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ARE YOU ONE?
What i -a grouch? He i- Hi'
iii.t nii-erable f all imi lal . lit
is vv.ie oil than a man with
tM'z-in;i, tetter, ringworm, itch,
-oahbio ami rabies, lb is .-Hi!-u
tin w.'ild an-1 M-iir -'ii himself
..ciH!-.' the vvi.rhl iJ.M's 1 1 t r-r-p.-nd
to hi- beck and I i 1 - lb-thing-
in his dreams. Every
i:iaii i- hi- n.-tiiy a!i.l ho snaps
ami snarls at ev er thing like a
Mind rat t b--n :ik- in August. He
is a--iimp' that I ph. pity
rather than . !i-tir- him. IN will
;ibue people who li'-vt-r harmed
1 1 1 : : i in tin- vvul-l. If I pi" pi
in. alt'-nti.-n t nim In beet.mes
a- irribible a- a hahy wanting the
.-mr-ing b.itb. 'J"o relieve his
.ii-tii! f.--lin- he frequently
into a l:.fk alley and kirks
liiiii-.'if and thou vos li'Min' anl
rnl's li:-i!,i, nt tn him-elf. lb
tij.'i ih;j-k!s a:iI I I ;i i s that
he had a kirk c filing and gf ii
ti. ai him-elf ii!t. a.l of s..ino ;ie
he i i ' 1 1 - i!'-fa!ii'.l. of all tin
i ! ; i in i -1 1- mortals on earth the
u;ou h i- the um-l mi-e:;ible. In
his waking hours In i- thinking
h"v to l.. iin :in po.ipf and in hi--b-eping
h'-nrs In is iln-ainins Ihe
.-ani tiling, .ju-t as the who!.
woiM Io. s a Iot. so the vvlu.b
woi lij ha'1- a miserable gmucli.
:o :
All f.-ars t!i it Hi. .June bride
iop will 1' -leu I have a!n ;uiy
been Iis-ipati'1.
:o:
It i- a ini-lae to I om so
Ian. wrkin- in the garden that
(ii caa'l dar.ee 11m lang.i.
:o:
I'a-tllle- Were e'l L'1T"II'' of
fr.--her. I'.ut will tiiat fact have
any etf et on tin- price of milk?
:o :
Secretary Uryan announces he
wiil l.- on the i-hanl au.pia circuit
aain this ununer. He i bein
very mr.eh crili ied for this, lml
we find no
objection.
Ol M 1
:iouud for
-:o:
It is said that Itinlins will r"
lit of bu-ine-s because there
are no le.;. s in tlm family. io
;head with the circus. The
audience will borrow boys enough
t. make a .howiny.
:o:
ltichail llardimr Iavis wirtes
lh.it the day the American Hair is
withdrawn from Vera ("anz, "All
an by will follow."' J'olloW the
l!.;r? perhaps 'niu.''' would
have been a better word.
:o:
The mediators seem to be cull,
sidel ine' everv Ih her except the
only malter which caused the
end in ir of the marines to Vera
air. When does lluerta aim to
lire tho-e iwcnlv-oiie frnns?
:o:
II is said the two men who paid
.'T..! for the Manhattan Na
tionalist are deaf and dumb and
Idilld. They used to be po-d
masters, and probably bought the
newspaper so they can write lonjr
editorials.
:o:
Even thoir-h only a minority
stockholder in the Colorado Iron
and Find company, Mr. Rockefel
ler miht be abb to ai;;ue the
majority over l his side if he
used all his powers of persuasion.
The possibility makes the attempt
a duly.
:o:
It is estimated that the Roman
Coliseum accommodated 80,0(1')
.spectators and that the Vespasian
amphil healer had room for HI,-
u. Now, St. Louis comes to the
front with a boast of the largest
place in the world where th
crowd can hear as well as see.
1 While the earth. make -hock at
Colon did n'.t elled the canal
locks, it made many Americans
tremble for the 100,000,000 in
vestment. : o :
Senator Root -ay that former
Charge O'ShaugiU'ssy is the be.-t
mixer ho ever knew. Even with
that fact in view, lluerta insisted
on taking his .straight.
:o :
John L. Kennedy ami Stale
Auditor Howard will contest for
the republican nomination for
congress in the Second district,
with chances ahout even.
: :
The thief who returned a
microscope he had stolen from
I he Washington univ er.-it y, felt
conscience stricken after he g'd
a larger view of things.
:o:
A Michigan man who selected
I. is wife from a matrimonial cata
logue has des.-rteil her. Which
shows that the females are as
undesirable as tin mail order
In.Uses.
:o:
The man with the courage of
his convictions may not be quite
o universally popular as the
w i-hyvva.-hy fellow, but he is far
more dependable and the friend
ship he forms are the lasting
ones.
:o:
The republicans of .Missouri, in
their recent convention at St.
I.ouis, invited the nioosers to
come back into the fold. But their
attitude toward the latter was
anything but cordial. It is md
because they love the lil'.u-or SO
intensely that they invited them
to collie in. but because they could
be helped by their v otes.
:o:
If Coventor Morehead will keep
his own counsel jn the manage-
,,., )(f his campaign he will fare
le-tler in the end. There are
trerierallv to many advisers who
have not yet completed their ap
prenticeship. The governor has
more friends in .Nebraska than
my other one man, but we would
caution him to beware of "false
friendship." And there are many
of such critters in the demo
cratic party.
:o:
John T. Anderson, a linotype
operator on the World-Herald at
Omaha, died very suddenly at his
borne in Council lilutrs Wednes
day evening of hear t disease, lie
was ,( years obi, and a veteran
at the printing business. "Jack,"
as we knew him in days j;one by.
Worked for Coloile Hales of the
Journal thirty-live years auo at
Shelbyville, Illinois, when lino
tvpes were unknown, and was at
that lime a fine compositor-. We
visited him a number of times at
the World-Herald ollice since we
have been a resident of IMatls
nn.utli, and it was always with a
happy greeting. l'eace to his
ashes !
:o:-
It has become a custom of thai
man Hubner, of the Nebraska
City New s, t,, j ry regulate tin
utleranees. of the Journal. W
would aain advise the editor of
the News to attend more strictly
to his own affairs, and perhaps
he would not hud so much time
to pay ttt our business. There is
a democratic, riii- at Lincoln, and
no one knows it belter than Hub
ner, but he dare md express him
self because of some favors com
iiijr through the rintr in regard to
the Nebraska Cily postollice, and
Hubner has been the chief
fugleman of that rin;r in Ne
braska City on that account.
"Foundations of Confidence."
The Springfield Republican
calls attention to "one very im
portant cause of the unsatisfac
tory business condition which
cannot be hidden by any amount
of denunciation of politics and
demagnofrism." It is a cause
which Colonel Roosevelt did not
mention when, he heaped blame
on the democratic administra
tion at Washington. It is a cause
seldom if ever alluded to by poli
ticians and business men who
charge "hostile" ami "threaten
ing" legislation with the re
sponsibility for business distress.
"Corporate finance and corporate
management in this country, says
the Republican, bluntly, "are di
rectly responsible for very much
of the public distrust and lack of
eontidence which make a forward
iiovement in American business
o hesiiant at this time." And
the Republican summons as a
convincing- witness the "Railway
ge Cazette," a very conservative
publication lhat no one could ac
cuse oi unirieuuiines-. 10 me
larg-e linancial and corporate in
terests, the Caetle speaks oul
in meeung in mis cauuiu
fashion:
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The New Raven is not the only
railway that has been Mcllcnixcd.
and such revelations as have been
made regal-ding' the financial
management of some roads are
enough to shake public conlidence
in railroad management ju this
country. I he situation is worse
than that. They are enough to
shake the foundations of the eon
tidence of the people of this and
of other countries in the financial
management of all kinds of busi-
ness concerns m America, ior ine
men directly or indirectly re-
ponsible for the mismanagement
f railroads are as largely in
terested and as potent in manu-
facturinir. mining and other in-
diistiies as fhev are in the rail
road business.
Tlie great danger is lhat the
disclosures i-e-ardin" th" con
duct of the Mellens. the Yoakum-
and the rest of their ilk. vil!
cause the passage of more radical
legislation than the conditions
justify. If excessively drastic
legislation shall b passed, we
trust that there will be no hvpo-
crilical vvailiuir from Wall street
ibout ignorant public hostility
toward railways and about the
i . i i i i
pulnic jieing- misieii ny oema-
ogs. The buccaneers in Wall
I reef and the fools and cowards
in Wall street, who ( the buc
caneers work tneir wills, are ine
chief authors of such le-'islal ion.
It is a toss-up whether the de
maarotrs or the highbinders nf
finance are doinir the more to
bring- all the details ,f business
under the regulation of public
officials. Euirene V. Iels. Morris
Ililbpiit and Upton Sim-lair I Ii ink
that they are the real leaders of
the socialist movement in this
count iv, Tliev take themselves
loo seriously. The real leader s of
socialism in Ibis country are
such men as Charles S. Mellen,
M. F. Yoakum and the directors of
the New Haven. Frisco and other
roads, who are too crooked, cow
ardly, indolent or incapable fo
perform the duties of their posj
lions.
"If people are looking- for bot
tom causes of present business
conditions," remarks the Repub
lican, "they should not overlook
elements of that character."
Who can g-ainsay it? Who can
wonder if those hundreds of
thousands of people who save
their money and are anxious to
invest it safely and profitably are
timorous when they read about
the "buccaneer" management, of
larg'e corporation properties?
Perhaps, if the truth were known,
they are even more afraid of dis
honest managers who plunder
I he corporations than they .are of
the "radical" lawmakers who
want to take sleps to insure
their- honest management.
World-Herald.
:o:
"Old Sol" is getting; i ig.it down
to business, and his warm rays
are getting; somewhat oppres
sive. :o:
J.very person s lrieiiu is a
friend to a certain extent only.
Therefore, to be safe, treat every
friend of today as thougdi he may
be your enemy tomorrow, and you
Will hit it nine times out of ten.
Fully half of the millions of
patents of which models are
stowed in the patent ofiice are
worthless, a fact it is well to bear
in mind when an enthusiastic re
former is pushing: some panacea.
:o:
The veteran negro watchman
at Washington's tomb not only
causes all visitors to remove
their hats, but he cries so beauti
fully when he talks of the Father
of His Country that they usually
give him a quarter apiece.
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Sain Mclv'elvje will not be a
candidate for governor this year.
The poor fellovv has tried every
crook and turn in the road, and
gets no consolation truin any
source. You can get in the running-
two years hence, Sam.
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Not much interest is taken in
the speeches made by Vice Presi
dent Marshall, but the public will
listen intensely when the time
shall come for him t pronounce
the doxology on the present S's
sioil of the 1'niteil Slates senate.
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Will Theodore RoosceH be the
presidential candidate of the re
organized republican party i:i
t'.tlfi? This is a question that is
being quietly discussed at Wash
ington among' regular repub
lican leaders with a view of feeling-
out Hie sentiment, and il is
staled that the suggestion is
meeting with more approval than
mi-ht have been expected mi soon
after the terrific campaign of
I'JIJ.
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There an- but few men in Ne
braska that take as much in
terest in state matters as ex-t'ongi-essinaii
Pollard of Nehuvvka.
ibis county. Mr. pollard not only
is greatly interested in frui!
growing', but he is constanly look
ing alter many other- mailers of
juiciest to the farmers in gen
eral. A lew men like Earnest pol
lard would be a great help to Ne
braska. There are, perhaps,
many ju-t as good men in m;r
great state, but they do im. seem
to take the same interest in the
atl'airs of the stale at large.
:o:
Ross Hammond has evidently
forgotten that he changed bis
mind when he was a candidate for
the United Stales senate eight
years ago and withdrew from the
race. Now he says, in his paper,
the Fremont Tribune, in speak
ing of Covernor Morehend, that
"the only trouble is th- governor
repealed it upon every slump two
years ago." The only difference
between the governor and Ross is
that the latter said it in his paper
eight years ago and the governor
said it two vears ag'o. If folks
feel like changing" their minds
they'd just as well do so in two as
in eight years. Everyone changes
his mind at some stage of the
game, and forget it. "What is
sauce for the goose is sauce for
I he grander," and don't you for---l
it.
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From the present outlook there
seems to be no question as to the
re-uominatioii of Covernor More
head. And that Harry Sackctl.
Ihe progressive candidate, and
Ross Hammond, the republican
candidate, will both be nominated.
That would naturally mean Mr.
Morehcad's election. With Sar
kelt and Hammond dividing- what
was formerly Ihe republican
strength, nothing; can change the
situation, although there is
plenty of time to make many
changes, and a possibility of
"mediation" in both progressive
and republican camps. Covernor
Morehead's excellent administra
tion is a big' feather in his cap,
and he would gel a large vole from
the republicans men who be
lieve in supporting an ollicial who
has been careful and fearless in
performing; his duties as gov
ernor. There, ij, no queslion as to
the governor making- many new
friends since his election two
years ago.
AiEiiir
I Of 1
TIio Bibla ths Most Wonderful
Book In tfie World.
BASIS OF CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Many Losing Faith In the Bible as the
Word of God Cause of This Great
"Faiiing Away" The Light of Today
In Conflict W'th the Darkness of the
Past Difference Eetveen Faith and
Credulity 3asis of Confidence I n the
Bible Proofs cf Its Inspiration.
Proof That It Is Not Man-Made A
Firm Foundation For Full Assurance.
June 7. The
riioto-Diaina o f
Creation, vvhic'a is
being exhibited
throughout t h e
United Slates, 1
awakening n e vv
interest ia the I5i
l.le. M.iuy who
have seen the l'lio-to-I
)raaia li a v e
ex I Tessed t !i e i I'
5-
WtW ? ;-
v.;
cy;
i
its beautiful pivs
eiituti n of the
promiucat features of Scriptr.ru ar.d
with its cle;u exphiiiuti on of sou.o
poi.'!t.s which l-.tig have puz::le erltijal
people. Whoever sets it thereby ol
tains a gr:sp ti .! i tue lli''e as a
whole. The public are certan.-y grate
ful to raster Ilu.-el!. through vvho-
iustrunKiitulity this wonuerful work
of art is Leiug cxhiblti'd free.
Tcday tlie Pastor's text w::s. "Study
to shou' tliypc!" tipprovod uitj b;d, a
vvorkuinn that r:-"cdeth not to be
.-.shamed, rightly dividing the Word o
Truth.' 2 Timothy 2:15.
We are u'.S sadly aware th:it not
niny of the peop!e of God have the
full cssurauce of faith uietitioaed in
the Scriptures, the speaker said. In
deed, we must all admit that the groat
majority are losincr. not on
!v th"ir
fa! !h, but alt-o the foundation of faith,
l'cr yc:;rs the Kieat ooileL-s of Chris
tendom have been undoi-niinius faith
by undermining' belief in the UiMe.
V.'Liie they do in.t make an r.trr.ck
upon faith itself, while they all admit
that faith may have its phu-e as a
grand quality of character, and that
the Scriptures instruct for faith, yet
they proceed to do the very same kind
of work that Itobeit Ingi'rsoM and
Thomas Paine tried to accomplish to
undermine confidence in tl.c P.iMe as
the Word of God. That confidence is
the very basis of all faith.
After wo have lost our eontidence.
what l;:ive we left for a foundation of
belief? We have merely what i calk-d
Higher Criticism and Evo'.ution; ami
this means that after a little process
of reasoning along these lines many
would conclude that the PiMe is mere
ly a collection of choice pieces of an
cient Jewish literature, written by men
who really knew less than do we.
TLo Pastor then demonstrated that
those v.l:o reject the Bible as the Word
cf God Lave no other foundation for
whatever faith they may possess than
the guess of this or that man. or of
themselves. He pointed out the well
known fact that all men are mere or
lc-HS imperfect in judgment; and that if
men were to picture Go,l there would
Le .is many different styles of God as
there are different persons.
The spenker illustrated his point by
calling attention to the numerous
creeds formulated during Ihe Dark
Asps and to the different kinds of Gods
those different creeds have pictured.
The noblest minds of that time were
deceived into worshiping the worst
ki-id of images that could be made.
He declared that while the heathen
nations were making their usly idols
out of wood, stone, clay or metal, the
nations of Christendom were printing
atrocious descriptions of God the like
of which could not be moulded out of
clay or fashioned out of anything else,
lie was not finding fault with our fore
fathers, but Willi the real instigator of
the creedal misrepresentations of the
Almighty. As St. Paul declares, -The
god of this world hath blindod the
minds of them lhat believe not, lest
the light of the glorious Gospel of
L'hrist should shine unto them."
The Cause of the Falling Away. f
Then the Pastor showed that the
eyes of many Christians are not wide
open for the same reason that St. Paul
i;ave the Corinthian Church. The god
of this world has fastened the band
ages .so tightly that it is with difliculty
that any get the eyes of their under
standing open. Again. St. Paul fore
tells that in the end of this Age "many
shall depart from the faith, giving
L:ed to seducing spirits and doctrines
of demons." The Pastor declared that
wo have come to the time when many
have denied the faith and others are
denying it-good people, intelligent
people, ministers of the Gospel in the
various pulpits, professors, theologians,
college presidents confessing that they
have lost the basis of their faith.
We are not to suppose for eveu a mo
ment that these people who are falling
wayfrom'the'fiiith are w'icked. On
the contrary, they are well-iutentioned
many of them tine people. But they
have gotten under a delusion. In the
light of the New Dispensation the de
lusions of the paft are coming up con-Kt-intly
for criticism. Indeed, so great
is the conflict between tho light of the
yi,-,--"Tfr ""t
Gospel "and the "darkness of tho creeds ' of God," 'be' foil cm Irs J?" a'f tcr righteous
that people "see stars." so to speak, nesa. Many ioen have been led to
and are so astonished that they dj not drinking and all torts of debauchery
know wh it to think. ; aXj(i in merely Ly reason of not seeing
Next the Pastor demonstrated that the real God; for if any cne see Him,
the great dilliculty with people who e 13 sure to love IILh. Mankind are
are losing their confidence in the Bible : 30 made that worship is natural,
as the Word of Gol is that they are ; Notwithstanding the six thousand
not familiar with its contents. Many ' jnm of falling, there is in every man's
are still lidding to the Scriturs in a brain, unless be be an idiot, the qurdi
bllnd way, hoping against hope that i ty of' reTerenfe. which impels him to
they may not lose their faith. They d(lre to worship his Creator. H-it.
re afraid to read and afraid to think, af.cortiQg to St- Paul's argument in
lest they lose the very small amount ; i' let'er to tje Romans, although can
of faith which they possess. If only was rreatf.,i r erf ect, there came u
such knew it. they never really have tJme ,Q tto hptory 0f the fallen ra-e
had a well established faith. , when ,vtry unwimiJS longer to r-
Faith Versus Credulity. taiu God in their minds; and then the
The Pastor proceeded to point out ; Almighty gave them over to reprobate
the difference between true faith and minds, to do improper things, and to
that which is often misnamed faith, 1 shik lower and lower in degradation,
but which in reality is credulity. The ; Then It was that the "dx.-trines f de
faith 'commended in the Scriptures is mons" were Inculcated into the human
that which relates to things which Go,j : njind, so as to keep men In ignoran ,
has promised. Our forefathers, he do- ; darkness and superstition. The g d
clared. had too much conildenco in 0f this world blinds the minds (
men. They swallowed the creeds of , those who believe not blinds them by
the Dark Ages; and the more absurd ' theve various false doctrines which
the proposition. tLe more faith they
thought they had. Thev should have
asked. "Where has God declared su -h
things?" lle'inaiutains that we should
accept by faith only what the Lord has
asured us of in His Word.
W
e have made a great mistake as to
what faith really is. he thinks. Faith
must have a b:isi. and that basis mu-t
have some intelligent presentation. To
believe in the Bible as the Word of
God merely because our parents did so
is not faith at tA; heathen peoples ,1,, j
just as well as that thev believe as f
r -r, ri .1 1 1 7ii w: 1 ! i ;v t i t . v.c 1 1 "
v., .'; i,n, ! -,;,., nn.L
we must have proof that it is of God;
and to have that evidence we must un
derstand the Word.
The Pastor holds that most people
are so perj.'ex.d that they do mt
know what to believe. And yet. he de-
clared. r.t this very time when Higher
Criticism is undermining the founda-
tioii of all faith, and when manv lute!-
li-eiit people are afraid to think along
Scriptural lines. Bible stu louts are lirxl-
lug the W id of God to be the most
wonderful Book in ail the world: God's
Plan for human salvation was never
so well understood as just now. in the
midst of all the turmoil in the denom
inations, iu the great institutions of
learning and iu the worl-L
Proofs That the Bible Is Inspired.
The Taster then discussed some of
the szecaHed findings of Higher Criti-
cism that Moses did not write the
Pentateuch, nor Isaiah the greater part
of the proph.-cy whi -h bears his name.
etc. These oriiks. he declared, are try-
-ing to prove something by the outside
of the Bible. Their so-called findings
he believes to be a matter of mere
guesswork, although, as seme of them
are very bright men. they put up a
strong argument in some things. Thcj
wiil undertake to prove that .Ieus was
mistaken wiiei He declared that Isaiah
the Prophet said thus and so; that St. J salvation, of consecrating themselves
Paul was also mistaken when Le quot- ', to God. now have by faith ail those
ed from the Prophet Isaiah and said. graces of character reckoned to them
Thus saith the Prophet Isaiah: that which the world will actually receive
Daniel did not write the book which i during the thousand years of the Beign
bean.; bis name or if he did. that it j of Christ. To the consecrated the Fa
was fulfilled b'-fore the Christian era. j ther has fulfilled His promise by giv
notwlthstandlnj JosuV assertion to j ing them a measure of His Holy Spirit,
thf contrary. j Best anv should misaiir rehend his
Tiie Pastor, 'ike all reasoning Chris
tian ot iiie, relies upon, the internal
Lvide.iee of the Bible that it is the
Word of God. lhat internal evmenee
cannot be doiibnd. The Old Testa
ment wm hecies and the teachings ,f
the Lord and the Apostles so interlock
arid defend one upon lue other ti:;u
no human being could possibly have
thought out the great Flan therein
found. All th way from Genesis to
Bevelatiou tho parts so co-ordinate and
lit "tt gel her that one great, harmonious
Plan' of the Ages is the result. An
other strong proof of the inspiration of
the Bible is furnished in present-day
conditions, which were foretold by the
rrophets thousands of years ago.
Bible Not Man-Made.
Then the speaker considered some of
the objections to the Bible usuaby
broughc forward by inlidels. He show
ed that it is a weak argument indeed
which credits priests and knaves with
writing the Sacred Book. If Catholics
had made the Bible, they would natur
ally have put into it many tilings
which are not there; for instance, they
would have told about the Mass. about
Purgatory, hell-tire and eternal tor
ment, of which there is nothing said;
they would also have intimated that
we should use beads and images Iu
worship; they would have had some
thing about the immaculate conception
of the Virgin, and about St. Peters
being the first pope. etc.
If. on the other hand. Presbyterians
had written the Bible, they would have
put in a great deal about Hell, about
elect and non-elect infants, etc. Meth
odists would have left out all alvout
Flection making one's calling and
election sure, the Very Blect.'etc. for
they do not know what to do with
these texts. Our Calvinistie friends
would have left out the texts about
free grace; for these do not fit with
their ideas of election. All these de
nominHtions would have inserted some
thing in regard to "the trinity;" for
they all hold that this doctrine is the
very essence of faith, although it is not
mentioned even once in the Bible: Tho
Pastor's conclusion is that clearly the
denominations did not make the Bible.
From its own standpoint, tho speaker i
conti
ful'.y
to
at
th;
he
be believes that the whole world Is
greatly injured by the false concep
tions of God's character handed down
from the Dark Ages, and that ninny
tx-'ople are going after sin toilay who
would, if they had a right kuowleJjjo
uued. the Bible is very simple and ; " ; "'- ; -
explains itself. He did not wish ' ?n "?'ri,n: j'
til i.uin son; nd so wore il. vr.v ! i
be misunderstood as "poking n ; ,VJulKn vorv a
the denominations; for he realize vn.lt tUo A u, PHor iivVi' tbat If
,t these dear People mean well, nm ; ywf
loves all who love tho Lord. But , .
j onf.e qy r.ple believed.
The Pastor then gave the two views
of the Almighty which once obtained
in the thoughts of many Christians.
One side of our minds, as it were, pic
tured God as the great rcproentati e
of Satanic energy, bent upon destroy
ing nearly all the creatures wI-Min He
had brought into the world. The oth
er side, somehow. Imagined Him ; s
kind, loving and merciful. But we did
not know how to balance these two
sides. Fortunately for us, however,
we got the devilish side s:iVrdinate 1.
I and thought of God as loving, and by
going to Him daily in prayer we tried
to forget the devilish part. The wh tie
world kas been mere or less in this
j condition,
; Cut. thank God! said the Pastor, we
j are in the time when the path of the
1 Just is shining more and more unto the
perfect Day. That Day is r.ow so near
i that we can almost sr-e its dawn. In
a little while the Church of Christ will
have been fully gathered out of every
i people, nation, kindred and tongue,
out of all denominations.
Full Assurance of Faith.
The Pastor then explained bow the
consecrated people of God may have
full assurance of faith. In His Woid
J GM tells us that by nature we were
I children of wrath even as others: that
, Christ tasted death for the whole
1 "world, and that by and by He will
give human life, restitution life, to all
! who will receive it; but that meantime
I the call is for those who will separate
i themselves from the world and be "a
! peculiar people, zealous of good works'
of everything that is God's wid a:.d
reftdy to lay down their lives in doing
that will. Those who know that such
is the teaching of Scripture have a
good basis for faith. Those who have
taken the steps of repentance of
sin. of trusting in the Iledeemer for
i meaning, the Tastor explained that the
! IIolv Snirit is net now in.-i infested in
i tj.e rcp Way that it was in the early
. Church. At that time it was manl
I fested in a miraculous way with c.ut-
wam evidences, such as tongues mira-
c!os of heaiili?f ctc attesting that
those who received these gifts were
acceptable to God as members of His
Church ami bad boon begotten of the
Holy Spirit. But after the Church had
boon established, there was no further
need of such manifestations. Through
out the remainder of the Gospel Age
the Holy Spirit has manifested itself
only by the fruits of righteousness
meekness, gentleness, patience, broth
erly kindness love. When tho mirac
ulous gifts ceased, these fruits and
graces of the Spirit continued.
The Pastor concluded with an exhor
tation that the people of God see to it
that they daily grow in grace and in
knowledge. lovoming more ar.d more
like the Lord Jesus iu character. Our
Ford said that every tree is known hv
its fruits. Are we bearing gwd fruit?
iie asked. Are we having more and
more fellowship with God and with
our Lord .Testis? Are we getting ir.r
deeper and broader sympathy with :ii;
of the Household of Faith? Are we
coming more and more into sympathy
Kith the i-oor world in its fallen condi
tion, ar.d with every good effort to help
them up out of such condition? If s..
then we have evidence not only that we
have lOiievod ia the right Book rud in
the true God. but that wo are the chil
dren of God ar.d heirs joint -heirs witli
Jesus Christ our Lord.
We shall be tested as to our wPl'rg
uess to suffer with our Lord, This
does not moan suffer! ng for wrorg -doing:
for St. Peter reminds us that a
Christian who suffers as a busyNvly in
other men's affairs is not suffering for
Christ's sake. Perhaps ore-half of the
suffering in the world and In th
Church results from tusv bodvfv B -r
i the people of Gh! nre not to suffer a
I evb-d.vrs. They may bo ralsreproer.t
j ed as cviUhvrs. but suvh suffering is
i not for evil doieg. oven If they U s
j Mtumxl. But "if any man suffer, h;
j him suffer .as a Christian. Tho speak
er reminded bis bearers that Jesus
your, vNvonwnx, with Gvs!. U barmor.o
vlth'GoA WoiM ax d vxf.k T oo w! o
suffr a- ChhUars .vhoc.M rx1ooo
hevln; for tho s'l; of v'. sl and of
s'ory tvt on ;l jiueTx. ae.A they tny
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