Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-03-02

a. DNihe authority Associated Mt,
.n ~ naS Deen marred and much of q no,
Deen lost. The six thousand y go :. "a, :,
one reign of sin and death have No,
enanged the Divine intention. On tS, %
eonlrary' the human family hss 49,
nsuli'iplylng; 1t has been given valn
"o "ole lessons on the exceeding sinful
.'',, nesS G Oh sin; 1t has learned to I. LnoT
eVls hrst' Next it must ha brov,,h. S..O " "
k.1lowledge of good and to an ammo -
Clatlon Of Divine mercy. This vii w,1l
eOue TO mankind during the thorsond u
oe,lI SearS OF Messiah's reign, in which moi
Dniy tne living will be blessed with
Anowledge and with recovery from tho %
power Of death, but graduailv MI .So.
nave gone down to the tomb Shall como
Lortn' that they may be raised nm nm
up again to the perfection of life ond %
aul'y l're again at the end of the tbon.
s"nu years'-Revelation Xxx, g.
In the Ages to Come
NOR VIII the lengths and the breodtha
~ ~ DIyine p love toward the elect Church
tne BRIDE Of Christ, be fully exhibited
~ angels and to men, even during the
GLORIOUS period of Messiahs reign
SAINT Paul explicitly declares "tbat IN
Tue ages to come He might sbew Tho
exceeding riches of His grace in His
1inuness toward us through Christ
9esus' Is 1t asked what opportunity
tnere will be for further favors 70 No
bestowed upon the Church at the CON
eiuslon of the Millennial reign? We
answer that as the Scriptures declora
tnat GOD formed the earth not in vain
ouo' made 1t to be Inhabited, and will
make 1t glorious as His footstool in due
time' so we may reason with resnect to
the other planets of our solar system
1rauually through coming Ages Divine
power Will be exercised in bringing into
oeing millions of intelligent creatures
on every planet of our system.
And still more than this, if our astro.
nomlcal concepts are correct. all the
hxed stars are suns, and around each
sun are planets. Are there, then.
thousand blazing suns? Yes, more
Are there ten thousand? Yes. more
Are there ten times ten thousand? Yes
more! Are there ten times a hundred
thousand, a million? Yes, more! Are
there ten times ten millions, a hundred
millions? Yes and morei And If we
allow an average of ten planets to each
sun this would make more than a thou.
sand million planets, all made not In
vain. but eventually to be inhabited.
And astronomers assure us that we
have every reason to believe that IL we
could stand upon the very furthermost
sun of our knowledge we would see as
many millions more beyond,
Alas! our poor minds are bewildered
with such immensity, with such mani.
festations Of the lengths and breadths
of Divine Power and Wisdom, even as
we have already been bewildered in
our attempt to appreciate the lengths
and breadths and heights and depths
Of Divine Loyel win there not in.
deed, then, be quite sufficiency of the
Divine Program to be outworked
through Christ and the Church to jus I
tify the Apostles statement that in
the Ages to come God will manifest
the exceeding riches Of His grace In
His loving kindness toward us in
Christ Jesus?
lndia's Share In Gods Grace.
India's hundreds of millions have
not gone to hell of hopeless despair
and endless torture! Thank Cod no!
They have gone to the same hell to
which Jesus went, the same to which
The Apostles and Prophets went, the
same to which all mankind. both good
md bad go-the Bible hell, the tomb,
he state of death-sheOl in the Old
Testament Hebrew, and hddCS, in the
New Testament Greek. They are all
lsleep, unconscious, until the morning '
" the resurrection. Thus Abraham
jlept with his fathers" as did Kings
David and Solomon. and all. both good
ind bad. Thus Jesus friend. Lazarus,
ell asleep and was awakened by the
Saviour on the fourth day called forth
rom the tomb. Thus also Saint ste
,hen, stoned to death, fell asleep; and !
Saint Paul speaks of mankind in the ]
omb as sleeping In Jesus, and Of the \
Jhurch as being asleep in Christ. ]
In the glorious morning Of the New \
inaugurated by Messi- !
his Kingdom, the awakening Of man I
ind will gradually proceed. Our Say !
Or informs us that His Church. the I
lect Bride, will constitute the First !
resurrection, and that subsequently I
Il that sleep in the dust Of the earth !
hall come forth, every man In his I
wn order" in his own rank. Even !
ually all shall be brought forth and I
hus Sheol will be no more Hades shall \
G destroyed as the Scriptures say. I
Oh. Sheol, | will be thy destructionw I
Hosea xiii. a. Our Lord declares =
hat He has the keys Of Hades-tbe
Ightfu authority to open the tomb :
nd ultimately release all the prisoners
Z sin and death and to grant them :
estitution privileges under His Mes !
anic Kingdom which FIRST Of all will I
ind Satan and overthrow his King !
ON Of darkness and sin. Ignorance I
nd superstition. !
As for those who will ultimately re- I
,ct Divine favor, the message Is that !
ley shall die the Second Death. From I
there win be no redemption. no res
rreetion. no recovery. AS Saint Peter 7
eclares, they shall perish like natural !