Our paradise home; the earth made new and the restoration of all things . f^te^.. ^^^^\ m-. SIN PERMITTED. I DOES the reader question why sin was permitted? Inanswer we can only say, sin can never be accounted a sufificient reason for it be given, that reason wouldbe an excuse for its existence, and sin would cease to be sin. There are some things which are primary, and some whichare secondary. That is primary which is first, or original,— thatwhich does not owe its existence to anything else. That is secondary which depends on something else for itsexistence. That which grows out of
Our paradise home; the earth made new and the restoration of all things . f^te^.. ^^^^\ m-. SIN PERMITTED. I DOES the reader question why sin was permitted? Inanswer we can only say, sin can never be accounted a sufificient reason for it be given, that reason wouldbe an excuse for its existence, and sin would cease to be sin. There are some things which are primary, and some whichare secondary. That is primary which is first, or original,— thatwhich does not owe its existence to anything else. That is secondary which depends on something else for itsexistence. That which grows out of anything partakes of itsnature. To illustrate: The arm, which grows out of the body,is secondary to it, yet partakes of its nature and material. That which is original with God is as eternal as which He creates by His word is primary. In creating theheavens and the earth, He spake, and it was; He commanded,and it stood fast. Ps. 33:9. Being original, the heavens andthe earth will stand forever. Sin is secondary, the result of the transgression of the lawof God. Being secondary, it can
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