The Newtown bee., 1907-07-26

Eccies 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as It was; aud the spirit unto God who gave it.
 It is true that the spirit returns o word is said abuut Is heinz innrn I'll ai Now let us turn to Eccls-> 3:l9.: .r.. that which befalleth the sous uf lii l b fitl.tli beasts; even one thing be- falielh them as the ne dieth so dietl other: yea, they have all on. b ,.at!. so that man hath prom w. see ny this passage that man has no pr-eminence above 8 beast as far d, life is concerned, for all have one br..Ail, or spirit. But theology teaches that the dead know more than the living.
 The kible declares 'sThat the dead | know not anything" Eccles 9:5- The ology teaches that the thoughts ot men live on after death.
 The. Bible declares afhat (man's) his l breath ge eth fo~lh, he returneLh to his earth: in that very day his thoughts | perish.'' Psa. l46:4. Theology teaches us that departed saints are now prais- | ing the Lord.
 l The Bible declares that The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that l int s3 11T.17s' "For in death there is no remembrance of thee in the grave who shall give | thee thanks ?'' Psa.. 6:5. Theology teaches that the apostles went to be with Christ at death. N
 Christ declares. "As I said to the Jews, whither go, ye cannot come; 1893
 Paul said to the Hebrews, 9:24 s'For Christ is not entered into the holy place made with hands, which are the figure of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.'' As no man.except the high priest could enter the holy place under the law (which was 8 figure o1 the true where Jesus now isl, so Jesus told the Apostles that they could moi go to be with him, but he has promised to come again and receive them unto himself. John 14:3.
 But some teacE that the coming o1 the Lord is at death, and that is al the coming there is.
 Let us read the following "And- tt
 you that are troubled, rest with u,
 when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed
 from heaven with his mighty angel them that know not God and obey no the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
 who shall be punished with everlastin, destruction from the presence of tn
 Lord and from the glory of his power
 When he shall come to be gloritied il
 his saints, and to admire in all then
 that believe" 2 Thes. 1:7-1O,
 :sAnd then shall appear the sign o
 the Son of Man in heaven, and the1 shall all the tribes of the earth mourn
 and they shall see the Son of Maj
 coming in the clouds of heaven witt
 power and great glory.
 'sAnd he shall send his angels witt
 great sound of a trumpet, and the
 shall gather together his elect iron the four winds from one end of heave . to the other" Matt. 24:3O, 31.
 s.Behold, he cometh with clouds, an,
 every eve shall see him, they also whfcl pierced him, and all kindreds of tn earth shall vail because of him Rev IL 1:7.
 For want of space we only quot q these three references. but there ar It many more similar ones. Now let m u ask, do all these things take place ever e they do not, and it is absurd in the ex IS treme to say that death is alf ti1 a second coming of Christ there is. Ru
 there is one passage in the Bible tha d says that we shall not surely die. Yo % will find it in Gen. 3:4 '*And the SCI e pent said unto the woman, ye shall no l. surely die.'' Our Lord pronounced hir if (the devil, of which the serpent wa is an agent,) liar from the beginning d Gen. 3:4) is evidently what our LOT - referred to, as this is the first lie O record that he told. II Shall we believe that we do not surel
 die, which is statement of the devil
 or shall we believe God, as recorded fl
 Gen, 2:17, "Thou shalt surely die ? II But theology teaches us that tn
 death pronounced upon Ada m was spiritual death. If that is so univer
 sal salvation is true, for Paul says Cor. 15:22, " For as in Adam, all dit
 even Spiritually ? So in Christ shal
 all be made alive Spiritually ??