The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-02-06

tolu us therc is no Tire there, ana
through Christ and told us there is
no God there, and through the grave
and told us there is no resurrection
ana left hanging over all who accept
their teaching II dark, dismal fog. l.
Corinthians 15:l6-l9. For IL the dead
rise not, then is not Christ raised;
and. If Christ be not raised, your faith
is vain. Ye are yet In your sins. Then
they also which are fallen asleep in
Christ are perished II in this life only
we have hope In Christ, we are, of
all men. most miserable To deny
that Christ rose from the dead Is to
make our own faith vain. our hope OF
our own resurrection groundless. and
to say that those who have already
died have perlshed; that Is, they have
been annihilated. To deny the resur-
rection Is simply to do away with
Christianity altogether. If Christ has
not risen. this life Is the only one,
and when we die are the same as the
/ brutes of the field. oh, what q dark
and dismal thing Is unbelief, anyway!
A reporter who was at the funeral
service OF the great infidel who died
in this country few years ago, de-
| clared that of all dismal scenes which
he had witnessed. that that was the
most dismal. The wife and daughter,
of course. having imbibed the teach
ings set forth by the departed loved
! one. that Is. that when we die that
is the end of our existence, that when
we die we die like II brute; they could
entertain no hope OF ever seeing him
/ again So they clung to the body, re-
| fusing to let II be taken away until
decay had set in, expecting nothing
| beyond the grave.
Life is Short.
"If in this life only we have hope
| I'm Christ, we would he miserable, be-
cause of its shortness. See how men
strive and toll to lay up for them
selves treasures in this world, and just
about the time Il man thinks he is
prepared to live IN comfort and ease
he is ready to die.
From the cradle to the grave Is but
a short journey; half the human fam
| lily die before they reach the ago OF
!
| 4:1f: For what Is your life, 1t Is
even a vapor that appeareth FOR lit
| tie time and then vansheth away.
! Hear David in his last prayer as he
says in |, Chron. 29:i5: For we are
strangers and sojourners before Thee,
| even as all our fathers were, and our
days on earth are as shadow thd,
1 Dasseth AWAY and there Is none abld =
! ing How like shadow Is mans
| life. Today we see him; tomorrow
we see him not, the shadow has van
ishcd. Then this life would be mis-
erabe If we had no hope for any other,
because Of its pains, sicknesses, sor-
rows, disappointmcnts, reverses, heart
| breaks, bereavement and death. How
many would like to live forever IN
their present state or in any state OF
condition which they hope 10 attain In
this life? We have implanted within
our hearts "a hope ana a desire foi
something better. Romans S:23: Even
we ourselves grown within ourselves
waiting for the adoption, to-wit, tho
redemption Of our body Then Pau
tells us that the whole creation groan-
eth and travaileth In pain together
until now. 1t is impossible for us tc
reach d perfect state of bliss in this
life. There are always at hand thingS
TO mar and prevent such "A state.
"But now Is Christ risen from thc
dead and become the first fruits o.
them that are asleep The fact o.