Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-08-28

PEOPLES PULPIT.
Paradise Regaired.
The Tree Of Life
In t G Paradise OF
God,

/ mJy NpHt ana see the gOUUups~ u-It
mercy. the Justice aud the love OF ou
cod. The willlnl and obcdicnt shyd
eat HE good of the land. but the evil
duyrs shall be cut of in the Second
Death Gradually the boundaries viii
be spread abroad until. In the end OF
the Millennium. they shall in, lrdp the
whole earth. Gradually the numbers
enjoying Paradise shall increase unJl.
In the end OF the Millennium. the el.
tire race OF Adam shall experience this
blessed prirHcge of Gods love and
mercy through Christ
ST. Paul, like John the RevelatOr
was cnught also 10 Paradise IN vision
and saw the glorious things Of the IN.
ture age. which he was not permitted
to explain to Us. because the due time
had not yet come Neither was John
| the Revclntor permitted to reveal full
the particulars Of the Paradise condi.
| ton. He could merely give MS n few
| symbolical hints or suggestions respect
| lug the glories Of Paradise restored
Redemption Through Christ.
We have already noticed that Para.
disc was lost by sin through dlsobedi-
ence OF the heavenly command. Life
and Eden bliss and Divine favor and
fellowship were all lost to Adam and
to us, his children, under the death
| sentence. There was no hope for any
of us any more than for the brute
beast. for while the latter was born to
die, man. created with possibilities Of
life eternal. was sentenced 10 the loss
OF all Indeed under the demonllzlng
influences of SIN and death we find
many Of the human family really more
degraded than the brute crcaHon aud
apparently less worthy OF Divine favor.
But God, rich In mcrcy,-ln In the great
love wherewth he loves MS, provided
FOR mankind recovery from the sen
tcncc Of sin aud death, while he has
made no provision for future life for
the brute creation.
Gods provision for mans recovery
from the sentence Of death rs the story
Of fhc Gross of Christ" Because
man had sInned the rcdecmer must he
a man. Because the penalty was hu-
man death. the perfect man must die
for the sinners release from death sen
tencc- to uplft the willing ont OF sin
lnd death conditions up, up, mp Ia fell
lowshlp with God und eternal life. BE
cause the race of Adam Inherited nat
uraly his mental, moral aud physical
defects, therefore none Of his postcrity
was worthy of eternal life. hut. In the
Divine arrangement. as Adam had In
yolved all Of his children and their
Paradise home In the wreck Of sin and
death, so redemption has been effect
ed through Christ
The great Work Of Messiah win
therefore be the restoration of the
world to all that was lost In Eden and
redeemed at Calvary The work OF
restoration, 81 Peter tells us. has
been spoken Of by the mouth Of all
Gods holy prophets since the world
began" and viii bc accomplished 10y
Messiah at his Second Coming (Ncts
M. 2n. Hut the Divine Plan changes
not SIN II stlll objectionable to God,
viii always be- so, And the Divine SEN
tence Is that NO sinner may have eter.
nal life; hence the ofrer of Divine
Grace IL merely that all who will may
have Divine assistance, resurrection,
restoration, uplifting ont of sin aud
death conditions tu perfect conditions.
HUT these things VIII De accomplished
only I'm those who are willing ANA
obedient. only such shall eat the good
of the land the fruits Of Paradise
ACTS iil, 23i.
Furthermore it Is the Divine arrange,
ment, ana just one, that any good
aud noble deed Of the present life
works u measure at character develop
ment which will Ice asslstful In the fu'
nre life. enahllnr the faithful the soon.
er 10 mount up IN the fun perfection
~ earthly life Correspondmgly every
wilnl sin, every violation of con
science and principle works dehle-
mcnt and Impairment of manhood
which. likewise. win have It's effect In
the future life In the dihiculty of ris'
ing out of degradation to the heights of
Divine perfection ard approval and
everlasting NE n an man,lud could
appreciate these facts what an I'M
tiuence Il would have in restraining
governing ana developing selt control
aud true manhood.
The Divine Program.
Does some one Inquire as To why
he who hdecmcd Adam, his Eden
home, aud all his race, ana who pro
poses restoration OF all-why he has
not begun this restitution work during
the eighteen hundred years since the
sacrifice OF hlmselfy The Scriptures
answer that another feature of the
Divine program Is being carried out
The Lord Is gathering the elect"
church from Israel and All the ma
lions to he Messiah's assistants In his
Kingdom ana the gracious work vf
uplift resurrection restitution This
"c'ect' church class first selected Is i2
ihe Scriptures called "a hrst fruits of