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manner, if one has an hereditary tendency toward 

 intemperance, theft, cruelty, or even homicide, 

 he will be inclined to vice or crime; he may find 

 it easy and natural to commit vice or crime, but 

 he is not compelled by this hereditary tendency to 

 do so; therefore, the fact of heredity does not 

 destroy the moral responsibility of man. 



It is frequently urged by those who have de- 

 cided upon the limitations of the Divine nature, D^e Justice, 

 that the doctrine of heredity must not be admit- 

 ted, because it destroys the possibilities of Divine 

 justice. They say, if it is easier for some to do 

 right than for others; if some are so born that 

 vice is natural, while others by nature love to 

 do right, then where is the justice of God in 

 holding all men alike responsible, and thereby 

 giving a heaven to the few and a hell to the 

 many? Personally I never worry about this 

 proposition, for He who gave the law and formed 

 the soul can adjust their relations. Moreover, 

 there is nothing in Scripture, philosophy or sci- 

 ence to indicate that God holds all men alike re- 

 sponsible; while there is much to indicate that 

 God requires of every man that he shall do the 

 best he can and holds him accountable accor d- "Who-so-ever 

 ing to his ability. 



In this connection it should not be forgotten 

 that God has placed His Spirit in the world and 

 that "whosoever will" may receive Him and be 

 transformed by His power and thereby freed from 

 the domination of both hereditary and acquired 

 evil tendencies. The acceptance of the Holy 

 Spirit is a matter of choice ; therefore he who re- 

 fuses God's plan of redemption and continues 



