The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-03

soul. II was not Adams body merely
that was punished With death but It
was his sonl. which involved the body
and every power Adaw possessed. All
of his children have shared with him
in his fall. in his death.
Gods provision for the salvation OF
mankind Is that "As by man came
death [not eternal tormentl. by Il man
[the man Christ Jesus comes also the
resurrection OF the dead. For as all
in Adam die. so all in Christ shall be
made alive q Corinthians Ky, 22l
Tho Redemption Price Given.
Not only do the Scriptures clearly
set forth that the wages of Sin Is
death and that thus death passed upon
the entire human race IRomnns V, III.
but they also set forth that the re-
demptlon price which Jesus gave was
death-"He poured out His soul unto
DEATH" He made His soul an Offering
for sin 0salsh iii. 10. l2).
As result, "in due time" there will
come resurrection Of the dead, both
of the just and OF the unjust. BY he
inst IL meant those justified and
brought into harmony with God
through faith In Christ. BY the Wjust
is meant all others. Thus the Church
will shaie In the First Resurrection
with Christ; these are the Elect of the
Scriptures. Their resurrection and
complete change of nature has already
begun in them through the begetting
of the Holy Spirit.
They will be like the angels and like
Christ, who is the express image OF
the Fathers person. Like God and the
angels they. as spirit beings. will be
Invisible to mankind These with
their Lord and Head will set up the
Kingdom of God--the Messinnic King
dom. "They will live and reign with
Christ thousand years" These are
the sanity ones. class recognized by
Catholics and Protestants, by Luther.
Calvin and Wesley. All are agreed re-
specting such class. The entire point
of discrimination Is respecting the
masses OF our race for whom Christ
died and for all of whom the various
creeds provide torments untellable, un-
thinkable.
The Non Elect to Be Blessed.
Brothers Luther. Calvin and others,
when they smashed purgatory as un-
scriptural should have said. I'VE do
not know where those poor creatures
are whom we so long supposed were
In purgatory." They should not have
felt it incumbent upon them 10 enlarge
he'll and to put the thousands of mil
lions out of purgatory into It, But. as
matter OF fact, they all are In hell;
the difference IL that 1t Is the hell Of
the Biblc-the grave. the unconscious
state of death. and not place of suf-
fering and torture.
Do not the Scriptures repeatedly tell
you that the dead fa1 ds,ccpP st.
Paul writes OF those who fell asleep
in Christ: and again. OF those who
"sleep In Jesus aud again that all
would sleep except those saints who
would be changed IN Il moment. Mt the
second coming of Messiah Do not we
read that St. stephen. stoned to death
| fell Gslcopp Did not Jesus say. Our
| friend Lazarus sleepeth." and aubsc'
quently explain his meaning saying.
Lazarus IL deud!S DO we not read
that abraham slept with his IA
thers." and 40 of the kings and proph-
cts and all, good and bad? Abra.
| hams fathers. Icing heather. more
will claim that they sleep in heaven.
Our Catholic friends Will not claim
that they sleep in purgatory, and sure.
ly nobody would claim that they could
| sleep IN eternal torture. Where, then.
do they sleep. and for how long? The
| Bible answers. They that sleep Ia The
dust Of the earh shall awake" Daniel
| xii. q. The Bible tells uS that the
weeping. signing and dying of the
present time will give place to II giOrl-
GUS morning Of better things. the resur
rection morning.
Not UnveraaIism, but Universal op.
portunity.
Pastor Russell dsclnims Universal.
ism; he cannot find II IN the Bible. e.sc
| He WOulu lItuCl IT, ilc uhuH 'ht pln''
to teach universal opportunity fol
salvation and everlasting life. but that
the gift OF God, eternal life.. VIII be
given only TO those who will avail
themselves Of the opportunity Upon
all others will come the wages OF SIN
namely. death Those who sin wilful
ly. preferrlng wrong to right. after be
ing granted full opportunity for refor
nation. will be destroyed In the Nee
ond Death. utterly. as ST. Peter de
clares, like natural. brute beasts Ql
Peter II, 12l.
Heaven on Earth BY end BY.
II was not in vain that the Redeemel
taught us TO pray. Thy KlBgdom
come Thy will be done on earth as II
is done in heaven" That glorious time
will come when, as the Prophet de
clnres. Every knee shall bow and ev
cry tongue confess Messiah; and whcr
the knowledge Of the Lord shall I'LL th'
whole earth, as the waters cover tll'
great deep; ana when none shall neel
longer to say 90 his nelghbor and his
brother. Know thou the Lord. becaus'
NIL shall know Him." Then "they
thall build houses aud inhahit them