The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-03-27

the Hippodrome
next Sunday afternoon, to hear the
report of this committee respecting
It's findings. A report of the same willy
be given in these columns.
Pastor Russells discourse today was
reminiscent of Arabia as the Cradle Of
our Race. His text was: LAS all III
Adam die, even so all in Christ shall be
made alive; every man in his own or
der."-I Cor. xv, %, %.
Arabia is accredited with being the
ancient Eden, eastward in which was
the specially prepared Garden wherein,
our first parents had their trial-not for
a reward Of heaven or punishment Of
eternal torment, but for reward OF
everlasting life under perfect earthly
conditions, or for penalty Of death.
Here man, created very good, in the
image Of his Creator, sinned and be-
came subject to the penalty of sin
1.-The soul that sinneth, 1t shall die"
Here also is Mount Ararat, on which
the ark rested after the food, and from
which came forth the family Of Noah
to people the earth afresh. Thus was
Arabia twice the Cradle of mankind
"israsl Hath Not Obtained"
The first declaration Of the Gospel.
the first mention that Divine favor
would yet rescue mankind from the
reign Of sin and death, was made, not
publicly, not to all Of the race, but
merely to one man, the friend of Cod
Abraham.
But God gave Abraham words only.
wonderful words Of life"-that in him
and in his posterity eventually all the
families of the earth should be blessed
But there was not A sign Of change so
far as the Divine dealings were con-
cerned. Doubtless it was because God
foreknew that approximately four
thousand years would intervene before
the blessing Of the world that He add
ed His oath to His promise.
In due time, at Mount Sinai, God eIs-
tered into Covenant with the children
Of Israel, ty which He agreed to bless
them and to fulfill in them the Abra-
seed, should bless all the nations Of the.
earth. The only condition connected
with the promise was that they were
to show their fitness to be the Divine.
channel. Full Of joy and faith the
Israelites obligated themselves thus.
All! much they knew not. They die
not realize their own weakness and ilrk-
perfection through the fall and theiS
inability to fulfill the Divine require
ments. the spirit of the Law of their
Covenant. They soon found that while
the Law said. "He that doeth these.
things shall live" they were not able
to do those things: and therefore they
were all dying like other men. HaG
God deceived them and entrappeG
them? No. Gods proposition was sim
pie enough. He was merely teaching
them great lesson--that sin as a dis
ease had taken hold upon humanity
and that. however willing they might
be. all we're weak and perverse aud
unable to fulfill their good intentions.
As a consolation God assured lsraee
that He would send the Delivcrer-
One still greater than Moses. who had
delivered them from the Egyptian
bondage. This great Deliverer would
deliver them from the greater bondage
Of sin and death. so that they WOULD
be able to obey the Divine Law and
be used of God in blessing and in
structing other nations. This Greater
than Moses, they were assured, would
inaugurate New Law Covenant
based upon better sacrifices than the
blood of bulls and goats, and He was
known to them as Messiah. the Mes
senger of the New Covenant.
Heirs Of the Promise.
We must never lose sight of the
kernel of the Gospel Message. The uI-
innate blessings Of the Messianic
Kingdom, through the Seed Of Abra-
ham, will be to all the families Of the
earth, but previously. the Divine WORK
is the calling Of the Seed Of Abraham
which Is to do that work Of blessing.
The promise was not made to all the
families Of the earth. but to Abraham
and his Seed Hence the heirs of the
promise are not all the families of the
earth. but the Seed of. AEraham.
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