The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-06

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lbe notrlsenithen ik
l(4SIQR rus SELF our preaching vain
- a q Z, 81 and ypurfalth also
vain; yea, aud We are found false Nit
nesses OF God. Then tlieg also
which are fallen asleep in Chrislare per
ished.r Il Cor ,xI II. 15.S1sl He said.
The faith once delivered TO the saints
BIZ Jesus and tbS Apostles in respect
to the resurrection Of sthe dead has
been very generally lost Christian
people profess a belief In tho resurrec.
tlOn, because ;they find It stated in the
bible, YET they are continualIysln dim
clity, in their enleayor TO make the
S(rlpturai teaching: on the subject
square with some Of the unscrIpturai
theofies recetrelilnto the Church and
INCORPORATED int6many Of the creeds.
st. Paul warned the Church asainst
these human, PHILOSOPHERS, and called
tbcni 'seleGce. lfalsely so2csiled," which
MAKE void sthe Word of God, These
errors have been instrufpe1tallp dlyid-
ing the faith Of Gods people into 600
different denomNglons. with coo diff
rcrent professions. II Gods people
could all come hack to the simplicity
Of the Bibles teaching, all of these diff
rcrencrs would speedily disappear,
Gods Word would be seen to be beau
tful and harmonious. and satisfactory
to the consecrated intellect
Thu Bible Resurrection Reasonable.
Really the doctrine OF the resurrec-
tion Of the dead his been reMdiated
by al denominations, not willingly,
not Intentionally, but perforcc, as it
we're. An. opposite theory received
and entreucheS la the minds gives no
place for the doctrine OF the resurrecz
ton, as the Bible presents it, conse'
ouently We lfags3twisted the doctrine
Of the resurrection and recitey u be-
llcve in The resurrection of. The body"
Yet, even; this perverted view OF the
resurrection rs not satisfactory to
those VINO hoIdslt They wish many a
time thai Tie doctrine Of the resurrcc-
ton was r1f ik tue Bible. 50 much
dfftcreuSe does Ecadse. For Instance,
how lnc6lsisteds it seems that they
should say. tJbelieye in the resurrec-
ton ofythe BODY" and then say, as
many do, DYING Is but going home.
getting rid olstie mortal flesh, and
lcing freed .ft6hlsits limitations. II II
is blessing die and get free from
the limitations Of the body, how could
II, Ue a blessing q be relncarcerated in
the body, ands6e Obliged to keep 1t
through all eternity?
There is nothing Inconsistent in the
Bible presentatlaa of the resurrection.
Not from the Bible. but from men.
comes the suggestion OF the resuTcc-
ton OF tue body The Bible Invariably
refers TO the resurrection Of tbe soul
It liz the soul That dies; as We read.
"The soul that sinneth Il shall die. :"
Adam was created living soul, but
his living soul came under the death
sentence because he dlsoDeyed God.
1t was his soul that was redeemed
from death, not his body. II will re,
deem thy life 0ook up the word life TO
see il 1t is from the Hebrew word
meaning soul, aud II So add the word
nul after the word life. In. parenthe
sisy from destruction. Psalm Gill. 4. ]
TO accomplish this redemption we
read that Christ Jesus poured out
His soul unto death" He made His
soul an offering for sim" Moreover,
we are particularly told that it was
the soul Of Jesus that was raised from
the dead: 81 will not leave Thy soul
III skcOl" st. Peter quotes this state
ment as prophelical OF the resurrection
Of Jesus that His soul was not left
In hades. With what body do they
come? Is totally different ques-
ton. Some OF the dead souls, in the
resurrection. wlll.eome forth with spir.
It bodies, and others with human
bodies. according to the Bible But the
important point Is that 1t Is the soul.
the beiRg, that comes forth. 1.-THE soul
dies. as the Bible declares, then mani.
testify the soul should be resurrected.
Bible Made Veid ky Tradition.
The difficulty with us has been that
we have made void the Word Of God"
by our "traditlons We received from
the Grecian philosophers a tradition
which Socrates and Plato both nd
vocated, namely, that when a human
being dies he does not really die. The
SOUL 1t is claimed, cannot die, but
whenever the soul gets out Of the body.
the body dies. How strange 1t seems
that we all accepted this philosophy
without woHsef Scripture, but with
hundreds of Sculptures to Condemn IL!
1t behooves asito take decided stund
either with tie GFecian philosophers
and their theorIes. or with the Bible.
The two are p5confiict and whoever
attempts to h0id.bo is In confusion.
n. A 4.