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things are'possiblo , and to him that believeth -
lioveth nothing is impossible. One can-
uot discuss prayer without expressing
his idea of God ; and God is revealed to
each man in just that proportion as
each heart is prepared to receive the
Eternal Presence. "They should seek
the Lord , if haply they might feel after
Him , and find Him , though He be not
far from every one of us. "
Each growing soul must pass through
many transitions and after a while it
will arrive at some mile stone where it
will realize that religious experience
chimes in with everything else in the
universe in the grand chorus of evolu
tion. The souljlike the intelleot , knows
no truth until it has acquired it. Not
once but often it must enter its Geth-
semane and learn the purifying exalta
tion that alone comes through suffering.
As a child I was reared in orthodoxy of
the severest type. If not in words I
was informed by example that reason
was the supreme attribute in science
and mathematics , but in the domain of
religion , never ! It was a sin to doubt
any word of the Bible. I must receive
it whether I could or not as a direct
verbal message from Sinai 1 To doubt
any ambassador who expounded that
truth , was a thing to be avoided. As I
now look back upon some of the illum
inated ( ? ) Beers who cast radiance upon
my earlier years , the wonder is that
untutored childhood could haye over
come Safely through such glowing efful
gence ! Many times my younger brother
Richard , my life-long , truest and best
friend the idol of my heart when a
little boy has fallen asleep in my arms ,
both of us shuddering at the vivid de
scription by some loud mouthed evan
gelist of the lake of fire awaiting all
who did not appreciate the picture.
Think of two orphan children , sensitive
and delicate , frightened by such infamy
and barbaric cruelty. Surely there
must be another God some good God
who took away our mother. Deai
Dick , who has recently passed through
what we call death , how thankful I am
that you learned to know a more human
God , and that later your poetic temper
ament responded to the only true God ,
eternal goodness. On one occasion we
became much concerned about the un
pardonable sin , and while neither of us
could clearly define it ( neither could any
preacher ) still we were afraid we hoc
committed it and it must be of al
things the most fearful as the preacher
had wept so copiously about it on the
previous Sabbath.
At another time we became much
distressed about the subject of baptism
and felt that if immersion instead of
sprinkling was proof against the wrath to
come , Heaven knows we prefer the wat
ery ordeal. But the bondage of religious
superstition gave away as the manacles
of all ignorance will some day fall by
eason of their own weight in the dust
Nothing but wilfully closing the av
enues of the soul can keep out the pene-
irating rays of the San. of Righteous
ness. The dawning of Eternal Morn
ing awaits every earnest seeker after
Jight. Darkness slowly disperses and
new truth is discovered each day. The
wise man treads the path of religion as
sensibly as he follows any other science ,
inding out the unknown. Each individ
ual must work out its own salvation
with fear and trembling. Each soul in
its long march towards perfection must
solve for itself the oft propounded
question , "Whence came I , for what
real purpose am I here , and whither am
I going ? " The soul will stand alone
naked before the eyes of Him with
whom we have to do. All dogmas and
creeds and theologies will appear then
in their true light , either as shams or as
unnecessary vehicles to impede the
soul's progress. By meditation , thereby
putting myself in touch with Supreme
Intelligence , I answer my own prayers ;
I find out the divinity latent or germinal
in every man and have all faith in
growth. I no longer pray to any per
sonal God , for to attribute sex to God
I invest Him with personality , thereby
limiting His power. Even the dear
term , Our Father , has its limitations.
But God is a Principle Law -Harmony
Supreme Intelligence The All. If
God is the All there can be nothing
supernatural , for "super" implies over ,
above , beyond. And God is no more
over , above and beyond than He is
through , iu and beyond. Therefore
there can be no miracle. For whatever
takes place either before the senses , or
through occult forces is somewhere in
the vast domain of nature and is amen
able to natural law. ' We can all even
in the moments pf our supreme adora
tion worship that God through whom
we live and move and have our being.
We can all share the common experi
ence of the Great Apostle , "That neithei
life nor death , nor principalities uoi
powers , nor thiugs present nor things to
come , nor height nor depth , shall be
able to separate us from the love of
God. " MRS. O. R. GLOVEU.
Omaha , Neb. , Sept. 10 , 1901.
LET US MAKE MAN.
The caption of this is taken from the
first chapter of Genesis. If we inter
pret it literally , we find it opposed to
well-known facts. An individual may
have cosmic consciousness , and know o :
events at a distance , or of events past or
future , but if some of the faculties o :
his mind are dormant , he canuot under
stand what he perceives , nor impart it
intelligibly to others. Moses fails to
make himself understood. I do not
think he had a very clear understanding
of what he wrote. However , he has
set the first figures. By the aid of
scientific research , we may complete
the solution of the problem. This is
what was intended for us to do.
The story of the creation is an alle
gory. The Government of the Universe
consists of more than one Intelligence ,
each with its own special function.
There are gradual changes of form.
Mature always remains. There was no
beginning further than the close of one
event is the beginning of the next. God
did not make inau. The New Testa
ment informs us that Adam was the
Son of God. Hence , we are God's off
spring.
The New Testament teaches us to say ,
"Our Father. " The Supreme Intelli
gence is the Father of all.
It has been proven beyond a reasona
ble doubt that man has inhabited the
earth for thousands of centuries. There
is a Life in nature which unfolds forms
of existence suitable to the climate and
other vicissitudes. The furred animals
are in the cold regions. Aquatic ani
mals are in the water. They are not
there from choice. The innate life de
veloped these suitable forms. The dark-
colored people are in the regions of cli
matic extremes. Nature endowed them
with color and other qualities suitable
"
to the condition. In the marshes there
are mosquitos. Drain the marshes and
the mesquites disappear. Whence did
they come ? Whither did they go ? If
the conditions suitable for man were to
cease , he would by his own superior
faculties make suitable conditions. But
if the conditions should disappear in
spite of all his efforts , man also would
disappear , and Life would unfold other
forms suitable to the other conditions.
Solomon says , " There is nothing new
under the sun. " Life does not disclose
any new forms. Life has hitherto de
veloped forms for all possible conditions
having existed to infinity in the past.
The Bible should be revised and made
to correspond to God's word written in
the rocksthe treesthe stars. As it isit is
calculated to foster unbelief. However ,
unbelief has its part in the development
of man. It leads men to sift what they
find , to obtain the pure white flour of
truth , on which the soul subsists.
JOSEPH MAKINSON.
Holdrege , Neb. , Sept. 15,1901.
The Burlington railroad has just
placed an order for 150,000 Japanese
fans to help cool its patrons next sum
mer. While the heat of 1901 was still
turned on , General Passenger Agent
Francis sat up nights building sentences
that would read well in the heat of 1902 ,
and incidentally start the reader for
some resort "best reached , " et cetera.
The advertising matter decided upon ,
metal-base electrotypes are made in
Omaha , and shipped to Japan. There
the ads prepared in Omaha are printed
on Japanese fan paper , which is later
pasted on strips of bamboo , shaped in
the form of fans. By the time the fans
arrive in this country , another summer
has rolled around , and the demand for
the familiar Burlington fan has again
commenced. The price of the fans de
livered in Omaha , Chicago and St.
Louis , is about a cent and a half apiece.