Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-14
o. TEN COMMANDMENTS.
= W VI ,rrell Peaches the
Third of His Series
,,,,d Is,redI'y the subj of
,.,n,er.s,i"g DiscOnis at th'
f.. church La Night

nan third oil lhe selios VI seihObs ph
Ton Commandments was presented
coming 70 packed congregation at
y,r., Methodist Episcopal church by
..,o- Rev. F. w. Merrell. Be4uii-
lecrions were rendered by The choir,
+. acauitting itself with great
.eu to he church,
IN. s.,piect WAS Penalty and Here d.
.,..os from the second part of the
and comm .ndment. as found IN Exo~
% 90.
..p,. nave set forth 10 the text" said
.oe.krr. Gods iealouslg ia the IN It.
aims worship and toe penalty visited
an false worshippers. Idolatry being
..,5sl 10 The bible as spiritual adul cry,
csp.essure of God agains il is tiuy
Led jealousy.
sy,ou. dlscourses have enlarged upon
,,,Ituat all men worship, e.. are
.amrI, attached TO some object, aud
,,a ALI false worship is idolatrY in the
lt.d Il Is not slow To ueLecJ any cool
10 tue ardOr OF our devotion, any
r.n.r,ucy Of attachment from God to
inmate objects. Il, The l. nd toy
NJ, ALL a Jealous God" Tue question
rr,., arises. why this Inteuse regard
G1i, part Tor the worship of man?
mons many possible answers this WAS
led out as most important. viz, thst
rrnsracler oi the worshipper become,
.iua..y a-smIated 10 the character OF
.rDT.cJ wOrshipped This WAS illus
.irl al length from scripture and else
.erl Il is describ> d by Paul rs the
IL element 10 transformation of Chris.
character.
Tn, penalty affixed to violation of this
rm.pdment is startling ia It's severity.
d visits the iniquities OF parents on
1rguudreu unto the third and fourth
.sr,rl1u OF them that hate him" He
..a., such judgments upon ldolatTous
niles ~ proves their utter ruin and
auction, from the gray haired grandsire
the prattliDG grand children
Cd great grand children about
hrar,hstone Punishment CONES
-i1e Jalrd or fourth gen,ra,ion at tue
finest But the objection is offered
ID, this makes God unjust, it coniounds
eIuuucent with tue guilty. 1t is un
IT, the same objection was offered Id
f DAYS OF Jeremiah and Ezekiel, and
las met by the prophets " ith the inspired
t,rslion that Tine Soul That Siuneth
Sasl. Die" No man Is held RESPONSE
-
mes involved in that sin. But tals
Gus To involve contrsd .ction. The
.gI seems to assert that the children
lAi. be punished for sins of the parents.
LOW Is this? A distinction.
Punlshmenjs are either temporal or
rrr1al. e., inflicted in this life or re-
rggd for the life to come. Eternal pun
lmgut never spoken of as visited upon
~ but IucOrrigiOle sinners. But tenn
oral puushments in the shape of heredI
az transmission of diseased and distort
.d bodies and warped minds are shown
% tgery side TO he the consequences OF
ireu,a. sin.
The bible makes it plain that we ale
3d.. held cspOnsible for Adams sin nor
the slu of those nearer than our first
4reDls salvation is offered TO the des>
erdaurs OF hundred generations Of
UaloTs by our missionaries, and the
.ug Is true 10 our own land. Eternal
Iri,bmeut VIII not be inflicted on any
10 90 not deserve it. and all men
81. finally approve the right Gus Judg-
.eut OF God But there is an aspec IN
alCh there is 10 forgiveness for stu in
as life s const qlenc-s cannot be
Vested by repentance. There is phys
-. ,euse IN which the sins OF parents
visited upon children. TIE mental
I'D ply steal states OF father and mother
mt themselves on the unborn child
be law OF heredity firms that all be
Is endowed with life tend to repeat
ttmselves in their descendants; they
get after u cir Hi and IN their own
ayuess.
Til Jaw is OF practical value, and is
piled 10 stock breeding. Ii IS taDgi-
enough on its physical side 10 war
H.1l The investment of immense wealth. .
D.. B no IS true on its psl ChologicAi
.'c-iuslinsJs, passions. &c iments. ny
...lr- are transmitted. This law has
AiNtu " lLu Slthl ChlC III AIiNAShNN
be drink habit. and il has been shown
the children of drinking parents are
abnormal nervous de elopment, al d
they are in more or less diseased
.11diuuu. Numerous ILLUSTRATIONS ot
.ao.e facts were gwen, sufficient 20 SHOW
.e great responsibility Of The parent for
's offspring Criminal Classes are large
born so Two sources of hope come
relieve the dark picture: 1.-The self
sIuCiveness of vice. 2 - The
a'er tenacity OF life and vigor Of
rtv
der the influence If these princi
Is wee causes families given up To
'ci0us lives to become extinct in fe "
.'r"raions, and science verities the text.
10 ih" her hand, purity on the prl'.
ul the "-urvival of the tiltest.
IS t. aud perp u ltes itself Hence
world Is boun 10 NJ ONE purer.
God Intcrfer, according the text on
Zoe sd" ot viriu- Punishment visited
.p o. " pr gener4 ions . the virioi s,
.'. mercy uion 'rhnu ards + genera-
'"'s of them Ih II love q ii "nd keen
Is comm ndments ioil'- IA, Iclr- re q
""'s Su, ernbundant They Infinitely
'# ed In ,rutb NIL Is mercy - the