World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1905-04-20
The Unreason-
ableness of
Infidelif Y

not Do forceu. Dnt " ma ~"
must have free play between anita
eonrstic influences While All
purs aad true influences arc
brough. 70 bsarby his crea'or ye'
10 such way as not 10 interfere
With SELF sovereignty; so y y ~
)owable that EVIL and false ,u'lnf
ences shall piay upon him. YET 90
in such way US viii force him "
10 evil But tho important con
sidcrat;pn here is, that these evI'
influences originate not WITH MN
self, they come from wiihoat--
,hsy are the suggest'ons ara al
urmeD,s OF tcmpler 40 ms
roint Anbcrlen has we'll said
"Though the sin Of humanity rests
on a free ne, OF Adam, vel IT ear
not,baye in thisits ultimate ground
Everything that exists, and bus
personality, is attached ny a'' ~
innate bond to its original. 80
must also The first human p9'r
have been found to God By q ma.
tive trai,e Of the deepest platy,
They had, as melancthon, 10 his
defence Of the Augsburg confession,
50 beautifully says. pure, gpod,
ioyous bcurl toward God nud on
divine things; they lived 10 ana
from God, us The child i've. ~ apa
frum the mother ii now tho
thought Of breaking loose ron
God, Of spimtral PARTICLE, hac
risen 10 their souls, Thea w"n''
tbey. in their own inmosl se''
have set themselves IN oppos'Vpl
TO God; but then, nan wonli my
been -tbe evil one hImsc'l--h
would have SLAMMED himself. Bn
then. too, il would be lmposs'h'
10 remove evil FROM the % man
humanity wonld no longer be gu
able OF redemption. Then, ~
much, therefore, as man y o't
dsy,l, /, follows The, there n'us'
a devil. Evil 10 it, humaa tcfi
II IL does not constitute Inc sa
stancc Of creuturely personu'7'
and still leaves room Tor redem
ton, can be explained only 'hio"s
,amn,,op !, DO we not here ha
solution Of the mystery lhas Y
fallen angels found no rcdeemt
while fallen man cnlists the sy
na,hy and help Of heaven Tor
recoyery. From all that we Ea'
or for the narrauop wv Vo".''
that tho fall Of man '""o'veu
loss OF no faculty, the addition
10 psasion, 10 human nature
introduced disorder among ma
faculties and powers; the sy"c
and harmony Of his va'ous pow
were Lost The religious Sc
mont, which had been the ere
If his being, is dashed from "
remacy: sclii--will i exalted; y
cast from that presence which
Seen his lite; and, !eit TO nm
his selfish passions, which hao
,ssa ~, .ercants. now become mas
aud The acsh gam conleo' "
spisi,. Thc original image y
entirely acfaced' bit ! :
marred, aud it will mol beres'
until, through redemption
spirit IL again exated 70 ~
aoy md lbs FISH brought 'a'o
nle,e snbordIuatlon. from
we may gather .hut 70 man
generation, there VIII be no
nature impaired, no new lag
added bnta road iassmrnt 4
ai.oviored powers, such a'
hriuy our whole nature again
enhmis.,.nto Gods will and
,he fellowship Of his. love
as.he steps ot dcgcnera'''"
\ i. lfnbclisf :. nisobcd'ef'
Gmn; 4, Exile from Godi z.
sc,he steps Of regenerat'o
he. \. Faith !; 4, Obedience. y
aiyenss. 4. Union with Y
RvrrIasups lic. The y
nv be asked Why ha'
uiyen u souls, and levi ",
u u sorrow, temptation AZ :
Science moro y dunn; oal' y
il 81 Christianity which y
cal with Tie proicanaeA
;ngs ii our common hus.ann
replies For Discipline ~
tA tn.tha formation