The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-07-28

L. 81 Bible teachings Respecting 20
wages Of ain. Brother Luther nnd kt
roble companions lsattied bravssy 60
many truths. bet made one great aaun
der. When they concluded that rur
gztory vas contrary 10 the Scripture
and threw IL away. not seeing tn.
Bible bell. the tomb. they adopted ar
other bell and thereby went from bad
10 worse on this subject They said
Tie heather and the masses Of ths
civilized are surely not saints-mureiy
they do not follow In the footsteps o.
Jesus-surely. therefore. they cannot
be OF his spiritual flock ConcIuding
that these could not be taken 10 heav.
en-. they said. We must take them out
OF Purgatory anyway. wherever we put
them. because we have found out -<ha
there Is no such place as Purgatory.
After Conferences. seriously dislik-
Ing TO make out Gods character worse
than they formerly supposed. they
said under their breaths. We must
take them out of Purgatory and quick
ly put them into a bell OF eternal tor
ture and say as little about the mat
ter as possible. They were greatly
relieved when long headed Brother
John Calvin explained TO them about
the mere handful going 10 heaven and
the great mass going to eternal tor
ture. He explained that God had fore
ordained and predestinated these aw
ful results-that he might show his
wisdom and his power. As to
Love divine. all love exceiiing"
Brother Calvin seems never to have
thought OF that. Brother Wesley aud
others since. though less logical and
theological. did stand up for and de
clare the Love Of God. even though
rather absurdly they claimed that he
was neither wise enough nor powerful
enough to do more than rescue a mere
handful of Adams race from the eter-
nal torture to which they thought God
damned them all because of the disc
bedience in Eden.
"All In Adam-All In Christ"
In the light of our better Bibles and
Bible Study Helps and minds freed
from the ignorance and superstitions
OF the past We may understand the
Apostles words and find in them, not
only justice and love, but harmony and
beauty. Instead of all mankind going
to eternal torment for Adams sin, all
go into the Bible hell, the grave, on
account of his sin-and all of the men
tai. moral and physical blemishes of
Dur race are part Of this heredity.
There would have been no hope of a
future life, good or bad, had not God
u his mercy provided the Savior-the
'Life-Giver," as the Syriac renders the
word. In Gods due time be set before
his Son the opportunity of becoming
mans Redeemer. The Logos was made
1esh John /, 14 and obediently gave
in death-"tasted death for
every man." AS by one mans disobedi-
nee the sentence of death passed upon
Ill OF the race, even SO by the obedience
II the man Christ Jesus unto death
Justification to life passed for all of
hat race. Now we see the wise rea-
on for permitting the sentence to pass
through one mans disobedience to
IL of his posterity. 1t was in or
Ter that one sacrifice for sin might
make possible the reconciliation of the
ntire race. !
Now read our text and drink in its
epths and beauty and force The
esurrection of mankind from the sin
ull perfection and image of God from
which the race fell is the salvatio.
7h1ch God has provided for all. Who >
yer will fail to attain the full recov- =
~ from sin and death conditions will =
ave himself to blame because of re- =
ection of the glorious ARRANGEMENTS
hitch God made In and through Christ
The First Resurrection"
God divides the salvation of man.
ind into two parts-the Church to
oirit nature and the world to perfect
1 human nature. The first he is &C.
omplishing during this Gospel Age: :,
he second he win accomplish through
hrlst and the Church during Mes
abs reign Of a thousand years. y
The Church. the little flock" of .
ANTS, called. tried, tested, in the mar
wv way during this Age. are to CON
ltute the First Resurrection" class r
Id TO become 1.-The Bride of Christ" U
ne Church of the First orns" Z,
hese are to be associated with the r
eat Redeemer in his future work Z,
hese shall be like him. changed from
Irthly to heavenly nature and made
larers of his glory. honor and i'm ST
The Kingdom of God un- a.
r the whole heavens will be inaugu-
ted after the gloriication of the s.
lurch and then will begin the bless CT
g, the salvation. the uplifting. the E
of mankind in general Y
ON sin and death conditions-not to
ritual conditions, but to perfect r
rthly conditions p
ALI the willing and obedient shall he
essed by the great Life-Giver who n.
shteen centuries ago died. the Just
the unjust, and who. during the
ROD since, has been selecting the II
'lde class. With his Bride he will
ign to bless the world. to make the