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Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle
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TUiiladelphln, Pn., Juno 12. Pastor
"Russell of The Brooklyn Tabernacle
iprcached bere twice today to largo and
attentive audiences. Wo report bis
discourse from the text, "I, the Lord
tbv God am a Jealous God, visiting the
Iniquities of the fathers upon the chil
dren Unto the third nud fourth genera
tion of them that hato me; and show
ing mercy unto thousands of them that
love me and keep my commandments"
(Deuteronomy v, 0, 10). A report of
the discourse follows:
No one of experience can question
the fact that our text Is corroborated
by all our experiences hi life. How
ever unjust some may claim It to be
that the chlldreu should Inherit the
weaknesses resulting from parental
dissipations and violations of the Di
vine law, the fact remains that how
ever atheism may question the exist
ence of a God or Infidelity doubt the
Inspiration of his Word, no one can
question the two facts of this text, (1),
that sin nud Its penalty can be Inherlt
d and (2) the fact that God Is merci
ful to such as renounce sin nnd turn
to 'blm and seek to walk, according to
his direction. ITowever these bless
ings upon evil doers and their children
and these blessings upon well doers
and their posterity may be termed
natural laws and laws of heredity, it
does not alter .the fact, because the Al
mighty Is the ione who mndo these
la.ws of heredity.
Uuder the delusion banded down' to
us from the "dark ages" that God
Jiad condemned to eternal torment all
the children of Adam because of his
sin we are all Inclined properly
-enough to feel rebellious against any
such matter unci to assert that from
the standpoint of human reasoning
it would be entirely unjust to torture
the posterity of Adam eternally for
his transgression "original sin." But
sis we get the eyes of our understand
ing opened to see what Is the" real
penalty, for sip. that It Is death, ex
tinction, and that out-perfect parents.
fc ully Informed respecting the divine
-will, were culpable, worthy of death,
and when we learn further that what
ever Is enjoyed by Adam's posterity
in the way of life, however disad
vantageous the conditions, is so
much of divine leniency nnd mercy
and comes so much short of being
the full penalty, death, extinction-
then wo begin to see that life under
.any conditions nnd disadvantages Is
still a boon,' better than extinction.
In Wrath Have Mercy, Lord.
Recognizing the wrath of God as
manifested In the death penalty (not
tin an eternity of torture) wo can see
that the Scriptures everywhere de
clare that the wrath of God is resting
upon our race; that every member of
dt Is subject to this very penalty which
came upon father Adam and has been
entailed upon all of his posterity.
The Almighty Creator did not wait
for us to cry out for his pity and
compassion, but from the very be
rginulng, foreknowing our fall into sin.
Tic bad the plan arranged for our re
demption nnd ultimate recovery from
this condition of wrath, curse, death.
"We are informed that our Lord Jesus
-was the Lamb of God slain from the
foundation of the world-ln tho Divine
aiurpose and arrangement though only
oiow being made manifest to tho
Church and shortly to the world. Thus
viewed there has been no injustice
practised against our race In permit
ting the children to share with their
father Adam in his penalty. Itather
they had esteemed it and do esteem it
better than the sentence itself, nnd
furthermore In tho Lord's providences
the world's present experiences in tho
fall and later on in the recovery from
the fall in tho hands of the great Re
deemer during the Millennial Age, is
to prove n lesson, a schooling, In tho
oxceedlng sinfulness of sin, which the
race as a whole will never forget and
out of which many (now the Church,
later on the world) will draw lessons
of wisdom nnd grace.
Looking still more deeply into tho
Divine Plan as it la revealed in the
Lord's Word for those who are bis
(Psalm xxv. 14), wo find n particular
reason why It was not only advisable
tout necessary that this law of heredity
should operate In our race, even though
it brought in Its train a terrible Hat of
experiences to our race. The reason
for this is based upon one element of
the DIvino character Justice tho very
element which at one time wo sup
posed was violated by this law of
lioredity. As our eyes opeu to tho
teaching of tho Scriptures wo perceive
that if God had not permitted his law
of heredity to operate, but had per
mitted each Individual of the race to
come forth to perfection and to stand
an individual trial such as father Adam
was subject to, it would doubtless
Tinve meant that nt least one-half of
tho race, possibly more, would have
deliberately chosen course of sin as
father Adam choso it. To oxpectmoro
than ono-half to be obedient would be
unreasonable, Itather, from what we
seo about us in the experiences of life,
wo would have1 been liable to conclude
that only n very small majority, per
haps one-tenth, would have been obe
dient to God, while the remaining nine
tantha would have beeu disobedient.
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The Law of Retribution
t Sowing and Rearjing Visit
ing Sins of Parents Upon Their
ChildrenJustice of the Divine
Arrangement Grace So Much
More Abounds Else Were
Your Children Unholy.
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Some might ask, Would not even
that have been better than tho Dlvlno
arrangement as wo seo It operating
now, that the whole race should suf
fer for one man's disobedience? We
answer, No! Not according to the tes
timony of tho Scriptures. The, Bible
shows us that while this law of retri
bution has worked such terrible havoc
in Adam and his race for now 0,000
years while 20,000,000,000 have been
born in sin nnd sorrow nnd pain and
after a few years of troublo have died
in sorrow nnd pain, nevertheless in
God's due time all of these shall have
more favorable opportunities of know
ing of God's true character and of at
taining to n full character development
in bis likeness during the Millennial
Age. This means that probably more
will gain eternnl life and blessing un
der the divine nrrangement as wo have
it than wo could reasonably expect
would have been saved had the Lord
not provided this law of heredity nnd
condemnation of all, but on the con
trary had permitted each to be born
in perfection nnd to stand his trial as
between loynlty to God with tho re
ward of eternal llfo or disobedience
punished with death. But we shall
see that It means much more than this.
Condemned In One Redeemed by One.
A great economic law is connected
with the divine nrrangement: The
condemnation of a race In one man's
loins because of his transgression
made possible tho dlvlno nrrangement
that a Second Man should pay the
penalty for the first and redeem both
him and nil who were In' him nt tho
time of his condemnation. This Is nt
once n demonstration of Divine Wis
dom and of Divine Justice. Suppose,
for Instance, that tho law of heredity
had not prevailed, had not been In
stituted by our Lord, but that each
individual had come forth perfect and
had been personally placed on trial
and been personally condemned to
death. Would It not have required an
individual savior for each one con
demned under such nn nrrangement?
Surely it would. Hence, had one-half
of tho race proven themselves sinners
and been personally condemned it
would either have been necessary to
avoid redemption altogether or to re
deem tho sinner half of tho race, by
giving a life for a life a perfect be
ing's sncrlflco for or instead of each
imperfect life. Estimating tho total
number .of our race nt 20,000,000,000,
Justice would have been obliged to
require 10,000,000,000 of perfect be
ings to be offered as the ransom price
for tho 10,000,000,000 of sinners.
Under the very best estimate that
we can possibly make, this would
have required the death of all the
perfect ones of the race as redeemers
for all tho imperfect members of the
race, and what a havoc that would
have implied with just as many dy
ing as under present conditions, name
ly, one-half as sinners and tho other
half as redeemers, ransoms. Besides,
wo perceive that it would not have
been just on the part of the Almighty
to compel tho righteous ones to suf
fer for the unrighteous as their re
deemers, hence there would have been
no assurance even then that any but
a fraction of the sinner race- would
have been redeemed. On the contrary,
how wise, conservative and econom
leal was the DIvino arrangement that
by one man's dlsobedlenco under tho
laws of heredity the many would bo
born sinners and sharers In his pen
alty, death, and that then In duo time
one Savior, one perfect one, tho "man
Christ Jesus," might redeem Adam
and, redeeming him, redeem all of
his race from the death sentence, tho
curse, tho wrath of God, and as a
result of tho redemption obtain the
right, the authority, the power, during
his Millennial Kingdom and in asso
ciation with bis glorified Church of
tho Gospel Age, to bless nil tho fam
ilies- of the earth aud to uplift as
many ns would be willing out of ail
their ignorance, weakness and sinful
and dying conditions to nil that was
lost in Adam.
We have seen that in harmony with
the Dlvlno law It would not have
been Just for the Heavenly Father to
obligate tho righteous to die for sin
ners and that heuce the redemption of
the sinners would have been prob
lematicalvery doubtful. But on tho
contrary the Heavenly Father well
knew In advance tho loyalty of bis
First-Begotten, his only Begotten, who
Is declared to have been tho "begin
ning of the creation of God" (Revela
tion Hi. 14). He knew not only of J esus"
loyalty but that bis experiences with
blm in glory would every way qualify
our Lord for the teats nnd tho sncrlflces
necessary for tho redemption of tho
race with his own precious blood.
The. Scriptures assure us furthermore
ihat tho Father set uerore mm sorao
certain Joys, certain blessings, certain
iiromisoe. In connection with tWs worl:
of mail's redemption; as wo road.
"Who for thi' Joy sot before him en
dured the cross. dospUinK the suame.
and la now set down on the right hand
of the majesty on high" (Hebrews
xil. Si.
Retrlbutivo Joys and Rewards.
We are to remember too. that the
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Scriptures distinctly tench that tho
condition of tho affairs of our -world
sin, retributive punishment, the re
demption through Jesus, the call of
tho Church and their sufforlnga with
their Redeemer nnd tho promises of
future blessing nud glory both for tho
Church and for the world are sub
jects In which tho nngel3 of God are
Interested. As tho Apostle Peter says,
"Of which salvation tho prophets have
enquired nnd searched diligently. . ,
Searching what or what manner of
time the Spirit of Christ which was in
them did signify, when it testified be
forehand the sufferings of Christ, and
the glory that should follow. . .
Which things the angels dcslro to look
Into" (I Peter, 1, 10-12). They won
dercd when all tho sufferings of Jesus
nnd tho Church would be completed
and when the glory tlmo would como
nnd recovery from sin and death con
ditions; when God's purpose would
thus ripen nnd bear fruit In tho recov
ery of those who fell from hla favor
in Adam's dlsobedlenco but were re
deemed by the precious blood.
Tho great lesson of what constitutes
disobedience, and bow serious n sin It
is, and what it would lead to if allowed
to take its course, wns illustrated In
man's experiences; and all tho hosts of
angels looked on with amazement, no
doubt. God's Justice was fully dem
onstrated in tlio infliction of the death
penalty nnd the permission of its in
roads upon the mental, moral and
physical perfection of his creatures,
bringing mnny of tho ,racb down al
most to brutality. God's Love was
manifested In tho gift of his Son, in
tho nrrangement -of hia plan by which
for tho Joy set beforo him, Jesus might
become Adam's Redeemer, and the
Bridegroom of tho Elect Church nnd
ultimately tho great King of Glory
who, during tho Millennial Age, is to
restore, revive and bless nnd test
Adam and all his race.
Christ and tho Church Crucially Tested
We cannot wonder if nil tho holy an
gels looked on In nmazement ns they
beheld the Only Begotten Son of jGod
leave the "glory which ho had before
tho world was" nnd humble himself to
take human nature to bo born a man
that ho might redeem Adam and his
race. It must havo seemed wonderful
to them not only that the Heavenly
Father would nrrango such a plan but
wonderful also that tho glorious "Only
Begotten," "First-Born," should bo tho
ono to whom the proposition would bo
made to show his faith nnd lovo for
tho Father, to do his will to the ex
tent of such n sacrifice, not only of
glory, but, eventually, of life. They
had yet to seo a further operation of
the dlvlno law of retribution operating
in Jesus for his blessing nnd honor.
So intent were they in looking at the
humiliation of tho Only Begotten, nnd
then nt his death, that apparently they
did not so carefully note the fact that
the Heavenly Father had set beforo
him great Joys, great blessings, great
exaltation, when he should finish his
work.
Already the Only Begotten was next
to tho Father in glory and dignity,
honor and power; what more of dlvlno
honor .could be bestowed upon even
the FIrst-Born of every creature?
The Only Begotten himself appears
not to have thought particularly of
the promised glory: The Joy set be
foro him, however, seems to havo
been that ho would do tho Father's
will and thus demonstrate his abso
lute loyalty even unto death. While,
no doubt, it was a Joy to tho Lord
to be the Father's Agent in the rescue
of Adam and his rnco from sin nnd
death, nevertheless we believe that
his chief Joy In connection with the
matter was that thus ho might demon
strate to the Father his absolute lovo
by Ids submission nud obedience.
Our Lord's own words were, "Father,
glorify thou mo with tho glory which
I had with thee before the world
was" (John xvii, 5). He knew of
tho Father's proposed exnltntloh of
him as a reward, but be did not men
tion this; ho would merely nsk of the
Father that when ho had accom
plished the Divine purpose he might
havo back the same honor nnd posi
tion nnd dlvluo fnvor which ho had
laid nslde when he humbled himself
to become Adam's redemption price,
tho world's Savior. Such modesty
nnd loynlty are difficult for us to
comprehend because of our fallen.
Imperfect conditions,
But tho Apostle explains to us,
speaking under tho power of inspira
tion, that because of our Lord's obedb
ence in leaving tho glory nnd becom
ing a man nnd dying for our sins,
therefore "God hnth highly exalted
him and given him n nnmo nbovo ev
ery name, that at tho name of Jesus
every kneo should bow, of things in
heaven and things hi earth" (Phlllppl
ans 11, 9, .10). Elsewhere In the Scrip
tures we are assured that our Lord be
came partaker of tho Divine nature In
his resurrectlou; that thus he attained a
reward far above nnythlug that could
havo been thought, not only nbovo an
gels, but nlso far above his own prehu
man condition. In thus rewarding the
faithful tho Lord is carrying out the
spirit of our text ho has been exem
plifying what is otherwise taught in
tho Scriptures "whatsoever roan sow
cth that shall he alxo reap" (Galatlans
vl, 7). Adam sowed disobedience nnd he
and his race havo reaped a terrible
harvest of degradation, suffering and
death. Tho Only Begotten sowed obe
illence, ns prophetically expressed of
him nt tho time of bis baptism, "I de
light to do thy will, O my God; thy law
Is written in my heart" (Psalm xl. 8).
Laying down his life hi harmony wltlf
the Divine program was bis sowing
nnd the reaping at the resurrection
was glory, honor and Immortality, the
divine nature, now richly Jehovah re
wards every demonstration of Joyalty
to himself and the principles of right
eousness.
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