Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-06-18

the race. possibly more would h"'"
deliberately chosen n t7'nrs" ~ Str go
father Adam chose IT To pXr"Ht nor"
fnan one-half 10 be nbedirnt "-ar'd fF
unreasonable. Rather. from v.i7f ""
see about us in The experiences ~ lie
we would have been liable 10 roncidde
that only 81 very small m9i0rity per
haps one-tenth. would have been ohe-
to God. while the remaining nine
tenths would have been disohedieut.
Some might ask, Would not even
that have been better than the Divine
arrangement as w see ii operating
row., that the whole race should SUI.
fer for one mans disobedience? We
answer, No, Not according to the res
timony of the Scriptures. The Bible
shows us that while this law of retri
button has worked such terrible have
In Adam and his race for now GOO
years-while 10000. 100000 have beet
born in sin and sorrow and pain &nt
after a few years of trouble have die
in sorrow and pain, nevertheless
IbI y uut liilit all vi liENt NLull IuNt
more favorable opportunities of know
ing of Gods true character and of at
tanning TO n fun character development
in his likeness during the Millennial
Age. This means that probably more
will gain eternal life and blessing un.
der the divine arrangement as we have
il than we could reasonably expect
would have been saved had the Lord
not provided this law of heredity and
condemnation Of all. but on the on
trary had permitted each to be born
in perfection and 10 stand his trial a.
between loyalty 10 God with the re-
ward of eternal life or disobedience
punished with death. But we shall
see that il means much more than this
Condemned In On=Redeemed by O-c
A great economic law Is connected
with the divine arrangement; The
condemnation of a race in n mans
loins because of his trausgreSsiou
made possible the divine arrangement
that a Second Man should pay the
penalty for the first and redeem both
him and all who were in him at the
time of his condemnation. This is a.
once a demonstration Of Divine Wis
dom and of Divine Justice. Suppose,
for instance. that the law Of heredity
had not prevailed. had not been in
stituted by our Lord. but that each
individual had come forth perfect and
had been personally placed on trial
and been personally condemned IT,
death. Would it not have required al
individual savior for each one or
demned under such an arrangement
Surely ii would. Hence. had one-half
of the race proven themselves sinner
and been personally condemned il
would either have been necessary L,
avoid redemption altogether or to re
deem the sinner half of the race. b!
giving a life for a life-a perfect be.
ing's sacrifice for or instead of each
imperfect life Estimating the total
number Of Our race at 10000. 00009O.
Justice would have been obliged e.
require 10000. 100000 of perfect be
ings to be offered as the ransom price
for the. 10000, 900. 900 of sinners
Under the very best estimate that
we a possibly make, this would
have required the death of all the
perfect ones OF the race as redeemcre
for all the imperfect members of the
race. and what a havoc that would
have implied-with just as many dy
ing as under present conditions. name
ly, one-half as sinners and the Other
half as redeemers. ransOms. Besides,
we perceive that ii would not have
been just on the part of the Almighty
to compel the righteous ones TO suf
fer for the un~righteous as their re
deemers. hence there would have been
no assurance even then that any but
a fraction Of the sinner race would
have been redeemed. On the contrary.
how wise. conservative and econom-
ical was the Divine arrangement that
by one mans disohedience under the
laws of heredity the many would be
born sinners aud Sharers in his pen
atty, death. and that then Ia due time
u Savior, d perfect que the man
Christ Jesus" might redeem Adam
and. redeeming him. redeem all of
his race from the death sentence. the
curse, the wrath of God, and as o
result of the redemption obtain the
right. the authority, the power during
his Millennial Kingdom and in asso-
citation. with his Glorihed Church of
the Gospel Age, 10 bless all the fam
lies Of the earth and 10 uplift as
many as would be willing out of all
their ignorance, weakness and sinful
and dying conditions to all that was
lost in Adam.
We have seen that in harmony with
the Divine law II would not have
been just for the Heavenly Father to
obligate the righteous to die for sin
ners and that hence the redemption Of
the sinners would have been prob
lematical-very doubtful. But on the
contrary the Heavenly Father well
knew in aayaneG thu n-alt- Of his
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