The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1904-03-11

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heaven and earth to witness that Jeho-
va, God, 1.-THE only Potentate. The
King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, He
only hath Immortality" 1st Tim. CID
16. Oh, Paul, most reverend sir, Dost
tell us then that death ends all? that
the dread sleep, is endless sleep9 Nay,
nay, my son, "for as in Adam all die
even so in Christ shall all be made
alive,n 1st Cor. 15-21-22. Belt known
unto thee that the Christians only
hope rests upon a resurrection of the
dead, for, eff there be no resurrection
of the dead, then they which sleep in
Christ are perished," 1st Cor. 1918.
crave your pardon Paul, but if they
who sleep in Christ be now in heaven
and playing on golden harps before
the throne of God, as men do teach,
how canst thou say of them, ''They
are perished," if there be no resurrec-
ton of the dead? Why should they
concern themselves about resurrec-
ton of this vile body and second I'M
ion Herewith if their lives be already
cast in such pleasant places? Son of
man, as King David has truely said SO
say I, "The dead do not praise the
Lord, neither any that go down into
silence" Pisa. 115-17. ''For there is
no knowledge, nor wisdom, nor device,
in the grave whittier thou goest." The
children of men do greatly err in this
matter. The state of the dead between
death and the resurrection is calm
and dreamless sleep and its duration
tho it may span long centuries is to
the comprehension of the subject but
the flash of a sunbeam, the twinkle of
an eye.
Solomon, thou son of David, upon
whose kingly brow doth wisdom sit
enthroned, give us of thy knowledge
concerning this matter. Son of man,
as has been said, so say !, 1.-The living
know that they shall die, but the dead
know anything" Feel. 90. Their
work has ceased, no device have they,
nor knowledge, nor wisdom. These
belong to life. Death is forgetfulness,
"a land of darkness as darkness itself,
without order and where the light is as
darkness
Father Job, thou who art famed
among men for thy patience and low
ing kindness, Do Gods people take
on mantle of wisdom at death? Do
they still watch over the destinies of
their children and loved ones on earth
while enthroned in the high courts of
Heaven as men do teach? Son of man,
your teachers are blind and do greatly
err, For man dieth and returneth to
his earth, in that very day his thoughts
perish,o Pisa. 1854 His sons come
to honor and he knoweth it not. They
are brought low but he perceiveth it
not of them,n Job. 14-2l.
Isaiah, thou faithful Prophet of the
most high God, what testimony thou
dost give concerning the estate of the
dead? "The grave cannot praise thee
(God), death cannot celebrate thee.
They that go down into the pit cannot
hope for thy TRUTH" lisa. 38-1s. Son of
man, the Prophets of God know
nothing of an immortal soul in man as
present possession, nor of life for
the dead between death and the resur-
rection. Let your sages and wise men
seek wisdom at the feet of little child
which mourns the loss of fond and
loving mother and refuses to be COM
forted because she is not. Mortal
man, go. Say not to those who
mourn, The dead still lives. Seek not
with pagan lies and groundless fables
to comfort those who weep. But
rather point with joyful hope to resur'
rection's glorious morn and shout
with us the gladstone truth: '"Thy
dead men shall live, together with my
dead body shall they arise. Awake
and sing, we that dwell in the dust, for
the earth shall cast out the dead,n
lisa. 26-l9
Then he who is my King raised up
his voice and said, Fear not, am
the first and the last; | am he that
liveth and was dead, and behold | am
alive for evermore, Amen, and have
the keys of hades and of DEATH
Rev. 1-l7-lS. Behold, with these keys
| will come in due time and open wide
the doors of the grave, and let down
the bars of hades; | will say to death,
Give up, and to the enemy, hold thou
not back, and my voice shall they
heed and come forth, my sons, and
my daughters, out from the land Of
silence, GLOOM: and forgetfulness
Out from under the hand of the enemy
shall they come with leaps and shouts
of joy and gladness, for have / moi
said, "Oh death, will be thy plague
oh e,rava I will ha tbu 1aot.not;o,, !,