The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-08-22

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IPASTOR RUSSElL)l Il John ii. - He
declared that the
Devil of the Bible transforms himself
into an angel of light in his endeayOrs
TO miSlcad 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 ca
vorting amidst flames of hell. tOrtuIing
hapless beings-and stocking fires.
The Bible hell is Shc0I, hddeS-the
tomb, the state of death, where both
good ana bad go and from which all
are to be recovered in due time. The
Church will be the first: Blessed and
holy are all they that have part in the
First Resurrection; they shall be
priests unto God ana shal! reign with
Christ a thousand years.-Rev. ny, &.
During that thousand years all the
remainder of the race will have resur
rection privileges. The worlds resur-
rection will include not only an awak'
ening from death. but much more.
AndStGSiS. the Greek word for resur-
rection, means a raising up again-im-
plying that the person was once M.
fell down and is to be raised up again.
The Apostle declares that man fell
from perfection and the raising up
again is to be to human perfection.
None will be forced TO return. but all
the willing will be assisted to Obedi-
ence-the reward of which will be a
gradual uplifting TO all that was lost
in Eden and redeemed at Calvary. The
disobedient. after full opportunity. the
Pastor declared. will be destroyed in
the Second Death. which the Scrip
lures symboically represent as the
Lake Of Fire.-Reveation Xx. IA 10.
One Redemption-Two Salvations.
Pastor Russell called attention to MI
merOuS Scriptures which seemed III
harmony with his contention that the
redemption provided in Jesus is to be
co-eXtenSive with the condemnation
which came to all through Father Ad
am. Father Adam alone had beel
tried and, because Of sin. had beer
sentenced to death. The remainder OF
humanity have never yet been individ
ually tried They have merely shared
al and physical, and shared also in The
hereditary death penalty which i'll
volyed them in sin, sorrow and pain il
| conjunction with the ultimate result
! death. 1t is because all were thus con
| demned through one mans disobedi
ence that the 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 tina
but one class of humanity for whom
He died has been blessed should be L
US a guarantee that the remainder vii
| be blessed. since He has tasted dealt
for every man."-Hebrews ii. ..
Who is so blind as not to be able t'
see the difference between the Churcl
! and the world in our text? 1t remind:
! US said the Pastor of Jesus words Il
| 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 We're chosen on
of the world and separated by theil
call and spirit-begetting and develop
ment in the School of Christ but al
of the followers of Jesus Throughout
this Gospel Age have been sharers il
this same call to separatenesS from
the world They walk by faith anC
not by sight-their faithfulness in liv
ing unto the Lord and not for self, il
promised the great reward of share
in the Messianic Kingdom glory.
Then when the Church shall have
reached her glory will be the time 70
the world to be blessed. The Churcl
as the spiritual Seed of Abraham
Galatians iii, 29) will with her Re
deemer bless all the families of tn,
earth for a thousand years and MAKE
good to them their share in the meri
Of Christ's sacrifice