Note to Bro. Waggoner by J. H. W.

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 24, 1863

Note to Bro. Waggoner.

By J. H. W.

IN Review, No. 19, present volume, I see that you advocate the doctrine of man's mortality prior to his fall; and if, as you say, he was corruptible, what was the death pronounced on Adam for transgression?

THOS. DEMMON.

Ans. A cessation of life. In executing the penalty of the law, the Lord did not change man's nature, but deprived him of the tree of life, the means whereby his life might have been prolonged eternally.

J. H. W.

P. S. In Review, Vol. x, No. 26, (May, 1858), I published a short article, in which I stated that I did not know whether man was created mortal or immortal, but that he must have been one or the other. Bro. Snoek called my attention to the apostle's argument in 1 Cor. xv, as showing that Adam was created mortal. I now think Bro. S. was right on that scripture.