Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-03-16

NSIe2sgS A922llh hath appointed
Day in the which
He will Judge the world" tActs xvii.
81 He said;
Enroute to your city. visited Ath-
ems. AS stood upon Mars Hill and
made short address, my mind revert.
ed to the account Of Saint Pauls
preaching there, and / have chosen
some Of Ills words on that occasion as
my text AS st. Paul made no impress
sion there II is quite improbable that
made any. Indeed, the city today
might well be described in the Ian.
guage Of eighteen centuries ago, as
wholly given up to idolatry.
True. 1t is not today fashionable in
civilized communities to worship Inn
ages; and yet in another sense It IA
still fashionable. There Is still a great
worship Of man throughout the civil
lied world, but IN a different form
from that Of old. No longer do we bow
before wooden Images, but before in
ward images-~the images Of our minds,
our mental aspiratlons-wlth some,
wealth and fame; with others, ease
and pleasure, and with stil others, the
creed idols OF our forefathers, misera-
BILE Misrepresentation Of the true God,
Tho Day Of judgment.
Saint Paul on Mars Hin preached
Jesus ana the resurrectlon.-Jesu as
the Iedeemer from the death sentence
making possible the resurrection Of the
dead by satisfying tho demands Of Dl-
vine Law against the slnner-tho resur.
rection as The means or agency through
which The blessing OF the Savlor's
death will reach Adam and all the
families Of the earth As we follow
Saint Pauls thought we will surely be
blessed by his view Of the Gospel
Addressing the Gentlles, the Apos.
tie explains that for long time God
lad "wlnked" at Polythelsm and Image
worship, but now" ne says, God
colnmandeth all men everywhere to re.
peut" Let US note the meaning Of
these words. How did God twink" at
sin and idolatryl Aud does lie still
'wink" at M And why did lie change
and when did He begin to command all
men 10 repent2
The answer Il that for four thousand
years ldolalry prevailed and God
"wlnkpd" at or took no notice OF IT,
He did DOT "wink' at the idoInters dy'
ing In their Ignorance and say to the
DEVILS "'rake these poor creatures who
innw no heiieF Roast them 70 ali
eterntyw Nothing Of the kind. Our
forefathers merely imagined that and
hy false reasoning convinced them
selves. and twisted some texts Of
Scripture which they did not properly
understand IN support Of this theory;
and then they handed II down TO MS to
our perplexlty ana to the testing Of
our faith IN God
God "wlnked" at idolatry and sin
for four thousand years In the sense
Of not noticing Il, making no comment
on Il. sending no reproofs leaving the
hoathen IN their Ignorance The only
exception 10 this wus Gods dealings
with the little untlon OF Israel, 10 the
Jews lie gave Law Covenant which
offered eternal life on the condition OF
their thorough obedience to the Divine
law tho measure df a perfect maa''
ebiiip, which they were unable TO com
ply with, and hence they died the same
as did the honthen, All went TO the
Bible hell--lo the tomb-to shool, to
hode', the state or condition OF death
an unconscious state "sleep"
Jesus tho Rodesmer.
God was IN no haste 10 send the Re
decmcr' 4l2s years elapsed before
Jcaus was born. aud thirtyyeara more
before He began His ministry, Had
Il been true. as some aver that mil
lions. for all thoaa centuries were blind.
y stumbling Into eternal torture for
lack VI Divine revelation. we may be
sure that our gracious God would not
have left them without Il who can
think of Just and loving God AZ
sciRklno nt the going Of millions Of His
creatures 10 eternal tortured But since
lhry merely "fell asleep" In death. lie
could very well "wlnk" 1T the matter
m yirw of Ills future plans, which we
WIN consider shortly
The fnct IL that no real oner from
death could pogslbly be made until the
Redemption price had been provided
FOR the original SIN under which they
were condemned TO death This ~ IN,
Apostles argument via., that enols Coo
commundesh an men everywhere to 70
pcnt' The Row implies that He a,
moi cQmmand men previously to y
prnf; end thu gean1n Why ne "a 10