Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-08-23

Devil OF the Bible tfunsfofmS himself
into an angel OF light Ia his endeayofs
to mislead the people OF God and to
make void the Word of God The Bible
nowhere represents the Devil with
hoofs and horns and forked tail en-
vorting amidst flames OF hell, torturing
haplcss beings aud stocking fres-
The Bible hell IL saeol, hades-'the
tomb, the state OF death. where h9th
good and bad go and from which az
are 10 be recovered in due time.s The
Church will be the trsti Blessed and
holy are all they that have part IN the
First Resurrection; they shall he
priests unto God and shall reign With
Christ thousand years Rev yxtd 4
During that thousand years all the
remainder of the race viii have resiir
rection privileges. The worlds rcsur-
rection will include not only an awak-
enIng from death, buts much more.
Anastdsis, the Greek word for resur.
rection, means raising up agaln-inl'
plying that the person was once up.
fell down and is 10 be raised M again.
The Apostle declares that man fell
from perfection aud the raising up
again Il TO be 10 human perfection,
None will be forced 20 return. but all
the willing will be assisted to obedi-
ence--the reward OF which will be q
gradual uplifting to all that was lost
in Eden and redeemed ut Calvary. The
disobedient. after fun opportunity, the
Pastor declared. Will be destroyed In
the Second Death. which the Scrip
lures symbolically represent as the
Lake of Fire. Revelation Xxx. IA. Is.
One Redsnption--Two Situations.
Pastor Russell called attention to nu-
mcrous Scriptures which seemed In
harmony with his contention that the
redemption provided In Jesus Is 10 be
co-extensive with the condemnation
which came 10 all through Father Ad-
am, Father Adam alone had been
tried and, because OF sin, had been
sentenced to death, The remainder OF
humanity have never Yet been indIvid-
ually tried. They have merely shared
In hereditary weaknesses, mental, NOR
al and physical, aud shared also in the
hereditary death penalty which In
VOWED them IN sin, sorrow and pain In
conjunction with the ultimate result.
death. II is because all were thus con
demned through one mans disobedi
ence that - death OF the Man Jesus
once for all can be Justly the redemp.
tion-price for the sins Of the world
Christ has died And the fact that
but one class Of humanity for whom
He died has been blessed should be 70
us guarantee that the remainder will
be blessed since "iIe has tasted death
for every man. Hebrews II, o.
Who Is 80 blind MS not TO be able TO
see the difference between the Church
and the world In our text? II reminds
us, said the pnstoF, Of Jesus words 70
His disciples, ''Ye are not of the world,
even as | am not Of the world for
have chosen you out of the world"
Not only the Apostles were chosen out
of the world and separated by the'l
call and pirdt-begetting and develop
ment IN the School OF Christ, but all
OF the followers Of Jesus throughout
this Gospel Age have been sharers IA
this same call TO separateness froIn
the world. They walk by faith and
not by slght--ther faithfulness IN iIy-
ing unto the Lord and not for self. 10
promised the great reward of share
in the Messianic Kingdom glory.
Then when the Church shalt have
reached her glory win be the time Cor
the world to be blessed. The ChuIeh
as the spiritual Seed OF Abraham
Galatians iii. e0) VIII with her Re
deemer bless all the families Of the
earth for thousand years and maks
good 10 them their share In the merit
OF Christs sacrifice.
Gensvs's Monument to Servetus.
The Pastor said that week before
he had been In Geneva and looked at
the monuments 10 Calvin and to Ser
vetus 1.-THE Christian brother whom
Calvin had caused to be roasted alive
by slow fire for five hours. The lat
ter monument had been erected by
Calvln's followers to show that they
had no sympathy with their leaders
course IN this matter.
Pastor Russell declared that Calvin
had not Invented the Doctrine of Elec.
ton. for # was in the Bible fifteen
centuries before he was born. He
gave him due credit for having made
the doctrine prominent.
With the increasing light now shin
ing upon the Bible, said Pastor Rus
sell. we see. that the elect Church
when united to her Heavenly Bride
groom win be the Elect Seed OF Abra-
ham whies God has promised shall
bless the non-elect
7, von a,snt the na,ys wben Il Is