The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-07-10

msna EukIel lA4 The soul ia.
sFHe il shal de
TIE starry " mans dia1eedsenee
70 TIE FIRST command LAID ugpgn
bam IL the kah5ect og the ienaon
nisx
The Lard God hnd PLACED
Adam and Eve in thss beautiful
garden where they had eVesy
fbgnk st4at heart could wikh
There x&s plenty 70 eat wsttaul
NofkiuN Tor II. ali the beasts had
n named and weFe nabnervlens
g. Aaam. ard life wak very beau
fsfal 70 Adam and Eve OF tire
ffnls uf all the trees Ia the gar
den weFe they permitted "a eat.
ave one-the uee 81 the knowd
edge 81 good and evil
But The serpent waz more Sub
II thar any beast oE tfle field
Nhieh the Lord God had made
l0f course serpenis in our day do
not speak ~ Il must have been
81 evil spirit which spoke 10 Eve
cat oi the seFpent's body
Yea hath God said. ye shaiI
not eat 81 every tree Of the gar
den re- asked her.
We may eat Of the fruit Of
every tree in the garden except
ane Eve anzwered-the Tree Of
sn0Wledee u good and evil God
hath said ~Ye shall not cat IT,
neither shall ye touch u. lest sc
de
NoW God had not said just
that He had said II they ate Of II
they would die. not II they touch
~ t. 50 you see Eve was exag
grating II not lying She knew
very weli thai she should mot have
Ren standing talking "a the ser
peni shout such , thing. btl, have
gane right away and avoid temp
taaDn
The serpent answered her. "Ye
stall not surely die. for God dom
Know that IN the day we eat
thereof. then your eyes shall be
opened. and ye shall be as gods.
knowing good and evil"
Yielding 20 Temptation
That was indeed subtle. for the
fruit @ the tree looked pariieu-
iarly tempting. and added to that
II would make her wise. the ser
peni said 50 she ate some Of Il.
and offered some 70 Adam. and he
too ate Now they had been ere
ated wearing no clothes They
were perfectly unselfconseious
about L. a. the primitive peoples
are today There was no reason
WY they should cover them
selves They we're beautiful. Just
as God had made them But now
they began 10 feel naked and they
made themselves aprons Of fig
leaves - cover them.
Sn the cool Of the day" they
heard God calling them They
uene accustomed to meet and
tall wtth Hum then. but nos they
we're ashamed and hid Where
art thou asked the Lord. and
Adam answered. 4 heard Thy
VOICE IN the garden. and I was
afraid. because ] was naked and
! lid myself
And He said. Who told thee
thou vast naked7 Hast thou eat
N Of the tree. whereof l com
handed fhee that thou shouldst
moi eafy
ne woman whom Thou CAV
81 - bewith me. she gave me Of
he Tree. and did eat Adam an
severed Il vas a coniemptible
answer. was Il not7 Not q man
+ admission that he was wrong
but throwing the blame on the
woman Thou gavesi 10 be with
me seeming 10 imply that God
Nas 70 blame for giving him the
woman.
AnA I've. too. when she was
ked about Il said. The serpent
be#ailed ne. and I did eat
Then the Lord God cursed the
safpeaL saving that he should
crawl 81 Ms belly al his days.
ard shst there should b. enrnitv
between man and serpents for
e
- = Adam and Eve The pun
znanent was that they would no
nseT be allowed 10 live IN the
arden Of Eden. but outside
NaeFe Ada mrnust work for his
H - the sweat Of ms brow
Nol enlx fruitful plants ana trees
wauld flourish there. bot also
ahurns and thlsties. He must till.
re ground and labor hard for the
ri Of rs life. and his children
AFTER him
I've must accompany ham. and
her ehlldEen should BE- born with
PAR audsufterinE But the merci
III Co provided them with gaT
manE ST sklnx 70 cover them
They WeFe driven forth ana 3
eaeFubim With q flaming sword
guarded The uee of life. lest.
these 10 uho had disobeyed the
sod Gods command. should eai
sl0 q fhe tree u life and 1--we