The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-11-29
Pastor RUSSELL Sermon

| ;hafora His crea t,ires and demanding
THAR obedten e ri this Law surely could
not be esenpted from its. operation
| Himself 10 this the Scriptures agree
assuring us that "Justice Is the founda.
ton OF His Throne" Our endeayOrs In
! the PAST to harmoniZe Love and Jus.
tire with our great Creators dealings
with humanity have continually inyoly-
! ed us in difficulty. We were assured
by the prominent creeds Of the world
that, the Creator had knowingly and
willingly brought us into existence un'
der such conditions that the great ma.
| Jority OF mankind would spend an
eternity In torture. =.
Wewere unable to see Justice 10 any
such arrangement. yet feared TO critl-
| cise our lreatOr. lest He should. II pos
sible. do something still worse for us.
But otrr reason baked at the PROPOSE
ton. While we desisted from crlticislng
the Creatof, We gould not endorse such
9 program. nor could we see 1t to be IN
harmeny with the Divine regulations
governing ourselves. II we are to love
our enemies and be compassionate TO-
ward them. shonld mere be expected
OF fallen beings than OF our perfect
Creator?
Justice Always Satisfied. -.
From the Divine standpoint the hu.
man family are, all convicts. under
dealt, sentence. dead in trespasses and
sins. wholly without rights or Driyi-
leges, AS the French Government. not
unjrstly. has allowed the medical pro.
fession to make experiments with con.
yicts who are under death sentence, to
try upon them the effects of fear. moi.
son. etc. so God not unjustly has al.
lowed mankind. all under death sen.
tsnce TO practice all kinds of evil
upon one another. and to learn from
each other great lessons respecting
the exceeding sinfuIness of: sin and the
wages or uenalty of sin-death.
Justice merely exacts its penalty: but
thar nenalty Maid by Adam and his
family left them homeless respecting
any future life. Unworthy of ever.
lasting life. they died. and surely they
he, ONE no more worthy while dead
None has any claim upon Justice. Adam
at The very moment of his fall
might have been smitten with a thun.
derholt, without having any claim u,,on
Justice; for he was under a death pen.
ally. The fact that Justice allowed
him 10 live for many years, with a for.
felted life meant not a waving. Of
the. death penalty. but, Divine liberal.
ity in resnect to the execution of the
criminal. s t..-,,<s.,,.
When. therefore. in the Bible God
presents hone of a future LIE through
the death of His Son. His unspeakabfe
Gift. # must not be understood as sig.
nifying obligation on Gods part to,
ward the sinner 1t means mercy. grace.
Nor does God ignore His own sen.
tence and the justice of. the. case. in
the exercise or His mercy His Law
must stand Inc aeath sentence must
stand. Jastce must De Vlnoicateo
witnont q SHADOW or turning DIVINE
Mercy IL mace 10 intervene py pfo''o-
ing the unspeakaDie SUIT
herein was manitesieu Inc 'ose OF
toda ~ that he gave His oniy be
got{et son. thaL .,Whosoevef spe e =
"a HIM mignt not PERISH. out nave eV.
ertastlng NE. AS we haVe>Just seen
Adam ana nls race under the deatn
sentence had Per1sneq. except as COO
nom the Deglnnlng IoreRheW his, Ia
tentlon 90 send ms son INTO the Wofiu
TOT human Redemptioh--H' unspeaha'
pie tiift. Inc fedeinption. ~heh mn,
lshea. VIII tully nave satlsned tue
claims OF DIVINE J4stlce-not soni! as
respects the little company now :Deihg
selected-the Chufch., the br'de OF
Christ---But ultimately also as resPects
the SINS OF the Wnoie world. rms
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- ptolhp'eu W ii ~ 1--we : Il. +
Divine Love and Justice Cooperate.
After the unspeakable Gift shah
have been made applicable to the whole
world Of mankind at the beginning Of
Messiahs reign. Divine Wisdom will
insist that, although the Redeemer
may give to humanity every opportu.
nifty possible for recovery from sin and
death. and every assistance possible
for Restitution, nevertheless. none shall
hare eternal life except as perfect be-
ings in heart harmony with the Gre