In health / by A.J. Ingersoll.

  • Ingersoll, A. J. (Andrew J.)
Date:
1892
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Credit: In health / by A.J. Ingersoll. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    which we inherit the original sin. I saw that to be regenerated, we must be recon- ciled to the order of life in which the Lord created us, believing that in the same order He sustains us and reveals Himself to us; and that Christ would cast out all lust if we would trust Him, and we could return to Paradise. The reader should observe that I desired my Creator to keep my sexual nature from temptation, not in order to be happy here or hereafter, but that I might serve others. By this experience I have been led to be- lieve that happiness consists in eternal ser- vice. I think with all Christians that sexual lust is sinful, and unless we look to Christ to redeem it, we shall be lost. If lust is sinful, does it not need a Saviour? All desires except sexual desire are esteemed worthy of salvation, and of the control of Christ; this is thought to be necessarily low and animal, and, therefore, unworthy