Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-20

hX w On last Lords
l5-sss ss--z4 q - day we discussed
RAalSk= =kUo9tlly the fact Of the res
direction and show
ed from st. Paul's words that without
Gods purpose Of a resurrection those
who have fallen asleep In death would
have perlshed as brutes. We followed
with the Apostle the assurances that
Christ did rise from the dead and be.
come the Flrst-frults Of all those who
have gone into the sleep Of death. 9th
ers, indeed were awakened temporarl-
ly--as, for Instance, Jairus' daughter,
Lazarus the friend of Jesus, and the
son Of the widow OF Main.
Yet none Of those instances Is count
ed as a resurrection, for 1t is said that
Christ Is the Flrst-frults Of those who
slept Their awakening was merely Of
temporary nature, and they soon re-
lapsed into the sleep Of death. They
did not have a full resurrection an
dStosis-a raising up to perfection Of
life such as the redemptlve work of
Jesus guarantees to Adam and to all
his race willing to accept the same un-
der the terms Of the New Covenant.
You Will recall that on last Lords
day we demonstrated from the Scrip.
lures that II is not the body, but the soul,
that Is promised a resurrectlon-that Il
was our Lords soul that went to sheoL
to hddes, to the death state, and that
God raised Him up from death on the
third day, We noted difficulty into
which all Chrlstendom was plunged by
the unscrlptural theory that it Is the
body that Is TO be resurrected We now
continue to search and note well fur
ther difficulties into which this error
plunged us as believers In the words Of
Christ, particularly In connection with
our Redeemer's resurrection.
What Went to Hoavsn9
The ordinary thought in Christian
minds In respect to Jesus death and
resurrection tx that when He seemed to
die He did not die; that He, the being
the soul, could not die that, lnstead
He went to Heaven, and then, on the
third day, came back TO get the body
which bad been cruclded and that He
took It TO heaven forty days later; that
He has had TINT body ever since: and
that He will have It to all eternity,
marred with the print OF the nails In
His hands and feet, the thorns upon
His brow, and the spear mark In His
side. What CHASTITY thought How
strange that we should ever have been
mlsled into 80 unscripturul and unrea.
sonNble Il theory Some endeavor to
gloss the matter by suggesting that our
Lords desh Is glorided It shines.
the shining presumably making the
wounds all the more conspicuous.
Our Methodist friends have not yet
changed their statement Of the matter.
namely, "He ascended up on high, TAX.
ing Ills leshly body with Him, and all
thut 0pperaned thereto, and sat down
ON the right hand Of God" This me.
dleyal statement correctly admits that
the leshly body was not the Lords.
but that He, the soul. took II with Him
as luggage The statement "and all
that oppertalned thereto" presumably
would refer to our Lords sandals,
walking stick and such clothing as the
soldiers did not divide amongst them
at the time Of His cruciaxlon--if in.
deed He had any othersl But our dear
Methodist friends want to be sure that
nothing was Iert behind
All this is Of a piece with the theory
that the saints when they die 60 to
heaven, and then, later, come back aud
get their bodies, "and all things apper.
tanning thereto'-the inconveniences
that they have been rid Of for cen.
turicsl How many trunkloads Of
things oppertalning thereto" may be
taken by some, and how mixed an as.
sortment by others Is not stated. Mel.
ther are particulars given respecting
those whose clothing, etc, have mean.
time worn out But we have had
enough OF this, II It has helped us 10
see the absurdlty OF our theories 10.
ceived from the Dark Ages" II II has
awakened us to thought aud to Bible
Investigation on this important and ln
terestlng subject
What Say tho serip,uros7
Tho Bible presentation OF this sub.
jeet u every way reasonable. consist.
ent and harmonious. st. Paul points
out that there is a natural body ana
there is spirit body" lie does not
mean and be does not say that the
spirit body Is a human body glorlaed.
Quite 10 the contrary He declares
that "Flesh and blood cannot inherit
the Kingdom Of God"--no matter how
glorihed Il might be, A human being