Western Kansas world., 1913-02-22

(lRASI0R RUsSEID) 24:se.
continue to-
day my subject of a week ago at
Brooklyn. / am confident that many
of you keep in touch with my week
ly discourses through the newspa-
pers- Last Sunday we considered the
physical causes which led to the Del
uge. and found them most reason
able, in full harmony with history
and geology. Today we consider the
Deluge from a different standpoint
We shall show from the Bible why
God permitted the Deluge, and that
He was fully justified In blotting out
humanity, except Noah and his family.
The Pastor showed that Adam, Gre
ated perfect. could have maintained
that perfection by continued obedience
to his Maker. When Satan obsessed
the serpent and guided 1t to eat the
forbidden fruit. he produced tempta-
ton. Eve saw that the serpent was
not poisoned by that fruit, but that it
was the wisest of the animals She
thought increased wisdom would make
her husband and herself like gods.
Only the Divine command stood be-
tween her and the highest ideals She
partook of the fruit and recommended
1t to Adam. He knew that death would
surely follow disobedience; but he pre-
ferred to die rather than to be separat-
ed from Eve
Disobedience led to expulsion from
Eden, and the gradual execution of the
sentence. Dying thou shalt die"
Adam died within the thousand-year
Day in which he ate-nine hundred
thirty years old His race inherit
II,
der the curse of death, said the Pastor.
The DeIuse a Deliveranee.
Pastor Russell proceeded to show
that according to the Bible the Deluge
was a blessing in disguise Mankind
had gotten into slavery, and would
have been wiped out by a new race.
most peculiarly intruded upon human
ity. The Bible states that this race
consisted exclusively of males. propa-
gated by the human female These
were giants. '.men of renown-"
The fallen race, he continued, were
unable to cope with the superior
strength of the intruders Robbed of
their wives and daughters, and com
PEELED to drudge for their new masters.
mankind found life a burden. The
new race was vicious, brutal, immoral.
filed with violence" Noah, howeveF,
was of pure Adamic stock-'perfect in
his generations" See Genesis GAIL.
The Pastor declared that we have
not studied the Bible carefully enough.
The origin of the giants is clearly told
there Satan. a glorious angel. defect
ed to sin because of ambition, thought
to establish separate empire on earth.
If he could become master of the first
pair. their children would be his sub
lects-
When Satan perceived humanity
growing weaker under the curse. he
formulated a new plan To the angels
permission had been given to help hu-
manity- These possessed the power to
materialize. Satan suggested the be-
getting of a new race, with human
mothers. To these. the angels could
impart their own virility-
The Pastor then showed that the
children of this Illicit union were gi-
ants. renowned at a time when man.
kind rarely reached maturity earlier
than a century. Genesis Ga proved
that these bestiaI giants filed the earth
with violence.
Hope For the Antediluvians-
Pastor Russell pointed out that these
giants cannot be included in the re-
demptive work Of Jesus, who died onI =
for Adams posterify. q Corinthians
1927 The antediluvfans of Adams
race have the same hope of a resurrec-
ton that the remainder of mankind
have This means, he said. hope of
Restitution. to the perfection lost in
Eden This hope rests "a Godas psSm-
Use that all the families of the earth
shall be blessed In Abraham's Seed,
which Seed is Christ''-Jesus. the
Head. and the Church, the members.
In the Afessianic Kingdom the Seed
viii accomplish the blessing foreordain-
ed St Paul says. If We be Christs,
then are We Abraham's Seed. and heirs
according to the promise.
Next Sunday Pastor Russell win
show what penalty Divine Justice has
imposed upon Satan and his angelic
rebels. Those not In touch with any
of the hundreds of newspapers pub
fishing his sermons are invited to drop
him a card to Washington Temple or
Brooklyn Tabernacle, If they desire
further reading matter.