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1905

THE CHICAGO PARTY STARTED FROM

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CHARLE. T, RGSSELL

Presidell/ - Watch Tower Bibl e and Tract Society, Editor - Zion 's Watch Tower and Herald of Chrisl's Presence,

.tlltimr- " Millennial Dawn " Series of Bible lI elps, Pas/ar - Bible Honse Chapel , Allegh e ll )" 1'a.

D EAR FRIEKDS: This is not an official report by the vVatch Tower Bible & Tract Society, but merely 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 the household of faith.

Credit is due to a few of the friends whose assistance 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 use cuts of their won-derful 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

Yours in fellowship and service, Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A.

Lord's blessing- g-o with them. L. W. JONES,

2024 Washington Boul.

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

A BOUT 1 0 '.,l(lck , Thu rsday, July 6, t he fr iends began to gatller in U.C new, .Iarge LaSa lle Btr Nt depot in Chieago, and after much gree t ing eaeh p rocu red al;ou t a yanl of pape]', eall ed a t ick et , boarded a special ear reser ved for us, and werc soon on t he way to the con vention, to which so many had looked fonvanl, hoping t hey migl. t be per-mitted to ~lttend . Our party consisted of t he fo ll owing peI'sons:

Erothers-G. F. Gustaf son .J ohn Spietz .Jona Johnson .Jacob Christensen ,John A. Peterson O. K. :rones, .J!'. ,J ohn T. Read

Os~a r Magnuson G. A. Aldine Olgot Holmgrcn L. W. Jones Harry Manning Geo. }

O VJ{ trip of about 18 honl's was a prelude to the COll vention itself, for we had a grand time in fellowship, singing "Zion '8 Glad Songs," distributing tract.s, etc . We reached Buffalo about 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 the convention hall. After walking about six blocks through a very pretty residence section of the city we arrived at th e hall, were ur"herecl into the large reception parlor, greeted 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;NUE, BETWEEN FOURTH AND SIXTH STREETS

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.

In this wonderful and beautiful building were the Convention Hall, Reception Parlor and other wnven-cnces, which were turned over to us for the use of the Convention, FREE OF ALL CHARGES, by the NATURAL FOOD COMPANY.

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rOl'l'ugated roll ers. The wheat kOrJJels are caught between theso rollers and drawn out iuto jine porous shreds, laying layer upon layer, until t he thickness of a biscuit is formed when 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 through a second long oven . 'rhey 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 ether adulterated w e had formed no special liking for it. After seein g such a process and roalizing what wheat is many of us began at onco to in corporate Shredded Whole Wheat Biscu its in OUl' (liet. Purit.y and elel'ln lin es. seem to be the watch words of the Natural Food Company.

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 ('stitution blessings, both in the pl'oduct and in the mallller of treatin

ing and reading rooms for guests, fllrni~hcd with beautiful rugs find ' lllnptuollS weat hered-oak, l eat h e r-uphol ste ~etl fUl'l1 .iture. FrOIll the midd le of the ceiling hangs a pencl 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 lumus"sup-V(.J-ting the ceiling are uphol stered settecs. In one end of t he foyer dai nty" demonstra-t ion lun che " m'e served to visitors, anel h re may be fou nd gui les to pilot v is ito rs th rough tlle building. The ga ll er~' arouncl 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 eating 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 ress of the conve nt ion.

AuditoriulI1 or Con vention Jlall (Seating 1080)

The bui lding i elect ric- lig hted th roughout, and has a ll modem conve niences in lwep-ing with the other hand 'ome appoin t me)1ts. There are elaborate lavatorie~ a nd bath 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 rpose, and a re permitted to take other baths befol'e ~nd after workin g hours an(l at the noon hou r if t hey wish. Th e wood wook of the entire building is of whjt~ enam el and is kept immacu lately clean. Th e win dows are doublc glazed, n:aking th em dust ploof. Th e pure ail', filtered through

i~ve , is fo rced through the structure by means of great suction fans and ventilator sbafts. Jt ,,-ou ld r equire a goodsized boold et to de cri be t he man y depa rt ments of "welfa re work" carried on by th i company to auard the health of their employees and to secme their tomfort, contentment and in te ll ectual and moral improvement . Th e company not only prnvides a locker for each empl oyee, costly lavatori es an ] baths and hygie ni c noon day lunches, but a l 0 maintain a circulatin g libra ry, a nd gives t hem access to hundreds of other periodical. It provides addr ses by men and women of note, classes in Englisb composit ion, e ', ay contests, cooking sc hool, ewing chool, bo 5' vegetable 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 'ection with caps, [I]l'ons and sleeves f ree, and t hey a re 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 mpany get its power f l'o m :N iagal'ft Falls. 'rhe" harn ess ing" of this mighty cataract to the whl' Is of industry was nlade possible by the electr.i1I1 power t ransmiss ion. [t is t his g reat engiJl eering t riu mph whi r h make t he NatUl'a l Food (;onservatory a bee-hive of iudustJ'.v by day and a palace of elect ri c beauty by night. 'rhus t he most won -dPl'ful achievement of modern electrical science is yo l{ ed to th e g reate t of iUetetic science. Natme's g reatc t wonder is providing the world 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 ever kn own.

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A s the convc lltiolJ was 110t to open until t he ncxt day, Batunla.'", many of t he f ri ends went in the afte l'-nooo to see the wond e rful Niagara F a lls ,

Walk ing about Ii b loe k through the Natuntl Food Co mpllny 's park we arrived :It t il(' s horp of ~iHgm'a Ri ve r, about a mil e ahov(' thc Fall s, H ere t he wat I' is ",tim , withollt

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 hun-dred 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 mid-dle 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.

CHART Of THE AGES.

THE TABERNACLE

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 selfish-ness 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 bless-ings, 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

A 'I' abo ut o'clock the f riend bega n to gather in the reception 1:11'101' of Katura l Food Conservatory and grcet one anoth 1', a nd watch for the ani 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 many 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 but Bro. Ru sell him se lf. He sa](l he had heen t lllnklll g the matter over, how lllallY f ri ends 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 our ~ea r Bro. W, H ope H ay by annouJl cin g fro m t he ' lip, Hymn No, 1, "A ll Hail thc Power of .Jesns' Kame." Bro. Se!'ley of Chi cago playcd the piano and 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 ion ; also for t hose at' home who could not be p resent in person; a lso for a bless ing upon t he sick and aOlicted,

B 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 his remarks he illtrod UCCfl Bro. A, E. Williamson, the permanent c11airman, A pa rti al rcpo r t of. Bro. Hay's rema rks follow:

Brethren of like precious faith , it is my privilege t his morning to welcome this convention, L do uot kn ow why .I. s hou ld ha,e been chosen to do so, except t hat I live so near' this place and am the on ly pilgrim living in 'anada, so pel" hnps th at is the l'eason, Our subject is, " Welco min g )'o u to Th is Con vcntion."

Thi word "Welco me' '- wha t a \\'onderfu lly . weet so und it 'has, how many good a , ociations are co nn ected with it. There is no other 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 you ever stop to think just what the word "Welco mc" means' It is an old English w ord, mea ning " will come."

BRO, W. HOPE HAY 0 i t has t he thought of God 's will t hat you are herc. So, also, you hacl the will to come here. It mu t have cost you

eon id crable sacrifi ce to come, yo u exel'cised cons iderable 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 ends began to collect their nickels and coppers, so as to ha ve enough to go to t he convention with, >:0, you mu , t have 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 had t he will to rOIllP, but could not can y t he will Ol!t. They would have been equally wel co me,

Second,-again t he old Engli 'h word, it has th e t hought of t he one comin g with th will of the on sendin g him fhcre. Wh ose wi II is it t hat we !I re h

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 watch-ing 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.

BROTHERS 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 family that the rest amant P?ople nlHl landlady will find we are a ilifferent people than they are aeeustomed to see.

At the close of his remark~ he a nnounccd H y mn No.8, "The Old, Old Story." ,;'f. --- ---------

11 A. M.

PRAISE AND TESTIMONY SERVICE.

Conducted hy Bro .. T. A. Bohnet, of the Bible House.

THIS service was opene(1 by Singin.g N o. 25 in" Zion's Glad Bongs," entitlea "Snn-shine." 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 agreed 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 comer had been assign ed to him for an office, which he called the trouble corner. 'When he returned to his seat, Bro. Bohnet romarked that Bro. Russell had practically admitted that he came to the convention looking for trouble, 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 conven-tion that had yet been held. He remarked after the convention that his thought now wa~ to have these three day conventions 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 finished his remarks, 39 others testifi ed. and many others would have been glad to have done so, had the time been longer. 011e brother 'said, "Do you know what I compare the truth people to? Well, I compare them to Chinamen. To China-men! 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 seemed 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 convention, and said he was ten years oJ(l (in the truth). That started a number 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 request was made for those who were then attending their first large convention to raise their hands, and a large number showed by that sign that it was their first convention. Many were the expressions from those who haa attended 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 convention, but when he saw the train pull out from Allegheny with the friends, he said he took the convention fever, and the only way he could get cured was to come to the convention, which h e did the next day. He told me he could stay only a few hours, but I noticed he stayed at least anotller 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 convention f ever, too, but that instead of getting cured, his fever got worse and nothing will help him but to att end morc con-ventions in the future. I expect Bro. McMillan will have a relapse each convention time.

Another brother spoke about the Canadian, flag anrl the United States flag that cliffer-ent people are under, but that we are all under the one banner of Christ.

SATURDAY P. M.

A T 2 0 'C lock the afternoon session was opened with a praise service. led by Bro. L. W. Jon es, of Chicago, Ill. "Zion's Glad Songs" were used, as in all the Praise Sm' vices, the leaflets being used at other times. (At the close of the convention the friends were allowed to take away the 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 his text: Dan . 2:44, 7:13, 27, in r egard to t he Image, ctc., and Ezck. 21 :24-27, in rcgard to Zedeldah and the I'emoval of t he typical king-dOIll f rom Israel.

You will notic t hat th e tb me suggested by these texts i " Th c transfer of ear t h 's sovereignty. " As we look about liS today a nd sec th co nd ition of our world, we wi]1 be Icd to rcalize t hat th e great need of t hi s world i ' a righteous government; a gove rnm ent that will have for i ts foundation pI'in c ipl c, justice and r.ig hteou ne s of God . A governm cnt t hat will have wisc laws a nd be a bl e to enforce t hose laws, that will havc powe r to distributc th e bl es ings of th c earth to the worthy. This is t he great need 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 end, has bee n to cstablish a gove rnm e nt of thi' kin I.

As we look ove r the world today, we Dnl that crtainly BRO . R. E . S'l'RJ, ETER e verything in d icates t hat we al'e at a crisis in history. 'rho e

wh o (10 not t hink ~",e l1uab'le to 'ee this, but the thinking pcop le rea lize that we a re at a cri sis. A' to what it is and a to what the outeome of it will be, only tho c t hat are acquaintcd with God" pmpo e as revealed in His bl essed book have fln y 1000wi edge cOllccl'n in g i t. Prob lems a re being d is u 'sed tolay, t he ,'olution of whi ch, if they were solved, wOll lcl necessitatc a cOlnpl etc revolution of all t he govcrn -mental institutions ill th e world. 'fh ey are prob lcms which 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 the past. Th ere have been pe ri ods in which s imil ar conditions havc pI'evail ell , bllt not to t he same extcnt as tochy.

Human governm ents havc becn t l');ing to c tabli sh their do mini on a nd institute law f or the d istribut ion of earth 's ble. sin g equally. "Ve will consider what success t hey have made : \ lVe have d iffc rent fo rm s of '>'o vel'1lm cnt in tIl e word. Th e ' despotic government has all POW CI' to 10 as it p leases, as illustrated in Russia. Have th ese powers becn able to dist ri bute ea rth 's blessin gs equall y among t he human family~ l ' hc re is a ge nera l dissatis-faction in Russia, and t hat clo s not fully ex pre s th e condition t here. U ndoubted ly that power is at a crisis, 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 ing in ll. lanel whcre wc doubt lcss have t he bes t fo rm of gove rnment on th e face of th ea rth. Wc llll.vc tllOse in t h pos iti on of state men who are honest and desirous of carryi ng out t he pu rpose, 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 republi c t hnt i supposcd to be rul ed by the people. What do wc fin cH We find a power that has C0 111C up during the pol t century t hat bids fail' to make t his coun t ry become greater than a ny country- that power is mon ey. We ee how t llat la rge masse of wealth ca n be accumulated in a fcw years in the han ds of a few.

We have to mark "failure" upon thC' gove l'l1ments of t hi world. We see organized labor on t he one hand, an I emperors a nel ldug of carth, a represen ted in t he money powcr - the ar istocracy-on th e othcr hand.

So, as we trace the hi story of fhe 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 havc had dominion, in the p erfect ense, since that t im e. Israel, as a nat ion, had a typi cal dominion for a short time, but t hey too Dnally 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 not a his author.ized peopl e. Th e universal empires of the Gent il es were )'epresentccl in IJcbuchaeln ezzar 's ch eam, interpretecl by Dani~l , in which (!ream was seen t hc gl'eat imagc, t he var iOlls pa rts representing the differcn t univcrsal kinglloms, ::l.11cl that Dnall y a stonc ut out without h3nds, and fa llin g upon the toes of the illlage, the whol e thing wa g round to powd er, blown away a nd no place found fo r it-'rh 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 Daniel. \Ve a.re now living in the t im e of t he toes of the imagc, and soon the sto ne will fa ll llpon the toes, represent.-i ng tLe governm ents of the worlel , a nd as a r es11lt, th e Kingdom of Christ will be e tll.b-li shed jn the oarth , and th en will al' t h 's bl ess ings be equally tlis tl'ibuted a mong the famili es of the wOI'Il. It i s t hat for whi ch we wa tch 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'; , .

A 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 on filC s ui j ct of "OUI' Tal-ents a nd Pound .. " Jie po],e in part as foll ows: Deal' Frienel ', we lIl eet together with two thoughts ill

llIinl, "tha nk fu lness" and "grat itude." We m ct toget her as Bible studcn 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 quite >lIlother t hing to retain t he t ruth, to be so exe re iseLl ri g htly by OUT exp d ences, find day by day 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 h-out etcr ni ty. It is along t his lin e of r tainin g t he truth, our privileges a nd opportun 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 subject is :

BRO. W. H . B NDY OUR T ALENT AND PO ND . Olle thought that we hould J'eta in in ou r lIIind ti aftc r a co nv ent ion like t hi s is, a ' to

j ust what 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

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 Roma 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 representea 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 humbly 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 course could 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 something 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 "-Adam 's house. A Iso out relatives. 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 consecra 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 righteousness, 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 ,ongs from" Zion 'ti Glad Song ," Bl'O. S. Kuesthardt, of Port Jinton, Ohio, in charge.

BRO. HAYDEN SAMSON

AT 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 rks in part were as follows:

Hi s text was Epb. 3:11-" Accortling to the eternal 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. "

He said that as It youn g man he had heard of a plan of sa lvation , but never kn ew what it was, but often wondered 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 somehow theJ'c was a change in hi plan, sending a few 10 haven, and the rest to eternal 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 reaches across three great worlds or age. The earth. J'epre ented by the top borizontal line of the Cbart, is the base of them all, and so the earth i the same earth. in a ll three ages. In Ecel. 1:40, we read "the earth abideth forever. " The original word from which tbis word" forever" is translated bas fift een meanings, and two of the meanings are" perpetual" allCI " eternal. " Tbe fire that Peter spoke about will no more burn up the literal earth than did the flood destroy the literal earth. H e said that when the time came that Peter spoke about, there woultl be a great coal strike.

He spoke of tbe fir&t world being under the control of tbe angels, and that they made poo r success of the work, but when t he angel flies througb tbe heaven 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 that we have to contend wi th.

Refen 'ing to Genesis to t he call of Abra ham ,' t hen I aac, t hen Jacob, he showed how God used only one man at a time t hen for hi p m'po e, because 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 man durin g t be Patriarchal Age, he wou ll have had t hem. H e asked th e que tion as to why we do not have mo re than one President of t he United tates, why do 'we Dot hav 16 ~ H repli ed t hat one was e noug h. H e said he remembe red wb en we did have two, OIl C in t he No rth a nd one jll t he outh, a nti t hat as a rcsolt i t co't tile country tbou 'ands of li ves and milli on of do llar', and i f we were to have ' ixtee n Pre i-dents, h eli I not I,now what would ha ppcn, 0 1' wh at t hey w ould do with t he other fifteen. Acco rding to . t he t heo logical talldpoint of thr vari ou creeds, t he ot her fifteen would have to be eternally torment d.

H e said t hat t he COUl lll on idea regarding t hos not elected wa t hat God would collect togethe r all t he coal, charcoa l a nd wood a nd ete l'l1ally to rm ent t hem. He t hen gave an illustration showi ng t hat th sele

t.Ioe Christ., Head and Bally. As Itlany as hav," l)t"cll hal'tiZt'I1 into .1('slIs Cl,rist have \,111 on eh I'ist.

At his resurrel'tion , he ealllC into pos8ession of all power in heaven al1

'UHJ.c:C'J'-"'l'lll~ GOOD l ' lGll'l'. "

My SUBJECT being so lllu1I like tllat of Brother Draper, I can 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 coni] 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 have I,('pt the faith, i have 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 confessioll. Fourth, Fight the

dart on .fire, .hoping to burn a hole through the s kin s hi elds, but the metal shie ll] would n~t perm it ~bI S, but _woul I. quench th.e fi ery darts and bring tllem to naught, and () i t is wIth our s l1Je ld of :Eulth, If we use It.

Pray with all 111 pli ca tion for a ll a in ts a nd for me.

PASTOR C. T. R SSJ>L

"BEA TY FOR A HE " T A. 61:1-3.

A '1' 3 o'clock Sunday aftern.oon, Brot her .Wi!lianlso n, hUHman, opened 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 ngers :lnd citizc ns of Niagara that hall come to hear Brother Ru ell , a lt hou gh mc tings ha ! not bee n adverti 'ell fo r the public, on a ccount of th e limi ted 'eat ing apacity of the hall , and bec:1u e it was the purpo'o to have t he co nve ntion more fo r the benefit of the friend in the truth.

After paying a hi gh tribute of prai e and love to Bro. Hu 'e ll Bro. Williamson th n in t rodu c d him in his mo t eloquent mann cr.

BRO .. l~ ~ ELL. ~hen t epp I forwa!'d and, in keepin 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 rema rks, '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, come down," so he said to Bro. Wil -liam ou. He aid he did not wa nt his a udicnc to get. their cxpectation too high, for they might be di appointed . H e t hcn spo ke in palt as fo ll ows :

We are very g lad, dea l' frien]s to whatever exte nt the Lord ha been pleased to use us ; it is a g reat pleasure to be a erva nt of the L ord in a ny apac ity. 'Ve want a ll t o have clearly in min d one t houg ht-that t he Lord's" Iue time" has cOllie for the Present '1' ruth ; therefore, if He had not 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 attends to hi ' ow n work. If th Tower ha d not bee n pub-lis hed by BIother Russell the me sag woul d ha ve bee n se nt t hrough 'o me othe r avenue. WlIen the Lord' tillle comes th e b less ing' co mc -that i Hi secret. " Tim es of refre h -lI1g s hall come from th e presence of the L ord." '.rhat is why w ha ve a r efreshin g, and why it is the time for t he ble sing.

"BEA 'l'Y F R A HES. " 1 A. 61:1-3.

OUR text th i aftern oo n will be fo und in I sa. 61:1-3, and especially the latter l tLU e of the thi rd verse. " The . pirit of the Lord is upon me; the Lord has anointe] me to preach th e good tid ing, to co nfort all that mourn to appo in t un to them that moul'l1 ill ;::iol1, to give them b auty for ashes."

Our remark today are a co ntinuation of the last few lInday se rm ons, acco unts of which have been publi 'hed in the Pittsbu rg Dispatch and th Ft. Way ne News of Ft. Wayne, Ind.

In a previous con id eratiol1 of this firs t verse, '''1'he 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 primarily app li ed to Ollr Lord J e us, and when t he Father would ha ve Him proclaim the rcat mes '''ge He \Va first a nointed to preach. YOll rememl' e r t h re ord he gave to J ohn. Whilo bein g baptized the anointinO' of t h Holy 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 consecrated 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 ear are I' presented in thl"e Iifferent memb r. '~'hat i God' standpoint in t his general order to the whol e Chur h of J e u hri st, of whi ch J e liS is head a n "I we are member '. 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 members of the body of hri st are anointed to preach ; they and th y alol1 e. Ju t so surely as you are oue that has come through justification of faith :l11d sanctHi ], tho anointing is upon you, and just 0 sm ely as you come under the anoin ting it is your cOlllmission to preach. Why 1 T"he prophet tells ns.

I want in this connection to call 'Ollr attention to the point that not merely those that preaeh from the publi e pl a tform ar PI' achers. 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 you will find it in your experi ence ; from the time you ~3lll e in to r'l ationship 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 preacher 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 resurrec-tion.

There is another way of preaching ; according to the 'Scriptures there is no authorHy for the sisters preaching in a public manner. How shall she minister then ~ There are many ways in which she can preach. He here gave an illustration, telling how at one time he was holding a meeting in New York and some lady came to him and asked him to pray for h er that she might get more light on the truth. She had been an agnostic, but her sister had come into PreSE nt Truth, and it had worked such a marvelous change in her that she herself now wished t o ge t the truth. We are to preach th e truth by what-ever talents we have, public or not. W e are to be living epistles, and no way will send it to the heart quicker than living th e truth, a s did the sister in the above illustration.

Now we come down to the pa rticular words of our text for this aft ernoon, "Beauty for Ashes."

Part of the preaching is to comfort all that mourn. A great many people seem to think they are to shake people over torment and comfort them wit h thai. W e find that our commission is that we are anointed to preach the good t idings, to bind up the broken-hearted-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 sorry if they d id. 'fhere are plenty of ci r-cnmstances 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-sha ll be. It has not l:een, but it shall be unto all pp.ople; it is bound to come in "God's due time."

TO COMJ

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 seem to be tiil('d with ;juy and pJeaslU(' ar(' r eally S\) . 'l'ruth to tell, nearly every hUlllan being has his hca rtades, an(l nut a few-while enjoying the fat pf the land anil lIluch advantage over the lII aju lity every way-have a longing 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 have 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 pro-vision of puulic instruction, public liiJrari

of general application to thc whole world of mankind, all based upon the fact that God has unllel'taken to provide a full atonement for sins of the whole wOl'ld, which means l'

well as old ambitions; they find new .loys, new hopes. represented symboHcaiiy as a "gar-land" (R. V.). Not one joy, 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 have 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 prisoner in the tomb, and that ultimately death is swallowed up in vietory and there shall be no more death, uo more l'rying, no more sighing, no more dying, because the form er things will have passed away.

THE OIL OF ,TOY }'OR. MOURNING. H ow poetic the promise of the oil of joy instead of mourning. In an cient time the

mourning and rejoicing were expressed more in an outward fo rm than is customa ry today. 'rhe mouming and sorrowful would frequently go about clothed in sackcloth and with ashes upon the head, as indicative of t heir woe; anf! on the contrary, when th e occasion of their mourning had passed, it was the custom to display the spirit of r ejoicing by wash-ing and then specifically anoi nting with a perfume. Such a perfume oil was used in the anointing of kings of Israel and of their priests by the Lord's direction, and is very prop-erly understood to signify the anointin g of the Holy Spirit. So in this symbolical state ment of our text, the oil of joy, the oil of glarIness, represents the anointing of t he Lord's members with the Holy Spirit, the spirit of joy a nd gladness a nd refreshment a nd com-fort, as inst ead of the spirit of sadness.

The poet has well expressed this matter, saying: "Why should the children of the king go mourning a ll their days f" Throughout this Gospel age those who accept Jesus as their Redeemer and who seek to walk in his titeps anrI who make full consecration to him ancl to his ser vice are accepted of the h eavenly Fathur as his children anit a nointeil with his Holy 'Spirit, the spirit of gladness, the spirit of joy to a ll who receive it, and in proportion as they receive it, it drives away much of the spirit of mourning a nd brings instead much of the spiri t of joy. As the apostle dec 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 blessings that are ours, but we arc to rejoice in tribulations a lso, kn owing that all tllC experiences of the present life are working together for the development, the preparation of this class to be the kings and priests of the Lord, his associates and j oint-heirs in his kingdom that is soon t o be establi shed.

THE GARMENT OF PRAISE. Continuing to spea k to us poetically, the Lord decla res of this sa me class that his

appointment for them is the garment of praise, instead of the spirit of h eaviness. 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 they are not enjoying that which the Lord appointed for them. His own declaration is that he has appointed the garment of praise to suppl ant the spirit of heaviness. True in OUl' present imperfec t condition many things occur to make us heavy -hearted from time to time, and some temperaments are more subject to this ailment than others; but each should seek to cast off the care, each should seek to take his burdens to the foot of the eJ'oss and leave them there, each should r emember that the Lord careth for him, and has promised that all things shall work together for good t o the called ones, a ccording to his purpose. Many never get rid of the spiri t of h eaviness, because they fail to put on the garment of praise-they fail t o be sufficiently thanldul, sufficiently appreciative of the good things r eceived of the Lord. This is n ot only true of Christian people in general, but it iK sometimes true of those who have been specially favored of the Lord in the knowledge of present t ruth and the refresh-ment 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 they many?" He replied, "Oh, yes; eight or ten." We replied, "Dear brother, give thanks; remember that your points of difficulty and doubt and fear ani! 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 con-fess our sins, to have them forg iven, but that we should n otice and acknowledge and give tha nks for the bless ings if w e would have them continued anel multiplied to us. He who r e-counts over and over the mercies and blessings of the Lord will find their numbers to in-crease 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 nd so f ar from asking th e Lord continually for fre.sh blessings, his petitions will be in the nature of thank offerin gs, an(1 he will be saying to the Lord, "I ask no more, give what is best.

PRAISE SERVICE.

A T 7 :30 in the evening, the Praise Service was opened b~ Bro. A. H. MacMilla n, at the conclusion of. which Sisters Minnie and Lizzie Nation lang" Savef! by Grace," and then Bro. A. E. Williamson was introduced and spok .lTI" God Is Love," the follow ing being a partial r eport:

BRO. A. E . WILLIAlI1S0N

Deal' Fri e nds, t he vel'. e we have JU tung, ,, ! 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 e ll t he s tory, a nd we all love to t ell t he one grand story of God's I ve. We t hank God that it is not a story of damnation or of t rouble or of a nyt hing t ha t conveys th t houg ht of ha rm . Th e wh ole human race un d I' pre ent co n-di t ion will ha ve t h oppo rt uni ty of co ming in to recon ilia-t ion wi t h God a nd fin d t h g reat privil ge of alva tion. I a m g lad it i our privil ege of telling omething 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 mig ht t hink upon i he rom pr hensiveness of t hat impl e stat me nt t hat God is love. Thi s is t he only characterist i of whi ch God is sa id to be t h emb d im ent . F rom t he crown 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 ma ny a re t hese. ome 'ay on t he one ha u ~-ye , God is

lovin g, t o t ho e wh om h elect t ? sa lvat ion, those. wh om he predet~ rmin ed b.ef o.re!la nd should be saved. Again-yes, God JS ]ovmg, he p rovIdes a way by whIch every m dIvliual hould hea r t he Go pe l, 0 fa r as he was ab le, and to a cept of J esus hri st, if he heard

of him . In t he first chapter of Genes is God p romi sed his love b ' hi g reat favo r to Adam .

.:. ot ice fi ve point: 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 rythin O' t here woul d be coopera-

t ion a ne1 ha rm ony. 'rhird-God gave him domini on ; t his 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 rd him. H e

was placed in t he gard n of Ede n a repres ntation of t he eart h late r. :E ift h- A pe rfect compa ni on, capable of apprec iatin g him, a nd who in hi a rra ngement

co nst it uted hi s other h alf. F urt her, that it should be a n everlast 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 re t . Adam did t hat which wa evil in th e si h t of t he L ord and he fe ll. The re ul t: becau e Adam ' in ned, t he perfect being i t required t hat a nother fea t ure of Go 1 's cha racter houll be brought i nto p romin ence.

Vifhil e Gol is love we a re ob lig d to recog ni ze t hat t here a re othe r at tributes of God, whi ch Jll U t mod ify co ndit ion '. God is lov , but t hat g reat bein g pos essed of uch won-lerful love must nece ll rily be gui ded b t he p rin ciple of j u tice.

HOW DID J U 'rI 'E OP ERATE'1

Wh en ma n inned God decla rml t hat t hat in di vidual wil f ully tran g ress in g must bear 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 some on ave a g ift to a nother a nd t hen t hat pe rson t urning to he his en my. The do nor woul d have t he right to a'k t he I' t UI'll of tile g ift. 0 wi t h t he g ift of li fe to Ada m. Again .. t he illust rat ion of the f a t her, g iving 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 ght to dep rive him of i t . D ust t hou a r t a nd unto dust sha lt th ou returll wa POI{ Cll of A h m. God d pri ved man of t he evi dence of IIi love be aus he needed an appreciat ion of hi justice. Tn Romans 5:12 we ee an evidence of God' ju t ice. Jod had a ri ght to do wi t h t he I'ace as he saw fi t . It is a p rivil ege fo r any to li ve at all. Tn H ebrews, third chapte r, we read of how t he earth i fu ll of t he power of ' 0(1, a n 1 a l '0 of how eve ry y tem out of ha rmony 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 give me a p lace i n t he ki llglom. " T hey ku ow noth-in g abo ut th e love, j us t ice, wi dom an d power of God . II could have done t hi , b ut he is not doing i t .

'Wi th t hi add re t he er vic s fo r 'Sun day clo d.

PRAI SE EnVICE.

MONDAY morning at 9 0' lock ha rp the praise a n ] t e t im ony ervice was called to oreler by B ro. Fred Williamso n, a lso of t he B ible bou e sta ff. During t hi es ion B ro. Read sang t h ong, " Om King is farching 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 each t im e when he came t o t he chorus t he a ud ience j oin d in with a will , glad iu deed to sing of our King, 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

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 righteous-ness. 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. There are some very fine people naturally that do not have the same degree 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 naturally had the advantage over others. '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 an article 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 out-ward 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

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 corner over therp, an1'nel" 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

not .ret begotten of the Holy Spirit, und he needed to hring the ma tter ,lown to their ~Olll prehension; also to show thcm that their ministry must be a different ministIT.

Ques.-DiU Jehovah 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 the J,01'(1 did; the Bible does not. Ques.-How can a spiritual body dwell in us~ Ans.-It does not dwell in us. What can dwell in llS is the spirit of

treated at length in the fifth volum e of Millen nial Dawn, which please read. God may dwell in us richly in the sense of the mind of Go,l dwelling in I1S .

Ques.-How is Goll's Word Rpirit ~

God. This is 'fhe spirit of

Ans.-God's Word is Hpirit in the sense of its ucing a power or influence. Bro. Rus sell dropped the wooden gavel on the floor, and it of course made 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 the 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 advise tha t the sisters take part in prayer in our meetings ~ Ans.-What do the Scriptures say~ The apostle says that the sisters took part in

prayer. "If the s isters pray with uncovered heads they dishonor the head." You will not find me taking away any power f rom the sisters that th!' Scriptures recognize.

Ques.-Will Satan's bin(ling be grachml a n

'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 caml) they woulu do you an injury. Seek the company and fellowship of those that love righteous-ness. Put -a premium upon that which is good, just and noble.

'l'he concision in the apostle's day signified those who were in opposition to circum-CISIOn. 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 generally restri cted to mean immoral desires, fleshy desires. In the original it means any earthly desires, f or instance, the lust for power.

Ques.-What is meant in John 20:22 when it says that our Lord breathed on them, etc.? Ans.-Our Lord was giving them a pantomimic t eaching. He wanted them to under-

stand that in seuding them out they were not to exercise power belonging to themselves, but the power of God through them, therefore, he gave 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, influence or mind in them, 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 enemies. I will do that myself.

Ques.-Whe n does earth's great jubilee commence, and is it different from the Mil-lenninm ~

Ans.-}\o, it is a continuation ef the type. We ~rc in the time of the great juhilee now. Why do we not see the restitution then, you ask? Well, 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 trum-pets. We are in the anti-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 wonclered about that myself. If you find out let

me kUOl\T.

(~u es.-'Vh at does the ,vorl! "Dives" come frond Ans.-It signifies" rich man," 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 chil-dren 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 Adam and Christ proposes to give them a life in place of the one they lost through Adam. They are not begotten in the sense that we are b egotten; their promise is of restitution to that which they had lost through Adam. The second Adam is to take t.he place of the first Adam. 'l'hey get the life Christ 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 ~

Ans.-I do not know any place in the Seripture that says he had that duty to perform. The matter 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' part. Th e Scripture.'! say that he had a devil and that he was thief. I do not have any 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 the " Rich man and Lazarus' "t Is it the only one founded upon imagination ~

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Ans.-I had never thought of the matter that way before, and I do not know. But, what are you going to do? It is there. If anyone takes it as a fact, he has a tough brain. Bro. Russell then went on to show how ridiculous t he 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. Russell 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.Jazarus, he w er.t to heaven simply because 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 literal facts, Abra ham's arms would soon be full of peopl e full of sores, for he couM not hold very many.

BAPTISM SERVICE.

A T 3 0 'clock, the friends tried to assemble at the First Baptist Church of lIiiagara for the baptism sermon anfl service, but the buildi ng was soon full to overflowing, and a grea t many could not get in . 'L'he minister of t he church had announced t he service to the congregation and a num !:;er of them were present. 'When Bro. Williamson went to see t he Baptist minister about getting the use of his building he was quite surprised to learn that we expected fifty or sixty to be imm ersed, and when Bro. Williamson told him that a t. St. Louis 144 were immersed his eyes opened pI'etty wide. Ins t ead of fi fty or sixty being immersed, however, at Niagara, there w~re 94; Sisters, 58, and Brothers, 38. Bro. Russell 's sermon can be react in the sixth volume of Millennial Dawn, practically as given at the eonvention.

One person I noticed particularly was a colored man who gave his name as the Rev. Abraham Lincoln. One of the brethren had met him in a resta urant and gave him a " hell tract," and as a result of that he was at the meeting and said he would like to meet Bro. Hussell and learn how to join us. I do not know whether he met him or not.

rAREVVELL MEE1'ING AND LOVE .FEAST.

AT i :30 p. m., we met again a t the. Auditorium of the Natural Food Co. for the F a rewell Meeting and Lovp, Feast. After a song service, B ro. Hu ssell stepped fo rward a nll spoke in part as fo llows: Those the IllOst interested 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 convention, and we would fin d that afte r we had them all full, we would h ave ours nmning over.

WHAT SHALL BE THE CENT HAL THOUGH'1' 1 The cent ral thought is that we a re th e Lord's call ed out people, a ll the Lord's conse

erated people, wherever they a re. They a re all called acconling to His purpose, the purpose being to be with him to bless the world dur ing the Mill ennial Age. W e are in the School of Christ, and we are llere 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, he has given us His providences that w e may have some of the Lonl's dealings ri chly impressed upon OUI" thoughts, 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 lesson of L ove. The v ery essence of his teaching is love, which is tbe fu lfilling of the law.

The Lord in His great loving plan is seeking out those who have his spil'it of love, and who want to l;e in accord with his great plan, in that great wOl'k of loving and blessing all the families of the earth. Only in pI'oportion as we let the love of God be shed abroad in our hearts are w e getting our education, which t he Lord intended that we should get and 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 papers at the close.

Love is a matter of growth and has many different branches, such as patience, etc. Love makes you patient, but a lack of love makes you impatient.

The Lord 's people ought to be the most loving and patient people in the world. I notice at the different conventions that th e spirit of the Lord, the spirit of kindness seems to be abounding more and more in you. What manner of persons ought we to be, etc. If we are in the school of Christ, and we find that we are making 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 the best you can and leave it to the Lord,-the Apostle said he did not feel competent to .j udge himself. The Lord sees and will apprecia:e the little things done in his name.

As we part from one anoth el', we will be thinking of the next convention. To some it Illay be the next convention in anothe r way, when a ll the b rothers and sisters will come together in another wa~, th e General Assembly of the Chmch of the First Borns, brought together from the f our '1uarters of the earth. W e a re trying to make 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 raduat ioll palJers in tho L ord ' s ~e h oo l will get a freo excurs ion t icket to t hat lonvention. 'Nc arc lI ot to think that th ose wh o ha,'c pa 'sed I:;eyolld th e veil will be thl' Josers, rath cr, t he." arc th e gain ers.

JI t hcn pok e ahollt t he death of ister TlIrn er, who had I; ec n scrv ing at tho Bible !J UlI .O fo r :OIll C t inlc. olli e weI'(' in t lin ed tu Hay that th e.v were so rry t ha t sho had diod, Ullt Bro. HlIsse ll said ho wa s g lad , fo r sho wa s a deal' , ' i tor in th e L ord , as far as any co u"l l II, a nd he was glad s ho had pa 'sed through tho gate int o th o new Jo rusalem.

lI e th en callod 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 the free lISl' of th eir huilding, etc. :-:ul'h an cxprcss ion was Illarle by all l'tIi s ing their ha nd H.

An other 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 Baptist Chul'(h.

Th en al l the Pilgrinls wc re lin ed lip ilJ front of th e platforlll , th en a ll tho 'o lporteurs in anoth er lin e, with an aisl e betwee n th enl. Th!' Pilgrim hel d plates of b read and as the ,n ngn:gat ion passed down t he ai s le b 'twee n th o P il g rim s and Co lportellrs th ey shoo k hanlis all aroun d a nd broke bread with one anoth er. '

As we were marching a rou nd Bro. Husse ll call ed fo r a ha lt and as kell if we wero good a t re lne lll be ring nUlll l;e rs and th en gave Ollt th e num ber, s ix ty-two thousand, foul' hundred anI! twenty-s ix. Th eu he put it in anuther way and sa id to loo k up Nu m. 6:24-26, flS a c los inl; message of the tonnmti on. Heu d it ..

l 'ULPUH'1'8( ]{ MEE'r l NU.

A '1' ABO 'I' :30 'Tu esday ovening, t he 'o lpol' teufs began to assemblo il nd after a short praise servi ce, Bro. :Russell appeared a nd took charge. H e fou nd an audi ence of severa l hundred. awaiting him , :llld ho sa id he was asto nished t u find so ma ny Co lporteurs. Many not CO lpoltellrs wero at t he meet ing tu sel) and leal'll wh at t hey ou ld. om e of his remark s wero as fo ll ows :

r have a VC I'y dep p inte l'e~t in t he Colporteu r branl h of t h ' se rv ice. A i I t he ma il from tho '01 po rteurs rcce i VI'S t he first nttent ion at t he Di ble Hou e, and we se nd out envI' lopes especially for th e 'oJporteu rs to use, whi ch a re llot for anyone 'I se. It 'eems to me it is one of t he most importa nt bran ches of til!' sel'vice. [ha,-o ee n so me of you on ot h l' occasions.

Th e Colporteurs wore urg ,] not t o stint thenlse]ves on eat ing. " ]f :1 ma n will n ot cat, ne it her . hall he 'work ," r e-arranging th e Sc ript ural in j unction!

B ro. Ru sse ll tn ltl the sto ry of t he man who not ieell hi s horse nib-b ling at th e top uf th e hi tc hing-po t and at onl'e ",UIlO to t he l'o nt lus ion t ha t his horse wa ntell sawdust to cat. So, ho uegan to pu t saw-dus t in t he horse's fced eac h day, in 'reasing t ho sawdust and decreasing th o am ount of oats. H e saicl it wol'l

TIlf' \yodd ('onsiders this \\'ork book-se lling. hilt. .it, is pre:w hin g in t.he Illost effedivl' way. No other book has 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 eves. Thi s work is prca .. hi ng, making known the "GhHl Ti(lings" in the l1I ost effe .. tiv c way.

Sur;pose you ha d t he abilit .\- alld permission to a ddress evpry congregation in t his eity, \I'hat \youl

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 oppo-sition, 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

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.panning 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 were on the bridge, a hundred and fifty f eet above the water, and Bro. Russell, who was in OUl' ear, said: "We are off the earth."

As the 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 reaches 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 the river below may be sef'n ihe little steamer" Maid of the Mist," plying back an

BRO. W. F,. VA:-.< AMBURGH BRO. M . L . McPHAIL

BRO.GEO. DRAPER

Regular Pilgrim Brothers Pre sent in Spirit But Absent in Body

BRO.BEN~.H . BARTON

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-t. ~ , 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, al-though 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 naturally feel a deep interest in every tlliug conn ected in a llY ma imer

with th e " han-est" work _ As ma ny hu,-e never seen the Bibl e House or even a cut of it , this photo is addefl. The basement and first two floors are used for bl1 ~il1 ess purposes, t he tl:ird is the "Chapel ," the four th the livin g roOIllS and Bro_ Russell 's study _ Hi s business office is on the first floor.