Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-10-05

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the whole world"
t(RASTOR RUSSELl)I Il John ii. p He
declared that the
Devil of the Bible transforms himself
into an angel of light in his endeavors
to mislead the people of God and to
make void the Word of God. The Bible
nowhere represents the Devil with
hoofs and horns and forked tail ca
vorting amidst flames of hell. torturing
hapless beings-and stocking fires
The Bible hell is sheol. hddes-the
tomb. the state of death. where both
good and bad go and from which all
are to be recovered in due time The
Church will be the first: Blessed and
holy are all they that have part in the
First Resurrection: they shall be
priests unto God and shall reign with
Christ a thousand years--Rev. XIX, G.
Dur that thousand years all the
remainder of the race will have resur-
rection privileges. The worlds resur-
rection will include not only an awak-
ening from death, but much more.
Anastasis, the Greek word for resur-
rection. means a raising up again-im-
plying that the person was once up,
fell down and is to be raised up again.
The Apostle declares that man fell
from perfection and the raising up
again is to be to human perfection
None will be forced to return. but all
the willing will be assisted to obedi-
ence-the reward of which will be,
gradual uplifting to all that was lost
in Eden and redeemed at Calvary The
disobedient after full opportunity. the
Pastor declared will be destroyed in
the Second Death. which the Scrip
lures symbolically represent as the
Lake of Fire.-ReveIatioD Xxx. IA. Is Il,
One Redemption-Two SaIvations. =
Pastor Russell called attention to nu-
merous Scriptures which seemed in
harmony with his contention that the
redemption provided in Jesus is to be
co-extensive with the cOndemnatie
which came to all through Father Ad-
am Father Adam alone had been
tried and, because of sin, had been
sentenced to death. The remainder of
humanity have never yet been. individ-
ually tried. They have merely shared
in hereditary weaknesses, mental. NOR
al and physical, and shared also in the
hereditary death penalty which in
volved them in sin, sorrow and pain in
conjunction with the ultimate result.
death. 1t is because all were thus con-
demned through one mans disobedi-
ence that the death of the Man Jesus
once for all can be justly the redemp-
don-price for the sins of the world.
Christ has died. And the fact that
but one class of humanity for whom
He died has been blessed should be to
us a guarantee that the remainder will
be blessed, since He has tasted death
for every manufacturers H. 9.
Who is so blind as not to be able to
see the difference between the Church
and the world in our text? 1t reminds
US, said the Pastor, of Jesus words to
| His disciples. I'VE are not of the world,
even as 1 am not of the world for
have chosen you out of the world
Not only the Apostles were chosen out
of the world and separated by their
call and pirit-begetting and develop
ment in the School of Christ. but all
of the followers of Jesus throughout
this Gospel Age have been sharers in
this same call to separateness from
the world. They walk by faith and
not by sight-their faithfulness in liv-
ing unto the Lord and not for self. is
promised the great reward of a share
in the Messianic Kingdom glory
| Then when the Church shall have
reached her glory will be the time for
the world to be blessed. The Church
as the spiritual Seed of Abraham
| Galatians iii. 29l will with her Re
deemer bless all the families of the
earth for a thousand years and make
good to them their share in the merit
| of Christ's sacrifice
Gensva's Monument to Ssrvetus-
| The Pastor said that a week before
| he had been in Geneva and looked at
| the monuments to Calvin and to Ser
vetus tthe Christian brother whom
Calvin had caused to be roasted alive
by a slow fire for eve hours}! The lat
ter monument had been erected by
Calvin's followers to show that they
had no sympathy with their leaders
course in this matter.
Pastor Russell declared that Calvin
had not invented the Doctrine of Elec-
ton. for it was in the Bible fifteen
centuries before he was born he
gave him due credit for having made
the doctrine prominent
With the increasing light now shin
ing upon the Bible. said Pastor Rus
sen- we see that the elect Church
when united to her Heavenly Bride
groom will be the Elect Seed of Abra-
nam which God has promised shall
| afaSe he unn-alacf