The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-06

declared that the
Devil Of the Bible transforms himself
into an angel of light in his endeavors
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 ca
yorting amidst flames Of hell torturing
hapless beings-and stocking fires
The Bible hell is sheol. hddes-the
tomb the state of death, where both
good and bad go and from which all
are to be recovered in due time The
Church will be the first: Blessed md
holy are all they that have part in the
First Resurrection; they shall be
priests unto God and shall reign with
Christ a thousand years.-Rey. Xxx, 6.
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.
Andstasis, the Greek word for resur-
rection. means raising up again-im-
plying that the person was once up,
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-
encc-the reward Of which will be a
gradual uplifting to all that was lost
in Eden and redeemed at Calvary. The
disobedent. 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 XXX. IA. Is.
One Redcmption-Two Salvations.
Pastor Russell called attention to nu
merous Scriptures which seemed II
harmony with his contention that tht
redemption provided in Jesus is to bt
co-extensive with the condemnation
which came to all through Father Ad
am. Father Adam alone had beer
tried and, because of sin, had beer
sentenced to death. The remainder c1
humanity have never yet been individ
ually tried. They have merely sharet
in hereditary weaknesses, mental, NOR
hereditary death penalty which in
volved them in sin, sorrow and pain II
conjunction with the ultimate result
death 1t is because all We're thus con
demned through one mans disobedi
ence that the death of the Man Jesus
once for all can be justly the redemp
ton-price for the sins of the world.
Christ has died. And the fact thai
but one class Of humanity for whom
He died has been blessed should be Il
us guarantee that the remainder vii
be blessed. since HE. has tasted deatl
for every man. Hebrews ii. 8.
Who is 50 blind as not to be able tt
see the difference between the Church
and the world in our text? 1t reminds
us, said the Pastor, of Jesus words tc
His disciples. we 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 out
of the world and separated by their
call and spirit -begetting and develop
ment in the School of Christ, but all
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. is
promised the great reward of share
in the Messianic Kingdom glory.
Then when the Church shall have
reached her glory will be the time fol
the world to be blessed. The Church
as the spiritual Seed of Abraham
Galatians ILL., %, will with her Re
deemer bless all the families of the
earth for thousand years and make
good to them their share in the merit
OF Christ's sacrifice.
Geneva's Monument to Servetus.
The Pastor said that n week before
he had been in Geneva and looked nj
the monuments to Calvin and to Ser
vetus (the Christian brother whom
Calvin had caused to be roasted alive
by a slow fire for Ave hours. The lat
ter monument had been erected b,
Calvln's followers to show that the
had no sympathy with their leader
course in this matter.
Pastor Russell declared that Calvn
had not invented the Doctrine of Ele
ton, for it was in the Bible fftce
centuries before he was born. II
gave him due credit for having mad,
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 will be the Elect Seed of Abra
ham which God has promised shal