The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-30

IN III 1aratiOnS that our OIedIOA
IA al condemned all Of Adam
N race with him on account OF
- Adams "Original Sin" But
now, in the light of the clearer un i,od
ing of Gods Word. we are prNilegeu
to see differently. Now we perceiVe,
not alone that God did no injustice to
Adams children, but. contrariwise;
that in this very particular, ne dlo
tben, a kindnessEthat it was In the
Interest of humanity in general. we
are aware that this statement appeaLs
paradoxical to those who nave not SS'
GOTTEN the proper focus upon the FL
Vine Dlan. The key which unlocks tnS
difFiculty is the proper appreciation u
the penalty imposed upon Aoam anu
his race.
nv arronaons unscriptural view OF
This nenaltv which comes down 70 US
from the dark ages" teaches tnat Gou
damned father Adam, motner EVE, ~
every child born to them to an eternity
of torture at the hands OF aevnS' I ~ ~
this unscriptural and irrational vieM
| of the wage of Original Sin wmcn
caused all our difficulty. Indeed, IL Is
safe tn saw that no other false DOC
+rine held by Gods people ever oroVs
| swav from God, from the Blple anu
| from the Fellowship of the church SO
many intelligent minds. Thousands OF
bright, honest minds, after seeing TINS
| teaching of the Christian creeds IorHL III
| ulated in the dark ages, nave quietly
outwardly, saying to themselves, Evi-
| IDENTIFY my reasoning faculties are Oh
| different kind from those of many oth-
ers prominent in the church: Wltnoul
| disputing the point. I simply conciuoe
that 7 must think for myself, and that,
in so doing, 1 am forced out OF sym
| nathv with the majority of felloW
Christians on the 4asic doctrine
Where Lies the Difficulty?
The difficulty is that while the ma
jority of Christian people nearby re-
pudiate these misrepresentation OF
God and his Word, nevertheless the
subject is not clear to them and they
7 fear that to repudiate this doctrine
would be to repudiate the Blble ana te
| become open infidelS. And just mere Il
their mistake The majority of them
are not Bible students. Even amongs
ministers of the Gospel comparativel.
2 few have any degree of knowledge O.
E Gods Word. They know what the!
think about the Bible; what they be
lieye that it teaches; what the cate
. chism says it teaches; but they hav'
= never made critical Investigations o
: the Bible themselves to ascertain 1t
q teachings. It is a part of our endeav
. | or to arouse Christian people every
where to search and study the Scrip
lures and to assist them with Blbl
! study helps, Bible keys, etc. Aho
thank God, there are thousands Il
- Sniritual Israel who are not bowln
q their knees to Baal, but who are anx
- ious to know, to rightly understand
the Word of God. Glasses In BID
= study are springing up all over tn
n world These have recently adopte
n the name of international Bible Stu
J.. dents Association" God is blessln
them. not only with the opening g
N their own eyes more and more widel!
l. but also in using them to bring other
Re- "out of darkness into his marvelou
m light q Peter ii. 81.
The Scriptures speak of a "famin
at not for bread, nor for water, but ie
- hearing the Word of the Lord.
n This famine is upon US now. Not on
m are Christian people hungry and th1r'
=, tv for the bread of life and the waite
i of life, but many of the worldly al
r. feeling a longing for something bett'
n than the husks which they have.
lgl do not know that all church member
~ nor all OF any one church memDersnl
s+ are thus hungering and thirsting 4
CT Truth But we do know that ever,
"a where in all the various churches
ne all denominations there is hungl
class which cannot be satisfied to Oh
lv honestly Tnisrepresent itself as In ma
- nnony with the creeds. These bewi
e dered sheep are, of late years, fndil
an the green pastures and still waters
ne Divine Truth and Grace-near to the
3ni-in the Word of God-hidden und
~ the rubbish of ignorance and supers
n ton. mistranslation and misrepresent
CHI ton.
Ie- But as for the masses of all ldenoI
an nations: Alas, they are falling in
80 unbelief! The popular form OF lIAnu'
he ity known as Higher Criticism has
nj ready swallowed up more than on
IA half of the ministry and of the me
intelligent part of the laity. The OF
re- hope for any of these is in leaving-t
art chaff and husks Of medieval mis-