The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-28

preached sermons. In the morning the room was
well nlled The preacher took As his text the latter
clause OF the eighteenth OF the sixteenth chap
Ter Of the Gospel according to sc. Matthew, upon
this rock viii build my church, and the gates OF
he'll shall not prevail against It." The word he'll,
the preacher commended, would be better trans
lated hades, and in his discourse he used
the latter term almost exclusively. the true
import of the word hades, and its cor
responding Hebrew term, was that Of state
commentators were becoming more and more i'm
pressed with this fact, and in their writings were
MI is II as o. this state
extracts rom It bearing upon this Subject Barnes 1
much less light as to the future state than existed
now. They seemed 70 speak as II all were dark
beyond tne grave TINS was not So they only ad,
from the grave, Barnes said these saints spoke in
sorrow and dependency Of death. 1t was not,
the Holy Ghost which inspired them. Did Hezekiah
speak despondently when, after having fifteen years
ss ae Se
dead were unconscious Barnes further said that
these ancient saints expressed their belief in future
state, as in Psalm xviii, 15:-"As for me Will be-
hold Thy face In righteousness shall be satisfied
when awake with Thy likeness" The preacher
asked II the word awaking did not imply going TO
Sleep and said that when trying to prove conscious
ness In death the first future life text upon which
the commentator lighted was resurrection text
The commentator then went on TO say that
the idea was that the soul was not suffered
TO remain in the under world, In that
dull gloomy abode The preacher asked whether
the Saviour's soul rested In this dull gloomy abode
The Old Testament taught the truth OF the uncon-
seriousness Of the dead and put the satisfying portion
OF its teachings resurrection and regarded the
intermediate condition as that which was spoken VI
in the words, "Ihe dead praise not the Lord The
Saviour went into Hades and that 1t was not q tie
srabe place III which to remain was proved by the
promise to Him that He should come out OF It again.
If IL had been desirable place, to take Him from IL
would have been punishment, and no promise
would have been needed. lie was 10 go into the
glorious abode promised OF God. Thou wilt show
me the path OF life." How could the path OF
life be entered but by resurrection The saviour
himself referred to Hades In Revelations /, IL,
where lie says ~ am he that liveth,
and was dead and, behold am alive for evermore,
Amen; and have the keys OF hell and OF DEATH" With
modern heresy OF universal salvation2 1t was said
that Chrst's resurrection body was only mortal and
that His resurrection consisted only In His living on
earth after DEATH DR.. Cobb said that lie was mani
tested after death only for the purpose or showing
tnat lie lived, and that when He was going to heaven
His body by some chemical process dissolved anu
that 1t never lived in heaven Those who say that His
risen body not His dead body deny the resurrec-
ton Christ and say with Phietus that the resurrec-
ton lis passed already" The Saviour said, "Behold,
am he that was dead and am alive for evermore."
mortal. Mas he raised glorifed No; but we admit
that the change awaited him. This however, does
not prove that he was raised mortal. The Apostle
and glori1cation- c0rruption and glori1cation. 1t
did not say In the Bible that Christ was raised In
same sort Of body that the Saviour had. When
Christ left the grave he was deathless, but not gor
fed Christ being raised from the dead nc can d,e no
was meant by His having the keys Of Hadesg
Suppose some friend Of Sam Bowles had said
arrested. II have the keys Of your PRISON.
what would he have meantS Why. OF course That
the keys'' lie did not mean that He could Keep the
saints from entering Hades II could not mean that
Hades was empty and He could lock the doors SO as
gathered In the gloomy prison house. 1t must mean
that he able to throw open the gates and let HIS
The text said, "On this rock will build My
Churchn-not the Second Advent Church or the
Episcopal Church but us Church Sn But Jesus ams
another EARTH death can get hold of its members,
What kind OF stability Is this when death can come
and NOW down its saints. The Saviour who can
remedy this evil must be Q Saviour indeed-one
who can abolish death and bring immortality to
light so that the Gospel may indeed be good news.
We read that lie has abolished death, so that the
Church is not brought to an end when u Is LAID In
Hades, and that He has the keys and VIII open the
doors for its happy exit Hades Is broken OF its
power and the Church delivered from It. II the
Church win have eternal life what will empty Hades
they desire get out Of Hades they must Join the
Church-that Is become united 10 Jesus Christ-lor
s be o ns
prison. II Is asked what is meant by II saw the
dead both great and small, stand before God" and
in answer take the ground that the term "dead'
means only the saints. The true reading Of the
(ireek text Is '.stand before the Throne.n VIII the
wicked dead ever appear before Gods throne The
Bible says heaven Is Gods throne and earth his foot
STOOL and when the saints stand before the throne
they viii be In heaven The wicked do not get there,
Death ana hell are 10 De cast into the lake OF brm
stone There can be no Hades II there are no dead,
and all who remain In Hades shall be cast into the
fire.
Mr. wendell concluded his address with an earn
est appeal TO all 70 come to Jesus aud receive sal
walton from Him.