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DAILY CAPITAL .fOimVAFi, SALEM. OREGON. SATURDAY", JULY 2, 1010. pack umim PULPIT. 0 o Three Men and Twck Women Whom Jesus Loved. Text, "Lord, He Whom Thou Lovest Is Sick." o oO ' ( could wo suppose thnt Jesus would have allowed hlui to go without urg ing him strcuuously, without nt least warning him, that by hla course ho was making the choice of eternal tor ment? Can we suppose that our Mas ter Unow thnt nil the people whom ho addressed and who failed to 'riecept his message would be consequently con signed to eternal torture, nnd that he let them go without urging the mat ter upon them? We could not so think! Thank God we are gradually getting free from the bondage of error fastened upon us by those who mis translated certain words In our Bible. We, get the proper view when we re member that Jesus' message at thnt time was "The Gospel of the King- ' dom." Ho wns merely Inviting who ever might hnve the ear to hear and the heart to appreciate the privilege to become associated -with himself In the glorious Kingdom for which he told his 'disciples to pray, "Thy King dom come: thy will bo done on earth as It Is done In heaven." What the rich young man lotj wns the speclnl privilege of becoming a Jolnt-hclr with Christ In that Kingdom which. In due time, will be established nnd whoso mission will be the blessing of Israel and the world. It will bring to them "times of restitution of all things which God linth spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets since the world began" Acts III, 10-21.) -"Ho Whom Thou Lovest Is Sick." Our text stands related to a very wonderful chapter In our Lord's min istry. Jesus with his disciples was about three days' journey from Beth any, the home of Lazarus, Martha and Mary. But they know his where abouts, for he wns a special friend and their home was his home whenever he was near Jerusalem. Lnzarus took seriously 111. But the two sisters, Mar tha and Mary, feared nothing, since they had such great confidence In Je sus, eveh to belief In his ability to awaken sleepers from death. They thought It proper to send the Mas ter word respecting Lazarus, but fnot proper to dictate to him what should be done In the ease. Bather they left to himself to decide wheth er he should speak the word and rebuke the disease or whether be ' should come to Bethany and take the sick by the hand and say, Arise. The simple message they sent was. "Lord, he whom thou lovest Is sick." The beautiful, childlike, simple faith which they exhibited must have been very precious In the .Master's sight. Nevertheless Jesus said nothing, nnd did nothing In the matter for three days. Then he said. to his disciples, "Our friend Lazarus sleepeth." They did not grasp his meaning until he said to them plainly, Lazarus Is dead; and I nm glad for your sakes that I was not there. I am glad because It will give me an opportunity to demon strate to you and through you to all who shall be my disciples In the fu ture the great power of God that Is vested in me lu respect to the resur rection of the dead. All Bible Students surely hnve no ticed how frequently In the Scriptures the word "sleep" Is used as a poetical syuouybi for death. "Abraham slept with his fathers." "David slept with his fathers." Prophets, priests nnd kings are said to have slept with their fathers, whether good or bad. Llke 'wise the New Testament uses tho same flgure of speech. We read that St, Stephen the martyr, stoned to leatb, "fell asleep." St. Paul speaks of the Church as falling asleep in death and refers to all of our friends, good and bad, who go down into death, as being "asleep In Jesus." He tells us that wo need not sorrow for them as others who know not the resurrec tion hope. All who fall asleep In death because of Adam's transgression and its 'death sentence have in Jesus a Divinely nppointed Itedeemer who In God's due time Is to awaken all tho Bleeping hosts of Adam's .race. "All that are lu their graves shall hear ho voice of the Son of man and como forth." They that hnve done good (who hne t-ecured Divine approval as worthy of eternal life) shall come forth unto the resurrection of life full per fection; and they that have dono evil that have not secured the Divine ap proval as being worthy of etornal life Khali come forth 'In the resurrection for Judgment (John v, 28, 20) or trial, for discipline, for correction In right eousness during Messiah's reign of 1,000 years. Coming forth In that judgment tiino or trial time, all the willing nnd obe dient will evontually be lifted out of Bin and death, while those disobedient to the light and opportunity will be again consigned to death Second Death, everlasting extinction (John v, 23, 20, It. V.). Wo have read our Bibles too care lessly In the past and have given too much heed to those who, with less op portunities than ourselves, grossly mis interpreted Its teachings. Whnt did we think respecting this word "sleep"' anyway? Did we suppose that both the good nnd the bad "sleep" in heav en? We were told that the bad would go to a place too wnrm for sleep. But our own brains and our own Bibles wo never thought of using In connec for backache, rheumatism, kidney or bladder trouble, Foley's Kidney Pilla purify the Uvod, restore lost vitality ooo Sermon by CHARLES T. RUSSELL, Pastor Brooklyn Tabernacle. Ooo Chicago, June 20. Pastor Russell of tho Brooklyn Tabernacle preached here twice today lu Orchestra Hall. As usual he hnd a large nnd attentive au dience. We quote one of his discourses In pnrt ns follows. All men who have any knowledge of Jesus esteem him Christians. Gentiles, and .lews. All men whatever their religious convictions nre ready to admit the surpassing personality of the groat Nazarene and his wonderful words of life. It is as respects his Mcsslnhshlp thnt they differ. However, we sub mit that if he were not tho special serv ant of Jehovah, tho Son of God, as ho claimed, sent Into the world on n special mission, then ho must of neces sity have been either a deceived man or n wicked Impostor. Ills wonderful personality and words of Justice and wisdom and love contradict tho thought that he was cither Ignorant or n deceiver, Hence the only tenable ground Is thnt he was a deceived man or else that he was Indeed the Son of God who acted and spoko and per formed miracles under Divine direction nnd power. We hold thnt the evi dences of his teaching overwhelmingly corrobornte the truth of his claims. But here we make a distinction be tween the claims which our Lord Jesus made for himself nnd other claims which have been made for hlru with out bis sanction and without apostolic or other Inspired corroboration. Let It not be supposed that we nrq forgetting the length nnd breadth of Jesus' love for all humanity and a spe cial love for all of his disciples, yea, for all who loved righteousness nnd sought, as he did. to do tho Father's will. In keeping with this was his prayer for his disciples on the night before his crucill.xlon. In connection with which we read. "Jesus having loved his own, loved them unto the enu (Joiiu xin. 1). And again his statement "Greater love linth no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" (John xv, I3i. And again Ills statement. "Who Is my moth er, and who are my brethren? And ho stretched forth hN hand to his disci ples, nnd said. Behold my mother, nnd my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which Is In Heaven, the same Is my brother, nnd sister, and mother" (Matthew xlil. IS-fiO). These expressions give us a glimpse of the length nnd breadth Of tho love of Jesus. But for the present occasion let us consider those persons whom Jesus is said to have specially loved, "Jesus Beholding Him Loved Him." The rich yjjuug nobleman who came , to tho Lqrd said. Habbl. what good thing shall I do that I may Inherit the Kingdom of God? Jesus saith unto i him. Thou knowest the command- i ments . . . and ho said unto him, Master, all those have I observed from , my youth. Then Jesus beholding hlui, ' loved him. Jesus lovingly admired tho young man who was thus desirous of being in full accord with the Heav-, only Father's will. That young man had very much of the Master's own spirit. Ho wanted to do right nnd he desired to have the gift of God, eter nal Jlfe. He thought that he must have merited this by his faithful atten tion to the Law. Yet ho knew that he had not attained to eternal life, that the death sentence was still upon him. no sought counsel of tho greatest Rabbi, the greatest Teacher. That Teacher loved so earnest a spirit and proffered him advice on what he still lacked of coming fully up to God's re quirements of those who will bo grant ed n place In the Messianic Kingdom, which In "due time" Is to bless Israel and, through Israel, all tho families of tho earth. In no uncertain terms the Master gave tho young man-to see that while ho had been keeplug, probably to the best of his ability, the commandments of the decnlogue, ho had only Imper fectly discerned the moaning of tho Divine requirement of love for his neighbor ns for himself. The -young man was very rich. And to fulfil the requirements of tho Law to love his neighbor ns himself would have meant not tho boarding of wealth, nor usees sarlly the .distribution of It all. but the wise use of It In tho intorost of his followmcn. But to gain n share In the Kingdom would require oven more than this. He must take up his cross nnd become u follower of Jeniin walk ig In the steps of. full obedience to the Divine will. The price whh too much for the young mnn. and he wont his way. Jesus merely nnswered the quos Hod but did not urge tho young man to thus presout himself a living nacrl flee to God nnd his service. Indeed In no case did Jesus ever do more than luvlte never did ho urge. On the con trary he advised.' Sit down first nnd count the cost of dlsclplenhlp. What could we surmise respecting the eternal destiny of this young man who had been striving so earnestly to keep the Lnw and to gain etornal life, nnd who turned from Jesus nnd de- ; clincd to take up tho cross nnd follow him? Could we supposo that Divine Justice would send such a man to eter nal torment under those conditions? If there wpro uh n nonnttv nrr him tion with the BUbjevi. .Now, wuen ive henrlam to the Word of God. how plain, how simple, bow reasonable, tiro Ita teachings! The dead are dead ami not alive. However, In view of God's plan that there shall be a resurrection of the dead "In due time" he speaks of the dead not as extinct like the brute, but ns merely asleep. They are waiting for the morning the glo rious morning of Messiah's Kingdom, when "the Suu of Itlghteousness shall nrlso with heating In Its beams," when Satan shall be bound for n thousand yonrs nnd deceive the peoples no more. Instead of the reign of Sin nnd Death the reign of Righteousness nnd Life everlasting shall begin. How beautl fully tho Scriptures answer tho ques tion of where the dead sleep. "Many of them that sleep in the dual of the earth shall awnke" (Dnnlcl xll. 2i. "Lazarus, Come Forth.? Jesus and his disciples turned their steps townrd Bethnny. Poor Mnrth'a nnd Mnry meantime were sorely dls nppointed. Not for n moment did they suppose that their mighty Friend would allow this trouble to come upon them that he would neglect to come or to use his power to save Lazarus from dying. So grlef-strlckcn nnd so heart-broken were they that Mnrtha only came to meet tho Master, and her first words were those of gentle re proach reminding him of their dls nppolntment In him: "Lord, If thou hndst been here (If thou hndst come when wo sent theo word) our broth er hnd not died." What message of comfort did Jesus express? Did he say, Martha. Laznrus is far better off In heaven! ne is with tho angels! Ho Is singing and very happy! Surely you would not bring him back to earth again! Were these the words of Jesus? No. He merely said, "Thy brother shall rise again." no thus Implied that her brother was tjot nllve but really dead. How could lie rise again If ho had not ceased to live? Martha's reply Indicntcs that she un derstood whnt were the teachings of Jesus and of the prophets. She said. "I know thnt he shall rise again In the resurrection nt the last day." But Je sus wished to draw her attehtlou to the present nnd to have her ask him even nt thls'tlme to call Lazarus back from the sleep of death. So he said. "I nm the resurrection and the life." You. Mnrtha. recognize wo as the Mes siah, the Sou of God. You believe that eventually when the resurrection docs tnkc place. God's resurrection power will bo exercised through inc. And now I am hero with you. Why do you not llsk ,no t0 eS(;l.cise KOme of this i nmvol. i mivnnen? wii, hnve vou laid him? Martha finally caught the thought, but replied. No. no. Lord. It Is too late now, By this time ho stluketh. for he has been dead four days. If you had corao when I sent you word, or even had gotten here within a day or so, yiero would have been some hope, but now it has gone" too far for that; for decomposition has Set in. No miracle could possibly reorganize broken-down tissues. But Jesus Insisted that they should show him the plwo. When he came to the tomb, what did the" .Master do? Did he command Lazai-us to lay aside his crown and harp. i;i heaven and bid the angels goodby :md come back to earth life? No! Did he call for him to como up from Purgatory, tho location of which nobody knows? No! What did he say? Addressing tho tomb, ho Paid, "Lazarus. come forth!" And what oceutred? The dead one camo forth. He was not alive nt all! He was dead! The Beloved Family. Wo read again. "Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus." Some have thought that they discerned Lazarus amongst later disciples of Christ possibly Barnabas. But any- wny he was one whom Jesus loved, even though he wns not one of the! apostles who followed with the Lord. And Mnrtha has come down to us as a synonym of bustling, energetic hos pitality, "busied about many things." Yet surely sho was loving and loyal to tho Master. Jesus loved Martha and wo may bo sure therefore that he loves all of similar character. But ho loved Mnry also. And we do not for get that when sho gavo up somo of her housework, that she might sit nt tho feet of Jesus and learn of him the Master declared that sho had "chosen the better part." This was tho same Mary who anointed the Master with tho precious spikenard ointment five days before his burial. Mnrtha and Mary both loved nnd were loved of the Lord, yet, evidently, Mary's lovo and the form it took was specially approv ed of the Mnster. Flnnlly wo come to John the loving disciple of whom it Is said that he was "that disciple whom Jesus loved." What a glorious testimony wns John's! Wo remember that he nnd his brother loved the Lord so dearly that they de sired that In his Kingdom in the future they might bouioxt to him, one on his right hand, the other ou his loft hand. We rumombor that the Mnstot atiuwer od that only by drinking of his cup of shame nnd Ignominy, nnd by being baptized Into his sacrificial death could fney hope to sit In his throne nt nil. And wo recall how loyally they agreed to those torms. In proportion ns we are desirous of having the Master's nprovnl and smile, let us each seek to cultivate hU char-actor-llkonosH. Tho Apostle tells ns thnt such coplos of God's dear Son are to be honored with n share with hlui In his Kingdom glory on the heavenly plane. To such will come tho honor and privilege of blessing nnd uplifting mankind In general to an earthly sal vation in Pnradlso restored by and by, As wo note the Bpclal features of character which called forth the. Master's lovo wo will more iiid rooro bo ablo to copy them In renchbig our Koal. and urinary irregularities, and vijor. Refuse substitutes. A NOTRE DAME LADY'S APPEAL to il knowing (offerers of rhcumntium, wlicU- '" ot ue join. uuc. immogo. bflckacbe. 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It Is entirely fenced, most ly with woven wlro fence, nnd thero are between 80 and 90 noros under cultivation. There Is some small timber on tho place sultablo for cord wood for homo use. It Is wa tered by a running stream, one well nnd two springs. Thore Is a fine family orchard, 12 years of age In good condition. There is n, ono and a half story house with seven rooms, two barns, ono 36x41 and ono 36x3(3, four chicken houses, ono hog housg root house, and two cellars. There Is a good school one mile away and It Is ono mllo to the railroad. Th farm is on a macadam road. Tho farm Is now In crop and the crop goes with the farm until har vested. Tho price Is only $65 po acre, Including the crops. Tho own er has tho best of reasons for making thjs sacrifice. Th's farm will bo on the market at this prlco for a short time only. For further lnformntlon and a trip to tho place sea Homor IT. Smith, Room 6, 'jlcCornick Bldg. Phono 90, Salem, Ore. 6-30-3t : o . 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This notlco is published for 10 days pursuant to tho order of the common council. Remonstrances may bo filed against said Improvement within 10 days from tho dato of the last pub lication of this notlco, and tho date of tho first publication thereof is the 28th day of Juno, 1910. W. A. MOORES, 6-30-llt City Recorder. Call for Bids. Notlco is hereby glvon thnt tho city recordor of tho ctt yof Salem, Oregon, wlllrecolvo hlda for tho con struction of tho South Salem sower, according to tho maps, plans and specifications adopted for said sowor. and on fllo at the ofilco of tho city recorder, In tho city of Salem, Ore gon, up to 5 o'clock p. m., on the 11th day of July, 1910, on which day the common council of the city of Sulem, Oregon, will at or about 3 o'clock p. m., on said day, proceed to opon and examine said bids. 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