Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-22

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, AdamT
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 everlast-
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
mighty's time for giving them knowl-
edge. She hearkened to the Serpent'S
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 q time only, and
fbot tho mann tI1ro aatino of n oot1Id
bring no blessing, but Divine disfavor
The Apostle shows this when he de-
clares that Mother Eve was deceived;
but with equal positiveness he de-
clares that Father Adam was not,
himself, deceived; that he partook of
the fruit knowingly, Intentionally, will
fully, and with a full realization of
the disobedient act which brought
upon him death-'"The wages Of sin is
DEATH ''Thou shalt surely die Ro-
mans vi, %; Genesis Ii, ID.
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 disobedience. He should have had
loyalty to his Creator first, above his
loyalty to his wife. Indeed, we have
reason to believe tha 1t Mother Ewes
transgression might have been can
celled in some manner, iOca It was
committed under deception. Father
Adams course should have been to
remain loyal to God at all hazards,
and to have trusted to Divine love
and wisdom In. respect to the results. |
Everywhere the Scriptures lay stress
upon Adams disobedience, which was
wilful sin against light and knowl- |
edge.
The sinners hid themselves in the
Garden. The inference is that, pre- |
viously, they had enjoyed fellowship |
and communion with their Creator, |
but as soon as they sinned they real |
lied their unworthiness OF Divine fell |
1owship-sin turned them away from |
God. Instead of the happiness Of His |
fellowship, they had discomfort and |
evil forebodings of estrangement. 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 estrangement which our first |
parents experienced, dating from the |
- I,a9- 81. to. xrrhI q
mankind has inherited from them. The |
Prophet David speaks of this, saying |
that the world is estranged from birth; |
and, speaking of himself, declares, Il
was shapen in iniquity, in sin did my |
mother conceive me" psalm Ii, 81. |
God is not to be charged with the |
responsibility of this estrangement |
1t 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 ,nany still further from God
as they have delved yet more deeply
into sin, not only because Of heredity, |
out also through taking perverse |
course themselves. The fear has In |
creased. and today one OF the most
terrible maladies on earth is fear |
dread. It is not surprising that we |
find the heather. thousands of MILL |
ions, fearing. dreading rot with tfsat |
fear which Is the beginning of wisdom. |