| Show SJ HIlS IN I 1 An 11 English paper lies has been sent to the t he News containing u n report of ot o f n by hy tho the Venerable Arch Archdeacon deacon d Taylor on un the tho subject of ot Time The spirits III In prison It Is an 1111 attempt to explain the statement It of the i j l Peter eter In Pint I Epistle chapter III ill j j I 1820 I For Christ also allo al o hath bath once suffered j for f fl or sins the Just for Cor the tho unjust that He II l ie might bring u us to Clod aol Oo li lJ being put to il In the llesh but hut quickened by b the Spirit S Hy U II which also He lie went sent anti preach preached ed ell e d unto the spirits In iii prison Which some time were disobedient when once the of ot God lod waited In the days ot of Noah while the therk ark ork a rk was wall n II preparing wherein tow fow that Is i s eight souls Hauls wore were saved by b water vater The learned divine 1111 presented three questions q arising from roam th the tha t t namely Who are nr the time spirits spoken of ot When where and how was 1111 the preaching And for tor f or what purpose did Christ preach to thom hem t Ho lie went vant on to tu describe dOIl tho the con contradictions contradictions t among the various religious scots s as in to thise ee question and after showing howing s as he supposed that there Is no obvious answer he ad advanced V the wine some theory that time the Elders of ot o f the Mormon dormon Church have moot met and i overturned o time and again and many i years ago It Ils Is this I That the preaching was vas not lIot during the tho t ime Interval between Christs death anti and resurrection r but hut In the days clays IJa of ot Noah while the tho ark was preparing that It was hot no by Christ In person but hut by b Ills His spirit 5 1 In Noah Nonh and that tile the lie people then preached i to were spirits when Peter Ieter Wrote lie admitted however that tho the text ext t Ms Is liy hy no moans means obvious In Its Ite i meaning but that any amy nil Idea that It gives win seine hope of ot a it further urther chance fter a life Is to 10 he be utterly rejected as having h no warrant of oC holy hoh scripture rim fh l theory that there Lull can bo be no op opportunity for tor salvation salva lion to mankind af at after n ner ter er they the leave l tWI the mortal body bod Is tho the stumbling block In the way to o the un of at Peters declaration con concerning Christs preaching that hat t from fron tho time path of ot the lie Inquirer and the Is as ns plain and obvious as ns anything revealed by b the sun at nt I noonday noonda Peter states that Christ died the tha Just for tor tho the unjust u that t being put putto pu putto t tto to death d ath In the flesh lIe He was quickened by b the that by b this Ho lie went ent and preached to tho time spirits In iii prison Who died Why Wh Chi Christ 1st Who was quickened by h the spirit Christ Who went somewhere Christ Who preach preached ed ett to tho thi spirits In prison Christ What hat spirits were they to whom ho he l ie went sent anti ond preached 1 Those who were disobedient In the days of ot Noah while the ark was sync a n preparing If It It was Christ ChrIt who wha died tiled In person Ind who was Vius quickened by hr the spirit In person It was wan Christ In person who being In spirit Himself went and an preached to ta spirits who had hall been boen disobedient t and were In prison Then Than Peter In I n the following verses of ot ills His resurrection and amid JIlt Ills ascension to heaven hea en The Time sequence Is I regular and natural Christ made His Ills atonement died as to the lived 1101 as to the tho spirit went vent and preached to the tho spirits In prison was raised from the time dead cad and then went Into heaven Observe It was M not lIot Noah who did any uny Ito a of these the things It was as Christ himself And id lId what lie He preached and why lie He preached to those spirits Who whoso so o long before borore I their heir Incarceration had hadI b hlen h en to Noahs and warnings wa Is ha not so obscure obscuro as ns the Venerable Archdeacon Intimated 1 In his hili learned discourse For or tho the sumo ammo Apos Apostle A os ostie tie tle In time the some came epistle tolls tells It In the clearest manner In thu the very vcr next chapter we read Who give account to him that Is 18 ready rend to Judge tho time quick and thu tho dead death Kor lor l or for Cor this cause was time the gospel Ios ol preached also alen to thorn thom that hint ate are lead dead that till they thoy might b be Judged according to 10 men In the th Mesh lIe h but hut live 1110 according to tu flod 1011 In the spirit 1 Peter Iv h 6 G C G CHero Hero here are arc two classes cla of oC persons personA Shaken of at nil all of ot whom are to gIve an account to Christ t they thoy are the time quick that Is alive In iii the time llesh lIe h anti and the dead that Is I those who are arc not miot In Inthe Inthe inthe the 11 hi Tho Tha latter had to be l to as lIB well ns us time the former that they might be Justly called to account The Tue dead who were not men mon In the uh had the same gospel preached to ta tham them that was preached to the quick so 80 that they the might bo be Judged In the FAme way rAy jint by b the name sanie l 1 as 8 those who ho heard It In the Ileah and also that by receiving It they the might live 11 according to ta Cloth In tho the spirit Just ns nt the quick who wha received It might live according to God In the llesh lIeh The Tho disobedient In time the days of ot Noah Noet thus heard h rd the tho Gospel from Christ Himself In the tho spirit anti both what Ha lie 11 preached and nn why lh He lie preached It are definitely explained The scripture are ar nil all right It Is hi the of ot Christendom that md need to be bo borel revised rel ed Tho Tue 1 learned when con can contemplating this subject t ought to have havethe the third of ot tIme the th articles of ot Ills 1111 own creed which says As Ac Christ died for Car us u und and was wan burled so 10 also allo Is It to b be believed that lIe He went down iown Into Hell Hades The Tho questions might be bo turned on the Church of ot divine what did Christ go time there for torT Did He lie so lia In ia per son lion t Or did iii Ho lie do It by Ills His Iii spirit In III Noah or sumo other ancient Individual In ual mini Uy the Archdeacons own deed creed 1 there na an Interval between Christs death and resurrection and He lie was ras noi then theu In heaven but bitt In iii Hades Was Ho Ito not there preaching deliverance to the time captives Declaring J Ills 1111 baud to 10 those In prison and In Phi Ho He not open tho prison doors doore Did Ho lie not lend load captivity captive lIe He should rend Isaiah xIII C G 7 i 8 S 3 9 Kph lph ph Iv lv 8 S also alao John IT 17 Tha Flie horrible notion that the time Just merciful Father of at spirits ir af at affords fords nn nit opportunity of ot salvation to ID tt those fow foss souls only who iiO while In tho lush flesh heard henril time tho name of ot Ills His lOll Jon the Redeemer Anti and that t nil all the time counties millions who sho lived and 1 tIled died dle without that knowledge through no fault of ot their own oln are doomed to endless woe wot mind and cannot ever possibly loom learnt tho the truth repent of ot sin sill and bow tho time knee to King ing Is one cue of ot the relics of or the tue dark ago and emanated from trum time tho depths Whore whom the time Prince of ot Iii tho the Adversary vor nr of o God and an 1 man maim III all rules and riots In falsehood and amid despair Thu Tho tender tonder mercies of ot Oat Clod are arc over nil alt Jug Ills 11 works Is n 1 ocr cor correct eeL r rI principle lOn will VIII tiring bring Its I ts Hut lint punishment will viii willbo willbo bo h o meted out according to the time degrees of o f guilt In order to maintain 1 for tor f or the purpose e of or bringing the time rebel rehei rebellious lious i to The stripes will wiil be he beor few ew or mummy as ns tho thu Judge shall determine d A emerging from Crom the lime body ody boll b Is sentient capable of ut receiving Information I of ot repentance Ii Improvement i anti ultimate redemption So S o the time thou will come when every eler knee s bow bun anti and every eer tongue confer conre when w hen it shall shull be he more immure tolerable for those hose t who vho though sinful and vile did didot not lIot n ot hear tho the gospel of o salvation In III the llesh lesh i than for tor the tho stubborn and amid wilful r of o the truth who called them themselves themselves selves elves s Christians but rejected the teachings t und anti Spirit of ot Je us Christ Christ to the tho disobedient antediluvians a after they tho had suffered for Cor f or their wickedness The heathens and andall alt all a ll nation II that did not nat hear Ills word ord and a mid will III In the llesh neah will viii hear It In the time spirit s The servants of ot the Loid Lurd who bear b ear Ills His wilt 1111 declare It to I thorn thom t until oil all shah know und nail obey obo It II I Satan S atan will not gain gatim tho the ultimate vie vic victory ic I tory tary t but Christ the th leemer who I aine c to seek sell It und anti save lave that which Was lost last l will viiI bo be crowned with the time victors wreath an all diadem as liS King over ver o ull oil limo tho ransomed throng dwelling In i n the heavenly hea mansions In such glory glor glorys as a s they are fitted to enjoy enJo To Him will be bc the praise and also the domin dominion ion I on du |
