The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-01

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ehlngtd lhe Divine intention On |h1
contrary. tie human family hos been
multiplying. ~ has been glyen yalu-
able lessons 81 fhe exceeding sinful
ness 81 sin: Il las learbed q know
etiI art Next L must be brought 70
knokledge 81 good ana 70 q appre-
clation Of Divine uerry This VII
come to mRnkind during the thousand
years;ot Messiah's reign. m whleh not
only the living viii Be blessed WIZ
knpwRtge ana With fecoSets from tlie
1 power II death. but gradually Ail that
thaye gone down To- flie tomb StiaIl gone
forth. TINT 'thes tiay be raised ht. afs
up again to the perfection Of life. and
fully lie. again atSths end Of the thou
sand years. ReyelafI Ion xSsS
In the Asss y Come. y s;i,fi
Nor viii the length d I'D The brepdths
OF Divine love towaf Be elect chufclls
the Bride OF Christ. fully exhibited
to angels and 10 mefi. even during the
| glorious period OF alessali's. reign:
Saint paul explicitly declares that IN
the Ages to coiile He might s6eE the
exceeding riches of His grace I'm His
kindness toward us through Christ
Jesus Is it asked what opportunity
thcre Slll be for further fayors to be
bestowed upon the Church at the con.
clusl6n Of the Millennial reighs We
answer that, az the, Scriptures declare
that God formed the earth not in vain
bit indie. 1t, 10 be inhabited. and will
make 1t glorious az His fOOtstool 10 due
time. so we may feasotk <ll respect to
the other planets Of our solar system.
Gradually through coming Ages Divine
power viii be exercised inlb bringing into
being millions OF intelligent creatures
on every, planet OF our system. II
And sill more thqh this. -four astro,
nomlcal concepts are correct. all the
liked stars nre suns. and around each
sun are planets. are there. then. Il
Thousand blazineS suns? Yes. more.
Are there. den thousaBd3 yesstmure.
Are there ten times ten thousand ?, Yes,
more! Are. there ten times a htihdred
| .thousa1d, - million? Yes. more: Are
there iii inns Zen millions, d hundre,l
innlloi9nTe& Ind more! And II we
allow an average St ten planets TO each
s6n this would make more than thoIi-
sand million planets, aII made not In
vain. but eventually to I've inhabited.
And astronomers assure us That We
have every reason to believe that II we
could stand upon the very Furthermore
sun Of our knowledge we would see rs
many millions more beyond.
Alas! our poor minds are bewlldered
With such immensely. with sllch mani
festatlons, OF the lengths and breadthS
ofiDtvinp Power and Wisdom. even rs
Ne hare aIfeady been bewildered 10
our attempt to appreciate the lengths
and breadtlis. and heights and depths
Of Divine love! VIII there moi 10.
deedthet: be quite a suficieucy OF the
DIvIilc yItlrogr{M to be putworkr ID
through Christ and the ChpfSl8, 70 jqs'
tifT RI Apostles statems2t that p
the algts teb&ane God wllrnidnifest
the exceeding. riches Of His grace IN
His loving kindness toward -us--in
Christ .lestisa
Indrs Share in Gods erhse.
midas hundreds OF millions -tnte
not golis,to abel OF hopeless despalr
and endless torture! Thank God. mol
They have gone to the same hell 10
which Jesus went. the same to which
the Apostles md PROPHETS went, the
same,to which, all mankind, both good
land bad .so-tbe Bible, hell the tomb tom
the !, stateiof death7sheot. tn, the 0ll
.Testafneat Hebrew. and hddes, III the
| New Testament Greek They are illl
asIeen. unconscious. until the morning
of the resurrection. Thus "Abrahnm
slept with his fathers" as did Kings
David and Solomon, and all, Dotli. good
and bad Thus, Jesus friend. Lazarus,
fell asleep uhd WINS awakened hS the
SaGiouro on the fourth day. called forth
from the tomb. Thus also Saint Ste.
phen, stunned To death. fell ASLEEP; and
Saint Paul speaks Of Inanktnd IN the
tomb as sleeping in .Iesus, and of the
Church as.heInS asleep in Christ,
In the glorious morning OF the New
DispensatIon. inaugurIted by. Messl'
abs Kingdom, the. awakening OF man
Kind viii gradually proceed. Our Saw.
lor informs US that His Church. the
elect Bride. Will constitute the First
Resurrection. and that subsequently
all TINT sIeep in the dust Of tlle earth
| shall come firth. ',,eSery mantin Ills
own order" In his own rank. Even.
tually all shall be- brought forth aud
thus Sksol.will. be. no.nore. Hadss shall
be destroyed rs the, Scriptures. say,
lrOh SheOI, will be thy destruction.
(Hosea Kill. 14I Our Lord declares
that BE has the keys of Hades-the
rightful authority to open the tomb
and ultimately release all the prisoners
Of sin and death and 10 grant them
restitution privileges under His Mes
sIanic Kingdom. which first Of all will
bind Satan and overthrow his King
dom OF darkness and sin, ignorance
Ind superstition
As for those who will ultimately re.
ject Divine favor. the message Is that
they shall die the Second Death. From
II there will he no redemntion, no res