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was the stronger ; she afterwards,
and was the weaker, was of him
WHAT IS MAN ?
and for him, he was constituted
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Kjf the woman. This headship,
h ordained of God, and of
The Psalmist David contemplat
much importance while dwelling in
ing the heavens, its vastness, to
the flesh, is temporary, not in the
gether with its innumerable lumin
least affecting the image—the real
aries exclaimed': “ What is man
basis of the excellency and dignity
that thou art mindful of him ? Thou
of humanity—neither increasirg his
madest him to have' dominion, and
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hand.” Dominion was given him
over the fishes of the sea, the fowls
of the air, the beasts of the field
and over all the earth, to replenish
and subdue it. In animated nature
man is given dominion over things
far exceeding himself in size and
strength. Then man’s excellence—
__that which constitutes- -his real
worth, in the estimation of his
Creator, is not size nor physical
strength. Then what is it? The
Creator himself must decide this.
He says, “Whoso sheds man’s blood
by man shall his blood be shed; for
in the image
o of God made he man.”
Gen. 9 : 6. Then man’s excellence
consists in being in the image of
Greek is disregarded, caste in bond
and free is ignored ; so is sex in
male.aod "female. All these puny
distinctions sink into utter insigni
ficance in the .grandeur of sonship
bf his image, in which they are
merged into “ one man,” heir of
God, jointly with his Son, who in-;
herifrj all things. This mysterious
man—this new man, composed of a
upon him an official superiority, sex, is a worshiping man—priests
which should be conceded, honored, to God, to offer up spiritual sacri^
and cheerfully acquiesced in, by all flee, acceptable to God through
who fear God, and seek to promote Christ. Let it be borne in mind
the real interests of society.
that these spiritual sacrifices are to
this won
dei-iul’pair,, 1 nwhich/plur^Ttya^ the church, where ever act of wor
unity mysteriously blend, in the ship is acceptable through Jesus
man the Creator proposed to make Christ, is as acceptable from one
in his Awn image and to give them formerly a Greek, as from a Jew,
domintoti bUsffcfi'"ras t prbpbit wfisT jrom^^nFnFormefTybondT^teWe
but still under law to him. Un free, from a female as a male, all
happily, both were induced to trans - such distinctions having been an-
gross this law, which so alienated militated" in Christ
them that they were lost,, without
Here the fact that it is his image
redemption. This they could not in his creatures, that gives them
themselves effect. Intervention on theii^ worth in the estimation of
the part of their Creator alone yould God and makes their worship ac
save them. Would'this be . done ? ceptable through- Christ, stands out
Were they worth redeeming ? Yes, in bold relief. Dear reader in Christ
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The world has not advanced be
yond, nor come half way up to the
standard of morals of Christ. It is
clear then that Christ’s life and
teachings are divine. No human
could have set up such a standard.
In trade we have standards. The
yard is the standard of measure.
In old times standards of measure
were variable. Three barley corns
barley were not the same length.
The foot was the length of a per-.
son’s foot; in this there is great .,
difference. The king’s arm was the
standard yard, but the" king died,
Galileo saw a chandelier vibrat
ing in a cathedral, and he con
ceived the idea of establishing a
standard yard; by experiment it
was founa that ’a- pendulum " W"
inches long would vibrate once
each way in a second, and thus the
ya,rfl standard was discovered. This
standard is unalterable. So it is
with the Christ, in .morals and re
ligion he is perfection, the only true
standard. It is ours to try and
attain to his perfection, to fill the _
measure of the 'fullness of the
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The, word man means image,
so great was his love for his image, our privileges in Christ, and come for us to attempt these Christ-Ilka
likeness, form, shape,simlitude. The
that -he resolved to redeem them, boldly to the throne of grace—-wor heights of moral beauty. We may
word Adam means the same.- Both
pay ..the._jansom^jiiakfi salvation ship God inspirit ami truth, whi ieh -live in Christ. and- thus- grow "up I
these words in "the Shemitic ian-
possible, if indeed heaven itself were will please him, as a Father, and into his excelleneer ' •
— guages mean image, etc. So in say
rich enough to do so. Earth with soon he will reveal our real dignity
Live and love and labor,
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ing, “ Lotus make man,”-he simply
Along the shining way,
all its treasures was no equivalent, as sons, by clothing us with one
said, let »us make an image of our
Always with our Savior,
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could not pay for one soul. “What habitation from heaven—the etern-
selves—our likeness, “ And let them
shall it- profit a man -to -gain- -Uni
have dominion.” The pronoun them
whole world and lose his soul ?” made in the image of God.
THE SABBATH.
lyus man ( for its anticedent; then
The whole world in exchange for Hebron, 0.
man has the idea of plurality in it,
BY AMBROSE JOHNSON.
one soul, leaves a loss incalculable. << a
plurality in unity. So God created
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So precious is this image of God,
man in his own image, in the image
THAT WAS ALSO IN Editor Christian Herald :
that once lost, nothing short of the
CHRIST.”
of God created he him, male and
In your issue of Feb. 15th I find
life’s blood of God’s only Son can
female created he them.” Genesis
an article headed “ The Gospel in’
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redeem. This vast sum was not
I : 36, 27. “ In the dav that God withheld, but freely given; exhibit
the Synagogue,” and as the article
created man in the likeness of* God
Since this language was written ^s intended for Sabbath keepers I
ing the love of God which passes
made he him, male and female cre
the world has gone forward in will, in my bungling manner, offer
knowledge. Hence the agonies of
ated he them, and he blessed them,
mighty strides.
Intellectually, a brief reply. The writer says that
the garden, the sweat of blood, the
and called their name Adam.” Gen.
socially and mechanically we are our Savior often taught in the
scenes of the cross.
5:1,2. Called their name Adam
far beyond the ancients.
We Jewish synagogues, and a good
This loving God has ever sought
image, the two constituting the man
speak around the earths, we level portion of the preaching of {he
to win the affections of his image,
made in his image; so both were
down mountains, chain together apostles, especially that of the
by loving them, and thus to rebind
called Adam,signifyingimage which
distant continents with the marine Apostle Paul and his companions,
by cords of love. This hcjcffects in
is common to both. So that which
cable, make seas »or inland oceans was done in the synagogues. Thia
his Son. “Ye are all the sons of
renders them superior to all in.
by flooding deserts, sever conti fact, he says, has been held by
God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
earth, air and sea; that which gives
nents by canals, travel under moun Seventh Day Adventists and others
For as many of you as were baptiz
them the excellency, their precious
tains, through highways across who believe in keeping the Sab
ed into Christ did put on Christ.
ness and dignity, is shared in equal
broad rivers, and make communi bath, as proof that the seventh d^y,
There can be neither Jew nor Greek,
ly by both, and both are thus upon
there can be neither bond nor free, ties of distant States. We look instead of the first is still binding
a plain—the two being one man.
there can be no male and female, into the secrets of Mais and Jupi on the people.
Further, she was a part of himself,
Now I would say in reply that
for ye are all one man in Christ ter, foretell with‘accuracy the coin
bone of his l>one, and flesh of his
ing
eclipses
and
a
myriad
other
Seventh Day Adventists and others
Jesus,” This grand declaration of
flesh / which again, and from an-h
things
too
numerous
to
mention.
do not take that fact as proof that,
the apbstle to the Gentiles, beauti
other consideration, exhibits their
Th’e sins of all our senators and the Sabbath is still binding. But
fully exhibits the impartiality of
perfect equality, in all the essentials the righteous "Lord, the loving presents, since the Revolution,
the fact that all of the religious
of humanity, all that i3 Godlike, Father towards his image wherever condensed into one man, would not
meetings held by .the apostles,
put, as he was first created, and found. Nationality in Jew and 1 equal those of Caligula or Herod.
^whether in the synagogues or other
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