The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-08-04

Throne" We re
port the former. Each address lasted
for nearly two hours. bot SO deeply In
terested were the audiences that they
seemed not to note the digit Of time
He said:
n o other question could be Of deeper
interest to thinking people than the
one nov before us-"Where are the
deadT" Our ancestors. our n~eighburs.
our friends are dead or dying. and
ourselves with them. What will he
our condition when the spark Of life
fickers out?
The Bible confirms the abips. End
ings OF science when It tells US that the
dead are dead and not alive at all, any
where. The Scriptures declare. THE
dead know not anything" their sons
come TO honor and they know II not:
they come to dishonor but they perceive
1t not Of them" Again the Bible says:
There Is neither wisdom nor device
nor knowledge in the grave Isheoi. the
Bible hell whittier thou goest'' (Eccle-
siastes IL. l0,.
Where, my dear friends. Is the key 70
the problem? The Bible he'll is the
grave. sheOl. hodes, the death state. The
salvation which God has provided Is
the salvation from sin and from death
The hope set before US in the Gospe.
is-the resurrection OF the dead II
nobody is dead there IA be no resur
rection Of the dead. 1t Is noUhe body
which dies that God has promised
shall be resurrected. but the soul II
was not Adams body merely that wa
punished with death. but 1t was his
eoai, which included the body.
Gods provision for the salvation of
mankind Is that las by man csme
death mot eternal tormentl. by a man
1.-THE man Christ Jesusl comes also the
resurrection OF the dead.
D. The 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 Romans v. l2l but
they also set forth that the redemption
price which Jesus gave was death.
Fl poured out His soui unto DEATH
he made His soul an offering for sin
Qsaiah iii, 10, 12l.
As a result. I'm due time" there will
come a resurrection OF the dead. both
OF the just and Of the unjust. By the
jsst is meant those justified and
brought into harmony with God
through faith IN Christ. By the untusf
is meant all others. Thus the Church
will share In the First Resurrection
with Christ: these are the Elect OF the
Scriptures Their resurrection and
complete change Of nature ha We already
begun In them through the begettinS
Of the Holy Spirit.
They will be like Christ, who Is the
express image OF the Fathers person.
Like God and the angels they. a. spirit
beings. will be invisible to mankind.
These with their Lord and Head will
yet up the Kingdom Of God-the Mes
sianic Kingdom. '~rhey viii reign
with Christ a thousand years." These
are the sanity ones. a class recognized
BY Catholics and Professionals, BY Lu-
ther. Calvin and Wesley. All are
agreed respecting such a class. The
entire point Of discrimination L. NJ
specting the masses Of our race for
whom Christ died and for all Of whom
the various creeds provide torments
untellable. unthinkable.
Do not the Scriptures repeatedly tell
you that the dead fail dsterp' st. Pau
writes Of those who fall asleep ir
Christ: and again. Of those who 'sleeI
In Jesus and again that all woulc
sleep except those saints who woult
be changed in a moment. at the second
coming of Messiah. Did not Jesu,
say, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth7 T
Where do they sleep. and for how long
The Bible answers, "They that sleep Il
the dust Of the earth shall awake" (Dan
lei Kill. q. The Bible tells IFS that thu
weeping. signing and dying Of thi
present dark night will give place to
glorious morning Of better things. tn,
resurrection morning-the morning o
the Messianic reign Of glory for tn
blessing Of all mankind.
Not Univs-saiism bot Uoivsrsai o.
Pastor Russell disclaims Universal
INN. He finds the Bible to teach a uni
versal opportunity for salvation am
everlasting life. but that the gift o
God. eternal life. will be given only u
those who will avail themselves OF tn
opportunity. Upon all others VIII com
the wages Of sin. eternal death
The Redeemer taught ~ to pray
"rhy Kingdom come: Thy will b dom
on earth az It u done In heaven" Tha
glorious time win come when. q th1
Prophet declares, every knee shan boz
and every tongue confess Messiah; am
the knowledge a ths LOed sAaIl q
the whole earth.