The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-17

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the mighty works ofiihe Esalher Hsa
Hesh. His humanity wna gIAtually laid
down sacritIcialis. In harmony with
the Divine providences He drank .tile
cup which: Tie Father poured Tor Him
Divine Power nrsoahs From hs Dead
the Great Shepherd. q Il
This Easter Sunday celebrate les the
momentons event Of our Lords resur.
rection from the dead. His resurrec.
lion lis either II truth or u falsehoodi
In ourtext st. Paul assures us TINT II
tits untrue. our fa!.t. oari hopes. oal
preaching and teachings are OF nourail
useless. IL the resurrection of 4 he
dead IL impossible. then the resurrec
ton Of Jesus was Impossible If lie
resurrection Of Jesus did n ot; take
place. then We have no proof. and no
ground for believing. TINT Dlviue pow.
er could iresurrect the Church. II u.
vine Power brought asain from ihc
dead the great Shepherd OF The sheepss'
It is Jehovah also who will bring rs
from the dead by Jesus. In Gods due
time. q X. slli.s y r {
Let none avoid the question! Let NIL
decide at once: Either We believe III a
resurrection from the dead. or we do
not believe In It. IL The resurrection
ben myth then. says the a postle. all
those who, fell asleep With faith In
Christ are perishcd-they are not FL
heaven, Purgntory nor, eternal torment.
II we believe in the resurrection of,the
dead. both Of the Just and the unjust.
then, logically. ne must believe that
they are dead, except In lie Divine
promise. purpose. encouragement. The
decision Of this resurrection question
Is "a most momentpns one. as It a fleets
practically every doctrlne OF the Chris,
titan Church. II we get straight The
doctrine oftheiRdnsonl effected through
the Redeemer. and the doctrine OF the
Resurrection of the dend. nil OF our doc.
trtnes vii! fall Into line. and all Of our
absurdlties. which have troubled us SO
long: will fall out OF The way. and all
Of the Scriptures will be found bar.
monious in teaching Divine Justice,
Wisdom. Love md Power.
Christ tho First: Fruits.
"But now, Is Christ risen. from the
dead and become the frst:fruits Of
them TINT slept" verse o0l. AN. thank
God. the Apostle did mot mean to In
ssinuate the possibility OF .our Lord
not having risen. Merely. he ,woaid
put the question that we might. see
how weig6ty Is the subject-how much
depends Oh the.answer. He exultantIy
answers. Christ Is rlseilr we re.
yjolce In this for seyernireasons. First.
how sud It would be II he who laid
aside His glory md was made fssh
and tnsted death on otlr5bebalf, should
have iost By Ills loyal elidpivor %
serve US nnd ;to do the. Fathers wllif
ltbai sie WI iofTiEsal} sa hs0 IL a the
flesh. with the loss of Hls heu venlS
aglegSs bl5 Observation-Disclosures
aqb9ye ah Nhersf ands paHrRer Of .ille
divine :patnres, Takr-aiHa &,
Secondlys@e; ures Ktaas M our o&!p WI
account, and aOn account or all ma,i.
ikind:.fori ifrourSll.ortf Jesus had sTlSt
tbeen rraIseqA from tithes idead 81 would
F., hayesDrovsnl one!o fttwui thinRstieltRer
that Hc.lt1,fd tmototpen taithfai-,ii.Ito
ttheH Divine astandned. elnldsitherefnrel
ethut'Hls life coildnot itetl satisfaction,
5d1r the hnsfdh1lije lbsi.lfhGldam!i 81 ulse
~ Would HATE TroYed'ttat tS6d.I viii
chad pfomlssd To- ,raisef Him, trom ill.,
dead IL 5Ha1wSuid BE ioGedfesHtE IIuTnfnI,
denth. had been tnndble to- do SO: md, 4
If unable TO raise Him from the dead.
we. likewise. would be without hope,
even II our sins were cancelled by vlr.
tue. Of. Els sacrifice. ,.s t4 3i!. IS
The Apostles words give "A further
suggestion: Our Lord In HIsiresurrec.
ton became ."the Jirat-truiis OF them
TINT slept" fi'hls signifies Tint none
was ever raised from the dead before
Him. AS another Scripture declares.
HE was the first TINT should arise
from the dead" There were indeed
Others awakened from the tomb. By
Jesus B imself and also, previous to
His Advent. : But they were merely
awakened. not lifted fully up out OF
death conditions to perfect life. The
Redeemer was the first to have such
IN experience. But the Apostles
words mean more. II j esns WINS the
first-truits of them that slept. there
must Of necessity be afler:fruifs. Aud
this the Apostle proceeds to prove, de.
claring that "as all in Adam die. even
so all in Christ shaii be made alive"
II Corinthians xv, :a2,. Glorious resur.
rection hope. Precious Bible: The one
Book alone which teaches a resurrec.
ton Of the dead. or that the dead are
dead. III z F. 4 Z. 1
The Apostle proceeds to tell US that
the dead Will not all be Yesurrected
together--at once-.but every man In
his own ORDER Il Corinthians w 23,:
The first order or rank will be the
; Church. Blessed and holy are all they
that have part In the First Resurrec.
ton; =, they shnll be priests Of
God and of Christ and shall reign with
Him a thousand years tRevelatIon X,