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

III Il Resurrection hope
iii the Only One His
VA \ text was from 4 l
ST Corinthians xv, IL.
GAszaK SgsSELI 49, n
IA, ~ How say some
among you that there. Is no resurrec.
ton Of the dead? s..3If Christ be no.
risen. then is our preaching vain and
your faith Is also vain. : ~. Then they
alsotwhlch are fallen nsleep In Christ
are. perlshed.. He .snld:-
For years Gods people hive had ex
cellent Bibles. and thus have been
blessed far In advance Of our brethren
who lived during the Dark Ages. But
we have read our Bibles too carelessly
and often hive most Of us wondered
at the great stress St. Paul luid suprs
the resurrection. Rarely is the subIce,
preached upon now and rarely rs II
ever thought Of except us nm aUsurlity.
The reason for this Is not far to seek.
From childhood we have been taught
that nobody Is acad-that In dying iey.
erybody. good and bnd. becomes more
dlire than ever before: TINT this alive.
ness. 10 the sanity few. means spir-
itual powers and an immediate en-
trance Into heaven. death being swa,;
lowed UP In life. The insanity masses
also. we are told. have, duickened sensI-
bilitles after dying they become. more
alive. more able, to appreciate and suf-
,fer pain. ut.ro,y+ ID 5.,s3s :, 4; ma
1,Onr NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tell.,,us ,tbat
the majority;immedlately 20 TO. fhs4
! gatory. thereato beytried AbS' va ridiN
suGerlngsnhd torturcs. andalaterL tH
titerl hearen!.ii Our Protestant teachings
lhnre Abeehi to the ! e 6fert9 that thh nm.
sanity 'ihasses? dnat for Tie ,,tesshss
Of God and the holy!!lwili,be. c6nlShpd
10 an etcfhltys6f AVID Rosture 1 and
hmhde very much more laIise3 to Suffer.
ling than befbri;7sThas lweE HIRE been
taught ty tellefest6Htl asAfA2ls1& ,bSria,
Eor door Into nn ihtenser ilfe4M4hqG ho!;
ttody a. tuidd. MANY Of TX pSt R1 exedd
"6arselyes; litd ,weFes psriip'lexsd II 9TH 9th
erg!a ,withg questions respect InEs bow,
e, there sSpu|a. be snnSrcsHfieet'enI
dead II nobody Il dead. We avoided
the question. or Gavethe answereSAlys.
terry: so run und play Ia. Z,
Some. indeed. attempted d patchwork
Of the matter and Told us Tint those
i9 heaven were happy. but not so hap.
by as though they had l,odlGs und tha,
litter thousands OF years OF craving. for
body (Which they Ind used for only
q few. Years.. they would ret 1t back
again for. all eterpity: Others snid.
NO. our bodies have hecn only "a clog
and a hindrance aud from the moment
Of death we will behetter or without
them; and We do not know why, the
Bible should tench resurrection of
the dead. to get back bodles>th We
would be glad to be rid Of" Respect
ing the wicked. we said thht nftcr
roasting for centuries without a body.
then. to intensity their pain. the body
would be resurrected and they would
have double suffering. What bosb.
What foollshness! Is 1t any wonder
that many Of the bright minds Of tue
world learned to doubt everything con.
neeted with religion and the Bible?
Rather. the wonder Is that. seeing
things so obscurely. we did not nil re.
pudIate everything.
Now What Do We Find7
With the clearing Of the mists Of IT,
norance and superstition. with a better
light reflected from one page to an.
other Of the Bible, the resurrection sub.
1ect clarifies aud the statements Of
Jesus and the Apostles and Prophets,
which we. thought SO strange, become
luminous and soul-satisfying.
When once. we see that "the wages
Of sin is DEATH. and not eternal tor
ment; and that the Bible HELL Is the
tomb and not a fiery furnace; and that
NIL mankind 80 to sheoi. to hades, Just
as did our Savior; then we begin to
see that what we. nil need is to be
saved from sheol. from hades, as was
the Savior. a resurrection.salyation
Is thus the salvation hope OF. the
Church and Of tho world.
What n relief this gives us as re.
spects parents children. neighbors,
friends aud the heather, who have
died. out of Christ. insanity. What
comfort IT brings to know that they
are sleeping In the great prIson.house
Of death, unconscious. Of the lapse of
time. waiting for the Redeeuer. Who
will as King set up His Kingdom in
glory, ,assoeiating His Bride with Him.
self for the blessing Of all the families
of the earth. The bringing forth Of
: the prisoners out Of the prison. house
Of death Win be to set before them
under the glorious provisions Of Tile.
New Dispensatlon nn opportunity for
lffe ererlasting. by obedience 10 the
laws of the Kingdom under the ns.
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Der and they, will not sleep well until
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