The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-10

the serpent, and so guided 1t that It
spoke the receptions to our first par
ents. It'll not even necessary to suppose
that the serpent spoke with an audi
BILE voice. Quite likely, as our adage
goes, Its actions spoke louder than
words. 1t parbook especially OF tho
fruit forbidden to our first parents.
The fruit did not kill the serpent. On
the contrary, Mother Eve perceived
that it was wiser than any other OF
the beasts OF the earth. BY its ac-
tions it declared to her mind TINT God
mad misstated the facts when He toto
them that the eating Of that forbidden
fruit would bring death to them.
Satan's Plot Thiekons.
When Satan beheId Adam and Eve
outcasts from Eden, and perceived
that gradually the penalty, dying,
thou shalt die" would come upon man
kind, weakening them in mind, in body
and in morals, he should have been
convinced OF the folly OF his course.
But no, an evil course Of pride, once
entered upon, leads further and fur
Their astray. Instead Of surrendering
to the God Of all grace, Satan became
more defiant. Instead OF repentfng Of
the lie by which he had injured a race,
he added to it, still seeking to lower
God in the eyes Of humanity.
Apparently, Satan sought SO to alien
ate and demoniEe mankind that a per-
petual barrier would be raised in their
hearts against the Almighty, and that
thus humanity might be hindered from
ever again coming into fellowship with
God, no matter what provision Gods
mercy or grace might make for their
return. For six thousand years Satan
has been carrying on his wicked work
of SANDER and misrepresentation Of the
Divine character and purposes.
Satan's Next Device.
According to the Scriptures, Satan
was disappointed that his subjects
q dying, and was resolved to rem
edy this matter. Hence his next step
was to inoculate the race with a fresh
strain Of Hfe-vttality-vigor from the
angels, who had never shown I'M
symptoms of death. These, possessed
Of the power to materiaIiEe-to assume
human bodies-were encouraged by Sa-
tan to violate the law Of their being
and the law Of their n~sture-to misuse
their materialiZing powers. Satan's
word to u first parents, I'VE shall
not surely die" must be upheld. BY
hook or by crook he would strive to
fulfil his word, and to make the Al
mighty the faIsifier.
The allurement was successful.
Many Of the angels needed Gods ad-
versary and INDUCED themselves In
the pleasures Of sin. or this matter
we read in Genesis &c. Those angelic
sons Of God, saw the daughters OF
men, that they were fair, beautiful,
and took Of them for wives such as
they chose, and started human fami-
lies-all contrary to the Divine ar
rangement OF their being, wholly mis-
using their power Of naturalization.
Satan's course seemed to prosper.
Gods time 20 interfere had not yet
come. He would allow disobedience
and a certain amount Of liberty that it
might eventually illustrate to all Ger
tain great principles and lessons re-
speeding the Divine character, Plan
and arrangements, designed for the
good OF all Gods creatures.
The children OF this combination OF
angelic vitality grated upon the HUI
~ n cfooI- TTvu r. n t.non 80 ni MR., rhryr
ically and intellectually superior to the
condemned and dying ace Of Adam.
Being begotten and born under pure
~ lustful conditions, and in violent
opposition to the Divine will, this new
C. Of giants retained nothing Of the
image Of likeness Of God. They were
british, sensual tyrants. Under them
the human family would soon have
been exterminated; for we read re-
speeding conditions that God perceived
that the earth was full Of violence and
that the thoughts Of mems minds were
only evil continually. Gods Wisdom
saw that it would be best to blot out
entirely that order of things, and to
start a new arrangement. The Deluge
accomplished this.
Thenceforth those angels who for
centuries had lived. in sin were re-
strained from naturalization and sep
arated from the holy angels, being CON
fined to Tartarus-or earth's atmos-
phere. Meantime, instead Of starting
a new rae Of men. God carried over
Noah and his family Of seven. These
constituted q new start for the Adamic
family. And the statement TINT they
were perfectly generated and that
they had no angelic a~dulteration, as
sures us Of the solidarity Of our race,
and that the Redemption-price paid
for Adam includes every N Of us;
under the Lords arrangement that
LAS all in Adam die, even so all In
Christ shall be made alive"
Sa&an's Great Defeat.
This was the first defeat that Satan
had met with-the first great NANTES
tation OF Divine Power in opposition
to him. But still it only partially
stopped his program. The liberties of
himself and his associate fallen angels
were ~thenceforth restricted, limited, to
earth. No longer had they privilege to
roam the universe. Furthermore no
longer were they permitted to assume
a human form by naturalization.
They still, however, had their original
perfection of organism and their gen
eral liberty. Satan thus had opportu-
nifty for assuming that God had done
all that He was able to do in the way
of restraining and opposing him.
Adapting himself to the new condi-