Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28

without shedding Of blood there is no RENTS
siou." Heb. 1922.
BROOKLYN. Sept. GA realization OF. I'M
perfection. Of sin Is general. We were born III
sin. shapen in iniquity; in sin did my mother
conceive me-" a general realization OF this TACT
prevails amongst intelligent people whether
the Row and tie why, the philosophy OF the
matter be discerned or not, the fact is recoS-
nized However we theorize that the same
Creator who made the engels pure, happy. noiy'
sinless also made rs, yet we, nevertheless, are
aware Of the fact that we are not pure, holy.
sinlcss. undefilod. Righteousness should not
however, be considered the phenomenon but'the
original proper condition OF thiigs. SIN Is .ne
phVnOmvnon, the regularity, the dlsorder-the
disagreement of the proper order which pre-
viously prevailed and by right should every
where prevail.
Nowhere in the world dc W. find any explana-
ton Of present conditions that is satisfactory
10 us eXcept in the Bible, which teaches that
Gods work is perfect that he made man IN
His Cwn image anu likeness; that sinrul aIhoi-
ton brought in rebellion against the Divine
regulations end that present disorders are the
result Of that rebelion-hUman degradation,
mental, moral. physical-dying-death
IL is true that human philosophy has sought
10 solve tie question of mans condition OF
sin and inperfection aside from the Bible. lis
claiIr Is that the Bible record is untrue; that
man was never perfect; that man never l"lI
IRON perfection into sin and death; that man,
consequently needs no Saviour from sin anu
death AID restitution TO original perfection
to original Edenic perfection. It's claim IL
that II there is a personal Cod ne is DOT eN-
erciSug any special powers, hut merely allow
inI so-calleG Laws Of Nature TO operate. IL
claims that in The sursiug of the salt waters
OF the ocean protoplasmlc life was generated,
ond that the microscopic germ polly-wogycd
end evsiuted INTO a thousand different foruis-
worms and snakes, fish and whale, beasts ana
birds and reptiles, ind that finally one divis
ion of the polywog family attained 10 monkey
hood, and, gradually getting used 10 stahi
his hind legs, became man. 1t Ignores,
If IL does not deny. sin and IT'S DOWNWARD ten
denotes. which all know afflict the human
family and must be struggled and fought
against. II denies the need OF saviour, an
advocate, a mediator and II holds that eaeh
generation Of humanity dying helps onward the
succeeding generation 10 grnnder GeyeiopIn' M
and that eventually human perfection VIII ne
attained by the evolutionary process, by man
own excrtiou, regardless Of whether there Is
creator vr not.
opmeut may find a way of prolonSing his Ire
probably Tor centuries, probably Tor thousands
OF years, by chemical ciscovery-human Wis
dem. Surely this theory is not satisfactory TO
any che. II is too inconsistent with what
we know Of ourselves and others and OF the
downward, Instead OF the Upward tendencies
prevailing ia nature. And surely the hope that
Of our children ten pusand years from
row may be able to live for thousand years
or more while we, as well prOgent0rs,
died in giving them the uplift-this is not
satisfactory substitute for the hope of everiast-
ing life, the hope Of glory, honor and immor-
We only assume that this Evolutionary
theory found friends and advocates because the
Bible teaching has been so grossly miSundeF-
STOOL Ii has been misrepresented teaching
that practically all of the human family were
born under 4 Divine sentence of eternal torture
and that only the few reached in the present life
by the Gospel can by faith IN the Saviour and
by u thCroughgOing conversion to saintshlp-es-
cape eternal torment and gain eternal blessing.
Thinking people, not surmislng that the Bible
is misrepresented by its own friends by the
creeds In general. have looked about for a sub
stttute. Evolution although quite unsatisfactory
TO them. furnished the only substitute they
could think Of. while it ignored the Bible.
WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES.
Now as the electric lights supplant the tallow
dip. concOrdances and other Bible study help
assist as to proper understanding of Gods
other: and thus gradually the errors of gross
darkness AID superstition which prevailed so
generally in the dark ages flee away, and the
Lamp Of Divine Truth gives forth a brilliant
ray which fully satisfies heads and hearts,
and glorlfes our Creator
In the light of this newly-trlmmcd Arc-light
of Truth Coils Word. we may now see that
the zeal penalty for sin is not a coming eter-
MONS but instead the reign OF sin and death.
Now may see how dsobedience on the part
of Father Adam brought upon him R death SEN
tCnee. a diving condition and that these, trans
United from parent to child, have increased the
calamity. century by century, until today, amonS
the most civilized one out OF every $50 adults
is in an insane fundamentally dead to the
extent that he is unable to care for himself.
Millions more Of y race are in prisons and
penit entiaripS tecaNse Of moral blemishes, be-
cause 'born in sin and shapen in iniquity," they
have inherited vices which have been accentuated
by association with each other All over the
world. too. we have hospitals and infrmarles
and cemeteries. The Nason is exactly what the
Word OF God teaches, namely, THE wages of sin
death" The soul that sinneth II shall die
The great disease of sin, started by first
parents in Eden. has spread as plague amongst
all their children, blemishing some specially In
one particular and some In another, but cor
upting the whole and bringing death to all.
SIN ATONEMENT.
Our minds agree to the foregoing. We agree
too. thai it is proper that the Almighty God
should be a just God that justice should be
1.-THE foundation OF His throne" his govern
ment. We inquire to what is possible I'm
the way OF sin-a onement, by which original sin
might be offset and Adam and all his race,
who fell through disobedcnce, might he brought
back to divine favor and be made again holy
and happy the angels and recipients of d.
vine favors. including eternal life. The scrip
lures answer this inquiry, telling us that are
right in feeling that sinners; that we
are right I'm believing that divine justice must
be mex before reconciliation can be effected.