Graham guardian., 1915-10-15

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| IIPASTC)R RiSSFll)l for all Is center
49, ----------- ed in the words
of this text. The speaker showed that
while there are certain things in our
| characters which we have received
from our ancestors, yet we have to do
only with what we ourselves SOW; for
the things that have come to us by
heredity are arranged for In the great
Plan which our Creator has made. He
has provided a just Sacrifice for the
unjust sinner; for as by man (Adam)
| came sin and death, so also by the
| Man Christ Jesus will come deliverance
| from those things which came upon
mankind through Adam.
This Is applicable not only to the
| Church now. but to all mankind dur
ing the Millennial Age The world will
not he held responsible for what their
| fathers sOwed, though we all suffer for
| these things "'Hhe fathers ate sour
| grape, and the chiIdren's teeth are set
on edge" Ezekiel 1S:2; Jeremiah 31:29,
| 3OD In the present life only shall we
suffer these disabilities. The seed OF
wilful sin brings n sure harvest, just
as sowing wheat brings wheat; and
| therefore whatever we SOW that shall
we reap.-GalatiNns CT.
Living In the Basement of Our Brain.
| For six thousand years mankind
| have been sowing to seliishneSS, trying
| to serve their tastes, their preferences
! for food, clothing, etc. Man tries to
satisfy his desires; and because he is
fallen most of his desires are for sin
full things. which work to his injury.
Because of the bent which he has re-
ceived from Father Adams fall, the
| selfish impulses are more active than
are the higher powers of his mind.
The higher mental powerS-the sense
of right and wrong. reverence, benevO-
lence--lie in the top of the Uranium
These qualities bring men the highest
blessings. Whoever can live in the top
of his head instead of the base of the
brain will live the nobler life. Who
ever lives only to eat drink and waste
time generally is living IN the base
ment of his head. He will not have
the highest joys. Such condition
would be extreme, however, an over
balance Of that part of the brain.
The Pastor showed that man became
unbalanced in Eden, and that the race
has had six thousand years Of devel-
opment In that direction. Consequent
ly in the majority Of heads the nOblest
organs are largely dormant. Men have
been living more like animals than like
beings created in the Divine image
To certain degree the qualification Of
legitimate cravings is right. There is
nothing wrong In the enjoyment Of
food and other bodily comforts; 1t Is
the abuse of these things that is repre-
hensible But those who have time to
waste, who think merely about food
drink. etc, are living on a very low
plane.
God has given man a brain very diff
ferent from that of all the lower ami
mails. He can reason along theoretical
lines, distinguish between right and
wrong. can know Gods VIII and study
| Gods Word. Animals cannot do these
things. But the average man does not
care to think about God or about any
| thing beyond present interests; where
as he ought to think. There Is a great
God, who has II sympathy and love for
me; and | would be glad to know what
He has to say to me-"
! Mans Present Experience a Lesson.
If things were as they should be,
man would he feeling after God. He
| would desire to know about the Di-
| vine Plan of the AgCS-hOw sin en-
| tered the world, how God had sympa-
| thy and sent His Son to he our Re-
| dermcr, how In due time He will make
| satisfaction for the sins Of the whole
world. and how 1t Is that some know
! these things beforehand. But the ma
! iOritN do not care to know the higher
| things. AZ the Apostle explains, Satan
has blinded their minds, lest they see
the Hight Of the glorious goodness Of
God shining In the face of Jesus Christ,
. Corinthians "a.
If men could only get glimpse Of
Gods goodness In Christ, the whole
world would speedily be converted.
During the Millcminl Age God pur,
poses to cause all to know the Lord,
from the least to the greatest. All
mankind have been going down into
death; but from Gods standpoint they
are not ctCrnally lost. He has Plan
for their recovery. The Lord Jesus
was to be the Rnnsomprlce for all,
and then the great King of Glory to
llft the race ont Of sin and death