The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-24
RESURRECTION
OF The DEAD
WAS SUBJECT
J. =. EMERSON GAVE LECTURE
At THE SAN CARLOS AuoITo-
RUM YESTERDAY AFTERNOON

| j. r. Emerson, of Minneapolis. gave
his lecture on "rhe Resurrection Of
the Dead, why Necessary" at the san
| Carlos auditorium, Sunday, TO a very
attentive audience.
The speakers personality, his man
ner Of delivery, his topic. or some
thing, won for him from start to finish
/ the closest attention. In a pleasing.
straightforward way he delivered a
lecture full of comfort and good cheer.
The speaker said: THE doctrine OF
the resurrection is very prominently
set forth in the Scriptures and per-
haps no other Bible doctrine is fraught
with SO many delightful anticipations.
The thought OF having our loved ones
with us again by return from death
| is a most beautiful and wonderful
thought. The Bible presentation of this
| subject is SURPRISINGLY grand, and is
intended to magnify the name and
character of our God, but the beauty
quite generally lost sight of, because
of the theory that the dead are not
dead. but at the moment of death be-
come more alive than ever. Accept
ing this theory, Christian people have
been obliged to substitute other theo-
rfes for the Scriptural hope of a res
direction.
RESURRECTION OF the 6odys
Many cleaim that the resurrection
promises of the Bible all apply to the
body, forgetting the Apostles very
plain statement on this point, that the
body sown in death is not the body
which shall be IN the resurrection.
Believing the lie of Satan told in Eden
when he contradicted God, saving, God
doth Know thou wilt not surely die.
still others believe that the moment OIL
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that death is simply door by which
, we gain access TO higher life and high
err powers, forgetting again, that death
is the penalty for sins, and is nowhere
referred to door, but always de-
seribed as an enemy, while il it were
simply a way of access to better con-
ditions, it could not be regarded as
an enemy The Bible doctrine of the
resurrection of the dead is based upon
the very plain Bible teaching that the
| dead are dead. When once this fact is
clearly seen, not only does the teach
ing Of the resurrection become lumin-
Gus. but flood OF light is shed upon
many other Bible subjects, and the
Bible is seen to be beautiful and con-
sistent in all its teachings, and our
admiration and reverence for the prec-
| ious book increases MANIFOLD. If we
hold the erroneous view that the dead
are not QedO. 1t H1dkGS our blp1G IuI
of Inconsistencies which are often ex-
pressed in the well known phrase, The
Bible is an old fiddle that you can play
any tune upon But in the light of the
truth, that the dead are dead, the Bible
becomes harmonious and consistent
from. Genesis to Revelation, and only
one tune, the old song of Moses and
the Lamb, can be played upon it, and
what we supposed was tune we now
Gx,I
| knowing how to play the grand old
harp
The Dead Are Dead.
Let US notice how clearly the Bible
sets forth the thought that the dead
are dead. First we notice that death
| was the penalty pronounced in Eden.
| Next the Apostle (Rom. $3.50 says,
| The wages OF sin is death We are
further told that this death penalty in
volved all through the law of heredity.
The question is. What is the condition
OF those in death?' Are they alive and
conscious? Are some enjoying them
selves in bliss, and others suffering
agonies untold, in torment? Let us
60 again to Gods word with a desire
to be taught and not TO teach the
book What say the Scriptures on
this important subject? We are plain
~ told that the dead know not any,
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ed as the land OF forgetfulness; that
| man is turned to destruction; and yet
again the death condition is described
as a condition where the dead are
not
The Work of Jesus.
THE Book tells that the dead are
persisted except for the ransom and
resurrection work of our Lord Jesus.
The dead are dead; they all go to the
same place, all are of the dust and unto
dust they turn again. Hence the ne
cessity of a resurrection. A postal
card request addressed to the Interna-
tional Bible Students Association,
Brooklyn, N. z, will bring to any adj
dress free copy of a treatise on Hell.
/ have found this a valuable aid in my
study Of the Bible presentation Of the
condition Of the dead.
Both the just and the unjust are
entitled to a resurrection by virtue Of
Jesus ransom sacrifice, and when the
redemptive work of our Lord is COM
pleted, the results will be that the
sanity ones OF this Gospel Age, thet
church, the bride Of Christ will be
raised spirit beings. for they must all
be changed. Flesh and blood cannot
inherit the Kingdom of heaven. The
others, not Of the spirit begotten class
will have a restitution back to what
Adam iost--earthly life, earthly bles-
sings and an earthly home. Thus the
whole FAMILY OF God in heaven and in
earfh will consist OF Jesus and His |
bride. and all the angels In heaven, |
and q restored race OF human beings