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IWO 8 VOL. 23
MILLIONS NOW LIVING
WILL NEVER DIE.
(Judge Rutherford's Lecture
continued from last week.).
Remediea Human.
What remedies do men offer fo
bring order out of chaos and es
tablish peace and prosperity
amongst the people? The finan
ciers desperately struggle to hold
the present financial systems in
and know of none to bring about
order ; bu tthey have no remedy
a better condition.
After centuries of effort, po
litical parties have proved their
inadequacy to meet the present
conditions and to solve the dis
tressing problems. Economists
and statesmen, studying the
question diligently, find that they
are able to do nothing. And thi i
applies to all political parties
and organizations, for the rea
son that all are composed of sel
fish, imperfect men ; and there
fore cannot bring about an ideal
condition.
With the cessation of hostili
ties, statesmen representing the
leading nations involved met in
conference and (giving them
credit for the desire to establish
peace and prosperity) the result
of their deliberations was a cov
enant known as tne League of
Nations. This offered as a rem
edy for present evils. Will it
succeed? A league formed
amongst all the nations of earth
and based upon the principles of
justice and righteousness, and in
which all the contracting parties
would honestly carry out the
purpose expressed, would doubt
less result in great good. But
where selfishness is the chief mo
tive and controls the action of
any or all, an ideal condition
could not be attained. God in his
wisdom foreknew and foretold
the formation of the League of
Nations ; and he likewise foretold'
that it must fail. Isaiah 8 :9, 10.
The including cause for the
formation of the League is ad
mittedly fear. Faith in God and
his promises is entirely ignored.
Because of His promises is en
tirely ignored. Because of these
facts the League will never ac
complish the expressed desire. It '
is not God's way. He has plainly . them into the church organiza-1 concerning man. The Bible is
said: "My thoughts are not'tion. The facts are that in mod-j the only true source of knowl
your thoughts, neither are your J em times they have ignored theje(jge upon which man can base
ways my ways, saith the Lord. doctrines and do not ask the peo- hope for the future. The Apostle
jtui to iiiu jicuvcua oic iiiiici
than the earth, Sv, are my ways
higher than your ways, and my
thoughts higher than your
thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8, 9.)
Jehovah's great plan was entire
ly ignored in the formation of
this League of Nations. The
prophet truly wrote: "Blessed
is the nation whose God is the
Lord." (Psalm 33:12.) But a
nation that ignores the divine
plan, or any league of nations
formed which ignores the same,
need not expect a desirable re
sult. The Lord's prophet clearly
had in mind the formation of the
League of Nations, and also the
league of ecclesiastical systems,
when he wrote: "Associate your
selves, 0 ye people, and ye shall
be broken in pieces ; and give ear,
all ye of far countries ; gird your
selves, and ye shall be broken in
pieces. Take counsel together,
and it shall come to naught;
speak the word, and it shall not
stand." Isaiah 8 :9, 10.
Ecclestiastical Remedy.
Ecclestiasticism relates to or
ganized church systems, and par
ticularly to the clergymen or prophet, directing them at those
priestly class operating and con- who are advancing these world
trolling the same. For a long' ly theories: "My thoughts are
time the Roman Catholic was not your thoughts, neither are
practically the only cree dextant. your ways my ways, saith the
In the sixteenth century there Lord. . For as the heavens are
was a great reformation move- higher than the earth, so are my
ment and Protestant ecclesiasti- ways higher than your ways, and
cism resulted. The elcclesiastics, my thoughts higher than your
therefore, come forward with a thoughts.'V-Isaiah 55:8, 9.
proposed remedy for distressed
humanity ; and since they do so,
we are justified in a candid exam
ination of their proposed remedy
to see whether or not it is ade
quate. The ecclestiastical sys
tems both Catholic and Protest
ant, claim that their mission'is to
convert the world, thereby bring
. )
ing the people into the churches.
rtfc us sunnose they could ac -
's expressed purpose
wv h'imnn race
e other
.nes.. 't i at, then, is
d uope that they hold out to
the people? I
The Catholic creed or teaching
is that the destiny of man is fixed
at death and that those who are
good and faithful Catholics at
death pass on to heaven, a con
dition of endless bliss. All other
Catholics who have not been
faithful in every particular go to
purgatory, there to remain for
an indefinite period of time (not
less than a thousand years),
during which time they are sup
posed to be cleansed and, puritied
and made ready for the realm;
that all the others, the heretics,
the apostate, etc., must spend
their destiny in hell fire, con
sciously suffering forever.
The Protestant teaching gen
erally is that the destiny of every
man is eternally fixed at death,
the faithful church member pass
ing at death into glory, a condi
tion of bliss in heaven: and all
others spending their eternity in
conscious torture, eternal in du
ration. Jt will be noticed, therefore,
that 'if there be any real differ
ence between these two remedies
the Protestant remedy is the
worse of the two, because it of
fers no middle ground. It is
plainly to be seen by any one
that neither the Catholic nor the
Protestant creed offers any rem
edy whatsoever for the present
disorder that would lead to
peace, prosperity, liberty and
happiness and life everlasting on
th earth. It follows, then, that
if they should 'succeed in con
verting most or all of the people
to their theories it would be no
solution of the problems.
The great difficulty with the
systems ecclesiastical is that
they ignore hte commission given
to the Christian and build their
hopes upon man-made theories,
creeds and institutions. They ig
nore completely the commission
divinely given to every one who
has consecrated himself to do the
Lord's will. It wlil be admitted
by both Catholics and Protest
ants that only a small portion of
the earth's population have even
pretended to embrace the teach
ings o ftheir respective systems,
and the most sanguine amongst
them will never claim that they
hope to convert everybody to
their way of thinking and bring
IHU iu uuiievu iiiuau uuu iu unite
in action ; and the chief action is
the solicitation and collection of blessings shall come to the hu
money. Seizing the war spirit, man race, wrote to the followers
the spirit of the world, these ec- 0f Jesus: "Eye hath not seen,
clesiastical systems now are en-; n0r ear heard, neither have en
gaged in raising millions of dol- tered into the heart of man, the
lars, saying to the people : "If things which God hath prepared
only we had the money we could for them that love him. But God
convert the world." Is it not ap-1 hath revealed them unto us by
parent to all that this is a reflec- his spirit; for the spirit hearet
tion on the Lord, that he needs au things, yea, the deep things of
money to carry out his purposes;
and is hep leased to use the un
consecrated funds of the word
ings to do his work? Is it nec
essary to solicit in the name of
the Lord money from men who
have no interest in the Lord's ar
rangement but who yield to the
importunities of the clergy and
pay the money in order that they
may have a social or political
standing amongst a certain
class of people? Could it be Baid
that the Lord must resort to such
methods in order to carry out
his arrangement? Every rea
sonable man must say, surely not,
And again we are reminded of
the Lord's words through the
The wise man, then, is he who
seeks to know what is tho divine
remedy and, finding this, seeks
to conform himself to it; for
nothing else short of divine pow
er can bring order out of tho
present chaotic condition and
bring to man that which he de
sires. Let us keep in mind that
it has ever been tre desire of man
'to enjoy life, liberty and happi
ness. This was so uppermost in
minds of the forefathers in
i . ig the foundation fpr the ed upon his obedience to the di
inericau government that; they vino law; and his diit oedience of
pucea mis statement in me tun-
diimental law of the land. The
UDlKOGitE. OKLAHOMA SATURDAY, AUG 27 1921
people, therefore, are
wasting,
their time and cnergj to pursue
a will-o'-the wisp, a man-made
theory, in utter regard of the di
vine remedy; and, of course, if
the people are ignorant of this
remedy which the Lord has pro
vided, they cnnn ot pursue it.
The great masses are ignorant
an dtheir ignorance is due to the
fact that the ecclesiastics have
been unfaithful to their commis
sion, have failed to teach the
Scriptures, but on the contrary
have taught man-made theories;
and for this reason God. fore
knowing that it would be thus,
recorded: "Behold, the days
come, saith the Lord God, that I
will send a famine in the land,
not a famine of bread, nor a
thirst for water, but for hearing
the words of the Lord." Amos
8:11.
After many centuries of di
vine favor the clergy of the
church nominal as a class has
proven unfaithful to the divinely
given commission. After six
thousand years of laborious ef
fort to establish an ideal govern
ment in the earth, the nations
are now face ot face with a con
dition of chaos, and mankink is
groping blindly about. The peo
ple who love righteousness and
truth have been without aid, ad
vice and comfort from those
from whom they might expect it
and who claim to ue tne messen
gers of the Lord. These so
called spiritual advisers have
torn off the mask and now boldly
declare that they ignore the doc
trines and unite in action for
money and power.
Wit lithe great doctrines of
Christianity ignored, upon what
will the hungry souls feed?
those souls that hunger and thirst
for righteousness, from whence
will they gather their satisfying
potion? (Psalm 107:1-7.) It is
not time for all such to seek the
divine remedy? Man's extrem
ity is God's opportunity. The
whole world is being humbled by
suffering and sorrow. Let those
who mourn be comforted by the
great and beneficient arrange
ment disclosed by his Word.
Remedy Divine.
The Holy Scriptures contains
the expression of the will of God
- .faUl Wlin propnetlC V1S10U, lOOJV
jnjr down to the time of the
God." I Corinthians 2 :9, 10.
It was the great Master who
said: "Sanctify them through
the truth; thy word is truth."
(John 17:17.) Nothing, then,
but an understanding and appre
ciation of the Word of God can
lead man into the right way and
unfold to him visions of the
blessings that aer to come ; and
the understanding of the divine
arangement brings comfort and
joy to the heart.
The inspired witness wrote :
"Known unto God arc all his
works fro mtho beginning of the
world." Acts 15:18.) From the
very creation of man to the full
consummation of his Ian Jehovah
knew everything and his great
program has been working out
in a progressive and orderly
manner. In order, therefore, for
us to appreciate the divine reme
dy we must first ascertain tho
real cause of tho present condi
tion of strifo, turmoil, trouble,
wars, revolution, etc., in the
earth,
The Cause.
The first man was created per
fect and given a perfect home in
Eden, endowed with life as a hu
man being, with happiness, with
peace, and with all the blessings
incident to a nerfect life and a
nerfect home. He was endowed
with the power and authority to answer the petition of the plain
produce perfect children and to tiff, B. B. Roberts, on or before
fill the earth with a perfect race
of people. His enjoyment of
those blessings eternally depend-
mat mw ue was uayuwcu wuum
lead to the f orf ei ture of his right
to life as a humnn holmr. woll
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happiness and
peace. Man violated the law.
This account is briefly set forth
in the third chapter of Genesis.
Man was sentenced to death,
driven out from his perfect
home, and the judgment exe
cuted by causing him lo subsist
upon the poisonous elements of
the unfinished earth. As long as
he existed he was caused to eat
bread in sorrow. In all these
centuries he has been under the
bondage of the evi leffects of sin,
waiting and hoping for libera
tion. It must be observed that Adam
did not lose a home in heaven. He
was not offered a homo in heav
en ; but what he did possess was
a homo on earth, with human life
in perfection, as man; and his
violation of the naw forfeited
these. Therefore, if man is ever
restored to his original favors
and blessing it must be to that
which he first enjoyed perfec
tion of life as a human being, a
perfect home, and peace and hap
piness on earth.
The disobedience of Adam en
tailed upon all of .his offspring
sorrow, sickness, suffering and
death. The perfect pair did not
bear children while in .Eden ; but
they exercised this function
after the condemnation and alter
man was earning his bread in
the unfinished earth. Ho was
gradually undergoing the sen
tnece of death. He was imper
fect, and it followrf as a logical
and reasonable conclusion that he
could not produce a perfect race
of people. The result was that
his offspring were born in a dy
ing condition. And this is what
the prophet meant when he
wrote : Behold, 1 was shapen in
iniquity; and in sin did my
mother conceive me." (Psalm 51 :
5.) This is the same thought ex
pressed by St. Paul when he
wrote: "Wherefore, as by one
man sin entered into the world,
and death by ,sin : and so death
passed upon all men, for that all
have sinned. Romans 5:12.
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION.
In the District Court of Mus
kogee County, State of Okla
homa. Willie Lee, Plaintiff,
vs. No. 10093.
Malinda Lee, Defendant.
The State of Oklahoma to the De
fendant Malinda Lee, Greetings:
The defendant, Malinda Lee,
will take notice that she has been
sued in the above named Court
by the plaintiff, Willie Lee, for
an absolute divorce on the ground
of abandonment and that unless
she answer the petition of the
plaintiff, Willie Lee, on or before
the 10th day of October, 1921,
the allegations set forth in said
petition will be taken as con
fessed and judgment rendered
accordingly.
In Witness Whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said District Court
this the 19th day of August,
1921.
L. D. MARTIN,
(Seal) Court Clerk.
By W. H. BALLARD,
Deputy Clerk.
JACOB J. JONES,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION.
In the District Court of Mus
kogee County, State of Okla
homa. B. B. Roberts, Plaintiff,
vs. No. 9056.
J. E. Crane, et al., Defendants.
The State of Oklahoma to the
Defendant J. E. Crane, Greet
ings :
The defendant, J. E. Crane,
will take notice that he has been
sued in the above named court
by the plaintiff, B. B. Roberts
for to exclude the said defendant
J. E. Crano from any interest in
and to Lot 11, Block 17, in the
town of Taft, Muskogee County,
. Oklahoma, and that unless he
tne ara uay oi uctoDer, iysi, tne
allegations set forth in said peti
tion will be taken as confessed
and judgment rendered accord
ingly.
In Witness Whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said District Court
this the 17th day of August,
1921.
L. D. MARTIN,
(Seal) Court Clerk.
By W. II. BALLARD,
Deputy Clerk.
J. J. JONES and
0. B. JEFFERSON,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION.
State of Oklahoma, Muskogee
County, ss. In District Court.
Minnie Mable Madison, Plaintiff,
vs. No. 9988.
Jesse W. Madison, Defendant.
The State of Oklaoma to Jesse
If. Madison:
You will take- notice that on
the 18th day of July, A. D. 1921,
the above named plaintiff, Min
nie Mablo Madison, filed her pe
tition in the District Court ol
Muskogee County, State ( f Okla
homa, praying that she may be
divorced from the above named
defendant, Jesse W. Madison, al
leging as grounds for said
divorce proceedings, that the dc
fendont has been guilty of ex
treme cruelty, and gross neglect
of duty towards the plaintiff
above named; and that the de
fendant must answer said peti
tion on or before the 3rd day of
September, 1921, or said petition
will be taken as true and judg
ment for plaintiff will be taken
forever divorcing the plaintiff
and defendant will be rendered
accordingly.
Given under my hand and seal
of the Court this 18th day of
July, A. D. 1921.
L.D. MARTIN,
(Seal) Court Clerk.
By TOKt L. FULLER, ,
Deputy.
W. D JIALFIIILL,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
MASONIC GRAND LODGE
HOLDS HISTORRIC
SESSION.
Beautiful Temple Remodeled,
$7000 Cost, 400 Delegates
Attend.
Telephonic communication with
Boley informs the Black Dis
patch that Grand Master V. S.
Webber and his entire cabinet
were swept into office after a
monster demonstration on tho
part of the delegates assembled.
The reading of the reports of the
various ollicers showed remarka
ble progress in all of the various
departments of the order. It was
after the reading of these splen
did reports that a motion to un
animously re-elect all of the of
ficers swept the held clean of any
desire of anyone to run for oince.
Over ?40,000 was shown to be
in the Grand Lodge funds. The
Temple at Boley has ben remod-
eled during this fraternal year at
a cost ot over $7,000.00. The
second floor will be used for of-
lices and the third floor for con
vention purposes. Dining hall
and kitchen facilities are pro
vided in the Temple. The Temple
is now provided with every mod
ern convenience.
The Convention was marked
with complete harmony unequal
ed in the history of the order,
and many splendid addresses
were made by prominent masons
from all over Oklahoma. The
citizens of Boley were to banquet
the Grand Lodge Friday night in
the dining hall of the Temple
which will seat over 1,000 per
sons. Over 400 delegates are in
attendance.
Mrs. C. T. Talliferro, of Perry,
the Grand Worthy aMtron of the
Eastern Star( was re-elected tl
so, together with her entire cab
inet. This department also
showed wonderful growth and
the sessions were harmonious.
The princopal officers re-elected
were : Hon. W. S. Weber, Harts
horne, Grand Master; M. Butler,
Deputy Grand Master, Guthrie;
Lon McNeil, Secretary of En
dowment, Eufaula ; Samuel Jor
dan, Treasurer Endowment De
partment, Guthrie ; W. II. Twine,
Sec.-Treas. Burial Department,
Muskogee; N. J. Caesar, Grand
Secretary, Shawnee.
Secretary, Shawnee. Black Dis
patch. There could be but one result
1.50 TEH. Year
as to the election of Grand Mas
ter, as he had such old war
horses as Brothers G. W. S.
Sawner, E. T. Barbour, Sam
Sanders, the Big Indian Chief, S.
T. Wiggins, the Prince of Diplo
macy, C. T. Talliaferro, the as
tute Orator, the old Tiger and
others equally proficient on tho
firing line, and hence he went
through unanimously and car
ried his whole cabinet with him.
There was but little opposition to
the work of last y ear and that
was so small that no mention is
needed. Our Grand Lodgo is
moving on to success and next
year will show a greater im
provement than the past is our
prophecy.
J.T.TRIMBLE,
Manager.
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TITLED TO YaUR TRADE.
G66 cures Malaria, Chilli and
Fever, ilihous Fever, Cold and
LaGrippe, or money retunacL
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION.
In the District Court of Mus
kogee County, State of Oklaho
ma. Irene Glidewell, Plaintiff,
vs. No. 10102.
Joe F. Glidewell, Defendant.
The State of Oklahoma to tho
Defendant, Joe F. Glidewell,
Greetings :
Tho defendant, Joe F. Glide-
well, will take notice that he has
been sued in the above named
Court by the plaintiff, Irene
Glidewell, for divorce and custo
dy ol children, and that unless he
answer the petition of the plain-
tilt, alleging ueser; ' ' non
support, on or before the 8th day
ot Uctober, 1921, the allegations
set iorth in said petition will be
taken as confessed and judgment
rendered accordingly.
In Wltfehji lflfcrcui, I kavtf.
heixWostra:M&Tfd 2nd nttijcd -the
seal of BaidrDi5trltCourtf ,.
this the i!2nd day o Au0um'.T
1921.
L. D. MARTIN,
(Seal) Court Clerk.
By TOM L. FULLER,
Deputy Clerk.
I. T. WSONG,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
666 quickly relieves Consti
pation, Biliousness, Loss of Ap
petite and Headaches, due to
Torpid Liver.
On August 4th, Rev. David Ir
vin, the brother of Attorney W.
II. Twine, visited our city, mak-
nig a surprise
brother, but the
visit to his
attorney hid' -
leit fiome to attend tne Gram f
Lodge of Masons at Boley. Ri
soon as Lawyer Twine learned
that his brother, whom he had
not seen lor 25 years, was in tho
city, he returned at once and
there was a happy reunion. He
look his brother back to Boley
with him. Before going the,,
Reverend met many K. of P.
brethren and made medicine for
tho Topeka meeting. He also
pleached at the First Baptist
church to an appreciative audi
ence. At Boley he made many
friends and proved himself to bo
a past-master as a mixer. He
made a firm friend of the only
infidel in Boley and has a stand
ing invitation to visit the Vinous
Agnostic of Boley, who never lets
a preacher enter his home. Rev.
Irvin is very favorably impressed
with Oklahoma and will havo a
good word for the "Wild and
Wooly West" when he retrns
home. He went from Muskogeo
to Topeka to attend the Pythian
conclave and from there to Chi
cago to visit his son and thence
back to the old Buckeye state and
home, Cincinnati. We all wish
him well and ask that ho como
again.
J. T. TRIMBLE,
Manager.
The law firm of Franklin,
Speers, Chappell and Hutchins
won a great victory by enjoining
the city of Tulsa from preventing
tho colored citizens in their ef
forts to rebuild their homes.
Much praiso is due these men;
' they are real patriots.
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