The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-04-27
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OF purity which was his natural her 4
itage. Adam has been so severely I
and so continuously criticised for I
the par; he played IN bringing con H
demnation into the world that I 4
have concluded. after long silence. Il
10 defend his memory from The I
many. as | conceive. unSarranted |
attacks that have been made against
him as an individual According 10 |
Holy Writ and according to tradi- |
tions of men there IS a creative and |
regulatory force which planned. fin
ished and sustains the universe and |
all therein contained. This force Is |
recognized by pagan and christian,
and 10 named according to the Ian
guages of the different tribes OF
men. In the English language II
is called God. The system or relig-
ion we profess is founded on an
ancient book called the Holy Bible
This book tells US that God Is all
wise. that he knows all things and
foreknew all things from the begin
ming: that he is all powerful. which
means not subject to defeat. that
lie Is omnipotent. that is present
everywhere at all times. We could
not acknowledge a supreme being
and take from him any one of the
three above mentioned attributes
without reducing an infinite force TO
an impotent finite being. Therefore
ogie and revelation force upon us
the Conclusion first that God knew
before hand what kind of world
He was making, and second, that as
all power was and is his he made
tjust such a world as He chose to
make
| II is said "and the Lord God form
ed man of the dust of the ground.
and breathed into his nostrils the
breath of life; and man became a
living soul" This is the first his
tory we have of Adam but are told
| that a little later he was disobedient
to the one command that was given
| him. In defense of Adam ] main
/ tain that when the Lord made bin
He knew exactly what Adam would
| do. That He knew as we'll before
He "breathed into his nostrils the
breath of life" that Adam would eat
the apple as He knew when Adam
| had eaten ii. If then God knew that
| Adam would be transgressor and
He made him according to His viii
does IL not follow that God adyisedlv
made a little weak place in Adams
moral nature and that Adams
! transgression was as much part OF
| Gods plan as any other character
| istic OF the man? | further contend
! that God was as much present when
| Adam transgressed as He was when
| He told Adam he might eat of the
| fruit of all the trees except OF the
| tree of knowledge and could have
reminded Adam of his duty in the
view of the matter. IL seems to me
that we undertake TO place deity in
the attitude of making a mistake
and | do not believe there Is a pro-
fessed believer in God in the uni
verse who would entertain the idea
of the falibility of the author of all
that is.
This is the first time | have
preached what I would call doc |
trinal sermon but have presented
similar argument to some OF the |
brethren who have argued with me
that God knew what Adam would |
do, but they baked when | told
them that Desired that Adam |
should be a transgressor. II some |
one will explain to me how God, an |
all wise and all powerful force, can |
turn out piece of handiwork that
He was bound to know had faulty
place in it without designing that |
such faultiness should make itself
manifest in the action Of such piece |
OF handiwork. then / will surrender
the point, otherwise will continue |
TO contend for the doctrine that God |
made no mistake in the creation OF
Adam, therefore designed that he
should be a transgressor. III this
doctrine is not in harmony with
your theology possibly you would |
do we'll to try to get your theology |
i'm harmony with logic and the
Bible Anyhow, l have no words OF
condemnation for father Adam and |
am satisfied n transgression had 1
been deferred to my day that
would have attended TO the matter
myself and being mortal subject
TO error | not only do not condemn
Adam, but have only a heartfelt
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