The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-23

for his text Gods message to Adam,
after the latter had become transgres-
sor in Eden, when he hid from his
Maker: where Art Thou, ADAM"
Genesis Iii, 81. The speaker said in
part:
BE sure your sin will find you out"
Adam learned this lesson early in his
career Highly favored by his Maker
crowned with the glory and honor Of
human perfection and the lordship Of
earth, Adam had the offer Of everast-
ing life, under Edenic conditions. But
while condemning his disobedience 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 his race, was caused by
love for his wife.
The unvarnished narrative is that
Mother Eve thirsted for knowledge,
and was not content to await the AL
mightys time for giving them knowl-
edge. She hearkened to the Serpents
plea that the Almighty was seeking
to keep herself and her husband in
ignorance by forbidding them TO par
take of the fruit of the tree of knowl-
edge. she had not come to know the
benevolence of her Maker, and that no
good thing would He withhold from
His obedient creatures. She had not
yet learned that the fruit of that tree
was forbidden for time only. and
that the premature eating of it could
bring no blessing, but Divine disfavor
The Apostle shows this when he de-
cl&res that Mother Eve was deceived ::
hCt with equal positiveness he de-
clares that Father Adam was not
himself, deceived; that he partook Of
the fruit knowingly, Intentionally, will
fully, ana with a full realization of
the dSobcdient act which brought
upon him death-"The wages of sin is
DEATH Thou shalt surely die (Ro
mans ri, 90; Genesis ii, II.
But while Adams act was one of
chivalry-was really suicide because
OF love for his wife, who had trans
observation-disclosures, it was an act
of disobcdicncc He should have had
loyalty to his Creator first. above his
loyalty to his wife Indeed, we have
reason to believe that Mother Ewes
transgrcssion might have been can
Celled in some manner, since ii was
committed under deception. Father
Adams course should have been TO
remain loyal to God mt all hazards,
and to have trusted to Divine love
and wisdom iii respect 10 the results
Everywhere the Scriptures lay stress
upon Adams disobedience, which was
a wilful sin against light and knowl-
edge.
The sinners hid themselves in the
Garden. The inference * that. pre-.
viously they had cniovei fellowship
and communion with their Creator.
but as soon rs they SinueG they real.
fzed their unWo"thiuP"S Of Divine fell
lowship--sin turned them away from
God. Instead Of the happiness Of His
fellowship, they had discomfort and
evil forcbodings Of cstrangement. They
had lost their God, and, by virtue of
their very nature, they would. in conse-
quence, be measurably unhappy--one
of the principal elements of their ma
ture, thenCeforth, was hunger and
thirst for God, which was not graft
fed. A barrier had come between the
Creator and His creatures.
Estranged From Birth.
The estrangcment which our first
parents experienced. dating from the
Nf rsY fp. h. oh,
mankind has inherited from them. The
Prophet David speaks Of this. saying
that the world IS eStranged from birth ;
and, speaking of himself, declares, II
was shapen in iniOuity, in sin did my
mother conceive me- psalm H. 81.
God is not to be charged with the
responsibility Of this estrangement.
It comes to all as the result or out
working Of sin. All are sinners and
all feel themselves unworthy Of the
fellowship Of their Creator, and real
lie themselves undeserving of His
blessing. The fear which drove our
first parents to hide has since then
driven many still further from God
as they have delyed yet more deeply
into sin. not only because Of heredity,
but also through taking a perverse
cotlrse themselves. The fear has In
creased. and today one OF the most
terrible maiadies on earth Ii feat
dread II is not surprising thar We
find the heather, thousands Of nHt
ions, fearing, dzsao1ng not win that
fear which is the beginning u wisdom,