The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-06-12

cominn reign of Messiah Is prophet
cally described as the morning of n
New Day, New Epoch. weeping
may endure for a night, but JOY com
eth in the morning. wrote David. The
hight has lasted for six thousand
years; the New Day Is the seventh
thousand the Sabbath of the great
week. It will be the awakening time
as the six thousand years Of The reign
of sin aud sorrow are the time In
which our race has been going down
into death into the decp sleep from
which none will come forth except by
the call of Messiah
The penalty OF death upon our race
would have blOtted us out Of existence
| like the brute beasts had not Gods
mercy from the beginning made pro-
vision for Redeemer and for His
Church and joint-heir; and for the
Messianic Kingdom; and for the rcsur-
rcction, the awakening of all mankind,
through this Kingdom II was in Wow
of that hope OF resurrection of the
dead that believers spoke Of their
deceased friends ms falling asleep
This expression is used frequently in
the New Testament. st. Stephen fell
asleep in death St Paul, having in
mind the great work OF Christ ON be
half Of the world and the eventual
awakening of all. declared that be
levers need not sorrow MS others over
the death of their friends and neigh
bors, but might realize that all ''slecp
in Jesus" and that eventually God,
through Him, will bring 10 pass the
general awakening of the dead. all OF
whom are yet 20 be brought 70
knowledge Of the truth that they may
be saved from sin and death and OBJ
tain Restitution (Acts ill., 1929.
Pastor Russell quoted the Scripture,
"Abraham slept with his fathers y
and declared that Abrahams fathers
were heather men. He called atten-
tion TO the fact that good aud bad,
kings and princes aud others, are, In
the Scriptures, declared TO have fallen.
asleep. So It was with David These
all slept in the Bible hcli-in The tomb,
They are all unconscious; as the Scrip
lures declare. "The dead know not
anything; their sons come to honor
and they know II not; they come TO
dishonor and they perceive II not OF
them: There Is neither wisdom nor
knowledge nor device I'm Acoi Ihell,
the gravel, whittier thou goest'-
whittier all go Job xiv, 21; Ecclesias-
tes tx, 10).
"Thou wiz Not Leave Ny Soul In
Sheol"
The Prophet David declared his faith
in resurrection Of the dead when he
wrote, "Thou wilt not leave My Soul
in hell (sheol the grve), nor SITTER
Thine Holy One to see corruption"
psalm xvi, 1m. st. Peter (Acts H.
2J-31) calls our attention to the, fact
that the Prophet David did see corrup-
ton. and hence that this statement
was not in regard to himself but Jesus
that the soul Of Jesus was not left
in shcol Greek. hddes); and. additional
ly, the flesh OF Jesus was not allowed
TO corrupt io th
st. Peter was pointing out the full
6lment of this prophecy Of the resur
rectlon of Jesus from the dead on the
third day. when he made use of our
text. David is not assembled into the
heavens his sepulchre Is with
us unto this day. 81 Peters urgu-
ment Is that David was I'm his sep
ulchrc and was stil dead, but that
his words were prophetic reference
TO Jesus resurrection.
Many Christian people repent every
Sunday what is styled the Apostles
Greed. which declares the crucihylon
and death Of Jesus and His descent
into hell Into had7S and that God
raised Him from the dead on the third
day" All intelligent Christians under
stand that the heH TO which Jesus went
was not purgatory nor place of cter-
nal suffering. but the grave. Shcol the
tomb, the state OF death. This Is
proved to be the Apostles thought by
the words God raised Him from the
dead, for 1t was not possible that He
should be holden" of death.
David viii Not Co to Heav,n.
King David will not 90 to heaven,
said Pastor Russell, and he will not
desire TO go TO heaven, for the same
reason that Ash has no desire TO
perch upon the limb OF tree nor II
bird TO make its home under the water.
As these animals have natures distinct
and are adapted to the conditions which
God has provided, so the nature Of
nan. even when brought TO human per-
Stction, will enjoy and appreciate more
the earthly blessings which God has
provided for him than he would enjoy
the heavenly blessings which God has
provided for the Elect "llttle flock" -
THE Church OF the First Borns" QIe-
brews xii, 80.
The reason for this Is plain when we
remember the Apostles words. He
declares. "The natural man receiyeth
not the things of the Spirit Of God,
neither can be know appreciated them,
for they are spiritually discerned' q
Corinthians II, 1D. Only those who
have been begotten of the Holy Spirit
Nre enabled TO understand the deep
things, the spiritual things of the III
vine promise, and to rejoice therein, ms