Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-01-23
The FOUR LAWS
WHICH EVERY oHR'S''A" "o'
CBEY.
Baptism Is Nothing j" the Act ''se'''
hut Merely obeyins Com
mand.

the many other Questlons
- in the question box at the
CHRISTIAN church last night was one
.;dently written by one who failed
~ near Mr. Cline's discourse on the
aivinity AZ of the Bible. The question
wv. GLOW do we know that the bloie
waa' word of God?" Mr.. Cline stat
- ' .not the question had been found
e' 40 hoy during the day and ne had'
thorefore, -. had time to prepare
' 'no,t unon blackboard when "ouio
en ns;st in making his meaning cleaf,
asst .,,on went on to explain how, by
i'1 ond why the Bible was writ
That God caused it to be VIII
ton for a purpose, and that purpose
Vac to foreshadow the coming savior
y, the Old Testament ana record d
fu1fi1lment Of those prophecles anu
i'... -. tho vav to salvation in the New
Testament c4,, h,,
tor of Romans, the last verse Oh
,,hich is. For the wages OF SIN Is
doath. but the gift of God IS eternal
,;so through Jesus Christ our Lord
Mr. Cline then defined sin as a
..oncoression of law; that is, to SIN
is to break, annul, disregard or make
worthless a law, the wages OF SIN
boine death, and death being disease,
destruction, despair. Law pfesup-
Noses law giver and also presup-
noces free moral agent to accept OF
reject the law. God, as our Father,
has a right to command; also, as our
maker he has the same right, pal
having made man free moral agent,
10 cannot force him to obey the law,
for the moment that He does that.
man becomes a mere machine ana
merits no reward for his obedience.
Mr. Cline then called attention to
his chart showing that man IS under
four laws. First. natural law; see
ond, moral law; third. positive law,
and fourth, spiritGa1 law.
Man, as a dual being while in flesh,
is under natural law. and as he IS
not alone in the world and must re-
spect the rights Of others, is also
under moral law.
AS soon as sin entered the world
God found it necessary to make d
positive and spiritual law.
In his chart Mr.. Cline showed three
Illustrations OF each of the four laws
First. the law Of life. which is 10
breathe pure air If one deliberately
goes into a maarial sWamp and
breathes poisonous atmosphere his
life will be shortened and he will be
responsible for it,
Man breathes also through the
pores OF the skin. as every school
boy knows, and one Of the laws of
health is to keep the skin clean and
the pores open
The law of development is exercise,
by the continued and systematic use
OF which we may develop and perfect
our bodies. If We break the laws of
health' disease and death will be the
result; death is destruction of tissue
uod has stamped death as a result Of
transgresson of the law. and ignor-
ahce OF the law will not permit one
10 escape the result.
AS nation of families there is a
uemand for moral law, which has for
l'S purpose our happiness upon earth.
~ HAS no reference to life beyond. |
ou' teaches how to respect the rights |
~ olhers. Under the head of moral |
'"w comes, first, parental law, (which |
'"u 10 say said Mr.. Cline, ''is al
most dying out.
ne stated as lamentable fact that
PARENTS today are permitting their
.niiuieh TO become little tyrants in
.ne nome, running roughshod over
.,i's God-glven law. By indulging
.A .ne'i' III wlllfulness and disobedience.
sn7y are nursing criminals in their
"' "oihes and do not deserve the sa-
@ u'eu responsibility they have taken
upon themselves.
n ooncerAlng the law of the Sabbath
WI Cline said that God certainly
sa;, e" what he was about when He
d. y, ok days shalt thou labor and
~ a,i my work: but the seventh is I
u =, o'ooath OF the Lord thy God; in
~ 'nou Shalt rot do any work" for
Wv pest interest of man and beast is
WOW. eneitylom hour rest day once
oi, ne 'hird illustration of moral law
C,1;n. was, thou shalt not kill" Mr..
s.,,;,. 'ish passed to the positive law,
us tat.t moral law had hean oiyan
tive ooose 1o 1t IS right, and that posi-
con,u 10" IS right because God has
torr'. oai'iVe laws are test laws to de-
n1aaa'a ''e our LOYALTY and have been
u nona a' the threshold of every dis
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