The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-01-12
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
thternaf'onsi Lesson for January u,
isDi-Adasn's Sin and Gods Grace Gen
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isoi-Adasn's sin and Gods Gracs-Gen
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Especially Arranged from Pcloubcrs No,esl
GOLDEN TEXT For as In Adam al die, even
80 IN Christ shall all be made alive
hLNiLw-l Our last lesson We studied the
creation VI the world ana Of man made In the
image OF Col The family was founded AZ.
tue sabbath ordained through which instit..
lions, rightly used, man would tccomc lko tho
angels IN character and blcsscdacss End tho
paradise garden become the city Of God
'.~...--.-AI.OS FROM TIE EARLY TaApi.
Tio>s or ANCIENT NATIONS. Almost cylr7
nation, except the African. 81 which too little Is
known 10 be certain. has carly traditions OF a
golden age, Edenic blesscdncss and innocence,
OF The serpent, the tree and tcgeneracy There
are Chinese, Thihetan, Monaghan and Hindu
traditions the Zoroas trian story OF Mashya and
Mashyana. the Egyptian tradition Of the reign OF
IA the Greek Pandora the scandinavian
Asgard the sacred plant guarded by &C.
lestiai geaii on the Assyrian bas-rc!cfs.
These traditions must have come from
some common source before the dis
pers!on OF men and point TO some actual
Tact IN he carly history Of the race. And since
II Is acknowledged that the Bible account IS the
simplest. most natural most Instructive free
from All that is Crotesque, there IS every reason
for believing that the Bible story IS the true his.
tory Of early man. from which the others d.
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LESSON NOTES.
How Old Is the Human Racc?-Thc
exact date is unknown. No one now
would attempt to fix the time with as
cheerful confidence as the great chron-
DIGGER determined by his system that
the world was created on certain
day in September, at six o'clock in the
afternoon" The most conservative
scholars, such as Prof. William IL.
Green. Of Princeton. are inclined TO
lcngthcn the dates given on the mar
gins of our Bibles. On the other hand
science Is greatly shortening the time
since the first appearance Of man in
the glacial period, from the wild cal
culations of many former biologists.
The Garden of Eden. Mans First
IIome.-(D The garden of Eden was
but small portion of the region
called Eden. The garden or paradise
is place fenced round; hence a park,
a plcasurc-ground with trees. streams,
flowers and fruits.
(2) 1t is impossible to tell precisely
NA~tit i<tth Ndo oAtutAt'A+ i'tAttLctn
says that Paradise is lost" We only
know that il must he somewhere on the
Euphratcs.
t3) The most probable site is on the
lower Euphratcs. near where the Tigris
(liiddelScD unitcs with it. Into the
united stream flows the kcrl.ha (Ci-
honl. and the karun (Pison). Sir Viii
lilo I rft .,f& r..
tier commission, equally distinguished
as geologist and an Archaeological has
shown by his cxplora tons that this re-
gion cmincntly fits the description in
Genesis. Lotus geological map. pre-
pared from personal surveys. says Sir
William Dawson. shows ''that the top
ographical geology of Genesis is more
accurate than most of the maps in our
modern aliases"
The Condition of Man in Paradise
Two opposite errors are frequently
hold in regard TO the Bible account Of
the first man. One, that he was a typ
zeal savage. IA cave-dwcller. lower than
the inhabitants of darkest Africa, ZEN
tertaining the most gross and anthro-
pomorphic conceptions of Deity"
The other. that The was the most
splendid specimen of the race the world
ever saw. fair as an angel, holy as a
seraph:" that IAN Aristotle was but
the rubbish of an Adam. and Athens
but the rudimcnts of Paradise" lie
simply was perfect as man complete
with all the possibilities of manhood.
lie was innocent but inexperienced.
He was happy. at peace, and living IN
communion with God
lie was not cultured and did not
possess the arts and outward appli-
anccs of civilization. The skins for
clothing and stone implements do not
prove that the first man was a savage
at heart. Plato and Socrates and
Paul are as great in the humblest hut
and meancst attire as they would
have been living like Solomon in all
his glory.
The Tree Of Lifc.-The tree of life
in the midst of the garden was proba-
bly, tree which. by Divine endow-
mcnt with medicinal qualities. would
keep their bodies from decaying with
age. and would heal any accidental
injuries. Spencer says that
From It flowed. as from well. tricaling
stream OF balm
Life and long health that gracious ointment
gave and deadly wounds could heal
The Temptcr in Paradisc.-V /.
To the first man. rs to every man
since. the tcinptcr came at the very
entrance to the path Of life and COM
PEELED him 10 decide which way he
would 20 and whom he would serve.
So Christ nj the very beginning of the
Divine mission was tempted Of the
devil.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
Man persisted in Eden even while it
had n tree of life in il. So men perish
now within sight of the Redccmcr's
cross. because they will not believe
and obey.
40 place or character of employment
can free us from the assaults of temp
tation. The innocent Adam was as
sailed in Paradise. and the holy Jesus
in the wilderness.
God has done all possible for the
happiness Of man; lie gave him a para
disc full Of all that could minister to
his Joy and good. God still gives US
,ho be.t nosSihlc world for Such bcinrs