Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-12-10
lohn'R Letter.

Iwonder IL we can always sift out the
figurative from the literal in the Scrip
lures where the figurative abounds.
Which one 10 this? marvel not at this,
the time Is coming and now Is, when
forth, they that have done good to the
resurrection of life, and they that have
done evil to the resurrection of judg-
ment." Is the "now Is" key TO the
situation? We look TO Webster's una
bridged for the definitions of resource
ton, one of which is: "Alrising from
low condition to higher and better"
Are the graves here q low condition
or the genuine thing-fgurative or liter
al?
We recall one that Is similar which Is q
condition and of which there can be no
question: "Tbey shall come up from
the 'grav es' into the land OF Israel"
A grievous captivity was theirs for GEN.
turtles. Their harps hung on the willows
BY the rivers of Babylon they sat down,
and they wept when they remembered
Zion. Their captors required Of them
song. How could they sing the Lords
song in q strange land? The promise
was kept as IL always is by Him who
promises. A resurrection from csptivi-
ty to freedom. From Babylon to Zion.
From bad TO better.
A picture-s photograph, so to speak
of section of the roadway OF the
worlds progression, the line of which
WAS urveyed-mspped out-before the
world began. And, however II has
seemed to twist and turn and be delay ed,
the movement has been onward and still
onward through the centuries. Il may
not be noted from year to year, but look
ing backwa a. far as cur vision ex-
tends We may we'll exclaim: "What hath
God wroughtr' Surely he hath not hur-
ried nor need of hurry with . working
eternity yet to come.
On the whole il might not be amiss to
think and say that the words OF Christ
were, and are, true when he said "the
time now L." and il has been contin-
uous time, and that kind OF resurrection
Is still In progress and will continue till
the knowledge Of the Lord shall cover
the earth As the waters cover the sea
till there DO an end made Of transgression
and everlasting righteousness be brought
in, for the Lord hath spoken il.
Furthermore II might not be amiss to
think and to say that Webster's defiui-
ton of this particular resurrection is
correct, and that the ''graves" is con-
dition and not s-ah- "theory."
There is one thing that puzzles US,
quite likely because we lack knowledge
of the laws machinery and its hidden
workings, and that is the reason why, in
the Raymond murder trial, the Hurd
confession was kept back till the jury
were out of bearing. Was IL too delicate
q subject to be discussed till the "chil-
dren'' were sent out of the room? Is il
the prerogative Of the state to snuff out
all the candles possible that throw ray
of light into the dark corners? To our
way of thinking Ii was evidence that
fastened the crime and supplied the mo-
tive, just what they and We have been
looking for, when We have looked at all,
for seven years. However, all's well
that ends well. II so happened that
there were "twelvs good men and true"
who did their duty without the help of
the suppressed evidence, the good rea
son for the suppression OF which lies be-
yond our line Of vision.
JOHN.