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THE
COMMITTEE
HOMEWARD
BOUND
Leaving
India
the
Oommittee
journeyed
via
Suez,
stopping
two
days
at
Cairo,
A
visit
was
made
to
the
Great
Pyramid,
whose
wonderful
Pa~sagl's
tell
by
their
construction
so
much
of
the
divine
plan
that
it
has
been
called
the
Stone
Bible,
"'e
nel'd
not
here
give
space
to
an
explanation
of
the
IIlICan
ing
of
the
pa~sagps
an(l
their
\\
ollilerful
lessons,
so
in
harmony
with
the
prophe('ics
of
the
Bihll',
bpr'au'ie
the
majority
of
our
readprs
already
have
this
as
one
of
the
Chapters
in
the
Third
\'olume
of
the
STUlJH:S
IN
nm
SC'I~Il"l·I;JU;S.
\Ve
do,
however,
urge
all
to
a
frp~h
reading
of
this
testimony,
so
helpful
to
faith.
On
thp
sepond
dav
an
exeursion
was
made
to
the
ruins
of
~rpmphis,
thp
anf'IPnt
capital
of
Egypt
in
.Jospph's
time,
whpn
hI'
wa.,
npxt
to
I'haranh
in
authority.
Many
of
the
scenes
hrought
frl'''ihly
to
mind
the
Spripture
narratiw
respecting
.Jospph,
and
later
on
[("pceting
the
finding
of
l\Iosps
in
the
rush"s
of
thp
~ile.
The
land
of
(ioshen.
whrre
the
Isral'Jitl's
spent
two
('enturies,
all,l
from
whi('h
thpy
wpre
miraculously
deliverer!,
the
plapp
of
thpir
po,sih]p
prossing
thp
Re(l
Sea,
the
wells
of
]l.Tosps.
and
thp
hit!pr
wat"rs
of
~landl
on
the
opposite
shore,
Wl're
noticpfl.
ATHENS
AND
MARS
HILL
Xext
WI'
visite(l
Athpns,
made
famous
through
the
visit
of
St.
Paul
eighteen
f·pnturies
ago.
Thpre
we
visited
the
Stadium,
where
SO('ralps
and
othpr
orators
of
ancil'nt
Greece
held
large
alHlipllf'pS
h~'
thpir
p!O(lllPn('p.
\Vi'
thought,
too,
of
the
fickle
ness
of
puhlic
appIau>;p.
as
WI'
viewed
the
anpient
prison
in
whi('h
he
dil'd.
Other
itf'ms
of
interl'st
at
Athens
were
the
won(lE'rful
Tl'mple
an(l
thl'
great
Amphitheatre.
with
a
seating
capacity
of
forty
thousand.
reeently
remodded
after
its
orig
inal
style.
in
mnrblp.
Hut
the
ruinR
of
the
greatness
o-f
an('il'nt
Grep('f',
I!TaIliI
as
tlll'Y
were,
Il'd
our
minds
Rtill
more
partiplllarly
tQ
tlIP
gn"at
Apostle
St.
Pau!'
'Ve
considered
that
hiR
monulIIPnts
in
the
Xpw
TE'Rtament
writings
are
more
f'lofjuent
a
thousand
timps
than
all
the
achievements
of
all
the
philoRophprs.
pOf'tR
amI
arl
ists
of
the
whole
period
of
Grep('p's
famp.
\\'p
dimlwd
to
Mars
Hill.
traversing
quite
probahly
thp
samp
stpps.
Pllt
in
the
natural
rocks,
by
which
the
Apostlp
a~('pnd('d
and
deRecmlp(1.
vVe
wl'nt
to
a
platform
in
thl'
ro("ks
ahovp.
an(1
npar
to
the
old
market
house
mE'n
tioned
in
thp
H('ripturps,
and
surmis(ld
that
St.
Paul
spoke
to
the
ppople
from
that
nry
spot.
Our
littlE'
('ompany
while
on
Mars
Hill
engagl'd
in
a
shor,t
servipe
of
praise
and
praYE'r,
and
Pastor
Russl'lI
ga
VI'
a
little
serm()netfe
re
the
Gospel
whi('h
St.
Paul
prea.clIPd-.Je~us
and
the
resurrection-Jesus,
the
Redeemer
alHl
Savior;
the
resurreetion,
the
method
by
which
a
divine
blessing
will
come
through
J
I'~US
to
all
the
families
of
the
earth.
\Ve
noted
that
as
the
do(·trine
of
the
resurrection
was
sea/fed
at
by
thp
an('il'nt
Greeks,
so
the
worldly-wise
of
today
are
still
incliued
to
~tumble
over
it
and
to
mock
and
say,
"\Ve
will
hear
thee
again
of
this
matter-enough
for
the
present."
Two
public
meetings
werE'
held
in
one
of
the
principal
auditoriums
of
Athens,
addressl'd
by
Pastor
Ru~sell.
On
both
occasions
many
Wl're
turnl'd
away,
while
otherR
werp
obliged
to
stand.
Many
heard
the
Gosprl
of
the
Two
Salvations
for
the
first
time;-
(1)
The
prespnt
call
and
denlopml'nt
of
the
"('led,"
tlw
('onsummation
of
whose
hope
will
be
in
tlw
gloriouR
('hange
of
the
first
r(,'illrreetion,
(2)
The
restitution
blessing
then
to
bl'
hronght
to
the
world
in
genE'ral
with
full
opportunity
for
all
the
willing
antI
ohpdient
to
return
to
human
perfct,tion
and
a
world-wide
Eden
and
everlasting
life-rE'jl'dors
being
destroyed
in
the
serond
death.
Our
l'xpl'ril'nces
at
Corinth
were
intE'rrsting.
\\'e
were
shown
the
ruins
of
an('ient
Corinth.
whii'h
have
rrrently
been
uncovered.
'Ve
walked
about
some
of
the
very
market
plares
and
foun,tains
visited
by
St.
Paul,
and
probably
UpOll
the
very
stones.
St.
Paul's
Catllf'(lral,
a
fine.
modrrn
structurr.
iR
the
City's
memorial
to
the
great
ApoRtle.
Thl'
Cathl'dral
is
Greek
Catholic-or
rather
Grel'k
Christian,
for
so
the
natives
prefer
to
speak
of
thrmsplves.
HerE',
at
the
rE'fjul'st
of
the
~Iayor
and
the
J'~rclesiaRbrs.
Pastor
RUSSE'!t
gave
two
addressE's
of
ahout
an
hour
and
a
half
earh.
They
wprE'
WE'll
receind.
'111('
rrasonablenl'ss
of
the
presentations
and
dNlurtio!l's
and
thl'
harmony
of
the
same
with
the
Bible
sE'eml'd
to
he
the
genl'ral
rommrnt
of
the
PI'O
pIe,
many
of
whom
sepmed
hungry
for
a,
r[ean'r
knowledge
of
God's
\\'ord
and
a
surer
foundation
for
thpir
faith.
Hl're
a~
well
as
at
Athpns
manv
addresses
were
handed
in
with
requests
for
reading
matter.
.
Brief
stops
'WE're
made
at
two
pla('E's
in
France.
wllf'rc
sl'veral
semi-private
conferenres
werE'
hE'ld
\dth
Bible
Stuoents.
The
following
SUllfiay
brought
us
to
London.
whpre
a
most
interesting
and
profita
blp
wepk
was
spent.
Pastor
RusRell
delivrred
eight
addrpssE's
in
LOllflon
and
nl'arby-four
of
thl'se
werE'
in
tIle
London
Tabl'rnal'1l',
NEW
YORK
HIPPODROME
MASS
MEETING
TO
HEAR
I.
B.
S.
A.
COMMITTEE'S
BEPORT
ON
MISSIONS
LeR~
than
a
wf'pk
hrnught
ns
safpl.v
acrOSR
the
Atlantic
on
from
Bihle
Students
of
twenty-one
differrnt
States
of
the
thp
Cunnnier
"\Ianrdallia."
Hpre
we
rpceind
a
most
hearty
Union
addrl'Rsed
to
the
Pastor
and
with
greptin~s
to
himself
wl'!('omr.
which
rlllminat('(1
on
i'\unday
in
a
mass
meeting
of
and
to
the
CommitteE'.
The
cpntral
fl'ature
of
the
display
was
Christian
ppoplp
at
tIl('
:\'pw
York
ITippoorome.
a
larl!e
pross
of
red
rarnations
drcll'd
b~'
a
crown
of
:vellow
The
Hippo<!romp,
with
a
~p,lting
eaparit:v
of
fifty-two
hun-
daffodils
'and
surroundl'd
bv
a
cirf'ular
\\Teath-work
of
dark
drpd.
had
h{'l'~l
~p('urp(l
for
tlH'
CommittE'e's
r~~ort
on
!\iar:h
~rpen
leaves
in
which
Wl'Te
'srattered
bpautiful
whitp
lilil's.
:l.l,
3
p.
m.
(I;O\l'f!R
WPl'p
_at
t~ll'
~'lltranpPR
waItIng
for
aomls-
TIIP
Han
.•
J.
F.
Ruthl'rford
of
the
Npw
York
Bar
sNved
sIan
at
I:
30
0
f·lo(·k.
Bpforp
3
0
rlnrk
p\'ery
srat.
was
~akell,
aR
Chairman.
He
introdured
Prof.
F.
H.
Robison,
who
rpad
~~dl
sUtbRPfju~'nltly
hIJllldTl'fJl~
wPfrpI
h~ntlpd
atwafYthdlsaPbPl~lIItedd'
to
the
audien('e
thl'
l'ateg-orical
summary
which
constitutps
the
1,0
Jof't
pr
I'VI(
pnf'p
t
Jail
t
IlS
0
tIP
In
pres
a
P
pu
Ie
an
I
'
f
th
'
t
'
I'll'
i
,;.
,that
th
full
rpport
f
WII
~t
I
t
f
II
I
.
t'
ld
b
k
d
cone
URlon
a
I'lr
rppor.
I'Xp.
n
n
b
e
o
lIe>
11(
Pll
S
0
~
(Pllomllla
~OIlS
cou
e
aR'e
.
,
would
hE'
printed
'as
we
hE'rE'
have
it.
Thp
crowdH
entprlllO'
Iwhp!c1
WIth
b,ltE'd
breath
the
entIre
.
,
.
.
.
platf
orm
or
sta!1p
ov7.r
'I
hUll(!rNI
fed
wide
bankPd
with
Pastor
Russell
followed
wlt'h
a
dlscoursp
from
th:
tex~.
.
.
",...
.
'
"
"A
k
f
d
I
'11
"
th
th
h
th
f
thi
mhen-
hpautifnl
floral
e\'('l'f~rppn
plallts.
ete"
pte.
'Ve
learnpd
after-
s
a
me
an
WI
gne
ee
e
ea
en
or
ne
\\'arrl.;
th:1t
it.
Tl'qllirp,]
Pl;!htppn
mpn
to
unwrap
and
place
t~nce.
ana
the
uttermos~
parts
of
the
earth
for
thy
P?:ses-
thpsp
flor.1!
trihutl',-from
4
a.
m.
nntil
noon.
The
decoration
slOn."
(Psa.
2:8)
It
WIll
be
unnec~ssary
for
us
to
gne
a
was
a
mastpr-work,
hoth
as
rpRppds
the
materials
and
thE'ir
synopsis
~f
this.
a,s
Bible
Students
m
~1l
parts
of
.E~gland
arrangpmt'llt.
It
was
dpt'larl'r!
thp
mo~t
heautiful
floral
diFlplay
and
AmerIca
have
'alrpady
had
opporio~mty
to,
read
It
III
t~e
of
the
kind
I'\'('r
SPpll
in
the
AmE'rie:1n
\Tetropolis.
The
Chair-
more
than
one
thousand
nE'wSpaperR
WhICh
publIsh
the
Pastor
s
man.
rpfprring
to
thp
f1O\\'f'rR.
rpmarkprl
that
thpy
had
pome
sprmons
evpry
week.
YOLo
XXXTTT
BROOKLYN,
N.
Y"
MAY
1,
1m2
No.
fl
WHY
CHRIST
AROSE
FROM
THE
DEAD
"If
Christ
bp,
not
risen.
then
is
our
proar,hing
vain
and
your
faith
also
rain;
yea,
I1Jnd
'!Or,
are
found
false
witnesses
of
God
.
.
.
.
.
Then
they
also
which
are
fallen
asleep
in
Christ
are
perishod."-l
Cor.
15:
14,
15,
18.
The
faith
on('p
dp!ivE'rrd
to
thl'
saints
bv
.Tesns
and
thp
Apos-
St.
Paul
warn
I'd
thp
('hurch
against
theRe
hnman
philoso-
tIps
in
rl'spp('t
to
thr
rpsurrl'rtion
of
thr
dl'ad
has
been
very
phil'S,
and
rallE'd
them
"scipnce.
falsely
so-calleo:"
which
mak~s
I!rnprally
lost.
Christia.n
ppoplp
~rofpRs
a.lwlid
in
the
rE'surrE'C-
v?i~
!he
'Vord
?f
GOf!,
T!lese
error~
ha\'~
heen
IIIstrnmenta!
111
tion
he
cause
theY
fin(l
It
statl'd
III
thp
BIble.
vet
thev
are
con-
dlvIdmg
the
faIth
of
God
s
prople
mto
SIX
hundred
denomma-
tinu'allv
in
diffictJltv
in
thrir
endpavor
to
make
the
Scriptural
tions.
with
six
hundred
diffl'r('nt
professions.
If
God's
peoplE'
teaching
on
thl'
suhil'ct
sfjnarp
with
soml'
of
the
un
scriptural
could
all
('orne
hack
to
the
simplidty
of
thp
BiblE"s
te~('hing
in
thpories
received
into
thp
('huTf'h.
and
inrorporateo
into
many
r('spe('t
to
thl'
resurreption
of
til('
dead.
all
of
these
dIfferences
of
the
crl'('(ls
during
thp
"dark
ages."
would
speedily
disappear.
God's
'Vord
would
be
seen
to
be
(138
-143)
[5016]
THE COMMITTEE HOMEWARD BOUND Leaving India the Committee journeyed via Suez, stopping two days at Cairo. A visit was made to the Great Pyramid, whose wonderful Passages tell by their construction so much of the divine plan that it has been called the Stone Bible. We need not here give space to an explanation of the meaning of the passages and their wonderful lessons, so in harmony with the prophecies of the Bible, because the majority of our readers already have this as one of the Chapters in the Third Volume of the STUDIES IN THE ScRIPTURES. We do, however, urge all to a fresh reading of this testimony, so helpful to faith. On the second day an excursion was made to the ruins of Memphis, the anctent capital of Egypt in Joseph’s time, when he was next to Pharaoh in authority. Many of the scenes brought freshly to mind the Scripture narrative respecting Joseph, and later on respecting the finding of Moses in the rushes of the Nile. The land of Goshen, where the Israelites spent two centuries, and from which they were miraculously delivered, the place of their possible crossing the Red Sea, the wells of Moses, and the bitter waters of Marah on the opposite shore, were noticed, ATHENS AND MARS HILL Next we visited Athens, made famous through the visit of St. Paul eighteen centuries ago, There we visited the Stadium, where Socrates and other orators of aneient Greece held large audiences by their eloquence. We thought, too, of the fickleness of public applause, as we viewed the ancient prison in which he died. Other items of interest at Athens were the wonderful Temple and the great Amphitheatre, with a seating capacity of forty thousand, recently remodeled after its original style, in marble. But the ruins of the greatness of ancient Greece, grand as they were, led our minds still more particularly to the great Apostle St. Paul. We considered that his monuments in the New Testament writings are more eloquent, a thousand times than all the achievements of all the philosophers, pocts and artists of the whole period of Greece’s fame. We climbed to Mars Hill, traversing quite probably the same steps, cut in the natural rocks, by which the Apostle ascended and descended. We went to a platform in the rocks ahove, and near to the old market house mentioned in the Seriptures, and surmised that St. Paul spoke to the people from that very spot. Our little company while on Mars Hill engaged in a short service of praise and prayer, and Pastor Russell gave a little sermonette re the Gospel which St. Paul preached—Jesus and the resurrection—Jesus, the Redeemer and Savior; the resurrection, the method by which a divine blessing will come through Jesus to all the families of the earth. We noted that as the doctrine of the resurrection was scoffed at by the ancient Greeks, so the worldly-wise of today are still inclined to stumble over it and to mock and say, “We will hear thee again of this matter—enough for the present.” Two public meetings were held in one of the principal auditoriums of Athens, addressed by Pastor Russell. On both occasions many were turned away, while others were obliged to stand. Many heard the Gospel of the Two Salvations for the first time:— (1) ‘The present call and development of the ‘“‘clect,” the consummation of whose hope will be in the glorious change of the first resurrection. (2) The restitution blessing then to be brought to the world in general with full opportunity for all the willing and obedient to return to human perfection and a world-wide Eden and everlasting life—rejectors being destroyed in the second death. Our experiences at Corinth were interesting. We were shown the ruins of ancient Corinth, which have recently been uncovered. We walked about some of the very market places and fountains visited by St. Paul, and probably upon the very stones. St. Paul’s Cathedral, a fine, modern structure, is the City’s memorial to the great Apostle. The Cathedral ig Greek Catholic—or rather Greek Christian, for so the natives prefer to speak of themselves, Here, at the request of the Mayor and the Hcclesiastics, Pastor Russell, gave two addresses of about an hour and a half each. They were well received. ‘The reasonableness of the presentations and deductions and the harmony of the same with the Bible seemed to be the general comment of the people, many of whom seemed hungry for a clearer knowledge of God’s Word and a surer foundation for their faith. Here as well as at Athens many addresses were handed in with requests for reading matter, Brief stops were made at two places in France, where several semi-private conferences were held with Bible Students. The following Sunday brought us to London, where a most interesting and profitable week was spent. Pastor Russell delivered eight addresses in London and nearby—four of these were in the London Tabernacle. NEW YORK HIPPODROME MASS MEETING TO HEAR I. B. 5S. A. COMMITTEE’S REPORT ON MISSIONS Less than a week brought us safely across the Atlantie on the Cunarder “Mauretania.” Here we received a most hearty welcome, which culminated on Sunday in a mass meeting of Christian people at the New York Tlippodrome. The Hippodrome, with a seating capacity of fifty-two hundred, had been secured for the Committee’s report on March 31, 3 p.m. Crowds were at the entrances waiting for admission at 1:30 o’clock. Before 3 o’clock every seat wag taken, and subsequently hundreds were turned away disappointed. No better evidence than this of the interest of the public and of Bible Students of all denominations could be asked. The crowds entering beheld with bated breath the entire platform, or stage, over a hundred feet wide, banked with beautifnl floral evergreen plants. ete.. etc. We learned afterwards that it required eighteen men to unwrap and place these floral tributes—from 4 a, m. until noon. The decoration was a master-work, both as respects the materials and their arrangement. Tt was declared the most beautiful floral display of the kind ever seen in the American Metropolis. The Chairman, referring to the flowers, remarked that they had come from Bible Students of twenty-one different States of the Union addressed to the Pastor and with greetings to himself and to the Committee. The central feature of the display was a large cross of red carnations circled by a crown of yellow daffodils and surrounded by a circular wreath-work of dark green leaves in which were scattered beautiful white lilies, The Hon. J. F. Rutherford of the New York Bar served as Chairman. He introduced Prof. F. H. Robison, who read to the audience the categorical summary which constitutes the conclusion of their report, explaining that the full report would be printed, as we here have it. Pastor Russell followed with a discourse from the text, “Ask of me and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.” (Psa. 2:8) It will be unnecessary for us to give a synopsis of this, as Bible Students in all parts of England and America have already had opportunity to read it in the more than one thousand newspapers which publish the Pastor’s sermons every week. Vou, XXXTIT BROOKLYN, N. Y., MAY 1, 1912 No. 9 WHY CHRIST AROSE FROM THE DEAD “If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain and your faith also vain; yen, and we are found false witnesses of God. .... Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.”—1 Cor. 15:14, 15, 18. The faith once delivered to the saints by Jesus and the Apostles in respect to the resurrection of the dead has been very generally lost. Christian people profess a belief in the resurrection, because they find it stated in the Bible, yet they are continually in difficulty in their endeavor to make the Scriptural teaching on the subject square with some of the unscriptural theories received into the church, and incorporated into many of the creeds during the “dark ages,” (138 -143) St. Paul warned the church against these human philosophies, and called them “science, falsely so-called.” which makes void the Word of God. These errors have been instrumental in dividing the faith of God’s people into six hundred denominations, with six hundred different professions. If God’s people could all come back to the simplicity of the Bible’s teaching in respect to the resurrection of the dead, all of these differences would speedily disappear. God’s Word would be seen to be [5016]
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