Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-03-22

the Hippodrom e.
next Sunday afternoon, to hear the
report of this committee respecting
its findings. A report of the same vii.
be given in these columns.
Pastor Russell's discourse today was
reminiscent of Arabia as the Cradle Of
our Race His text was: GAS all il
Adam die, even so all in Christ shall be
made alive; every man in his own or
der.'-I Cor XIV, %, %.
Arabia is accredited with being TIL
ancient Eden, eastward in which was
the specially prepared Garden wherein
our first parents had their trial-not for
a reward of heaven or Il punishment of
eternal torment, but for a reward of
everlasting life under perfect earthly
conditions, or for a penalty Of death
Here man, created very good, in the
image of his Creator, sinned and be
came subject to the penalty OF sin
The soul that sinneth, it shall die
Here also is Mount ..rarat, 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
"lsrael Hath lot Outlined"
The first declaration Of tie Gospel
the first mention that Divine favol
would yet rescue mankind from thu
reign of sin and death. was made. no.
publicly, not to all of the race. bui
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 en-
tered into a Covenant with the children
Of Israel, by which He agreed to bless
them and to fulfill in them the Abra-
hamic promise that they, as Abraham $
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
Israeiites obligated themselves thus.
All. much they knew not. They did
not realize their own weakness and i'm
perfection through the fall and their
| ments. the spirit Of the Law of their
Covenant They soon found that while
tie Law said. "He that doeth these
| things shall live. they were not able
TO do those things; and therefore they
| were all dying Ike other men. Had
Cod deceived them and entrapped
| them? No. Gods proposition was sim
pie enough Ee was merely teaching
them 2 great lesson-that sin as dis
ease had taken hold upon humanity
and that. however willing they might
be- all were weak and perverse and
unable to fulfil their good intentions.
| As a consolation God assured Israel
| that Ee would send the Deliverer
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 ans
be used of God in blessing and In
structing other nations This Greater
than Moses, they were assured, would
inaugurate a 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 thu
kernel of the Gospel Message. The ul
Innate blessings Of the Messianit
Kingdom. through the Seed Of Abra
ham, will be to all the families OF the
earth. but previously, the Divine worl
Is the calling Of the Seed Of Abraham
which Is to do that work Of blessing
The promise was not made to al tn