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A DEFENSE OF ADAM

'NihPI AOl CudI II at VI <AuoLu > ClIdl az
ter which prompted him to LAY it on"
Eve, instead of shouldering his own
guilt.-Watson's Magazine.
Ii is surprisingly strange that so
many persons, many OF them Bible
readers. hold the view expressed in
the above paragraph.
As a matter of fact, according TO the
Bible, Adam, because OF his great
love for Eve. made the greatest sacri-
fee in the history Of the world, eX-
cept the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, Of
which Adams sacrifice was the ante
| type. In other words. Adams love
and sacrifice for Eve was an illustra-
! ton Of the love and sacrifice Of Jesus
! for his people.
The Bible tells Us that Eve trans
| crossed because she was deceived.
| She carried the fruit 70 Adam. The
! Bible tells us that Adam was not de-
ceiyed. He knew the consequences OF
violating Gods law But. the woman
by her act of disObedienCe. had Separ-
aUed herself from Adam forever. No
act OF hers could regain her lost pur-
ity and innocence. nor abate the death
penalty which rested upon her.
But Adams love fer her knew no
abatement. Doubtless her pitiful con-
ditiOn rather intensified l.. At any
rate there was no hesitation on his
part as to the course TO pursue. He /
could also violate Gods laws. and !
then he would be with Eve. He pre- /
ferred rather to die with her than 10 /
live without her So casting away his /
sinless perfection. with all OF its glo-
rious privileges, he took the fruit,
and he did eat"
When the Lord asked Adam, Hast
thou eaten of the tree whereof | com
thee that thou shOuldst not
eat?" Adam did not lay il on" the
woman. He merely stated a fact
which carried with it its own eXplana- ;
ton. He said: The woman whom
thou gavest TO be with me. she gave
me Of the tree. and | did eat" God
knew the reason. Adams great love
for Eve would not permit him to let F.:
her die alone. {
1t was just such love that actuated
Jesus when be took upon himself our
nature, took our flesh and blood and
endured all our Affections and temDta- {
ions, and then suffered the death on ,
he cross that we might have life. and
have it more abundantly." Jesus is b
enOminated in the Bible as the sec /
nd Adam" and his people are repre- i
ented as his bride. &
Nowhere on the pages Of history.
ither sacred nor prOfane. are there i"
UGH illustriOUs examples Of self-de- Y
ial and sacrifice as those Of Adam y
nd the man Christ Jesus.
We are la5 iprO This 1afeOCa pf -
dam. because il is right. and again. !
eCause he is diStantiy related to our
ditOr.-Jasper News.
This is a very subtitle. a very beau
ful and q very splendid defense of
dam. We do not remember to have
yer seen anything like it before, and
q transfer it to our columns with
'eat deal Of pleasure. because we are
ad TO be able TO say that our fore
ther. though disobedient, was not
tally deprayed, and was not with +
1t line of saving grace.
1t cannot be alleged that Eve did
1t have guilty knowledge of her 5
sObedience, because she said to her IS
CUTLER: we may eat of the trees OF
e garden; but the fruit Of the tree
lich is in the midst of the garden.
ID hath said. We shall not eat of it,
'ither shall We touch it. lest We die" Is
i'll, an examination of the sacred &
lume will disclose the fact that Eve
Is never personally commanded by
ID not to eat of the forbidden
nit"
The Bible account Of this unhappy
apter is as follows:
And the Lord God took the man
d put him in the garden Of Eden, to
ess it and 10 keep it.
And the Lord GCd commanded the M
an saying: OF every tree of the gar "a
n thou mayest freely eat. ~
But of the tree Of the knowledge
good and evil, thou shalt not eat of
for the day thou eatest thereof
Oh shalt surely die
1t will thus be seen that this COM
and, which has brought so much -
,e into the world, was given unto -
2 man and not unto the woman. An
1eStigatiOn' will show that it was 4
zen to Adam before Eve was creat-j
, and if it was ever repeated to Eve, Il
0ses, acting as the divine emanuen-i
;, failed to record it, or it may have
en- omitted and lost in the various
through which the Bible
s passed.
It is significant in this connection Il
at God, in rebuking Adam and Eve
: their disobedience. he said to Eve:
THAT is this that thou hast done?"
t when he comes to Adam he re-
ats the admOnition that was given
n. as will be seen in the quotation: II
eCause thou has hardened unto the
ice of thy wife and hast eaten of
= tree of which l commanded thee.
wing, Thou shalt not eat of it."
Tod did not bring this accusation
linSt the woman cO Wa pOpcIudo