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Puuit ATdpics
BAPTIST.
B«rvfc«« at Curt'a Baptist Church.
Bible school at 10 a. m. Morning
worship at 11:16, subject: "The First
Virtue." Sunbeams and Jr. B. Y. P
IT. at 4:30. At 4 o’clock preaching by
the pastor at the City Stockade. Even
ing service at 8 o’clock, subject: "The
Materialistic Fool," being the third of
a series.
Entsrphas Mill Baptist Union
No. 441 Poplar street. Sunday school
It 4 p. m., Joseph Rushton, superin
tendent. Preaching at 8,1?> p. m, by
Rev J. H. Stuart. Mid week pray*r
services Thursday evening at 8.16,
Second Baptist Church
O P. Gilbert, pastor. Preaching by
the pastor at 11 16 a. m. Cards havs
been sent to ai! male members re
questing them to attend this service.
Business of importance Is to come be
fore the church at this hour. At 7.46
p. m the pastor will preach on ‘The
VaJue of Discontent.’’ This will be
the last of a series of sermons on our
Industrial problem of the last three
weeks. Sunday school meets at 10 u.
in . J O. Bolding. superintendent.
The public Is cordially Invited to all
services. Seats free. Strangers wel
Come.
Curtis Baptist Churoh, Branch No. 1.
No.’s 724 and 728 Marbury street.
Hours of divine worship: Sunday
school at 4 p. m At the same hour
the Baraca class meets. All young
jnen are Invited to Join with this class.
Sunday evening service at 7 o'clock,
Subject for the hour, "The Fall to
Bcrvlre" Tuesday, prayer meeting nt
6.16 p m. Special music at each ser- \
vice A glad hand of welcome awaits,
you to all of these services. Jno. F.
BrlfJtl*. superintendent; Preston P.
Jowers, leader.
Woodlawn Baptist Church,
Chafee avenue Just off Walton War.
Sup'Jay school 9:46, Ralph Young
blood, superintendent. Preaching ser
vices 11 a m. and 8 p. m., conducted
by the pastor. ft. Y. P. U. Tuesday
night 8 o'clock and nrsver meeting
Wednesday night same hour. All are
Invited to all our services. 11. IC. L*
Harris, pastor.
North Augusta Baptist Church.
Sunday school nt 10 a m., H. P.
Walker, superintendent. Preaching by
the pastor, Geo. P. White at 11:15 a
m. and 7:30 p m. Morning "The
Fulness of Times." Evening: "The
Only Salvation -The Effect." Every
body welcome to all services.
Crawford Ava. Baptist.
Thomaa Walkor, pastor. PrrarhlnK
it 11 m m and 7:80 p. m. Sunday
»>hool at 8 p. m., H. D. Kennedy, mi
I >er Intend out. Pray or mooting Wed
nesday evening at 8 p m.
First Baptist Church.
The pastor. Dr. M Ashby Jones, will j
preaeh at both services. Hla theme
at 11:16 h m. will he, "When a Pub
lic Consctmisnfw** Becomes n Public
Contcltnct." At 8 o’clock he will
preach on, "The Measure of Life.”
Sunday school rally of this church at
10 a. m.
CATHOLIC.
Sacred Heart Church
Morning services: Masses at 6.30.
• 20, 7.50 and 0 30. Sunday school an 1
Instruction Haas at 10 15. High ma-s
at (11 o’clock.
Evening nervier: Bends, Bonn Mors
devotions and Benediction at 8 o’clock.
.
3t. Patrick's Church
Masses at 7, s» and 10.30 a. m Vea
perr and Benediction at 8 p. m.
CHRISTIAN.
West End Chriatian Church
Crawford avenue and Kills street
Sunday school at 046 a. m. Trench
ing at 11 a. m. and at 746 p. m. Sub
jecta, "By Way of Remembrance.” and
“The Ravings of a Fool.” Christian ,
Kndeavor at 7 p m. Victor Bowers, :
pastor.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
CHriat'an Sct«nc«.
SIS Union Khvlur, Hank building.
Service*. Sunday morning at 11 a
ni.; Wednesday cxening at 8 p m.
Heeding room open dally from 11 to
1 o’clock. The public la cordially In
vited to attend the errvlcei and visit
the reading rwun.
EPISCOPAL
Chrlat Church,
Comer of Greene and MtllcdKe Sts
Services Sunday. Oct 20: Celebration
of Holy Communion. 8 a. ra ; morning
prayer and sermon. 11 a. m ; evening
prayer and sermon. S p. in The>e
service* will be conducted by the
Rev. G. Croft Williams, vicar. Every
one welcomed
Bt. Paul', Church
Rev. O. Sherxx 00. l Whitney, rector
Twentieth Sunday after Trinity. Oc!
,2b. Holy Communion at 8 a m.
morning praver and sermon at 11
o'clock Evening prsxer at 6 oYlock
Sunday school at ,x. m.
Church es the Good Shepherd
The Hill, Archdx'aoon Johneon, rex*-
tor. Holy Communion at 8 a nt.
'Morning prayer, dedication eervlce of
the organ and sermon at 11 a. m.
Sunday school at 4 p. m. Kxenlng
prayer at t p m.
Church of the Atonement
Telfair and Keventh .treats Rev
Charles T Holhrook. Rector f a. m.
Holy Communion 11 a. m morning
■■ pea»r end sermon 4p. m Sundsy
eehool 8 p ro. ex-enlng prsxer and
sermon. A'l seals free
LUTHERAN.
8L Matthew's Lutheran Church
Regular English eervlce thl, morn.
ing at 11 o'clock, conducted by Pastor
T. R. Brown from I>exlngton, S, C.
Sunday school at 9.30 a. m., Geo. H.
i Oercke, superintendent.
English Lutheran Church
Rev. J. Bowman Derrick, pastor,
j Preaching at 11 a m. No night ser
vice. Sunday school at 94 6 a. rn., Mr.
11. C. Lorlrk, superintendent.
Church Is located at No. 667 Greene
street Strangers and visitors wel
comed.
METHODIBT
Sh James Msthodist Church.
433 Greene street. Dr Kendall, pas
tor. Preaching 11:16 a. m. and 8 p.
r»i. by pastor. Morning theme. "Ten
Good Men In Sodom." Evening "Di
vine Providence In Little Things ”
Special music at evening hour. Sun
day school 10 a. m., Prof Otis, super
intendent; L F. Verdery and Byron
Drmsby, aftr'ociatrfi. Epworth Lea
gue devotional meeting 7 p. m. Wed
nesday evening 8 o'clock social pray
er meeting Those without church
hours and visitors in the city especial
ly Invited.
Bt. John’a Methodist Church,
Rev. H. M. Dußoae, D .D., pastor.
Regular services at 11:16 a m. and
at 8 p. m., conducted by the pastor.
Morning subject; "Two Handed i
Faith " Evening subject: "Lot Tls
Alone -The Prayer of Evil Men." Sun
day school at 9:46 a. m., A H. Merry,
superintendent. Men’s Bible Class,
taught by Dr. R L. Henry; Women’s
Class, taught, by L. H. Arrington. Ep*
worth League at 7:15 p. m. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 8:16
o’clock. Heats free. Everybody wel
come.
Broadway M. E. Church
Corner Broad end Mills streets, Rev.
r. N. Verdel. pastor. Preaching nt
11 a m. and again at 8 p. m., by the
pastor. Sunday school at 9.30 a. m,
Wilfred O Lyeth, superintendent.
Prayer service Wednesday evening at
8 o’clock.
Aabury Methodist Church.
Pun day school 9:46, \Y A. Owens,
superintendent. Preaching 11:15 and
7:30 by pastor. Let’s make the best
of the few remaining Hundays before
conference. The public cordially In
vited.
PRESBYTERIAN
Greene Street Presbyterian Churoh
Regular services at 11.16 a m. and
8 p. m., Rev D. W. Brnnnen of Mil
ledgevlUe preaching at both morning
and evening service. Sunday school
at 10 a. m.. W. P. Egbert, superinten
dent. Young people’s meeting at 7.15
p. m. Mid week prover meeting at 8
o’clock Wednesday evening. A cor
dial Invitation Is extended to all to
worship with us. Seats free
First Prssbyterian Church.
Corner Telfair and Seventh streets.
Rev. Joseph R. Sevier, D.D., pastor.
Divine worship at 11 a. m. and 8 n.
m. with sermons by the pastor. The
morning service will be a reconsecra
tlon service to which all Members and
friends are urged to come. The even
ing subject will be "The Divine Medi
ator." Beautiful quartette music. Sun
day school nt 4 p. m., MaJ. Geo P.
Butler. superintendent. A cordial
welcome to nil services. Seats free.
R. id Memorisl Church on the Hill.
Rev. Jos R Sevier, minister In
charge Sunday school at 4 p. m.,
E. S Johnson, superintendent. At
tractive music and everyone cordially
Invited to attend.
COLORED CHURCHES
BAPTIST.
St. Msry'a Church
No. 915 Telfair street near Camp
bell street. Rev. Samuel A E, Cole
man. vicar October 20, 1912. ?oth
Sunday after Trinity. Morning pray
er. ante Communion amt sermon nt
11 a. nv Sunday school at 130 p. m.
Confirmation class meets nt 5 p m.
Evening prayer and sermon nt 8
o'clock. Wednesday eyenlng service
at 7.50 o'clock ns usual. The Rt. Rev.
!■’ K, Reese. D. D . bishop of the dio
cese will visit St Mary's to preach
amt confirm a class on the afternoon
of November 3d. at 4 o'clock. All nre
nlvlted amt welcome.
Hale Street Baptist Church
J, \V Williams, pastor. Prayer
meeting at 8 a. m Preaching at 11
i v Rev E. w Washington. Sunday
school at 9 a m. Communion at 3
p m Preaching 7:30 by pastor. All
Invited out
Thankful Baptist Church
Ret !-, P Pinckney, pastor. Preach
ing «1 11.30 a. in. and at Bp. m Sun
day school at 3.30 p. m., 1., (1 liar
men. superintendent All art cordially
invited to these services.
Tabernacle Baptist Church.
Rev. C T Walker, D.D..LI.D, pas
tor. Women's rally on at each serv
:re tods' For the morning service
; Rev. Grant Die Sutton, of Slero Leone.
I Africa, will preach For the special
; services 8 p m and 8 p. m Miss
1 Mary C. Jackson, assistant principal
: and Mtss Lucy (’ l-ancv. principal of
■ the Haines Institute will deliver ad
-1 dresses al the respective hours. In
teresting program Is arranged to b«
j conducted entirely bt the women.
Friends and tlalto-s are cordially tn
| tiled to the sert li es Prater meet
i ing 8 a m Preaching service 11 a m.
Addresses 3 p m and * p tr.
Springfield Baptist Church.
Ret James M. N'abrlt, pastor. Early
j Sunday morning prayer meeting it
a m a specially prepared sermon by
I the pastor. Subject, A Dsy of Grace
Slighted It SO Sunday school.
|ns us. D. Thomas, superintendent. 8
HUMORS OF WAR
By REV. H. M. DU BOSE, D. D.
TEXT:—And when ye ehsll heer of
wart end rumori of wars, be ye
not troubled. * • • but take
heed to yourselves.—Mark xiii:7-9.
Jesus the Christ was bom In a time
of profound peace, or, at least, In a
time particularly exempt from the ac
tivities of war. Throughout the Ro-
Irnan empire war had smoothed its
i iron front, and, under the powerful
(prestige of Augustus, the world was
‘breathing the air of rest and security.
For the first time In a hundred years,
the doors of the temple of Janus In
the Imperial city was shut, in token
of this peace. On the night on which
the angels sang over Bethlehem.
“P*arc on earth; good will to men."
It Is believed that not a sword was
wet with blood, and not a Roman sol
dier was on a footing of Instant war.
But It was only for a little while
that these conditions continued. While
the Bon of Man was yet In the midst
of His csrthly ministry, the signs of
an Impending world-strife began to
multiply, and he stoutly unfolded to
His disciples the vision of wars to b<».
amid whose mighty changes wrought,
they were to build the kingdom of
righteousness on earth.
While Christianity was yet young
came the Jewish wars under Vespa
sian and Titus, resulting In the de
struction of Jerusalem and the ending
of the Israelltlsh state; the civil wars
at Rome; the wars of Galha In Ger
many; the Parthian wars; the later
wars In Britain, and, finally, the gi
gantic political struggle between the
East and the West, between Constan
tinople and Rome. The early evangel
sow'ed the seeds of righteousness In
the furrows of war, snd left them to
he watered with tears and nourished
In faith. Bo they sprang and grew.
These great wars had a tremendous
significance In the spread of the gos
pel, as bearing on human destiny, and
the breaking up of the foundations of
old tyrannies and superstitions. Thus,
the Jewish wars scattered the israel-
Itlsh people to every quarter of the
world. Many of them had alrendy
been converted to Christianity, and
these Carried the gospel wherever they
went. The others constituted commu
nities In which the gospel took root,
and thus reached the pagan peoples
about them. The Roman civil wars
destroyed, or broke, the bonds of the
old pagan worship, while the provin
cial wars opened new lands to civili
sation and Christ.
During the present year wars have
raged in nearly all the older parts of
the earth, and the rumors and por
tenta of possible strifes are world
aw-eing. The fires of the greatest
revolution and the fiercest civil strife
of modern times nre still smouldering
In China. Persia, the center of the
first world empire, is bleeding from
the wounds of war with Russin. The
war Just ended In a pfnee treaty be
tween Italy and Turkey changes the
map of Africa, and restores after
more Than a thousand years, the power
of Rome to Punic lands, as also the
Isle of Greece to their mother land
War rages In Mexico, In Central Amer
ica, ami along the borders of the little
principality of Montenegro. In eastern
Europe, while a cloud of war. Stygian
Mack, hangs over Greece, Bulgarin
Servla. and the whole Moslem world.
Surely our age belongs to the times
of our text, and surely the exhorta
tion to "take heed" Is for us.
p. m song service, led by the ushers
choir. 8:15 p. m. sermon by the pas
tor, subject. Rich Man snd Lazarus.
Tuesday night prayer meeting. Thurs
day night R. Y P. V. meeting, E. A.
Young, president, at which time a
special program will he rendered. Y’ou
are cordially Invited to attend all
these services. The ushers will see
to you getting good seats All mem
bers who haven't reenrolled will have
until the first Sunday In November,
at which time the hooks will close.
Beulah Baptist Church
Ret 1. I, Derry, pastor. Services
begin at 11.30 a m. Preaching by thg
pastor, Sunday school at 330 p. m .
Don t forget the rally on tomorrow.
Every member is asked to give some
thing and friends also are asked to
■ contribute. as we have started our
[work Kindly help 11s finish It. Com*
jout at 8.30 p. m. and hear a great
sermon. Welcome all.
Union Baptist Church
R«v. T. H. Dwelle, pastor. Preach
ing at It a m. and at 8 p m„ by the
pastor. Sunday school at 12.30. 1.. E,
White, superintendent
Canaan Baptist Church
Corner Kellock anti Harprr streets.
Preaching nt 11 a. m. and at 8 p. m.,
by Rev. J M. Morse.
METHODIST.
Bsthsl A. M. E. Church.
Campbell end D'Anttgnac streets.
; Early sunrise prayer meeting. Sun
day school 10 a 111 IVeachlng bv Rev.
|R. M King D D..P E., 11 a ni. Me
morial service 3 p. m. Preaching by
the presiding elder * p m Special lec
ture on Monday night • p. m. by the
I Rev E Granville Sutton, of Slero
Leone West Africa Public cordial
ly invited. Remember he will tell of
the habits and customs of his coun
try, everybody ought to hear him
Note our employment bureau, call
phone No. 1822 Rev T. J. Linton
1 P.D., pastor.
Trinity A. M. E. Church
[ Corner of Jackson and Taylor Sts.
Sunday school at 10 a. in. Preaching
at 11.30 a. m Epworth League st 3
p. nv Preaching st 3 p. m All are
cordially Invited to be present at these
services.
PRESBYTERIAN.
Christ Prssbytsrisn Church
Corner Telfslr snd Cumming Sis
Rev J S Ellis, pastor. Sunday school
at 10 a m . t-ezie w Hardwick su
perintendent Preaching at 11.14 4. m.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, Us.
| The wars and strifes of the world
emphasize the impermanence of evil
(and oppression. God, who Is "a man
of war," has decreed the <*nd of evil
and wrong.
War Is the tragic manifestation of
discontent with evil. War is often
blind, often unnecessary, and always
cruel, but it belongs to that order of
the expressed wrath of man from
which heaven compels service and
praise. "Napoleon,” to quote the sig
nificant language of Victor Hugo,
■embarrassed God;" but out of the
Napoleonic wars has come the politi
cal liberation of Europe.
Thus wars have served to fulfill the
prophecies of the Kingdom of God
against evil; have operated to break
the chains of the world’s bondage and
to uproot Its superstitions. Not less
have these wars emphasized the eter
nity of truth, and become In them
selves a prophecy of the perfect tri
umph of liberty and righteousness.
But the end toward which all our
lesson moves Is this: The wars and
strifes of the world have emphasized
the meaning and value of individual
life. The purpose of the Lord in H:s
Discourse on war was to set Its ter-*
rors and tragedies as a background
against which to emphasis* the sig
nificance of individual faith and cour
age. Against that background, as
upon intensive canvas, he set the
words: "Take heed to yourself.” What
a tremendous thing Is life —the life of
one man! A dewdrop mirrorß the
whole concave of'heaven; a single soul
gathers the universe Into itself—time
and destiny, passion and wars, eter
nity! "Also He hath set the coimoi in
their hearts."
What a world Is this! How opulent
In pain. In conflicts, In dreads, in
hopes! To fight one's way through its
Issues; to feel one's way through its
sorrows; to think one's way through
its problems, 1# to find the door of
exit into the life of peace and pos
session.
"Wars and rumors of wars" empha
size the cost of peace In the life, and
the value of It. The world at last
comes down to the round of the ear;
the gats of the eye; the verification
of touch; the universal becom*s the
individual, llie race becomes the ego.
Here the doctrines of the gospel have
their 'ntrance Here conviction and
repentance pierce as pierces a sword.
"Take heed to thyself.” That is,
take he»d that your own peace ia
made; that In penitence you have
found washing in “'"the blood of His
Ron Jesua Christ which cleanseth from
all sin." Take heed that, being waah
crl and forgiven, you have perfected
holiness In the fesr of god.” What
messages of fire snd war are aent the
soul of every sinner, teaching him
both how dread Is the cost of hla sal
vation and how dread the penalty
which shall come upon him should he
neglect so great salvation.
"Wars and rumors of war” help to
drive not only the Individual soul qp
refuge In the eternal power and love
of God, but to impel the whole race
to find In God a strong tower."
There Is but one plea, hut one argu
ment befitting mankind in a time like
ours, and like a time which is soon
to be. and that Is: "Of whom shaTl
we seek for succor but of Thee, O
Lord, who for our sins art Justly dis
pleased V’
Tuesday evening at 8.30 the presby
tery of Hodge will have special
preaching services, after special ses
sions during the day. Special music
will be rendered. To the above ser
vices a cordial welcome Is extended
to the Augusta public.
Colored Y. M. C. A.
The Colored Y. M. C. A. will be ad
dressed at 5 p. m on Sunday. October
20. by Rev. O. O. Summer, of Walker
Raptlat Institute. AH colored men are
Invited. C. T. Walker, president; Si
las X Floyd, secretary.
Griggs—l should say that the two
keys to success are luck and pluck.
Briggs—Sure! Luck Is finding some
one to pluck.— Boston Transcript.
Prince At front In
Balkan War
' .' v- ,L
Prince Peter of Montenegro, who. in
e telegram te hie former tutor at Hei
delberg, Germany, announced that hie
troope had ecored a great victory over
the Turk'eh forcee. end that ten thou
sand Turke w'th artillery were cap
tured.
BLOOD AIONEMENT
WAS NECESSARY
Christ’s Sacrifice Evidence of
Justice of Divine Law,
THE NEED IN PULPIT AND PEW
Pastor Declares It It a Correct Appre
ciation of tho Value of Blood Atone
ment For Bin Failure to Under
stand the Philosophy of This Bible
Teaching It Leading Many Noble
Minds to tho Brink of Unbelief—
Higher Criticism Infidelity.
iPASTQfc RUSSdu
Lynn, Mags., Oc
tober 13.—One of
Pastor Russell’s
discourses here to
day was from the
text “Without the
shedding of blood,
there Is no remis
sion of sins.” (He
brews lx, 22.) He
said:—
We have come
again to the time
of the year when
the people of Is-
rael, under the Mosaic arrangement,
began tlielr civil year. When God call
ed them as a nation out of Egypt, It
was under the provision that He would
make a Covenant with them through
Moses. That Covenant was that If
they would keep the Divine La— they
should be released from all condemna
tion and have everlaetlng life. The
alternative, failure, meant punishment
with death. If they would obey the
Law they should not only live eveis
lastingly, but be qualified to be Abra
ham's specially promised seed, through
whom all nations would be Inducted
Into the keeping of the Law and Into
the attainment of everlasting life.
But God foreknew that they could
not keep His Law because they, like
the remainder of the race, were Imper
fect through the fell aud God's Law Is
the measure of a perfect man’s ability:
“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart and with all thy gtreijgth,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy
mind; and thou shalt love thy neighbor
as thyself." Surely none but a pen
feet man could fully live up te this
requirement. ITenee the Israelites con
tinued to die the snrae as other people,
notwithstanding their Law Covenant
But God. foreknowing their Inability
to keep this Law, arranged for their
continuance In His favor under that
Covenant by reviving It every year on
the tenth day of the seventh month,
the Day of Atonement On that Day
the year of their favor and relation
ship to God terminated.
Lit Us Examine the Type.
Before looking for the antitype, let
ue understand the type. The sacrifice
for sins occurred on the Dny of Atone
ment, and consisted of two parts: first
• bullock was slain and It* blood sprin
kled in the Most Holy, and through
It Atonement offered for the alns of
the priestly tribe only; theu the high
priest took his secondary offering, a
consecrated goat, and treated it as he
had treated the bullock. And Ita blood
subsequently was sprinkled in the
Most Holy, “on behalf of aD the peo
ple." all the remaining tribes of Israel
Why were these animals killed?
What Is the thought which lies behind
this death of an animal? Whatdessoq
did God wish to teach In type? The
condemnation on the Israelite# for the
violation of the Mosaic Law was not a
sentence to eternal torment, , nor to
Purgatory, but a death sentence. Thl*
Is clearly stated. By Divine com.
mandment the people were called tip
between ML Ebal and Mt. Gerizim.
and God's Law was read In their hear
ing. Certain blessings weae read,
which were to be the rewards of obe
dience. Contrariwise, curses were read,
which were to be the penalty for viola
tion of that Law. The curses related
to death, sickness aid disease.
These condemnations on Israel for
failure to keep God's Lew given at
Sinai agree perfectly with the con
demnation imposed upon Adam and.
through him. upon bis race, for failure
to obey the Dlrlue Law originally
given, which was written In his heart,
his character, when be was a perfect
man In the Image of God. Henco Israel
under the Law Covenant wae merely
condemned afresh to death—not to
eternal torment, nor to Purgatory.-^
Then, as Israel typified the world, the
Atonement Day was arranged for them
as It will be on a larger, goiader scale
applicable to them and to ell of Adam's
race eventually. The death of the two
animals, the bullock and the goat sp<v
dally consecrated by the prteet, ef
fected a covering for the slna of, the
people for another year, while they
tried afresh to demonstrate their, loyal
ty to God aad his righteousness by
obedience to the Law; but only failure
could and did result: "Py the. deeds
of the Law shall no man be justified le
God's sight." because all flesh Is Im
perfect. weak, degenerate.
Thus year by year continuously for
over sixteen hundred year* the Israel
ites kept up their attempt to gala Di
vine favor by obedience to the terna*
of their Lew Covenant. And year by
year they failed afresh, until Jesus
came to be the nutltyploa! Priest, la
order that He might eventually become
the antitypical King of Israel and the
world His priestly office wae nees*
sary to lay the foundation for ■!«'
kingly office. A« a King he could aot
ip ift in perfection Adam and his mni-
USE HERALD WANT ADS.
tltudinoug race conlrary to the Divine
sentence of death which rested upon
all. because all are sinners. It was
necessary, therefore, that, in order to
become the Messianic King, .Tesus
must first be the Redeemer of men.
He must first provide the sacrifice for
sins. Then, applying it to the satis
faction of Justice, afterward, by virtue
of the right and authority thus secured,
He could undertake the uplifting and
blessing of ail mankind.
The Antitypieel Blood Atonement.
The great lessons taught by Israel’s
experteneqp of more than sixteen cen
turies were:
(1) That all are sinners.
(2) That no sinner can justify himself.
(3) That an Atonement for Sin Is nec
essary before Divine favor can be fully
obtained for Israel and nil mankind.
(4) That since the penalty Is death.
only by a sacrificial death can sinners
be released from the death penalty.
We all know the arguments used by
those who oppose the Bible doctrine of
Blood Atonement for Sin. They claim
that If Is unnecessary, that God could
jnst as easily as not cancel all sin with
out requiring the death of either a bul
lock or a goat, or of The Man Christ
Jesus, or anybody else.
But are not such arguments Illogical?
Is it not illogical to suppose that the
great -Supreme Judge of the Universe
would make a Law and a penalty for
1L Inflict the penalty justly, and after
wards set aside the penalty with
out a reason? Surely no earthly judge
would do so. and surely a Heavenly
Judge could not do so without in fret
ting the principles of His own Govern
ment: for If it Is right to impose a
death sentence as a penalty for sin,
and to allow that sentence to be In ef
fect for four thousand years before
Christ, and to allow our entire race to
auger under It for that time, would it
not be unjust to afterwards Institute a
change, set aside the Law. the Curse,
the peoallg for sin? Surely we all
agree to this!
Some, however, will say, Surely God
revet made such s penalty. Why
should Ho make a penalty which would
cause the death of His Son, or the
death of anybody, to eradicate It, to set
it aside? We answer that God did
make such a penalty: for it is manifest
that our entire race is a dying one.
whteh has been nnder the Reign of
Sin and Death far Six Great Days of
a tbonfsnA ye*re «ieh Moreover, the
Bible fieclaraa that God pronounced the
peDalW—infiJcted the death penalty as
me h%v« It—for the very purpose and
object of the death of His Son, that
thug fie might fire eiidetce, both to
angels and to men. that Ttii Law Is in
tHolahle. but that His Justice is fully
equaled by His Love.
"Christ's Better Sacrifices."
If the Jewish Law gave a hint that a
sacrificial death would be necessary
for the cancellation of human sin, It
also gave a hint that the death of bulls
and of goata wa* not sufficient for the
cancellation of human sin; because the
sacrifices of the Jewish Atonement
Day merely covered sin for one year,
and did aot actually cancel it at all.
The sacrifice was of a proper kind—a
lifowbut the life wa» not of sufficient
value. Why? Because the Law of
Justice would not be satisfied to ac
cept the death of a bullock and of a
goat as the equivalent for the forfeit
ed life of Bather Adam. If an angel
had sinned aad been condemned to
death, only the death of an angel of
the same grade and state would have
constituted a full offset or Ransom for
big life; because the very meaning of
the word Roheom Is anti-li/tron — a cor
rMfptmdMt prior.
So neither could an angel’s death re
deem a man, because It would not be
the giving of a price to correspond.
Kelther could our Redeemer, In His
pre-human condition, as the Logos, the
■Word, have given His life for Father
Adam and the race, because that would
not have been a corresponding price—
a Ransom-price (Greek—anttiufron).
To rbdogm Father Adam required the
death of a tn®»i—-and nothing more,
netting legs, would do. Therefore It
wfig that the Sk>» of God left the glory
which He had, wlti the Father as the
Logos nnd was made flesh, and became
The MaD Christ Jesus, "that He, by
the grace of God. might taste death for
every man."
In harmony with this. St F’aul writes
to Timothy (l Timothy H, 5, C) that
The Man Chrlfit Jesus gave Himself a
Ransom tot- all. Thus the Apostle
again declares, "As by a man [Adam]
came death (not eternal torment], by
a man algo [Christ] comes the resur
rqption of the dead; for as all in Adam
die, evert so all In Christ shall he made
alive.”—l Corinthians xv, 21, 22.
In this lauf text notice carefully (and
also everywhere else In the Scriptures)
that thp cotitwats are not heaven and
hell, not joy and suffering, but life and
deorA-rfosurvectlon Ufa through Christ,
death by V?<m. Kotlce also that tbs
penalty paid for Adam's sin by The
Ma» Christ Jesus Is not an eternal tor
ment penalty, nor a purgatorial penal
ty. but a death penalty. "Christ died
for one alnfi, according to the Scrip
tures." (t Corinthians xv, 3.)
We notice again that It was only the
one nasa Adam who wag originally
tried, sliaexl and was sentenced to
dea/h; that all of our race suffered
death and ltd degradation by heredity
and otft virtue of a death sentence;
henco It Tift (kxtsthle that the death
of .The Man Christ Jeans should con
stitute a full offset to the demands of
Justice against Father Adam, and
would Incidentally Include all of
Adam's race.
The Real Sin-Atonement.
Oed arranged Israel's typical Atone
ment Day as a type of the real Atone
ment Day. which began at Jesus' bap
tism aad ha* continued ever since, and
will continue for another thousand
years In the future The killing of taa
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bullock on behalf ul the priestlj fatiK
ily found its antitype in the deith of
Jesus, which began with His consecra
tion at Jordan and was complehd at
Calvary, three and a half years Viter.
As a Man, Jesus offered up sacrlfiual
ly His human nature, the body which
He had taken for the special puiiose
of sacrifice. That sacrifice was a|tis
factory to God, as was indicated by
His raising up Jesus from the dead,
Moreover, we are assured that >ur
Lord was not only raised up out of
ieath. hut raised up as a New Crea
ture, to a still higher nature than tliit
which He had before He uuderto(k
the Father's commission to be
world's Redeemer, Prophet, Priest anl
King. His resurrection was (Phili|-
pians ill, 10) to glory, honor and im
mortality, far above human nature,
angelic nature, principalities and pow
ers and every name that is named.—
Ephesians 1. 21.
The risen Son of God remained forty
days with His disciples, and when H®
ascended up on high He appeared is
the presence of God, and according to
the type made application of the merit
of His sacrifice for the Household of
Faith—the antitypical Levltes. The
acceptance of His Atonement Sacri
fice, and incidentally the acceptance of
His waiting followers, was manifest
ed by the descent of the Holy Spirit at
Pentecost.
Adding Members to His Body.
As Aaron in the type, by Divine di
rection, accepted his sons to be mem
bers with him in the priesthood, under
his headship, so In the antitype; Christ
Jesus during this Gospel Age has been
accepting members to the Royal
Priesthood, of which He is the Head.
And these are taken fro j the Levites.
for which class the Atonement was
made by Aaron in the type and by
Jesus In the antitype.
Aaron in the type, after sprinkling
the blood of the bullock and making
Atonement for the House of Levi,
came forth and slew the goat. So
Christ, having finished making Atone
ment for the sins of the antitypical
Levites, came forth at Pentecost to
bless them and to accept them as joint
sacrificers and as Joint-heirs. The goat,
which Aaron slew ns the second por
tion of bis sin-offering, represented all
the faithful footstep followers of Jesus
in the nearly nineteen penturles that
have elapsed since PenteCost. Respect
ing these Jesus prayed, saying, "I pray
not tor the world, but for those whom
Thou hast given Me; * * * neifher
pray I for these alone, but for all those
who shall believe on Me through their
word, that they all may be one, as Thou,
Father, and I are one”—“I In them and
Thou in Me.”—John xvii, 9, 20-23.
Incidentally, Jesus as the High Priest
In glory began at Pentecost the sacri
ficing of the goat class, His faithful
followers. The work has continued
ever since. The sufferings of Jesus
have thus been prolonged for centuries.
As St. Peter declares, "The prophets
spake of the sufferings of Christ and
of the glory that should follow.” (I Pe
ter 1, 10, 11.) The sufferings have not
yet been completed, and hence the
glory has not yet come. When the full
number foreordained of God shall have
faithfully finished their course in death
the sacrifices of the antitypical Day of
Atonement will be nt an end. The
great High Priest with His Body will
pass beyond the second veil Into the
heavenly glories, the First Resurrec
tion completing the transfer. The bless
ing of the people will then be in order.
“I Am Jesus Whom Thou Pereecutist.”
That Jesus thus recognizes His fol
lowers as His members Is clearly at
tested by the Apostle. In their flesh
they are counted as members of Jesus;
as New Creatures, spirit-ber' , tten, they
are counted ns members of The Christ
Thus Jesus said to Saul of Tarsus,
speaking of His followers, “Saul, Saul,
why persecutest thou Me?” “I am Jesus
whom thou persecutest.” (Acts lx, 4,
5.) The same thing is true of any truly
consecrated follower of Jesus.
While such nre iu the world and
suffer, the sufferings of Jesus are not
completed. And the glory of Christ
can be fully attained only in propor
tion as the sufferings of Jesus are
completed. In the type, all this was
pictured in (he things which happened
to the Lord’s goat, which typified the
faithful, sacrificing members the
flesh of Jesus. As the goat passed
through all the experiences of the bul
lock. so the footstep followers of Jesus
are to have similar trials, difficulties,
oppositions, persecutions, to those
which came to tho Master.
With the completion of the Priest
of Glory st the end of the sufferings of
the flesh will come the effusion of the
blood on behalf of Israel and all of
Adam's race of every nation. In the
type Aaron took the blood of the goat,
bis secondary sacrifice, nnd sprinkled
It on the Mercy Seat on behnlf of all
the people of Israel, representing all
who will become the people of God of
every' nation. Forthwith Divine ac
ceptance of these sacrifices spoke the
forgiveness of the sins of all.
So In the antitype. When our Lord
the second time sprinkles the blood in
the Most Holy, the sins of all the peo
ple—the whole world—will be canceled.
At the same instant the Redeemer will
take them over as a purchased posses
sion and, under the Divine arrange
ment. He will establish over them His
Kingly power. He will reign for their
blessing and uplifting. As the great
Prince of Glory ne will bind the
Prince of Darkness. Satan, nnd destroy
all bis works of evil and lift poor hu
manity back Into harmony with God
all the willing and obedient.
Oh. how this should thrill our hearts
and cause ns to appreciate the Wisdom
as well as the Justice of God and Hla
great Love manifested in the Plan
which has required Ages for develop
ment. but which was In the Divine
Purpose from before the foundation of
’he world!
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