Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-06-06

the child In sympathetic terms those
thoughts which 1t is so ready to receive
from any one in whom 1t has conf.
dence.
One great difficulty. the Pastor de-
clared, seems to be that children lose
confidence in those whom they find to
be deceitful. Even II the person has
never deceived the child. II soon finds
out whether he deccives other people
or practises falsehood In any way; and
as result OF that knowledge the child
rind is perverted. 1t loses faith In
others. and imbibes that same dis
honesty of purpose and thought The
speaker also deplored the fact that
some parents seem to think II wise and
proper TO teach children to take advan-
tage OF somebody else. and even to iib
little. In order to further present In
terests. This. he declared. Is serious
mistake
Those who awaken to sense Of re-
sponsibility to their Creator should
uiAcN AAVAi tlit dtaiu us luT
as possible. the Pastor holds. He re-
minded his hearers that when one first
awnkeils In the morning, there is n
mental freshness which Is invariably
lost II one turns over and falls asleep
So the moment Of the souls awaken
ing is u favorable moment of which to
take advantage. But II the soul has no
encouragement at that critical moment
1t may drop or to sleep again. All who
are awake should do all In their power
to encourage those who have just
awakened, that these may rise from
the dead world and be separate from
conditions around them.
"Christ Shall Give Thee Light"
The speaker declared that merely to
awake to a realization of ones condi-
tion. merely to arise from the dead
condition Of the human race as respects
higher things. Is not to be Il Christian.
While Christ gave the light which en-
abled us to see. FIRST Of all, that the
wages OF sin is death, but the gift Of
God Is eternal life through the Re
deemer, yet the newly awakened must
accept Christ as their Ransom-sacrifice,
must lay hold upon Him. before they
may be considered Christians.
Pastor Russell went on to show the
steps to be taken In order to have ones
eyes Of understanding opened. The
Aref sfnn IL IN rAcfsrt,iva that Wa IN alt
siuners and to accept Christ rs our Re
deemer from the curse OF sin and death.
Those who take this step are shown
the second Rtep-that Of conservation.
Unless that step Is taken, the light will
not shine much more clearly for that
individual. Those who take each step
as soon as 1t is clearly seen will so on
from grace to grace from knowledge to
knowledge; for 'the path of the Just is
as the shining light which shineth more
and more unto the perfect day" SO
then, In order to progress one must
take the step Of full consecration to
the Lord.
Ths Awakening Of the Christian.
| Next the Pastor pointed out the mis-
take which many Of us have made In
the past. We did not really know
what It Is to be q Christian. We do
not become Christians, members OF the
Body OF Christ. when first we awake
or when frst We arise from the dead.
Then We were merely looking toward
Christianity. merely getting the soul
awake to see the possibility OF har-
mOny with God and escape from the
condemnation upon the world. AS St.
Paul declares, there Is condemnation
upon all except those who are In Christ
Jesus. But from the moment we get
Into Christ we lose the condemnation
Of death that came upon the race be-
cause OF Adams disobedience Then
we are individually on trial for life.
The first trial for life everlasting was
given TO Father Adam. the Pastor said.
Adam failed to pass the test, and thus
brought condemnation upon all his pos
terity-the world of mankind. 1t Is Il
point In law that man under con
demnatiOn for a capital onense cannot
be condemned again unless first freed
from the previous condemnation. AS
race, mankind We're sentenced to
death by Gods Law, Dying, thou
shalt die" Since all humanity is un-
der this condemnation no one can have
an Individual trial through Christ un-
til first he has gotten free from that
condemnation which is the penalty OF
Adam's sin SO the mere awakening
to a realization of our condition does
not give any one second trial for life.
Arising from the condition Of sin and
degradation and trying to live an hon
est, decent life would not mean that
one had passed into trial again.
Church Only on Trial Now.
Then the Pastor demonstrated from
Scripture that only the Church class
are now on trial for life, and that the
world Is not on trial at all, but is dead
In trespasses and sins" The world 8
judgment lies in the future. The
Church's judgment has been progress
ing for nearly nineteen hundred years.
The first to be tried was the Head OF
the ChUrch--our Lord and Savior Jesus
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