The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-24
Observation-Disclosures Deli


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This Is manifestly so. else the Almighty |
would put down evil at once. During the |
present evil dispensatiou the grand 1
strife for the survival OF the attest IL
certainly going on In natural life, but the
"nttest' OF each century themselves cor /
tainly succdmh to death, and this seems /
pretty expensive policy to determine the
"hnally ittest." | see nothing holy In II, |
nothing but the vicious doctrines OF self /
| ishness' aud ITO the victor belongs the
| spoils." our evolution friends d. not toll
/ Us what becomes C the billions OF human
! beings dust as much entitled, bus possibly
! less talented and less favorably cnvfonedl
| who are trampled under foot In this grand
! strife,
! They suggest 20 rs that man has cyo-
! luicd up from monkey condition lhat
! h. did not tall from perfect condition,
! hence there was M necessity for christ
| to die to redeem him from hts evolution
| t. perfection and restore him 10 his mon
| ke. conditian, Certainly in that case
| "redenptior ransom ana 'restora
! tlun" must hc foolish ideas,
| In this connection u Is interesting to
note that after 5000 years Of known hts
tCry tho "httest" have evolutcd To the
! high plane Of being ahle in tnese
United states tin ahelr most enlightened
! ctnditionl TO live an average OF thirty
three years. Great patience would he re-
0ured for the race TO wal, for eternal
: life at this rate OF evolution. II would
/ be interesting to know whether the heath
en- nations, who have eyo,u,cd much less,
/ rapidly, have not 4 vitality that tcNceptlng
unnatural death causes, such as wars,
murders, otc) gives them longer lease
Of life than thirty-three years They tell
us that man Is cvolutins into a perfect
Intellectual being, Sill, man can NOT TO-
day account Ter he wonderful worka OF
the Infant world 1000 wears his Inferior
Tho law OF Moses. written In those early
f,all 3 ~. NJ. nj f,Ht
equal IN Justice and can give points In
mercy to the Society Tor the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals, Furthermore, we lind
IN thoso early Biblical writings u truthful
state mCnt q the faults aud weaknesses OF
mans fallen condition iwAch still eNisD,
Shut man can moi today paint more suhllnl
ideals or come nearer their attainment
than they,
Two-th'rds of the car,h9 nations have
over remained Ia pitch darkness. and the
high Egyptian. Blhyl9nian, q ccian and
Il man civ lizatiors have all degcacratet
back into the dirRncss from whence they
sprung Der their dead cm0ers sridos
tho mcrc,less Turk IN his persecution Of
the Armenian, and he enlightened rulers
Of earth have cVolutcd 10 such highly
humane condition as TO permit the!r h3E-
fishnces tGVei thc Eastern question: To
stand In the way OF Interference Earth
. Is now making another grand effort 10
evolule 70 perfection, the United States
lc ding, yct we walk DER the tombs of a
: buried nation, whose civilization probably
approached ar own, Wise men OF today
recognize in our boastel civilization the
= dangerous germs q decay. and u1less
aid cometh from on high" woo batide
he human race,
The law OF eyoluti. n may bc said TO be
| The operst'on 81 good IN building M, bat
/ Il has its Zoe In the law OF "Degauera-
: ten which Is the operation Of evil in
: destroying The principle of evil Is more
Z predominant IN earth today than the prin-
ciplc cf good and in all nature degenera-
- i0n, gathering strength and momentum
: with hi lapse OF lime. has eyer gained
. he victory snd proved the divine law
! that the wages Il sin 81 tby decay aud
degeneration death" Tho history Of
mankind SO FAR Is but he history Of the
q victories Ct degeneration, and It's highest
y pinnacles of civilization have tho moro
quickly tnppied into decay We read OF
he rise Of nations but always " their
u fall" when in their supposed highest
state Of civilization It's o long row 10
g he II man Is 70 work out his own evolu
q lion Il perfection. He grows shorter Of
&c stature ard q less vitality day by day,
:. and. were II not for the periodical lapse
r. of the race into more primitive and vital
S conditions II Is a question whether the
J. ease, luxury and corruption engendered
y by civilization during mans evil condi-
ton instead OF It's perfection. The eternal
r law that the wages Of sin IL degenera-
N ton ending IN death" Is proved by all
"A experience OF m2n and nature aud there
J. Is certainly no power In man 10 stay that
r. law and escape death Surely the grave
"A were he only hope Of man had not the
i all-lcvng Father provided Reedeemer
and Saviour
God would hpye made man without a
=, free Will, left him unexposed TO evil, and
H. wlled that he should live forever and
praise Him as such man would have
=, been merely an aute matun. BIT the Bible
I, tells Us that In the image Of God created
p He hlm'-~a perfect frce-willed being. As
T., such cd ex&cted perfect obedience, bul
% He foreknew that until the human race
- was educated by experience regarding the
:. terrlbleness cf evil, that II w.nld be una
bic TO render perfect obedience. a child
crawls into the Are until It knows better
Adam having sinned. we read Of God
saying Behold. now. man Is become as
enc q MS - knew good aud evil, and now
= lest he put forth his hand snd take als'
i OF the tree OR pylnclplel Of life apd ca
and live On hts eva condition. forever,
and that God merclfully shut Adam OF
from the principle OF life (by which HI
: lived before he sinned) and left him e
= his race exposed TO degeneration ant
'r death. Genesis Ill., 81 Satan said e
Eve. "Ye shall net surely die tGsnest
e H. a. and man sim believes that lie
~ Accordingly Adam forfeited his life, am
= he could transmit only transient life &
~ his descendants.
AZ We must now remember that Gods av
and natures law Is che OF equal Justice
IAN eye for an eve, a tsoth for . tooth.
nf life for life Exodus xxi. 49, 2a) conse
" ouen;ly nan needed ransom or eqra
price 10 buy or redeem his life back, an
20 CHRIS. was the only bi nc that 'omld eve
"a offer God this perfect ransom for tue per
feet life thai Adam forfeited. To this en-
ie Christ lied. sacrificing his perfect hnmsl
e. No Hence We NOW read that AS j
A Adam all died even 60 IN Christ shall ~
BE- made alive" and we can WOW nnler
~ aiand WIS Hc,nd 70 loved the verdi fiCs'
, ard iiyinFi that He gave bis OILY heS VI
/, ton Een, thsi whog,eyFr halieveth thelle
- beng the condition 10 regain lifel on Film
n should rot perish, but have everlasting