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Bible Statement. That Man 1. Mortal.
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Editor OF The Virginian:
sir,-Amid the many conflicting voices scream
ng eagles. and strfdent notes OF higher thou yht,
we can hear sounding in the mighty din man
Is immortal in the flesh and never die"
We asked ourself. is this true? and we
know not one thing about the matter any further
than the Bible informs us. we concluded to
search the Scriptures, for they are, always,
amp unto feet. and a light unto our path
So we took rood old King James version
little quaint. with few slips In translation, but
EXCELLENT nevertheless, and started at Cen 2: II.
under sentence Of death: and to prevent his
coming immortal in the nesh. he was prompt
" removed from the wonderful tree OF life the
'ruit OF which. II eaten. would cause him to
live forever. We looked for torment but could
not fnd 1t, but we learned that the wages Of
sin is death: also the soul that snneth It
shall die" We noted. men lived long while,
ut kept dying and going into sheol for 1856
years At the end Of that time. God sent a great
food Of waters and swept them from the earth.
into one mighty grave.
Some know-it-alls. kept calling out that we
were too far back. on the wrong path, and to
come forward Into, the regions of advanced
bought. Presently, some one said where are
the dead? And at every know all,
romptly answered. in heaven. We hadn't no
t.ced anything like that, and set out at once to
investigate. Soon we were surprised to find that
Samuel. came up out OF his grave TO answer Saul
with their fathers. Job Z: s-16: TO- sl-22 and
have not the Joy of heaven in them. Nor had
David. or any man assembled but Christ only. The
assertion that David and others, and all OF ones
relatives and friends are in heaven, in the face
OF Peters statement (Acts. 2: 1884; and Paul
Is: ~. 49, ~: Cor) also IS verse Timothy
6:l6. and that they went there when the saints
arose at Chrsts resurrection, Is one of the most
astounding things written by mortal man.
Splendid eyesight and great knowledge had to
be brought into effect to know who were among
hem. What pity Peter ignorant of the
fact We would not like to pull such hot ches-
nuts that out Of the fire. The next thing to
hear the dead come not back to life" We
sought our guide. the Bible and found John
81 u.s. 20. in which We supposed. that men called
from their graves. would certainly be here upon
the earth at that time Then we saw Cor
Is: 81, 20. and many others that We have not
space to describe. in which are glorious premises
once afar off, but now drawing near. and though
we have them In earthen vessels faith and hope
will walk beside us all the lay.
After that we read Rev. IL ls, in which the
mystery il finished and the end ushered In Then
the saints are given Immortality and In a
dspensation viii rule and reign men during
that thousand year day Of judgment. reaching to
the golden ages. Any fault to find? then read
And saw q heaven, and earth: for
the first heaven and the first earth were passed
away and there more sea. And I. John,
saw the holy city new Jerusalem. coming down
from God. out Of heaven. prepared as bride
adorned for her husband And heard q great
vaia~ Of heaven sayinE Behold The tabor