Daily Republican., 1879-05-15
rHIRD EDITION.
..w,,I,ne wicked be Raised !"

Elder Geo. X. kramer's sermon on tie
above subject. And without following
MIR. K. through his whole sermon as it
is only a rcpitition of others OF the same
character, and which lie has been
preaching at short intervals for the past
year, We shall simply refer to sim
gle quotation. He says, "lt is said
that God is love, and ke cannot con-
sistently with his character stir up the
wicked dead from their slumbers and
destroy them again." Now We know
that Mr.. X. himself believes that death,
yea, natural death, "destroys" the
conscious being Of tho wicSed, and per-
laps he can tell. how the same
thing" being, or person, can be de-
stroved again. Will he be kind enough
TO show us how destroyed thing, be-
ing or person, can be destroyed again :
Or. will second destruction he any
more etfectual than the first And
how many distractions may be neces'
sary to satisfy those VIII do net believe
that "the wages of sin is death ~
Can Mr.. Kramer get anything from
the language which God addressed to
Adam, that even iuti,nates his resurec-
tion No he cannot, and no man knows
it better than Mr.. X. Not suffering,
but death is his argument when level
led at Orthodoxy, but the theory of re-
surrecti of the wicked dead in Volves
the doctrine of suffering as the penalty
for sin, of what this suffering consists,
or how long its duration continues, Mr..
X. does not in'"rm us, but this substi-
tuition of suffering as the divine penal
ty for sin, instead of death, proves
either the imbecility of such theorists
or the weakness Of the divine lawgiver,
and We incline to believe that it is the
former. In all civilized nations the
punishment for crime is specific, and
the executors Of law dare not trans
scend its specifications, and when the
criminal has suffered the specified pen
atty, the law is satisfied brcause justice
has been vindicatei, and the criminal
must go free.
Now substitute your term suffering,
as the penalty for sin, after they are
raised-as you say-and let US see
whether of the two governments has
the most humane attributes, the hu-
man or the divine' After they have
paid the penalty tor their sin in suffer
ing. will the divine government be sat-
isiiei and let them 60 free. Mr.. X. says
not, but they must be destroyed q
again" Did God tell Adam that he
shouNd return t dust, and afterwards
brialsed up, tormented tor a season
ana tlen die over again! And if such
were his intentions, did Adam ever
kno $ it. Certainly not. Now Mr. X. can
you tell us Why God did not allow
AlaM to return then, at once, quietly
back 20 dust and thus prevent six
THOUSAND years Of human suffering
No air The divine character de
mands not the resurrection OF all for
its uindication, unless the wages OF
sin is suffering, and if such be the fact
why may not everlasting suffering b.
":sc atially necessary Tor the vindica
ticn Df the divine government
!, the wicked must be raised to sui
Ter torment, and see what they have
lost, why not keep :hem eternally aliv,
- witness their loss. Fol As soon al
they are killed again, they know no
anything" about their loss and s.
tloir short knowledge of loss, can be n
benefit to them; and could serve n
other purpose than to crafty the ven
geance Of vindictive merciless tyraHt
and such is not the Judge of all til
earth" If it ''repented him. once
to sweep OFT by flood the ungodly, h
will see the Righteousness of not max
ing second repentance necessary ol
his part, by raising them up and kill
ing them over again for the same of,
fence. "Affllction shall not rise up tn,
second time" Nahum |: Q.
Tnere is perhaps no man who know:
better than Mr.. X. that the term wick
ed lead," like the term "ilnmorta
soul, cannot be found in the bibl-
And when he finds the phrase ''resur
rectiou of the wicked dead" he vii
find the phrase Immortal soul" in th
same chapter and verse, but no wher
else. We will give quotation or s.
from the bible, and see what God says
Isaiah, XVI. IA, 'fhey are dead, the
shall not live; they are deceased the
shall not rise; therefore hast thou Wis
tied AID destroyed them, and made al
their memory to perish But Mr.. K
says not SO, they must be remembered
brought back again and rekilled. VIII
knows best, God, or Mr.. K. And Mr.
K. says that one positive statemen
from God is just as good as a million.
Now by way of contrast, please rea
verse l9, "Thy deadnen shall live, to
gether with my dead body shall thc.
rise And no one can fail to see tn
clear distinction between these tw
classes. One does not live, and shal
not rise," the other shall live, an,
shall arise: and the reason given why
the latter class shall live and rise i
because they are Good dead men,"
We simply introduce this as sam
pie of the tenor Of Gods word. Ant
Mr.. X. know, that he cannot find tht
word "itA" either limited or everlast
ing, applied to any term ofresurrectiol
tx pit to the righteous only, so tina
the twisting ofpsasages belongs Of righ
and with great propriety on his side O
the argument, can any man who lay
claim to believe the bible. warp tn
passage above quoted, SOFAS to make i
teach their relieving gain by a reSurr-r
ton The very contrast existing be
tween the two classes, torbids the posi-
billy ofsuch an unwarrantable int-r
per alton. Mr.. KS closing quotation
us d in the interest Of his theory, de
mpI~hes his whole sup-rstructur- ant
Law it in rains az his feet at is ap
pop.ed unto IN N once to die" Wiz,
made this appointment "rhp Judg'
etf III the earth - Il il trup !Man'