The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-11

the Holy spirit and become sons OF
Cod and joint-heirs with Jesus
Christ their Lord. (ROmans S:17J
These constitute the anti-typical seed
of Abraham, which long ago God
promised He would ultimately use in
blessing all the families Of the earth.
Thus we read, III sc be Christ's,
then are sc Abrahams seed, and
heirs, according to the promise made
to Abraham. J-GalatiaR 1923.
From this viewpoint we see that
none have been saved In the proper
sense Of the word. except the church,
and the church's salvation awaits
com pletlon in the First Resurrection
at the Lords second coming. These,
as a royal priesthood, In association
with the great high priest and king,
Jesus. are to reign for q thousand
years for the blessing of Adam and
his racc-the world.
It is proper to mention here that
the Bible refers to certain sanity
characters, Abraham, Isaac and Ja'
cob and all the prophets and saints
prior to Christ, who demonstrated
loyalty to God as being marked OFT
in the Divine purpose for the first
place OF the specially favored, whtH
Mssiah's Kingdom shall have been
inauguratcd. But the Apostle, after
enumcratIng these says, They with
on: us 1.-THE church, cannot be made
perfect; God having provided somG
better thing for us."-IIeb. 1880.
God from the beginning planned
the blessing Of all the families Of the
earth through the church, the spirit
ual seed Of Abraham and indirectly
also through Abraham, Isaac and Ja'
cob and all the prophets who were
of the natural seed OF Abraham God
has allowed the world to go down
into death under various conditions
by slaughter. by pcstilcnce. by war.
They were without hope because they
did not know God and His gracious
character and wonderful plan. Only
the church are privileged to under
stand this plan, until eventually 1t
will begin to operate toward the
whole world "Thc secret Of the
Lord is with them that reverence
Him and He will show item His CO.
vcnant. Psalm 25:1i
Very respectfully yours.
PASTOR c. 7. RUSSELL,
Brooklyn Tabernacle,
Brooklyn, December 6, 1913.
p. S. Ny attention has just been
called to your issue Of December LIST,
in which 1t is declared that Rev.
Hampton answered my lecture OF the
Sunday previous in his lecture cnttt-
led, as There He'll? II so, Where
Is lt?"
or course cannot know what Rev.
Hampton said; but If he merely quot
ed the words Of Jesus and the Apos-
ties and failed to explain to his hear
crs that the only hell Of the Old
Testament is shcol, which signifies
the tomb, and that the hadcs OF the
Now Testament is its equivalent, !
fear that he left them in as gross
darkness as before he began his lee
turc. am sure that Rev. Hampton
found no Scripture to tell the loea-
ton of any torture chamber provided
by the God of all grace and Father
of mercics for the eternal suffering
and woe Of the thousands Of millions
of His human creatures who have
died unimmerscd.
Quite Il number Of your citizens
gave their addresses as being inter
estcd and desiring to know more
about the Divine plan for humanit!'
promised them that as result Of
fine giving of their addresses that
each should have Il pamphlet which
explains everything appcrtaining t"
the subject of hell, quoting every
passage from Genesis to Revelation,
and also dealing with some symbolic
cal Scriptures, such as the Parable
Of the Sheep and the Goats, and the
,Rriell. Man and Lazarus. When TINS
rbainphlcl shall have been studied by
Intelligent men and women, they vii!
sec the difference between the Bible
he'll and the hell of the dark ages,
and will gl0rify God on bhalr Of