West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02
VINO Holm beelGOd' SCOuISe|OT?
"Who Can Bring Clean Thing Out OF
Unclean Not 0ne."-Job 14,I4.

II Is eNpedieni that the scientific and phil.
osophie tests Of the Divine plan should be
understood, to the intent that the faith of
the Lords people may be able 10 understand
the assaults Of the adversary aesins, the
doe'rine of the ransom in the light of presen,
day destructive criiicsm-reasonnble and
unreasonable--from pulpit, press and pew.
Our text seems 10 be in conflict with other
Scriptures which declare that our Lord was
born OF woman Of Adams pos,eriiy, affect.
ed by the virus of sin, and yet that lie was
unbiemished. undehled, spotless. The
entire theory of the atonement presented in
the Scriptures demands that of necessity our
Redeemer mus, be am unblemlshed man of
our race, yet separate from it,
How could the Divine arrangement
accomplish this seemingly impossible thing
OF producing member ~ the race, separate
from its blcmishes, to he It's ransom, 10 give
corresponding price for the FIRST perfect
man whose SIN and its curse bliehts the
racer The attemp, to establish faith in
our Lords mother as spotless, perfect and
thus prove that Jesus could be born pure. is
only shifting the question to her generation
and will not stand the light Of ioday's in
teiligenee. Our Lords mother, like all
others of the race, was unavoidabIy an
inheritor Of It's ffaillies.
The Scriptures present the matter in
harmony with the developed facts Of science
that all existence comes from the father and
not from the mother; the mother furnishes
IL celi-nuclens out of which a form or
body is produced aud nourishes the germ
until i, IS able TO maintain an independen,
existence. The being thus formed pariakes
OF the nature Of the mother and so that
which * born uf woman IS Of the human
flesh and blood nature Thus also the
whole 'ace vas in and sprang from Adam,
their father Wy mother Eve, but not from
her, and thus IL IS wutten, 'In Adam all
die' and not ia Eve, beoaus, The face was
uied ~ his irial, condemned 10 Ms failure
aud included under his sentence. Abundant
and conclusive prouf is found in nature in
'rgaid 70 The principles here Involved If
the life gernf5e weak and imperfect the
rml'ro VIII he unable to overcome the un.
favorable conditions and will appropriate
good or bad whatever the mother furnishes
and Will be the prey OF disease.
Had mother Eve alone sinned the race
would not have died. Adams offspring
would be born without blemish so long as
his life remained unfofeited even If the
death sentence had been pronounced upon
Eve, bringing imperfeclious upon her, these
would not have impaired her offspring
because they would have neutralized and
cast of naturally and without iniory any
unwholesome elements Of nutrition furnished
them. We see the principle in the powers
Of good digestion which can extract nour.
ishmeni and strength from food which would
sicken and kill another Of inferior powers,
though none Of the race is able to defend
their imperfect systems for long against the
eDcroachmeuts Of disease The fountain
Adam having become contaminated none Of
his pos,erity can be clean add no clean
thing can he brought out Of i.
We have constant evidence Of both mental
aud physical "birh-marks caused by i'm.
prsssions upon the mind Of The mother and
that an embro may be injured by an evil
minded mother, but such conditions do not
apply 70 our Lords mother; the Scriptures
are explicit upon This point The saiutation
of the angel. "Blsssed among women"
shows that she had found favor with God.
She was foil Of faith and the joy Of being
instrument IN Gods plan oyercame all fear
Of rsproach from Joseph or the world, "My
soul doth magnify jehovah" Her mind
was 10 cooperation TO produce the clean
result. The only obstacle 10 the generation
Of perfect man Of an imperfect tui pure
minded mother Is the lack Of perfect life
giver. Hence a perfect life. not Of the
Adainic fountain, was Transferred by Divine
power, from = pre- existent condition to The
embfo human condition and was born Holy
pure and pchecl-lhe man Christ Jesus. our
Redcemer.
The scientific proofs that the form and
nature come from the mother arc no, so
easily grasped because, in wisdom, God has
not only separated the various kinds or
natures but has in great measure limited
them 20 that they cannot blend beyond
certain limits. Jehovah is the fountain of
all life Himself Of the Divine nature has
legotisn sons of various natures. lie is the
father or life givef Of those sons Of angelic
Nature IS we'll as to sons Of the human