The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-06-14
tongue confess, to the glory of God"
nslert With His Fathers

| "slept With His Fathers"
All through the Scriptures natural
sleep is used as a figure for death, as
| the present time of the reign of sin is
represented as a night time. and the
coming reign of Messiah is prophet
cally described as the morning of a
| New Day, a New Epoch. Weeping
may endure for a night. but joy com
eth in the morning" wrote David. The
night has lasted for six thousand
years the New Day is the seventh
| thousand, the Sabbath of the great
week. 1t will be the awakening time.
as the six thousand years of the reign
Of sin and sorrow are the time In
| which our race has been going down
into death--into the deep sleep from
which none will come forth except by
| the call of Messiah
The penalty of death upon our race
would have biotted us out Of existence
like the brute beasts had not Gods
mercy from the beginning made pro
vision for Eedcemer and for His
Church and inint-helr; and for the
Messlanic Kingdom: ana for tine resur-
rection. the awakening Of ali mankind.
through this Kingdom. IT was in view
of that hope OF resurrection OF the
dead that believers spoke OF their
deceased friends as falling asleep.
This expression IS used frequently in
the New Testament St Stephen fell
asleep in DEATH ST. Paul, having in
mind the great work of Christ on be-
half of the world and the eventual
awakening of all. declared that be
levers need not sorrow as others over
the death of their friends and neigh
bors, but might realize that all "sleep
in Jesus" and that eventually God,
through Him. vii bring to pass the
general awakening of the dead, all of
whom are yet TO be brought TO
knowledge Of the truth that they may
be saved from sin and death and OBJ
tain Restitution (Acta Iii. 1929.
Pastor Russell quoted the Scripture,
abraham sltpt WITT his fathers"
and declared tsat Ahraham's fathers
were heather Inen. lie called arten-
ton to the fact that good and bad.
kings and princes aud others, are, III
the Scriptures, declared to have fallen
asleep So it was with David. These
all slept in the Bible hsiJ---in the tomb.
They are all uur00s ciaus; as the Scrip
lures declare. The dead know not
anything; their sens come to honor
and they know it not: they come to
dishonor aud they perceive it not Of
them; .'There is neither wisdom nor
knowledge nor device in sheol thell,
the gravel, WHITTIER thou goest"-
whittier ell go Dob xiv. 81; Ecclesias-
ties tx, 10l.
"Thou VIII Not Leave My Soul In
Sheol."
The Prophet David declared his faith
in q resurrection Of the dead when he
wrote, Thou wilt not leave My Soul
in hell (sReo1, the grave,, nor suffer
Thine Holy One to see corruption
psalm xvi, 10l. st. Peter (Acts il,
25-3D calls our attention to the fact
that the Prophet David did see corrup-
ton, and hence that this statement
was not in regard to himself but Jesus
that the soul Of Jesus was not left
in sheoI Greek, hades); and additional
ly, the flesh Of Jesus was not allowed
to corrupt.
st. Peter was pointingAout the full
filment of this prophecy IF the resur-
rection OF Jesus FROM the dead on the
third day. when ne maG" use of our
heaveus; his sepulchre is with
us unto this day" st Peters argu-
ment is that David was in his sep
ulchre and was still dead, but that
his words were a prophetic reference
TO Jesus resurrection.
Many Christian people repeat every
Sunday what IS styled the Apostles
Creed. which declares the crucifixion
and death of Jesus and His descent
into hell--into hGdes-and that God
raised Him from the decd on the third
day" All Intelligent Christians under
stand that the he'll TO which Jesus went
was not Purgatory nor a place Of eter-
nal suffering. but the grave, sheol, the
tomb, the state of death. This is
proved TO be the Apostles thought by
the words, God raised Him from the
dead, for it was not possible that He
should be holden" of death.
David Will Not Go to Heaven.
King David will not go to heaven,
said Pastor Russell and he will not
desire to go to heaven, for the same
reason that a f1sh has no desire to
perch upon the limb of a tree nor n
bird To make its home under the water.
As these animals have natures distinct
and are adapted to the conditions which
God has provided So the nature Of
man, even when brought to human per-
lection, will enjoy and appreciate more
the earthly blessings which God has
provided for him than he would enjoy
the heavenly blessings which God has
provided for the Elect "ll!tle flock
the Church of the First-Borns" (He-
brews xii. 81.
The reason for this is plain when we
remember the Apostles words. He
declares. The natural man receiveth
not the things Of the Spirit of God.
neither can be know appreciated them,
for they are spiritually discerned" q
Corinthians ii, IA. Only those who
have been begotten Of the Holy Spirit