Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-05

ylA M a crowd. We re-
lfASIQR RQSSElLI port one Of his ad-
dresses, based
upon the Savior's words respecting the
ten cleansed lepers: Were there not
ten cleansed? but where are the nineI
Only one hath returned to give glory
to God."-Luke 1T:1T, is.
Leprosy, said the Pastor, has long
been regarded as incurable, and there
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, I'm
clean! UncleanT Cut or 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 a small proportion Of
Gods great family, amongst whom are
angels. cherublm, 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 I'M
cleanness: some are more and some
less sinful
The two extremes Of sin are repre-
scented in our Lords parable Of the two
men who went up to the Temple to
pray. the one a publican the other a
Pharisee. The publican realized his
sin and smote his breast, saying, "God
be merciful to me slnnerF 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'
acknowledgement Of sin. the publican was
more acceptable than the Pharisee.
In other words. the Creator wishes
that each one Of Adams race should
realize his lmperfection-that he comes
short Of the Divine standard Of per
fectlon-short OF that standard which
AGod would be pleased to bless with
everlasting life. While the Bible thus
declares that all are sinners, II doe;
not unreasonably say that there is nj
difference. What II does say is tha
the slightest degree Of sin would NEAR
that we are sinners. and that hence the
person with the least taint OF sin upoI
him would need the Savior, the De
llverer-would need TO be cleansed
And. in order TO realize his need Of as
slstance. he must see his sin and CT!
unto the Lord. Unclean! Lord. save
or | perish
Here again many Of us have made
serious mistake in the study OF on
Rlhles. When reading that the slime
would perish. we forgot the meaning
of the word perish. that II signifies &
die, to lose life There is nothing Z
the word perish that signifies to b
tortured to all eternity. The wage
Of ain Is death" destructon-annihila
ton. n you please And II God ha
not made some provision FOR man
recovery. there would be no future III
for Adam nor for any OF his rsc'
Death would indeed have been hop,
less state: Just as leprosy, whether
n small or greater degree. signided III
,presence ~ hopeless disease, froT
which there Is no recovery.
Jesus the Good Physician.
Jesus Is the only physician who ca
heal this leprosy Of sin; nothing this
the sinner himself can do would cane
the sentence. God purposely so a
ranged the matter The Good Phys
clan heals humanity az great cost
Himself As the wage. or penalty,
sin upon Father Adam and his ra,
means death. so whoever would redee
Adam must be prepared to pay h
peualU before he could assist the 81
ner lenny, Justly, None OF Adam
race could serve as a redeemer, b
cause each and all were born In $
aud therefore as subject to the pc
atty as Father Adam himself n
could any OK them be born without 81
because the life OF the race came fro
its father.
Whoever therefore. would be q
savior Of man must have life ser
rate and apart from that Of Adam, al
must be willing to sacrifice Il {
Adams behalf
Al Of the angels had such life
separate and apart from Adams l1S