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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19
ORIGINAL SIN
Are All to Suffer from it Eternally?
BY DR.. JAMES E. TALMAGE
of the Council of the Twelve Church of Christ of Lat
Day Saints; Salt Lake City, Utah.
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ligently ask or consider the question
framed above shows his capability of
distinguishing between good and evil
and can not consistently excuse him
self for wilful wrongdoing.
Our first parents disobeyed tbe
command of God by indulging in food
unsuited to their condition; and az
a natural consequence, they suffered
physical degeneracy, whereby bodily
weakness, disease, and death cana
into the world. Their posterity have
Inherited the resultant ills, to all Of
which we now say flesh is heir; and
1t Is true that these human imper
fections came through disobedience
and are therefore the fruits of sin
But as to accountability for Adams
transgression. in all justice Adam
alone must answer. The present
fallen status of mankind. as er.
pressed in our mortal condition. was
inaugurated by Adam and Eve; but
Divine justice forbids that we be AZ.
counted sinners solely because our
parents transgressed
Though the privations, the vicissi.
tudes, and the unrelenting toll en-
forced by the state Of mortal exist.
ence be part of our heritage from
Adam, we are enriched thereby: for
in just such condition do we find
opportunity to develop the powers of
soul that shall enable us to overcome
evil. to choose the good, and to win
salvation and exaltation in the man.
sions Of our Father.
If the expression Original sin" has
any definite signif1cation it must be
taken to mean the transgression of
our parents in Eden. We were not
participators in that .offense. We are
not inheritors of original sin, though
we be subjects of the consequences.
The millions who have bene slaugh-
tered or have otherwise met death
because of the greatest war in his.
tory, and those other and more mil.
lions of helpless dependents who
have endured such agonies as 10
make of death a blessed relief. are
all involved in the frightful results
of the precipitation of war by their
respective rulers; yet who car doub,
that when just accounting g called,
those who brought about the carnage
and the suffering shall be made to
answer, not the irresponsible vic
tins? And to everyone who has suf.
fered blamelessly. He who notes
even the sparrow's fall shall give full
need of recompense.
Why waste time and effort In be.
wailing that Adam did? Better is
it to face like men the actual condi-
tons of our existence and TO meet
the requirements of righteous living.
From the effects OF Adams trans
gression full redemption Is assured
the atonement wrought by
Jesus Christ our Lord. "For ss III
Adam all die, even so in Christ shall
all be made alive" Il Cor. 15:22).
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19
HAvNER FOUND CAT FAULT

Cedar Rapids Republican: For
Hayner the house Of representatives
found him Eat fault" but they did
not take it seriously enough to vote
a formal censure upon him.
fault" however, is about as serious
finding. 1t means that the attorney
general, in the opinion of the house,
did not proceed as he shO1'd have
done and that he did not do things
in the spirit that they shout have
been done. The house might web
have gone further, but the members
were probably tired and disguised
enough to let it go at that. The at
torney generals friends made a plea
that he did the unseemly and the
illegal things which he did in order
that he might get at the uitlinate
facts and that therefore he might be
justified even If he did exceSf his
authority and outrage the eth 3 OF
his Office.
One reason for the failure Of the
house to go farthe may also be found
in the fact that his case was by
product of the investigation. There
was no organized feud against Hav-
ner as there was against Harding
ana therefore tuc ldClp against hAh
were not all developed nor were
they insisted upon. No one was in
terested enough in him to act as
prosecutor. The attorney general,
therefore, escaped by default, rather
than by any merit.
But he has to his unenviable record
the fact that he let three men who
had been indicted for perjury and
subordination of perjury escape JUS
tice
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19

'nurtured through the medium of a
foreign language, is not, consciously
or unconsciously, as complete ali
American. as. it is his privilege and
obligation to be.
This matter of insisting upon the
language of the land, the tongue of
the fathers, the speech of Washing
ton and LINCOLN is only emphasized
by the peril Of anarchy. Bolsheyists
are not the only foreign-speaking dis
loyalists. And the American Ian
guage, as the one and only lingo
here, will tend to cure lot more
than anarchy alone. 1t is that bond
of union which will bind into one
bundle the various sticks of our ma
tionality.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19
LLOYD GEORGE IN PERIL.

Those who read the signs Of the times in
England must realize that Lloyd Georges coal
ition party is facing defeat. The defeat of the
coalition candidate at the Central Hull election
by large majority for the first time since Cen
trail Hull became a parliamentary constituency
is, SO significant an occurrence that from po-
litical standpoint it might be described as the
handwriting on the wall The previous de-
feat of the coalition candidate at West Legion
might have been minimzed as a mere incident,
but the victory for the liberal candidate at Cen
trail Hull cannot be minimized. And added to
this. is the loss to the premier Of the support of
Lord Northcliffe, Englands foremost news
paper publisher. Northcliffe always has been
credited with the power behind the throne who
brought about the retirement of Premier AS
uuith and the succession of Lloyd George to the
lead of the cabinet. Northclitfe's newspapers
gave Lloyd George loyal support throughout
his management of the war, but when the gen
eral election followed the armistice they shifted
somewhat to the attitude of friendly criticism
Only during the latest developments of the
peace conference have they become sharply
critical of Lloyd Georges leadership.
There is strong feeling in England that the
isritlsh premier, like the American president
ls alsposed to be too lenent to Germany. Th
sentiment finds practical expression in the tele
- 1i5Has sent to Lloyd George signed by three
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19

We believe that men will be pun
ished for their own sins, and not fol
Adams transgression.
Belief in original sin, and its dread
incubus as burden from which none
can escape, has for ages cast its de
pressing shadow over the human
heart and mind. Accepting as fact
the account outlined in Genesis con
corning the transgression of the par
ents Of the race. every thoughtful
whether he Is to suffer throughout
this life and beyond for deed IN
which he had no part, and for which
according to his natural conception
OF justice and right, he was not even
indirectly responsible. II he assumes
an Affirmative answer to his honest
query, he must have stood aghast al
the seeming injustice of 1t all
The Scriptures proclaim in den
mite terms the fact of individual re
sponsibility. and as an Indispensable
consequence. the Free Agency OF
Man. Freedom to choose or reject
and accountability for the choice &c
hand in hand. The word of Divine
revelation made the matter plain
very early in the history Of mankind.
To evil-hearted Cain the Lord said:
"lf thou doest well, shalt thou not
be accepted And If thou doest not
well, sin lieth at the door, (Gen.
|4:7).
A knowledge Of good and evil is
essential to progress, and the school
of experience in mortality has been
provided for the requirement Of such
knowledge. The Divine purpose was
thus enunciated by an ancient
Hebrew prophet:
"Wherefore, the Lord God gave
unto man that he should act for him.
self. Wherefore man could not act
for himself, save II should be that
he was enticed by the one or the
other. Wherefore, mon are free
according to the flesh; and all things
are given them which are expedient
through the great mediation Of all
choose liberty and eternal life,
men, or to choose captivity and
death, according to the captivity and
power of the devil; for he seeketh
that all men might be miserable like
unto himself" Cook of Mormon,
Nephi 2:16 and 27).
And later prophet voiced the
eternal truth as addressed to his
hayward fellows:
"And now remember, Der,
my brethren, that whosoever per-
isheth, perisheth. unto himself; and
whosoever doeth iniquity, doeth it
unto himself; for behold, ye are
free" (Book OF Mormon, Helaman
14:3O).
But, many have asked how can man
be regarded as free to choose right
or wrong when he is predisposed to
evil through the heritage of original
sin bequeathed to him by Adam?
Heredity at most is but tendency,
not compulsion; and we have no
warrant for doubt in the light Of re-
vealed truth concerning the inherent
justice and mercy of God that every
element of cause or inflicted tend
ency will be taken into righteous ac-
count in the judgment of each and
every soul. The man who can intel
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19

1t has been suggested that, II this
were perfect world and If everybody
In 1t We're happy, 1t would be a per-
fectly intOlerable place to live In. I'm
less this be brilliant joke, or in
tended as such. it Is the yeriest nom
sense. Our race has many faults, but
only lunatics are so foolish as to meas
,ire humanity by their own obser
vations. To free the world from error
and to bring the individual nearer to
absolute perfection, is the dream of
every generous idealist Man is very
far indeed from being perfect. In
some respects he is in less enviable
condition than the animals, none Of
hon." in Walt Whitman's words, can
he called respectable or unhappy"
1t was the manifest evils of the
world that exacerbated Shelleys mill
tant unbelief in just and merciful
Providence. In Queen Nab" he
Preached an eternal war" against
tyranny and falsehood" and proposed
t. uproot 'the germs of misery from
the human heart" The lamentable
blunder of this gifted poet and sincere
enthusiast was that he failed to see
for how much of life's unhappiness
nan is himself responsible.
Gods in His Heaven
Ais right with the world!
sings Browning. The second portion
CT the statement would have been true
/ IL man were "aH right" But he is
not
1t may be questioned whether by
seeking happiness we can ever attain
IL. We do not deserve to be happy,
for, as the race-chain is continuous.
every link in it is subject to the frailty
Of the original link The scientific
rcateralist may sheer at The Adamite
curse-but it is there. When we pur
sue joy with Unsuitable eagerness, we
are sure to find sorrow 1t is the in
exorable law of our races destiny. But
this law is thing OF our own making.
Man has been the unhappy architect OF
his own sufferings. How life might
have been purged from inperfection is
the problem that Buddha tried to solve.
Refusing to compromise with the spirit
Of evil, he attacked all desire and
resolved to conquer It, The Christian
desires an immortality Of bliss; the
Buddhist will not be tempted by even
that ecstatic desire. He sees perfect
beatitude in the extinction of all per.
sonal desires and passions.
Those who are inclined to question
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19
Wanted-A Judge Wade.

Warsaw bulletin: When Judge
Wade, in the federal court at keo-
kuk Thursday OF last week, hung a
$4,000 fine on one Uric j. Udeli, a
farmer from Louise county, Iowa, Tor
making seditious utterances, ana
then relented to the extent OF offer
ing to remit $4,000 of the amount
provided 1t was invested In fifth VIC
tory loan bonds, he set one to re-
fleeing what nice piece OF money
Uncle Sam could have cleaned up ~
this part of the world If the councla
OF defense had been blessed WIN
real teeth and Judge Wade was dong
business on this side of the river
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19
ROBBIE.

of vulgarity they would not tolerate
in their own homes or among their
associates. A real entertainment is
given pure. and clean, and it shows
to empty benches.
i If a drama league will educate the
theatergoers. OF Cedar Rapids to pa
tronizing that which is good in the
theater it will be welcomed. When
one talks to the managers about the
tastes of the public they smile enig-
matically and point to the box office
receipts. They would like to father
better things in the theater, but
when the balance is on the wrong
side of the ledger they know what
they must do to live, and they govern
themselves accordingly.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19
TODAY's Bat OF VERSE

EASTER.
From the tumult of the throng,
From the dirge of earthly wrong,
Comes the Alleluia Song,
Christ, the Lord, is risen.
From the sorrow and the pain,
From the life that knew no stain,
Comes to us eternal gain,
Christ, the Lord, is risen
From the Cross upon hill,
From the form once cold and still.
Comes new Hope our hearts to thrill.
Christ, the Lord, is risen.
From the shadow and the gloom.
From the silence of the tomb,
Comes the life of fadeless bloom,
Christ the Lord, is risen.
Franklin e. Coo
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19
Where Was IIixssea2

Springfield Mass, Republican: When
our troops We're sent to Archangel it
was explained that many of them were
Slavs who understood Russian and
could make friends of the Russian peo.
pie. Now 1t is explained that the rea.
son Company mutined was that SC
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19

A bill to stop hunting and llsni =
on Sundays in New Hampshire 10 .
making the day closed season aa
been unanimously killed by ,sal
mittee of the legislature. on. s,u
the Pilgrim Fathers are ions ''-''
dead.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19

many of It's members were Slavs who
could understand Russian and were
therefore exposed to the siren song
Of the bolsheviki Is there no Capt
Ulysses to put wax in their ears?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Our idea Of
zero in patriotism is the kind that
yelled itself hoarse when the boys
were going through the Argonne, and
now yells as loudly when asked to foot
the bill.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19
THE SOLDIER IN POLITICS.

| Soldiers and sailors called into the United
States service in the great war will supply a
very potential factor in the politics of the coun-
try throughout this generation: They are far
more numerous than have been the survivors Of
any other war in which the United States has
been engaged They are, for the most part,
men of keen wit, alert to all progressive move
IInents. While the organization which4is to in
Ielude the masses of fighting men is to be pri-
MARTY patriotic and fraternal, and not political,
yet the soldier vote will be of tremendous
weight in this country in every political cam
paign.
These men can be and doubtless will be
mighty reservoir of healthful political senti-
ment. They can make more secure the founda-
tons of the republic. They can stabilize and
perpetuate order and obedience to law They
can effect wholesome reforms through orderly,
constitutional processes. They can be and they
will be good and dependable force in Ameri-
can politics.
The Germans after farcial trial whitewash-
ed the murderers of Captain Fryatt. But the
Turks are either more sagacious more hon
est, for they have just tried, convicted and
hanged Kemal Bey, former minister of food as
one of the officials responsible for the Armenian
deportations and massacres. By hanging this
niscreant before the allies got hold of them the
Turks are giving evidence of what they can
claim to be change of heart and desire to do
justice. But the Huns will make no admission
Of evildoing and, as Ambassador Gerard declar-
ed the other day, no sane man who knows them
believes that they are repentant or will repent.
With congress adjourned, with the secretary
of state and Colonel" House (and the presi-
dent) in Paris, with the secretary Of the navy
in Italy and the secretary of war just landed
on foreign soil and with everything at skies and
sevens in the departments at Washington, it is
to be hoped that the doorkeepers and elevator
chauffeurs on duty in the government buildings
at Washington will not yield to the lure Of
spring and go a-fshing.
The principal difference between President
Wilson and Premier Clemenceau in their atti-
Itude toward the German nation is that Wilson
wants the Germans to have change Of heart
while Clemenceau is merely concerned with
their having change of head.
We have no doubt that the Germans are
awaiting with ill-concesled eagerness for the
next Olympian games, in order that they may
see then Americans run
/ After July first the so-called sunny south will
10 doubt become as popular a resort as it is a.
WINTER resort, due not SO much to the sunshine
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19

We have no doubt that the Germans are
awaiting with ill-concesled eagerness for the
next Olympian games, in order that they may
see then Americans run.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19

Waterloo Times-Tribune: BY fixing
the debt on the easy payment" plan
"lust alittle now" ETC., the allies are
quite certain that Germany will sign
Up without much hesitancy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19

The principal difference between President
Wilson and Premier Clemenceau in their atti-
tude toward the German nation is that Wilson
wants the Germans to have change Of heart
while Clenenceau is merely concerned with
their having change of head
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19

After July first the so-called sunny south will
no doubt become as popular a resort as it is a
winter resort, due not SO much to the sunshine
as its moonshine
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19


! Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Senator
Cummins has been severely criticised
| for his various positions on the league
| Of nations and other matters coming
before congress during the war. But
caerful examination of the record
| furnishes complete yindication OF the
senator. He has been real and not
just make believe senator.
Marshalltown Times Republican:
Things can't come down until there IS
surplus. Wages will not come down
until men are out of work. Nobody
will volunteer to slide down.
Traer Star4C1ipper: About the only
thing that is cheap nowadays Is ad-
cice.
Des Moines Capital: 1t is to be re-
GREETED that the case of Rathbun. the
governor and the attorney general has
taken up so much time of the general
assembly. These sensational matters
have not only disturbed the state, put
have disturbed the general assembly
and untitled that body for impartial
and intelligent work.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: The purpose
OF the peace conference is to cripple
Germany SO effectually that she will
not be able to start another war for
hundred years. Without the Saar reg
ion and with the reparations she will
be forced to make, she win not be In
position to even think of war for
the next generation or two. That is
the condition she should be placed in.
She should be hog tied" SO there win
be no possible chance for her to re-
cover.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19

The cause freedom identified with the destnies
humanity whatever part of the world 1t gains
around by by will be common gain to all those
who desire t---kossuth.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-19

Traer Star4C1ipper: About the only
thing that is cheap nowadays Is al
cice.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-10-29
MISS AURELIA MoNToYA
WEEDS EZEQUIEL GUTIERREZ

Miss Aureila Montoya. daughter Of
County Clerk Nestor Montoya. vas
married to Ezequiel Gueterrex this
morning at Z o'clock. The ceremony
wns performed IN the san Felipe lie
Nerl church at Old Town. the Rev.
Father III Pietro Officiating.
The bride was attended by her Sis
ter. Francis Monteya and the beat
man was sohn Gutierrez, brothci Of
the groom. Foiiowine the marriage
ceremony n wedding breakfast war
served 70 relatives aud friends OF the
young couple at the home Of Nestor
Montcya IN Old Town.
Mr.. Gutierrez has served In the
United States army for three years.
He was In Mexico with Pershlng. and
was with the American Expeditionar.'
forces In France. He fought In the
battle OF Verdun. and was gassed.
The war department reported him
dead. hut after -Four months he was
found In a hospital rear Paris. lie Is
the grandson of Hczekiah 5. Johnson.
ms Of the early district judges In
the county.
The young couple left on the noon
train for n wedding issp to FL Paso
and California. They will be at home
in Old Town after their return.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-10-29
Two Men Get so
Days Each for the
Theft Of Alfalfa

Early this morning when Juan
Avlla. an Indian who lives In sandla
Pueblo. i2 miles north Of Albuauer-
que. was driving IN ono Of hti fields
he noticed that Is bales Of his alfalfa
had disappeared since he aaw the hay
last night.
AvIia followed some narrow wagon
tracks that led from hir field to the
roaa toward Albuquerque. Then he
told hts halt brother Jose A. Truiillo
who Immediately came TO Alhuquer-
que. Trujillo tracked two men In 4
WAGON. These two men sold seven
teen bales 81 alfalfa TO Nnio Hros
Then Trnllilo caused their arrest.
This afternoon Justice Of the Peace
Mcclellan sentenced the two men.
who gave their names as San Romero
and T1irblo Oueticrcx. 20 60 days IN
tho county jail. The a.. =. will in
vcstigate the case itself. ~ the hay
was taken from m Indian reserva-
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-10-29
BLOWS TOOLS
FROM MCGEE WELL
NEAR TUCUMCAR|
cave-in Being Cleaned Out and
Work Of Drilling Nay Proceed
Again Tomcrrow-oil Saturn
ton Apparent in the Bailing.


TucGMcARf. y. NJ. oct. 29.-The
Mc0ec OF well driilers struck a big
flow OF sas here Monday night which
blew the tools about 900 feet high.
u caused a cavern which n being
bridged today and II n expected that
drilling can be resumed by tomorrow.
There n an oil naturation In the
halinna.
McGen says that he cannot estimate
how much Eas was struck. II was a
heavy Flow, though. Tor $50 feet 81
cable which was removed from the
well today vas twisted a. though N
had cen subjected to a tremendous
force. Every time the haicr was
raised mud was thrown In all d.
rectiona.
The total depth Of the well Is now
$500 feet. This Il the well which
struck gas ten days ago and cause
so much excitement. Hundreds Of
persons visited the well yesterday and
today.