The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-08-21

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The Pastor tool
for his text Gods message to Adam
after the latter had become transgres.
s6ss In Eden when he bid from his
Maker: where Art Thou, Adam q
Genesis Id, o.. The speaker said in
part: Ill V.
I, Be sure your sin Killland You out
Adam learned this lesson early In his
career Highly fayored by his Maker,
drowned with the glory and honor 81
human perfection and the lordship 81
earth, Adam bud the offer Of eyerlast:
ling life, under Edentc conditions. But
while condemning his dtsobedience we
cannot help sympathizing with him
when we realize that the act Of dis
loyalty which brought the Divine SEN
tence upon Adam. and. By heredity,
upon all Of bis race, was caused by
love for his wife.
The unydfnshed narTahv i've IS that
Mother Eve tljrsted for know Wedge.
and Hps not content to await the AZ
mightyis time for giving them knowlT
edge. She hearkened TO the serpent's
plea that the Almig hty was seeking
to keep herself and her husband in
ignorance by fcrhfdding them to par
take OF the fruit OF the tree Of knowf.
edge. she had not come 10 stiiiow che
beneyo lence other Maker fanditiiat mo
good thing would He, withhold from
His oiSedient Creatures. She had mot
vet learned TINT the fruit Of that tree
was forbidde n for q time oRly, and
that the premature eating Of 1t could
bring osblesstng, but Divine disfayor.
The Apostle shows this when he de-
tcares that Mother Eve as.deceiyed; !,
but with equal positiveness he de-
clares that Father Adam was not,
himself, deceived; that he partook of
the fruit knowingly, Intentionally, will
fully, and with a full Retaliation Of
the dfsobedient act which brought
upon him death .ehe wa stot SIN ST.
3death;n eThou shalt surely de- (Ro5
mans vi, %; Genesis II, 10.
But while Admins act was one of
achiyalry-was really suicide because
iofloFe for his wife. who had trans
crossed nevertheless. it was IN act
Of disc bedlence. He should have had
loyalty to his Creator first, above his
loyalty to his wife. Indeed, we have
reason to believe that Mother Ewes.
transgression might have been can
.celled In some manner, since It was
committed under deception. Father
Adams course should have been to
remain loyal to God at all hazards,
and to have trusted to Divine love
and wisdom In respect to the results. |
Everywhere the Scriptures lay stress
upon Adams disObedl which was
a wilful sin against light and knowl-,
edge,
8 The sinners hid themselves In the |
Garden. The Inference Is that pre-
they had enjoyed fellowship
and communion with their Creator,
but as soon as they sinned they real
tied their unwortllness Of Divine Eel
lcwship- sin turned them away from
God, Instead Of tile happiness Of His
fellowship. they had discomfort ana
evil Torch odings Of estrangement They
hadlost their God, and, by virtue Of
their very nature; they would, In conse
quehre, be measurabIy unhappy one
81 the principal clements Of their me
ttire theneeforth was hunger and
thirst for God, which was not grati-
fedf IA barrier had come between the /
Creator and His creatures
& Estransed. Fren Birth
!. The estrangemeat which our first
parents experienced, daing from the
limo Of their sin is one which all
nalkind mas inherited from them. Tie
Prophet David speaks OF this, saying
That the worlds estanged frcmlblrth;
tuul tple4thlnl3 VI llt4AstElAf it9 =
was shapen in inlqalty, in sin did my
mother conceive me- (Psalm u ~.
God rs not 60 be charged with the e
responsibility Of tais estrapgenant
L Comes to all as he result tAoGt-
wording OF sin. are sinners and Z
IN feel themselYe unworthy Of the
of theIFS Creator and real
ze themselves tinleseFyinS 81 His
alesstng. The feaT which drove orr
irsts parents to hide has since then
itiyea many sttll further from God
Is they have deYed yet more deeply X
ilt6 sIn. not only Because of ihefedlty
itit also throdgh taklng Il peFverse
,onfse tlemselw es, The fear has IN;
.reaseds and today one the most E
erflble rnaladies Oh e:i feat
Tread IT n not sHrpti Using that We
md tlia glieattetE thpusands of mill
oiis, caring teadFig net With lint
Il he besinning x wisdom
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