The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-06-16

&a&SfSief41 and take notice
We report one Of these d~iscourses from
a text we never before heard treated
and did not even know was In the BIZ
BILE (Acts ii. 34,: For David Is not
ascended into the heavens"
The Old Testament Scriptures We
accept as Of equal authority with the
New Testament. said Pastor Russell.
because Jesus and the Apostles 30 &C.
cepted them. and indeed based all OF
their teachings upon them.
In all the Old Testament. from Gen.
esis 10 Malachi. not a single sugges
don is offered of a change Of nature
from human to spiritual. nor Of any
other heaven than that which God
had originally provided for man-the
Garden Of Eden. The hopes inspired
in Israel BY the Divine promises
pointed them forward to the time
when Gods blessing would oblitesate
the curse Of sin and death and uplift
mankind from present degradation.
back to the original perfection. The
Seed Of the woman. 1t was promised,
should ultimately crush the Serpent's
head" destroying the evil that is IN
the world: and establishing q reign OF
Righteousness instead Of the reign Of
sin and death.
David's eoui In HELL
Al the Old Testament tells nothing
about a Heavenly condition. likewise
1t tells nothing about q hell Of 6re OF
torment. Such devilish theories were
invented by the heathen. from whom
many Christians have since absorbed
more or less Of the false doctrines.
The Law and the Prophets do refer to
he'll some sixty-six times. but the hell
which they teach IL the grave. the
tomb. the state Of death. From first
to last all mankind. both good and
bad. 60 to he'll. sheoi. the tomb.
The writer's Of the New Testament
also were Jews. and 1t might here b
noted that nowhere I'D they describe
the He'll and Purgatory which we
Protestants and Catholics conjured up
during the Dark Ages. The New Tes-
lament. written in Greek. is in full
accord with the Old Testament. writ
ten In Hebrew; the sheol Of the latter
is the hades Of the former.
Pastor Russell quoted the Scripture,
abraham slept with his fathers" and
declared that Abraham's fathers were
heather. He called attention to the
fact that good and bad. kings and
princes and others. are. in the Scrip
lures. declared to have fallen asleep.
So 1t was with David. These all sleep
in the Bible HELM the tomb. They
are all unconscious; as the Scriptures
declare. 1.-THE dead know not any
thing; their IONS come to honor and
they know 1t not; they come to dis
honor and they perceive 1t not Of
them" There Is neither wisdom nor
knowledge nor device in sheoi. hell. the
grave. whittier thou goest"-whither
all go dob xiv. p; Ecclesiastes X. 1O,.
"rher Wilt Not Lsavs Ny Soul In
ehsol."
The Prophet David declared his faith
In a resurrection Of the dead when be
wrote. Thou wilt not leave My soul in
hell (sheoJ. the grave. NOT suffer Thine
Holy One to see corruption" psalm
xvi. lO,. st. Peter (Acts Il. 1881, calls
our attention to the fact that the
Prophet David did see corruption. and
hence that this statement was not In
regard to himself but Jesus-that the
soul Of Jesus vas not left in sheoI
Greek. AadesD; and. additionally. that
the flesh Of Jesus was not allowed to
corrupt
/ e. Peter was pointing out the fulfil
ment Of this prophecy OF the resurrec-
ton Of Jesus from the dead on the
third day. when he made use Of our
text David y not ascended into the
heavens: . bis sepulchre 10 with %
unto this day." st. Peters argument
y that David wa In his sepuichre and
Wa stll dead. bat that his words were
. prophetic reference to JesuS resur-
roet1on-
osvid win Nst q - hsavs~.
: King David Will not 80 to heaven
aid Pastor Russell. and hs will rot
V0MV " ~ w 00~VSos AW ~ @~O
reason hat Q Dab has no desire 70
psreA upon the limb q q trss nor .
bird TO make tn home undsr he wates.
~ These animals have natures dist1Det
and are adapted to ths eoodiuons which
Cod has providsd. 20 he natuEs Of
> man. even when brought 70 human
p~sRfsedon. will enjoy and a~pprsciats
Doss H. earthly blsssings which 0od
has CIVILIZED for him than ~ wouId
OSoy tAs heavenly blesslnest wAieh
0o0 hes peoyi0ed for the Diect ut
~ 1oeks-~the ChureA q ~ Ufst-
DssnA" whese names rAsv wSstoto =
Asavso @sesswe ~ ~