The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-10

oI UOOS EFAce. BuJ tUdr All tnuI are
in their graves shall come forth" to
share In and to be blessed by the IA
vorable conditions which God will by
and by inaugurate.
The Bible declares that the penalty
for sin is being experienced by hui
manity at the present time-the death
penalty-and that the redemption price
of Christ's death is sufficient for the
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 come forth" 1t Is be-
cause Of the Divine intention that
there shall be resurrection of the
dead that the Bible everywhere, both
In the Old and New Testaments, speaks
Of those who have died. both good and
bad, as being asleep" and the prom
ise 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 all. On the contrary, the
First Resurrection is to be composed
Of the holy, the sanity. and they are
to be associated with their Redeemer
as his Bride and Consort, to assist In
delivering and restoring mankind.
Later the imperfect, who have not had
their full trial, the great mass of man.
kind, will be brought forth. that they
may learn the ways Of Righteousness,
that they may learn to know God, and
Jesus Christ, and in due time be up
lifted out Of the conditions of sin and
death. Then will come the time men
toned In our text, The Hereafter for
the world. How joyful is the mes
sage. "There shall be no more death.
neither sorrow, nor crying. nor dying;
for the former things have passed
away" All, how different is Gods
proposition of general uplift of the
worthy and their assistance back to
perfection-to all that was lost In
Adam. How different is this from the
doctrines Of demons" which have
perplexed us, which have divided
the Church of Christ into numberless
sects and parties, and which have al
most driven us from Christ and the
Bible.
Life, Not Immortality.
Thus we see that Gods provision In
Christ for mankind is that each indi-
vidual member Of our race may yet IL
he will, attain to everlasting life
through the merit Of Christs sacrifice,
and through the operation of his King
dom. Each may attain to all that was
lost In Adam and redeemed at Gal
vary; namely, human perfection and
Edenic blessedness. But additionally,
note the blessings which God has pro-
vided for the Church--a spiritual bless
ing, change Of nature. These are
called out now from amongst men.
that they "might be kind of first
fruits unto God of his creatures"
(James 1, 1S. These are to be royal
priesthood" associated with Christ,
now in the priestly work of sacrificing,
presenting their bodies living sacri-
fees, holy and acceptable to God.
which is their reasonable service And
when the sacrificing shall be finished.
they are to be Joined with Christ In
the glories Of his Kingdom. and share
with him In the work of blessing man
kind. These are the "elect" who, In
Gods providence. shall by and by up
lift and bless the non-elect. These are
the ones to whom will come the prom
ised "glory, honor and Immortality"
Our Redeemer brought to light, life
eternal for the world, and he alSo
brought to light Immortality for the
Church.
Let US then be glad and rejoice In
the Hereafter that God has provid-
ed, and let us search his Word more
diligently and more carefully tnan
ever, that we may know the things
which God has freely given to us.
Thus we may avail ourselves of our
present privileges and opportunities
and by and by hear the Masters "Well
done-enter thou into the joys Of thy
Lord"