Gilpin observer., 1911-01-05
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achieved.
The progress in a material sense
has been greater in the year 1910
than in any previous IL months in
the history of the world, and those
Of US who will not acknowledge that
the mission of Christ was failure,
by asserting that the world is grow
ing morally worse, make the claim
that the year 1910 has felt the in
fluence of christianity to greater
degree than ever before, and that
the human race are standing on high
er ground today than they have ever
experienced before. We read in Gen
es;s that the human race was start
ed in state Of purity and perfection
and fell from that holy condition. 1t
is travesty on the progress Of tho
human family. 1t intimates that the
Creator was confronted with condi-
tions over which he had no control,
and was subject to a greater power
than Himself. II he created Adam
and Eve perfect, it surely was His
desire that they continue SO.
1t asserts that they were spotless,
pure, and good, and that no evil pre-
vailed.
If there were no sin how could
there be righteousness. Good is only
good in contrast to bad.
The beasts of the field commit no
sin, because they know no righteous
ness. The human race committed no
sin up to certain stage because
| they were in the same condition as
the balance Of the animal kingdom
but when they began to realize in
conditions, and that they must choose
the best, then they were held res
ponsible and accountable for their
acts
This matter of an evil personality
rather than condition is very nice
ly presented by Alice Wellington Rol-
Inns, which / will quote here:
There is no devil in the world my
friend;
Think you
That He, the Lord, has dealt us out
few
Virtues and privileges to defend
Against some fiend whose power He
cannot bend
Himself? Believe it not; It's time
you knew .s,
Yourself to be the only fiend to sue
For overwealth you could not COM
prehend. a
Is the red wine too red? is love too
sweet? t1zg
And passion riotous? Are wealth and
fame ''aF y
Things to be truckled for? This only
say;
That Gods fine trust in you was too
complete
And yours not Satan's, be the. pitiful
shame
II the Lords faith in man you do
betray?"
When the human race discovered
evil among them that cowardly dis
position which they inherited from
the animal caused them to try to
fasten the blame on some one else
and they created a devil and made
him the scape-goat. 70,
They have attempted to fasten the
blame on God when they could not
on the devil, and Burns makes Holy
Willie say in excuse for his licen-
tious shortcomings,
maybe thou lets this fleshly thorn
Beset thy servants cen and morn,
Lest he owre high and proud should
turn,
Cause he is sac gifted;
II sac thy hand must cen be borne.
Until thou lift it."
We are told that the devil is a
fallen angel, and at the same time
that Adam and Eve were the first
Of Gods human creation. II they
were the first where did the angels
como from of which he was one, for
he was present with Adam and Eve
at the creation or shortly after?
There arc SO many contradictory
and conflicting statements in an ar
gument Of this character that it is
impossible Of solution. The only an
swer for the moral condition of man.
kind is that through Gods place of
bringing order out Of chaos, perfec-
tion out Of imperfection. This has
been consummated in some instances,
and at some time In the clouded
future. will be. by the whole human
race. When through conscientious
scruples and wisdom they will choose
the right and reject the wrong. This
is the goal to which tho human race
is slowly moving and as the centur-
les pass the progress will be more
marked.