The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-08-03


John J. Cornell OF Mendon Centre
IN. Y, spoke twice on Sunday forenoon
in Fourth and West street meeting
house to the congregation of Friends
augmented by other supporters OF til,
cause OF temperance. While the tenn
lperance audience at 10 o'clock a. M
was very large. and heard an able ad
dress. their number was augmented a
~ O'Clock when our Friend Cornell, TO
half an hour, delivered a logical ant
powerful sermon OH st. Paul's words
AS in Adam all die so In Christ shall
all be made alive" from which he de
lduced the theme "Man's Fall, and tn,
Means OF his Restoration"
One OF our reporters, who was pres
emit, summarized few ideas from lii,
int eresting discourse.
Theologic dogma In literal Language
sometimes turns the mind away from
the. meaning intended to be conveyed
Men are accustomed to associate tht
Idea OF dying as being opposite life
We are apt to forget there are different
kinds OF living. But In the Bible thie
text and many others refer to spiritual
life.
Adam was TO keep and dress all the
trees OF the Garden while of the fruit
OF one tree he was forbidden to eat
After ne did eat of this and was cast
out OF the Garden he still lived a physi
cal life; Tor many years. Hence The
edict In the day thou dost eat thereof
thou shalt surely die" did not refer to
ms physical life but to his spiritual life
II we. think God brought physical
death into the world by that act OF
Auains ulsopedience we must assume
goo either did not carry out his plan
OF there mas been misstatement.
AS 10 Adams natural man or first
nature, we are oil Adams. . q We are 10
control our physical natures. We can
partake OF all except that which sets
aside Gods Judgment OF good and
EVIL. There is no physical appetite or
passion but may be used to our bene.
tit in the light and obedience Of the
revelation of God. 1t is when we do
lthe act that Is wrong or excessive. by
reasons OF not being in Gods time,
wisdom and way, thereby letting lust
and dlsobedience dominate us, and
thereby setting up our own iudg.
ment of good and evil in the place OF
Gods. that we sin. And sin. when IL is
conceived, bringeth forth death. The
death IL "a spiritual death. 1t is an
absence OF the favor of God. 1t is the
absence Of spirit of harmony wit h
God.
Now, while death to the animal body
Iends the physical life, sin which is
death in the soul does not end the ac.
Itivity and power of the soul. The fig
ure of fruit or apple" is used as a
means OF thought.
If we closely examine the human
structure wo must observe that the
mere eating of 1t could produce only
blood and flesh. Eating an apple does
not produce the knowledge OF anything
much less OF good and evil. It is q
figure.
1t was not intended man should at.
tain spiritual life by the exercise OF his
own will. This God kept to Himself.
+" While there is 10 propensity OF
appetite that cannot be parttlken OF
with benefit there is not one but can
be abused. Everything that conduces
to or becomes sin, arises from mans
Exercising Judgment OF good and evil
Independent of God. Man assumes to
know good and evil.
The preacher here went elaborately
Into the realm of spiritual life, action,
obedience, etc.and deduced that where
"a man commits q sin he tTansgresses
the law, 1t is sin to exercise judg.
ment Independent of God. \ Every
man is tempted of his own lusts when
he is tempted. God does not tempt
any man. Thus men must die or
lose their former favorable status
with God. This does not mean phys
ical death, young lives OF purity have
lived and passed away in death.
lit meant physical death mau must
have been created indepedent of law
emf al
pendent OF fire, water and other ele-
ments.
At the grave of Lazarus Jesus said
to Mary 'He shall rise again. She said
81 know he will rise again in the resur-
ection." Jesus replied Il am the resur-
ection and the life" Either Jesus did
not allude to the spiritual life, or He
made a statement not manifest.
This therefore alludes to the spirit.
ual and not the physical. While there is
no power in a dead physical body,
there is power in soul deud in sin.
We are all alike in our Adam nature
and die in sin, transgressing the divine
law. But in Christ we shall all be
made alive.
The speaker here explained that
Christ was God always, and all the
way from the beginning of his deal.
lngs with Adam, with the children OF
Israel, and ali the way down, going
into tho details of Hebrew history.
The concluding and most impressive
part of his discourse, was the saliva
ton and the divine life of Christ in
man, which reconeiled man TO God.
Chrlst's spirit never was crucified.
Only His body. Man never had con
troll over God.
My friends, my mind goes out in
love to you to have you in harmony
with the life of God. My young
friends: This spiritual life is uniycr-
sal. Man needs the same revelation
to-day. When the prophets OF old
said: "Thus saith the Lord, God was
with them. We need Gods spirit with
us in our day in order that we may
what the seriptural au-
thors have written.
The RuRgedest Path in Life
II 1t be but irradiated by good health,