The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-16

helpful to the faith OF those who are
really seeking Divine wisdom and who
are in danger of being side-tracked by
science falsely so-called."
"slept With His Fathers"
It is In full accord with the promise
Of a resurrection that In the Bible
| teachings we read that Abraham
slept with his fathers; and similarly
read of kings, good and bad; and of
| Prophets, Apostles and others. Thus
st. Stephen, the first Christian martyr
stoned to death, we are told. fell
asleep" st Paul tells us that some
will be alive and remain 70 the com
ing of Messiah: and he remarks. BE
hold. show you a mystery; we shall
not all sleep but we shall all be
! changed 81 Corinthians XIV, 51. Again
he tells us that we may comfort our
1elves and each other as respects our
dead friends ard neighbors. that they
| all "sleep in Jesus" and are to be
brought from the dead by Him. The
whole world sleeps In Jesus. in the
sense that their resurrection hope
| their hope of awakening in the resur
rection morning. is based upon the
work which Jesus accomplished as the
worlds Redeemer.
No one will dispute that the Bible
declares that the dead are asleep. 1t
is, therefore. a proper and pertinent
| question that every Bible student
should be prepared to answer-W Where
do the dead sleep, waiting for an
a,oaEeningg Surely not in heaven.
where all is life and happiness! Sure
~ not in the Purgatory which our
Catholic friends feel so confident is
some,ohere. And surely not in the
fiery hell Of which Protestants gen.
orally tell US. Surely the dead sleep
In the Bible hell-sheol hddes, the
tomb. the state of death Thus it is
written. MANY that sleep in the dust
Of the earth shall awake" Daniel xii. y.
Hearken to the Master Mary Mar
tina and Lazarus of Bethany were His
particular friends Lazarus took sick
and the sisters sent word to the Mas
ter, HE whom Thou lowest Is sick"
Jesus gave no outward heed to the
matter until the third day after. and
then said to His disciples "Our friend,
Lazarus. sleepeth." They replied, Lord
II he sleep he will do we'll" Then
Jesus said plainly Coming down to
their ordinary use of language. Lag
arus is dead" With His disciples He
then went to Bethany.
The sisters were greatly disappoint
ed. They had not thought Of the pos
sibility of their brothers dying, be-
cause they so thoroughly believed in
the power Of Jesus. Mary did not
even go to meet her dear Friend, the
Lord, when He came. Martha met
Him with the Gliding remark, If
Thou hadst been here Of You had come
even when we informed You our BROTH
er had not died" Jesus did not dis
pute that Lazarus was dead, nor tell
her that he was more alive than ever.
He merely promised that her brother
should rise again.
Martha replied that she knew that
Lazarus would rise in the resurrec-
tion, at the Last Day. Jesus assured
her that he would be the One Who
was then present with her, intimat ting
that she might ask even then for her
brother to be revived But Martha's
faith was insufficient. When the Mas
ter asked, Where have We laid him.
she replied that 1t was now too late.
because putrefaction had set init was
now the fourth day since his death.
When Jesus finally went to Lazarus
tomb, He did not call him from heav.
en-. nor from Purgatory. nor from a
fiery hell, but from the tomb. saying,
Lazarus, come forth!' And the dead
one came forth.
This wonderful exhibition of His
power the Lord gave, to the intent
that His disciples then and since
might realize that In Him is vested the
resurrection power, by Divine arrange
ment, and that there Is to be resur-
rection of the Just and of the unjust;
that all who are In their graves are to
hear His voice and come forth. The
Church class will come forth to per-
lection Of life on the spirit plane. The
world of mankind will come forth
from the tomb imperfect, as they went
into it. and will all have a test, to
prove whether they are worthy or I'M
worthy of restitution blessings and
eternal life in the earthly Paradise.
with What Body Do They Conner"
St. Paul held an imaginary discus
sion with doubters Of the resurrection
in his day. He has them inquire, With
what body will the dead return? He
replies that, as each kind of seed that
is planted reproduces its own kind, so
1t will be In the resurrection OF the
dead. Whatever kind of seed is plant
ed in death, of the same kind and ma
ture will be the resurrection crop. The
Apostle Celebrates, showing that the
whole world of mankind are Of one
kind of seed-human stock-and that
therefore, in the resurrection time, they
will come forth the same-humans.
And they will come forth in practically
the same condition in which they died
But if we shall suppose rye to repre-
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special treatment of some of that
rye grain before sowing-changing 1t
into wheat, then we would know that
those changed grains would sprout and
develop, not as rye, but as wheat.
Thus the Apostle illustrates the resur-
| rection of the dead-the Church. All
are of Adamic stock. but some, few
the spirit-begotten Church-exper1-
ence a change of nature from earthly
to heavenly. Hence they, In the resur-
rection, will come forth heavenly or
spirit beings. He says, Some, the
world at large, will be members Of the
earthly Adam: others. few, little
focl," will be members Of the second
Adam-the heavenly Lord. The stand
ard to which the world may expect to
be awakened and, later, raised, will
be the earthly standard represented In
the perfect Adam. Like the earthly
one will be the earthly ones" (the
world. And like the heavenly One
will be the heavenly ones'' (the sanity
Church, the Bride) q Cor. ", 45-4S).
The First Resurrection Described.
1t was not necessary that the Apos.
tie should more particularly describe
at that time, the resurrection opportu-
nifty provided for the world of mankind
but 1t was very appropriate that he
should give to the Church a more de.
tailed explanation of the Divine pro-
vision for the resurrection Of the
Bride. Explaining this, St Paul says
'Thus is the resurrection Of the dead
1t is sown in corruption; it Is raised in