Harmony Between Law and Mercy
By Editor
A CORRESPONDENT endeavors to create discord where there is harmony. He quotes the following as antagonistic:— "The wages of sin [transgression of the law] is DEATH." "The soul that sinneth [transgresseth the law] it shall DIE." "The law could CONDEMN but it could NOT PARDON."—E. G. W. "There is a principle of mercy in the law that forgives." "There is some principle in the LAW requiring PARDON when the transgressor is penitent."—SIGNS OF THE TIMES. "The fact that it was necessary for Christ to give his LIFE for the fallen race, proves that the LAW of GOD will NOT RELEASE the sinner from its claims upon him. It is demonstrated that the wages of sin is death."—E. G. W. There is no inharmony in the above. When our critic's soul becomes attuned to the deeper, higher music of the righteousness of God, he will hear but sweeter music where he now thinks he hears discord. The law is weak to enlighten oftentimes because the flesh is weak in which it must needs operate. Let the Spirit in. For the present we commend the study of such passages as Rom. 8:1-4; Matt. 23:23, a part of the latter of which reads as follows: "Ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the LAW, judgment, MERCY, and FAITH." And right in this connection we would suggest the prayer of the Psalmist: "Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law."