World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1907-10-31

shall hear my voice" And in
the cxv Psalm, seventeenth and
eighteenth verse, We have the
evidence, and this it is.
Tie dead praise 20, Ire icri, neither
any thu, g. down into silence.
Blu, VIC will b'ess the Lord from his !
time forth and fnr ever more. rrsise The
Lori, Psalm ll5--i7 rs.
! Looking this portion Of scrip
ture over unthoughtfully. one
would naturally come to the con,
clusion that il i, the natural dead |
that are here spoken of that !
praise not the Lord: hut this is
not tic truth. What is mcaut ia.
the living Gentle. spiritually
dead to eternal life. he praiseth
not the Lord. "Bu, wen lSayS
the Psalmis,). We will bless the
Lord for ", rmore.
OF course, in the above scrip
ture there is one phrase that sets
forth tie natural dead, which does
mot praise the Lord. Ne ithcr any
that go down into silence" these
do not praise tle Lord, and
. yet there is distinction made
in these two sentences. And
these arc they that are the Gen
tile dead. and the congregation.
;" They don't praise the Lord.
e On the other hand, the Jews
do. They praise him while in
Is tins life, and after they go to III,
I'LL grave their soul magniticth Him
III Hence, Christ was abiding I,
80 the natural living Gcntllcs wheI
u he said:
" verify. vsrily. say un o yen the hon
n. is coming. and now is, when tie den,
w shall he n the vnicr of the son ot God
Al and they tina, hear shalt live, s.. j"h
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:, This Mas n mystery to tn
Jews: thoy cuu,d ret undrrstan,
u, how that the dead were 10 .hra
-, His voice, and then Jesus says t,
them:
Marvel not N this. for the boar
Nc coming. in III, which Nil that are in III
IA. g'ays shall hear his v"irr,
us Aud shat! come f. rlh' they that HAY
cr. ,.o,r good, unto HE resurrection u
M life; anl lncy tina; have dome evil, IN,
an /. resurrection Of d,mna'ion, s. j N
ito ) -.S go
,w Now, in tlis language OF oil
oul Inrd l!r had reference to His Il.
md par.urc from thi.; life tothat vas
-" world hryond, where lie was I
,o., preach to the spirits in prison
,oa Commnn,atol Say that Chris
49,, through Noah, preached to tho>
o. Spirils in prison, but that idea
T. contrary ,o the teachings of III
w Bible: tor Christ says: I'll
49,. time will come, whcnthoSr in II
a.. graves shall hear" etc: by th
=, you sec that in Nuah's day III
~, thing had not Is yet been, but I'll;
the time was vet to come, say
, our Lord. In the Old TeS'amci
scriptures We lave a good man
,. evidence showing that the tin
~ would come when those in Il
graves should hear the voice
w. God. In Ezekiel thirty .cveu'
chapter, twelfth and thirternt
49,. verses We have these words;
'''' Tmrefuic rfophes, aud .ay un'o the
'" THUS sa'h the lord Gn,l, l,rhrlt o.
ptor'c. | vii! "rgn Your graves. u,
lies, .,.,
:, aud hiring voU into the land II israel
''" Aud ,G Shall know ,hn, | Am ,
't'"' Lrd when hav" oprncd ',ur grs,
q ~ people AUD ,Iadrir Won ~ ,
AL, OF ,oui graves. l2a ",-l,-,3
h,, And in Hosea thirteenth cha
ter and fourteenth Verse, Il
, a.. Lord says,
WILKINSON thea frnm tho pow
% The grave will fcd.tm them fr
death. g desih wi be thy plaques.
Bal
grave will be Vi, dc.irric'inr. rem
tancs shall b. hid from min- T.,
ca ;,
Hosra. Is IA
hear This is strong proof ,howi
that the time OF the luliil,mcnt
'"c these prophecies hid not
u" J" been, and that Noah was not
'o' who preached to the dcnar,
spirits. And inordcr to find ,
mill when tn" dead heard his 70
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