Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-26


(John S:44,) Pastor Russell said:
We all know that the holy angels Of
Heaven are free from the blights
which cause sorrow on earth. In
Heaven there is no signing, no crying
no dying, no sickness, no heart-aches
no headaches, no insane asylums, no
funerals, no doctors. On earth these
things are 80 familiar that many as
Eune that they always have been and
always will be. And yet without a
question We all acknowledge that the
same God who made such a splendid
provision for the angels Is the God Of
humanity, our Maker, Why should
He have done so differently with two
creations Of His own famlly-Ils own
creatures, His own chlldren7
The Bible explains that the reason
for the difference between Gods treat
ment OF mankind and His treatment
of the angels Is that the human family
became sinners. depraved, allenated,
through the disobedience OF Father
Adam; that the entire race OF Adam
A. mentally, morally and physically
impaired; and that these impairments
are all incidental to the curse. or pen.
atty Of sin; namely. dying, thou shalt
die."-Genesls 2;l7-margln
Satan the Murderer.
Jesus declares that Satan Is wholly
responsible for the death Of our race
He was the murderer Of our nrst par.
ents, and by the laws Of heredity we
all lost our lives through his terrible
deception Satan persuaded Mother
I've that God who cannot lie, had
lied to her; that the declaration, "Dy.
Ing thou shalt die is an untruth; that
man could not die; that he had some
Inherent life that even God Himself
could not interfere with lie persuad-
ed her that God had selfish motive
in making the death threat IN telling
the lie; that God wished to keep her.
self and Adam In lgnorance but that,
by obeying himself, they would become
like God,
Mans sentence was carried out. Our
first parents were driven from Eden,
that they might no longer have access
to lts life-sustainIng fruits that they
might come under the penalty. "Dylng,
thou shalt die" There never was u
sentence, Thou shalt live In eternal
torment and be tortured by devils
All such Misrepresentation are Sian
ders OF the Divine character purpose
and plan. Intended to dlshonor God
and turn mankind away from Him.
Jesus the Llfe.olver.
Before considering the murderer ana
his fate, let us glance 1T tho murdered
race, which now has numbered approx.
imately twenty thousand millions Of
souls They are all dead or dying.
There 10 no hope for thum except In
God. Has God gracious provision,
and II NO. what ls itf
The bible assures us that God IL
very compassionate, and that lie 40
loved the world as not 10 Wish them
60 perish Hike the natural brute beast
He therefore gave His Son. that all OK.
erclhlng obedlent faith Ia Him might
BE- saved from perlshlnE and might at
tain everlasting lie. We must not
4 overlook the fact that M we were moi
sentenced to eternal torment neither
did God provide q redemption trou
eiernal torment The death penalty on
humanity would have reduced our rae,
10 the same condition as the brute. foI
dehd man would have had no su
perlorlty over a dead benst Hut her,
Cod iuterponed IIe provided a SayIol
ana q grent One who could save /,
ghe uteermost. lie proposes to saye VI
from pcrlHhing from destructlon--no
from etornnl torment. or which the IA
be knows nothing
The word Savior signifies I4lte.Rlver
Father Adam. having fallen into ein
failed 10 give bis race iife. perfection
we were All born o dylng race rh'
theng We mood "a the thug which VI
opt~llfc. everlasting Ilfe. Aud TIM
~ what God Inns provided for the race
lie purposes Tint rall who are IN thci
graves shall bear the voice OF the sol
,of AIpn erd comic forth The Aalya
,on which God han promlged h a res
rsuion-.n ralslnk ~ from death q