The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-17
ANOTHER LIFE
HELD LOGICAL
DR.. B. H. Burton, Noted Bible
Student. Delivers Lecture
on Resurrection.
GODS ECONOMY POINTS
TO LIFE AFTER DEATH
Not Necessary That Lower
Forms of Life Should Be
Resurrected.

Two interesting lectures, ono In the
afternoon ON the Resurrection another
in The evening on The Divine ran
wore delivered Yesterday by D. H. Bur
ton of Philadelphia. Penn, follower oi
Pastor Russell OF the Brooklyn taber-
naclc. at the Knights OF Columbus haH'
l37 East FIrs, South street MY. Bur
ton arrived IN Salt Lake SATURDAY even
ing and viii leave for Riverside Ia'--
this morning Mr. Burton IS promlnen. Il.
lecturer. having spent ihe iast .S" ,,,e",s
IN travelling and disseminating nlS NIG~s,
s iaTcc audience gathered to hear MN
at the afternoon lecture
Reason tells MS tha' there must Old oe a
Cod" said he such n universe couIn
not merely happen by chance ana tie
power and wisdom Of n creator ~ i'la!.
tested in the works OF ihis worlu,, ~ ~
purpose o. II reasonable and gooG anH
uise Cod must be 81 resurrection. "
such is not the case IL would Imply ina, ma,
God was not all poweEfu!, tIa. iis ;is u11 M
not have the power 10 40 arrange ne. os
that he was not loving enough 10 raise
the dead.
To Live Again Logical
Then there is another basis for sur SUP
posing that there is resurrection. E.u
periences in ibis lfe that would prove o;
great benefit could we live again. are
all these experiences in vain!
1T Is not necessary that there snoulo
be n resurrection Of trees or dogs he
cause the new tree OF the new dog rs rs
gooG as the old. Tic human race mas a
great need for resnTTectlon,, isTaSIa sho,Ia
be- That must come by revelation. ny
the Eihlc II is n strange thing that hui
very few Christian PEOPLE have any ny s"unn 0onr..
fact. They do no; consider when the
resurrection IS 20 take place.
Most people believe the resmrrec'iIn ION
takes place immediately following INC
moment Of death. There is no Sro1nos
for such a supposition In the word OF Goa: COO
Resurrection is always spoken OF n the
Plh'c a alvnVS in the future. The SAVIOR
said ne would prepare q place and then
come again To gather in the flock: Inc
resurrection Will come at the SECOND com
ing OF Christ.
Dead Know Not Time.
sThe question arises. What is the state
condition Of lie. The dead are not alive
but they remain dead until the resur-
reciion The dead have no consclousness
OF the lapse OF time. If they have been
dead fer 5000 years. il Will bc as mo-
rucnt. They Will die and after a seeming
second 5 pause of time, Will awake at the
sciousness of time They are dead,
This x a comforting view. Picture to
Yourself the mother who has lost child
few months old. is no comfort 20
her 20 believe the child Is flying around
In heaven. II Is a comfort to her to know
that the child is dead. that she VIII pc
the child vii! be laid in her arms. 1ust
as i; was taken away from her Such
a thought is very comforting.
There is another thing. People speak
OF the dcathbed visions Of loved ones who
appear TO be looking into heaven and
hearing heavenly music. are we soinE
10 build our faith on deathhed visions OF
on the word Of Cod
Death Bed Visions.
such visions often come to the sick
person while he is in a state OF delirium.
When "A sick mans mind wandcrs on
business matters or on trim 10 Europe
but II he sees visions OF heaven IL Is i'm
medlately concluded that his soul is saved
and that he is going TO heaven at once.
But / do not believe the ma joriIy Of
persons who dcathbed visions are
delirious at times. / believe they listen
10 their imacinings because no one mas
dcRthbed visions who is not expecting to
be overtakcu- by death and whose mind
is not dwelling upon an immediate resur-
rcction-
And again, all see what they were
taught to expect The Indian secs the
happy hunting grounds and tho buffalo
AL men see as they have been taught
his wives because he has been taught
10 see that we must not build our fai;h
on deathbed Visions
Evening Address,
In the evening Mr.. Burton spoke upon
The Divine Plan" and enlarged upon
earlier talk. laying special stress upon
the Bible reference to an earthly resur =
rection OF large part OF the race. He
considered such passages those In
Ezekiel 10: where certain peoples were
10 return 10 their former state. proved
this. as their former state had been that
OF men and women this earth and
the prayer where Jesus taught us to
ask God that the time would come when
HIS will should be done on earth even
as II is now In heaven
lie further expressed the belief that
many had been too ready to give literal
meaning TO passages which were highly
fisuratirs. This was the way the idea
OF everlasting torture had come to be
accepted b. so many as Scriptural
doctrine No one could ever be wicked
enough 10 justly deserve such d diaboiical
eternity. and no earthly court ever
among the cmi-ciYiliZod. would think OF
inflicting such punishment. and yet
men had believed God would allow this
as the portion OF millions Of his poo,
creatures. Mr.. Burton believes that God
Is 30 good and wise that no one could
overestimatc His goodness but nianS
have underestimate IL. He showed thai
according TO his views the word hell
was simply another term for the deatl
state. and was not "A conscious state oi
torture.