The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-09-12

declared that the
Devil Of the Bible Transforms himself
into an angel Of light in his endeavors
10 mis3ead 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
yorting amidst flames Of hell. torturing
hapless beings-and 'stoking fires.
The Bible hell is sheol, hodes-the
tomb, the state Of death, where both
good and bad 60 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 and shall reign with
Christ thousand years.-Rev. X, G.
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.
Asastasts, the Greek word for resur-
Fection: means raising up again-im-
plying that the person was once up.
fell down and 10 to be raised up again.
The Apostle declares that man fell
from perfection and the raising up
again 10 to be to human perfection.
None win be forced to return, but all
the willing win be assisted to obedi-
ence-the reward Of which viii be a
gradual uplifting to all that was lost
I'm Eden and redeemed at Calvary. The
disobedient, after full opportunity, the
Pastor declared. will be destroyed In
the Second Death, which the Scrip
lures symbolically represent as the
Lake Of Fire.-Revelation II, IA, Is.
One Rsdsmption-Twe Situations.
Pastor Russell called attention to nu-
meFous Scriptures which seemed in
harmony with his contention that the
redemption provided In Jesus IL to be
c0extensive with the condemnation
which came to Ill 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-
3. ually tried They have merely shared
In hereditary weaknesses, mental, NOR
a and physical and shared also in the
hereditary death penalty which in
VOWED them in sin, sorrow and pain in
conjunction with the ultimate result,
death. It is because all were thus con.
demned through one mans disobedi-
ence that the death Of the Man Jesus
once for alt 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
BE died has. been blessed should be to
M guarantee that the remainder will
be blessed, since HE has tasted death
mr. every man."-Hebrews H. 8.
Who 10 30 blind as not to be able to
&c the difference between the Church
and the world in our text It reminds
a. said the Pastor, Of Jesus words to
His disciples. 'Ye are not OF the world,
even 40 ] 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 their
call and spirit-begetting and develop:
eAsSeAs ~ wv 0S&VVi VI NuI1bt, OuC 8u
Of the followers Of Jesus throughout
this Gospel Age have been sharers in
this Same. call to separateness from
the world. They walk by faith and
not by sight-their faithfulness in liv.
Ing unto the Lord and not for self, 10
promised the great reward Of q share
In the Messianic Kingdom glory.
Then when the Church shall have
reached her glory will be the time for
the world to be blessed. The Church
az the spiritual Seed Of Abraham
Galatians Ill, 29) will with her Re-
deemer bless all the families Of the
earth for q thousand years and make
good to them their share in the merit
of Christ's sacrifice.
oensya's Monument to ssrvstus.
The Pastor said that week before
be had been In Geneva and looked at
tie monuments to Calvin. and to Ser
1etus tthe Christian brother whom
Calvin had caused to DO roasted alive
p slow IRE for Eve hours). The lat
ter monument had been erected By
0alvin's followers 10 chow that they