Adam was appointed lord of this creation; a great governor, swaying the scepter of power over the whole earth.

When the governor, the person who was placed to reign over this fair creation, had transgressed, all in his dominions had to feel the effects of it, the same as a father or mother, who transgresses certain laws, frequently transmits the effects thereof to the latest generations. . . . And what was the fullest extent of the penalty of Adam's transgression? I will tell you—it was death. The death of what? The death of the immortal tabernacle—of that tabernacle where the seeds of death had not been, that was wisely framed, and pronounced very good: the seeds of death were introduced to it.

How, and in what manner? Some say there was something in the nature of the fruit that introduced mortality. Be this as it may be, one thing is certain, death entered into the system; it came there by some means, and sin was the main spring by which this monster was introduced.

If there has been no sin, old father Adam would at this day have been in the garden of Eden, as bright and as blooming, as fresh and as fair, as ever, together with his lovely consort Eve, dwelling in the beauty of youth.