Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1913-01-25

the result OF Misunderstanding the
Divine Word.
True in the case OF Cain, God did
not require the execution of fha
criminal, but specially prohibited 1t.
Nevertheless the Divine Law as given
by Moses stands: Whose sheddeth
mans blood, by man shall his blood
be She'd The careful observance OF
this Law. with a spirit Of kindness and
sympathy, but with proper ignominy.
seems necessary to the preservation
or law and order. Weakness in this
respect encourages criminahty and
furnishes an excuse for mob law and
violence--defance OF every principle
Of righteousness.
Undoubtedly the general misappre-
hension Of the Divine character and
Plan has led up to the weakness which
opposes capital punishment. This
wrong view led us to believe that the
murderer would at death pass into
endless tortures Properly, with that
thought in mind, we would hesitate to
plunge a fellow-creature into such
misery Bible students are now learn
ing that this delusion was from the
Dark Ages. Our forefathers, smagin-
ing God to be worse than themselves.
twisted the Scriptures to support their
errors.
Now we see that the Bible teaches
that the whole world fall asleep in
death until the Second Coming OF Mes
siah, when He will establish His
Kingdom. All, how much truth and
common sense is IN the Bible state
ment that all, good and bad, go to tho
great slumber-house. the tomb-Sheol.
Hides the prison-house of DEATH
Messiah so loved the world that He
gave His life as a man for the re-
demptlon OF Adam and his race. AS
a result, as soon as He shall have
selected His faithful Bride class He
will establish His glorious Kingdom.
It's mission is to open the prison
doors and set at liberty the captivea
II viii bring all to an accurate
knowledge OF the Truth Every will
full transgressor will then receive
stripes. But all evil-doers. as members
of the race redeemed by tho precious
blood. must have full opportunity
for deciding willingly. either for
harmony with God and everlasting
life, or for harmony with sin, and for
its penalty, Second Death.
"Sin CrOucheth at the Door,
Before the murder was committed
Cain was jealous because God had
manifested favor toward Abel's offor-
ing OF an animal sacrifice, while re-
iectlng his own offering Of vegetables.
Cain should have reioiced with Abel
and brought a cimilar sacrifice God
warned him that his spirit of selfish
jealousy was sin, crouching like a wild
beast before the door Of his heart.
ready to overwhelm his better sentl-
ments. God forewarne6 him to con-
quer this beastly spirit of seldshness
How much we all need to learn. Thu
, lessoni
Cain Needed not Gods warning
p His brothers blood cried. figuratively
to God. All injustice cries out to thu
God OF Justice. and sooner or latcl
/, the Divine penalty will be meted out
But as we have seen the judgments
Of the Lord are left for the Greai
, Mediator of the New Covenant tc
execute during the Millennial Age. the
worlds Judgment Day. Only accepted
believers in Christ, begotten Of the
Holy Spirit, are now on trial for life
or death eternal.
BrOther-H aters Are Murderers.
The Great Teacher declares that
brother-haters are murderers in Gods
sight. In other words, a spirit q
hatred is a spirit of murder. But
alas, how many of the professed fol.
lowers OF Jesus occasionally harboI
spirit OF hatred. and sometimes
/ manifest It in anger, malice, envy
works OF the flesh and the devill
Christians. begotten of the Holy
Spirit are to fight against their own
flesh and fits imperfections. Sin
crouches before the door to devour
them as New Creatures. They must
! strive against the fallen nature. They
must cultivate tho fruits Of the Holy
Spirit II, on the contrary, they are
brother-haters and manifest the muir
der spirit, they viii lose the great
L prize Of ioint-heirship In the
Kingdom.
The Scriptural assurance is, I'VE
know that no murderer hath eternal
life abiding in him" Whatever s1e-
ments OF the spirit OF murder may still
lurk in our flesh must be warred
against and proportionately we mus
be copies of our Heavenly Father and
of our Lord. Thus we shall ultimately
share with our Lord in His Kingdom
I shortly to be set up and to bless the
world with the light and the
! knowledge Of the glory of God.