The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-02-14

said:
continue today my subject Of q
week ago at Brooklyn. am confident
that many of you keep in touch with
my weekly djscourses through the
newspapers. Last Sunday we consid-
cred the physical causes which led up
TO the Deluge. and found them every
va> most reasonable and In full har-
mouy with history and geology. Today
We consider the Deluge from differ
ent standpoint. We will attempt TO
show from the Bible why God permit
ted the Deluge at all. and that He was
fully justified in the arrangement which
blotted out the human family. except
eight persons righteous Noah and his
family Peter 2:i.10.
TO begin with. we should remember
that Gods Covenant with Adam.
granting him everlasting life. was
based upon The fact that he was per-
feet ian image of his Creatorl. and on
condition that ne would maintain this
image and likeness by continued obed1-
ence TO his Maker. When Satan OBJ
sesscd the serpent and guided it to pa t
the very fruit Of which our first par
ents were forbidden to eat, he pro-
duced thereby temptation.
Mother Eve saw that so far from the
serpent's being poisoned by that fruit,
il was the wisest of animals. She
reasoned that humanity was so far SUI
perior to the brute that the increased
wisdom would make her husband and
herself like gods. She thirSted for
knowledge and power. Only the Divine
command seemed to stand between her
and the highest ideals She parteok Of
the fruit and recommended it to Ada M
who was not so deceived, but who
knew that death would surely follow
disobedience Nevertheless he dis
obeyed. thinking that he would rather
perish with his wife than spend eter-
nifty without her.
The disobedience led to expulsion
from Eden and the beginning of the
gradual execution of the sentence, by
ing. thou shalt die" Adam died with
in the thousand-year Day in which he
ate "of the tree"-nine hundred thirty
years old. His race inherited his dy-
ing conditions and tendencies. Thus
all humanity are under the Divine
curse. or sentence Of death. and have
been going down to the tomb. Hades,
for six thousand years. Whatever
therefore, may cut short human life is
no injustice to humanity. because
whatever life is enjoyed is just so
much more than it has title to. Hence
the Deluge was merely quick means
of executing against the race the death
sentence already expressed sixteen cen
turtles before.
The peIuae Deliveranee.
When the Bible account of the cause
Of the Deluge is properly comprehend
ed. it is seen that it was indeed bless
ing in disguise. The human family
had gotten into slavery. and would
shortly have been wiped out by new
race which most peculiarly had intrud
ed upon humanity. The Bible tells us
that this new race consisted exclusive
ly Of males. propagated through the
human female We read. 1.-THE same
were mighty men = men of re-
nown"- giants Genesis 6:1-4
The fallen race of Adam was unab bic
to cope with the superior mental and
physical strength of the intruders
Robbed of their wives and daughters.
and compelled to do the drudgery Of
their new masters. their lives were
burden Not only so. but the new race
was vicious. brutal, violent. as well as
immoral. The Bible account declares,
THE earth was filed with violence"
The general moral corruption went so
far that we read. Every imagination
of the thoughts OF mans heart was
only evil continually" What terri
bic arraignment. What a mercy in the
sight Of all intelligent beings that such
a terribly immoral. strifeful. and en-
shaved condition should be brought
completely TO an endi This description
is found graphically recorded in Gene
sis GILL. said Pastor Russell.
Whence the Race Of Giants7
In the past we have not studied the
Bible with sufficient care. and there
fore have not appreciated properly its
wonderful. harmonious story. The orr
gin OF the invading race Of giants is
clearly told. said Pastor Russell Sa-
tan. a glorious angelic being of high
order. named Lucifer the Morning
Star, DETECTED to sin, because of ambi-