The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-25
cause we, have found out that there Is

| cause VIC have found out that there Is
| no such place as Purgatory.
After conferences, seriously dsikina
| TO make out Gods character worse than
| they formerly supposed, they said under
| Purga tory and quickly put them into q
| hell OF eternal torture and say as little
about the matter as possible. They were
greatly relieved when long headed Brother
| John Calvin explained TO them about tho
mere handful going to heaven and the
great mass going to eternal torture. He
explained That God had foreordsined and
predestined these awful results-thai lie
might show his wisdom and his power.
AS to
Love divine. all love cxcelling.''
Brother Calvin seems never to have
thought Of that. Brother Wesley and 9th
ical did stand up for and declare the
love of God, even though rather absurdly
they claimed that he was neither wise
enough nor powerful enough to do more
than rescue mere handful OF Adam s
race from the eternal torture to which
they thought God damned them all be-
cause OF the disobedicnce I'm Eden.
In the light Of our better, Bibles and
BIble study helps and minds freed from
the ignorance and supersttions of the
past VIC may understand the apostle 8
words and find in them, not only justice
and love, but harmony and beauty. In
stead OF all mankind going to eternal
torment for Adams siI. all go into the
Bible hell. the grave, on account of his
sin-and all of the mental, moral and
physical blemishes OF our race are a. part
OF this heredity.
future life, good or bad, had not God
In his mercy provided the Savor-the
LIRE -Giver: as the Syriac renders the
word. In Gods due time he set before
his son tho opportunity of becoming mans
redeemer. The Logos was made flesh
John l., 14) and obediently gave him
self in death-"tasted death for every
man." As by one mans disobedience
sentence n all nf
the race, even SO by the obedience of tho
man Christ Jesus unto death justification
TO life passed for all of that race. Now
we see the wise reason for permitting the
sentences to pass through one mans dis
obedience to all OF his posterity. 1t was
in order that one sacrifice for sin might
make possible the reconciliation of the
entire race.
Now read our text and drink in its
depths and beauty and force, The res
direction Of mankind from the sin and
death and tomb condition 10 the fun per-
fection and image OF God from which
the race fell is the salvation which God
has provided for all. Whoever will fail
to attain the full recovery from sin and
death conditions will have himself to
blame because OF rejection of the glor-
ious arrangements which God made in
and through Christ
1.-The First Resurrection
God divides the salvation of mankind
into two parts-the church to spirit
ture and the world to perfected human
nature, The first he is accomplishing
during this gospel age; the second he
Will accomplish through Christ and the
church during Messiah's reign OF thou
sand years.
The church, the little flock" of saints
called. tried. tested, in the narrow way
during this age, are to constitute the
first resurrection" class and to become
''the bride OF Christ" "thc church OF the
first -borns." These are to be associated
with the great redeemer In his future
work. These shall be like him. changed
from earthly TO heavenly nature and
The kingdom of Cod under
the whole heavens will be inauSurated
after the glorlfication OF the church and
then VIII begin the blessing, the saliva
ton, the uplifting, the resurrecting of
in General-from sin and death
but TO perfect earthly conditions.
All the willing and obcdicnt shall be
blessed by the great life -giver who
eighteen centuries ago died. the just for
since, has been selecting the bride class.
With his bride he will reign TO bless
the world, TO make the whole earth
beautiful. AS ii is written. II Will make
the place OF my feet glorious" The
whole earth will then be as the Garden
Of Eden and tho restored race like our
perfect first parents. But as for the in
telllgently wicked. we read. "All the
wicked Will he destroy" psalm cXlv. 20).
He will not preserve them in torture or
death, But none will die the second
death for Adams transgression- Christ
died for that transgression and will re-
lease Adam and all his race thercfrom.
for every wilful transgresslon and give
stripes or puDishments therefor to teach
them TO love righteousness and To hate
iniquity (Acts iii. 1929.