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Q.-Where was the Garden Of Eden1
VIII Il ever be restored? q. c. RI

Eden was lOchteu AT tne nOrtu pole'
and that 1.-The flaming sword" which
turned every way to keep the way OF
the tree Of life" Genesis iii, pa was,
what Is now known as the aurora bore
ais! Recent Investigations, however,
by contemporary explorers, have clear
" demonstrated that Edenic conditions
do not exist at the pole! The location
usually assigned for this earthly para
disc Is that Of the land Of Mesopotamia.
or OF Armenia. These regions are Of
ten referred to as THE Cradle OF the
Race" Two thousand years. nearly.
after father Adam and mother Eve
were elected from the Garden. there
occurred mighty cataclysm, the
Flood, which completely obliterated
all traces of the former order Of things
the world that was" Because OF
this effacement Of the antediluvian rec
ords. 1t would be impossible to locate
definitely the former site Of the Gar
den Of Eden. This beautiful garden is
to be restored, but on a world wide
scale, during the Times Of refreshing
that shall come from the presence Of
the Lord''-"the times Of restoration OF
all things" Acts Iii, 1921 See also
Ezekiel xxxiv. %, 20; Isaiah xxxv, II.
Owe hear a great deal about GU
TURE PROBATION" these days. Does
this mean that every one 10 going to
get a second chance for eternal life?
(G. W. 81
Answer. The Bible nowhere teach
es Il Second chance" for the world or
mankind in general: but 1t does plainly
teach that there will be one. full, fair
opportunity Of salvation offered TO ev-
cry man. woman and child born into
this world There are few, II any
who would be so narrow minded and
| selfish as to think that the Lord would
| give them fair chance TO obtain eter-
nal life and then would deny their
neighbors q similar chance. Up to the
! present time but a very small proper
tlon OF the human race has had an OPP
portunity OF salvation. Even today
fully three-fourths Of mankind are In
darkness. about l,200,0O0,000 in mum.
Der. AS Christ died for all, and "GOd
will have ali men to be saved and to
come 10 knowledge Of the truth" II
follows that those who have never had
a chance for eternal life must get that
chance In the life TO come. The Scrip
lures. rightly understood. teach that
NOW Is the day OF salvation" for the
Church Of Christ, and for the Church
alone And the worlds day OF saliva
ton will be during that thousand-year
era Of Christ's reign, when He rules
for the purpose Of lifting up and bless
ing all mankind, all who are obedient
o.-Why were the ten Command
ments" written upon TWO tables Of
stone, instead Of one or several stones'
w. j. B.
Answer.-Those Ten Commandments
which were given to the Jews by tn,
Lord through Moses. as the mediator
ibi tudl udAlphf Vlhhtu Whht NVhi'
properly be termed the Constitution
OF that democratic-theOcracy form ~
government The remainder OF thei
laws may be said to have been sub
sidiary or bylaws. This constitution
then was divided into two sections
The first section, consisting Of fou
commandments, related TO the obi
cations Of the people towards III,
Lord God their King The latter sec
ton related to their obligations TO on
another. and consisted OF six com
mandments II Is believed that tn
FIRST section Of these laws was inscrih
ed on one table OF stone; and the othe
section on a second tablet OF stone
This Is the only reason that may b
assigned for there being but two "a
bles Of the Law Viewed in the ligh
OF our twentieth-century learning an
advancement. how reasonable and jus
We're those laws! They were designe
to establish the very conditions 70
which all noble. true-hearted men an
women are Intensely longing-"The FL
thcrhoJd OF God and the Brotherhoo
u man"