The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-05-11

living now i'll time of great falling
away from the faith: few intelligent
people any longer believe in the Bible
our colleges and univprSitCS-and. sad
to say. our theological Summaries are
busy turning out NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Nor are these people wicked or immor-
III in their uuhplef: they are as welt
meaning as ever. but have lost their
way. They reject the Bible because
they believe it To bn the fDHHdgfi0H Of
the various Inconsistencies in their
creeds; they are stumbling for lack of
| knowledge: they cannot believe that
mans hereafter is one of centuries of
suffering, or Of eternal suffering.
Seeking the Old Faiths,
The Lord. through the Prophet Jcre-
miah. tells his people to Inquire for
the old paths aud this is the appro-
pirate lesson for each IF us We Go,
indeed, need to discard the creeds Of
the past, not because they contain
nothing of truth, hut because error
commip@lcs in them to such degree
as to make them pprverSouS Of truth
as Il whole We need to take or the
creedal spectaclps with which we have
hitherto been studying Gods Word.
and come to the Bible afrcsh. to hear
its message. Thus coming, many OF
us have been surprised rs we have
found its purity and consistency and
harmony with itself. We have already
minated the Bible view OF mans
death sentence. and the Bible prescn-
tation that Christ died for our redemp-
ton. and the Bible assurance that as
a consequence, in due time" the
knowledge of the glory of God shall
fill the whole earth" We have also
the Bible assurance that not merely
the living will profit by the provision
Of Gods grace. but that "al that are
in their graves shall come forth" to
share in and to be blessed by the ia
vorablc conditions which God will by
and by inauguittc.
The Bible declares that the penalty
for sin is being experienced by hu
mainly at the present time-the death
penalty and that the redemption price
sins of the whole world. 1t declares
that on account of this redemption,
ultimately the resurrection Of the dead
shall take place-"all that are in their
graves shall hear the voice of the Son
Of Man and como forth" 1t is be-
cause of the Divine intention that
there shall be Il resurrection of the
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in the Old and New Restaurants. speaks
of those who have died. both good and
bad. as being asleep" and the prom
Use is that They that sleep in the
dust of the earth shall awake"
Nor will they come forth to similar
conditions of sorrow that now sur
round us ali. On the contrary. the
First Resurrection is to be composed
of the holy. the sanity. and they are
to be associated with their Rpdocmcr
as his Bride ANA Consort. to assist in
delivering and restoring mankind.
Later the imperfect, who EavC not had
their full trial. the %rr"l ulHHH ut man
kind, will b. hruuGAt form. that t;'ry
may learn the ways Of Righteousness
that they may learn to EnnW GOD. ana
Jesus Christ, ana in AGr time he up.
lifted out Of the conditions or sin and
death. Then Wiz rump tAr time mrl-
TONED in ou1 text |hc Hereafter for
The world iio" ioy.a. is the ines
sage. "fllrre $,ia.l hr no morn death.
neither sorrow. uur ctEi@ nor dying;
for the former thugs have passed
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proposition of ;; general uplift of the
worthy AND th2i" assistance back to
pcrfcction-tu all that was lost in
Adam. How different is this from the
"doctrines of Gpm0HS." which have
perpleXpd Us. WHICH have divided
the Church Of Christ into numbcreSs
Sects ana parties, ana which nave al
most driven Us from Christ and the
Bible.
Life, Net Immortality.
Thus we see that Gods provision in
Christ for mankind is that each indl-
vidual member of our race may yet. If
he will, attain to everlasting life
through the merit OF Christ's sacrifice
and through the operation Of his King
dom Each may attain to all that was
lost in Adam and redeemed ut Cat
vary; namely, human perfection and
Edeuic bleSsednesS. But additionally
note the blessings which God has pro-
vided for the Church--a spiritual bless
ing. Il change of nature These are
called ont now from amongst men,
that they might be kind of first.
fruits unto God of his creatures
DANES j. lS'. These are to be Il royal
priesthood. associated with Christ,
now in the prioStly work Of sa"ri!ic1ng
presenting their bodies living SayrI-
fees, holy and acceptable to God.
which is their reasonable service Aud
when the sacrificing shall be finished.
they are to he joined with Christ in
the glories of his Kingdom. and share
with him IN The work of blessing mau.
kind. These are the elect vino, n
Gods providence shall by and by NJ
lift and bless the n0u-eect. These arr
the ones to whom VIII come the prom
ised glory. honor and immortality.
Our ReGpemer brought to light. lite
eternal for the world. and he also
brought to light immortality for the
Church.
Let us then be glad and rejoice in
the "Hcreaftrr" that God has proyic
ed. aud let rs search his Word mor,'
diligently ana more carefully than
ever. that we may know the things
which God has freely given to rs