River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-12-29
Blood That Maketh am
Atonement for
the Soul
BY PASTOR RUSSELL
of Brooklyn Tabernacle

oIooo; and L have given 1t to you upon
the altar to make an atonement for your
souls; for it is the blood that maketh an
Observation-Disclosures XVII, 2.
Ours is day in which, more than
ever before, the statement of our text
is -disbelieved-by Jews,
Gentiles and Christians. The great
Christian author, ST. Paul, agrees ex-
actly with the words Of Moses in our
text, saying: without the shedding
OF blood there is no remission of sins"
Hebrews 9:22). The orthodox Jew
and the orthodox Christian, therefore,
are in substantial agreement as to the
foundation of things and the unortho-
dox are in agreement of opposition.
The latter agree that there is no ne
cessity for sin atonement-that the
later thought Of all the wise men of
the earth, the greatest ministers and
rabbis, is that there is no such thing
as original sin; hence could be no
such thing as necessity for canceling
it-of making an atonement or salts
faction to justice on behalf of it.
All the worldly wise of Christen-
dom have reached the point of repu.
dating the testimony Of the Old Tes-
lament and the New respecting the
need of a sacrificial death for the sat
isfaction of divine justice, the cancel
lation Of sin and the restitution of
the sinner to divine favor. The claim
Of the so-called new theologists repu-
dates the fall, repudiates the ransom
and repudiates restitution to all that
was lost-claiming that nothing was
lost and all that we have is gain.
Thus the world and it's wisdom know
not God and appreciate not his ar
rangement that, as death came upon
mankind through the sin of one man
(Adam), even so a restitution to life
should come to all men through
Christ-that "as all in Adam die, even
SO all In Christ shall be made alive"
These worldly wise cannot deny the
fact that there is sin in the world and
that there is death in the world and
that the tendency of all sin is toward
death. They cannot deny that death
is gaining a greater hold than ever
before upon our race. Insane asy-
lums, prisons and reform schools show
that, Notwithstanding our educational
facilities and wonderful achievements
under the enlightening influences OF
the new dispensation now dawning-
nevertheless, the insanity statistics
and the prison statistics and the phys
ical statistics show that, in spite OF
everything, our race Is becoming men
tally, morally and physically weaker
day by day. tits for them to explain
how these facts fit to their theory OF
evolution.
BY the term Christian we refer to
those who intelligently believe the ex-
PLANTATION of the Bible respecting sin,
that it is violation of tho divine law
and carries with it a pSnalty-that
Father Adam was created as sinless
las are the angels and as perfect as
they, only on little lower plane OF
being. Obedience was required OF him
as the price Of divine favor and ever
lasting life Disobedience thrust him
from paradise into the unprepared
earth to wrestle with the thorns and
thistles, where the decree, Dying
thou shalt die,'' accomplished his exc
cution. His race was in his loins and
naturally shared by heredity his weak
nesges and death penalty, so that the
,entire race is dying race. But the
Creator was unwilling that Adam and
his children should die as brutes. Coo
did not revoke his decree Of death nor
give any intimation that he had done
uniustly in condemning his creature
He did, however, provide a way for
their relief. He provided that, as the
first man alone had sinned actually, SO
one Redeemer alone would be neces'
Isary for the race. And to him he OF:
Tered a great reward, so that his sac
Irifice for sins would work out to his
own advantage, as we'll as to the SIN
lner's. A part of the reward was the
high exaltation to the heavenly ma
lture-far above angels, and the GIT
or the kingdom of earth necessary for
the oyerruling and subduing OF the
Ispirit of rebellion in the world and TOT
the exaltation and uplifting from sin
and death conditions of all the Wiling
and obedient of Adams entire race.
But why should God require the
tQ6aLQ OIL d VlCI11u do O 0csSAS -
forgiveness of the sins of Adam ana
his race? We reply that Gods law
was intended to be an illustration OF
the exactness of divine justice. JUS
flee could not punish Adam nor his
Icbildren with everlasting torture or
tanv other of the horrible things we
lonce imagined. The severest penalty
iof the divine law is represented In our
common law, which, as an extreme
penalty, requires the death OF the
transgressor.
After the divine reconciliation
con,es human reconciliation. The great
messiah will not require sacrlnces
of humanity but, on the contrary Will
onen the blind eyes and cause the
knowledge of the grace OF GOD 10
reach Adam and every member OF MS
race. Then all willing for reconcllla-
tion will be helped by the great Medf
ator of the New Covenant and by Is
rael. his chosen people and earthly
representatives. The object to be ac-
complished during Messiah's reign Is
the bringing to all the willing and
ohedient the restitution which GOD mas
omised-restitution to all that was
lost Ultimately Messiah will transfer
the allegiance Of the whole world (per'
fected by him) to Jehovah God, that
he may be all in all q. Corinthians
1929.