World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1905-03-23
The Unreason-
abilene SIS of
Infidelity
No I,

HE point To discuss Moral Evil Thu
ilHs been. and X yei, n very ,roublesom,
question or problem 10 many. tn,
question naturally arises. how comes eyi
N ibe world; Or in Other words. vii,
was II not fAclu!cd from tie world,
We may have vision before ca, mind.
~ world without min nd withou, ain
without one sorrow or wrong In iii NE
blessed dwellings Of man. And Tie
snswer lhr will give Is, that in the
yer, nature Of things, il was impossible
lbs i my idea that 1t WAS, in the ma
lure OF liags. and by The inevitable COT
dl'ionr Of The problem. lnt0ssiblr TO OK
clnde cvil First, being tha, canu,,
err mu.t be iulnlc in all his atiribu,.
es. Wherever here is iini'iyene~ There
is necessarily and unavoidubly he nos,
ihilil, and probability Of wrong think
ING and wrong-doing. Abs llute petfec-
licn inlcrcs only in The Inanlc, ana
because he is infinite, Here lies tie
! potential origin d sin; the possibility OF
+ inning being inscpeiahlc fr, IN. and in
hetenl IN. iiniie hcugs ~ may .ieI
dormant, ~ in the inlsni. or subdurd as
IN the mint, hut IN The former. tine Win
show that tie power needs only the
! Developments Of nsnhoed and in tie
latter, temptation viii show that il is
only snhdned, not erallicalcd. On the
horizon. therefore, OF creation hnha The
cloud OF reccahiily, Tor the liability 10
sin' hui seen only by The Creator himself
Finite beings are subjects Of influences
which may degrade or elevate tclarl or
accelerate heir growth Finite wisdom
aud knowledge mus, hesitate under ille
pressure Of pctplexing question. and I
ON Of hesitation may come Tho wrong
choice. lGuhgh honest. earnest ani
sincere The viii is nasi;r Of every
power a'li evc;y desire 50 hat, after
MI, is choice is HE action 81 The being
whether good ot bad 1lir will mnkts
HE choice either right ol wrong The
will IL tie resisting power. tia, either
accepts the right aud rejects the wrong
n accepts THE wrong and eject. the
right. II hr will has weakness. it also
has strength. Hence, Il ii plead i,sl
weakness 10 fall ii cannot deny that i,
has the power 70 stand. So long as il
msntrsts the. power 10 resist good in
lnencrs, il canno. plead is weakness in
Nlennaiion of lis sin in ieldng 10 bad
,ncs. such hrins The nature " rational
beings spch AZ men aud angels The
'sisirnce IT sin, win lis sad and
c'rihlt consequences among these he
ugs. caunol he attributed to God IN any
way, or 10 any extent that will mplicste
Him in so fearful contingency as sin
has been grown Ia he, Therefore, Nni
cannot necrssiiNle mah To sin Indeed
lin caunol be committed by force; there
Is no sin hui is in some sort voluntary
IN The root or voluntary in the brsnch;
voluntary by IN Immediate act Of the
will or voluntary ~ general or y alui-
Al inclination Of the will That il no,
q crime 10 which mau is forced, with
ON, any concurrence If Tie soul 10 that
act. Int u passion; a man Tia, i forced
il no, an agent. but patient under the
force; bul what necessity can there hel
upon man from God. since he has i'm.
planted such principle IN him. that he
cannot desire anything bot .what~is't
good; either really or nppearan,l, and
ifa man mistakes The object. il il his
own fault. for God hath endowed him
with reason to discern. and liberty III
win 70 choose upon that judgement.
The plain story Of mans aros'acy dis I
churgc,h tod from any interest IL The
crime as an encoursyemen,,a aud excnseth
him from an appearance %
Suspicion. when he showed linn the 4
+ 4 ( Il x Y 4 n
Tree 10 haa reserved. asa mark - his
sovereignty, and forbade him 10 cat OF