River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-03-04

llRAoIOK KUo0LLLJ 14:3) He cOmpll-
mented BILLY"
Sunday by saying that although Bill
ly's'' teachings do not come up to the
Bible, nevertheless he is far ahead Of
so-called Orthodoxy" on this subject.
Mr. Sunday breaches considerably as
| do on this subject, said the Pastor,
vet still comes far short of my con-
ception of the Bible teaching Mr..
Sundays presentation recognizes that
the Lord Jesus at His Second Coming
will establish q worldwide Empire
which will bless the entire world with
light, knowledge and fullest opportuni-
ty to walk i'll the ways Of righteous
ness. TO this we agree.
But we disagree with Mr.. Sundays
theory that the thousands of millions
who died during the past six thousand
years in ignorance OF Christ are to suf-
fer fortunes to all eternity because of
that ignorance. Amongst these billions
he includes al who have never heard
of Jesus name in the true sense in
| heather lands, and at home where, he
explains to US, some of them were led
straight down to Hell by the churches.
These billions, according to Mr. Sun
day were very unfairly treated-very
unlucky.
We disagree with this and present
the Bible thought, that the dead are
neither in a fiery Purgatory nor in a
fiery Hell. but in the Bible Hell-the
tomb. We insist that the Bible teach
es that "al that are in their graves
shall hear the voice of the Son of God
and come forth" The sanity will
come forth to the rewards of the
Church in glory with Christ in His
Kingdom. Others will come forth to a
resurrection-a raising up out Of sin
and death-by judgment. See Revised
Version. John 5:28, 20.
These billions who have not intel
ligently heard of Jesus and His sal
walton are not on trial now. Their
death is the penalty of Adams sin and
not of their personal rejection Of Jesus,
whom they never knew. II is to give
these the opportunity of a judgment.
or trial. during the thousand years of
Christ's Reign. that they will be called
forth from the tomb. AS all died
through one mans disobedience, all
are to be awakened and brought forth
to an opportunity of everlasting life
through the obedience of the other
man-Christ The resurrection of the
dead, both just and unjust, is their
hope (Acts 24:15O Aside from a res
direction. there is no hope 1t is in
| hot 10 WIN
good and bad, are said to 'sleep with
their fathers"
"Orthodox" View Is Still Worse.
Those who style themselves "Ortho-
dox" are still further astray from the
Bible than is Mr. Sunday. While the
latter proposes Millennial blessings for
! the fortunates living at the Second
| Advent, Orthodoxy declares to the
contrary-that there will be no Millen-
nium-that there Will be no hope for
anybody except the Elect few. They
hold that, instead Of establishing His
Kingdom 1T His Second Advent. Jesus
will destroy the earth and its inhabit-
ants with fire. They overlook the
teachings of the Lords Prayer-that
His people should pray 'Thy King
dom come" and expect it; and that
they should believe that ultimately
Gods will shall be done on earth as
fully as it is now done in Heaven.
They neglect the Scriptures which tell
that Paradise, lost as the Garden of
Eden. is to be restored wide
that 'the earth is Gods foOtstool," and
that HE will make the place of His
feet glorious. Isaiah 66:1; 60:13.
They neglect the Bible declaration
that 1.-The earth abideth forever; and
that God created it not in vain, but
formed it to be inhabited" Gcclesi-
astes 4; Isaiah 45:1S.) They neglect
st. Peters declaration that the Resti-
tuition Times mentioned by all the holy
Prophets are to be realized at the
Second Coming of Jesus. (Acts 3:19-
21) Instead, they hold, and express it
in all their creeds-Catholic and Pro
testant-that at Christ's Second Com
ing the earth and its inhabitants are tC
be consumed with literal fire. They
are led to thus give a literal interpre.
tation to st. Peters symbolic state
ments, which portray the fire OF
anarchy which will destroy present in
situations and make way for the New
Heavens and the New Earth-the New
Dispensation of Messiah's Kingdom.
They fall into this error because Of