Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-10-21

addresses from
Gods words to Adam, after he had
sinned and sought to hide from his
Maker-"W Where Art Thou?' Genesis
Iii, 81
The speaker declared that fear Ii
one of the greatest maladies to which
humanity is subject, and he quoted the
Apostles words, Fear hath torment
Although people differ greatly In their
mental makeup, the Pastor believed
that fear Is common to all mankind
In some form or other. The only OK
ceptions he admitted are the saints
Of God. who have turned from sin and
given their all to the Lord as followers
Of Jesus. These gradually come to
understand their Maker and to have
confidence In His loving provisions for
them In all their affairs. AS love
comes into their hearts fear departs.
Az the Scriptures declare, Perfect
love casteth out fear
Although no human being is perfect,
for all have sinned and come short Of
the glorious standard. none are totally
depraved. An element Of the Divine
character still remains In all. All
have some realization Of right and
wrong, ana some appreciation of re-
sponsibility to do right and to avoid
wrong. Whenever sin Is committed,
with 1t naturally and properly goes
some appreciation of Divine dlspleas-
ure, OF unworthiness of Divine love
and favor In such hearts there is Of
necessity a restlessness, because hui
mainly is so constituted as to crave the
supervision and love OF an All-Wise
and All-Powerful Creator,
Adam, the Sinner, Ashamed.
The Scriptures clearly inform us
that although Mother Eve was de-
ceived by the Serpent. Father Adam
was not. The Serpent represented to
Mother Eve that God was striving to
keep Ills creatures In ignorance, and
recommended disobedience as the road
to knowledge and happiness. Mother
Eve, unacquainted with her Creator,
was deceived into disobedience to His
command
Father Adam, not deceived, under
stood perfectly that the wrong course
would not bring happiness, but the
death penalty Ills deliberately will
full sin was evidently prompted by
love for his wife. He put his wife In
the place of his Creator. and sacri-
feed his life to share her penalty.
The guilty pair realized their I'M
worthiness OF further Divine favor
their unworthiness Of the fellowship Of
their Creator, which they had previ-
ously enjoyed. They hid from God. So,
said Pastor Russell, 1t is with all sim
ners. They endeavor to hide from God.
The Times Of Restitution.
Adam was not a murderer and, even
Il his crime might he called a theft.
1t was small one-only an apple.
Had he been imperfect. as are his
children today, his penalty might seem
unjust. We are to remember, how
ever, that he was perfect. and that
his real crime was disobedience
Gods voice calling to the sinner
should be hearkened to. for although
He speaks In tones Of justice, He tells
also Of Love Divine all love ex-
ceiling" II assures us that our Gre
ator has not forgotten us nor entirely
cast US off because Of sin.
SucF Of our race as are In the right
condition Of heart hearken to the voice
of God and retrace their steps. seeking
to return to Divine favor under the
call Of this Gospel Age--to become
joint-heirs with Jesus Christ their
Lord and Reedemer, as members of
His Bride. BY these the great disaster
OF sin and Its death penalty may be
overlooked, as special blessing which
VIII permit them to attain. through
faithful following in the footsteps Of
Jesus, the glory, honor and immortality
promised the elect"
But very large class fall entirely to
hear Gods voice. Many Of them have
gotten into heathenish darkness and
doubt. Others hear very imperfectly, |
and think the Lord Is merely breath
Ing out threatenings against them.
None Of these can be blessed at the
present time. But the Bible informs
rs that God is not content to let any
sinner go without hearing His voice of
mercy. Hence He has provided that
those who, for any reason. cannot hear
His voice and be blessed BY the High
Calling Of this Age must ultimately
hear.
Accordingly. the Bible tells US Of
Gods glorious arrangement for the
Kingdom of Messiah. which will bind
Satan and set at liberty the prisoners
pf sin and death and bring all to d
clear knowledge of the Divine charac
ter through the blessed opportunities
provided IN the Redeemer All the
blind eyes will then be opened. and
All deaf ears will be unstopped Resti-
tuition to human perfection and to an
barthly Eden everlasting will be offer
ID to the obedient, and wilful rejec-
tors will b. utterly destroyed (Acts- III,