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The State of the Dead

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · May 20, 1908

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 34, No. 21.

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The State of the Dead.

By Arthur L. Manous

1. What saith the Scripture concerning those who are asleep? "I would not have you to be ignorant," says Paul, "concerning them which are asleep." 1 Thess. 4:13.
2. Do the dead praise the Lord? "The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence." Ps. 115:17.
3. What question is asked concerning man? "Man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?" Job 14:10.
4. Does man have any thoughts in death? "His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish." Ps. 146:4.
5. Can the dead remember anything? "For in death there is no remembrance of Thee: in the grave who shall give Thee thanks?" Ps. 6:5.
6. What is death called? "So man lieth down, and riseth not; till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep." Job 14:12.
7. Is there any knowledge or activity in the grave? "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest." Eccl. 9: 10.
8. Who only can praise the Lord? "The grave can not praise Thee, death can not celebrate Thee: they that go down into the pit can not hope for Thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise Thee as I do this day." Isa. 38:18, 19.
9. Do the dead know anything? "The living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything: . . . their love and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun." Eccl. 9:5, 6.
10. Has David ascended to heaven? "Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us unto this day." "For David is not ascended into the heavens." "So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep." Acts 2: 29, 34; Job 14: 12.
ARTHUR L. MANOUS.