagl' way " tltl' past
three- quarte)" of a cen tury, Mall,)' have w Olld c re,l how a l.]'idge conla ce b ui! t aC l'oss
t hcse a wfu l rapids , The piers wcr" formcrl fil's ~ by hlilding a massive ahutlllC'nt of tim ber on t he watc r'R ell ge, from whielt lI' er(' projcctcd I' nol'm ous l), lo ng a nd heav,v bea m,' of
t im bc l', 'r hC' 'C wl'rc secu rcd h," g rc'.It pi les of sto ne, :ln ll t he il' ollt pr e nd s I'cnt! red stead,"
by st il t UlI'llst into the bottolll of thl' I'ivc r, A platforlll II'H S t h(,11 hlli lt, 10;ld l'<\ with ston('
and th en sUlik, and on t hi ; a pil' r was l1u il t,
1\0 vi ew of t he fall i ,' ,'0 tcnil'y in g as t hflt of. sla nd in g on Prospcct Poi nt, a jutting
rock whi c h is pElr('h d on t hc VCl',V hrink of thc Am e ri ca n fall, It was at t hi s ve l')' point,
aftol' rh e COlll'entiOl1 w ns o\'CI', tbat a party of about 60 onc eveni ng fi nd about 125 thl'
next eveni]] g ,,'cnt down to, vi ewed thc falls ]: ,v moonlight and had a li tt le so ng- sel'vi ce;
o ur dOllr Brothel' Prank DnlpC]' bl' in g w.ith US bot h eve nin gs, nnti our dcal' Broth e l' IV ,
Hope H ay J:;e in g with us t he fil' t l' '' l' nin g, Th o Il'aje ty and over wh e lmin g grnn<il'l11' of
the s ight frOI1l this spot ca n n e ver hc forgott ' n by t hose who have wi tnessed it, Not fh'c
fect away is the vel',)' l;]'iJ~ l{ of th(' fall , ove r wh il'h the waters POll I' in .I'l'sistless l1Iight,
Th e wh ole weep of the catrart's bink is v is ib ll' f rom this point, 'r he lin c of th l' prcC'i pice oVC]' which thc w ate rs s weep is jaggcd and irrcg-u'la r, and (':lllSCS the sp ray tl) das h
out ill g r cat SPUl' ts, as t hollg h SOtTI(' t itan ic hanl! we rc toss in g thl' lVatl'l' fl'OIll hidden
(lept hs , H e l'l' :\11(1 the]'e whero th l' l'ocl{s ('0 111 0 ncar th e SlIrfa('c, theil' ('bon,\' ollt- lin l's
ca n bc se n 'beneath the cr ysta l whiteness of th e fiood, 'I' hc re has lI ('vel' hel' n an art'ident
nt t hi n po in t, t houg h the c~t ir e fa ll s arc sa i,l to tlailll a bo ut 50 vi (,tillls cac h ~'ca l ', ~Io r e
tha n one mortal (not imm orta l) t iJ'(~ d of lifc 01' fn, einatcll by t he s ight has sought dea th
by leaping into th e flood, A stout raili ng 1'11l'ir(,les P rospe('t Point, whieh is part of PI'OSpect Pal'k, n beau tiful sp t contnin in g abollt ten aC l'CS,

It is e, timntt'(l that 275,000 cl1h ic fcet of wntl'], pns, ove r t hl'se falls pve]'y second,
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The present height of the American falls is 161 feet, while the Canadian side is 158, a
discI'epancy which is caused by the slope of the land. For three-quarters of a mile above
the hIls the river drops 60 feet, the falls themselves about 160 feet, while the river at
the foot of the fa:lls is 180 feet, making a total depth from the beginning of the rapids to
the bottom of the river of 300 feet.
Below the falls the water is again calm and quiet for about two miles, when we come
to;.the lower rapids. At this point the river is not more than 100 yards wide, and through
this narrow defile the united water of Lakes Superior, Michigan, St. Clair, Huron and Erie
go thundering by at the estimated speed of 27 miles an hour. The roar is deafening. The
force of the water is like the rage of some imprisoned Titan, who, struggling beneath the
flood, tosses the water in snowy spray and angry billows from 20 to 30 feet above the
head of the spectator standing securely upon the shore. It is estimated that fifteen hundred million cubic feet of water rush through the whirlpool rapids every minute. The
depth of the water here is problematical; it is supposed to be about 300 feet.
The whirlpool is about a mile below the rapids. The popular conception of it i~ that
of a maelstrom, a vortex of water swirling in gradual narrowing circles to a depressed
center. Instead of this the force of the water pouring into the basin raises it in the middle to a distance of three feet above the outer surface. The whirlpool is the natural result
of the mighty body of water rushing into a confined space, seeking an outlet. Bodies,
drift-wood and everything that finds its way into the whirlpool circles around for days,
and perhaps is never gotten out. Below this whirlpool the water is again calm and flows
on through a country with rich farms and orchards.

rr

HIS whole picture, from beginning to end, presented to the truth people a picture
of the plan of the ages. First, the river above the falls is calm, as was the world
of ncankind originally, soon they began to get into more and more trouble, as
illnstrated by the upper rapids, then we see mankind coming to an awful time of trouble,
such as the world never saw, no, nor ever shall see' again, said our 'Saviour. The trouble

WRITE DOWN THE VISION MD MAKE IT PLAIN UPoN TABLES,

THAT EVERYONE MAY REAlllT FLUENTLY.'-

HA.AKW'K>!1.

THE
TABERNACLE

CHART Of THE AGES.

will be caused by a division of the people because of their selfishness and waywardness;
this is illustrated by Goat Tsland, which is well named, as the goat is noted for its selfishness and waywardness. Then the whole torrent goes over the falls into the river below.
Then as the water is quiet for about two miles it illustrates the peaceful condition of the
world during the Millennial Age, but toward the end of that age there is more trouble,
illustrated by the lower rapids emptying into the whirlpool, illustrative of second death.
Below the river flows on peacefully, as will the world during the "Ages of Glory" to
follow the Millennial Age.
We felt that the Lord was exceedingly good to us in combining so many earthly blessings, such as the Natural Food Conservatory, the beautiful Niagara Falls and rapids, etc.,
with the rich feast of spiritual things and delightful fellowship with the brethren from
all parts of the country.
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O:NVEN'rroN OF 13EttEVER
in t he
ATONEMENTSA RJFICE OF CHRIST,
at lll'day, July

'I' abo ut

o'clock t he f riend bega n to gat her in the r eception 1:11'101' of Katura l

Food Conservatory and g r cet one anoth 1', a nd watch for the a ni va!. of ot hers,
for every t ra in bI'ought some new ones.
One of t hc fir t qllestioll' a k ed by man y was, " Wh en will Brot11er Russell be here?"
Bro. Will.ia mson r epli ed t hat wh en he left Allegh eny Bro, Ru se ll intended to a n 'iv e nn .
dal mOl'lling. But wh ? hould ,\'e meet atlll'day mOl'lling b ut Bro. Ru sell him se lf. He
sa](l he had heen t lllnklll g the matter over, how lllallY f ri end s t hcre would be to meet etc"
so he decidell to be with us Satmelay.
'
The convcnti on was called to ord er promptly at 10 o'clock by ou r ~ea r Bro. W, H ope
H ay by annouJl cin g fro m t he 'lip, H ymn No, 1, "A ll Hail thc Power of .Jesns' Kame."
Bro. Se!'ley of Chi cago playcd the piano an d Bro, .T. H, 'o le of J er 'e
'ity p layed t hc
rol'll ct.
B ro.,K D, ~xton t hen ~ (re red pray~r, thanking God for t he privil ege of bcing present,
for th teliowsllJp, and a kmg abIes m g upon t he whole co nve nt i on ; also for t hose at'
home wh o could not be p resent in person; a lso for a bless ing upon t he si ck and aOlicted,

RO. W. HOPE HAY then gave the add ress of welcome

on behalf of th e Watch T owel' Bible a nll Tract So
ciety, a nd at t he close of hi s r emarks he illtrod UCCfl
Bro. A, E. Williamson, the permanent c11airman, A pa rti al
r cpo r t of. Bro. Hay's r ema rks follow:
Brethren of like precious faith , it is my privilege t his
morning to welcome this co nv ention, L do uot kn ow why .I.
s hou ld ha,e bee n chose n to do so, exce pt t hat I live so near'
this place and am the on ly pilgrim livin g in 'anada, so pel"
hnps th at i s th e l'easo n, Our subj ect is, " Welco min g )'o u
to Th is Co n vcntion."
Thi
word "Welco me' '- wha t a \\' onde rfu ll y . weet
so und it 'has, how man y good a , ociations are co nn ected with
it. There is no ot her word so gool1, unl es it is the word
"Gospel. " How sweet t hey sou nd togcther,
0, I welcom c
YOI1 today, as mutnal bcli eycrs, mutual s ha rc rs in t he Gospel.
.Did yo u ever stop to think ju st wh at the wo rd "Wel co mc"
means' It is an old English w ord , mea nin g " will co me."
BRO, W. HOPE HAY
0 it has t he thought of God 's will t hat yo u are herc. So,
also, you hacl the will to come her e. It mu t hav e cost yo u
eon id crable sac rifi ce to co me, yo u exel'cised cons iderabl e will to co me. Five years ago was
the first la rge or general conv enti on, held in Chi cago. It was my privilege alJout that tim!'
to be t ravelin g through Minn eapolis and St. Paul, and t he f ri end s began to collect their
nickels and coppers, so as to ha ve enough to go to t he co nv ention with, >:0, you mu , t
hav e had a good c1eal of will to come here.
1 ext, we think of those W11 0 ar e un able to te with us today, They have ha d t he will
to rOIllP, but coul d not can y t he will Ol!t. They would have bee n equally wel co me,
Second, -again t he old Engli 'h word, it has th e t houg ht of t he one co min g with th
will of t he on sendin g him fhcre. Wh ose wi II is it t hat we !I r e h<'r t>? It is God's will
that we shou ld he her e, and it was equally God's will t hat t he othe rs should be at home,
Because we are members of the Body of Christ, we h ave no will of our ow n, and it is his
good 'w ill and good pleasure tk,t sOllie of us :11'e here, W c ce that others:lI' not amongst
I1S ; both acco l'din g to hi s will, t he ono Hea,l who rul e, and governs us a ll.
Is t hCl'e any aut hori ty ill the Sc r.ip tu res fo r snch mceting' as we a re having h e r e~ Yes,
we a r!' to ld not to neglect the a: sI' mhling of oltl'selves together, The Apost le was not refer
ring mercly to t he ea rl y Ch lll'ch. fo r h I' sa,vs, "As you see th e day of ju dgment draw neal',"
so we l'ca li ze t hat especia ll y in rcg:ll'd to ou rRe lve t hat he i urging liS to assemble our~e lv ('s.
What for! J~x horting one ~llot h cr , Ex hort in g mea ns t he same as comfo rti ng, h!' lpin g, assist
ing one anot her.
We rea ' l in Mala chi the 3<1 chapter, heg illn .i ng with the ] 3th Yerse : "YOill' words hnv e
bern stout agai nst m!', ~a i th th e Lon1, Yet WI' say, what have we spo ken agn in t thec~ Y e
hnY e said th'lt it i ' va in to srl'VC God; and whnt I.rofit is it that we have kept his on1 inan cl' ,
nn<1 tl.at \\' c hnv e w[\l1< o<1 mOltl'llfully bcfo re thc Lord of. h osts~ And now wc rrl ll th e proll,l

happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yet, they that tempt God are even
delivered. Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another."
Surely this is the condition today, a falling away from the Word of God. They are
saying that those who have served God are fogotten by him.
Here we have from toth the Old and New Testament the direct command from God,
through the Prophet and Paul for such meetings as these. So, as we think again of this
word "welcome," we are met together according to the will of God, and therefore we
have welcome from him. According to the second meaning, I welcome you myself. \V~ are
met to comfort, assist one another. You are welcome to all whom you have come to comfort
and assist, etc. You are not only welcome to myself, but also to one another, because this
message is to be carried forward from one to another. You are welcome to all the liLerties
and pI;ivileges of the Lord's people. What are those liLerties which God gives to his people~
Complete freedom from every kind of a cOIl.mand. The assembly in the wilderness met by
God's command. They had many hopes and prospects to talk about. As they wandered
from day to day, they could comfort and encourage one another, and they were merely a
class of servants, who knew not their Lord's will. We meet with complete freedom, to use
time and talents, all that we have, in the service of God. How can we serve our Lord and
Masted When we have done all things, we are unprofitable servants but inasmuch as ye
have done it unto the least of tbese, ye have done it unto me. You are welcome to use all you
have for another.
At the opening of this service we sang" All hail the power of Jesus' name." All should
honor the Son, even as they honor the Father, so in doing so we are pleasing and honoring
the :Father, because the Son was the Father's representative.
"They that feared the Lord spake often to one another." What did they speak of~ As
believers in the atonement, they spoke of our King and Conqueror. What a difference
between the thought of ant" ccleb"ation >lna that of the celebrations of the world. Others
celebrate great victories that cost the lives of many other~. We celebrate the death of the
great King of the Universe, which brought victory for not only those on earth, but for all
that are in their graves, for all who are un,ler the sentence of Adam.
He referred to P~alms 33, beginning with nle 13th verse, "He fashioneth their hearts
alike." He sees that the hearts of all mankind are in neel! of the great time of trouble,
and because of it they will be saved."
But the eyes of the Lord are upon them that fear
him, upon them that hope in his mercy." "To deliver their souls from death." He is watching a certain class. All our words are simply for the building up of one another. Do not
be telling one another all about your troubles. Leave your sorrows behind you, anl! tell of
the good things that the Lord has done and is doing for us at the present tlme, ana what
we expect him. to do' in the future.
Bro. Hay laid special stress upon our words and actions while at the convention,
and gave as an illustration the experience of a number while at the St. Louis convention,
last year. He said about forty were in the habit of going to a certain restaurant for their
meals. Finally some one of them said to one of the waitresses, "Well, this is our last mqtl
with you."
She replied that they were all sorry, for they had never seen such wonderful
people before, that they seemed to be just like one family and had treated the waiters so
nicely. As a result, they were able to give out considerable literature.
And now, dear friends, it is my privilege as temporary chairman to hand over the
affairs of this convention to the permanent chairman. He is one whom I know you are all
familiar with through the Tower, and so I have the pleasure of introducing to you Bro. A.
E. Williamson.

BRO. WILLIAMSON'S RESPONSE.

ROTHERS and Sisters, it gIves me a great deal of pleasure and I am sure it gives
you a great deal of pleasure to be encouraged by the words of our Brother Hay.
1 am sure that since we have been thinking of this convention, we have been
thinking of the way the Lord woulll bless everyone that would be associated with this
gathering.
My thoughts were running along the great privilege of identifying the members of
the Lord's Body. There will be that bond of love and spirit of union, whether you had
seen one another or not. I remarked to one of the boys connected with this institution
that he had never seen such a company of people as would meet here.
Bro. Williamson said he remembered a remark that Bro. Russell once made, referring
to the song, "I love to tell the story, it satisfies my longings as nothing else can do."
Bro. Russell said that if anyone gets this precious truth and then fails to appreciate the
satisfying, sanctifying effect, there is something wrong with his longings.
Bro.
Williamson said th3t it does satisfy our longings. Each one of us are going to meet about a
thousand people, but we will find there will be the one bond of love and spirit of union.
What a great difference in the Great Convention of the Kingdom. They will all have

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Hames that we WIll ali recognize at once. We will know them in the perfect sense. I
hope we will have the best side out and be that happy famil y that the r est amant P?ople
nlHl landlady will find we are a ilifferent people than they are aeeustom ed to see.
At the close of his remark~ he a nnoun ccd H y mn No.8, "The Old, Old Story."
,;'f.

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PRAISE AND TESTIMONY SERVICE.

Conducted hy Bro ..T. A. Bohnet, of the Bibl e House.
HIS service was opene(1 by Singin.g N o. 25 in" Zion's Glad Bongs," entitlea "Snnshine."
He then called Bro. Russell to the front, who spoke to us for a short time.
He said that he had not intended to come until Sunday, bnt as he toW us in tnl'
reception room, he got to thinking of how many friends there would be there, and that
possibly many would like to consult him, telling him their trouhles and asking his advice,
etc., so he came Saturday, instead of Sunday. He sai(1 that he agre ed with Bro. Hay
that it was best not to tell each other's troubles to one another, but that if he conld
be of any help to any, he would be pleased to assist th em, anll to that end a 1'00111 in the
come r had been assign ed to him for an office, which he called the trou ble co rner. 'W hen
he returned to his seat, Bro. Bohnet rom a rked that Bro. Russell had practically admitted
that he came to the convention looking for troubl e, but that he thought it was because
he had so mueh love for the brethren. We do not know whether Bro. Russell fonnd all
the trouble he was looking for or not. If h e did, he llid not show it, for at the close of
the convention he was as smiling as at the beginning, and pronounce(l it the best conve ntion that had yet been held. He remarked after th e convention that his thought now wa~
to have these three day conv entions in the future more for the truth friends, and not
advertise them for the public, but rather have the one (lay convcntions for the public.
After Bro. Russell finishe d his remarks, 39 others testifi ed. and many others would
have been glad to ha ve done so, had th e time been longer. 011e brother 'said, "Do you
know what I compare the truth people to? Well, I compare them to Chinamen. To Chinamen! Why, what do you compare us to them for? Well, because Chinamen look pretty
lUuch alike and if you see a Chinaman, you think you have always known him, for h e looks
so much like one that you have seen before."
So, he said, it see med to him when the
Lord's people meet, it seems as though they had known each other all their lives.
Bro. Sexton arose and said that it was the firs t time he haa ever testified in a large
con vention, and said he was ten years oJ(l (in the truth). That started a numb er to
telling how old they were in th e truth, and the ages ranged from a f ew months to 18 or
20 years. The requ est was made for those who were th en attending their first large
convention to raise th eir hands, and a larg e number showed by that sign that it was their
first convention. M any were th e expressions from those who haa att ended a number of
conventions that the Niagara convention was the best yet held.
Bro. McMillan, now at the Bible Hou se, said that he had 110t intended to go to the
conve ntion, but when he saw the train pull out from Allegheny with the friends, he said
he took the conventio n fever, and the only way he could get cured was to come to the
co nvention, which h e did the n ext day. He told me he could stay only a few hours, but
I noticed he stayed at least anotll er day. He said that this was the tenth large convention
that hE' had attended and that it was the best.
Another brother rose and said that he had the con vention f ever, too, but that instead
of getting cured, his fever got worse and nothing will help him but to att end morc conventions in the futur e. I expect Bro. McMillan will have a relapse each convention time.
Anoth er brother spoke about the Canadian, flag anrl the United States flag that clifferent people are under, but that w e are all under the one banner of Christ.

SATURDAY P. M.
T 2 0 'C lock the afternoon session was opened with a praise service. led by Bro. L.
W. Jon es, of Chi cago, Ill. "Zion's Glad Songs" were used, as in all the Praise
Sm' vices, the lea flets being used at other times. (At the close of the convention
the friends were allowed to tak e away th e copies of Zion's Glad Songs, as souvenirs of the
convention.) After singing a number of songs, Bro. John T. Read of Chicago favored
us by singing a song entitled "A Thousand Years," the congregation joining in the
chorus.
At 2:30, Bro. Williamson, chairman, took chal'ge and announced Hymn No.6, "Jesus
.deigns. " He then offered prayer and introduced the next speaker, Pilgrim Bro. R. E.
Streeter, whose subject was "The Transfer of Earth's Sovereignty," and he spoke in
part as follows:

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lIe used t he following ve rsc as hi s text: Dan . 2:44,

7:13, 2 7, in r egard to t he Image, ct c., and Ezck. 21 :24-2 7,
in rcga rd to Zedeldah and the I'emoval of t he typical kingdOIll f rom Israel.
You will notic t hat th e tb me sugges ted by th ese texts
i " Th c transfer of ear t h 's sover eignty. " As we look abo ut
liS today a nd sec th
co nd ition of our world, we wi]1 b e
Icd to rcali ze t hat th e gr eat need of t hi s world i ' a righteo us
gov ernm e nt; a gove rnm ent that will hav e for i ts foundation
pI'in c ipl c, justice and r.ig hteo u ne s of God . A governm cnt
t hat will have wisc laws a nd be a bl e to enfor ce t hose laws,
that will havc powe r to distributc th e bl es ings of th c earth
to the worth y . This is t he g r eat n eed of om' world today.
1 n fact, the wh ole hum an history a i t has to do with man kind , has been towards t hi s e nd , has bee n to cstablish a
gove rnm e nt of thi' kin I.
As we look ove r the world to day, we Dnl that crtai nly
e verything in d icates t hat we al'e at a crisis in histo ry . 'rho e
wh o (10 not t hink ~",e l1uab'le to 'ee this, but th e thinking
pcop le rea li ze that we a re at a cri sis. A' to what it is and a to what th e outeome of it
will be, only tho c t hat are acquaintcd with God" pmpo e as revealed in His bl essed
book hav e fln y 1000wi edge cOllccl'n in g i t. Prob lems a re bein g d is u 'sed tolay, t he ,'olution
of whi ch, if they were solved, wOll lcl necessitatc a cO lnpl etc revolution of all t he govc rn mental institutions ill th e world. 'fh ey ar e prob lcms whi ch are agitat ing t he mind of men
as never befo le. '1'he politi cimls and statcsmen t hink all will come out a il right, a . it has in
t he past. Th ere have been pe ri ods in which s imil ar conditions hav c pI'evail ell, bllt not to
t he sa me ext c nt as tochy.
BRO . R. E . S'l'RJ, ETER

Human gove rnm ents havc bec n t l');ing to c tabli sh their do mini on a nd institute law
f or the d istribu t ion of earth 's ble. sin g equally. "Ve will consider what success t hey hav e
mad e : \ lVe hav e d iffc rent fo rm s of '>'o vel'1lm cnt in tIl e word. Th e ' despotic gover nm ent has
all POW CI' to 10 as it p leases, as illustrated in Russia. Have th ese powers becn able t o
dist ri bute ea rth 's blessin gs equall y among t he human fami ly~ l ' hc re is a ge nera l dissatisfaction in Russia, and t hat clo s not fully ex pre s th e condition t here. U ndoubted ly that
power i s at a cri sis, an (l before man y yeflrs it will be compl etcly destroyed by t he ri se
of th e masses against i t.
Again, we a rc li v in g in ll. lanel wh cre wc doubt lcss hav e t he b es t fo rm of gove rnm ent
on th e face of th ea rth. W c llll.vc tllO se in t h pos iti on of state men who are honest and
desiro us of carryi ng out t he pu rp ose, as fa r a s th ey un derstand what th e bl essings arc. W e
see in t he Uni ted tates a r epubli c t hnt i supposcd to be rul ed by the p eople. What do
wc fin cH We find a power that has C0 111C up du rin g th e pol t century t hat bids fail' to mak e
t his coun t ry become g r eater than a ny count ry- t hat power is mon ey. W e ee how t llat
la rge masse of wealth ca n be accumulated in a fcw years in the han ds of a few.
W e hav e to mark "failure" upon thC' gove l'l1ment s of t hi worl d. W e see organized
labor on t he one hand, an I emper ors a nel ldug of carth, a represen ted in t he money powcr
- the ar istocra cy-o n th e ot hcr hand.
So, as we trace the hi story of f he world, w e begin with Allam in the Garden of
Eden, with powe r, dominion , etc., but we see how he lost his thron e and dominiol1. Vi'e
see t hat none hav c h ad dominion, in t h e p e rfect ense, since that t im e. Israel, as a
nat ion, had a typi cal dominion for a short time, but t hey too Dnall y became so wi ck d that
t he ir last king, Zedekiah, was dethroned from his typical kingsllip as God's r eprcsentative.
Th en the "Times of t he Genti les" began to count, in which t hc LorI permitted t hem to
have unh-ersal domin ioll , bnt n ot a his aut hor.ized p eopl e. Th e univ ersal empires of th e
Gent il es wer e )'epresentccl in IJcb uchaeln ezzar 's ch eam, interpretecl by Dani~ l , in which
(!ream was seen t hc gl'eat imagc, t he var iOlls pa rts representin g the differ cn t univcrsal
kingllom s, ::l.11cl t hat Dnall y a stonc ut out without h3nd s, an d fa llin g upon the toes of
the illlage, the whol e thing wa g r ound to powd er, blown away a nd no place found fo r it'r h e to ne reprcsented the hUl'ch of hri st, be in g cut out durin g this Gospel Agc. Th
reeo rcl of this d ream, etc., is foun] in tbe second chapter of Dani el. \Ve a.re now living
in the t im e of t he toes of t h e imagc, and soon the sto ne will fa ll llpon the toes, r epresent.i ng tLe governm ents of the worlel , a nd as a r es11lt, th e Kingdom of Christ will be e tll.bli shed jn the oarth , and th en will al't h 's bl ess ings be equall y tlistl'ibut ed a mong the
famili es of the wOI'Il. It i s t hat for whi ch we wa t ch and pr:1 Y, snying, '''I' hy kingrlol11
co me, t hy will bc dOll o. "
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\\I. Ir. Bl NDY'S ADDR I'; , .

P'l'I!;H, a sU ll g UI" t \\' U, .I 'i lgr i1l1 Bruthe r Wal te r 11. Bundy

was introduced :l nd spok o n filC s ui j ct of "OUI' Talents a nd Pound .. " Ji e po],e in part as foll ows:
Deal' Frienel ', we lIl eet together with two thoughts ill
llIinl, "t ha nk fu ln ess" and "grat itud e."
W e m ct toget her as Bible st udcn t, to l,now God's
pl a ll , to und rstand t he llI essage of sa lvation. Jt is one
t hill g to 10l0w God" pllJU and p\1rpose, Hll d qu ite >lIlother
t hin g to retain t he t ruth , to be so exe re iseLl ri g htl y by OUT
exp d ences, find day by da y to ce so wat 'hful au d ca reful
t hat we llla y atta in alld retain :od's t ru t h now and t hroug hout etcr ni ty. It is along t hi s lin e of r tainin g t he truth, our
privileges a nd op portun ities by whi h we llIay retaiu t he
t ru t h t hat we wi ll spen k t hi s afternoon. It is one thing to
be in the truth and anot her thing t o have the truth in us.
Ot: r sub ject is :

BRO. W. H . B NDY
OUR T ALENT AND PO ND .
Oll e thought that we hould J'eta in in ou r lIIind ti aftc r a co nv ent ion like t hi s i s, a ' to
j ust w hat our l'espousibi li ties are and how t o li,Te lip to ou r privileges.
no of the object
of thrse cOllvention . i s t hat we may t he cctter be built up in t he nl ot holy faith .

'rHE PARABL:E O"E' 'l' 1 1J~ POUND -Lul<e 19:]],

aile pound to eac h so rvan t. ]11 t he parabl e of the Ta le nts, he di tri buted different
alllouuts, i ll ustratiug all classes. Th e obj ct of the e ]Ja rabl es was to prepa ro t he mind of
his di scip les that he was going away a nd would ret urn , and of lJis interve ning work betwee n
t he t wo advents. Th en t he parable a lso tea~hes us t hat CllI'i t wa s t o rCln a in in a fa r
cou nt ry until t he t ime of th e s tt ing up of t he J(ill gdolll , Luk o 17: ~ .I. ; .J ohll 1 :36; Luk e
1 L: J7. A divided kingdom cannot stand. ]n Dan. 2:44, we read t hat God 's kin gdo m shall
sta nd 1'o reve r, 0 the only logica l deduction is that Go (I " l<in gdc m i ' undivid ed, a nd t herefo re ",i ll -tand forever. Th e nomina l king dom is sp lit up into t housands of fact ions and
seets t herefore, being divided, it cann ot sta nd a nd is not od 's Idn gllo m.
God is now j udging the Saint and not th e worl d-Acts 17: 31, th e jUllgmell t of th e
wor ld. Homan s 5 :] 2 shows that all the wo rl d aro crimin a l ; t herefo re, if God has any favor
for the m, t he co nd omnation lIlust first b lifted, for if a perso n is und el' se nte nce of
death, yo u ca nnot pronounce anot her e nte nce aga in st h im or t ry him for life, until
II rst the original se ntence is remov ed.
0, t il te rm" ;jmlg111 nt" app li ed to any now bows
God 'I; favor. III the parabl e we see foul' classes, ervan tl;, pe(:ial se rvants, itizclIs and citize ns wh o are enemi es. Today the fo ur classes xi st: - L~i rst, t ho king's se rv a nts, a ll wl,o
have bee 11 .j ust ifi ed; seco nd, only a few I;ervants ent rn sted with t he pound.-, rep rese ll t ill g
t he co nscc m ted of Homan ] 2 :1 ; thirl, citi ze Ds, th e wo r ld in geDe ra l, whi ch li et h in wi ck edn ess; fourth, the cnel11i e , those wh o in their own hearts are encllti es of th e Lon!.
The world i s cond emn ed to 'I 'at h, a nd therefore un de r t he se nte ne of leath. Tbere
al' others wh o ha ve l'ejectE'd the precious blood of Christ. The nobleman went to a. fa r
country . ']'hi woul 1 seem to show a considerable lapse of time aJ'c1 a lso to s how t hat on
would not I' eive hi reward at leath. The t hi ef on t he cross did J10t ask for a reward
at death, but wh en lui t ca me in to hi s ldngd om . 2 ']'im. 4: a lso teach
t hat our I' cwa rd
does 11 0t co me at death. Wh y did 'hrist clie, an 1 wha t a re to be the resul t~
Ada m was perfect-C hrist was pOl'feet; Adam was human-C hrist was hum an; Adam
t ri ed under od's p erfeet law- h1'ist al 'o; Adam fa il ed- 'hrist sueceeded.
'Iuis t ea rn d by hi s faithfulness and obed ience t he right to etc rn al life, b ut l1e ca me
for a different purposc.
hri st gave hi s unfol'feitetl life for Adam s forfeited li fe.
The pound in each cas is J'epl' senta ti ,'e of the mea ure t he piri t in] )01'.12:7, a
favor through the adoption as SOIl S. Adam was a son by creation ; aug Is also W r e
rr a ted and not born in in . Wh en begotten, we brcome so n and rec ive the po un d.
THE 'l'ALEl.~ T
ABJLI'l'J]~S AND
pPOl~'r NITIE .
Ill stead of it being an inju tice to the wo1'11 to el ect t he hurch now, it will be a
great favor to the wo rll, becau e the church will be able to sy mpat hi ze wit h th em in co nd it ions whi ch 'hl'is t did n ot exp eri ence. These ta lent are oppo rtunit ies along th e lin of
0111' abilities and pl'ivilege. Judging OU T elves-each one is the best subject tu spend hi!>
time on, not OD othe r '. In using our ta lents, we are to st udy tho Bibl e, st udy God's Word
a nd h eed the inst ru ctions .
.'\. third way to neglect to u e ou r talents is fa ilure to foll ow th e lading ' of the pirit.
A fourth way i to n eglect prayer.
() If is th e onl y thing that can 1<oep II fl'ol11 th e
love of God. Humility is not tll iukin g hi g hly of ODe's self; humili ty is not t hinkin g lowl}
of. one's se lf; hum i lity is n ot thinking of one's self at all.
A fifth way is to n eglect to !l se mbI with God 's peopl e.
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Why the one talent to illu trate the unfaithful, instead of the five ~ 'l'~e Lord wanted
to show that those having even one talent are as responsib le as those having five. So we
read in Rom a ns 14:12, "Everyone of us shall give an acconnt of himself to Goil."
In thi c:)]]nection, he gave tIle illustration of two brothel' , and then of the t,,o
sisters.
A and B repr ese ntea two brothers, A very blunt and B very seusitive. A said some
thing that hurt B's feelings and 0 B said he wa going to A and tell him he hurt h is
feelings and that he wanted him to apologize to him. Bro. Bundy said B had better go to
the Lord in prayer an 1 humbl y ask the Lord to take away his sen itiveness. He tllen
referred to the two sisters, A ana B. Th ey met together and agreed that they had been
close friends for a long time and of cou rse co uld talk over things coufidentially, so A said
to B,-what do you thinl, of ister C~ J. t us give an account of ourselves a,nd not be
judging one another.
'l'HREE 'l'HING

WHEN WE CONSECRATE.

'We present two things to God and he presents two things to us, but they make only
three altogether. What doe God give to us~ A new will, the gift of God .
omething we
give to him-we pre ent all we have and 'Ie giyes it back to us, but appoints us stewards
of it, for we must give ::m ac ount. We give so mething to him, which he does not give back
to us; nalr.ely-our justified life and privileges. "Ve acrifice those altogether. We are told
to "forget thine own self and people "-Ada m 's house. A Iso out r elatives. Our justified
relatives say: You call be a hristian, you should be, but oh dear! there is no need of
living such n nalTow life. J"orget all such thing, and 0 shall the King greatly de ire thy
beauty.
Pour teps in the consec ra ted experience: Leal'U the Master's will; study the Master's
CX(lIll)Jle; seek the Master's help; do the Master's will.
He spok of t he robe of ri ghteousness, which reaches from the neck dow n to t he ground,
it being that way so that we might' have our heads cut off.
'l'be evening sessio n open d at 7 :30, with a Praise Service, using tbe ,o ngs from" Zion 'ti

Glad Song ," Bl'O. S. Kuesthardt, of Port

Jinton, Ohio, in charge.

0 'clock, Pilgrim Bl'other Hayden Samson was intro

lluced to give a discourse from the "Cbart of tb
Age'."
He spoke principally about the worlds ancI
ages, as represented by t he upper part of the bart. Hi
rema rk s in part were as follows:

Hi s text was Epb. 3:11-" Accortling to the ete rnal Iur

]lose wbicll he purposed in CI)ri st J esus our Lord." He also
r('ad t he text f rom the Diaglott-" According to a plan
of the Ages, which he formed for the Allointeil J esus, our
Lord. "

BRO. HAYDEN SAMSON

He said that as It yo un g man he had heard of a plan of

sa lvation , but never kn ew what it was, but often wond ered
about it, and had made use of a great man y bindrance in
try ing to find out what the truth was.
He snid tbe Lord creat ed man in perfection, placed him
ill ~dell on trial, that mun sinned, and the penalty was death.
I,nt some how theJ'c was a change in hi plan, sending a
few 10 haven, and the rest to ete rnal torment. H e aiLl it
seemed to him more like a plan of damnatioD.

We find, however, that God has a beautiful, systematic

plan of salvation, and we find it r eaches across three great worlds or age. The earth.
J'epre ented by the top borizo ntal line of the Cba rt, is the base of them all, and so the earth
i the same ea rth. in a ll three ages. In Ecel. 1:40, we read "the ea rth abideth forever. "
The original word from which tbis word" forever" is translated bas fift ee n meanings, and
two of the meanings are" perpetual" allCI " ete rnal. " Tbe fire that Peter spoke about will
no more burn up the literal ea rth than did the flood destroy the literal ea rth. H e said
that when the time came that Peter spoke about, there woultl be a great coal strike.
He spok e of tbe fir&t world being under the co ntrol of tbe angels, and that they mad e
poo r success of the work, but when t he angel flies througb tbe heav en with the" ever
lasting gospel," the people will believe it, because i t will be tbe one true Vel' ':on, aQd not
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a thou and and one different versions t hat we have to co ntend wi th.
R efe n 'ing to Ge nesis to t he call of A br a ham ,' t he n I aac, t hen Jacob, he showed how
God used onl y one man at a time t hen for hi p m'po e, beca us e oll e wa s all h e wan ted.
It wa' a matter of lec tion t hen, as it has been a ll t hrough th e Go pel Age. If God bad
wanted more than one ma n d urin g t be Pat riarchal Age, he wou ll have had t hem. H e
ask ed th e qu e tion as to why we do not have mo re than o ne Preside nt of t he United tates,
wh y do 'we Dot hav 16 ~ H repli ed t hat one was e nou g h. H e said he r e membe red wb en
we did have two, O Il C in t he No rth a nd one jll t he out h, a nti t hat as a rcsolt it co't tile
country tbou 'a nds of li ves and milli on of do llar', and i f we we re to h ave 'ixtee n Pre ide nts, h eli I n ot I,n o w what would ha ppcn, 0 1' wh at t hey w ould do with t he ot he r fift ee n.
Acco rding to . t he t heo log ical talldpoint of thr va ri ou c reeds, t he ot he r fifteen would have
to be eternall y torment d.
H e said t hat t he COUl lll on idea r ega rdin g t hos not elected wa t hat God would coll ect
togethe r all t he coal, charcoa l a nd wood a nd ete l'l1all y to rm e nt t he m. He t hen ga ve an
illustratio n showi ng t hat th sele<'tion, or election, now goi n on, i s fo r t he pur po e of
bl ess ing t hose Dot electN" t l:e sa me as t he Preside nt of the U nit ed State i fo r t he
ble sin g of tho e not elrc t erl ~s P rcs id nt , Th e illu t l'at ion wa' t hat of a w ealtby gent lema n meetin g a num ber of poo r l'oys wh o had ll eve r had any edu cation, so he pi cked out
two of t hem a n] asked thcm if t h Y woul] lik e to have a good e lucation and if they
would tu ly ha rd and try to l(' ~, r n, if he would se n I t he m to a good sc hoo l, pay a ll th
expe nses, etc. 'I Th ey r e pli ed t hat th ey woull, so he sent t he m a way to scboo r and k ep t
tra ck of t heir p rog l'ess, a nd wh ell t hey gradu ated with honors, he tol] th e m that Il e was
ve ry well p lea ed a nd 'aid he hall bee n watch ing them and t hat he ha d sti ll fu rth e r pla ns,
t hat he had a la rge b uildin g all fitt ed up fo r sc h 01 purposes and now he wi s hed to ed uca t e
t he r e t of thei r co mpani ons, a nd t ha t he propo 'ed to u e th ese two to tca h and give out th
b le in g to ot he r. H e was un del' no obligation to se lect t he e two a nd end t hem to sc hoo l,
neith e r was it any inju t ice to t he othcr to se lect two a nd g ive t hem ab le ing, 0 also it
was all of hi s own fr e will to bles t he ot h rs afte r t he two we re ed ucated .
H e also r efe rred to t he parable of t he "R ich Man a nd La za ru s," s howing that it was
appli cable to t he J"ews onl y, fo r It rea(18-" And if they wi ll not hea r Mose and the
Proph ets, etc, " H e said t hat t he w ord "they" mea nt t he J e ws onl y, fo r non e el e bad
Mo 'and the Prophet' but t he J ew '. H e al 0 sa id t h ~t Lazaru re prese nted t he world.
an d ref elTed to J e us r a isin g Laza rus f rom t he dead, a type of wh at t he Chri st, H ead and
Body will do fo r tile worlel d urin g t he Mill ennial Age,

UNDAY, JULY 9,
T 9 o'clo k in t he morning, t h se sion opened wi t h a P raise, Praye r a nd Testimony
Serv ice, led by Bro. M. L . H e lT, dnring which B ro, R ead favo red u wi t h anoth er
so ng. Th e re we re man y 'pl endid testi monies g ive u and man y ot hers de ired to
t t ify, but t he t im e would not perm it.

THE NEW CREATION,

ROMPTLY at 10 0 'clock Pilgrim B ro. Frank Drape r
was in t r od uced a nd spo kc on t he s ub;ject of " Th e N e w
r eation.' , Th e fo ll owing is a partial re port of hi s
re ma rks:
'fext 2 Co r. 5 :17- " If a nyo ne be in Chri st, he i a Kew

Il'eation.' ,

Th e New ' reation i brought to our atte ntio n in co ntradistin cti on to a fo rm er or older c rea tion , wb en J e hovah
crea t ed Adam a perfect mall a nd male it possib le fo r hi m to
k ee p J ehova h 's perfect law. 'l' hi
da m d id not do, Gene is
2 :17. For a f ull descripti on of the N ew 'reat ion, he adv ised
us to all read a volume of 740 pages, publi bed by th e Watch
Tower Bible & Tract oci t y.
You rem embe r that befo re t ra nsg ress ing J ehovah ' law
God said to him: "Have dominion ove r th e ea rth , et . "
ot
in heave n, but ha ve dominion on earth. Not mul t ipl y and
BRO . F RANK DRAPER
fill heaven. One of J ehova h' purposes i t o fill t he earth
with perfect be in gs. 'Ibis will be acco mplished at t ~ e end of the Ti~ e of R estitut ion, at
th e en] of th e Mill ennial Age. This will be aecomp ll shed by a cer taJll number of person s.
lto own as the New Crea t ion, witb t he Lord J es us as the H ead anel tbe Churc h as His Body15

t.Ioe Christ., Head and Bally.

e h I'ist.

As Itlany as hav," l)t"cll hal'tiZt'I1 into

.1('slIs

Cl,rist have

\,111

on

At his resurr el'tion , he ealllC into pos8ession of all power in heaven al1<l eartlo. Has h"
sinte been unc10ing all the work of Satan g No. }"irst Jehovah authorize!l the Ul,ntiles
to have Jlower; this began 25 cent uries ago, and we have gootl Bible authori ty th:ot it
will cntl soon. 'Seconrl, it was .Jchovah's plan to prepare a Bl'ide for the heavenly Bride
groom.

,If you lire of tloe class whose nalllCS arc cast out as evil, n.I01(',o. Do 1I0t go aro\lnd
with a long face. 1\"0, we are to cou nt it all ,joy when wc fall into c1ivt'rsc trials, cte.
All who are jointheirs lllUst take the steps h e took, but we lllust take ono stPJl which h('
never took. Bro. DrHpel' then 8howcil frOlll thc Chalt Adam '8 perfeetion and fa 11, how
the worl<l fell with him, and how it rcquire<1 the perfeet Man Christ .Jesus to take Adam '8
Illaee in death, in order to thus lift mankind from the plane of condemnation a nd (leath,
up to the plane of justification and life. This last step from contlemnatioll 0 \11' Lord dirl
not have to take. All the other steps that the Lord did take, conse cration, sacrifice, baptism into death, etc., we also take with him.
,\Theil our Lord .Tesus was baptize,l in t.he river .Tordan lJY .Tohn, he lJeeam c tl,c Hea(-i
nf the New Creation, ana for US to hecome members of the Body, we IIlUst l:elieve with
head and heart. If one is ;justifi etl, is he IlOt a melllber of the New Creation ? No. He Blust
offer himself a living sacrifice.
He gave ('01lsillerahl(' attention to the wortl "repent."
The wlld<1 is lIot ('a lle,l to reo
l'l.'nt, but to l'cform. 80(101l1ite8 antI those of GOlllorrah would not have 1><'('" Christ ians
if they had reformed. In Titu s 3 :',), we reatl that we are sa ve(l by the "wash lng of
r egenc ration."
As a Kcw Creature. your human nature has gone out of exist r ncc. It is
this New Creature that is now running the ra ce and whieh God is jll<lging. The old man
U n1].JC I' ('ouItI sin, a]l(l get mu ch out of harmony with God. It is the 1\"ew Creat.lll'c that
I'annot sin. We have thc mind of Christ. He did not say tIl at we had the botl y of Christ.
The natural man is not subject to the law of GO(l. A wrong disposition of the flesh is
n ot the new will, but we should get co ntrol. Browbeat the old man. Not so meonc else,
but I am to browbeat the old man Draper, and you are to browbeat yo ur old nature. Don't
listen to him at a ll. Tell him you have no tim e to give to him. He will want t.o explain
this a nd that an(l to compromise with tIl(' new mind, if possibl e, but it is for you to brow
heat him. Keep him <lown. Th e old nature dies hard. Do not let sin reign in yom mortal
bodies. Do not say there is no sin therc, for there is, but do not let it reign there.
Sometitlles our best friend s on ca rth are aclvcrsaries to US in wishing US not, to 1:e so
"ni lt in our walk in the narrow way. He gave the illustration of our Lord and Pl'tn. show
ing how Peter was both faYorc (1 antl rebuked by the Lonl. :Fil'st., when nul' Lonl asked
. wh011l the world said he was; somc replied t.hat h e was one thing and anothPl' sO lllf'tioing
else. 'l'hen Peter was asketl Hnd he l'eplie(l: "'IllOu are the bon of the Livin g God."
'rhe
Lord replier! that flesh and bloo<1 hall not l'eveu led it to him, hut God ]U](l. 'l'his might
hav e Illa(l e P('ter a lit.tle ]luffed up to think the Lord would reveal something to hilll, et.c.
Later when tIl e Lor<1 spoke about his intention to go to Jerusale m, amI that li e would be
persecutell 311(1 cru ci fi ed, Peter spoke up and said, "]\;ot so, Lord! be it far fro m thee."
H ero the 1.01'(1 l'cb uked him and said, "Get thee behind me, a(lversary."
TTf'r0, Peter, one
of t.he Lord's best friends, was an adversary, trying, though unintent.ionall.". to get the
Lord to (10 eont.rar,Y t.o what he kn ew was the Futhpr's will <,olleo1'lling hilll. 'I'ho ways ill
\\'hieh OUl' Lori! was t.empted were t.he same as his bret.hren lllUSt. he. You rememl'('l' how
h( <"rea tell bread :m,l fed m:l11:V, and then th('~' sai(l, "\V c will make him on r Ki Ilg." 'Pho
:'Ifaster saw that it was not the Father's time for him t.o be lIIalle King', thus they "'ClC
adversaries to him. so he w('ot int.o a mountain to pray. H e was telllpted ' to <10 something
not ill keeping with his consecration vows.
S,wolld, IV e are tempted to get (]is('ouragc(l. God permits Satan to thus tempt. UR,
t.hat by resist.ing we may beeome strong, but He will not permit liS to be tplllptc(l
above that w e arc (to le, hut will, if we make us e of tIle means he gives \lS, mak e a wa:v of
escape for us. Sometimes we are tempted to get discouraged when plannin g a meeting
and expect about a hunclred to come and find only five or six prpspnt, or we may have
thought we could sell a good lllany Dawns, but can put out only a f(" ,. Resist t he Devil anll
h e will flee frolll you, and after awhile, we will hear the "Well dOlle, good antI faithful
servant, enter thou into the joy of t he Lorll."
,H)

After singing olle song, Bro. Drapel' was imlllcdiately follow etl by Bro. J. D. Wright of
t.he Bible House staff, who spo lw ill part as follows:
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GOOD l ' lGll'l'. "

SUBJECT being so lllu1I like tllat of Brother

Draper, I ca n only follow in his trak aud as it i~
g,~tting late anll you have been sitting quite a while
now, I will be as easy with you as possible.
Our subject is found in 1 Tim. 6:12- "'fhe Good I'ight."
Thi3 world has had to do a great denl of fighting and those
who have fL'ught faithfully have been nowned with the
g reatest laurels the wor ld co ni] give, and thosl' wen, none
too !l'ooll for the fight ers of this present wo r lel. But, the
good soldiers of Jesus Christ are in a I etter fight. Paul
said: "I have fought the good' fight, 1 hav e I,('pt the faith,
i hav e finish ed my course. "
1 want to ca ll your attention to several things in this
text: First, Thou art ca lled unto etemal l ife. Second, Lay
hold on eternal life. Third Witnes the "'ooll co nfessioll.
Fourth, Fight the <To all fi(Tht.
BRO. J. D. WRIGHT
First-We see clear ly that the call of tlti presellt di~
[,onsaiioll is to Glory, HOlloI' and Immortality, jointheirship. Nevertheless therois another
call: "Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, wh ere unto thou art ca lleu."
Death is in the world and we all know hOWl it ca me to be here, as r ecorde!1 in Romans
5:]2. Dea th i upon all, and for any to have life, they mnst be called ont of this deat h
co ndition . Darluless co vers the enrth, and gross darknoss the people, and we nre witnesses
to this fact. Death a nel darkness are bere, and eve n those who are said to be alive ill th
world are yet under the sentence of death, even these are in larknes. Th e Apo~tle Peter
mcntions this WhOLl he says we are called out of darkness into this m:1l'velous light. In
ot her worils, we are call ed out of death. Our LOI'lI also rofe rrecl to the sallie thing when he
said: "The hour is co ming in which all in their grave wi Il hear the voiee of the Son of
llIan and come forth." 'l'h ey will hear his voice and live. It is nece~sar'y that \\' e are
called out of darkne . into his marv elous light if we wi h to hav e any standing with Gael.
WI,osoev r believes on the nam e of tllC only begotten Son has life.
Second-The Apostle. ays to " lay hold Oll ete rnal life." Tho e who I el ieve in their
hearts~l ve life, but they hav e not a very ti",ht grasp upon it.
Th e life which we hav e
by fait is a' very temporary matter, if we go no farther than that. It will last a little
whil e, ut will vanish if we do not mal, e the best use of it. '1'he only way we C:l n do to get
a fast hold on eternal life is to obey tbe Word of Goel, as r ecord ed in Roman~ 12 :1 . W e lIlust
pre ent ourselves a living sacrifice because it is in our l'eaSO Jlable service. If any man would
co me aftcl' me, let him deny him se lf, ta),e up bi CI'OS and follow me, said the I_ot'll in
anoth er place.
Th ero is a plate ill the kingdonl fOI' all those whose hea rt al'e JOllgillg for the kingdonl ,
ant! who want to sec .leRlls ::IS he is, :llld be one of those who finally overcome, aod be with
him who overcamo an] :at uown with the .Fath er 0;1 his throne. It i a reasonabl e
service for any who are justified.
'rhe majo!'it.v of people do not want to go to heaven
a nyway . '1'he Lord is 110t going to ]i~appi)int any by taldng them where the.v do not want
to go. 'J'hey will have so mu ch more anyway than they are entitled to tha.t they will be
satisfi ed. Whatever be tIle reward, to be founel faithful at bst, it is necessa ry to lay h" I/1 on
ete rnal life. I want to suggest another thing, aJl(I it seoms to me that possibly many hav e
ove rlooked this matter of laying hold on ete rnal lif<;-a living sac rinee, and proving what is
that pOJfeet will of Gall. It is not 'l matte r IIl erely of making a rOllsecration. Many do
that ~Ind a re nominally con cerated. Jt is one thing to say I co unt all thing' to be loss and
drO~A, but quite another thing to say I have suffer ed the loss of all t hings. Jf we do n ot
go farther than the name it will 110t amount to an ' thing. Th e tl'lle can eerat ion takes in
!lot only the thought of sufIel'inO' the loss of ~"I things, but of r eceiving the Holy pirit to
uphold us. 'vVe should l,ave this thought in om minds wb on we 0I1sid('1' ourselves under
t he Lord; it i~ not ours alone. We arc to sanctify our e lves and the Lord is also to sallC'
tify u through the truth. The Lorl sends th e pirit of '1'ruth, the omforter, to bring to
our attention that which had been 8pol,en, that we might be guided into all trutb, also in
order to strengtben.
'l'ltird-We might be justified and lay hold on ete rnal life, but there is something
more- witnessing a good profession or co nfessioll , whi ch i -' important. On e of the impor
tant purposes i that we might be ministers or mes enge l's of the truth-"Ye are my
witn esses. "
.
POlllth-"Gird up the loins of your mind." Or in otber words, " fight the good fight."
One way is, study the Bibl e alld tbe Dawns. Put on the shield of Faith, which is able to
quencll all the fiery dart of the wicked on!'. Brother Wright gave the illustration of how,
in olden time, tbey had sbiel:Is mad of different materials, so me of kin and others of
ih'cr, etc. Th e people then fought with arrows an:I darts, and would sometimes set ihe

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dart

on .fire, .hoping to burn a hole through the s kin s hi elds, but the metal shie ll] would
perm it ~bI S, but _woul I. quench th.e fi ery darts and brin g tllem to naught, and () it is
wIth our sl1J e ld of :Eulth, If we use It.
Pray with all 111 pli ca tion for a ll a in ts a nd for me.
n~t

"BEA TY FOR A HE

"

T A. 61:1-3.

'1' 3 o'clock Sunday aftern.oon, Brot her .Wi!lianlso n,

hUHman, ope ned th sess l n. Thl' llutiltonulO \V as
packed to i ts utmost, holdi ng about 1,200. Many of
the friends gave their seat to t he st ra nge rs :lnd citizc ns of
Niagara that hall co me to hea r Brother Ru ell, a lt hou g h
mc tings ha ! not bee n adve rti 'ell fo r the public, on a cco unt
of th e limi ted 'eat in g apacity of th e hall, and bec:1u e it
was the purpo'o to hav e t he co nve ntion more fo r the benefit
of the friend in the truth.
After paying a hi g h tribute of prai e and love to Bro.
Hu 'ell Bro. Williamson th n in t rodu c d him in his mo t
eloquent mann cr.

RO .. l~ ~ ELL. ~hen t epp I forwa!'d and, in k eepin g

Wi t h hi S humilIty and mod e -ty, sa id he wa rell1ind ect
of the orato r, who, in hi s r ema rk s, 'oa red way abo v
tll e head of hi' a ud ience, a nd that hi hearer had to t 11
him to "come dow n, co me down," so he said to Bro. Wil liam ou. He aid he did n ot wa nt hi s a udicnc to get. their
cxpectation too high, for they might be di appointed . H e
PASTOR C. T. R SSJ>L
t hcn spo ke in palt as fo ll ows :
We are very g lad, dea l' frien]s to wh atever exte nt the Lord ha been pleased to use
us ; it is a g reat pleasure to be a erv a nt of th e L ord in a ny apac ity. 'Ve want a ll t o
hav e clearly in min d one t hou g ht-t hat t he Lord's" I ue time" has cOllie for the Present
'1' ruth ; therefore, if He had n ot e nt th e mes age in one cha nn el H e would have ' nt it in
a nother chann el. Th e Lord atte nds to hi ' ow n work. If th Tower ha d not bee n publis hed by BIother Ru ssell the me sag woul d ha ve bee n se nt t hroug h 'o me othe r avenue.
WlI en the Lord' tillle comes th e b less in g' co mc - that i Hi sec ret. " Tim es of ref re h lI1g s hall co me from th e presence of the L ord."
'.rhat is wh y w ha ve a r ef res hin g, and
why it is the time for t he ble sing.

"BEA 'l'Y F R A HES. "

1 A. 61:1-3.

UR text th i afte rn oo n will be fo und in I sa. 61:1-3, and especially the latter ltLU e
of th e thi rd verse. " The . pirit of the Lord is upon me; the Lord has anointe]
me to preac h th e good tid ing, to co nfort all that mourn to appo in t un to th em
that moul'l1 ill ;::iol1, to give them b auty for as hes."
Our remark today are a co ntinuation of the last few lInda y se rm ons, a cco unts of
which hav e been publi 'hed in the Pittsbu rg Dispatch and th Ft. W ay ne News of Ft.
Wayne, Ind.
In a previous con id erati ol1 of this firs t verse, '''1'h e pirit of t he L ord od is upon
me to pTeaC)l the good tidings," we call ed attention to the fact that th is primaril y app li ed
to Ollr Lord J e us, and wh en t he Father would ha ve Him proclaim the rcat mes '''ge He
\Va
first a noint ed to preach.
Y Oll r ememl' e r t h
r e ord he gave to J ohn.
Whil o
bein g
baptized
the
anointinO'
of
th
Hol y
pirit
ra mI'
upon
him . F rom God's standpoint all the mem be l'S of the body of hrist are in cluded in
t his anointing, and all His co nsec rated peop le are members of Hi s body. A t he apo t le
says: " Membe rs in parti cular of t he body of -' hrist. " 'rhe halld a nd t he foot and th e
eye and the ea r are I' presented in thl"e Iifferent memb r. '~'hat i God' standpoint in
hri st, of whi ch J e liS is head a n "I we are
t his general order to the whol e Chur h of J e u
memb er '. Now this whol e body is anointed to p reacl), and here we see that our vi ew of
preaching differs wid ely from the ordinary view. All the membe rs of the body of hri st
are anointed to preach ; they and th y alol1 e. Ju t so surely as yo u are oue that has co me
through justification of faith :l11d sanctHi ], tho anointing is upon yo u, and just 0 sm ely
as you co me und er the anoin ting it is yo ur cO lllmission to preach. Why 1 T"he prophet
tells ns.
I want in this connection to call 'Ollr attentio n to the point that not merely those
that preaeh fr om the publi e pl a tform ar PI' a chers. Every child of God mnst be a
preacber; it is impossible to be a child of God without being a preache r. If he is de relict
he i ' url3 to begin to w n and lose hi li fe .
0 yo u will find it in yo ur experi ence ; from
the tim e you ~ 3lll e in to r'l ati onship with th Lord, as a member of the boely of bri st,

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under this anointing, you felt that th e greatest privilege was that granted of being a
co-laborer with the Lord, a preach er of th e good tidings of great joy. Those that are of
this way arc noted everywhere. What arc we anointed to preach ~ Jesus and the resurrection.
Th ere is another way of preaching ; according to the 'Scriptures there is no authorHy
for th e sisters preaching in a public manner. How shall she minister then ~ There are
many w ays in which she can preach. He here gave an illustration, telling how at one
time he was holding a meeting in Ne w Yo rk and some lady came to him and ask ed him
to pray for h er that she might get more light on the truth. She had been an agnostic,
but her siste r had come into PreSE nt Truth, an d it had worked s uch a ma rvelous change
in her that she herself now wish ed t o ge t the truth. We are to preach th e truth by whatev er talents we have, public or not. W e are to be living epistles, and no way will send
it to th e heart quicker than living th e truth, a s did the sister in th e above illustration.
N ow we come down to the pa rti cular words of our text for this aft erno on, "Beauty
for Ashes."
Part of the preaching is to comfort all that mourn. A great ma ny people seem to
think they are to shake people over torment and comfort them wit h thai. W e find that
our co mmission is that we are anointed to preach the good t idin gs, to bind up the brokenhearted-not to break them. All that ever came into the trnth had t hei, hearts I:roken.
Jt was not the Lord's saints that did it. I am so rry if th ey d id. 'fhere are plenty of ci rcnmstances a ll a round us that aTe breaking men 's hearts, and our part is to "bind up the
broken hearts;" the part of the "Gooo Samaritan;" to tell them of the good tidings
of great joy, which shall re-sh a ll be. It has not l:een, but it sha ll be unto all pp.ople;
it is bou nd to co me in "God's due tim e."
TO COMJ<'ORT THEM THA'l' MOURN.
It might seem strange, dear f ri ends, that the Scriptures speak of the Lord's people
having conside rable to mourn for. "Blessed are they that mourn, et c."
We are not to
comfort those that do not mourn. Th ey do not need our (,Glllfort. Let those g o who are
r ejoicing, who have all the hilarit y. You a r e neither to break th eir hearts, nor arc YOIl
to comfort th em. They do not need the comfort, neither hav e we the commission to break
their hearts, but;' bind up the broken hearts."
In Jesus' special lllessage He call ed up on the "weary and heavy la ll en to give them
res t," not to dangl e them over hell . He said, "COIllC unto Me, all ye that. a re weary and
heavy laden a nd I will give you rest." T hose that are not weary a nd heavy lad e n are
neither in danger of tormcnt.
Ollr friends say that they have no time to talk to Christians, but th at we must go to
the profane and wicked , but the Lord addresse d His messa ge a nd all the epistles arc
addressed to thosc that l:elieved- His disciples. He told His disciples that He sent them
to the lost sheep of the hous e of Tsrae l-those to whom God had commit t ed His oracles,
thos e who had had Moses and th e prophets for their t.eachers. Our L ord Himself preached
to th e l(ost sheep of the house of I srae l and not. to the heathen ; there were plent.y of
beli ever s to preach to-all the hous ehold of faith. Our message is th e same and to the
same class of people, the househol d of faith . Our Lord's plan is to "Gat.her My saint:;
unt o Me saith the Lord, those that have made a covenant with M e by sacrifice."
Othe1S
feel that t.hey a r e justified by their own self-righteousness. The sai nt class, those Wh03C
hearts are broken, are the ones that nee d binding up.
The Gospel of Christ addresses it ~elf especially to those who labo r a nd are heavy
la(ien a nd are see king rest; it passes by those who are fnll and satisfied a nd merry. It
appeals to those who mourn. Th ey ca n apprec iate God's message as others ca nnot. But
why should this be so~ ~Why should w e not exp ect luthei the reverse of this 9 Sm ely w e
(annot l:elieve that heaven is a place of momning, that the H eaven ly Father is sad, that
the h oly a ngels are weary and heavy laden and see king lest.. Why, th en, i3 it that the
Gospel of th e Lord Jesus appeals t o th e mourners? If in the h eavenl y co urts all are rich
in hea lth and joy and prosperity, and if th ey all are rejoicing in t he divine character and
divine plun, why is it that the earthly class, rich and favored and r ejoicing, should not be
attracted by the Gospel of Christ.

NO SORROW IN HBAVEN, NO SIN.

We a nswer that the conditions a re t otally different. In hea ven there i s no sin, no
sickness, no pain, no sorrow, no d eath, no weeping-nothing t o cause mo urnin g. On earth
all these conditions prevail; if not in eac h individual, certainly in each family. ""hile,
t he refo r e, it is proper that those who a re sinl ess and free from the penalties of sin should
rejoice in tb e Lord and be joyful, i t is equa lly proper that tho se w ho a re und er sin and
its penalty should mourn , should reali ze their tru e condition, should feel weary with sin
find t he burdens mental , mora l and physical which it has bmnght upon us as a race, shoulrl
feel heavy lad en with life 's trials anrl difficulties und should mourn a ud long for deliverance from these unfavorable condition~. .\nd it is so with all who arc in the right attitude
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or JUiud. Ollly where selfishness llllH erowl1ed it out iH thcre liD fcelillg of sYlllpathy,
sorruw or Illourning aUlOugst the favured f ew in th e world 011 \whalf of t he less ftLVOrel1
Illllltitutic.
Hnt it wonld nut ue fair to sUl'l''':,e t hat ail t he rieh ;111(1 \Ie il -to-do who see m to be
tiil('d with ;juy and pJeaslU(' ar(' r ea lly S\) . 'l'ruth to tell, nearly every hUlllan being has
his hca rtades, an(l nut a few-while e njoying the fat pf the land anil lIluch advantage
over the lII aju lity every way-have a lo ng ing desile tuhelp their fellows; but feeling
the illlJlossiuility d aceolllpliship.~ anything in the 11plift of all, leal.izillg that. they IllUst
draw th" lill e ~o lllcwheJ"(', they ha ve th"ir spedal objeets of sympathy and assistmlle .
.!\[ueh smeJy i, done for the benefit of the less favored of the hUllli.tn falilily ill the provision of puulic instruction, public liiJrari<'s, publi!" hospitals, de., 1I0t to lIIention the
many private benevolences. In any eve nt it is not for 1,S to attempt to jllllge the hearts
of one allother, to determine whieh al"e they that momlI.
We are safe to aSSlllllC that
lIlallY momn-the majority.
Our t ext assu r es US that all the anoint eil botly of the Christ
are ol"iluilled to prod"im the Lord's lIIessage of eOlllfort to all that mourn, to all who
realize that the prcl.<mt condition of things is an unsatisfactory one, quite beyond the
power of any human being to full y r c ~ tify-a condition which God's Kingdom alonc can
correct.
WI1'] N G A WAY ALL TEAHS.
"There is :.l wideness ill Uod's mercy lik e the witlelless of the sea," as the puet has
it, and this is in In:ukcil eontrast with the narrowness of hUlllan creeds and
theories. According to the latter Oo<.l's provision for the majority of the hum an falllily is
that they shall muurn and he W'''llY alld heavy laden, be a gloaning crea ti on thrOl'ghont
this prese nt life, and at its close be ush ere(l into conditions awful to contemplate-an
eternity of woe; mourning anll ~orrow, pain :lud anguish will be their lot to all eternity.
This was the false Gospel wldeh was COIl(,octed during the "dark ages" by those who
verily t hought they did Goll sen-ic ~ in bunung one another at the stake. How diffe1ent
is the truo m essage of God, rcferro<.1 to in oui text, the message whi"'l he an ointed the
Christ, ]; '! aLi. and bally to proclaim, t.he message of "Good tidings of great joy which shall
ue unto a ll ppople" (Luke 2:10), a message uf comfort to all who lllourn.
True, ma n y of those who now mourn are unflble to appreciat e God's message; blinded
aJlll deafened by the adversary th ey know not :Jeithcr do they unc1erstaml the mercy and
gracious provision of the divine plan of sa lvat ion which centers in t he eros!'; of Christ.
Uo nfused by the vtuious religiou s en'eds of th e worla, they ca nnot discern the voice of
the true Shephertl, ana hence the vast majority arc without tho co mfort, are hopeless,
ill d espa ir. While, therefore, it is the privilege of the spilit anointed members of Christ
to tell the good tidings which shall ultimately be unto all people, t hey are to un<lerstum1
that only StIc h as have the car to hea r will be able to ('omprehem1 alll1 appl"eeiate their
message until the lIew dispensation shall have been ushcrell in, when the duuas of errOl"
a1l<1 l1arkllcss, confusion and fals ehood shall molt away before the g-lOriOllS rising SUlI of
righteolls1I osS, whose healing beallls arc to bless the world during- th e Mill en niulll.
The comfort of the Scriptures resl'ettir.g the blessings which are coming upon the
\\"orl<l, mllst, therefore, be un<ierstoo l1 f01 the household of faith only in this Gospel age,
as th e .Mast er said: "Blessed are your eyes a ni! your cars for th ey see and h ear."
Matt.
13:16. Those of sympathetic nature, in proportion as they receive the Spirit of the Lord,
t he Spirit of the anointing, and grow in lik en ess to t.he Lord, wonld lIIourn llIore than
ever for their dear ones in sin, still in darkn ess, were it not for this comfort of the Scriptures which the Lord provided for their sakes. As they come to und erstanli the divine
message it moans an ultimate blessing to each member of the hUlllan family; it means
that. HS vII of Ada m 's lal~e were involved in hi s penalty without t heir consent., likewise
all of t.hem arlc! provide~1 for in the great. redemption accomplished by the second Adam,
likewise withuut their knowledge before the ma;jol"ity of the1l1 welC born. Thus the I~onl
]ll"ophHieally declares that weepin g emltu es for the night, but joy comet h in the morning.
Psa. 30:5.
cXl'res~cd

THIS IS NOT UNIVERSALISM.

Th e whole cr e~ltion is involved in the w eoping and mourning anti suffering l1llel SOl"rowir.g in cident :-I l to the curse, th e penalty of death; and the whole c-. reation, redeemed
by the precious blood, shall in the morning come forth to joyful opportunities for attaining everlasting life t.hrough obedience to the glorious kingdom of God's t!ear bon, who
bou ght th em with his precious l::Iood. To t.his the Scriptures ag1ee. Pointing down to the
Millennial Age they d('clare that Got! shall wipe away all tears from t.h eir eyes-not
merely from t he faees of the sa ints of this Gospel Age. Rev. 7: 17. Almost the Sllme
message was given thollsands of years ago through the Prophet Isai a h , 25:8, saying:
" Th e Lord Got! slIR]] wipe away all tears flom off all faces. " 'l'hese divine testimonies
are in full accord with the oth e rs which aeclare that ultimately every kn ee shall bow and
every tOI~gue shall confess to the glory of God. Phil. 2:10, 11. These are a ll testimonie~
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of genera l application to thc whol e world of mankind, all based upon the fact that God
has unllel'take n to provide a full atonement for sins of the whole wOl'ld, which means
l'<'storation to every member of the l'ace,
This, however, is not universalism. There is :1 wide difference between wiping away
the cU I'se, th e penalty of Adam's fall, and the giving of evel'y hUlll an being during the
Millennium an opportunity of r ejoici ng in the Lord 's favor in the knowledge of the for
giveness of sins that were past, :11](1 opportunity for demonstrating t heir love for right
eousness and their opposition to iniquity, amI thereby provin g their fitness under the
,Evine terms for the possession of life everlast ing, whieh God has provided for all such
an<l for such alone, All who, after having been brought to a fell knowledge an d complete
opportunity, with a clear knowl edge of what they are doing, shall wilfully reject or
oppose 01' negleet the opportuniti es th en afforcled thelll will be properly deellled opponents
of God and righti'ousness and fit subjects fo r the second cleath, as it is written, "It shall
('ollie to pass that the soul that will not obey that prophet shall be dl'stl'oyed from amongst
th" people," Acts 3:23.
MOURNERS IN ZION.
It sha ull! bc ca refully noticed that t he Lonl distingllish es 11etween the mOUl'nOl'S in
gen<>ral, the "groa ning creation" and "mourners in Zion, " the mourn ers amongst those
who are truly His through faith and consec ration, This dis tinctio n is eve ryw herl' ma,lc
throughout t he Scriptures, 'fak e for instance Romans 8: 1923, already r eferred to, "'fh e
whole' creation groaneth and travuileth," says the apostle, "waiting for the revealing of
th e sons of God-waiting for the kingdom to be established," 'l'hen he tells us that we
ourselves g roa n within ourselves, "mourn," but are waiting for a different thing, ,Ve,
the chUl'ch, whil e groaning within oUl'selves mort' privately, less perceptiblc in an outward
mann er, are w a iting for our adoption, OUl' deliverance as the anointed one, our share in
the first r es urrec tion, ,Vc constitute the sons of Gael whose manifesta tions the groaning
ereation awaits, although they know not of the fact.
Those who mourn in Zion have the hearing ears an<1 the eyes of th eir llll(l erstanding
(lpcnecl, and hence the message of the Gospel means to them what it cannot mean to
mOUl'n ers in general. The Lord, t hroug h the prophet, explains the joys and blessings
which t he mOUl'n e l'S in Zion should have for their comfort, for their consolatio n, that thl'y
might not sorrow as othel's who have no hope, 'because helieving that Jesus died and rose
again th ey believe that all the hum a n family, whosc d ea th se ntence has been turned
into a sleep through the l'Ildemptive work of .Tesus, will God bring from the <lead by him
in d ue time, 1 Th ess, 4:14, Seeing t he coming blessings to be brough t to the world, in
which a ll th eir clear ones shall participate, they need not sorrow as others who have no
hope, Neverth eless, as the apostl e says, th ese groan within th emselv es because the bless
ings are still fu ture, amI the trials a n d c1ifficultics, weaknesses and f ra ilties and pains arc
still present,
Although the hope which they en joy maketh not ashamccl, bllt chee rs and comforts
th eir heartR an d lightens their burdens, noveltheless they have burd ens ,m, 1 sorrows, Om
LOt'a speaks fl'om the same standpoint, saying, "Come unto me all ye that labor and are
heavy la<len, and I will give yon rest."
"My yoke is easy and my hurd en is light,,"
Matt, ] 1 :28. The Lord's yoke is easy and his hurden light in comparison with the yoke
of sin a nd the hlll'den of death, But while it is the teaching of th e Scriptnre that the
bunlens of Gorl's people are thus lig htened as their hearts are cheered through faith in
the diyine character and pI'omises, they, nevertheless, al'e permitted to ha ve so me burtlens,
though lighter ones, as the apostl e again d eclares : "We who are in this tahernacle ao
g roan, being bunlenecl, " 2 Cor, 5:2, B ut oh how different is the burden that is upon the
world, and how tllis hurden decr eases as we become acquainted with alII' heave nly Father
anti with 0 111' Lord t he Redeem er, ancl with th e g racious plan of which he is the center.

, 'A GARLAND FOR ASHES."

A garland, a wreath, symbolically pictures hope and joy, as ashes symbolically pic
ture th e reverse, As children of wrath, ev en as others, as sharers in the penalty of sin
and death with its concomitants of troubl e a nd pain and sorrow, w e once, as the apostle
decla r es, were "without God and h aving no hope in the world," ,,ve kn ew not of the
gI'acious r edemption, knew not its lengths ana hl'eac1ths and how surely it co vered US aml
all t he race of Adam-knew not in any clear, definite manner at least, of the great divino
plan fo r the resurrection of the <lead, ho t h t.he justified and the unjustified,
Ellrthly hop es in,leed we 11 a,1, earthly ambitions, eal'ihly desires, earthly prospects,
but as t.ime passed on we fon:n<l that these withered, failed, tnrn c,l to ashes. We said to
OUl' souls, "Here is 110 r est no irst," Every fl'esh earthly hope see me<l to last but a
time and was gon e, le a vin; in our hearts an aching voill; hut now, as the poet has
ex pressed it, those who finn he Lord tina rest and peace and a hope t hat. ma keth not
ashamed, so t.hat they can Sil. ".Tesus lIas satisfied, ,Jesus is min e,"
In t.heir acceptance
of .Jesus with their whole hea ts th ey obtai n no satisfying portion, they lose all fears as
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well as old ambitions; they find new .loys, new hop es. represented symboHcaiiy as a "garland" (R. V.). Not one j oy, but many joys; n ot oue blessing, but many blessings, come
to those who are th e Lor,l ' s-to them 01,1 things h ave passed away an,1 all things become
new. Even death itself loses its sting when they reali ze to a certa inty that Christ has
bought every priso ner in the tomb, and that ultimately death is swallowed up in vietory
and th er e shall be no more death, uo more l'rying, no more sighing, no more dying, because
the form er things will have passed aw ay.
TH E OIL OF ,TOY }'OR. MOURNING.
H ow poetic the promise of the oil of joy instea d of mourning. In an cient time th e
mourning and rejoi cing were expressed more in an outward fo rm than is customa ry tod ay.
'rhe mouming and sorrowful would frequently go about clothed in sackcloth and with
ashes upon the h ead, as indica tive of t h eir woe; anf! on the contrary, when th e occasion
of their mournin g ha d passed, it was the custom to display the spirit of r ejoicing by washing and then specifically anoi nting with a perfume. Such a p erfum e oil was used in the
anointin g of kings of Israel a nd of th eir priests by the Lord's directi on, and is ve ry properly und erstood to signify the anointin g of th e Holy Spirit. So in this symbolical state
ment of our text, the oil of joy, the oil of glarIness, repres ents the anointing of t he Lord's
memb ers with th e Holy Spirit, the spirit of joy a nd gladness a nd refreshment a nd comfort, as inst ead of the spirit of sadness.
The poet has w ell expresse d this matter, saying: "Why should the children of th e
king go mourning a ll their days f" Throughout this Go spel age those who accept Jesus
as their Redeemer a nd who seek to walk in his tite ps anrI who make full consec ration to
him ancl to his ser vice are accepted of the h eavenly Fath ur as his children anit a nointeil
with his Holy 'Spirit, the spirit of gladness, th e spi rit of joy to a ll who r eceive it, and in
proportion as they rec eive it, it drives a way much of the spirit of mourning a nd brings
instead much of the spiri t of joy. As the apostle d ec lares, speaking of this class:
" Rejoice, and again I say r ejoice." P hil. 4:4. He tells us, too, that we arc not only to
rejoice in the comforts, privileges and b lessings that are ours, but we arc to rejoice in
tribulations a lso, kn owing th at all tllC experien ces of the present life are working together
for th e development, the pr eparation of this class to be the kings and priests of the Lord,
his associates and j oint-heirs in his kin gdom that is soon t o be establi shed.
THE GARMENT OF PRAISE.
Continuing to sp ea k to us poetically, the Lord decla res of this sa me class t hat his
appointm ent for th em is the garment of p raise, instead of the spirit of h eavin ess. If any
of the Lord's peopl e, after becoming participants of the Holy Spirit, are dejected, morose,
unhappy, let them know a~suredly from this t ext that th ey are not enj oying that whi ch
the Lord a ppointed for them. His own declaration is that he has appointed the garment
of praise to suppl a nt th e spirit of heaviness. True in OUl' present imperfec t condition
many things oc cur to make us heavy -hearted from time to time, and so me temperaments
are more subject to this ailment than others; but each should seek to cast off the care,
each should seek to take hi s burdens to the foot of the eJ'oss and leave them there, each
should r ememb er that the Lord careth for him, and has promised th at all things shall
work together for good t o the ca lled ones, a ccording to his purpose. Many n eve r get rid
of th e spiri t of h eaviness, because th ey fail to p ut on th e garment of praise-they fail t o
be suffi ciently thanldul, sufficiently appreciativ e of the good things r eceived of the Lord.
This is n ot only tru e of Christian people in gen eral, but it iK sometimes true of those who
have b een s pecially favored of the Lord in the knowledge of present t ruth and the refreshment which it brings.
A brother who, rather dejectedly, said to us one day, "There a re some points that I
still do Hilt see clearly."
W e asked, "Are th ey many?"
He replied, "Oh, y es; eight or
ten." We replied, "Dear brother, give thanks; remember that your points of difficulty
and doubt and f ear a ni! misunderstanding used to be eight or t en hundred. We f ear that this
is the case with othe rs. We want to remind all that it is important that we should not only confess our sins, to have them forg iven, but that we s hould n otice and acknowledge an d give
tha nks for the bless ings if w e would have them co ntinued anel mu ltiplied to us. He who r ecounts over and over the mer cies and blessings of the Lord will find their numb ers to increase and their value to enhance day by clay un t il before long, if he con tinue his tears will
give place to praise and thanksgiving, a n d so f ar from asking th e Lord continually for fre.sh
blessings, his petitions will be in the n at ure of than k offerin gs, an(1 h e will be saying to th e
Lord, "I ask no more, give what is best.
PRAISE SERVICE.
T 7 :30 in th e evening, the Praise Service was opened b~ Bro. A. H. MacMilla n, at th e
conclusion of. which Sisters Minnie and Li zzie Nation lang" Sa v ef! by Grace," and
th en Bro. A. E. Williamson was introduced and spok .lTI" God Is Love," the follow
ing being a partial r eport:

D eal' Fri e nds, t he vel'. e we hav e JUtun g, ,, ! love to

t II th e tory,' i t he en t im ent of my hear t to-nig ht. I
love to t ell t he story, a nd we all love to t ell t he one grand
sto ry of God's I ve. W e t hank God th at it is not a story of
damnation or of t r ouble or of a nyt hin g t ha t conv ey s th
t houg ht of ha rm . Th e wh ole human r ace un d I' pre ent co ndi t io n will ha ve t h oppo rt uni ty of co ming in to r eco n iliat io n wi t h God a nd fin d t h g reat privil ge of alv a tion . I a m
g lad it i our privil ege of telling omet hin g of t he love of
God .
1 J ohn 4-: 16-God i Love (wi t h spec ial emphasis on each
word ). I 'o met im es t hink t hat eve n t he f ri ends in truth
mi g ht t hink upo n i he rom pr hensiveness of t hat impl e
stat me nt t hat God is love. Thi s is t he o nl y char acterist i
of whi ch Go d is sa id to be t h emb d im ent . F rom t he cr ow n
of hi head to t he sole of hi fe t, if we may u e sueh a n
expre sion in co nn ection wi t h od, He is love.
ome of t he
old idea t hat we re a nd a re st ill p I' va lent in t he hear ts of
BRO. A. E . WILLI AlI1S0N
ma ny a re t hese.
ome 'ay o n t he one ha u ~-ye , God is
lovin g, t o t ho e wh om h elect t ? sa lvat ion, t hose. wh om he predet~ rmin ed b.ef o.re!la nd
shoul d be saved. Again-yes, God JS ]ovmg, he p rov Ides a way by whIch every m dIvli ual
hould hea r t he Go pe l, 0 fa r as he was ab le, an d to a cept of J esus hri st, if he hea rd
of him .
In t he fir st chapte r of Genes is God p romi sed hi s l ove b ' hi g reat favo r to Ada m .
.:. otice fi ve poin t:
F irst-God made Adam in hi own image.
Seco nd-P erfection in all hi orgu ni m, so tl)ut i n ev ryt hin O' t here woul d be cooperat ion a ne1 ha rm ony.
'rhird-God gave him do mini on ; t hi s co nstit uted him a kin g.
FOUl"t h- P erfect ion of mankin d a nd t he love whi ch Go(1 manifested towa r d him. H e
was placed in t he gar d n of Ede n a repr es ntation of t he ea rt h late r.
:E ift h- A pe rfect co mpa ni on, capable of appr ec iatin g him, a nd wh o in hi a rra ngement
co nst it uted hi s ot her h alf. F urt her, that it should be a n everl ast in g co ndi t ion, wi t h t he
t re s of life, to whi ch man had access.
.
You know th e r e t . Ada m did t hat which wa evil i n th e si h t of t he L ord and he
fe ll. T he r e ul t: beca u e Adam 'in ned, t he perfect bein g i t r equired t hat a not her fea t ure
of Go 1 's cha racter houll be br oug ht i nto p romin ence.
Vifhil e Gol is love we a re ob li g d to recog ni ze t hat t here a re ot he r at tributes of God,
whi ch Jll U t mod ify co ndit ion '. God is lov , b ut t hat g reat bein g pos essed of uch wonle rful love must nece ll ril y be g ui ded b t he p rin ciple of j u tice.
HOW DID J U 'rI 'E OP ERAT E'1
Wh en ma n inned God decla rml t hat t hat in di vi d ual wil f ull y tra n g ress in g must bea r
t he penalty of hi s j us ti ce. He re B ro. Will ia m on ga ve so m ill ustrations; one of how
so me on a ve a g ift t o a not her a nd t hen t hat pe rso n t urnin g t o he hi s en my. The do nor
woul d have t he ri g ht to a'k t he I' t UI'll of til e g ift.
0 wi t h t he g ift of li fe to Ada m.
Aga in .. t he illust rat ion of th e f a t her, g ivin g a gift to a chil d, if the hil ] was desirou of
'lest royin g it t he fat her woul d have th e J'i g ht to dep riv e him of i t. D ust t hou a r t a nd unto
d ust sha lt th ou r et urll wa POI{ Cll of A h m. God d pri ved man of t he evi de nce of IIi love
be aus he n eeded an appreciat ion of hi justi ce. Tn Romans 5: 12 we ee an evidence of
God' ju t ice. Jod had a ri g ht to do wi t h t he I'ace as he sa w fi t . It is a p ri vil ege fo r any
to li ve at all. Tn H ebrews, t hir d cha pte r, we read of how t he ea rt h i fu ll of t he po wer of
' 0(1, a n 1 a l '0 of how eve ry y tem out of ha rm ony wi t h hi s love will be de t royed.
God i not takin g fo r his church, to be t he judges of t he worl d, t hose wh o merely say,
"God be m rcii ul to me, a sinn er, a nd gi ve me a p lace i n t he ki llglo m. " T hey ku ow not hin g abo ut th e love, j us t ice, wi do m an d po wer of God . II could have do ne t hi , b ut he is
n ot doin g i t .
'Wi th t hi add re t he er vic s fo r 'S un day clo d.
PRAI SE

EnVICE.

ONDAY mornin g at 9 0' lock ha rp t he praise a n ] t e t im ony ervi ce was called t o

oreler by B ro. Fred Williamso n, a lso of t he B ible b ou e sta ff. Durin g t hi es ion
B ro. Read sang t h ong, " Om Kin g is far ching On. " His ma nili nt voice ra ng
out t hroug h t he la rge hall. '8 very WOI'el wa ~ i t in ctly utte red a nd eac h t im e wh en he ca me t o
t he choru s t he a ud ience j oin d in with a will, glad iu deed to sin g of our Kin g, who i

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marching on, while the thrones of other kings are going to pieces.
Bro. Fred, as he was called, to distinguish him from his brother, A. E., who was gener
ally spoken of as Bro. Williamson, gave us for a text for the praise and testimony service
the verse found in Numbers 16:9: "Seemeth it but a small thing unto you that the God
of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel to bring you near to himself?"
During this service 33 testimonials were given. Eac h was requested to make his or
her testimony short and to begin by giving their name and the town from which they
.,ame. All the testimonies were good and showed the love of God in their hearts, and
many more would liked to have testified had time permitted. ,Ye remember specially a
few or them. One was that of a brother who formerly was a Roman Catholic, and he told
how glad he was to have gotten out of that darkness into God's marvelous light. We also
hc,ml from our <lear Sister Keutzer of Chicago, who has been in the truth but a little over
a year, alll1 she told how she was formerly deeply interested in spiritualism, having been
a medium for four years. She had formerly said that she was ashamed to think she had
ever been connected with such a system, but we assured her that she was honest in her
heart up to the time she received present truth, and that as soon as she saw it she dropped
spiritualism (as di,} her husband and six others), and at once bent every energy to serve
the Lon1; that the Lord evidently permitted her to have the experience she had in order
to the better sympathize with the poor worl.1, when acting as their ;judge, when she waul,]
eome into contart with those who were under the influences she had been under before she
received present truth. Well, right at the convention, that very fact was illustrated.
After she finished her testimony a brother, we believe from Toronto, arose, and said that
he had only the day before talked with Sister Keutzer, and that she had greatly helped
him, as he was considerably mixed up in spiritualism and he toW how much good her testi
mony did him.
Then there was another testimollY we remembered especially, that of Brother Abraham
Obrey, a young man from Syria. After he came to this country, while deliveI"ing some
hakery goods at a house about a year ago, as he wa, coming out, he noticed a pile of rub
bish, papers, etc., lying on the floor ready to be thrown out an.] burnell, and on top he saw
a cloth bound book, and pi('king it up he read the title, Vol. T, "PIan or the Ages."
Noticing that it said Vol T he concluded there must be more in the set, so on investiga
tion he found Vols. ] I and HI in the pile also. Six months passed without his doing any
thing with them, and one day as he was passing the meeting place of the friends in New
York, at Eighth avenue and Twentythird street, he saw their sign announcing that Gospel
services were held there. He told his friend he was going up to see what the meeting was
like and would be right down. When he got up there he found that it was a meeting of
the friends in the truth, and he forgot all about his friend and did not go down for about
tlll'ee hours. Since then he has become thoroughly interested in the truth. He said he hail
come 5,0()() miles to get the truth out of a rubbish heap. Bro. Fred said, "Praise the Lord,
he can even turn the rubbish piles to his glory, if necessary." Bro. Obrey's testimony at
the meeting was short, but we obtained the rest later, so include it here.
A nother interesting testimony was that of a Baptist ministel, who came to take in thE'
whole eonvention. His wife has been in the truth and a Tower rea,ler for a long time, an.]
now he is beginning to be quite interested and said he enjoyed being with us, and that if
we eould not call him brother he would at least like to be called brotherinlaw. Bro. Fred
quickly assured him that we would gladly eall him brother. He said he was waiting to get
into Bro. Russell's trouble cornel', as he wanted to tender him the use of his church, about
a hundred miles from Niagara, for a convention, and he would invite all the other ministers
of the town to join in a union meeting, without giving them many details as to what it
was, but let them find out when they got there. T heard later that some sort of a one-day
('onvention will doubtless be an-anged for his place in the near future.
Bro. Messner of Wilkinsburg also gave his testimony, and he said he lovell us all nnd
if his house was large enough he wuu"l like to take us all home with him. II is heart is
lnrg(' enough for US all at any rate.
QUESTION MEETING.

T 10 a. m. the question meeting

answers beings as follows:

Wl1S

conducte<l l,y Bro. Russcll, the questions and

QUcs.-What is it to hol.1 the truth in unrighteousness ~

Ans.--1 would take that expression to be a very broad one, ana that it woul.l mean to
have a knowle<1ge of the trutl! that W'J did not live up to. Everyone is responsible for
whatever degree he possesses. There is a (1cgree of knowledge which is merely a justify
ing Imoweldge, such as we had in the nominal church, to the ('xtent that Christ died for
oui sins, even though we did not ull(1erstand the philosophy of it. '\Tow, not to live accord
ing to that truth would be to hal.] it in unrighteousness. Then we see the sacrifice an(1
thl' increase of responsibility, nn.] so with <,very a.]ditional feature of life the truth hrings
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will increase our responsibilities. So, from my standpoint of view, all of us here who have
been favored with the light of present truth have the greatest responsibility of any people
in the world and therefore our lives should be according to the bost standard of righteousness. That does not mean that we, by reason of the truth, have a body made perfect, so
that it would l:e possible for us to live more nearly perfect than the people of the world.
Th ere are some very fine people na turally that do not have the same degre e of light, and
thy might be naturally more nearly righteous than those who have been blessed by the
light. Often men like Robert Ingersoll are naturally very fin e men. I did not know him
personally, but have hem'd that he was well horn and natura lly had the advantage over
ot hers. 'Sometimes among the Lord's people there are those who are naturally very mean.
Some time ago, 1898, page 179 of the Tower, we published a n a rticle in the Tower on the
subject of "Mean Christians and Noble Unbelievers." How does the Lord view it?
According to the thoughts and intents of the heart. Men are prone to judge by the outward appearance, but God by the heart. God's scale is 100 points of character-a perfect
man. None have 100 points. See Romans 3:] 0, 23. Some may have as high AS ;30 points,
others 40, 38, 35, 30, 25, 20, or even only 10 points of character. To judge them according
to the flesh they would all fall short. How does God judge them ~ He does not judge them
as coming un<1er his notice at all until they come under Christ. The world has no standing
at the present tim e. God has provided a r edemption price and is going to let the world
know about it and accept it in "due time."
Until then th ey have neither part nor lot in
the matter and a re not counted at all. If Ingersoll was the finest man on earth God is
having nothing to do with him at all. Reason would say that all the fine people would
become the Lord's people, bllt the Scriptures say, "not many wise, not many noble, chiefly
th t': mean things of the world," mainly the mean things. God has made a plan and
arrangements, and he is judging those who come into harmony with those a rrangements,
and it is chiefly the mean ones that .come into harmony with him. Why is it~ Because
those naturally well born ancl having high ideals, etc., see others mean and contemptible, they say th ey are on a lower plane. They begin to say, h e is a mean fellow and needs
a Saviour, but God needs me, he needs a few such persons as I am to grace his place. But
the Father will not let any come except by .Tesus, which means coming by the cr0 3s, realizing that he is a sinner and needs the cross to pay the price of the sin. Stuck up people
do not like to take something for nothing. Th.e best man in the world i3 not WQrthy of
everlasting life ; there is only one way, and the best man in the world needs to come by
that way as well as does the worst man. Referring to the 100-point scale. What is our
hope if 100 points are needed ~ The 10-point brother might think that the 50point brothel'
had a better cha nce than he had, but the 50-point man, if he looked at th e matter right,
would realize that he cannot of himself rea ch the 100-point mark, and that he will need to
apply the merit of Christ. God's plan is elastic enough to suit each one of these. Well,
the 50-point man might say, Is God going to give the 10-point man more than he does me ~
Y es, the mean er the man the more the LOl'(l will make up t o him. He has a1'l'anged for tile
meanest one as well as for the others. "Where sin abounds there grace abounds the m(}re."
How dors the Lord accomplish this~ Does he just turn the matter over to us~ Not
exactly. One hundred points-the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in us who are walking not after the flesh, but after the spirit. They cannot walk up to the mark, but they
can walk after it, walk in the direction of it, to t he best of their ability. That does not
take in the world, because they are walking after the flesh. God counts us according to
the intention of our minds on the 100 points, and Christ's death makes good to us the
difference.
Ques.-If the called ones were all selected prior to 1900 are we not coveting the crown
I mean those that have started in the race since then ~
Ans.-I think the brother does not mean just as the qu estion reads, for if the required
number has been selected that would end the matter. I think what he means is that if a
sufficient num ber had been called to complete t he election, prior to 1900, would we not be
coveting some olle else's crown ~ We answer, no, not at all. It is according to God's grace,
and not as we will. It is not because you or I do this or that, but because God has something to give away. God has done his own work in scattering the truth, etc., and God has
favored those that corne into the call. If they co unt themselves unworthy of the crown
or do despite to God's favor they are not of the kind God intends should get the crown.
He intends to give them the opportunity just as though he did not know how it was going
to result. Supp03e a sufficient number at the present time have the grace of God and that
there is no lack of numbers, and suppose I were one that had not yet made the consecration, and suppose I shoulil like very mnch if the Lord had some blessing to give that I
might be one of his favored ones, but I do not know, and the whole number may be completed and it might be useless to try, for I might be taking the crown from some one else ~
I ought to say, I have learned ?f the riches of your grace, Lord, and I give myself to you
anywa,Y, whether thp. nurnl:er IS com plete or not, and you can give me what you please.
~nythlJlg .that the I:ord 'Y~uld give. would be a very great thing. All kings give presents
III proportIon to theIr pOSItIons as kmgs.
It would be all out of harmony with God's charof

another~

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adcr to g'jyL' a mean thing. The Lonl is going to give a blessiIlg to thousands that are his.
You give him yonI' heart and you wi 1 get exceedingly abundantly more than you could
have aske,l or thought of. So it would not be coycting another's ('l'own to eonsecrate
yom'self to the Lord.- If he giyes yon a erown, take it, for it will not he coveting anyone
~~Ise

'8 Cl'O"\Yll.

Ques.-Please inform me if women arc eleded as lea,lers or assistant leadns in the

Allegheny Church'! If not, why not'? Jt has heen sai,l that sueh are eleded.
Ans.-;"; 0, that is not the ('aSt" there are no sisters plccte,l as leaders in the Allegheny
Chureh. The Lord dill not eled the sisters as apostles or as the seventy, and .Jesus loyed
the sisters. He loyed Martha amI Mary, as well as I~azarlls, their brotlH'r. The Lord neyer
appointe,l the sisters as speakers in the church, and we have no authority to speak ,lif
ferently. 1 always think the Lord's lllan is the best. By the tiIlle I begin to doubt the
Lord '" abilitv to run the el1ureh here 1 wopld doubt his ahilitv to run heaven. ]t is for us
tn walk in H'is path, not to gf't a path of our own and ask the Lor<1 to walk in our path.
Ques.-Will the time of h'ouble begin 01' end in 1914 and why?
Ans.-\Ve answer that there have been times of trouble this gO(HI while. You know
we have a troubh> corner over therp, an<1 hc smiled and pointe,l oyer to his little offiee.
There have' been and there will l;p times of trouble as far as the "huuh is (,Ol1('(>1'ne<1.
Look at the persecutions, but the th~lllght here is, aIul properly enough, that we speak
about "a great time of trouble;" that is rderred to in Daniel, twelfth ehapter, and our
Lonl said, "No, and never shall be again." \Yell that is the time of trouble that is in our
minas, and it will not begin nor eIl(1 in 1914. The time of trouble may have a beginning
now, but those beginnings are only lea'ling up to the real trouble. If there was a whirl
wind eoming you woul,l expect to first see the dust awl eOIl1ll1otion before the houses would
be swept away, an<l so we sec in Russia. The time of trouble, the awful time of anarchy,
to our understantling, comes with the close of 1914, rOlllmences really there, though like
the ;iURt of the whirlwind there will be and is now trouble prcee'ling the awful anarchy.
As to how long it will last J ,10 not know, but 1 ('annot imagine how it ("mid last more
than a year. As an illustration; take Pittslnll'g or Allegheny, and suppose tlH'Y were ('ut
off frolll the railroads. No peaee te, any JIlan that goeth out 01' that eomdh in. Every
thing would run out in a short time. \Ve eat a goo,l ,leal in Allegheny am(1 Pittsburg.
Hut, in the olden times, they had eities that woul,l stan,l long sieges for months or years,
like Port Arthur. 'rhey had great supplies. Our cities are not now in that condition
with great supplies laid up; we jive from hand to mouth. When anarchy comes it will
bring terrible ('onditions, and J do not see how it eould possibly last long. Things, I think,
will rome to an abrupt end within a year. In those times, when people are laying their
hands on everything- tIH'Y ean gpt, the farmp],s are not going to raisp whpat for others just
to g'iy(' it a,,:ray.
(lues.-Wh,Y shoul,l thp troul>l" 1wgin with H1l4!
Ans.-I answpr that the reason we exped it to Legin there in the full sense is that
the Father laid out the plan of this whole age. Here Bro. Russell gave a long talk on the
"Times of the Gent.iles," showing that their lease of power began in 606 B. C., and will
pnd in the fall of ]914, which can 1)(' found in <letail in Vol. n of the Dawns.
(~ues.-lf .TpSllS ha'l not presC'ntecl his human lift' would hl' havl' gone into thp seenn,l
,1cath?
Aus.-It woultl depend upon what time this question woultl apply. H.J esus at 30
,\'pars of age had said to himself, I will not sacrifice Illy life, I will live strictly in arconl
anec with the ,livine law, ,[ nnilerstan,l that he could have maintained his life. Nothing in
Go,l's law would have lleman<led his life. But, at 30 years of age, he made a consecration
and gave up everything earthly. After he ma<le t.hat covenant with Go,l for him tlIPn to
have ,lrawn bark woulll have been sin an,l would haye meant. se('ond (leath.

Ques.-What do you understand a spirit botly to be?

Ans.--The kind that our Heavenlv :Father has anil the kind that our Lonl Jeslls now
has, sinee he is a lifegiving or quickening spirit. It. does not yet appear what we shall
be. We have a general knowledge that it is not a fleshy boily, but we cannot say that. it
is thus and so. Tl1ere arC' two kin<1s of tlO<lies, and if WI' arp faithful WP will get the
hpHvenly or spiritual one.
Ques.-Why did Jesus say, "a spirit hath not flesh anil bones as vc see me have?"
Ans.-\Vhcn our Lonl used these words he was appearing in the flesh, otherwise as a
spirit heing, it would not have 8(,1,\,(,,1 his purpose as well. Panl fell down as dead.' Sup
pose all the apostles lu~d fa.llen ,1 own as dead? \Yhat proof wouW that have been that it.
was .Tesus? Appearing as he .Ed proved two things; first, that he was no longer aead, an([
sec011l1, that he was ehangetl from what he was wlH'n they knew him 1wfore. They were
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not .ret begotten of the Holy Spirit, und he needed to hring the ma tt er ,lown to their
prehension; also to show th cm that their ministry must be a different ministIT.

~Olll

Ques.-DiU Jeho va h taste of the fruits of the ganlen when he beheld that they were
good~

Ans.-'l'hat is too deep for me.

I will not tell what th e J,01'(1 did; the Bible does not.

Ques.-How can a spiritual bod y dwell in u s~

Ans.-It does not dwell in us. What can dwell in llS is the spirit of God. This is
treat ed at length in the fifth volum e of Mill en nial Dawn, which please read. 'fhe spirit of
God may dw ell in us richly in the sense of the mind of Go,l dwelling in I1S .
Ques.-How is Goll's Word Rpirit ~
Ans.-God's Word is Hpirit in the sense of its ucing a power or influence. Bro. Rus
sell dropped the wooden ga vel on the flo or, and it of course mad e a noise, anll he said,
that is not spirit, that is mattcr. You can have the power of t he spirit. Spirit and
influences are powers that are not visible, like wind . The thoughts in the Bible are God 's
Word, not simply th e ink marks. What goes into a man from God's ''1'01'(1 is nothing that
can he seen. God's Word is the spirit of truth- a power.
Ques.-Do you advi se tha t the sisters take part in praye r in our meetings ~
Ans.-What do the Scriptures say~ The apostle says that the sisters took part in
praye r. "If the s isters pray with uncovered h eads they dishonor the head." You will
not find me taking a way any pow er f rom t he sisters that th!' Scriptures r ecogni ze.
Ques.-Will Satan's bin(ling be grachml a n<1 extend the full thousand years aft er 1914 '1
Ans.-That is more than I know. I take it for granted, dear friend s, that the word
Satan here, ill Rev. 20, is th e one referred to and that the chain is a symbolic one, a power,
a restl'aining power. "And he laid hold up on that serpent and bound him with a chain for
a thousand years."
We might conj ecture what influences are represent ed by the chain ,
etc. To my understanding t hese tcrm s-,le vil , serpent, satan, etc.-not only include Satan
himself, but all the evil ins titutions as well. It means restraining ihe evil in general, prob
ably by the institution of la ws of ]'ighteousness. I would think it would be aft er 1914.
"When the judgments of the Lor<1 are abroad in the earth the inhabitants th ereof will
learn righteousness. " He th en gave a n illustration of how it may be, that if a man tried
to pick somebody's pocket his han d might become paralyzed. After a while he might
recov er the nse of his hand and then try it again, but with the same result. He would
soon realize that he had better get into a different busin ess. Also if a man were to try
to burglarize a store and just as he was about to use the k ey he would go blind. He would
soon find th a t the business did not pay as well as it us ed to before 1914. In that tim e
they shall not judge by the h earing of the ea r, or sel'i ng of the ey e ; it will he known hy
the mind.
Ques.-Is not our" common salvation" the salvation of all from the Adamic death ~
Am I right in understanding that while it relates to both the heavenly and earthly phases
it will also conti nu e the common and only salvation of th e world , while the ehnrch is to
share the "great salvation ~"
Ans.-Well, I know that the apostle us es the words "our common salvation," and he
also speaks of the" great salvation" when he says, "how shall we escape, if we neglect
so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by our Lord ~ " We can realize
in our minds that there is a salvation by justification through faith, which is the co mmon
salvation which will apply to all the world in du e time. Then, again, th ere is this wonderful blessing, the privilege of being jointheirs with God's "Son. Tbese sta tements ca n be
taken in either way.
Ques.-What about the statement on page 37 of Tabernacle Shadows that th e uncler
priests were not anointed wh en it states in Ex. 40:16 that they w e re~
Ans.-Well, it seems to be stated that way. The thought is this: there was only one
high priest at a time. Christ is now the high priest and we are the underpriests, yet w e
have no stan,Ung with God, except as we are in Christ. In Ex. 40:16 it speaks of anointing
them as they anointed Aal'on; it means that when the time comes for another to take
Aaron's place they shall deal with him as they did with Aaron.
Ques.-Pl ease explain th e three claus('s of Phil. 3 :27, "Beware of dogs, beware of ev il
doers, bewa r e of th e concision."
Ans.-Who are the dogs ~ Well, let ea ch one look around in his own neighborhood and
see if he can finel any that have the ch aract eristics of dogs, snapping and barking at you.
It does not mean literal dogs, but figurativ e dogs. If you find any, don't rub them th e
wrong way.
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'fhe evil ,10ers mean, any evil doers; we have neitber part nor lot with darkness. Do
not have your fellowship with those who are injuring others, for if the time cam l) they
woulu do you an injury. Seek the company and fellowship of those that love righteousness. Put -a premium upon that which is good, just and noble.
'l'he concision in the apostle's day signified thos e who were in opposition to circumCISIOn. Circumcision was a certain sign. Ours is the heart, the cutting away from our
[lffections that which would b e injurious. W e are not .Tews a ccol'ding to the flesh, but we
haye a circumcision of the heart.
Ques.-What is meant by the word "lust' '-" Having escaped the corruption that is
in the world through lust ~ "
Ans.-Our word lust has changed its meaning a great deal. In the Greek it has a much
wider meaning. Today it is g enerally restri cted to mean immoral d esires, fleshy d esires.
In the original it means any earthly desires, f or instance, th e lust for power.
Ques.-What is mea nt in John 20:22 when it says that our Lord breathed on them, etc.?
Ans.-Our Lord w as giving them a pantomimic t eaching. He wanted them to understand that in seuding them out they were not to exercise power belonging to themselves,
but th e pow er of God through them, therefore, he gav e them the illustration of breath, or
his spirit, which he wished to communicate to them. He did this as a sample of his spirit
power, influen ce or mind in th em, by wh!ch they would cast out devils, heal the sick , etc.,
in his name.
Ques.-IVho is our neighbor?
An~.-Our Lord tells US in the parable of the" Good Samaritan. "
Qu es.-Who are the enemies that we are to love ?
Ans.-Your enemies. You need not love my en emies.

I will do that myself.

Ques.-Whe n does earth's great jubilee commence, and is it different from th e Millenninm ~

Ans.-}\o, it is a continuation ef the type. We ~rc in the tim e of the great juhilee
now. Why do we not see th e restitution then, you ask? W ell, how was it in the type f
Did they begin in the middle of the night and take possession of things ~ The people did
not know, but the priests were to let the people know by blowing on certain silver trumpets. We are in the a nti-type of that time now. You are blowing the silver trumpet of
truth in your n eighborhood and I am blowing in mine. Procla im the jubilee.
Qu es.-Why coultl the Jews stone Stephen when t hey eould not put our Lord to death~
Ans.-I do not know. I have often woncl ered about that myself. If you find out let
me kUOl\T.
(~u e s.-'Vh a t does the ,vorl! "Dives" come frond
Ans.-It signifies" rich ma n," as Lazarus signifies" poor."
Ques.-If the great company is composed of "overcomers" does Hev. 3 :21 apply to
them ~
Ans.-lS' 0, because the limitation is here stated. It is not he that overcoll1eth under
~ompulsion, but" even as I overcame."
'l'hose who oV E.' rcome, even as he overcame, are t.he
ones to be in the throne.

Ques.-If Christ is to be the life-giver and the church the moth er, how can the children of the I'estitution class be of th e human nature ~
Ans.-This is a case of adoption a s far as the earth is concerned. They were children
of Ad am and Christ proposes to giv e them a life in place of the one they lost through
Adam. They are not begotten in th e sense that w e are b egotten; their promise is of
restitution to that which they had lost through Adam. Th e second Adam is to take t.he
place of the first Adam. 'l'hey get th e life Chri st laid down for the world, othHwise there,
would not have been any for them.
Ques.-If it was necessary for on e to betray t.he Savior, why was .Tudas condemn ed for
pm'forming his duty ~
An s.-I do not know any place in the Seripture that say s he had that duty to perform.
The ma tter is simply this: Prophecy said that our Lord would be betrayed, just as it was
also stated that when our Lord rode into .Jerusalem that th ere would be a shout, and so
afterwards, our Lord said that if th e people had not shouted, the very stones would hav~
cried out. It was not compulsion on .Judas' pa rt. Th e Scripture.'! say that he had a devil
and that he was thief. I do not have a ny sympathy to waste on Judas.
Oues.-It is generally accepted that a ll of our Lord 's parables were suggested by certain
facts. How about tha t of th e " Rich man and Lazarus' "t Is it the only one founded upon
imagination ~
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Ans.-I had nev er thought of the m atter that way bef ore, and I do not kn ow. But,
what are you going to do? It is there. If anyone takes it as a fact, he has a tou gh brain.
Bro. Russell then w ent on to show how ridiculous t h e whole parable would be if each item
in it were a fact, how that th e rich man would b e sent to torment simply because he had
enough to eat, wo.e linen and purple, so, Bro. Ru sse ll said according to that, many of us
there would have to go to torment, simply because we had enough to eat, had on a clean
shirt and wore some purple. Also, in the case of I.Jaza rus, he w er.t to h eaven simpl y b ecause
he was full of sore3, laid at th e king's gate, and had the dogs lick his sores. He then
showed that if taken as litera l facts, Abra ham's arms would soon be full of peopl e full of
sores, for he couM not hold very many.
BAPTISM SERVICE.
T 3 0 'clock, th e friends tried to assemble at the First Baptist Church of lIiiaga ra for
th e baptism sermon anfl se rvi ce, but the buil di ng was soon full to overflowing, and a
grea t many co uld not get in . 'L' he minister of t he chu rch had announced t he service
to the congr egation an d a num !:;er of th em were pr esent. 'When Bro. Williamson we nt to see
t he Baptist minist er about getting the use of his bui lding h e was quite surprised to learn
that we expected fifty or sixty to be imm ersed, and w hen Bro. Williamson told him that a t.
St. Louis 144 were immersed his eyes open ed pI'etty wide. Ins t ead of fi fty or sixty being
immersed, however, at Niaga r a, there w ~ r e 94; Sisters, 58, and Brothers, 38. Bro. Russell 's
sermon can be react in the sixth volum e of Millennial Dawn, practically as given at the
eo nvention.
One person I noticed partic ularly was a colored man wh o gave his name as the Rev.
Abraham Lincoln. On e of the brethren had met him in a resta urant and gave him a " h ell
tract," and as a result of that he was at the me eting and said he would like to meet
Bro. Hussell and learn how to join us. I do not know wheth er h e met him or not.

rAREVVELL MEE1'ING AND LOVE .FEAST.

T i :30 p. m., we met again a t the. Auditorium of the Natural Food Co. for the F a rewell
M eeting and Lovp, Feast.
After a so ng service, B ro. Hu ssell stepped fo rward a nll spoke in part as fo llows:
Those the IllOst inte r ested in the Truth want to tell and ta lk about the trut h can
stantly. H e likened us to the Widow's Cruse of Oil, saying, as we go home, to pour ouf the
oil into the' vessels that could not go to the conven tion, a nd we would fin d that afte r we
had them a ll full, w e would h ave ours nmning ov er.

WHAT SHALL B E THE CENT HAL THOUGH'1' 1

The ce nt ral thought is that we a re th e Lord's call ed out peopl e, a ll the Lord's con se
erated p eople, wherev er they a re. Th ey a re all call ed acconling to His purpose, th e purpose
being to be with him to bless the world dur ing th e Mill ennial Age. W e are in th e School of
Christ, and we are ll ere to l; e trained and taught. He gives us His Word, which is the
f oundation of everything. In addition t o his wOl'd, h e has given us His providen ces that w e
may have some of th e Lonl's d ealings ri chly impressed upon OUI" thought s, so that we may
realize t hat "the steps of a good man are ordered of the Lord."
The point of love:
We are in the School of Christ to learn that very le sson of L ove. Th e v ery essence of his
teaching is love, which is tbe fu lfilling of th e law.
Th e Lord in His great lo v ing plan is seeking out tho se who hav e h is spil'it of love,
and who want to l;e in accord w ith his great plan, in that great wOl'k of loving and blessing
all the fami lies of the earth. Only in pI'o portion as we let th e love of God be shed abroad
in our h earts are w e getting ou r education, which t he Lord intended that we should get
an d which i. necessary to qualify us for the work which he has for us. If we do not learn
t he lesson of love w e will not get our graduation pap ers at th e close.
Love is a matter of growth and has many differ ent branches, such as patience, etc.
Love makes you patien t, but a lack of love makes you impatient.
The Lord 's p eople ought to be th e most loving and patient peopl e in the world. I
notice at the different conventions that th e spirit of the Lord, the spirit of kind ness seems
to be abounding more and more in you. What m a nner of persons ought we to be, etc.
If we are in the school of Christ, and w e find that we are maki ng a little progI'ess, it is a
fine thing. We ought to be ma king some progress. Some think that th ey are n ot making
much progress. 'Well, do th e best you can and leave it to the Lord,-the Apostle said he
did not feel competent to .j u dge himself. The Lord sees a nd will apprecia:e the little
things done in his n a me.
As w e part from on e anoth el', we will be thinking of th e ne xt convention. To some it
Illay be the next convention in a nothe r way, when a ll the b roth ers and sisters will com e
together in another wa~, th e Gene ral Assembly of the Chmch of the First Borns, brought
together from the f our '1uarters of the earth. W e a re tryin g to mak e a rrangements now,
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oI ca r fr ic lI lls, fo r t h ' t i 'kets, alll! th o~e t ha t get th eir g radu at ioll palJers in tho L ord ' s
~e h oo l will get a fr eo excurs ion t icket to t hat lonvention. 'Nc arc lI ot to think th at th ose
wh o ha,'c pa 'se d I:;eyo lld th e veil will be thl' Jose rs, rath c r, t he." arc th e gain e rs.
JI t hc n pok e ah ollt t he death of iste r TlIrn e r, who had I; ec n scrv ing at tho Bibl e
!J UlI.O fo r :OIll C t inlc.
olli e we I'(' in t lin ed tu Hay that th e.v we re so rry t ha t s ho had diod,
Ullt Bro. HlIsse ll said ho wa s g lad , fo r s ho wa s a deal' , ' i t or in th e L ord , as far as an y co u"l
l II, a nd he was glad s ho had pa 'sed through tho gate int o th o new Jo ru sale m.
lI e th en call od for an ex pres. ion of apprec iat ion t o tho Doal'll of Managers of th e
"a t llml Food ('ompan.v f or a ll their kindn ess in g iving US th e free lISl' o f th eir huilding, etc.
:-:ul'h an cxprcss ion wa s Ill arle by all l'tIi s ing their ha nd H.
An ot he r vote in th e sa lll c way wa. tal( CII , l'Xp l'('ss in g t he apprcc iati on of all fo r t hc lise
o f' th e Bapti st Chul'(h.
Th e n al l th e Pilgrinls wc re lin ed lip ilJ fr ont of th e platforlll , th en a ll tho 'o lporteurs
in anoth e r lin e, with an aisl e bet wee n th e nl. Th!' Pilgrim hel d plates of b read and as the
,n ngn:gat ion passed down t he ai s le b 't wee n th o P il g rim s and Co lportellrs th ey s hoo k hanli s
all aroun d a nd b roke b read with one anoth e r.
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As we we re marching a r ou nd Bro. H usse ll call ed fo r a ha lt and as kell if we we ro good
a t re ln e lll be rin g n Ulll l;e rs and th e n gave Ollt th e num ber, s ix ty-t wo thousand, foul' hun d red
anI! twe nty-s ix. Th e u he put it in anuth e r way and sa id t o loo k u p Nu m. 6:24-26,
flS a c los inl; messa ge of th e tonnmti on.
Heu d it..
l 'ULPUH'1'8( ]{ MEE'r l NU.

'1' ABO 'I' :30 'Tu esday ove ning, t he 'olpol' te ufs began to assemblo
il nd after a s hort praise se rvi ce, Bro. :Ru sse ll appea red a nd took
c harge. H e fou nd an audi e nce of seve ra l hundred. awaiting him ,
:llld ho sa id he was asto ni s hed t u find so ma ny Co lporteurs. Many not
CO lpoltellrs we ro at t he meet ing tu sel) and lea l'll wh at t hey ou ld.
om e
of his r emark s we ro as fo ll ows :
r have a VC I'y d ep p int e l' e~t in t he Co lporteu r bra nl h of t h ' se r v ice.
A i I t he ma il from tho '0 1po rte urs rcce i VI'S t he first ntte nt io n at t he
Di ble Hou e, and we se nd out e nvI' lopes espec iall y for th e 'oJporteu rs to
use, whi c h a re llot for anyon e 'I se. It 'ee ms to me it is one of t he
most importa nt b ran c hes of til!' sel'vi ce. [ha,-o ee n so me of you on
ot h l' occasions.
Th e Colport eurs wore urg ,] not t o sti nt th e nl se]ves on eat in g. " ]f
:1 ma n will n ot cat, ne it he r . ha ll he 'work ,"
r e- arranging th e Sc ript ural
in j un ct ion!
B ro. Ru sse ll tn ltl the sto ry of t he man who not ieell hi s horse nib b lin g at th e top uf th e hi tc hin g -po t and at o nl'e ",UIl O to t he l'o nt lu s ion
t ha t hi s horse wa ntell sa wdu s t to cat. So, ho uegan to pu t saw-du s t in
t he horse's fce d eac h day, in 'reasing t ho sawdust and d ecreasing th o
am oun t of oats. H e saicl it wol'l<ed fin e until j ust wh e n he thought he
('o uld feed nothin g but sawdust t he hOI" e up ancl lli el!.
131'0. Hu sse ll s uggosted seve ral arti c les of food spec ia ll y be ne fi cia l, s uc h as 'ggs.
~ hr 'dded wh olo wil eat hiscui t:, of l'ou rse. fo r b rea kfa t; a g lass of milk in t he middl e of
th e fore noon, or a n icec ream soli a wh en th e day is hot. H e a lso sa id that a lump of white
"ugnr tal, ell wh on fee liu g spec iall y exhuu sted is most nouri s hin g as it goes imm ediat e ly
til th o sy. t em by assimilation.
Our means used in t he diss{'lninat'ion o f n,c Truth arc Iliffe ront fr unl th e ways aud
Ill ean ' u 'ed by ot hers. 'r he P ilgrilu "'''rk is a li tt le diffe re nt frolll th at ll sed an y whcre
in th o "'o rld ; so t h' Co lporteur work is diffe ren t fronl an yt hin~ olse, 1l 0t that we ar c tryin g
tu get so mething liffe rc ll t, b ut th e Lonl is gu id in g. W e tri ed to ha ve M.ill e nnial Dawn so ld
in t he ordin a ry way. W e first t ri ed s(' lIin g' th em throug h th e I::ook st ore', and se ll t a s hipnl {' n t to Chi cago to Mr. l~ l e min g R!'ve ll . wh o p ut t he m on hi s s he lves. Th ey had not bee n
t here long, wh e n one (Ja y :Ma;j or ' Vhi tt le, wh o al so wrote re li g iou s work s, cam o int o t he
sto rl'. and hi s eyo fe ll on Mill ennial Dawn . und he said: " 'ee her , Mr. Hevoll, whu t is
this ~'
"O h, I am not narrow," r!' pli ed M r. R e ve ll ; " if t ho peo pl e want tlJos e books, 1
se ll thl' nl or anything else. " ?I ll'. Whittl e re pl ied that if th e ?l lille nnial Dawn books remain ell
') n MI'. R eve ll 's co unte r th e n hi s boo ks anll th ose of hi s f ri e nds wou ld co mo oR'. " Well, if
yo u fee l that wa y abont i t,' r eplied MI'. He ve ll, " J will ta ke th e Da\yn s off. " As a res ult
t he Ribl o H Ollse re e i,'ell t he sh ipm en t back.
W o thl'n tri ed ndv er tis in g in t he pape rs, but t he sa les dill not pay for th e cost of t he
" a ds," fo r th e }leo pl e would begi n to write to t he editors of t he pape rs telling th em wba t a
bad boo k it was, so' that t hat me th od had to be aband oned too. Th e Lorll wa not willili g
to have sHch met hfJ I] s uEed .
'I'h Lord is a ble to find hi s wh eat. and ho is u 'iu g va l'ious wa. s anll means. Think as
ha n] as ,"Otl r an a nd ~'O ll will not th ink nf a I;!'ttp r
of I'p:w hin l', all (1 f th e wh,'a t ,

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TIlf' \yodd ('onsiders this \\'or k boo k-se lling. hilt. .it, is pre:w hin g in t.he Illost effedivl'
way. No other book ha s been exr-l lHl cd 1'1'0 111 th e book stores. publil' press, ek., so mueh
a s t he Dawns. yet. no other book has ha d sHeh a sa le. It is th e Lord's doings and marvelous
in our e ves. Thi s w ork is prca .. hi ng, making kn o wn th e "GhHl Ti(lings" in th e l1I ost effe ..
tiv c w ay.
Sur;pose you h a d t he abilit.\- alld pe rmission to a ddress ev pry cong regation in t his eity,
\I'hat \youl<l it amou nt tot \\'IH' n yo u got through, they \yould not huyc Illuch of an idea of
what you we re trying to tell th :'lll. hilt \\'01I1d think YOIl a ('rank. T he il YO Il Illight think YOII
\\' o ul,,[ go t.o the Bihle dasses and pra.Yf'I-nH'Plings, hut they wouhl sing YOIl 110-wlI. No, the
( :olport eu r mdh od is t he mo st drediY\~ way of I'l'l'al' hing the truth a lld of )Il1t t ing ou t the
Da wns.
The Colporte ur work is not a Inlbiness prop osition. Hom!' \,"orldly people thillk it is 'a
goo,l thing- to mak e money at. WI' let anyonp sell it. but we have fo und that as a rule the
worhlly people {'(mId 11 0t sell til(' hooks; they lIltlst be interps tc(l in the matt er to make a
Kll('('CSS of se lling thc bqol<s.
The Lord ha s tlospd up t.he work to a few, to a terta in (lass
of labo rer s. It is a gloriou s o pportuni ty for those who are (,)Jlsl'crated to Him allll so
situated that they ta ll t::kc up th" work f or tht> IOH' of the work . It is a ministi'Y of t.he
truth and is n ext to the PilgJ'im WOIk. I would rathe r 1)(' H Colporteur, sai,l Bro. Russcll,
th an to he the p astor of the la r gest "hureh ill X iaga ra Falls. T he Colporteurs go from
( ' it~, to eit~, an.t arc readling the people in a private wa~. In the Lord's lll'ovirl cn(' p, t h e re is
a certain amount of ~ tigllla atta('hl'd to this \York- "a book-agent."
'We arc tl' ~ ate .1 as
dl't ?iwrs, yet t r ue, as hook-agc nts, yes, but S('rYallts of th" Lord. If \I' e f epl that our
min ist r y is of the trut h we ('a ll ta k e courage. 'Vc have the onl y t hin g on earth that ean
s tan d a ll the honest investigation a n,l nitieism.
0 111' lint'S have falleH in plt' asant places. Wha-t more could we ask than to be eo-laborers
with the LOI'Il in thi ~ Harvpst Work'? W'e b elie ve that th e Lord is now gath e ring His
Jewels from till' fO llr ('0I'1I('1'S of thr heav(ms.
The ohjl'd. is the separating of th e wheat frOll) tll,' tal'(,s, lWelll1Se it is a han'l'st \Yol'k.
all.) t ruth itself will do it. VVe an' not !'xpeeted to "'Ol1v('\'t tht' world.
'fhe L()}'(l '8 people long ag o wc rt' ill Baby lon, but the Lo r d sa id , ,. Come O\lt of he r, ltI y
people."
'W ho tallle Ollt '? Hi s people. How m ally 1 Only a few.
Babylon the great L, }'i I'll , h as a gn'at nalll E', in n eed of nothing, e t e., hilt rea lly from
God's standpoin t, they arc blind. lII i ~era ble an el naked. Ho. now the Lord says, ., Co me Ollt
of he r, my peopl e."
If we a1'e loyal to him an( 1 the trllth, we w ill eome out and follow
him whithersoev er he goeth.
Re gives US large wages in IH'a,e. ;joy, d \' . :\' one ea n learn t he so n g , except th e 144,000.
We wait for t he time whe n we sha ll pass beyonll , wh en we shall hear him say, "Well rlonf'.
goo.l a nd faithful ser van t ov('r a few things."
:-Jot th a t we have done anything great but
w e have don e SOUl e little things.
:I lIla g inc th e ange ls who ha v(' (l ('s ired t.o look into thpse
things say : "Oh, that T migh t ha ve hall the privil pg(' of thl'llHt.ing in till' sil'kle. "
The only success of the nomin al pr(,lll'hf'l's i~ that they SU('(' et' d ill keepin g t he pl'ople
from knowing what they .10 lwlie vl'. It is rep orted that ])r. En ton, with whom Bro. Russell had the not able ,lebate's, said tl) his f'ongreg at i ol1 of about eight hundn'd, h e wished two
lnmdred of th em kn ew what th ey 1J('licve.1. Th e differente with 11S is that w e do know
what we believe. We a r e gathered to t he L ord instead of to llI e n. One is your H ead, one is
vour Lord. even Ch rist . That is t.h" se(')'et of 0 1\1' 8 \1(' (' I'S8 . It is not th e fe ar of hell that
;'oll strain s liS, but the loye of Goll. What sa lary Rha ll the ::!O,OOO prea('hers get.' Th e Lord
says t ha t in th e wUl'ld you will have tribulat.ions t hat will work Ollt so mcthing good.
There were sixtyon e Colporteurs prAst'nt wlto aI'(' adively in the servi ce'- Fourteen
more who proposetl goin g into th e w ork at om"., and. twent.y-two ot h rrs who hope to arrange
tlll' it' affairs so that t hey I'an get i nto the work within a few m ont hs.
Have a m et ho(l.
)l ave a method t hat is simpl !'.
lI ave a met hod that co mes to t h,' point. a t. o ne('.
DOll ' t. talk too fast, as yOUI' vo ir'e is Ilew to t he persull.
Do not answer questions. Ld t he hooks do that.
Hefel' to the book, the book. tho l)ook, de.
Htart interro gation points all over thpir min.l s. hut (10 not a nS\H' r thcllI. .'.. rollse ('uriosit.v without satisfying it.
Several illustratio ns of IlIctho.ls use d in canva ssin g persons we re giVl'll, by Bro. Co le,
131'0. Sexton. Bro. Ma nning, Bro. a llil S iste r Magnuson and others. II sing" some of the a ud ie nce
as prosp((tive eustomE' l's. It. was a mu si ng. insti'udive a nil inte I'Csti ng:
Colporteurs wislJing assignm e nts of tel'l'it ory wen' told to Sf'( ' Bro. awl ::3ist('r Wright.
who too k plaees on the platforlll. an d thus erlflerl t he b'st ('ollv ention pver held.
HEM AHKS BY BHO. BO Hl'\ET.
( As i W:lS ('a il ed out of tl)(' ha ll at this point., to atte nd a siek sis ter. J .lill not get all."
no/('s on Bro. Bohnet, :Inri ,y o :1 1'(' in ,lehted t.o S ist " r G.
Seibert for th e foll owin i! notes

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on his talk.)
Brothel' Bohnet was requested to give a talk upon methods, he having large experience
in training book agents. He said in part:
There are certain principles that must be observed in every sale. Four factors enter in
where a sale is consummated.
First-The attention must be attracted. He used the illustration of a lady entering
a store and a piece of lace brushing against her shoulder. Her attention was attracted,
and although she had no intention of buying lace when she entered the store, she stopped
and examined it. Her attention was attracted, the first step was taken.
Seco:Hl-You must get the person interested. The woman entering the store was first
attracted by the lace; next she examined it and found it was a very good piece of lace
for the money; thus she took the second step, became interested.
Third-You must awaken a desire for the article you are selling. In the woman's case,
her attention having been attracted, her interest awakened, the desire to purchase next
presented itself, and she then took the fourth step of consummating the sale-she bought.
Again, you must take the mind of the person from the condition in which you find it,
and get it into the state in which you want it. Hemember--do not try to meet their opposition, but get around it,. If forced to meet it you may say, "I have never looked at it in
that way." You must remember that you cannot get the better of an argument and make a
sale at the same time. Even if you have the bettcr of an argument, you will lose the sale, if
you argue and make your point.
The very way you say" Good morning" counts for a great deal. Don't emphasize the
"morning' '-everybody knows that it is morning. Don't snap it out, for you rub them
the wrong way immediately. Say' 'Good morning," the emphasis on the word good.
I have spent hours trying to get agents into the proper way of saying good morning.
The difference between success and failure is almost imperceptible. Some people
think there is a great <1ifference; that is a mistake. Two artists will sit down to copy the
same scene; both use the same kind of brushes, the same colors, the same kind of canvas,
yet when they have finished, one picture is worth $1,000 and the other only $2 or $3: The
paths to success or failure start parallel, but later diverge.
After having said" Good-morning" in a pleasant manner, your next remark should
be "Pardon me."
You thus show that you recognize the fact that you have intruded upon
your prospective customer's time. To the illiterate, you place yourself above them by
this remark, which will command their respect, while by one of higher social position, you
will be recognized as an equal. You thus avoid all risk of having the door shut in your
face. If the door is slammed in your face, it is your fault. You have in some way offended
the owner of the house.
N ext, the manner of holding the book is important. A t first, keep the book out of
sight; let them suppose you came upon some other errand, to ask the street number,
or something of that sort. When you have their attention, open the book. Hold it by the
bottom, balancing it upon the four fingel's, like a picture on an easel, with your thumb at
the back. In this way you have perfect control, can show the book to several at a time,
turn it upside down, turn over leaves, etc.
Next, speak just loud enough to be heard, in a soothing way. Make your hearer
feel that you never spoke like that to anybody before. Hold the book about 18 inches
from their eyes. Look into their eyes, not at your book, thus you can tell whether you are
making a good impression or not.
Next, have a set memorized speech in order that you will not have to think what to
say next. To a fast talking person, talk fast; to a slow talker, speak slowly, and watch
their expression. If you talk slowly, they will think slowly, but if they naturally tall,
rapidly and you talk slowly, you will become tiresome and thus run the risk of losing
a sale.

END 01<' CONVENTION.

ROM this time on the friends began to separate and go to their various homes, some
of the pilgrims having immediate appointments and some of the colporteurs going
at once to their fields of labor.
GORGE TRIP.

UESDA Y afternoon, after the colporteur work was finished, about 200 took the
famous gorge trip.
As light is requiI'ed to bring out the colors of the rainbow, so is a trip around
the Niagara Belt Line necessary to bring out the true beauties and grandeur of the American and Horseshoe Falls, the great whirlpool, the wonderful gorge and the magnificent
scenery that has made Niagara world-famous. Before the great lines of electric traction
were established at the falls it was impossible to gain access to the many pionts of interest, now reached with ease, by the wonderful trolley system now encircling the gorge,
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whieh for a (Iistance of over :!O miles continually presents to the tourist an cverchanging
panorama of wonderful scenery.
Boarding one of the large observation cars we were earried to the American approach
of the great steel arch bridge s.p anning the Niagara River, a few hundred feet below the
falls. As we approached the bridge, and as usual singing a hymn , some workmen shoute!!
to us to "get off the earth."
Soon we w ere on the bridge, a hundred and fifty f eet above
the water, an d Bro. Russell, who was in OUl' ear, said: "We are off the earth."
As th e ear slowly moves over the bridge, one of tllC grandest and most perfect views
of the falls is enfohled, anti in the course the car took, for nearly one mile up the river,
on the CmHltlian sid(', this 1I1l1gnitieent view of the AJUClican and Horseshoe Falls is ever
l,resent to the eye, always from a new point of vantage, until the car rea ches Table Roek.
From this point may also be seen the Canadian rapids above the falls, and the wild and
plunging waters in the mad rush before leaping into the chasm. In th e river below may
be sef'n ihe little steamer" Maid of th e Mist," plying back an<l forth on its trip. At
Table Ho(k the car describes a loop and retmns down the Ca nadian shle of the river
towa1'Ol (iu et'nston, skirting the brink of the eliff, a hundred and fifty feet high, for a
distance of nine miles, always within plain view of the river and gorge. On approac hing
the great railway bridges, about two miles below the falls, the placid waters of the lower
rivel once J\lore becomes turbulent, until the wonderful whirlpool rapitls arc reaehell. Con
tinuing along the high bank a spl?ndid view of the great whirlpool is seen, and the tourse
of the river at this point, taking an abrupt turn, the gorge and river on its way to Lak('
Ontario may be seen for severa l miles. Continuing and approaching Qu eenston Heights, a
tUl'll in th e route suddenly reveals the magnificent panorama of the Lower Niagara River
and the surrounding cou ntry for miles. 'fhis fertil e plateau, stretching for many miles
along tlw south shore of the lak e, is one of the most productive fruit regions of America.
At Queenston Heights we left the car for fifteen minutes, and ascending the heights, sing
ing as we climbed the hill "The toils of the road will seem nothing when we get to the
end .of th e way," and we viewed the great monument, 200 feet high , ereete<l to tIl('
memory of the famous British general, Sir Isaac Brock. From this height w e had a
splpntli(l view of th e SIITrOUllding counhy for miles and miles. A gradual and easy descent
brings the cal" to the ap proac h of the Lewiston Suspension Bridge. Crossing this briilgp
the ear proceeds to Lewiston, from which the return trip to Niagara is commenced over
th e Great Gorge Route, running close to th e water's edge all of the way. This rid e up the
gorge is so wOllllerful in its scenic featur es as to clefy description, the ca r passing 011
amidst s,'enes of imposing grandeur by a winding COUTse, following the contour of the
riler Lank. A short time after leaving Lewiston the Devil 's Hole is passed. This point
is prominent in the annals of the Niagara frontier history, a British calavan and eOlllpany
of soldiers being ambushed and massacred by the Indians in 1763, the entire compHny
being driv en over the cliff to death on the rocks below.
On the way up the gorge a closer view of the whil'lpool is had, and at a turn in the
ri\"f~r the whirlpool rapids suddenly loom into view, churning, foaming and tossing anti
forming a scene that holds th e tourist speJlbound with amazement, admiration and awe.
'1'he whirlpool rapids as a ,,hole is one of the most striking spectacles of the yisit to
Kiagara. After leaving the rapids and passing the great railway bridges the car begins
an easy ascent along the ri\-er bank, and here the ril'er and all its beauti('s sink into
res lful <limuess. Nearing the top a mass of natural st.one formation is passed, and onee
Inure we were in the city of Niagara.
Soon w e reached the place at which we were to get off, and alighting from the ear
we sepamted, some going to th e lailway stations and others to their boarding hOLlses, aR
they were to stay a day or so longer.
That evening we stopped at the meeting pla ce, t he .Natural Poo(l Conservatory, but
not a friend was to be seen, the place was desert ed as far as the convention wa~ con
cerned. We walked on down to Prospec t Point, where we met with about 125 of the
frie nds, and watched the falls by night, listening to their ceaseless roar. After singing a
number of songs and having a delightful time of f ellowship we had prayer anrl tJi ed hard
to disperse, but as Bro. Russell once said in answer to the question as to how he got the
people together he r eplied, "We have no trouble to get them together, but the hardest
point is to get them separate(l.' ,
Wedn esday evening there were still enough of the friends left in Niagara for twentyone t.o meet together in the parlor of a hote l, where a number had been stopping, and this
little meet ing was the last one we had with the friends there.
Thursday morning we started for hom e, and after a pleasant journ ey reached Chicago
nhout ~ 0 'eloek Priday morning, and hop e to see you all at the next convention, or at the
nennal Assembly of the Church of the First Born.
For the description of the falls and the gorge we are ind ebted to extrads from repolts
of these' b~ other p arties, also of the Natural Food Conservatory.
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BRO. W. F,. VA:-.< AMBURGH

BRO . M . L . McPHAIL

Regular
Pilgrim Brother s
Pre sent in Spirit
But Absent in Body

BRO.BEN~.H .

BRO.GEO . DRAPER

BARTON

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BRO . PAUL S. L. JOHNSON

BRO . JOHN HARRISON

The above are spoken of as being "Regular Pilgrims" because of a large part of their
time being spent in Pilgrim service, with the exception perhaps of Bro. Van Amburg, although he at times takes quite extensive trips. There are, however, quite a number of other
Brethern at the Bible House who d9 Pilgrim work on Sundays.

THE "BIBLE HOUSE," ALLEGHENY

Friends o f the cause naturall y feel a deep interest in e very tlliu g conn ected in a ll Y ma im er
with th e " h an-est" work _ As ma ny hu,-e never seen the Bibl e Ho use or even a cut of it, thi s
photo is addefl. The basem ent a nd first two fl oors a re used for bl1 ~ il1 ess purposes, t he tl:ird is
the "Chapel ," th e four th th e livin g roOIllS a nd Bro_ Russell 's study _ Hi s busin ess office is on
the fir st floor.