Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-10
POINTS OUT HOPE
FOR A LOST RACE
Temple Baptist Pastor Declares
Genesis Is Book of Seven
Conflicts
GOD WILL FINALLY TRIUMPH
DR.. Brougher Delivers First OF a
Series of Sermons on 7
Books of the Bible

.ceresis the Book of Seven Con-
Aicts," was the subject yesterday morn
ing of the first of a series of sermons
20 he preached on the seven BOOKS ol
the Pible by DR.. J. WhltconIp
Rrougher, pastor of the Temple bap-
fist church. He said in part: 90
1.-THE Book of Genesis is pooA u
origins, God alone being "IeiUu "1adIs reIe.
ginning. 1t is a history OF ooo 4ilo
tion in the world and to men. In the
Arst two charters we see COO AT WORK
His name appears forty-tfve times IN
these two chapters. Nothing can pe
more sublime than the f1rst TOUR worus
of the book: In the peshlliIs 1ou' ,
ccience and philosophy nave no Woro
SI- % +bis This expression denies
4Nots,y1 for II aserts the existence of
Cd II denies polytheism, for 1t con-
So1Sas +be one eternal Creator. 1t
danies nnaterialisn, for it asserts the
crea+ion Of matter. 1t denies panthe-
ism for 1t assumes the existence OF
all things. 1t denies fatalism, for 1t
,acognizes the freedom of the Eternal
Reing, After one has accepted the first
clause in this first chapter, In the be-
ginning Cod there is no difficulty
about the miracles. that follow: A
nfricle is God at work among his ser
wants, and if he pleases, independent
of MS servants. IOu 10 liOb NAiS hNA
want of his servants. He has not
bound himself by his law. In his own
world God still lives and acts He
may command his servants to stand
aside or go faster or slower; he is stlll
God in the universe. In the war be-
tween good and evil there are seven
conflicts.
THE APPLE INCIDENT
"1. The first is the conflict between
Adam and Eve and Satan. This is pre-
sented in pictorial form in chapter three.
Man was created innocent, but II was
the innocence Of childhood and before
he could attain the character of man
hood he must be tested. 1t is only by
obedience to law and not by mere fol-
lowing of instincts that man can at
tain to moral maturity.
"2. The next conflict is between
Cain and Abel. This is described in
chapter four. 1t is the contest between
formal religion and spiritual religion.
"3. In chapters five to nine we
have the conflict between Noah and the
people of his generation. Noah walked
with God. The world sneered and
ieered at God. God is long-suffering
toward a sinful world. He does not
desire that any should die But when
man defies God and goes on in his sin
ruin is inevitable. 1t is better to
walk with God alone in the dark than
to walk with the world in the light.
Noah was not in the swim before the
flood came, and he was not in it
when the flood did come. It IS better
to be popular with God than with the
ungodly
Abraham and Lot. We get the main
points of this contest in chapters ten
to twenty-five. 1t is a conflict between
those who walk by faith and those
who walk by sight Abraham walked
by faith. Lot walked by sight.
ODD FAMILY QUARREL
"5. The next conflict is between
Ishmael and Isaac. Chapters twenty
five to twenty-seVen give US the scenes
of this family quarrel. Jealousy sprang
up between Sarah and Hagar because
IshmaeI made faces at Isaac. This
family quarrel has not ceased until
this day. Mohammedanism is traced
back to Ishmael and Christianity passes
back through Isaac.
sc. In chapters twenty-eight to thirty
six we have the contest between Esau
and Jacob. 1t is the sensual life op-
posed to the spiritual life.
~. The last conflict is between
Joseph and his brethren. The last
thirteen chapters of the book give us
the scene of this struggle. No more
beautiful story in all literature than
this one. It is a struggle between the
spirit of forgiveness and the spirit of
jealousy and hatred. In the conflicts
of this book we have seen sin contend
ing with Righteousness, self centered'
men and women march before US in a
conflict with unselfish and God cen
tered men and women.
"Thus the conflict of the ages is
begun and is being continued today
The final triumph is bound to be on
the side of God. In the beginning
Cod throughout the ages God and in
the future God. Thus faith achieves
her earliest triumphs and illumines the
future with hope for a lost race"