Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-06-19

1 He did not resurrert any of these
 They were merely awakened and be
 fore the time fer tie general awaken ing Hence they feil asleep again. A
 great awakening Day. however. is near
 at hand the Pastor declared.
 He carried his hearers back to the
 remote past He reminded them of
 the record respecting Abraham, that
 he slept with his fathers. He asked l who the fathers were and where they
 slept. and replied that they were hea- l then He asked whether they could l sleep in Heaven. or whether they | could sleep in so warm a place as Pur-
 gatory is supposed to be- or in the still
 more unreasonable hell. He took it for
 granted. apparently. that his hearers agreed with him that sleep under such conditions would be impossible, and that the only conclusion must be that they slept in death.
 The Pastor reminded them that simi- lar expressions were used in respect to the good and bad kings and judges and l : fathers, they slept with their fathers. 1 Similarly. when St Stephen was stoned to death. we read that "he fell on sleep" He cited St Paul as teaching ] that all the Church will sleep. except those who are alive at the time of the Second Coming of Jesus: We shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed" He quoted Jesus words. All that are in the graves shall hear His [Jesus'] voice and shall come forth''-the faith ful. the saintly, to a resurrection of life-perfection. honor: the remainder of mankind unto a resurrection of trial. testing.-1 Corinthians 1851.
 Without the death of Jesus. said the Pastor. all of the race would be per ished, and only in the resurrection have we any ground whatever for be- lieving in a salvation from death Only because Christ died is there an oppor- l tunity for the Church during this Cos. pei Age to respond to a high calling to the Divine nature Likewise only through the merit of Christ's death will the world of mankind be saved from ,perishing and have an opportu- nifty during Messiah's Kingdom to be recovered from sin and death condi- tions, from ignorance, superstition, etc.-from the tomb.
 Gradually they will be raised up. up, up. in the image and likeness of God In the flesh. ultimately to enjoy Him forever in a world wide Paradise. from which will be cut off in the Second Death all wilful evil-doers. all who pre- fer sin to righteousness. when the Truth shall be made clear to them and when the opportunity will be fully within their grasp. Incidentally. the Pastor mentioned a gross mistransla- ton of the inspired Word in John 5:29. namely resurrection of damna- tion." The Greek word here. he said Is krisis. and has not in it the slightest suggestion of fire or torture or suffer ing The Revised Version renders this verse properly "a resurrection of judgment.
 Only "He That BeIieveth."
 I am not forgetting, said the speak CT, that our text proffers Divine bless ings only to believers. Neither am l forgetting that only few are believ CTS in the Scriptural sense now. Sta tistics mention four hundred millions of Christians; but, as we all know. this includes practically everybody in Flu rope and America. with few in Asia and Africa. It includes many in pris- ons and insane asylums. penitentiarieS. etc And that leaves three times as many whom we call heathen. who have no Knowledge of Christ whatever twelve hundred millions. Surely none of these are believers in the sense de fined by Jesus and the Apostles.
 Jesus implies that if any one really l believes His Message. his faith will 1 transform his whole life-he would see 60 great a blessing promised to the | faithful follower of Jesus that he | would count all other aims and ambi | tions as loss and drOss- sand run with | patience the race set before him. Only l these are believers. and they are com paratively few. They are a fine com | ldIy- Hcg VIII ECl lllC PiiHO' lLiN pearl of great price," the Kingdom joint-heirship with the Redeemer in | His glory. honor and immortality.
 But are no others to be blessed? If | not, why did Jesus taste death for ev cry man? Does not that expression Imply that every man will have some opportunity of profting by Jesus death? It surely does. Those who now hear. appreciate. believe. in the i Bible sense. alone will have an OppOr tunity for sharing the First Resurrec ton of the blessed and holy. But the remainder. we are assured. will all .ome forth from the tOmb-to be grant d an opportunity then for hearing and believing and gaining an inferior bless
 ng. The blessing now is a spiritual )ne only: but the blessing to be offered undar MnSCiah'S KinpdOm will be an.I