Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-20
In the Religious World
6y WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

But, in reality, Christ has risen
from among the dead, being the first
to do so of those who are asleep
For seeing that death came through
man, through man also. comes the
resurre elton of the dead For gust as
through Adam all die, SO also
through Christ all will be made
alive again. But this will happen
to each in the right order-Christ
having been the first to rise, and
afterwards Christ's people rising at
his return. Later on, comes the
end, when he is to surrender the
kingship to God, the father, when
he shall have overthcown all other
government and all other authority
and power. For he must continue
to be king until God has put all his
enemies under his feet FPS. S:6; OK. D..
N"The last enemy that is to be over
thrown is death; for he will have
put all things in subsection under
his feet And when he shall have
declared that "All things are in sub
lection" 1t will be the manifest ex-
ception of him who has reduced them
all to subsection to him. WA But when
the whole universe has been made
subject to him, then the son him.
self will also become subject to him,
who has made the universe subject
to him, in order that God may be
all in ALL" ra .~... ".
Words and Their Meaning.
Instead of making an extended
comment upon the passage, | suggest
that the reader carefully peruse
again these great words, seeking to
comprehend their obvious meaning.
Let us be fair about it, regarding lang
uage only In it's ordinary and accepted
sense. This passage means what it
says and not something that a subtle
and speculative mind may read into it..
The letter of which it is a part was
not written for hairsplitting theolog-
ians or fantastic metaphysicians, but
for group Of plain people freshly out
Of heathendom, who had no doubt
whatever of the resurrection of Christ
himself, but who had been troubled by
doubts concerning the immortality Of
men. So Paul wrote oset these
doubts at rest.
OF the resurrection itself, it has
been often said that ut is the best
attested fact in history" It can
scarcely be rejected without repudi-
ating the entire Christian scripture
and the unbroken belief of the his
toric church. Some skeptics would
put the resurrection on a basis of
hallucination, or would spiritualize
it into "Reminiscences. If so, then
no words in all literature may be
trusted to mean what they say.
Some Tremendous Implications.
The implications of the fact Of the
resurrection as stated by Paul are
tremendous. Spiritual life springs
from the resurrection. Jesus is not
a mere teacher and example, to be
ranked with Socrates, Plato, Arts
totle and Philo; he is a source of
new life within the breast of the be-
lever The supreme mystery of
Christianity is how this communi-
Gated life makes the Christ and the
Christian one. 9gE Va
All the reality of the resurrection
is pledged by Paul as proof Of the
resurrection of the dead. This is
gospel for the graveslde. Here shines
the ternal hope; we died but we shall
live again, even as Christ ever liveth.
Take away the resurrection and faith
is vain.
Three of life's profundities for
every Christian are found in the
story of the resurrection. First,
there is comfort-the only comfort
adequate to lifes deepest needs.
Then there is power, for life be-
yond merely human capacity. And
there is hope, which shines as a star
into every grave, and guides all
weary wanderers to the long home
where lives and reigns the risen
Lord. ~4s sF*r