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Show DEFENDER OP ADAM Minister Pays Tribute to tho First Man. OCEAN OBOVE. N. J.. Aug. 9. "Adam has been much abused. Ho was a brave, manly, truo character. All theso years tho IV. C. T. U. women nnd tho preachers havo been abusing Adam Now I stand by Adam " Tho , defender of Adam, who declared himself him-self In this wlso was rtobert Forbes, corresponding corre-sponding secretary of the Church Extension socloty of Philadelphia. Ho epoko last evening even-ing to tho assembled home missionaries In St. Paul's church here. "Now, what did the Lord do?" the SDCakcr contlnuod. "Ilo put that pnlr ln tho Gordon of Edon, didn't ho? And ho told thorn not to tut of tho fruit of a certain tree. Woll, Evo did tt. and then sho tempted Adam. When tho I-ord camo and questioned Adam ho answered: 'It wns the woman thou gavest me mado, me do it.' Adam put tho responsibility responsi-bility whero It belonged. Adam was nil right. "1 bellcvo It Is tho proper thing for women to correct tho world. They ought to do somothlng, for they wero tho cause of tho wholo trouble In tho bcclnnlng." |