Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-25

the Hippodrom e,
next Sunday afternoon, to hear the
report Of this committee respecting
its findings. A report OF the same Will
be given III these columns.
!: Pastor Russell's discourse today was
reminiscent Of Arabia as the Cradle of
our Race. His text was: GAS all i'll
Adam die, even 50 all in Christ shall be
made alive; every man in his own or,
der."-I Cor. Nv, %, %.
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
i fewnfd Of tiehveh 81 a punishment OF
eternal torment, but for 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 aud be-
came subject to the penalty Of sin
'iThe soul that sinneth, It shall die"
Here also is Mount Afarat, Oh Which
the ark rested after the Hood, and from
Which came forth the family Of Noal,
to people the earth afresh. Thus was
Arabia twice the Cradle Of mankind.
"i.raeI Hath Not Obtained"
The first declaration &C 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 81
far as the Divine dealings were con-
cerned. Doubtless 1t 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 ell
tered into a Covenant with the children
81 israel, BIZ which Ht agreed to bless
them and to fulfill in them the Abra'
haInic promise that they, as Abraham
seed, should bless all the Dations 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 did
not realize their own weakness and I'M
perfection through the fall and their
inability to fulfill the Divine require
fnents, the spirit Of the Law OF theiI
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
we're all dying like other men. Had
God deceived them and entrapped
them? No Gods proposition was sim
pie enough. He was merely teaching
them 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 fulfill their good intentions.
As a. consolation God assured 1srae
that He would send the Delivcrer
One still greater Tran Moses, Who had
delivered them from the Egyptian
bondage. This great Delivsret 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 iii blessing and in
structing other nations. This Greater
than Moses, they we're assured, would
inaugurate 4 New Law Covenant
based upon better sacrifices than thu
Stood OF bulls and goats, and he va:
known to them as Messiah, the Mes
uenger Of the New Covenant.
HSirs Of thS Promiss.
we must never lose sight Of TIT
kernel 81 tie Gospel Message. The ul
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 wori
is the calling Of the Seed Of Abraham
which is to do that work of blessing
The promise was not mnde to all tlit
families Of Tie earth, but 10 .Abrahaii
and his Seed. Hence The heirs Of the
Promise are not all the families Of thu
earth. but the Seed Of Abraham.
10 the saints Of Gaiatia. who hat
Been Gentiles, but had accepted !esu:
and we're trusting to become joint
heirs with Gods dear Son III His Mes
sianic Kingdom as members Of hi:
Bride Elect, Saint Paul writes. II,
" be Christ's, then are &c Abraham'i
Seed, And heirs according to the prom
ise." ,Galatians i'll, go How strange
that we should have lost sight Of thi!
| great inheritance! With our lord, A: