The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-16

\ deats were scarce IN France, but III
4 ready he had found SOME very alert
4 for clearer light upon the Word Of
God now due because We are In the
dawnIng Of the New Dlspensation. y
Once he and other Bible students,
confused with the errors Of the Dark
Ages. thought of man rs spirit being
! inhnbiting "a body Of flesh. coming into
Il at birth and departing from 1T at
death; Bible studytis rapidly driving
away: that error The Bible clearly
tells that the genus homo Is nm animal
being, Of tie earth earthy-not a hear.
| eniy, or spirit being This Is III bar
linohy, with what science has been tell.
| Ing pnst-t hat which we, could mot re-
selye unttltwe found At to be the Mes.
sage Of God The Bible does not place
man upon an equality with the brute,
but ,fnr above. His superiority is that
Of form. and species. His larger brain
and Its better shape than tint OF the
brutes indicate his knowledge and IN.
tellectual superiority over them. BE is
| to them Gods ;representative-tte
king, created in the moral image and
likeness Of his Creator.
The fact thnt .man dies has led some
to the conclusion that lie Is a spirit be-
ing and Mt death merely tinds release
from bis body Of flesh and scars back
agtin to II spirit condition In which he
once WINS. How inconsistent! How Il;
logical" The Bible tells. on the 'cop-
trary. that God made mnn as He de-
sized To- hive iiim4adapted exactly
to the conditions provided for him
an earthly Eden. Paradise. The Bible
tells that God proposed TO him ever
lasting life as a man on condition Of
continued obedience: 1t explains that
dying Is not going home. nor going to
eternal torment. but ceasihg to be.
hjoy In tho Morning."
This penalty passed upon Father
I.Adam-he lost the right to Jlive and
fell Under tie sentence. Dying. thou
shalt die" I'm the sweat Of thy face
shalt thou eat bread until thou return
unto the ground from which thou vast
take:l," Genesis III. 10J The fallen.
death.sentenced Adam could not give
to his children rights whichs.he Ind
lost Hence, we are ail sinners by in
heEtance. We;are all dying By one
mans dlsol,edlence sin entered into the
world, and death as n result Of sin, and
thus death passed upon all men. be-
keause oil are sinners.-Romans V: -
The Scriptures speak of the past and
present as night time OF sorrow and
pain and trouble. but tell of the New
Dlspensation. when the curse shall be
I!remored. and style that a Glorious
Day. in which the Sun Of Righteous
ness shall arise and drive sins clouds
away. God through the Prophet de-
clares, weeping mny endure for the
night. but joy cometb in the morning."
The signs that We are In the morn.
ing. the gray light OF the New Day. are
already manifest to those who are
awake, The wonderful blessings that
have come 70 mankind during the last
t!centhtE and particularly during, tie
hlast fifty Years. are foresleams Of the
tEreat Day Of Messiah the iDay Of
|sehrthS reconciliation. the Day Of the
cancelins Of the penalty OF death. the
Day III which God. through Messiah!
viii wipe away all tears from off'all
faces. Tile result of that Day. thou.
sand years long. will be TINT all the
willing and obedient will be uplifted
and all the wilfuily dlsobcdient and
wicked will be renlanded to death-"tiie
Second Death."-Reve.ation *, "a.
Why So Long Delay? !
1t is easy to see why these blessings
OF Restitution apd uplifting out Of sin
md death conditions did not begin be,
fore the first advent Of the Redcemer.
The uplifting work could not be accom-
Pllshed until two things would FIRST be.
done. One was that rcdemptlve
price needed TO be given. Adam's life
was forfeited. The life Of a Redeem.
er must be given in his stead, This
twas what Jesus did He left His
heavenly glory. humbled Himself to
human nature, and then the Man.
EChrlst Jesus gave Himself n Ransom.
price for all, This Is plain. y, = -
sut, according to the Will Of God. In,
staal of beginning the blessing OF the.
world K He did First another work.;
namely, the gathering Of the Church,
to be Ills Bride. Their invltatioat
is to sufrer with Hin and to reign.
with ftim-to present their bodies
living sacrifices. holy and Acceptable,
to God through Christ. tRomans.
Kill ~ lSo consecratcd, the flesh Of
nj, believers is counted MS the flesh Of
Jesus, and suffers, MS such. trials. ig.
nominiea-"T.ct US 20 to Him outside
the camp. bearing His reproach:" al.
wayS bearing about In the body tie,
dying Of the Lord JesHs.""-Hebreaa
Kill. 10; II Corinthians ". 10. sia'
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