The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-03

re-inroduce to them sacrifices Of bulls
and goats, but will make known to
them that those sacrifices were mere
foreshadowings OF better sacrifices
| 80 much better that they will not need
repeating yearly, but work n perpet.
ual cancellation of the sins of Israel
and OF all the children of Adam.
Higher Critics Repudiate the Blood.
All the worldly.wise OF Chrlstendom
have reached the point OF repudiating
| the testimony Of the Old Testament
and the New respecting the need OF Il
sacrifclal death for the satisfaction Of
Divine Justice, the cancellation OF sin
and the restitution OF the sinner TO Di.
vine favor. The claim OF the socalled
| New Theoogists repudiates the fall.
| repudlates the ransom and repudiates
restitution TO all that was lost
| claiming that nothing was lost and
that all we have is gain. Thus the
world and its wisdom know not God
| aud appreciate not his arrangement
that, as death came upon mankind
through the sin Of one man (Adam),
even so 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 towards
death. They cannot deny that death Is
gaining Il greater hold than ever be-
fore upon our race. Insane asylums.
prisons and reform schools show that.
Notwithstanding our educational facll.
tiles and wonderful achievements under
the euligltening influences OF the New
Dispensation now awning-nevertlie
less. the insanity statistics and the
prison statistics and the physical sta.
tistics show that. In spite OF every
thing our race Is becoming mentally,
morally and physically weaker day by
day. 1t is for them to explain how
these facts ft 10 their theory OF Evolu.
ton.
The Christians Wow Of Sin Atonemsnt.
By the term Christian we refer to
planation of the Bible respecting sin,
that It is a violation OF the Divine
Law and carries with 1t penalty
that Father Adam was created as sin.
less as 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 aud
| everlasting life. Disobedlence thrust
him from Paradise into the unpre-
pared earth TO wrestle with the thorns
and thIstles. where the decree, Dying
thou shalt die" accomplished his exc
cutlon. His race was in his loins aud
naturally shared by heredity his
weaknesses 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.
God diu not revoke his decree OF
death nor give any intimation that he
had done unjustly In condemning his
creature. He did. however. provide
way for their relief He provided
| that. as the first man alone had sin
| ned actually. so one Redeemer alone
would be necessary for the race. And
to him he offered n great reward. so
that his sacrifice for sins would work
out TO his own advantage. as well as
to the sinners. A part OF the reward
was the high exaltntlon to the heaven
~ nature-far above angels, and the
gift OF the Kingdom of earth ncccs-
sary for the overrullng and subdulng
OF the spirit OF rebellion IN the world
and FOR the cxaltation and uplifting
from sin and death conditions Of ali
the willing and obedient Of Adanis
entire race.
"Ths Better Sacrifices"
From the Divine standpoint "thr
man Christ Jesus gave himself ran
som for ALL" for Adams entire race.
to be testified in due time. He anti
typed the bullock OF lsracrs Atone.
ment Day. as well as autityped the
priest who slew the bullock because
lie offered up himself. Rewarded by
the Almighty. he was raised from
death TO the spirit plane, higher than
the angels. Applying his merit TO the
antitypical Leyites. the household OF
faith" 1.-THE Church of the First
borns." he then began a work little
understood by either Jews Or Chris.
tians, but nevertheless clearly outlined
In the Word or God. His work
throughout this age has been the gath.
ering OF the elect class-which Is cho,
sen because Of falthfulness TO him
and obedience IN walking In his
steps In the narrow way. These,
rOmposed both OF Jews and OF
Gentiles. have for centuries been
In course OF deveopment-their sacrl-
fees being rypifed by that OF the
Lords goat on the Atonement Day.
Their sacrifices are small and lean like
that Of the goat. In comparison TO the
bullock. But they are accepted by the
Great High Priest. and the Offering
Of their sacrifice Is counted as his sac.
riAce Thus eventually the High
Priest will complete his work OF sin
atonement TIVE believe very soon, and
then his second application OF the
blood upon the Mercy y.seat viii ba
made, just as 1t was written in the
Law. "On behalf OF all the people" only
that "all the people" on the larger
| a.ala x..il nnf mann fnarQly thn Ia