The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-05

aOn NV VIC SioilouS uDSity VI ulC
children Of God" (Romans viiIi. 2D
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rectlon. when This corruptlble must
put on interruption" Then our new
minds will receive new. perfect spirit
bodies, through.whlch they can oper-
ate perfectly. and 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. al! the angels were
thus created. and father Adam and
mother Eve also were thus created, In
the full likeness Of the children Of
God. Some lost their liberty by DISC
bedlence; 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-
fection-the ideal condition for which
the Church is striving.
Tho Groanins Creation.
The Apostle In our text is discussing
the condition Of the world of mankind
in general. He reminds us that 1.-THE
whole creation groaneth and travaileth
in pain together uptil now" (Romans
viii, 22). In the nineteenth verse be
tells US what they are waiting for,
namely, 1.-THE earnest expectation Of
the (human) creature walteth for the
manifestation Of the sous 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 Qualification of the
Church, and her manifestation with
her Lord In the glorles of his Messiah
ic Kingdom. Then the groanlng 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
clo yary Of ,oonI.ind ~ CT, op1 nao ia
came upon the world through vanity.
or frallty. 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 he
Involved with him, rs sinners, through
hercdity, and thus sharers in his dying
condition. But God did not subject
our race to this dying condition. this
slavery TO Sin and Death. with the In.
tcntion Of blasting the hope of human.
ity to all eternity. much less with the
expectation Of sending Adam and bis
race to eternal torture. Rather. we
are to understand that when God pro.
nounced the death sentence upon our
race. intcrmingled with 1t 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 Of 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
Death. that Christ died for our sins.
Tho Creation to 30 Delivered.
Our minds now turn to the liberty
which. by Gods grace. came to this
nation in 117G: and. similarly. some Of
our nation look TO the liberty that was
accorded them by the Emancipation
Proclamation" But these emancipa
tons are nothing In comparison will
the great Emancipation which Coo
purposes shall come TO all the worlt
of mankind through Christ. Enslayet
to Sin. through Father Adams disobe
dlcnce. sold under sin," the purchas,
Of the race by the precious blood, o.
Christ is to be announced by the Grea
Judge who pronounced the sentence
This Is n glorious hope, n glorious pros
pect, but rs yet 1t is merely pros
pect. Only the true Church has MS We
been set free: and she waits for perfcc
freedom through the First Resurrec
ton" 1.-THE whole world lieth In tn
Wicked One" and still are slaves t,
Sin and Death conditions In every way
The arrangement Of Divine Provi
dence for this great liberation of th
captives Of Sin and Death Is wonder
full. Gods Kingdom is TO be estab
lished and to exercise his reign or rul
of righteousness amongst men for
thousand years. Satan Is to be bount
during that period, that he may de
ceive and entrap humanity no more
The knowledge Of God and the assist
ancc Of Divine power are TO be ex
tended to every creature. bond an,
free. rich and poor, OF every tongu