The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-17

LONDON, April 16.-The London taoer-
naclo was crowded TO hear Pastor i'uF
selrs Easter sermon on "The Kesurfec-
ton Hope the Only One" HIS text WIS
from / Corinthians XIV. l2-lS
How say some among ar 'ps SScaa? Soua Una! '
II Christ be not risen, then then rs .iad Iua
preaching vain and your faith is ALSO
| vain Then they also WIIcn a,e
fallen asleep In Christ are perishea' ''
said; 49,, ,od ev-
cellcnt Bibles md thus have been DieSse9
| far in advance of our brethren VINO nVe9
| during the Dark Ages. But We nave Icau
our bibles too carcIcssly and often naye
most oil us wondered at the great gr.,toS, SIZE
ST Paul laid upon the resurreccio,., ,,. II,
Rarely is the subject preached upon now
and rarely is it ever thought OF eSceps
as an absurdity. The reason i,,1 ior ',,ie .,e
have been taught that nobody is dead
that in dying everybody good anh ,o quo.
becomes more alive than ever neiGrc' orc,
that this alJveness. to the SANITY rev,
means spiritual powers ana an immeuiai;e
entrance into heaven. death being M swaI-
lowed up In NE The unSaln,g iaInsd insSsa sensi
bIlitIes after dying-they become NOR
alive. more able TO appreciate ana surfer
pain. 49,,
the majority Immediately go to Pur-
gatory. there to be tried by various SUI
ferings and tortures, ana nhjns. Ia{er Gmrgs bnge
been 10 the effect that the INSANITY
masses. unfit for the presence OF Goo
and the holy. will be consigned 20 an
eternity OF awful torture and made very
much more alive TO suffering than be
fore Thus have been taught TO be
lieve that dcnth Is portal or door s INTO
Many OF us pcrplexed ourselves. and were
perplexed by others. witt questions re-
spectIng how there. could be a rssur- a,
We avoided the question. or gave the
answer Mystery go run and play"
Some. indeed, attempted a patch,work
In heaven were happy, but not so happy
as though they had bodies and that after
thousands of yenrs OF craving for body
(Which they had used for only few
years), they would get il back again Tor
all eternity. Others said. No, our
bodies have only been clog and him
we will be better off without them; and
we do not know why the Bible should
teach a resurrection of the dead, TO get
back bodies that we would be glad TO
be rid Of" Respecting the wicked. VIC
said that after roasting for centuries
without a body. then. to Intensity their
they would have double suffering. What
bosh! What foollshness! Is 1t any Won
der that many of the bright minds of
the world learned 10 doubt everything
connected with religion and the Bible?
Rather the wonder Is that. seeing things
so obscurely, we did not all repudiate
everything.
Now What Do We Find?
With the clearing OF the mists Of igno-
rance and superstition. with better light
reflected from one page TO another of the
| Bible. the resurrection subject clarifies
| and the statements Of Jesus and the
Apostles and Prophets. which we thought
so strange, become luminous and soul
satisfying
When once we see that ",he wages Of
sin IS death" and that not eternal tor
| ball 10 he NH
and not a fiery furnace and that all
mankind go 10 sheol, To hades. just as
did our savior; then we begin to see tnnt
what We all need Is to bc saved from
sheol. from hades. was the Savior.
a resurrection salvation Is thus the SAL
vation hope Of the church and Of rhe
What relief this gives us as respects
parents children, neighbors, friends and
tne heather, who have died out of Christ.
insanity; What comfort II brings TO
know that they are sleeping In the great
prison house OF death. unconscious Of
me lapse OF time. waiting for the Re
klngdom in glory. associating His Bride
with Himself for the blessing of all The
families of the earth The BRINGING
forth OF the prisoners out of the prison
house OF death will be to set before hen
under the glorious provisions OF the New
blspensation an opportunity ror life cYer.
i,astlng. by obedience TO the laws OF the
Kingdom under the assistance OF the
Heavenly One-the alternative helrg, noT
eternal torment. but death-Sec5ad
Death.
All Souls Go to sheol.-
some one may say. Pastor Russell.
what about the soul? II the bo6v COOS
s,;i1s. 10 Sneoi' hades, the tomb. where gees The
soul! reply that II is the soul tba ,
goes TO sheol to hades the grave. The
tomb, the state of death Although tbe
words sheol and hades are translated
grave more times than Translated hejI
nevertheless they refer. not 10 Tie noiSni
OF earth, which is In the nature of a mon.
unent. but TO the secret, hidden condl.
abyss. 'ohi"' uhe
The Prophet David wrote, Thou wr,
not OF, Ieave my sou! in sheol (the tomb. the
One to o' see eessnp Nor suffer Thine Holy
81. Peter quoted this on the day ~ Pen
teeoss ana explained that 1t is a prophecy
w was seSote5 sot 5ei,e 10 christ Jesus Davds soul
see corruption and his sepulcb-a ne tha I.o
Apostle could refer to. But he be,n the e
Tesps Taupne,; H., Spoke q those words respecting
sneoi: that His soul would not see con- ~
ruption: ST Peter says that this nronhen,
raised rails uhi5ea from N m our Lord-in that He was
He tells us that Jesus was n,,t ."ioo az gay
IN the mesh, but quicleened In snirI,'.
sinant;se spi,slt ;seing far above angels and pr,n.
that IS named anne p0TS5s ops end,7sOy and every name
Bible declares that our Lords souI s,on s,,on
Sareu Dar,d from he!lohades (Acts H.. 27-si1'
word word sheol St Peter, in the New WSge Testa tae
ny dj,,.. useo the word hades There /.
q" no ps I,spsee amongst scholars as 70 wbaf
,s as siSnihed i The words sheoI and hsSes mSes
~ s,,fyar, Nnown 20 refer. not TO a piacs
or sEHeIing or torture or snimaf,nn os
sns shs enfb Ssad bur to the pnconsciousness OF OF
dead, from hedes. the eraye ron ron the
apns,,ss aIo place ace. OF torment The socalleS led
seended s into hell. but arose Tfsus frons ae, tso
teaa tbst On o,h Ine Sh'rd day. All scholars know
nanes nain mas any relationship to fire ana n1
ns thus sna G1 suh,Ierlng or consciousness. and
universally explained creed is
AS Jesus descended into hades 60 !.
all mankind. AS the Father raIs. SO 90
is s09 proisod 5os deaq ,ba on the third day so ' IL
church; from the dead More tbsn us' .,,tn me
snn-a sTe un1ust aiso, those who have not bees, eS
an TbsS be & aWakened from the sleep or Of dea4S snd
sin. having lived under ths iLespeetlnr
and death. They will come f6rth OF SIN