The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-25

human pcrfc, zion in worldwide
Eden. The unwilling. resisting Divine
fayOrs and privileges. shall be de
stroyed in the Second Death.
"Six days shalt thou labor and do Gll
thy work. hut the Seventh is the Sab
bath of the Lord thy God. In II thou
shalt not do any work" Whoever
reads carefully. intclligently. the pages
Of history must Ire struck with the en-.
ergy which has been manifested by
our race and Is still being manifested.
| The pyramids and the ruins of ancient
cities, and civilization. all tell us Of
the ccaselcssN struggle of humanity
against the adverse conditions prevail
Ing in the earth, including the strife
against sickness and death. and, by n
few. noble fight against sin and
further degradation.
Well does the Prophet express the
truth of our observation. saying. I'VE
have not wrought any deliverance In
the earth" Qsaiah XVI. 49, A few
have gained fabulous riches. name or
fame, place or power. but the majority
during all this period have gone down
In the strife TO the tomb. slain by the
great associated monarchs which the
Bible declares are now rclgning-Sin
and Death.
And even the comparatively few who
have gained eminence and whose vic.
tories are most loudly extoled In hu.
man history have fallen nlSo-many OF
them In the very prime of llfe-all OF
them IN comparative childhood. Why
is 1t that n man should not live for
hundred years when we have the ri.
vine assurance that even under the
Divine sentence Father Adam resisted
death for 030 yenrs--so vigorous was
his constitution?
Wearied Children Fall Asleep
From the Divine standpoint the chill
drcn of Adam. born in sin. shapcn IN
inlquity. of few days and full OF
trouble. fall asleep In dcath-likc chill
dren weared IN their play: albeit II is
n play grim with tragedy. in which
each actor performs his part most
realistically.
From the Divine standpoint human
ambition and strife and energy are
accomplishing II useful purpose. even
though the efforts are usually selfish
md often british. The lessons now
being learned by Adams children will
not all be lost, The greater mellow.
ness OF heart and broader views Of
che majority OF those who have thus
battled selishly for even llfty years
suggests that. ms n whole. our race
might do better work in second cen.
tury than In the first. Moreover. the
Scriptures indicate that the great dra.
ma Of sin, selllshnes3 and passion
being enacted by humanity Is furnish
Ing lesson 10 angelic hosts rCspect.
ing the exceeding slnfu!ncss OF sin
its downward tendency-its bitter
fruit and the hopelessneSs of any to
escape therefrom except by Divine
assistance.
Next tho Lesson OF Good
The forbidden fruit Of Eden was
from the tree Cf the knowledge of good
and evil. Doubtless the Creator would
eventually have given a full knowledge
Of both good ana evil to our first par
cnts. They were merely forbidden IN
immediate plunge iato Knowledge Ia
their own Disadvantages, Craving
knowledge before tn due time. Moth
or Eve disohcycd her Maker ana tn
ticed her husband also into disobcdl
ence. The result has been thrt In
stead Of learning the philosophy oi
good at first and of evil later. they
and their rgce have been preclpltaied
into lessons respecting evil first. with
the knowledge Of coed 10 come later
The holy angels. who have never
transgresscd the Divine law. have
continually tho lesson OF good AN mp
probation Gf tho Di'inc chrr"c'cr the