The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-11-25
For the ADVANCED
STUDY or TIE OLD MASTEIeS.
M II
ADAM AND EV]

ADAM AN u T. e.
''In the image of God created he
them"
Doubtless these old teachers had in
mind the gradual approach Of mankind
to what we are pleased to term ''intin-
ity."
Man, being the ':ima:e' of divinity
is, per consequence, possessed of divine
attributes which must hasten his pro-
gress toward the higher states Of the
"lniinity ,'-rather, that essence which,
is the progressive power Of all nature;
which, III fact, is Natures self.
Physically, mentally and spiritually
apartaker Of the divine essence. man
must be creature of himself. No
mere machne to be handled at will by
another Not ''fearfully and wonder
fully made" the plaything Of destiny,
but u being responsible for what he is
and docs.
In the picture before us-Adam and
Eve-tllere seems to be Il lack Of some
to give completeness. It states man
Was ''made" and before he had time to
''recnnStruct' himself he WIS placed
under tcmptatlon that he, with the
strength given hin, cunlh not with
Stand. 1t appears the Old Masters had
in view the teaching Of obedience, yet
it is apparent they lacked Il clear con-
,cepticn Of their own lesson; for they
taught obedience to 4 power which
they also taught was beyond mans ca
pacity to understand. It is but fair to
look upon this as IN oversight, f)r it is
hardly probable that they would will
ingly have let their Deity down to the
level Of human trickrry. 1t was an ap.
parent mistake Of theirs in failing to
clearly define this obedience which,
should put man on the road to rapid
progress toward higher phases of being
let us supply the deficiency i'll this
picture lesson, by adding that this ODE
dience is to his own divine attributes,
which, if continuous, will guide enerr.
ingly to Il forward march. This will,
with reason. retain mans accountable
ty and not make him the ;.utomaton OF
Il despotic power which would punish
the machine for tie fault Of the max.
CT.
Justice proclaims that man is &C
countable fo- just what lie creates; he
is answerable for himself III so far as
lie is his own creator-ho more, no less
His obedience then should lie to his
own body, mind and spirit; yielded i,
such Way rs to help to Il higher devel
opment. Formed of "the dust Of the
ground" his mother earth should cl lin
his attention until lie clenrly co,npre
heI'ls his d'.ty to her. This origin hi
has III co anon with I'LL living nature
SO his sympatlies sh"uld-;.n,l without
false education would, incline toward
all living things. Sympathy for al
Nature, should not be COMPOUNDED Will
the nawkish sentimentalsm of oul
modern theology. but that which would
tend toward the progress of ALL
Our education has drawn us farawa,
from the picture-lessons of long ago
Taking the style of language then Il!
compared with now, this lesson would
seem to teach all absolute making
guiding and "cursing" of man by :
. personal, jealous and short-sighttt
father. 1t being apparent that man
march is progressive, we should rather
form our own lessons Of to-day than t,
yield blind obedience to those of Ion:
ago which the best Of us do not clearly
conceive. Instead of using our tim'
and powers trying to explain away Ger
tain incongruities that we find in thos,
lessons, let us try to obey the certai,
commands that Nature gives us, ant
which, with little careful observation
we en- read and understand, thus max
ing ourselves progressive. our posterit,
given start ahead, and giving to tn
common foe of all, SUPERSTITION,
blow from which it can not recover.
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