MONDAY. JANUARY 23, 1915. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. PAGE 5. Copyright, 1314, by CHAPTER Y!1. The Man on the Other Bank. MOKl'; BELLEW nnd Shorty W2 Klendik. hortv's task was to return down the Klondike t Dawson to record some claims they In.d staked. Smoke, with the dog team, turned south. His e.nost was Surprise lake Mil the mythical Two Cabins. Hi traverse was to cut and cross the i:n 'iiiown region over the mountains to the Stewart liver. Here somewhere, minor persisted, was Surprise lake, surrounded by jagged mountain and glm-iers. its bottom paved with raw go'd. Old timers, it was said, whsp very lei tues were forgotten ii the frosts of earlier year?, had dived Into the icy writers of Surprise lake and fetches! lump gold to the surface In both hands But the water was too cold. Some died in the water. .being priced up dead. Others died later of consump tion. And one who hud gone down never did corce up. All survivors had panned to return and drain the lake, yet none had ever pone Lack. Disaster always s'mote th'jni. One man fell into an air hole below rorty Mile; and eaten by !;is another was kihed dugs: a third was crushed bv a falling tree. And so the tale ran. Surpri-e lake was a hoodoo; j Its location was uni emembercd. r.inl j the gold still pavc-d its undraiued bet- ' torn. j Two Cabins, no less mythical, was , tnore definitely heateiL "Five sleeps" j up the MrQuostion river from the j Stewart stood two ancient cabins. So : ancient we-ve they that they must have , leen built before ever the first known gold hunt'T had entered the Yukon basin. Wandering moose hunters, whom even Smoke had met and talked with, ciaimcd to have found the two A tic en He Stumbled Upon Three Graves. cabins in the old days, but to have f-cjL-kt vainly fT the mir." which those early adventurers must have worked. "I wil! you was oin' with me." Sk -rty said wistful!;.- at partim;. 'Must LeTiuse you ,-ct the Indian bmr ain't i.o reason for to t;o pokin' into trouble. Tliey's no rettin' away from it. that's L'Co country you're hound for. The hoodoo's sure on it. from the lirst Hip to tho last call." "It's all ruut. Shorty." replied Suii.ke. "I'll make the round trip and be 1 ack in Dawson in six weeks." A week later Smoke found himself cm-iii th-3 jumbled r.-nres south of Inlrin river. the divide from the Klondike he had abandoned the sh-u n:;d packi his wolf do-s. Thesis bi-r l.kies e:.'.h earned tifty pounds. ;itiU :i Ills o-.mi hack was an -ji;.al burden, 'i'l.roujiij the s.dt snow lie led the way. I 'kiu'.j it duv. ji under his suowshoes. i: 1 behind, in single hie. toiled the ' 1 . b r days he wandered through a !:i's of canyons and divides which ' 1 t t y-ld themselves to any ra i. rs! t-ipt.2i-itphi.-al plan. 1 1 .en ii!nt; a mountain storm that ' a liPrzard a r.ss the riffraff of ' -' : :: 1 shallow divides. Above tiiu ' ' l ie. f.reless. fir two days he struu- i I' ll. !: to tind lower levels. On ' -.- -j .Jay hi en me out upon the f , n rmo'.is pnps.-'d ?. So thb-k-' 'Ir.iVc !;,. svi.w that he could not see . ., ti.;:!I. tier dared he at- - ").. -e:.t. He U;"ed himself r..;..- n:.d huddled t'iiilii?s alout iti the depths of a i-aowdrift, but n j t-: uV,. w . the Wheeler Syndicate. did not permit himself to" sleep. In the morning, the storm s-pent. he trawled out to investigate. A quarter of a mile beneath Liui, beyond all mis take, lay a frozen, snow covered lake. About it. on every side, rose jatred peaks. It answered the description. Blindly he had found Surprise hike. "Well named." Le muttered Jin hour later as he came out upon its margin A clump of acred spruce was the nlv j woods. In his way to It lie stumbled jcpon three graves, snow I uried. but marked by hand hewn hea-Jposts and undecipherable writing. I On tho edge of the wools was a Ismail, ramshackle cabin. lie pulled the ! latch and entered. In a corner, on what had eree been a bed of spru- fc 'bough, still wrapped in mar. try furs that had rotted to fragments, lay a fkeleton. The l?.st visitor to Surprise lake. w:!3 Smoke's conclusion as he picked up a lump of goid ;;s I;:ive a.? Lis doubled fist Reside the lump was a pepper can 1:1 led with nrrgets ot the size of walnuts, rough surfaced. show ing no signs of wusli. So true had the tale run that Smoke accepted without question that the source of the go! 1 was the lake's bot- i torn. Under many foet of ice and in ! accessible, tilers was nothing to be ; dune, and at midday, from tLe ri:n of I the palisade, he took a farewell look ! Lack and down at h;s f.nd. "It's all riaht. Mr. Lake." he sail "You just Le-p right on staying there. I'm coming back to drain you if that hoodoo doesn't catch me. I don't know how I trot here, but I'll know by the way I go out." In a little valley beside a frozen stream and under ber:etic-crr spruce , trees ho buii: i Somew here in h lire four days later. th"t white anarchv he hid i-.-ft bch!nl hini was Surprise Jake minewhore. he knew not wl.crr. for r Ijundred hours of drifting a::d strucclr throuch blinding, dtlviu? : snow haj coiicealed t.ls course riora j him. and he knew not in what direc i tion lay beldnd. I The storm had passed, and it had i turned clear and cold. The cretk h j was on was natural iu tp-pearauce and ; trended, as it should, toward the south west. Half a day's journey down the ; frock brought him to tb- valley of a i larper strc-.iin. which he d Ide 1 the MeOtrr-s-.r.vi Tile Le sli t a . moose, and once a:.in- eaeti woifdop can led a full lii ty -;:id a .-k of meat. As he turned down the McQuestion he came upon a sL-d trail. The late j rt-ows had drifted over, let under I pctth it was well packed by travel. ; II is conclusion was that two camps l ad been c.-iab!! . !;ed on the Mctjues ' tl n and that tl'.Is was the connecting ! trail. Kvidontly Two Cabins had been j i foun'l. and it was t!.- lower camp, so i f'e head ..d d-wn the stream. J It was M In low zero w!;cn he camp- j td that nr-ht. ::r.d he fell asieep won- i deriir; who were t!:e moTi who had re- jdiseovercl the Two ('thins and if he j wuull fetch it nest day. At the fr-t ; hint of dawn he was under way. easily following the half obliterated trail. And then it came, the u:.e-p- te i leai ii; out upon him en a bend of ti..' river. It s-er'ed to him that he hoar:! and felt simultaneously. The crar k of the rifle cam? from the ri.rrht. ami the bullet, tor.rlncr t!.r uali and across t! "1 shoulders of his drill parka and wool en coat, pivoted him half around with the shock of it.s impact. He staL-ar-red rn his twbtod sinws!oes to recover balance and heard a second crack of the rin'o. This time it was a clean miss. He did not wait for more, but plunsred ncrciss the snow for the shel tering trees of the bank a hundred feet away. He climbed the bank, the dous flo-.m derin? behind, and dodeetl in amonz the trees and brush. Slipphnr out of his snowshoes. he wallowed forward at full lenzth and peered cautiously out. Nothing was to be seen. Whoev er had shot at him was lyimr quiet arnonp the trees of the opposite bank. "If something doesn't happen pretty soon.' he muttered at the end of half an hour. "I'll have to sneak away and build a fire or freeze my feet." He crawled back a few yards, pack ed down the snow, danced a jis that sent the blood back into his feet and managed to endure another half hour. Then from down the river he heard the unmistakable jingle of do? bells. Peering cut. ho saw a sled round the bend. Only one man was in it, strain ing at the gee pole and urging the dops along. The effect on Smoke was one of shock, for it was the first human he had seen since he parted from Shorty three weeks before. His nest thought was of the potential murderer conceal ed on the opposite bank, without exposing himself Pmoke whistled warningly. The man did not hear and came on rapidly. Again and more sharply Smoke whistled. The man whoaod his dogs, stopped and had turned and faced Smoke when the rUe cracked. The instant afterward Smoke fired into the woods in the direction of the sound. The man on the river bad been struck by the tirst shot. The shock of the hi rh velocity bullet staggered him. ne stumbled awkwardly to the sled, half falling, and pulled a ri2e out from under the lashings. As lie strove to rai-e it to his shoulder be crumpled at the waist and sank down slowly to a silting posture on the sled. Then abruptly, as the gun went off aimless ly, he pitched backward and across the corner of the sled load, so that Smoke could rce only his legs and stomach From below came more jingling bells. The men d:d not move. Around the bend swu:rg three sleds, accompa nied by half a do;:en men. Smoke cri. d warningly, but they had seen the condition of the first sled, and they dashed on to it. No shots came from the other bank, and Smoke, calling his dogs to follow. er.:err-el into the open. There were oclamat ior.s from the men. and two of them, flinging off the mittens of thru- right hands, leveled their rifles at 1 i in. "Come on. you red handed murderer, you." one .of them, a black bearded man. commanded. "An" jest pitch that gun of yourn in flic snow." Smoke hesitated, then dropped his riile and came up to them. "On through him. Louis, an' take his weapons." the black bearded man or deled. I.ouis was a French Canadian voy agetir. Smoke decided, as were four of the ethers. His search revealed ouly Smoke's hunting knife, which was ap propriated. "Now. what have you got to say for yourself, srranirer, before I shoot you had:" the black bearded mau de manded. "That m're making a mistake if you think I killed that man." Smoke a ns wered. A cry came from n; of the voy ageurs. He had quested along the trail and foi'f.d Smoke's tracks where he had left it to take refuge on the bank. The man explained the nature ot his rind. "What'd you 1:511 Joo Kinad for?" he of the black beard asked. I tell you 1 (hdn't." Smoke began. "Aw. what's the good of talkin"? We got you red hamhd. Ilia-lit up there's where you left the trail when you hoard him cimin". You laid among the trees an' bushwhacked him. Pierre, go an' get that gun he dropped." "Yon m:--ht let me tell what happen ed." Smoke olijectcd. "You shut up." the man snarled at him. "I reckon your gun'U tell the story." .M! the mm examined Smoke's title -On ' hot." P.lackh' :ird-oobib d. Pierre, witu !.. :: ;;s that quivorort and distended like a deer's, sniffed at the breech, "liim one fresh shot," he eaid. "The bullet eat red his back." Smoke Fr.ia. lie was n;g me when lie was ?hor. You see. it came from the other bank." I'.iaekbeard co:si-lt red this proposi tion for a scant se -or.d ami shook his i.vad. "Nope. It won't do. Turn him ar.jan to face the other bank, that's how you wh'.riried him in the back. Some vi you boys ru:i up an' down the trail an" see if yon can see any tracks rnakin" for the eth. r bank." The ir report was tli.it on that side tin? snow was unt-roki-n IPaikbeard. I endiug over the dead man. straighten ed up with a woo;v. fmrv wad in his Land. Shredding t!:N. he found 1m-behb-d i:i the center the bullet which had perforated the body. Its nose was spread to the s;;:e of a half dollar; its butt end. steel j.i'-kejed. was undam aged. He cimp.tred it with a cartridge from Smoke's belt. "That's plain enough evidence, stran- j ger. to satisfy a blind man. It's soft I nosed an' steel j-ick ted; yourn is soft j !!'. d and st -el jacketed. It's a J'.u 30; youru is Mu l'. It's manufactured by ! tL' J. cc T. Arms company; yourn Is manufacturtd by the .J. V. T. Arms company. Now, you come along, i.u' we'll go over to the bank an' see jest tow you dene it." "I was bi:shwhaeivd myself." Smoke said. "1a ok at the hole in my paika." While I'.la-k! card examined it one of the voyagers threw open the brooch of the h-.id man's gun. It was patent to all that it had been tired once. The empty cartridge was still in the chain Ur. "A d idi.ime poor doe didn't get you." niaektrard said bitterly. "Hut he did pretty well with a hole like that in him. Come en. you " "Search the other bank first." Smoke urved. "You shut i:p an' come on. an let the facts do the talkin'." They left the trail at the same spot he had ami followed it on up the bauk and in among the trees. "'Iliru dance that place keep him fft warm." Louis pointed out. "'That place him crawl on belly. That place him put one elbow w'en him shoot." "And there's the empty cartridge he done it with!" was I'.laokbeard's dis covery. "Uoys, there's only one thing to do. We're decent and law abidin', an' wo got to handle this right an' reg ular. We'll cache the outfit an" run him an' poor doe back to Two Cabins. I reckon we've seen an' can testify to whut"l stretch his neck." It was three hours after dark when the cbsud man. Smoke and his captors arrived at Two Cabins. By the star light Smoke could make out a dozen or more recently built cabins snuggling about a larger and older cabin on a flat by the river bank. Thrust inside this older cabin, he found it tenanted by a yovmg giant of a man. his wife and an old blind mnn. The woman, whom her husband call ed Lucy, was herself a strapping crea ture of the frontier type. The old man, as Smoke learned afterwjtrtl. ba. been a trapper on tin Stewart for years and had gune finally blind the winter before. The camp of Two Cabins. h was also to learn, had been made the previous fall by a djzen men who ar rived in half as many poling boats loaded with provision' Here they had found the blind trapper on the site of Two Cabins, and ubout bis cabin they had built their own. In five minutes all the men of Two Cabins were jammed Into the room Smoke, shoved off Into a corner, lgnor ed and scowled at. his J.innls and feet tied with thongs of moose hide, look ed on. Thirty-eight men he counted, a wild and husky crew. His captors t-ld the tale over and over, each the center of an excited and wrathful group. It was while counting the men that Smoke caught sight of a familiar face It was P.reck. the man whose boat Smoke had run through the rapids on the way to Dawson- He wondered why the other did not come and speak to Idm. but himself gave no si-rn of recognition. Later, when, with shield ed face, I5reek passed him a wink Smoke understood. Itlaekbeard. whom Smoke heard call ed I'ii Harding, ended the discussion as to whether or not the prisoner should be Immediately lynched. "Hold on!" he roaivd. "Keep your shirts on That man belongs to me. I caught idm. an' I brought him here. 1 brought blra here for a fair an" 1m partial trial, an", by , a fair an Im partial trial he's goin' to get! Chuck him in a bunk till mornin, an' -we'll hold the trial right here." (To Be Continued.) Jest Cough Medicine for Children. ''I am very glad to say a few words in praise of Chamberlain's Cough "emeJy," writes Mrs. Lida Dewey, Milwaukee, Wis. '"I have used it for years, both for my children and my self, and it never fails to relieve and cure a cough or cold. No family with children should be without it as it gives almost immediate relief in cases of croup." 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HOBS LL AND IN THE BIBLE WAY Verily, Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction. The Hell of the Bible Not the Hell of Theology Bible Hell to Be Destroy ed Jesus Went to the Bible Hell and Returned Everybody Going There. Christ Died Not to Prevent People From Going Into Hell Millions Had Gone to Hell For Four Thousand Years Before Christ Came Christ's Mission Was to Rescue All From the Bible Hell, Sheol, Hades Bible Tells How and Approximately When the Prison Doors of Hades Will Be Open ed All Prisoners Shall Come Forth. Baltimore, Janu ary 24. Pastor liossell preached bere today ut The Academy of Mu sic. His topic was seemingly a senaa A tlonal one; but be fore be conclud ed, the audience agreed that be was 3 "2 in---. . . strictly unsensa- tional. His text was. "Thou wilt 'ASTOR gUiSELL not leave My soul in nelL'-Psalm 1G:10; Acts 2:27. The Pastor declared that the Bible HeJl is a very reasonable one, but that the theological Hell Is a most unrea sonable oue, as all must acree. The theological Hell is a red-hot furnace, manned with fire-proof devils, and con taining practically all of the human family who have ever lived the ex ception being the comparatively small number of saintly followers of Jesus This HeU Is the common property of Catholics and Protestants; and they are welcome to it. so far as the Pastor is concerned. He declares it an ab surdity, wholly contradictory to the P.ible: and be proved his points well in the estimation of nearly all present Hells Galore Modern Theology. The Pastor remarked upon how many different kinds of HeU there are. according to theology. It seemed to him that each preacher felt that te had a richt to make a hell for all non church members according to bis owe concertioi1- None seemed to think it necessary to sro to the Bible. He re minded us of the views of the saintly Thomas a Keropis. in which he de scribed the horrible smells and sights of Hell so graphically as to make one wonder if he bad made a special visit and returned to write its description. He reminded us of the vivid picture this writer gives of a naked soul if anybody knows what a naked soul is and how the fiery blasts finally as bc-stosized the outer Ekin. rendering :Ik su tiering somewhat less. But this decrease of suffering, ac cording to Thomas il Kempis. was dis- piens'.ng to God; and a description is given of how tbis torture was renew ed and intensified. The asbestos skin split down, the back like the shell of a locust, and into that crack the flames of Hell licked their way furiously upon the raw flesh of the damned kouIs. This process, the saint inform ed us, is to be kept up throughout all eternity for the joy of God and the holy angels, for the satisfaction of some kind of Justice which the saint had in mind, but which we of today, thank God! are unable to comprehend. The Pastor declared that fire is used in the New Testament as a symbol of destruction, an illustration of how all tile wilfully wicked God will destroy eventually. People do know something about fiery trials, and about heaping coals of fire upon the beads of their enemies figuratively. But whenever the word fire occurs In any connection where it can be twisted into signify ing eternal torment those who love that kind of punishment for their ene mies are swift to take advantage of It eternal torment is the just, the lov ing thing to give to all the heathen who never heard of Christ, to all the poor, jguorant and degraded who, born in sin. in weakness, find themselves discouraged and overwhelmed by the .dversary to all not church members. This sort of thing has been going on so long, the Pastor said, that every lKdy gradually came to believe it and remarkably few have inquired as to its unscripturaluess. Many sensible peo pie held aloof from religion entirely, unwilling to confess themselves believ ers of such a doctrine or worshipers of such a God. But now we have variations to suit uur more refined feelings. Ministers, without giving their authority, now tell various tales about Hell. Some bavt it with a slower tire, not so red-hot others have it that it is merely a place of mental remorse following iu this. to some extent, the leading of Dante's ricture of Purcatorv. where various punishments are meted out for vari ous sins. They do not. however, go sc far as Dante and call the place Purga tory, or admit that there will ever be any release from it They, content themselves by saying that there, i nothing in the Bible about Purgatory, and forget that there is nothing In the Bible alKiut their kind of Hell, the Bi ble nell being a totally different one. According to the Catholic doctrine, nil Catholics go to Purgatory to b purified and fitted for Heaven; and tiiev rei4c in tHl3 lesser torture be TO HE BACK JBfl cause it is less than the eternal tor ture reserved lor others. I'roui iheir viewpoint happy is the man, the wo man, the child, thut through baptism, joly water, holy candles, the mass. iud the Lxtreme L net ion, gets into Purgatory, for be may be helped out jf it by further masses, etc. We are not complaining at this. We think it a great deal better than the Protestant theory; but we leave it said the Pastor, for those who like it. We notice, however, that very few seem to like it for themselves; nearly Bit prefer these tortures for their op ponents. If any oue is happy in these beliefs, the Pastor does not wish to disturb bis serenity. He was merely addressing the growing multitude who are looking for a better God and a bet ter future than is held out by the creeds of the Dark Ages. Others should not read his sermons, he said, nor come to hear him. The Rich Man In Hell, Etc. When once the human mind has be come settled uion certain convictions. no matter how foolish, It seems tibie to find support for its delusions, con tinued the speaker. Thus oue of our lord's parables has been seized upon to prove that Hell is a place of torture, parched tongues, etc. We cannot here discuss this parable or the two figura tive statements in lievelation used to bolster the doctrine of eternal torment; we must confine ourselves to our text. But we can offer free of charge a booklet which we have written with a view to making these figurative state ments clear. Whoever will addnss me Pastor Ilussell. Brooklyn. N. Y. requesting a copy of a pamphlet ubout Hell, will be promptly served free of charge. That pamphlet will settle ail your questions, supplementing what I am saying to you today. 1 take pleas ure in giving it away free, because I know the Joy, the blessing, the relief, it brings to many earnest, bnest hearts. I know that many after read ing are enabled to love, worship and serve the great God of Love heartily, intelligently, as never before. Where Is Hell? Who Are There? Our English word Hell comes to ns from tlie German language hwhlc. signifying a hole. It is. therefore, a very good translation for the Hebrew word Sheol, which .signifies a pit, a hole, a grave. The New Testament Greek gives us Hades as the exact equivalent of Sheol. Whenever Sheol Is translated into the New .Testament Greek the word Hades is usl-S. Thus tlie Psalmist wrote, "Thou wilt not leave My soul in Sheol" (hell the i grave); and St. Pe-Ur translated this in the New Testament rendering it. "Thou wilt not leave My soul in Hades" (hell the grave). St. Peter tells us that these words were not true respecting the Prophet David, who used them; that he is still in nell, in Sheol. in Hades. He says. Tils sepulchre is with us unto this day." The Prophet David had not yet been resurrected out of Sheol. out of the state of death, out of the grave condition. St Peter explains that the words were a prophecy relating to Christ's resurrection that God raised Jesus from the dead on the third day raised Iliru. therefore, from Hades. after Tie had been in rir.de.s for parts of three days. There is not a shred of authority anywhere for the absurd statement, sometimes made by cornered clergy men, that "Paradise is on one side of the creek and nades on the other." Tlie Bible tells of a Paradise, but it is future. It tells cf Hades, the state of the dead; but it is present, and is to be destroyed in the future. The de struction of Hades. Sheol. the grave. wiil progress during the thousand years of Christ's Reign. Every time an individual is resurrected from the dead, his grave will be destroyed it will be a grave no longer. Good, Gad, Rich, Poor, In Hell. At a time when the Bible was not in the hands of tlie people, and net considered necessary to them, because they had the creeds, various errors spread; and both Catholics and Pro testants helped to spread thrm. and no dou'it many were deceived into be lieving all that they said. We are not charging them all with hypocrisy, but with error with being out of harmo ny with the Bible. The Bible does not tell about any going to Heaven at death; b'lt it does tell that all. both good and bad. ri b and poor, go to Hell at death: that King Iavkl went to Hell, and is sti.I there. Note the Apostle Peter's word- "David is not ascended into the Heavens." (Acts 2:"4.) David is not one of the elect Church. He was never called to the Heavenly Calling. He was not a fol lower of Christ: for he lived centuries before that time. His blessing of res urrection will be to human nature. earthly nature; and his reward will bt a share in that restored Paradise, which will eventually be world-wide. We remind our readers that tlie Bible history of four thousand and m.-re years has no reference to any other Hell than Sheol. We remind you that although our Bible was translated by people who believed in a liery Hell, they were unable to translate quite half of the occurrences of the word Sheol by our English word Hell. They were obliged to translate the majority as grave or pit They should not have made any exception; In every case the word should have been rendered grave or pit; for this Is what it means. Jesus was raised up out of Sheol. Hades, the tomb; for His death had been a sacrificial oue. and there was no real cause of death in Him. But there was another person brought bark. Jonah, who the Lord declared was typ j Ical of Himself Jonah s three days bil the belly of the fish corresponding to our Lord's three days in lie!!. Hides, the grave. The resurrection of Jesus vas reoresented also in the experiences of Jonah; for 011 the third day the great fish vomited him fuiih. Jonah, describing bis experiences while bu: : t alive in tiio belly of the li-h. says, "(J ;t of the belly of IK!1 erie 1 I. ;md Th..u heardest my voi e," etc. The sidi oui Ited him upon the dry la- d. lie was rescued from the Hell-belly; tor th. belly of the fish was his Hell, or grave. The Bible is very explicit in do ing that all die not merely feem to die. but really die nd thnt there would be no future life whatever lor mankind, unless God provides a re-ur-rection. God has provided fur a resur rection. His provision is m;'de in Christ ho died for our s-ins. St. Paul declares. If there be ii" resia reet ion of the dead, all our Christian faith and hope are perished; we have nothing to live for; we have no b pes. Put be assures us that Christ has die. I i.nd risen. Therefore, ultimate!-, :;i! v.i.. be delivered from the iover of Sheol. Hades, the grave. A few were awakened In olden time-, merely to relapse Iuto de ith agiia It was not possible that any e;.M Le fully recovered from tl.o power .f death unlil Christ lirst had provide! the Ucdemption-prho on in::n's behalf. Go.1 speaks of tilings li. ni this view point Looking down fnmi the heui'.i iJng. He toils us that He had prowl ed Jesus as "the I-iiub of God" in Hi- purpose before the foundation of t'.e world. Hence, in speaking to M -e-. He did net speak of the world as t.e iug dead in the sense of d.-a 1 brute beasts, but as those who hive hope. He spoke of the things nt yet suvei j plished as though they had already been accomplished, and deelared llini- seif the God of Abraham. Isaac nil 1 Jacob, who were dead, but fr vWj.h.i u resurrection bail been pruvided. Gathered to Their Father Aulesp. Of both the good and the bad wo read that they were withered to th. ir fathers. Their fathers were n- t hi Hoaeii; for that is not a sleeping place; their fathers weie not in the fiery Hell of orthodoxy and the cre-ds of the Dark Ages; for they were n- t yet imagined. They did not sleep In a Catholic Purgatory for the same rea son; but they slept, and are steeping still, and will continue to sl cp unt.l they shall be awakened. This same thought is ghen in the Nev.- Testament as well ax iu the Oid. Jesus said that -Lazarus -dept; and He awakened the daughter of J.iirns Inu i the sleep. St. Paul declared that ah the Church would sleep exeopt linn- who would be alive at the time ( 'ir Lord's Second Coming. It is fr ri this viewpoint that the great work of Christ and His Millennial Kingdom Is described as specifically and pei ially an awakening of the sleeping dead. In the Old Testament. Sheol is de scribed as a great prison-house Into which the people hive gone, and out of which none could make his way to liberty from death. The same t li ui.t t is given us In the Nev,- Testament. Our Lord tells of how He will unlock Hades, Sheoi, the tomb, rnd deliver the prisoners. He tells us that lie "has the keys of death and of Hades.' He got thv key, or authoiity. or po.v er, to open the grave, to give a resur rection to the whole world of ma t;'..In 1. at the cost of His life, whirli He fr ly sacrificed, dying "the Just f r tie? unjust." "tasting death for every mau. Coming B ' ' From Sheol, From Hades, From Heil. In symbolic language tlie Si -riptures picture Jesus as teaJing forth a Multi tude of captives (Ej l esi.ins -1 n.) The first company of captives delivered will be .the Chan h. the Bride, the E-tmb's Wife, they who will h.ne part in tie First Resurrection. Truly the Scrip tures declare. "The gates of Heil r-hall not prevail against th-c" Christ is stronger than the pmv r of death, and He has met the death penalty that w is against us. He h is redeemed us. IIu will deliver us early in the Morning of the New Dispensation. And that is only part of tlie wonder ful Story. The Apostle de. lars ti.it The CLrist wiil be the First-fruit-;. ,le sits the Head, and the Chtireh Hm Body. Afterward will be th. se who become Christ's during Ills Preseiu-e. His Presence will hist for the tho or sand years, as the Kin: over all the earth; and as the nntitypieal Prie-t to bless. lie will be a Piiest upon I lis ThroLe, to d.-liver froui the po-er i sin and death all who wish to toiu'' back into harmony ith Cod. llal lujah! What a S i vjorl The result of these thousand y-..-i!- will be not merely the awa-iei.ii.L- ' the sleepers, but subsequently, tie it raising up mentally, nior .!:;.-. physj.-.r l.v. to full perfeeiion of human nature. from which they fell in Path: r Ad:i.iN disohedieii -e. Then, win n all the wi! fully wi ked shall have been de-dr-v ed in the Second Death, frni 'hi-f' there will be no "recovery, no redesi:p tion. no resurrection -"then dia!l I brought to pass the sai:ig that I wriiten. Death is swallowed up In vj tory. () Death, where Is thy sting? i" Hades grave, where Is thy vie tory y 'i'he grave indeed has a victory now over all mankind; but ultimately .!. Redeemer will hae the ictor.v. durlu. the thousand years of Ills Reign K will deliver all from the power of tb present death, and only the wilful! wicked shall die the Second le-ain from which there will be no recover. It fdls our hearts with Joy to think of the poor world's return from tl;. prison-house of death and from tin h weaknesses and Imperfection. Wi ti the eye of faith, looking through thf telescope of God's Word, we see in tin near future, thank tied! the binding o Satan, the awakening of the sleeper the blessing of the whole world. tb uplifting of nil the willing and obedj. ent We s:e them coming back . ful physical p - er. to full mental vigur to fr.U mot i tone-the imae and li':e aess of Cod i in E3en, rcdcciuei lor ail at 'vury. r.- J.fv 1 f-C"