Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-08

Ia - be not risen. then Is
(CRAI0R RUSSElL our preaching vain
and your faith also
saln: yea. and We arc found false wit
nesses Of God. Then they also
which are fallen asleep in ChriStare per-
ished." u Cor Ky. Ii. -. 49, He said:
e The faith once delivered to the saints
by Jesus ana the APOSTLES i'll respect
to The resurrection Of the dead has
been very generally lost. Christian
people profess belief in the resurrec-
rion. because they find it stated in the
Bible, yet they arc continually III dill
Guilty in their cndeavor to make the
Scrptural teaching on the subject
square with some Of the unscripturai
theories received into the Church and
Incorporates into many Of the crccds.
81. Paul warned The Church against
these human philosophers. aud called
them science. Falsely; so-calicd.'' which
make void the Word Of God. These
errors have been Instrumental in divid-
ing the faith Of Gods people into Gon
different denominations. with 600 d!f-
fercnr professions. !r Gods people
could all come back TO the simplicity
" the Bibles teaching. al Of these d;:.
frrenccs would speedily disappear.
iiod's Word would be seen 10 be bean.
lifuI and harmonious and Satisfacto"!
10 the cunsccrated iuteiecr.
Tho Bible Resurrection Reasonable.
Really the doctrine OF the rcSurrcr-
ton Of the dead has been rcpudatcd
by al denominations. not willingly.
not Intentionally. bnt pcrforcc. ~ il
were. An opposite theory received
and cntrcuchcd in the minds gives no
place for the doctrine Of the rcSllrrcc-
ton as The Bible presents it. CUnSc.
uuently We have twisted the doctrine
Of the resurrection and rccItc. Il be-
ieve in the resurrection Of The body.
Yet. even this perverted view Of the
resurrection IS not satisfactory 10
those who hold it. They wish many a
time that the doctrine Of the rcSurrcc-
ion WAS not in The Bible. 50 much
difference does it, cause. For Instance.
how inconsistent il seems that they
should say. Il believe in the reSurrcc.
lion Of Tie body, ami then SAY. aS
many do. Dying is but Suiu. home.
getting rid Of The mortal flesh. AMI
being freed from its limitations. II il
is Il blrsSin" ~ die and get free from
the limitations Of the body. how could
il be Il blessing 10 he rrincarccratcQ III
the body. aud he obliged to keep il
through all eternity:
There is nothing inconsistent in thc
Bible presentation Of the resurrection.
Nor from the Bible. but from mra.
comes the suggestion Of fhn rcSur:"r-
ton Of the bDdy. The Bible invariably
refers I" the resurrection Of lie """'.
II is the SORT that dies: as we rrn:'.
The soul that Sinneth il shall lie.
Adam WAS created Il Living soul. ~!
his living sol came under the dca';;
sentence because he diSObcycd God
H. WIS his SDWi that was redeemed
from death. not his body. Il vii! r..
deem thy lie look up the word lifc 10
see If it is from the Hebrew word
meaning soul. aud if so, add the Wort;
SCut after the word Hfc in parcnrh"-
sis from destrucliOm.--rS; CHI, !.
70 accomplish this redemption We
read that Christ Jesus poured out
His soul uuto death He made ''iIi%
soul an Offering for sin. Moreover.
we are particularly tod that il was
the soul OF Jesus that was raised from
the dead Il will not leave Thy soul
lin shcGL'' St. Peter quotes this state
mcut as propbetical Of The resurrection
o, Jesus that His soul was not left
in kqGcs. With what body d. they
| come? is totally different qu"S-
ton. Some OF the dead souls. in the
resurrection. will come forth with sPir'
it bodies. and others with human
bodies. according to the Bible. But the
Important point is thar it IS the sV"F.
the bciNg. that comes forth. IL the SDW
dies, as lie Bible declares, then mani
testify the soul should be resurrectcl
Bible Made Void by Tradition.
The difficulty with Us has been thar
we have made void The Word Of God
by our TRADITIONS We received from
the Greciau philosophers a tradition
which Socrates and Plato both adj
vocated. namely. that when a human
being dies he does not really die. The
soul. it is claimed. cannot die. bat
whenever the soul gets out Of the body.
the body dies How strange it scerls
that we all accepted This philosophy
without 4 word of Scripture. but with
hundreds Of Scriptures to condemn It.
1t behooves us to take Il decided stand
either with the Grecian philosophers
and their theories. or with the Bible
The two are in conhict and whoever
,attempts.t TO hold both is in confusion.