Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-03

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tor Russell twice.
Ny We report one of
I(PAST0R RUSSELL)l his dlscourses, bas-
ed on Revelation
Xxx, 8. 1t was announced that next
Sunday he will address similar con-
ventlon in London. He said;-
The resurrection of the dead seems
to be the most difficult thing in the
Bible for the worldly minded to grasp
by faith. This must be because the hu-
man mind instnctlvely realizes the
majesty of the Power and Wisdom
necessary to the reproduction Of the
same individuality which lived and
thought centuries ago, before passing
into the silence Of the tomb. The BIZ
BILE makes no denial Of the stupen-
dousness of the resurrection miracle
so far beyond the widest flights of
human Imagination-lt confesses this
and calls upon us to exercise faith In
the great Creator, the 0mnipotent One,
whose greatness we can but feebly
sense and surely cannot comprehend.
Hence, the doctrine Of the resurrec-
ton of the dead, from Its first an
nouncement in the Scriptures, has call
ed for the strongest faith on the part
of believers and has excited the gem
eral resentment Of unbelievers, who
seem to find 1t easier to believe any
thing else respecting the dead. Un-
doubtedly this is the reason why so
many who give evidence of general in
telligence accept the absurd theory that
when dog dies he Is dead, but when
a man dies he Is more alive than ever.
These properly claim to hope for
everlasting life. but not having faith
enough to believe In the Divine power
to perform the resurrection of the
dead, they are driven to the theory of
Plato. Indeed. who has not heard
Plato quoted by ministers and other
learned men when discussing the flu
ture life? They do not quote Jesus
and the Apostles, because the explana-
tions of Jesus and the Apostles are all
to the contrary, proving that the dead
are dead and that the only hope Of O
future existence is by resurrection.
Jesus Answer to the Sadducees.
Note the answer of Jesus to the Sad
ducees of His day, who, we are told
specially denied the resurrection OF
the dead. Jesus answered, "That the
dead are Ito bel raised was shown to
Moses at the burning bush,' when
Gods message was, u am the God OF
thy fathers the God Of Abraham and
the God Of Isaac and the God Of Ja'
cob" Mark xii, 2G; Acts vii, 49,
Jesus commented that God would moi
declare Himself to be their God IL they
were dead in the absolute sense that
brutes die. Jesus argument was thai
the fact that God still recognized then
as persons while dead implied thai
their souls merely slept and will be
granted a resurrection of the dead, IL
Gods due time and in better bodies
under more favorable conditions thar
those under which they died
We remember that st. Pauls letters
and sermons abound in references t
the dead. We call to mind his grea
resurrection chapter Il Corinthians
XVI. in which he declares that "As al
die in Adam, so all shall be made aliv'
in Christ-every man in his own or
der" (Verses %, 23l He does no
saw that every man Is dire, but tina
they shall be made alive in the resur
rection. The intermediate state he de
clares is sleep. from which, by ID
vine arrangement through Jesus, the.
will all be awakened in the resuTrec
tion morning. ut and after the secon
coming Of Christ
We remind you afresh OF his positiv
statement that II there be no resur
rection of the dead, then all whom W
have supposed have fallen asleep hav
perished Verses l6-1Sl But tina
God is able to raise all the dead b
declares is demonstrated by the fac
that He raised up Jesus from the dea
on the third day; and so likewise o
the Third Day of larger scale-th
third thousand-year day from the tim
Jesus was raised-God will raise up a
those who have died because Of AZ
ANS sin
That Third Great Day, the Miller
mum, will be the Great Seventh Da
or Sabbath So to speak, our Lor
gave Himself a Ransom-price in II
Fifth Day. from which the seyent
would be the Third Day. the day
the worlds resurrection-"the la
Day"-the end Of the present Wee
OF 1O00-year days in which sin and deaf
have reigned. usherlng In the glorio'
Epoch when Gods will shall be dol
on earth as 1t is done in Heaven
The Chief Resurrection.
The tenor Of all the Scriptures Is tn
the Church alone will participate In q