Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-11

here. 1t is ntcl'.
estlng to the point Of fascination. one
desires TO see it over and over again.
1t Is now reported successful IN more
than thirty Of the best theatres of the
principal cities, where crowds are the
rule. over $1,000 attend in one day.
aud the numbers are rapidly rising,
In the forenoon Pastor Russell dcliv,
cred discourse on The Chicfest Res
direction" from the text. There shall
he Il resurrection Of the dead, both Of
the Just ana the unjust Acts 2l1l
The Pastor remarked that Easter
Sunday throughout the civilized world,
stands as the reminder Of the resurrcc-
tlon of Jesus; ana yet there has perhaps
never been time when the proressed
followers Of Jesus have believed less
in the Resurrection Of the Dead than
ut present, This shows II great falling
away from the faith once delivered to
the saints, The Resurrection hope Is
the great hope which the Bible sets he.
fore mankind.
The Pastor cited various Scriptures
to prove that death is the penalty Of
sin-the curse which came upon Adam
and all his race because OF Adams dis.
obedience TO God in Eden He showed
that Coils promise to roll away the
curse, aud to give blessing instead, in.
cludes every member of the human
family. lie reasoned, and produced ri.
Bile proofs In support, that the bless.
ing of all the families Of the earth.
therefore, will mean the resurrection
Of the dcad-the resurrection of Adam
and every member OF his race.
The earliest information on Gods
part that He would do anything for
mans recovery from the death sen
tence, was given when our first parents
were expelled from Eden. There God
vaguely declared that at some future
time the Seed Of the woman should
brulse the scrpcnts head This was
merely n ray Of hope, with no mtima.
tlun OF how It would be accomplished
Gods FIRST definite statement Of what
He wrposed TO do for Adam ana his
race was made to Abraham two. thou.
sand years after sin had entered the
world 70 Abraham God made known
His future good intentions toward
Adam aud all Of his postcrity, He
sald, II purpose to bless all the fam.
HES Of the earth. Walk before Me
and be thou faithful; and the blessing
shall come to the human family
through thee and thy posterity.' Aft.
er Abraham had endured tests, God
confirmed the previous assurances and
gave His oNth TO prove the certainty
Of the whole matter The words were;
"ln thee and iu thy Seed shall all the
families Of the earth be blessed"
The Law Covenant and Shadow.
God knew, when lie made the Prom.
lse TO Abraham, that his Spiritual Seed.
The Christ, would not appear even In
the ilcsh for more thaN two thousand
years. He knew also that It would bp
nearly two thousand years after that
before the Spiritual Seed would he Civ.
en- the necessary power ana authority
10 bind Satan and to release the slaves
Of sin from the tomb and from the
shNckcs Of Ignorance, superstition ana
weakness But II was neither ucccs
sary nor eSpclipnt that nll this should
be- told to Abraham, II was sufficient
that the friend Of God should know Of
surety tmu Il blessing was coming.
and that his seed would he Identified
with That work Of blessing mankind
God did, indeed, give n typical lesson
respecting the fact that there would
be- two seeds or Abraham, one. HcarcH.
~ and the other corhiB Without px.
plNlnmg the matter to Abraham, God
stated It so that II would he written
afurctlue for the Information of the
Household ot Faith OF this Gospel Agc
lie said, "rhy Seed shall be MS the
stars " Heaven, und us the sand Of
the spashorp" One uf these seeds
would be developed under the Law-by
being required to.obcy the Divine law,
aud thus being helped up toward pcr.
fcctlun. The other Seed. the Heaven.
~, would be by grace, not by Law.
Good works would be accounted 20 the
Heavenly Seed on the basis Of faith.