The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-03-09
PROHiBiTfOE.

we ttOUc tiC cu f'i uoN wv otSVh'
alarmed; for We must necessarily engage
ard bring into his discussion the Scrip.
lures of Divine Truth to show that God
to destroy evrl Di every de.
scription through the ist umenlalities
of His Word. and that il is through uis
children, advocating lbe prihtiplts oI
eternal truth that these things are met
and dispensed with.
" ben God created Adsm and Eve lie
placed them in the Garden Of Eden. To
dress it and TO keep il; and He placed
them under prohihlory law. This law
by nature, did not propose 10 forever har
man fom violating its prt cepts, for had
this beefl the case man never would have
violated The m. But as 9e have already
said, God has made man free agent.
and This makes him responsible before
his God for the wav he receives and
IRA. ais His positive precep's Thlsis thu
kind otrlaw that they were placed IN
der:
"And tho Lord took the man and pr!
him into the Garden of Eden tc dress il,
and TO keep it And the Lord God CON-
manded he man. sying, Of evesv tee
of the. garden thou narest freely eat !:
bot of the tree OF The knowledge of good
end evil, thou shall not eat Of it; tor in
the day that thou ea'est thereof thou
shalt surely die "--Ger. xi. SIG. II
And wheh the Devil approached to
them be ssii: "Yes, hath God SAID, We
shall NOT eat Of every tree OF the garden.
And the womsn said unto the serpent /:
I'VE may eat or the ffuit of The trees OF
the garden; hut the fruit of the tree
Which. isrtSiiheSbiiist of the garden God
bath ossfd yeishsiknoi eat Of il. neither
shall ye touch it, lest ye die."-Gen Ill
l-3. ,sa,,, ,..:. 81
J. The Devil told them this. "Ye shall
not surely die. For God doth Know tba,
in the day We eatsthereof then yonr e, es
shall be opened !: and We cha he as gods
knowing good and evil." Gen. iii. As
Right here we want to say that had i
been The des On in the Infinite mind o.
Jehovah to take away the. Temptation
from man SO that he could not have the
opportunity to he enticed and led away,
God could have destroyed Satan and all
h,s works there and then and made sborl
work OF the matter. Blu. He did not {
fit 10 do that way; hence the next hing
in order vas TO bring about q plar 10
meet mans wants. God heboldipg man
in his fallen state and realizing that his
conrse wss 10 90 away from Him con,ir
ually and finally he doomed 10 on eterna
dea'hi therefore God resolved toi bring
about plan to rescue man, and this plat
contained q Savior, and it was somewhere
near 4 600 years in being developed
Gods love was 10 he infused into ,bi.
plan ard brought to bear on the minds
and beatss Of the children of men IN ,snct
a msnner as 10 remove ain ard break ur
the desire to practice the same, hence i
is wriien:
"Fur God go loved the world that He
gave bis only beeotten Son, that whoso.
ever believeth in Him should not perish
hut have. everlasting life. John hi. 10
Agsip.the Prophet isaiah, when speaking
in reference to the coming OF the Jus'
one, ssvs: "For unto as q child is born
unto Us son is given; and the govern
ment shall be npon his shoulder and bi,
name shall he called Wonderful Council
lar, he,m'ohty God, the everlasting Fee
her. the P.ince OF Pesce Of'ihe in
crease, oi his govern ment and peace ther,
shall be ,ro Dd,upon the throne OF navif
and upon bis Kingdom. to order it, snt
10 establish; it with judgment and viii
justice from hehceforth' even forever
The zeal OF the Lord Of Hosts will per
'orm is,'s,--Isaiahi tx, CT.
This, now. is Speaking Of the comirs
of;dbeHJust Uhe, and what his mission
wilthesshen, he comes al 1t wss said o
him when be made his advent into ih
world,rs,hat bewss the true light whicl
liehleth every man that cofneth into tb,
wofid.tis-John !, g..
Now.in what sense are we to uudtr
stsndithat be was to give light to ever,
man that. cometh, in,o the world2 G,
With me again, II you Please, TO Jo' o.
'e.timony: mo man can come to me
exceptihe Father which hath sent me t.
diaw him; and | will raise him up at tn
lsst day 1t is written in the prophets
And they shsll all he taught Of God
Everyiman therefore lhat bath heard an,
baihieained OF the Father, cometh unit
me p---John vi, 44-45.
This then is moral suasicn in nul
shell, thst,our friend SAYS has heen trie
and failed. But we are not ready TO b
go liberal as this. In. the irst place ma
beaid lie, believed lie, and oheyed
iie,. aud tell from Gods favor. just g
must Ire hear the truth, believe the tru,t
obey the truth, and come back, Tn
children of Israel when receiving thei
Law from Mt Sinai bad to keep IL cor
tinuslIy before their minds and the mind
OF Their children, and to post it up j
conspicue US places, that it might he res
by them cons,an'lv. The sin OF intox
cation is only one among the thoussn,
and one sins that we might mention here
and we never would have realized thai
was o sin had it not heen thai Gods la
interyeneds and applised US of the fact
and God intends TO educate men and lea
them into The merits of the odiousnes
OF this practice. Ard ibis is done by IN
children Of God advocating the pIiuci
ples Of eternal truth, and TO set The ey
ample nv living out tbssc PRINCIPLES i
tiheirffaily walk 1t is in This sense tha
lfhe church isthe lightof the world hu
we areysorrYs TO say that we do not Sc
all It's members walking BY the sse rule
and principles, hut a,por1i ion OF them ar
oeniiDgaily tippling the Intoxicating CO
and do > not place themselves under an
EestFictioIs whs,ever; hence they have
had jnanenee and the Church is shorn o
her power thai she otherwise would <
ercise nyefp the hearts and hv 9 Of men
hence she must suffer defeat. But let th
church 1rif herself Of these incumbrsnce
[sni arise IN ber Strength, as an arm
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