Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-07-03

l dres eS. based upon the Savior's words respecting the ten cleansed lepers: Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine: Only one hath returned to give glory to God.'-Luke 17:17, IS.
 Leprosy. said the Pastor, has long been regarded as incurable, and there 1 fore is used as an illustration of sin. which is also incurable. AS only the Masters word could heal the lepers. so nothing short of a Divine remedy can cure the leprosy of sin. Lepers in old en times were obliged to separate themselves from others, and whenever approached were required to cry. "Un- | clean. Uncleanw Cut off thus from association with others, the condition of the poor creatures was far from en- viable So sinners by Divine decree are isolated. separated from the pure. the holy. the righteous.
 Though all humanity are sinners by heredity, we must not forget that they constitute but small proportion Of Gods great family, amongst whom are angels. cherubim, seraphim. etc, who always have fellowship with God and with each other. But while the Scrip lures declare of humanity that all are sinners. that none are righteous. no. not one, yet all do not appreciate their condition, nor cry aloud, Unclean. In deed. there are various degrees of un- cleanness; some are more and some less sinful
 The two extremes of sin are repre- sented in our Lords parable of the two men who went up to the Temple to Pharisee. The publican realized his sin and smote his breast, saying. God be merciful to me sinner" The Pharisee, on the contrary. felt himself so superior to the publican that he did not realize himself a sinner at all: he thanked God that he was not sinner Jesus declares that because of his ac knowledgment of sin. the publican was more acceptable than the Pharisee.
 Tn other words, the Creator wishes that each one of Adams race should realize his imperfection-that he comes short of the Divine standard of per fection-short of that standard which God would be pleased to bless with everlasting life. While the Bible thus declares that all are sinners. 1t does not unreasonably say that there is no difference. What it does say is that the slightest degree of sin would mean that we are sinners. and that hence the person with the least taint of sin upon him would need the Savior. the De Iiverer-would need to be cleansed. And. in order to realize his need of as Sistance. he must see his sin and cry nnto the Lord. Unclean! Lord. save, or I perish.
 Here again many of us have made serious mistake in the study of our Bibles. When reading that the sinner would perish. we forgot the meaning If the word perish. that 1t signifies to lie. to lose life There is nothing in the word perish that signifies to be tortured to all eternity. "The wages
  ton. if you please. And if God had not made some provision for mans recovery. there would be no future life for Adam nor for any of his race. Death would indeed have been hope less state: just as leprosy. whether In a small or greater degree. signified the presence of hopeless disease, from which there is no recovery.
 Jesus the Good Physician.
 Jesus is the only physician who can heal this leprosy of sin; nothing that the sinner himself can do would cancel the sentence. God purposely so ar ranged the matter The Good Pbysi- elan heals humanity at a great cost to Himself As the wage. OF penalty. of sin upon Father Adam and his race means death. so whoever would redeem Adam must be prepared to pay his penalty before he could assist the sin ner legally. justly. None of Adams race could serve as Pedeemer. be cause each and all were born in sin and therefore as subject to the pen atty as Father Adam himself. Nor could any of them be born without sin. because the life of the race came from its father.
 Whoever. therefore. would be the savior of man must have a life sepa rate and apart from that of Adam, and must be willing to sacrifice it on Adams behalf.
 All of the angels had such a life separate and apart from Adams life