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SIX fitt 11 vi h in 4 _________ Only Those In Harmony With Head of Church Can He Use. GOD'S MESSAGE THRU MOVIES The History of Man'i Rebellion Against God—To Israel Alone God Spoke. Through tho Law and the Prophets. God Now Speaks Through His Son. \ To the Church Alone —Only the Spir * it-Begotten Can Discern Spiritual Things—The Proper Attitude of Heart—Consecration a Most Reason able Step—The Responsibility of the Consecrated Child of God. M F-, '*> Ku July 12. - The I'boto - Drama of Creation Is now being produced dally In more than eighty cities, both hero and abroad. From all sides come words of c o m mendu tlon The Bible Is be lag opened up to popular under standing ns never before. Pastor Russell's text today was, "Nee that ye refuse not Him that spenketh • » » from Heaven."—Hebrews 12:29. Tho Puator Introduced Ids discourse with a comment upon (lie opening ▼ersee of the Kids tie to the Hebrews There tho Apostle Is contrasting the Message which Hod sent through the Lord Jesus Christ with those message*, •ant previously through Ills servants —Muses and the I’ropbets of Israel Tho Apostle elsewhere tells us that God speaks pence unto us through Ills Bon. This statement suggests that previously there had been war. Away back In the days of Eden, when Ea ther Adam and Mother live were on trial. Mother Eve was misled by bn tan'a suggestion and dlaobeyed Clod's command Then Father Adam, lean tng to his own uuderstaudlng, slimed (Wilfully, that be might have fellow ■hip with his wife-rather than with God. Thus the entire race were brought Into rebellion against the Creator and .Were condemned to deuth In Adam. • Then the t’nßtor went on to trnce the history of the rebellious race of man. Cut off from fellowship with God, falltug deeper and deeper Into ■ln. degradation and death conditions, none were lit to be called children of God. About twenty-live centuries aft er the falj, the Almighty gave t e Is raelltes opportunity to coino Into har /«miiy with Him. There He spoke to especially, through Moses and the Law Covenant, directing that who ever would hear Moses and obey might come closer to their Creator. So wo read, “They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.” God bad not spoken to mankind In general; only lo the little nation of lantel had lie given a Message. To them lie had not apoken In any other way than through the Law and the Prophets The Apostle tells us that those who dtool>eyed Moses’ 1-aw died without mercy. Moses was God's nouthplece; and therefore whoever disobeyed him jeamo under tho penalty of death. ( The Apostle's Argument, the Pastor 'declared. Is this: Now. brethren, re (▼lew the history of Israel, nnd see txow from time to time they neglected jtfoe messages which God sent them at *be mouth of angels and of Mottos, and mote bow disasters came on then be Cause of that negligence. If, then, 'thorn was such a |*eimlty Inflicted for negligent'** respecting the words of 'Moses. whHt should be the result of MfVClug to boar Him who speaks from ißeaven Itself? If those who rejected fMoees' Law died without mercy, how jßnch severer punishment should they ■aceive who would count the blood of Ithe Covenant wherewith they were ■anr-tltled a common thing, and who (mould do despite to God's spirit of fu (Par? Surely we may expect that ther** ■mould bn nothing further for those reject God's arrangement for pian'a salvation! f Three Cleeeee In the Church. I The Pastor next showed that the consecrated people of God will dnnlly be found In one of three classes. The UAttic Flock, to whom our Lord do clans! it Is the Father's good pleasure to giro the Kingdom, la a limited number—so far as we can Judge prob ably 144.000. Then cornea tbe Great Company, “whose number uo man knows''—God not having revealed It a class unworthy of a place In the little Flock, but yet loyal In heart to God and the principle* of righteous boas. Last of all, Is tbe claas that go Into the Second Death, tbe class that do deapite to tbe Covenant of Grace. Jhonncrly the Pastor waa Inclined to think that this clans would be very SpuH, hut of late be realize* that ac fording to the exi»erleneee of the typl Ctl people the number will be much jkrger than he once had thought; for ripaay Israelites fell In the wilderness JOB account of having rejected the tee Btmuny of the Lord, and their death eras typical. [ No one la on trial for life, tho Pas lor declared, except liiow who have BEAD HERALD WANT ADS .READ HERALD WANT ADS USE HER AID WANT ADS. gotten free trom the sentence of Adamic death. No one has a stand in. with God except those who have turn ed from sin and have presented their bodies In full consecration to Him Those who have taken these steps have been accepted by the I,ord ,le«us, In harmony with the Father's great Plan Immediately after our Lord has ac cepted them, He counts them as His flesh; and then the Father also ac cepts that flesh; for. as the Scriptures point out, the flesh of Christ has been In offering throughout the Gospel Age Jesus first offered Ills own flesh. When He had finished that work, lie np penred In the presence of God and made satisfaction for the sins of the Church, Is-ginnlng with the Apostles Then tbe Father Indicated His accept ance of their sacrifices by giving them the Holy Spirit. Throughout the Gospel Age, the Pas tor continued, all believers have re celved the Holy Spirit Just as soon as they have been accepted of the Father, through the great Advocate. AH through the Age the members of the Body o' Christ have been coming to Him: m,< the flesh of the Church, the con sec re ed ones, has been counted ns the flesh of Jesus. This flesh has been suffering for nearly nineteen hundred yeurs- Christ suffering In the flesh. Thus we see the fulfilment of the Rcrlplure which declares Mir t the Church Is filling up that which remains of the afflictions of Christ. "If we suf fer with Jltin, we shall also reign with Him.” And "the sufferings of the pres ent time am not worthy to be com pared with tho glory which shall be re vealed” In tbe Church which Is the Body of Christ.. The Prophet* of old says Bt. Peter, spoke of the sufferings of The Christ and of the glory that shall follow. All who share the suffer lags will also share the coining bless ings- glory, honor and Immortality. The Three Bodice of Christ. Then the Pastor pointed out that those who are received of the Lord are In spirit all one as New Creatures There Is one Body of Christ In the flesh of the Church. Then there Is the other Body of Christ, the New Creature Body, composed of the new natures of all who are begotten of the Holy Spirit ns New Creatures; and these New Creatures Inhabit tills flesh of Christ Here are two Bodies of Christ then the Body of Christ In the flesh, and the Body of Christ spiritually, which Is dwelling In these earthly tabernacles and seeking to bring them to the saerl tidal point day by day In everything lie also showed that the final Body of Christ beyond the veil will be com postal of the "more than conquerors" only—Jesus, the Captain, and all who voluntarily lay down their lives in following His example. Thus there are three Bodies of Christ The final one Is taken out. of the other two. Those who are left constitute the Great Company and those who go Into the Second Death. But those who constitute these Bodies are the only ones with whom God Is dealing—the only ones whom He has yet received And even these were not received until they hud come to the full point of con secmtlon and were begotten of tin Holy Spirit as New Creatures. There fore It la the New Creature that Is on trial, not tho flesh. Throughout the entlro Gospel Age. only the New Crea tures In Christ have been on trial for life or death oternaL Who May Reject Chrlet. The Pastor then explained that no one can reject Chris; In the full sense of the word and (to Into tho Second Death unless he had fully come Into Christ and had become His disciple. While many have heard of Christ and have been drawn toward Htm, yet un til they offer themselres to God In consecration and receive the begetting of the Holy Spirit, they do not really hear Him who speaks from Heaven. Those who are begotten of the Holy Spirit get a new understanding, a new hearing, new ears as It were, and new eyes. As New Creatures they see, hear snd understand differently from what they formerly did. As St. Paul soys. “The natural man recelvetti not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spirit ually discerned." No one can discern spiritual things until he has been be gotten of the Holy Spirit. . Hut there Is such a thing ns rejecting Christ after one has heard about Him One may turn Ida back upon the world, nnd turn his face toward God and start In the right direction. Every step of the way he will receive a little bless lug. Hut If. when he has progress.-! to the place where he sees cnn.’ecra tlon clearly, he should turn back. It Is a question whether his former prog resa In the right direction has not done hlui harm. The Pastor Illustrated this point by referring to the Tubernnele In the Wil derness. If one going toward the Tabernacle had entered the Court, had recognised the sncrlflce of atonement upon the Brawn) Altar, had progressed to the l.aver, representing the purities tlon of the flesh, nnd then had halted, he could not have sts*n the beauties of the Tabernacle. Even If ho had come up to the very door of the Tabernacle. If he should then stop, all bis previous progress would count for nothing. 80, If one should seek to put away the tilth of the flesh—t© live as moral a life ns possible, to become cleauer nnd cleaner In tils dally conduct—un less he preseut himself In consecration to God. Ids morality Is of uo avail In the matter of bringing him Into cove nant-relatlonshlp with God. Only by faith In the blood of Christ can he np proa cl. tbe Mercy Seat. “There Is none other name given under heaven amongst men whereby we must be saved.” Any one who gets a glimpse Into the future—when the Millennial iletgn of Christ and Ills Church shall have be gun—and w ho hears of the goodness of God. but is in>t i(m ms own i;u perfect! ms .mil in-. lu-ed or a Savior, will, tbe Pastor believes, be much dis advantaged. Whoever hears the voice of God speaking peace through the Lord Jesus Christ should prdfes on to know the Lord. If even a little glimpse of the coming Itestltutiou. when tb< whole earth will become like the Gar den of Eden and when all men will have the privilege of coming to perfec tion, does not appeal to one, that one Is not In a very favorable condition ol mind. Whoever does not love the God who has made so loving a provision foi mankind Is not In a favorable condi tlon for further knowledge. The Pastor clearly pointed out that those who have never heard of the goodness of God have very little re sponsiblllty in proportion to those wlic do hear. The heathen millions wlu have not heard of God could not pre sent their bodies In sacrifice. Our Lord declared that those who knew noi would be beaten with few stripes in comparison with those who did know Whoever therefore has heard, and who knows the will of God and the differ ence between right nnd wrong has a responsibility, and will receive stripes for disobedience, even If he does not now come Into a full test or trial for life eternal. "Th« Cup of Salvation.” The proper attitude of (leart, the Pas tor declared, Is that of appreciation of God's mercies. As the Psalmist has said, "What shall 1 render unto the Lord for all His benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord.” Who ever hears of God's loving provision for the salvation of mankind should feel like removing from his heart ev erything that would hinder the love of Coil from flowing In freely and bringing forth the fruitage of love, de votion and appreciation. To those who especially love God nnd desire to know His will He has offered a cup, which represents His providences for that speclul class. Jesus Himself drank that cup, nnd set us an example. The Pastor then discussed the sub Ject of consecration, and showed bow reasonable It Is for one who has come to a knowledge of the goodness of God to offer himself to the I/mL He declared that whoever carefully con sidered the matter would realize that all one hus to offer Is fnr too small. But God says to such, I know that you have practically nothing to give; but yon must give all that you have—be It much or little. Id comparison 'with what Jesus gave, you have nothing; for whnt you have Is Imperfect nnd sinful, whereas Ills offering was holy and undeflled. But He will Impnte Ills merit to your offering, and thus make It acceptable. In tho typical Tabernacle and Its sacrifices, the Pastor declared, this matter of consecration Is represented by the offering of the two goats on the Day of At< lement The goat repre sents the flesh of the one offering him self In consecration. Consecration Is the tying of the goat at the door of the antlt.vptcal Tabernacle. Then the High Priest, kills the antltyplcal Lord's goat. Henceforth the New Creature, begotten of the Holy Spirit at the mo ment when the sacrifice was accepted. Is represented in the Body of the High Priest Then, as members of the Body of tha antltyplcal High Priest, the con secrated and spirit-begot ten onos are privileged to enter the antltyplcal Tab ernscle, the spirit-begotten condition. There they may have fellowship with God ns they partake of the antltyplcal Hread of Presence, and as they walk by the light of the antltyplcal Golden Candlestick, which gives them light re specting the deep things of the Word of God. The things in the typical Tahernncle were hidden from the sun; they were dark as respects outside light, but they had the Ulterior light Those In the antltyplcal Tabernacle condition have also blessed association with the Incense Altar; not that they have anything, perhaps, to do with of fering the Incense, for that which was offered by the great High Priest of their Order was sufficient for all the members of His Body and makes them acceptable In the Moat Holy. Responsibility to Christ. The Pastor then dwelt on the respon sibility resting upon all who have offer ed themselves as living saorlfloee and have been accepted and begotten of the Holy Spirit These have come un der the Headship of Christ His will Is to be their will. His Spirit Is to be their spirit When they were baptised into that one Sptrlt—when their spirits, their minds, were Immersed Into that of our Lord and Ho accepted them as members of His Body, they recognized themselves as under His Headship. This Is what produces the oneness of spirit—the sympathetic heart-oneness— of all the members of Ohrtat As long as the Headship of Christ Is recogulied. there must of necessity be lunch harmony among these members. But should any member get out of harmony with the Head, he Is propor tionately unable to get a blessing him self or to do good to others. The great ent blessing and usefulness comes from co-operation with the Head In what ever work He Is doing. In conclusion, the l*nstor declared that only In proportion as we are In harmony with our Master, the great Head of the Church, can He use us a* His members. The voice of the Lord Is being heatd throughout the earth to day. Therefore, all who hear It should see to It that they do not refuse the Message of tho hour. To all those who do refuse—as most of them are doing and will do—the tribulation that will come will be all the more severe—“a Time of Trouble such as never was since there was a natiou.” "no, nor ever shall be" hereafter. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA, LARGE ATTENDANCE HERALD'S M. & M. CONTEST BIG BONUS OFFER BONUB, NUMBER 1. 600,000 BONUS VOTES. To the Organization turning In tha largeHt amount of M. A. Rates, Economy Bhoe Company and Better Ice Cream Sales Slips by Saturday, July 25th. . BONUS VOTES a* follows: The largest amount, 250,000 Bonus Votes. Set ond largest amount, 150,000 Bonus Votes. Third largest amount, 60,000 Bonus Voles. Fourth largest amount, 30,000 Bonus Votes. Fifth largest amount, 10,000 Bonus Votes. BONUS, NUMBER 1. 600,000 BONUS VOTES. To the organizations turning in the largest amount of Castleberry & Wil cox Sales Slips by Friday, July 17th BONUS Votew as follows: The largest amount, 250,000 Bonus Votes. Second largest amount, 160,000 Bonus' Votes Third largest amount, 60,000 Bonus Votes. Fourth largest amount, 30,000 Bonus Votes. Fifth largest amount. 10.000 Bonus Votes. EXTRA SEPECIAL OFFER. 10 000 BONUS VOTES on each Dream land Theatre hook bought of the Contest Department by FYiday. July 17th. BONUS, NUMBER 2. 600,000 BONUS VOTES. To the organizations turning in the largest total amount of Sales Slips by Saturday, July 25th. It is not necessar> for you to get the Hales Slips from all of these merchants, Just turn in all the Pales Slips you possibly can from any Dr all of the merchants listed below: BONUS VOTES AS FOLLOWS: The largest total, 250,000 Bonus Votes. Second largest total, 150,000 Bonus Votes. Third largest total, 60,000 Bonus Votes. Fourth largest total, 30*H>(>0 Bonus Votes. Fifth largest total, 10.000 Bonus Votes. LIST OF MERCHANTS WHOSE SALES SLIPS ARE GOOD FOR VOTES: M. A. Bates A Company. Stark French Dry Cleaning Company. Economy Shoe Company. Castleberry A Wlloox. Summerville Gro. Co. Golden Bros. L. J. Schaul. Better Ice Cream Company. Geo. H. Baldowskl, Jr. M. Fheron A Company. Maxwell Bros. O’Connor-Schweers. B A. Dial. P. K Tant. L. P. Speth. Panther Springs Water Company. Burdell-Cooper Company. BONUS. NUMBER 3. 600,000 BONUS VOTES. To the organizations securing the hignest number of votes by turning in labels, coupons, brigs, crowns, from any or all of the products listed below: BONUS VOTES AS FOLLOWS: The largest amount, 250.000 Bonus Votes Second largest amount,.. 150,000 Bonus Votes. Third largest amount, 60,000 Bonus Votes. Fourth largest amount. 30.000 Bonus Votes. Fifth largest amount, 10.000 Bonus Votes. List of Products* AlaOa Syrup labels. Brookfield Butter cartons. Swift’s Arrow Borax Soap wrappers. Queen Regent Toilet Soap cartons. Piedmont. Fatima or Chesterfield ci garette coupons. Maxwell House Blend Coffee labels. Maxwell House Blend Tea labels. Ring's Fleesnt Flour bag*. Sensation Flour bags. Block’s Cracker wrapper*. Domino rice cartons. Coca-Cola Gum wrapper*. Smith Pro*. Alfalfa Horse and Dairy Feed hAgs. Chero-Cols crown*. Swift's Jewell Shortening can*. Swift’s Silver Deaf I/srd guarantee label*. Swift’s Premium Ham wrappers. Swift’s Premium Bacon wrappers. Libby** Ro* ■ Dale Peach labels. Libby’* Happy Vale Peach labels. Or Any other lobels from Libby's pro duct*. Dolly Madison Talcum powder. Ideal Peroxide Fac* (Team. Stones Wrapped Cnke wrapper*. Clnco Cigar box top. San Felice Cigar box top. Santaello Cigar box top. C. IT. S. box top. Preference Cigar box top. Optimo Cigar box top. Tsdemn Cigar box top. These cigar box tops must he stamped Burdell-CoopiW Tobacco Co* The awarding of all of the above bo nuses will be determined by a commit tee of prominent Augusta business men, whose finding will be final In the mat. ter of the award* Winners announced In Sunday** Herald. $2,000.00 UN CASH AND PRIZES For Labels and Sales Slips in Herald’s Merchants & Manufacturers Voting Campaign PRIZES FOR ORGANIZATIONS: First Prize $1,000.00 in Gold. Second Prize S2OO in Cash INDIVIDUAL PRIZES —GRAND PRIZES $250.00 IN GOLD. SECOND PRIZE -Business Scholarship at Osborne's Business College. CHILDREN’S PRIZESSIOO.OO Bank Account. SECOND PRlZE—Girl’s or Boy’s Bicycle. 3rd, 4th, sth, 6th, 7th and Bth Prizes—Gold Filled Watches. ALL VOTES COUNTED ON BURROUGH’S ADDING MACHINE—THE MOST ACCURATE KNOWN. For any information or particulars concerning Contest, call Phone 1200, ask for Mr. Goodrich, Contest Manager. . . Contest Headquarters 213 Macartan St. DEPARTMENT THIS WEEK. 1,000,000 Bonus Votes To the organizations 'se curing the largest number of votes on their registra tion days this week. Bonus Votes As Follows First Highest 500,000 Bonus Votes, Second Highest —250,000 Bonus Vbtes, Third Highest —150,000 Bonus Votes, Fourth Highest —75.000 Bonus Votes, Fifth Highest —25,000 Bonus Votes. You should make a special effort to have your friends present. Every lady who calls at the Contest De partment, 213 Macartan street, and registers her name, leaving an order, no matter how small, for any of the products listed in the Contest, will be given S(K extra votes which will be credited to the organization holding the Registration Day. Every Gentleman 300, Children 100. REGISTRATION DAYS AS FOLLOWS: . Woodlawn Council, Jr. O. U. A. M., July 20th. Rahibnw Circle Kings Daughters, July 21st. Hebrew Ladies’ Aid Society, July 22nd. Daughters of Isabella. July 23rd. Y. W. C. A., July 24th. Boys’ Home, July 25th, Contest Department open until 9 p. m on above dates. The Four Big Bonus Offers this week ag gregate a total of two million and a half Votes,* which covers the entire field of products list ed and all local merchants cooperating. Every organization has an equal chance to win one or more of these Big Bonus Offers. On account of the entire week being taken up with registration days, contestants may turn in their labels and sales tickets any time by 6 p. m. Saturday July 25th, 1914. Extra Special Offer 10,000 Bonus Votes on each Dreamland Theatre book bought of the Contest Depart ment by Saturday, July 25th. !AT THE! SUNDAY. JULY I*. Combination for the Week 20,000 Bonus Votes in Addi tion to the Regular Value of Votes for the Follow ing: 10 Brookfield Butter Car tons, 10 Swift’s Arrow Borax Soap Wrappers, 5 Queen Regent Soap Wrappers, 10 Swift’s Pride Washing Powder, 5c size package, 5 Domino Rice Cartons. 15,000 Bonus Votes in Addi tion to the Regular value of Votes for the Follow ing: 3 Maxwell House Blend Coffee Wrapers, * 4 Sensation or Ring’s Ele gant Flour Bags, 2 Maxwell House Blend Tea 10 Coca Cola Gum Wrap pers, 2 Dolly Madison Powder Wrappers. 10,000 Bonus Votes in Addi tion to the Regular value of Votes for the Follow ing: 5 Libby’s Rose Dale or Happy Vale Peach La bels, 2 AlaGa Syrup Labels, any size, ’ 2 Ideal Peroxide Cream Labels. 5 Block Cracker Boxes, 5 Stone Cake Wrappers, Special Offer for Chero Cola Crowns: 50 Chero Cola Crowns, 3,000 Bonus Votes, 100 Chero Cola Crowns, 7,000 Bonus Votes, 500 Chero Cola Crowns, 65,000 Bonus Votes, 1,000 Chero Cola Crowns, 140,000 Bonus Votes. Special Offer on Pisdmont or Chesterfield Coupons: 50 Piedmonts or Chester fields, 3,000 Bolus Votes, 100 Piedmonts or Chester field Coupons, 7,000 Bonus Votes, 500 Piedmonts or Chester field Coupons, 65,000 Bonus Votes, 1,000 Piedmonts or Chester field Coupons,l4o,ooo Bonus Votes.