The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-31
MILLIONS NOW LIVING
WILL NEVER DIE"

The address given by Z. A. Middle
brooks of Tampa at the Oddfellows
Hail Sunday afternoon was a,ten-
lively listened TO ny the audience.
The following contributed summary
gives some OF the ideas presented:
All Christians believe that the hi
lie is Gods Word OF truth. All
Christians. Catholic and Protestant,
agree that the Bible teaches that Goa
created the first man perfect; thar
This man sinncd and was sentenced
To death before he begat and clil-
dren; that he was driven from Eden,
ana later exercised his divneiy given
functions to beget children, and that
rIs children were all born in sin and
shapen in iniquity'' psalm 51:5);
and that Tor this reason every one OF
the humanr race has been born i'm
perfect, inheriting this imperfecton
from the first man Adam.-Romans
UP.
All Christians further agree that
God made a promise to redeem man
from death tIlosea l$:1D; that lie
promised Abraham: in thy seed
HIi'''l "ll NV l"iiI'lioo VI my S"t' ~ ~
dressed 'HeheslS l-'') lhat ldleI
Jesus came To edflh.
For me pas, nineteen huhdre'
years NhrlStlaha nave Deeh preaching
these doctrines. II 'hey are tr tuea.
then the pertinent question is, Why
has God permitted the carrying ont
OF such arrangement as above men
toned? What is His real purpose in
II Other scriptures answer this
question cohcIusNeIE' thal ms Pur-
pose Is 10 pfoNiue lor ile restoration
OF man TO ms original perfection ana
'heFtNN grant 10 man everlasting ne
on me caf'n.-Ac,s "'I9--I'
me propIlct9 Oh ulu loIe9oiu liIdI
il was Goa purpose TO grant reS'or-
anon DRESSINGS 10 the huIuah race.
l-tc'S ''-i) Only IL" VIII 20 20
heaven JeSus 9diu lhat tnere Mouiu
We Hul NIUE lloch' LUXE i pa
Nhal' men, VIII become OIL me o.hcI
llllilons VI 'lG edIti poP"idtioIi
Eod Will give theil an opportunity 10
be restored 10 perlecl human cohul-
tionS' II restoration Oh inc Hui''al
race is not true ihen ihe promise
maze TO Abraham must Nc Voiu' t'ie
promise 10 re"tcm the human race
l'oHh uealh coulu not De true ana
me uedth ana resuri eclloh Oh Jesus
would De Wnolly useless.
Jesus PLAINLY Salu' | am come
mat they lthe people] might nave ne
anu nave 1t more apuliua"lH; ''N""
lo:I Again ne Sdld lh"t ne came
TO give MS NE d ransom puiehd
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Again we le'u' uou 80 lCNeu INC
MorH'' ti"t ne gave ms Only pc6ot,ti'
son lhat "l"soeFeI heleNe,h III nm
ahouiu NOT PERISH put nave eNerlaS'-
ING lie NJoHh '1o'l Asdln' 'h"'
Jesus gave ms NE RANSOM Ior "l',
10 De IeSIiileu 10 an III uue tiiIle. -
timothy 10 o. 'HlOSS' 'heH, 'hN
oppoituhlly comes 10 man 70 MO"
inc truth' 10 opey H. anu "neh
opcdleiil 10 lEe, uieSe PROMISES ar
hockery ana CnrlStlahlly Il laiiuie =
/ No hllSlidh WIN @uiiilI ti't Nhl 10
tlahlly Is i"liuIe' because ne MO"
1t wiz nut "c' N"'' "oiu mus ',>
ConiPiIah n9 P"i i'"Se l9"'"l 90 l
men, al must ""iiiit til"t I'M
VIII come NHeh inns opp.iluHi'S lot
NE eNell% 'i, VII ne oneleU ~ tiie
Icopie' "h1H - tn'' tiil'e
Jesus answered til"t lile emu u tH'
social anu poltICdl oiuoI eAIs'ih6
+ theh' ana sun eNlSuAS III measure
Wou4u pe8ih Win WORTH wall 10
loWeu ny famine an" peStIlehce anu
revolutions III NaI'ouS parts VI me
edrth' 'M"ueitW 80 iHese tiliAs9
i'au inc besihH'ils u their luiniiillelit
III 1914. According 10 blpie On On
"logy, the Seh'ile tlmeS ehoeu there'
anu IN 's'lahS eAPeotcu t ,,i' ,ioupie
i,n. mnca. the nestiienre has affli,.ted
,ha a.,rth, rnvnIutinn H.. unset MANY
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