Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-21
JUSTICE,

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, and
the lawful captive delivered. Isaiah xIIx:24.
The enemies of God are continually ar
raigning him before the bar of their own
judgment and impeach him, in the name
of the beings he has created, of injustice
Awful as is the idea, man, whose days are
brief as the passing of a weayer's shuttle,
accuses the everlasting God of unfairness.
In the first place, is God under any obliga-
tons to the beings he has created? The
Bible compares the Creator to potter and
mankind to the vessels he has made
Behold as the clay is in the potter's hand,
SO are ye in my hand.''
When Adam was placed in the garden
of Eden, his Maker made him no promise;
he gave him work to do, and required his
obedience under penalty of returning to
the dust from which he was taken.
Was there any injustice in that? Can not
one do what he will with his own? Or was
there any injustice in his expulsion from
Eden, or in the trouble and death that
overlook him after he sinned? When a
parent tells his son that if he is disobe-
dent he will be punished, is it unfair for
the father to keep his word? Has the boy
any cause for complaint?
The main fact upon which infdels base
their charge of injustice is that all man
kind, although never consenting to Adams
trangression, yet, for that sin, are con-
demned to eternal misery. There is no
such fact recorded in the Bible. and
the Bible as Gods word
must take precedence as au-
thority in all such questions. There is not
even hint given of such fact. The pen
atty pronounced by God himself was
''Dust thou art, to dust thou shalt return"
St. Paul records the same truth, Gas
in Adam all die," and again, ''By
one man sin entered into the
world, and death by sin. Natural death is
the result of original sin. Inheriting from
the first parents corruptible bodies, death
and decay must follow. "It is appointed
unto all men once to die" There is no in
justice in that. BY his. own act man
placed himself under the power of
death; he is lawful captive.
When in the fullness of time God pro-
vided a Savior, it was not to remedy any
injustice. The only reason the scriptures
give is ''God so loved the world that he
gave his only begotten Son." When Christ
left the glory he had with his Father, he
came not to save men from death, but to
make it possible to raise them from cor
ruption to interruption, from mortality to
Immortality. The terms he offered
are reconciliation with God through
faith in Jesus Christ. The good
tidings are made plain in the
scriptures and God has sealed his promise
with an oath, ''to show unto the heirs of
promise the immutability of his COUNSEL"
He offers no other terms. There is no
way but through Christ. Now, whose
fault is it if men reject Christ and are
lost? Is God unjust because he will not
pardon those who do not accept his terms?
Every man is conscious that salvation is
possible for him, and that if he is lost, it
will not be because Adam ate the apple,
but because he has sinned Voluntarily
against great light and divine love.
Another reason for charging the AL
mighty with injustice is the belief, held by
many processing Christians that little
children who die unconverted are con-
dsnned to hell. Christ's own words to lit
tie children are sufficient refutation of such
charge. ''Suffer little children, and for
bid them not, to come unto me for Of such
is the Kingdom of Heaven" "Their
angels do always behold the face of my
Father" 'Of such is the Kingdom of
Heaven" But about the heather, are Gods
skirts clear of injustice Ill their case?
The Bible expressly states 'where there
is no law there is no transgression." For
ain is rot imputed where there is no law"
1nddels declare that they disayow the or
thodox God, because he permits SO much
sin and misery in the world; because he
allows sinners to go UNPUBLISHED, and the
innocent to suffer. The end is not yet.
There is never an unjust act, wrong deed,
never sighlbnt ''He that's higher than the
highest regardeth." The Bible warns men
of coming judgment, where all the
wrongs shall be righted. Judgment will 1
lay to the line, and righteous
ness to the plummet." At that day the
small and the great will stand before God,
and the books will be opened" No one
will complain of injustice then. "Out of
thine own mouth will 1 judge thee, thou