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

put on interruption" Then our Dew
minds will receive new. perfect spirit
bodies. through which they can oper-
ate perfectly. aud exercise. TO the full.
true liberty. true freedom
The full liberty Of the Children Of
God, therefore. Is not attained In this
present life. but will be attained IN the
resurrection. when We shall be per
fected In the Masters likeness. And
In this connection 1t Is well TO note
that this Is the liberty OF the angels
also-iiberty Of freedom from Sin,
from the power and domination OF
error and superstition and weaknesses
through heredity. All the angels were
thus created. and father Adam and
the full likeness of the children Of
God. Some lost their liberty by DISC
bedience: they became slaves TO Sin
and Death, and have been more or less
bound by these conditions from then
until now. So, then, The liberty OF
the children Of God" Is absolute per
fcction-the ideal condition for which
Tue Z.
The Groaning Creation.
The Apostle In our text Is discussing
the condition of the world Of mankind
In general. He reminds us that the
whole creation groaneth and travaileth
In pain together until now" Romans
viii, 90. In the nineteenth verse he
tells us what they are waiting for,
namely, The earnest expectation of
the (human creature waiteth for the
manifestation of the sons Of God"
The world of mankind is now enslaved
to Sin and Death; they cannot help
themselves; they must wait until Gods
time for setting them free from this
bondage. Gods time will come in con-
nection with the glorifcation of the
Church, and her manifestation with
her Lord in the glories Of his Messiah
ic Kingdom. Then the grooming crea-
ton will be set free from the bondage
Of Sin and Death, under which 1t now
groans and travails.
Made Subject to Vanity.
The Apostle reminds us that the
slavery of mankind to Sin and Death
came upon the world through vanity.
or frailty, unwillingly. Our frailties
are the result Of sin and of the Divine
sentence. Father Adam was disobedi
ent and our Creator, in sentencing him
to death. made the dying condition
such that all of his children would be
involved with him, as sinners, through
heredity, and thus sharers in his dying
condition. But God did not subjec,
our race to this dying condition. this
slavery to Sin and Death. with the in
tention of blasting the hope Of human
ity to all eternity. much less with the
expectation Of sending Adam and his
race to eternal torture. Rather. we
are to understand that when God pro-
nounced the death sentence upon our
race. intermingled with it was the
hope, the desire, on the part of the
Creator. that the result of that death
sentence should not be mans absolute
and eternal destruction. after the man
ner of the brute beast. In the Divine
purpose there mingles hope-a desire
and intention that all of Adams race
who will learn the lesson of righteous
ness may ultimately be delivered from
the bondage IF Sin and Death, into the
true liberty of children of God. 1t was
to secure, in Gods due time, for Adam
and his race, liberty from Sin and
The Creation to Be Delivered.
Our minds now turn to the liberty
which. by Gods grace. came to this
nation in 1776; and, similarly. some OF
our nation look to the liberty that was
accorded them by the Emancipation
Proclamation" But these emancipa
| lions are nothing in comparison with
| the great Emancipation which GOO
purposes shall come to all the worlG
| of mankind through Christ. EnslaveG
! to Sin, through Father Adams disobe
i dience. Sold under SIM" the purchase
| of the race by the precious blood OF
Christ is to be announced by the Grea
Judge who pronounced the sentence
This is a glorious hope. u glorious pros
pect. but as yet it is merely a pros
pect. Only the true Church has as We
! been set free; and she waits for perfec
, freedom through the First Resurrec
ton" The whole world lieth in til.
Wicked One" and still are slaves {,
Sin and Death conditions in every way
The arrangement of Divine Provi
dence for this great liberation of tn
captives of Sin and Death is wonder
full. Gods Kingdom is TO be estah
lished and TO exercise his reign or rul
of righteousness amongst men for
thousand years! Satan is to be boun,
during that period, that he may &c
ceive and entrap humanity no more
The knowledge of God and the assist
ance of Divine power are to be ez
tended to every creature. bond an
free, rich and poor. of every tongu
!. and nation. Not only will the Twin
. nations enjoy this privilege of releas
from slavery to Sin and Death. throug
the great Redeemer, but, additionally
all who are in their graves will hay
the glorious opportunity of bein
, awakened and Of being brought to