Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-08-03

| 1uEOue. we re-
port the former. Each address lasted
for nearly two hours. but so deeply in
terested were the audiences that they
seemed not to note the fight of time
he said:
No other question could be Of deeper
interest to thinking people than the
! one now before us-"Where are the
| dead?' Our ancestors. our neighbours.
our friends. are dead or dying. and
ourselves with them What will be
our condition when the spark of life
! fickers out?
The Bible confirms the ablest find
| ings Of science when it tells US that the
dead are dead and not alive at all, any
| where. The Scriptures declare, "The
dead know not anything their sons
come to honor and they know it not
they come to dishonor but they perceive
| it not Of them" Again the Bible says:
There Is neither wisdom nor device
nor knowledge in the grave [sheot, the
Bible hell whittier thou goest'' (Eccle-
| siastes tx, 10).
Where, my dear friends, is the key to
| the problem? The Bible hell is the
grave, sheol. hddes, the death state. The
! salvation which God has provided is
the salvation from sin and from death.
The hope set before US in the Gospel
is-the res urrection of the dead If
nobody is dead there can be no resur-
| rection of the dead 1t is not the body
| which dies that God has promised
shall be resurrected, but the SOUL 1t
was not Adams body merely that was
punished with death. but it was his
| soul, which included the body.
Gods provision for the salvation of
mankind is that las by man came
death mot eternal tormentl. by man
1.-THE man Christ Jesus1 comes also the
resurrection Of the dead
The Redemption Price Given.
Not only do the Scriptures clearly set
forth that the wages of sin is death
and that thus death passed upon the
entire human race Romans v, 12l but
they also set forth that the redemption
price which Jesus gave was death
He poured out His soul unto death;'
He made His soul an offering for sin
isaiah Lii. 10, 12l.
AS result. ''in due time.'' there will
come a resurrection of the dead, both
| of the just and of the unjust By the
just is meant those justified and
brought into harmony with God
through faith in Christ. By the unjust
is meant all others. Thus the Church
will share in the First Resurrection
with Christ; these are the Elect Of the
Scriptures. Their resurrection and
complete change of nature have already
begun in them through the begetting
of the Holy Spirit
They will be like Christ, who is the
express image of the Fathers person.
Like God and the angels they. as spirit
beings. will be invisible to mankind.
These with their Lord and Head will
set up the Kingdom of God-the Mes.
sianic Kingdom. "They will reign
with Christ thousand years. These
are the sanity ones, class recognized
by Catholics and Professionals. by Lu-
Their. Calvin and Wesley All are
agreed respecting such class. The
entire point of discrimination is re-
specting the masses of our race for
whom Christ died and for all of whom
the various creeds provide torments
UNRELIABLE unthinkable.
Do not the Scriptures repea teddy tell
you that the dead fail asteepP st. Paul
writes of those who fall asleep in
Christ: and again. of those who "sleep
in Jesus" and again that all would
sleep except those saints who would
be changed in a moment. at the second
coming of Messiah Did not Jesus
say, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth? 90
Where do they sleep, and for how long7
The Bible answers. "Thev that sleep in
the dust Of the earth shall awake Dan
lei xiii. ~ The Bible tells us that the
weeping. signing and dying of this
present dark night will give place TO
glorious morning of better things, the
resurrection morning-the morning Of
the Messianic reign of glory for the
blessing of all mankind
Not universalism but Universal op-
portunity.
Pastor Russell disclaims Universal
ism. He finds the Bible to teach uni
versal opportunity for salvation and
everlasting life. but that the gift of
God eternal life. will be given only to
those who will avail themselves Of the
opportunity. Upon all others will come.
the wages of sin. eternal death
The Redeemer taught us to pray
'"Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done
on earth as it is done in heaven" That
glorious time will come when, as the
Prophet declares. every knee shall bow
and every tongue confess Messiah: and
the knowledge of the Lord shall Gil
the whole earth