The Ordway new era., 1911-11-10

lions In the Unlte0 states, CANADA,
Great Britain and Australia. His text
today was. For the life Of the flesh
Is in the blood: and l have given 1t
to you upon the altar as an atonement
for your souls."-Leviticus xvii, II.
The trend Of all scholars within the
past forty years in particular has
been away from the Bible. Even
those few who still contend for the
Bible concede much to the Higher
Critics and merely strive to retain a
hold upon certain shreds OF truth.
The Bible is suffering at the hands of
Christendom. Or perhaps we would
better say. Christendom is suffering
from letting loose its hold upon the
Bible. The Bible theory. that all the
sin and death manifest in the world
resulted from Adams disobedience. Is
now generally denied Consequently
those Who still preach a forgiveness
Of sins and nm escape from the penal.
ty Of sin are in the minority. And
those who admit that the death OF
Jesus was necessary us sin-ofYerins.
the lust for the unjust. are extremely
few.
Darwin's Evolution theory. that
man sprang from monkey parentage
and has been evoluting higher ana
higher for thousands Of years. finds
apparent support In the rapid growth
of intelligence. during the pnst fifty
years. But those who heed the Bible
find more satisfactory explanation
in It's teaching. that we are In the
dawn!nS OF n New Dispensation
Messinnic period 40 long promised OF
God as the time IN which all the fam
tiles OF the earth will be blessed
Tho Blood Of Atonennent
The Bible theory of nuns sin and
condemnation to denth and Of re
demption OF Admins race from the
power of death by the blood OF Jesus
Is one consistent narrative Recause
one man alone was the original sinner
and the sentence came by one. there
fore 1t was possible for Divine mercy
to arrange that by the sacrifice OF the
Righteous One. the Just for the unjust.
the entire race Of Adam might be
judicially freed from the death sen
tence and I've permitted to have resur
rection from the dead and the opportu
nifty Of restitution and to approve
themselves to God for everlasting life
This. the Bible theory. lays the whole
stress Of salvation upon the work Of
our Redeemer. By it way OF life
through resurrection and restitution
has been opened up. This Is the mean
ing of our text and Is fully concurred
in by the Apostle. who says. almost
all things nre by the Law purged with
blood: and without shedding of blood
is no remission" Of sins.
Latest Deductions Of Science
Scientists now learn not only that
different species will not amalgamate.
but that different breeds Of the same
species crossed cannot be maintained.
but will revert again to their originals
in the third or fourth generation. Un
doubtedly this was what troubled Mr..
Darwin in his rearing of fancy breeds
Of pigeons and his inability to main
tain the fancy varieties. The same
principle is found everywhere Mt work.
Different varieties of peas crossed have
produced new varieties only to return
in the third or fourth generation to
their originals.
that he finds, in full harmony with our
ttxt, that the life is in the blood and
that by blood reaction it can readily
be determined which animals belong
to certain species and which do not.
The custom heretofore has been to
classify animals by their bones and.
nature which has always been more
or less unsatisfactory. The blood is
now found to be the SUR hest ana the
speedy one.
Third and Fourth Generation
Notice, said Pastor Russell, a text
which always seemed to us hard and
cruel. but which we find, on the con
trary, to be merciful and gracious. It
reads. II am Jealous God. visiting
the iniquities Of the parents upon the
children unto the third and fourth gen.
erntion Of them that hate Me-"
The life is in the blood. The law OF
heredity carries impurity and disease
through the blood in micro-organi nisms
Were it not for the Divine provision
that these small organisms Of disease
or blood impurity will die out in the
third or fourth generation, our race
long since would have been wiped off
the face of the earth. The Divine ar
rangement that infectious germ dis
eases such as syphilis will die out in
the third or fourth generation is
most merciful one.
Thus God shows mercy unto thon
sands Of them. that love Him and seek
to keep the Divine commands Thus
the theories of man crumb!e. one nf'e:
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