Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-04-27

the armory was well attended Mr.
TOole spoke on The Destiny of
Man He handles his subject in a
very pleasing manner and is firm in
his conviction that the destiny of man
is thoroughly outlined in the Scrip
lures.
In summing up his arguments Mr..
Toole said
Man Is IA Convict.
Adam and Eve went forth from
Eden convicts, under sentence of
death. The convicts esteemed it a
mercy to be let die gradually rather
than suddenly; while to the Creator
and Judge this was expedient because
of His plan for their future, in which
such experience with imperfect con-
ditions would be of great value.
The death penalty, inflicted in this
manner, God foresaw would, through
experience, furnish man such les
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sin and it's baneful results as would
never need to be repeated lesson,
therefore, which would profit all who
learn it to all eternity; especially
when Christ's Messianic reign of
righteousness shall manifest in con-
trast the fruits of righteousness. God
also designed that the exercise of
mans mental faculties in coping with
the disturbances and imperfections of
his surroundings, and in inventing re-
liefs, and the exercise of his moral
faculties in combating his own weak
nesses, and the calls upon his SYM
pathy, should prove beneficial.
When it is seen that the Scriptures
teach that death and not life in tor
ment is the penalty pronounced and
inflicted, all is reasonable. The God
dishonoring doctrine of hell-fire is
not found in the Bible; it is relic
of the Dark Ages. All who desire to
know the Bible teaching on this inn
portant subject are requested to send
a postal card request to the Interna-
tional Bible Students Association.
Brooklyn, \. Y, for a free copy of
the booklet on He'll.
God Has IL Right.
God has right to demand perfect
obedience from His perfect creature
when placed under perfect conditions,
as in Adams case. And the decree
that none shall live everlastingly eX-
eept the perfect, is both a wise and a
just provision for the everlasting
welfare of all Gods creatures
There is a depth of meaning in the
Creators words, as He sent forth His
fairly tried and justly condemned
creatures. He said, Cursed is the
ground for thy sake" /. e., The earth
IN general is in its present imperfect
condition for your profit and expert
ence, even though you may not es-
TEEN it so. Adam would have sought
to retain continual access TO the gar
den fruits in order to avoid severe
labor and to enable him to fully sus-
tain his vital powers and live for
ever; but in loving consideration for
mans ultimate good, no less than in
justice, and in respect for His own
sentence OF death, God prevented this
and guarded the way back to the Gar
den, in order that the death sentence
should not fail of execution,
The children of the condemned
pair inherited their fall imperfec-
tions and weaknesses. and also the
penalties of these; for who can
bring a clean thing out of an un-
clean?" The whole race therefore,
as convict laborers, have not only
been learning what sin and evil are,
and their undesirable results, but by
their labor and skill they are serving
to prepare the earth and bring It as
whole to the full perfection de-
signed for it, and illustrated in the
condition of Eden.
God just, Yet the Justifier Of Sinners.
st. Paul tells us that God adopted
method for the recovery of man
from that original sentence of death
that came upon all as the result of
Adams fall, which would show the
justice of His sentence and the un-
changeableness of Hiss decrees. and
yet permit such as are sick of sin to
use their experience wisely. and to
return to harmony with and obedi-
ence TO their Creator and His Just
and reasonable laws and regulations.
In brief, this plan provided that
another Man who. by obedience to the
law OF God should prove His worthi-
ness of eternal life, might, by the
willing sacrifice OF the life to which
He was thus proved worthy. redeem