, 1880-12-13
nj less thnn tue truth; ,'9r siG,iM tIa enllsh'enca

d hrbiis nv n%sa by o y wv wh" s 1uoS:
o cr rsse Gitrr II M,r nc co v' rnsn y}S 'd1" a
il tho pnn.c, s,,,,mati, md ,nnrvno,s tsiumphs,
es1 e'I. se TIC soi 1r takY sesy snwy
fah IN tho y 1tt;svn ;s. a a9h III ;omc5 t"ucti,er
s1hGt Ills T@e11 has sGn lee" To- "iis,, Ind loo ,og
IN It t'es as ono n 's, u.s. onx 70 bo!ase
S't'ors EHat an rs, s i esmss p ssa,Sn %sk md
e last; or T.. ~ ti,n il' tt, wnri shsrn ls
II aht nm asen .erry Hin, In mi rofuso 10 ston to tho
tcss tssse d tho a9 1r TO he osno e. , e,
a,a the "nrh @ o. i 3tn.a . mi nrca hccn.o OF
lads hat to ,e"ft An I1 tic % aa,o ia il trio On
rxes scalo u ,o tnnsny - a. to hnrt,nlxu nj
An ne1fss; 'SS s;nd.viduai N 70 mist il IL soeioty
ai' ahna ths W makHS cc!n9 st "st T. h ths
runlty Of i9itn. ~ % shnr.,cr' ~ ron;'ict itcns
further. na n Vii en1ntt. tllo surrcp,cr II
so hnas hut hys Sssm nt ~ y .rs t5ae o We
teo nc sisn Ip,rii,c aid ishtoe Of is BUR
tm sset to Uno nsa tnnu
s w rcst II ,o , S'pS Y GGa II 1ay SySGls Sst II II
our oIu a1 H. sIt' ~, tI,c wrI AM, In iiG sr hone
truth Gna ',te ~ ,nnn viii la i,,at row,srds and
Of the llle ~ ~ Gu%. ,'rc,; nm, nt,t3 "
punishmenns ,nnt ,"t Eve To Iu y G,c In tho coming
Ase.v seeonu - that it wifi 10 one al religious
tnnaa,sitsire. Tho scriptures teach tllat VIC
ho! Sad 70 !, qTr Ietn xnnIw1G"gS sI ,., e., a,,,l NJ
4ayior su ~ ti,o ionirns wilcthnr it Id OF Utai"
1asI 1oh Isai, in tho agcs long ngo,, ~ know TINT
nj hFaSInn1t Eth t,,otsc Thcc fnr tbo,twh 1'huI
I9s1 .9,i' angry ~ Will ms Thtne nngcr i passed
sTsy, aui l,ohold. Thou dost cointort me:"
Paul saSs' sp;rts tthnI ,vo ni, tI, s,h11t,ro oY
HHnG" III u jotti snys, "Wo know Tint wo hnvo
passed t.o "cT; Th;. was I'm iIHnnv ira of tl,o
,1sIae h at la{Fhi There va al inner a1d conscious
2:ffSsSy fssy d ' 'ua nor 90 to soo sacred Ioo 10
fssTn Gu1i Il. They felt that 1t wis so and IL TINT
Tut. ina to- srn ws' psees 5hS es eSea Sf aS
x5EH iii Jesus thotr haarts burned within the,l us
sIiIl talked TO thetn by tic way" On tho dny nf
ff%astes OF tho new religion: and IN nfl those
nsw md happy dnys tho "9'ftsof tho Spirit"
Tcro coinlno,i AmD,ig believers; thoy were OK.
Eew Testument oven to which they could turn
light, but they had whHt @ was d hottoE.-tney
ho Et "a any ts tse xt q Is a9a wH "a has @
n9ht Of tho sun.
1iIut ihpau hapry years did not Inst; tho Church
es5s1i SfSaiI the Stoks OF tho New Testament md
aSont tho Trinity nnd tho person OF Christ; and
S IN ",I SIYsa n .hf5 o naf 1sklRxf & a and
~, ,s ceSed aeS. and to WY oIened Tor al theso
dark QRcS OF I0f1nnllty Allu VbINEEu
sSss crushed religion and cursed the world.
, Tbeu ca,no tho Reformation that cM'lod tho
minds uf men from tradition and tho nuthnrtty
n g,c TO tho light and the truth OF tho Bible.
HnI later catno agntn tho grcAt Wesleyan mo.
ment that nppcnlcd tu tho hcart; TINT appended
n inner cUnsctDs1sncsB Of Sin md need: thNt
sa,sht men u look within md reud tho lazy Ot
i;od IN tho soul. and lind there tho sptritunl
truth 0t tho {libln Us Nttestcd In cxpprbtnc0;
ibat tH,Ju!t thunl to expect such m inwnru Wit
ncsseIuv Of the truth nj would give knowledge.
AZ would ElyO Asatsrnltcc. Under ths mighty
i,nnulsu OF life millions have been born Into tho
Kingdom Of God,-hnvo relo1ccd In the witncfs
RI he splrt ind tho nuoptton OF 6ouA. 1lM
xnEcJ aA In tho light OF Heaven.
Now, believe thnt tho coming Christian md
tho near Christinnity OF tho future will oo found
moro and moro iii this open vie!on Of ood-Itnis
now Gtout outside thinKs.-nbout fOrIns nr,tl
doctripca, abt,1t the existence 0f Cod md q
future life. And theac things, I suppose. mist
he: they Dolotrg IN the mental struggle Ot tho
sre-to tho intellectual sil0 ct religion. Ana
tS,s, suppose, must ED OIL; reason must hnve
id nllco n1iu must do its work. Tho frrNuOHhl
murt 10 cast cut. antl tho forms 0t truth intis'
boplr.ilctj. hut do nit look for rcns0n hlOnt
TO bnd lis way to God; mulch less to explore the
myyerlcs Of tho unseen. Indeed, Doubt II
rrhton Gig, ,nekp q clear cusa at the oxtstctlce
Of (jot or OF tho future Ito ut tho soul. 1t cnt
make u Osu ut I'LL nghltist tlleao doctrines. MT
hence the nrgiiment III tho court Of rcnsoti vii
aiWayabo tn t6eir favor. Ilut rcason alone clnno
10 il sight; he IL feeling: no Is IL consciousness
{, Sescs cxpianntinu Aud 70 it la at Qtkl. ant
Gnrlt ptid invI% md hnne. md tho pIptrjqNCO