The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-28
.CHRIST-S
ASCENSION FROM
'"-He led forth multitude Of

attained tie shame of the simperfectInn
Will gradually nhatc. while ali of the
shameless will be destroyed in the
Second Death Thus we see the sDi-
vine Purpose OF the resurrection OF. the
dead and our glorious hope. far differ
emf from al! the fears that were taught
us By the mnsty traditions Of men,
from the dark ages" And thus We
see the force OF the Apostles words
that IL there be no resurrection Of tic
dead our hope Is vain. our faith is
vain Il Corinthians Ky, 1870. -
E "But Now Is Christ Risen" Is
= The Apostle argues. .-.If the dead rise
not" II that is an imposslbillty 80 far.
as the world In general Is concerned.
then 1t Is Hi impossibIlity so far rs
Christ Is concerned. Aud IF Christ
be not rlscn." then all hope. all faith.
Is Fain. And all preaching is not only
foolish. but worse tSce ! Corinthians
". 40 But now Is Christ risen from
the dead and become the first fruits
OF them that slept The mere awnk-
eninS from sleep, rs In the case OF
Lazarus; Dorcas aud others. IL here
left out OF tho question. Nothing In
counted rs resurrection except the
full, complete raising tup. out of death.
Our Lord was the FIRST that should
rise from the dead t4,cts XVI. 23). In
this full%sense. And tic. was Il first
fruits. OF proof, that othcrs still sleep
Ing will come forth by Divine Power
to he exercised by him IN the rrsur-
rection eniorning-tlfe afflicnnfai morn-
ing. The. Church will be the next H..
order-she is TO be tic Bride.Consort
of the Great King and 10 participate,
With him In his glorious work OF UP
lifting the rnce which fell from the
Divine image, Into sin and death
through father. Adam. The rclemn-
tion-prlcc has been provided tn the
deuth of Jesus; and the time. for be-
ginning the grent. work OF PROSTITUTION
Of all things" merely waits until the
completion of tile election of the saint
~ Church ,tActs Ill. 10-aD.
Christ Arose From Hades.
Preaching on the Day OF rentccost.
st. Peter declares that God raised
Christ from the dead. Then In proof
that this was The Divine Intention
from the beginning. be quotes from
the prophetic Psalm OF Dnvid. Thou
shalt not leave my soul In hell" The
Apostles quotation (Acts H. aTI is In
the Greek. In which the word hell lis
hddes. His quotation Is from the He
brew..:in which THE word hell Is ,shcol-
the only word rendered hell through
out the entire oldETestalncnr.
:, nm not stutifiE this as something
new. although -aln confident that 1t
Is new. to many Of my hearers and 10
many of the eighteen millions who Will
rend my discourse In tomorrow MORN
ing's papers. For the sake OF such. I
note the '>fnct that iii the morning Of
our Lords resurrection. lie said TO
Mary. Touch me not: for l. am not
yet assembled to my Father and Your
Father: to my God. and your God
John 11,r1Tl. L remind Them further
Of the language OF the .so-cnlled Apos-
ties Greed. which Ii coming more and
more Into vogue with all dcnunllnn-
tons and which declares. HE de-
scended into hell and rose again the
third day." In aversion of this creed
published by. the Presbyterian Board
OF Publication of Philadelphia, a foot
note very properly explains that the
word hell here used, is. in the Grccli,
hndes. which signifies the state or con-
dltion OF death. ~; -.t
consider this n very important mat
ter. whichsL should be Emnde widely
known, because Of the false conception
OF hell handed down to us through our
crceds formulated In the ozark ages"
and since a misinterpretation of shcoi
and hdfcs has been given to the pub.
lie mind-tle Impression that these
words, signify n place of torture. All
this Is wholly false. as every Greek
and Hebrew scholar knows. and, II
cross-questioned. will admIt. 1t is an
important. question 10 the public be-
cause this misconceptions of the NEAL
Ing of the word hell Is driving hum
dreds. yea. thousands. away from God
and away from the Bible They cor
rectlr reason TINT the teaching TINT
our Creator foreknewl and Intended
heli.of torture for bis creatures Is be-
Eond conception. beyond belief. and,
could be. so unjust, sunkind. ,unlovinE.
It Is time that all sucl, should see that,
the fnult lies with the crccds and not
with the Blble-thnt tile Bible teaches
q hell. sheoi. hndcs. into which, all go.
both good and bud, and from which all.
will be called forth In, the resurrection;
morning by the great Redecmer.
Leading Captivity Captive
Z. A better translation reads, '"Onr. Lord
assembled oil high leading multitude Of
cnptiEcs." These, words nrct n pen pic
turc representing n great King as ii
Conqueror returning from n victory
over an opponent, The victor rode in
churiot at the head of the process
sion. surrounded by trlmpets and nc
Chalmers. and behind him followed the
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