Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-02-10
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4 Dialogue on Eden ana Calvary.
BETWEEN JOHN AND JAMEe

JoHS.-Dear brother, read, lag. Sun.
day afternoon, at school, the second chap
ter of Genesis, which gives US descrip-
ton of the garden of Eden, aud do think
that it was the gras,ics, and the most no.
table place m earth.
JAMES. No, John, it was no. the most
notable place ii il was the grandest. l do
ciieye that Calvary is the most notable.
JoHN.-Calvary, indeed! Such barren
i'll IS that to Ike the most notable. How
silly You talk = garden is always respect
Cd more than hill, and consequently, it is
more notabc than The garden of Eden. All
The pleasant trees, herbs, and flowers, were
growing and were planted by God him
self There Were rivers OF wafer, such as
John saw, clear rs crystal and if person
were TO begin to read his Bible and com
mence at the beginning, where every one
ought to Hegin, he would very soon find
Eden highly spoken Of by the inspired
writer. But he would be obliged to read
il nearly all before he would see Calvary
mentioned, and though it is mentioned
therein, ii has proved to be the most dis
graceful place in Palestine. On Calvary
the mGiefactors were put to death, and
can venture TO say it was dyed with the
I blood of transsrcssors.
JAMEs--Truly, John, Eden was delight.
full place, but lie il SO now? No, the trees,
herbs, and flowers, that you are bOasting
, so much of are all uprooted and withered
forever. 1t is true that Eden is mentioned
| in the Bible before Calvary, but Eden Is
nearly forgotten now and when it is men
! :ioncd i: is with sorrow, because that in 1t
: the first sin was committed and the laws
, Of heaven violated, and man came short OF
the glory Of God. 1fsin had not come into
the world the shedding of blood would not
! have CONT, because the penalty Of sin is
death.
! JonS.-Stop, James, I have more to say
if 20! will listen: it was mans own fault
! to sin, because God made him holy and
! just; and God Himself visited him, and
probably, the holy angels made their ap-
pearance to him and returned again to
glory to inform the hosts of heaven of the
beautifs Of Eden and the man who bore
the image of Col
JAMEs-I know John, thst it IVES mans
own fault to sin, and it is Our OWE fault to
sin, and God would be unjust if He would
leave us unpublished; and as you have said
angels from heaven visited our first parents
in Eden and returned again to inform the
rest Of the heavenly family Of the blessed
.tatc Of man, but, alas very soon had they
to inform them that the blessed state was
lost. and that man was miserable.
JoHN.--Yes, James, but Jesus Christ, in
whom God was well pleased, was put to
death on Calvary.
JAMEs-Yes, brother, for sinners such as
You and l.
JouN- Truly, James, hut the death OF
the son Of God does not make Calvary
more notable than Eden.
JAMES-1es, dear brother, it was his
death that made it notable; because in
Eden only Righteousness and truth were
to be seen but on Calvary mercy and love
also were to be seen; the Creator dying
for the creature, the Just for the unjust.
IT is true there were rivers of water in
Eden, but on Calvary the river of life was
opened to wash all sins and unclcanness ;
on Calvary the only bcgotton Son of God
was crowned with thorns and man crown
cd with o crown of life; on Calvary the
innocent was nailed to the accursed tree,
and the pcnitent sinner set at liberty; on
| Calvary Christ cried with loud voice
ut is finished and the work of mans
! redemption was accomplished, the way
opened from Eden below to far better
! Eden above, where sin and sorrow cannot
! enter.
| JoHS-Now, dear James, must allow
that you are right and that l am wrong,
I and hope that the Lord " ill enable us to
remember the pains which our Saviour suf-
fered on Calvary to restore to man the life
which was lost in Eden Good evening,
! brother, in hope that We shall meet again
in heaven, if not ON earth.
| JAARs.- Cool evening.
JOHN T. MORGAN.