Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-11
Pastor Russell's Sermon

every one Of them-for all those who
lived before His crucifxion, and for all
born since-for white and black, old
and young-Of every nation. Because
Of this general redemption, coextensive
with the curse. or sentence Of death.
there is to be recovery from the
curse OF death. All mankind are thus
to be made amenable TO a release from
the death penalty-to have the Oppor-
tunity Of a resurrection out Of sin and
death conditions back to perfect life
conditions. Only those who wilfully
and intelligently reject this grace of
God will die the Second Death-be
blotted out as though they had never
been-perish like natural brute beasts.
p Peter 2:12.
From this standpoint we see that no.
body Is saved yet All-both infants
and adults. heather and Christians
90 to Sheol, Hades, the tomb, the state
of death. All are said to sleep In
Sheol, Hades. the tomb, until the glori-
GUS Morning Of the New Dispensation.
Messiah's Kingdom Of glory. Then the
Church will constitute the First Res
direction class, to Heavenly glories and
honors and Divine nature. Following
this. the Church with her Lord will
reign as kings and priests, for the
blessing of the entire human family,
Of all ages, nationalities and colOrs.
In other words, according to the Bi-
BILE none have gone to Heaven. AS
Jesus said, mo man hath ascended
into Heaven" John 3:13) Hence
there are no infants in Heaven. All
infants who have died have gone to
the Bible hell the tomb, and know
not anything" They merely await the
time when the Kingdom shall be In
power, and the awakening processes
shall begin to operate; and they shall
come forth from death-each In his
own band. or company.-1 Corinthians
1928; John 5:2S. 20.
Hope For All Children.
There is another theological theory,
which has no Scriptural foundation.
but which claims that every infant is
immortal, and that the present life,
long or short, favorable or unfavora-
Bile, constitutes the only opportunity
ever to be enjoyed for reforming char
acter and becoming ct for a happy
eternity. Hence, according to this un
scrlptural theory, the children Of unbe
lievers-conceived and born In sin and
depravity as are all mankind. more or
less-are unprepared for an eternity Of
bliss, and consequently must spend
that eternity in pain and horror.
But let us rid the mind of this false
theory, and go by Scripture alone. AS
the Word Of God declares, God only
hath Immortality" Therefore no in
fants are immortal. When God said
"The soul that sinneth 1t shall die"
He meant it. When He declared. IAN
the wicked will destroy" He meant
1t, The penalty upon Adam and his
race is death; and therefore children
and all others die because Of Adams
sin. The worst that can befall the
children of unbelievers would be death
What, then, is the Scrlptural hope
for the children Of unbelieversl 1t is
exactly the same as for the children Of
saints; namely. that Christ Jesus our
I ord tactad daath for avarv mn m xyhan
He tasted death for Adam; for all are
under Adams sentence Of condemna-
ton to death. One mans sin brought
the death penalty upon all; therefore
the one mans Ransom was the Ran
som for all. The children Of unbeliev-
ers were redeemed In the most abso.
lutte sense from the entire condemna.
ton Of death. Indeed, none but sin
ners were redeemed Christ died for
the ungodly." All are ungodly; all are
sinners. Hence, all die; and all need
to be redeemed, else they would have
no hope of resurrection.
In the Messianic Kingdom, the Res
direction Age children Of believers
win have little advantage over the
children Of unbeievers, in that they
will have less depraved organisms
when awakened. But under the grand
resurrection processes then at work,
such disadvantages will soon be over
come. All who are willing and obedi.
ent shall be brought to a full knowl-
edge Of the Truth and full opportuni-
ties for complete Restitution, back to
all that was lost in Adam, for him
self and his posterity In that day
it will no more be said. "The fathers
have eaten sour grape. and the chill.
dren's teeth are set on edge" every
one shall die for his own lniquity."
/ "The soul that sinneth ii shall de
jeremiah 81 90, 80; Ezekiel 1924.
How reasonable are the ways Of
God. How plainly are they stated in
the Word! Those who have the eye
and the ear Of faith, who are hearken.
ing to the Word of the living God
rather than to the dead creeds Of the
Dark Ages have Joy and peace Of
mind which Is source of strength
unknown to others
According to the Divine arrange
ment parents are responsible In re-
spect to their children The consclen-
tious parent has wonderful oppor-
tunlty to train his children In the nur.
ture and admonitlon OF the Lord The
Christian parent should earnestly seek
for the wisdom from above, that he
may be able to rightly discharge his
duties under all circumstances, even
the most trying,