The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-28
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL.
Pastor. Brooklyn
q. Tabernacle.


Allentown, Pa, March 2T.-As Chris
tendon celebrates the resurrection of
The Lord Jesus Christ. IL is arpro-
pirate that our hearts aud iulnds
should intelligentIy grasp the sIgnih-
cance or the erent COMMUNICATED. st.
Paul laid great stress upon the rcsur-
rection of the dead. declaring 'thnt III
there be no resurrection Of the dead
Mi those whom we counted as asleep
would never. have IN awakening. mud
consequently would he ms dead as nrc
brute .bcnsts. Note his emphatic state.
ment to this effect Il Corinthians TT.
!12-1s). For here ms elsewhere. his
Words eoiltradIct the thought that the
sanity dead puss Immediately to glory
and The upsalntly. to Purgatory or to
eternal torture. ga
!AccoTling to the Gospel OF Christ.
e fowhiSh St,r Paul declares that he
was not ashame the dead are to be
iesteemed a. though they were asleep
AT orestr from NIL the commotioh and
turmoil and strife. Ignorance md su-
nerstItioh and, sin and trouble Incident
to tho, present reign of sin and death.
They :,haye. truly entered into rest,
whether thrF were saints or sin,
ners. ). " hen, The time for their awak-
ching shall have. come In the Million.
NAL morning OF. Christ's reign of right
cnusncss. surrounding conditions will
lie very different from what they nrc
today. thank God! Then Satnn will
be bound. the Bible assures us REV
clntion II. 1-3l. and the ignorance and
superstition. seltishness and crime.
which have for centuries marked his
reign will gradually draw to a close.
for the glorious Messinh-king will not
permit them His reign. on the con-
trary. will be marked with the true
enlightenment of all mankind. and the
result will be. ms foretold: namely:
Every knee shall bow and every
tongue confess to the. glory of God
isaiah xiv, o3l.
Gradually the world will he brought
to nm Edcnic condition, In harmony
with the Divine promise. Indeed, this
work may be. said to be. already be-
ginning. Already. by artesian wells
and irrigation processes md highways
Of travel and good s:roads Ennd intelli.
gent cultivation. of fields. the earth be-
gins 10 bloom and the wilderness and
solitary place to. be glad, MS foretold
by IsnI1h the prophet tlsnInh x1xv. H..
Under these blessed conditions E"All
that are In. their graves shall hear the
voice OF the Son OF man and shalt come
forth Gnhniv. %. .2a)-not. nil Mt once,
but Every man in bis own order''t II
Corinthians ~. 49,. The .snlntiy he
levers, who alone. are fully. pleasing
to God. will come forth In the First.
or chief or preferable. Resurrection
come forth perfect. on the spirit plane.
like unto the angels and like unto their
glorif1ed Rcdeemer. to he his; Joint
heirs In his AfillcnniaI Kingdom nnd
Its great work OF resuscitating. in
Btructing and ruling and uplifting. all
the grooming" families OF the cnrtli
(Rnmlns Wilt, .ol. Thus will be full
filled Gods promise to the spiritual
Seed OF Abraham. "In thy Seed shall
all the families Of the earth be bless
ed" Galatians Ill. o9,. Gradually. after
dealing with the living nations to some
extent. the sleeping world Will be
awakened. EVERY man In his own
order II Corinthians ~. ::,3,.
Our Lord assures us that all except
the sanity few will come forth from
the tomb that they may have rcsur-
rectIon-a raising Zip out of sin and
death conditions to righteousness. to
the image of God that was lost by
Adam: and that eventually, IL willing
and obedient, they will receive Gods
gift Of eternal life through Jesus Christ
our Lord But the rebclliuus under
those favorable conditions. we are as
,snred, viii lie cut of from life entirely
in the Second Death tActs Ill, 1D-a3>.
In speaking of the worlds resurrcc.
rtion! our Hedecnler designates 1t res
lurrecEiqn byJ Judgments (Rev. Yer. John
IF y: 1S,r 22Ql-t 3fessiah's righteous IndG-
ments4 win ! then be abroad In the
CEotllilts a he light ,ot knowledge will bc
asa clear gasifthe MONDAY sun. Every
goodrdeeds and endearor Will receive
1tsG GraWam ana every .Wilfully. evil
deed will jEereive Establishments. cor
raftions41t TO 1the, intent tlnt they may
learn Disadvantages OF the way Of
holiness and go mp thereon to life eter-
nal, which the willing and obedient
may reach by the close Of the Millcn-
nial Age. SO .
Through the prophet Duniel the
Lord declares that ma ny Of tile world
~ who now sleep In the dust. of the
earth shall come forth unto sl1a nc and
lasting contempt. We car, readily real
lie the shame that will bc. theirs when
the light of full knowledge. shall pre-
vail and all Of their past shall stand
revealed To- themselves and TO others
In Its 'irue colors. We can we'll un-
dcrstand that this will bring contempt
to many now highly esteemed amongst