The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-05-15


tf965 5ToRf SpssELLg preached from the
So words of the Apos.
tie, Christ brought life and immor.
taHty to light through the Gospel"
The speaker said:-
All around ms we see what the Scrip
lures designate reign of sin and
death. The various forms of life in
nature-the grass, the flowers, the low
er animals and man-exist for a brief
summer time of life, then wither and
die. This does not strike US asI
strange, except in conjunction With
humanity, and that because OF mans
greater inteligence-his appreciation
of the value Of life, his growth in
knowledge and his ability TO use life's
opportunities with his increased wis
dom. % alU '
The disposition TO shun death is
not peculiar 20 man; it IS the law
of nature The smallest creature, by
instinct, fees from death. The law Of
sclf-preservation Is properly said to be
the first law of nature The lower ami
mails. like man, have sensation. an ap-
probation Of pain; but all these things
are much more pronounced in humani-
ty than in the lower animals and the
lower the form of life the more slight
| are these sensations. We are not de-
| Tending vivisectlon, but we quite agree
with scientists that the pain, the suf-
fering of the lower animals. Is as moth
| ing i'm comparison with that OF hu-
manity. We even note the fact that
/ the more refined human being. the
more intense his suffering. Core
spondmgly. refinement and intelligence
bring fear OF death and desire for
| life everlasting.
An mankind seem, instlnctivcly, 70
hope for future life, even though with
the majority the hope is accompanied
with dread respecting its conditions.
However. only the Bible reveals n ra-
tional basis for faith respecting n fu-
ture llfc--a survival OF the general
death conditions everywhere prevalent
The hcuthen hope for n future life. but
none Of them furnish a logical basis
for such expectations. Only in the
Bible can this be found.
/ i
their great philosophers, Socrates and
] Plato Their hope is. in brief. that, In
view Of mans great superiority over the
! beast, Il must be he will have future
even though 20 all appearances death
means the same TO the human as TO the
brute. The Bible explains tnat man was
indeed created in his Makers image and
] or
eternal life on condition OF obedience.
but that he disobeyed and therefore
became subject to death; and that
death. the penalty. effects him exactly
as It does the brute creation. But the
Bible does not leave the subject here
It tells Of Gods pity and love, and OF
His provision TO rescue mankind from
sin and from death.
God Meets Mans Emergency.
Since the Divine sentence is that
only the perfect may live, Adam and
his race. as imperfect sinners. could
not have eternal life after violation
Of the Divine Law; but TO meet this
emergency, Divine Love provided a
Redcemer, who died. the Just for the
unjust; "As by man came, death, by
a Man also comes the resurrection or
the dead: for as all in Adam die, even
so all in ,,Ehrlst shall be made alive;
every man IN his own order" Il Corin-
thans xv, 2l.20.
Thus God has manifested fiis char.
acter in way and to a degree which
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gels or TO men had He not permitted
sin TO enter the world. His Justice
has been manifested in the innlctlon
OF the death penalty upon our race for
six thousand years. Divine Love has
been manifested IN the arrangement
made by which the Only Begotten Son
OF God. on the heavenly plane. counted
II joy to leave His glory and honor
ana be made flesh and die for our sins,
Before the Divine Plan shall be fully
c0nsummated. Gods Wisdom aud
Power will also stand fully revealed
through His dealing with sin and sin
ners.
Through the merit of Christs death,
Adams transgression will be fully off
set, and the penalty OF Adams sin
viii be fully paid TO Justice; and Adam
himself and all Of his posterity who
have shared his penalty, Will be set
free from the sighng and crying, the
lain and trouble, mental, moral and
physical, incidental to the execution of
the death sentence against sinners.
Thus, through the death of Jesus, Di-
vino provision has been made for
future eternal life for mankind-for
so many as will appreciate the priv
icge and conform themselves to the
Divine laws and avail themselves of
the privileges which viii be granted
Tho Worlds Salvation Waits.
How natural It Is for us to be i'm
pabentl The few years of our lives.
measuring our knowledge and expert
ence, leave us little appreciation OF the
span of Eternity. from the Divine
standpoint We are inclined 20 aqy.
II Cod designs 10 do anything for
mans aid. Why does he not do It i'm