The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-02-28

the reign of sin and death have not
changed the Divine intention. On the
contrary. the human family has been
multiplying; It has been given val,i.
able lessons on the exceeding sinful.
ness Of sin; It has learned to know
eril first. Next it must be brought to
knowledge Of good and to an appre.
citation Of Divine mercy. This will
come to mankind during the thousand
years of Messiahs reign, in which not
only the living will be blessed with
knowledge and with recovery from the
power Of death, but gradually all that
have gone down to the tomb shall come
forth, that they may be raised up, up.
up again to the perfection Of life. and
fully lioe again at the end Of the thou
sand CHARACTERIZATION Xxx, 5.
In the Ages to Como.
Nor will the lengths and the breadth
of Divine love toward the elect Church,
the Bride of Christ, be fully exhibited
to angels and to men, even during the
glorious period Of Messiah's reign.
Saint Paul explicitly declares, that in
the Ages to come He might shew the
exceeding riches Of His grace in His
kindness toward us through Christ
Jesus" Is it asked what opportunity
there will be for further favors to be
clusion Of the Millennial reign? We
answer that as the Scriptures declare
that God formed the earth not in vain
but made it to be inhabited, and will
make it glorious as His footstool in due
time, so we may reason with respect to
Gradually through coming Ages Divine
power will be exercised in bringing into
being millions of intelligent creatures
on every planet of our system.
And still more than this, if our astro-
nomical concepts are correct, all the
fixed stars are suns, and around each
sun are planets. Are there, then. a
thousand blazing suns? Yes, more.
Are there ten thousand? Yes, more.
Are there ten times ten thousand? Yes,
more! Are there ten times hundred
thousand, a million? Yes. more! Are
there ten times ten millions, hundred
millions? Yes, and more! And if we
allow an average of ten planets to each
sun this would make more than thou
sand million planets. all made not in
vain. but eventually to be Inhabited.
And astronomers assure us that we
have every reason to believe that If we
could stand upon the very furthermost
sun of our knowledge we would see as
many millions more beyond
Alas! our poor minds are bewildered
with such immensely, with such mani
festations of the lengths and breadths
of Divine Power and Wisdom, even as
we have already been bewildered in
our attempt to appreciate the lengths
and breadths and heights and depths
Of Divine Love! Will there not in
deed, then, be quite a sufflciency Of the
Divine Program to be outworked
through Christ and the Church to JUS
tify the Apostles statement that in
the Ages to come God will manifest
the exceeding riches Of His grace in
His loving kindness toward us in
Christ Jesus?
lndia's Share In Gods Grace.
India's hundreds of millions have
not gone to hell Of hopeless despair
and endless torture! Thank God. no!
They have gone to the same hell to
which Jesus went, the same to which
the Apostles and Prophets went. the
same to which all mankind, both good
and bad go-the Bible hell, the tomb.
the state Of death-Sheol, in the Old
Testament Hebrew. and hddes, in the
New Testament Greek. They are all
asleep. unconscious. until the morning
of the resurrection. Thus Abraham
slept with his fathers" as did King
David and Solomon. and ALL both good
and bad. Thus Jesus friend. Lazarus
fell asleep and was awakened by thu
Saviour on the fourth day. called forth
from the tomb. Thus also Saint Ste
phen. stoned to death. fell asleep; and
Saint Paul speaks of mankind in the
tomb as sleeping in Jesus. and Of tho
Church as being asleep in Christ.
In the glorious morning of the New
Dispensation. inaugurated by Messi-
abs Kingdom. the awakening of man
kind will gradually proceed. Our Saw
Tor informs us that His Church. the
elect Bride will constitute the First
Resurrection, and that subsequently
all that sleep in the dust Of the earth
shall come forth. every man in his
own order" in his own rank. Even
tually all shall be brought forth and
thus Sheol will be no more. Hddes shall
be destroyed as the Scriptures say,
"Oh, Sheol, will be thy destruction"
(Hosea xiii. 14l Our Lord declares
that He has the keys Of Hades-the
rightful authority TO open the tomb
and ultimately release all the prisoners
of sin and death and to grant them
restitution privileges under HIS Mes
sianic Kingdom. which first Of ait will
bind Satan and overthrow his King
dom of darkness and sin, ignorance
and superstition.
AS for those who win ultimately re-
ject Divine favor. the message is that
they shall die the Second Death. From
it there will be no redemption, no res
direction, no recovery. AS Saint Peter
declares, they shall perish liEs natural
brute beasts.
1t is time that we should btEin to