The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-13

Adam in that sense, so all men are to
be raised in Christ, and are likewise to
share in the benefits of the resurrection.
1t is the fact of universal resurrec-
ton that engages the apostles thought.
1t is the vision of victorious Christ,
recalling to life all who were the pro-
geny of the first Adam, that occupies
his mind in this celebrated passage.
The one fact is made to balance the
other. GAS in Adam all die''-this is
the first declaration-the mortality of
the race in Adam; next comes the COM
panion declaration, "EvEN so, in Christ
shall all be made alive" The same
"alr' that in the one case are subject
to the law of nature, which can not be
reversed, are, in the resurrection, "made
alive in Christ" "Au," says Stanley,
quoted by DR.. Paige, sis to be taken
without exception, as in Rom. XII, 80.
''The apostle is not thinking of the fate
''Of the wicked, but of the universal
Glove of God and the universal power of
"Christ. Shall be made alive must, ac-
"cording to the general use of the word,
"be taken Of resurrection to life eter-
"nal."
Augustin's rule, now quoted by DIR.
Schaff, will not answer the require
ments of the case. 1t is not the fact
that mo one is quickened in a spirit
ual body save in Christi that is in con-
troversy; but the "all" that die in
Adam, and the 'all'' that are made
alive in Christ. The apostles declara-
ton is shorn of its main point when
what is universal in. one branch of his
statement is limited for any reason in
the other. Augustin would teach
that only those ''in Christi are quick
ened as spiritual bodies. But as all
assuredly die in Adam, the balance is
not perfect unless the same ''all'' are
made alive in Christ. "EvEN So"
says the apostle. This is the connect
ing link in the argument, and the last
statement is needed to harmonic with
the declaration of the first. What
ever was beyond in the apostles
thought, it is clear that he regarded
that the race who died in Adam, who
were made subjects of human mortality
in him, were also to be made subjects
of the resurrection in Christ.
"There is no necessity" remarks DR..
Paige, "to rely on this passage for proof
'of the condition into which mankind
''shall be raised. That proof is found
Gin verse 24-28. See also Matt. xxi,
1902. Luke Xxx, "a SO. Their con-
EDITION may be, and probably is, init
''mated here; yet the great fact an
''nounced is simply that all shall be
made alive from the dead. With this
''we may be well content especially as
'the apostle proceeds in what follows
Ito disclose fully his ideas of that state
''into which mankind shall be raised.''
Universalists, we may say to DR..
Schaff, are not anxious, and never have
been anxious, to read anything into this
passage, beyond what the Apostle clear
ly states. AS it teaches, however, the
resurrection in Christ of all who die in
Adam, there seems to be very good
reason for believing that the passage
with its context is a clear intimation
that the doctrine of universal salvation
rests upon a Scriptural basis. DIR. Schaff
will not, we hope, accept the conclu-
sion that after the race are made alive
in and by the power of Christ, no bet
ter fate awaits the majority of those
thus raised than to be made subjects of
the devil and cast into eternal darkness.
If this were so, it would be but mock
cry to extend to them the benefits of
the resurrection in Christ. In fact,
there could be no benefit accruing I'M
der such circumstances.