The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-09-01

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may have light to walk ia the path OF
duty and rejoice in the unbounded
prospect Of eternal glory without
being able to explain everything
about the source Of that light. II is
true, therefore, that there are many
things about godliness which are
mysterious and some which will re-
main so though The path which it
points out for our feet be so straight |
and plain that even the moral imbecile /
will not err 10 It. This Is popularity |
Of the christian system and is a strlk- |
ing evidence Of its divinity, for we're |
it entirely unintelhgible to man it |
would be unworthy Of Divine au-
thorship, and were there no mys-
teries Ia it skeptics would truly
assert that il boFeno marks of inAaite
wisdom and consequently was the
work Of mere mao
But when its cardinal facts are 50
clearly stated that he who ruaneth
may read them, and its underlying
principles so profound as 70 engage
the minds of Heaven, all must believe
that it is a God given system, or sur
render themselves to the insanity of
universal skepticlsm The Bible as
the exponent OF religion makes no
mistakes. 1t never gives us too much
of one thing. nor too little of another.
1t never carries q doctrine to an ex-
IRENE but tempors it With its antithet-
io doctrine Divine Sovereignty is
qualified by human responsibility So
with all other doctrines, and whatever
it profeses to reveal Is as clearly re
vealed az any fact can be made to
finite minds Most OF the facts OF
our holy christianity arg plain and it
is only their relation to inhnitY which
we do not understand.
The finite mind can not originate
or even grasp an idea that Is superior
to its limited capacity and from the
very nature of the case many Of the
facts Of religion are incomprehensi-
bic to rs in their modes Of existence.
But the Bible reveals enough for our
salvation, aud as this was the ostensi-
bic purpose to be aeeo mplished, no
more can be demanded hy reason
To require more would be to demand
O work Of supereroeation only for
the needless qualification Of On idle
curiosity Iigd ne been differently
constituted, there would have been a
/ different method pursued hy God tn
dealing with US, aud different rela-
tious would have existed between Us
aud the system Of truth, which rela
tious would haRe given different
revelaton--p9ssibly more than We
/ have at present. bat with our limited
capacities we have as much revealed
as we can appreciate God has bless
ell IA all with . mind capable Of APP
| pretending the truth which will make
Us free from s!as spl servants OF
righteousness
We rtjo.ce 10 follow the lines oil
truth through The darkness Of error
here bat beyond these lines there
are landscapes Of truth which VIC
have never seen, and whose etfrral
verties like towering peaks are ra-
dianl with the pure aud ever glowing
ights.o OF heaven From these sum
mits can be seen the ever unfolding
beauties Of tie land Of Beulah. ana
heard the anthems OF praise from tbs
happy llls of heaYfn's inhabitants
Yes, Christianity has It's mysteries
iuexplieahle and profound mysteries
whose depths no human mind car
fanthom, whose intricate mazes NJ
human eye can penetrate, and upon
whose brink the soul psuses awe
stricken as If on the verge II some
fearful abyss.
Il was in reference % these pro-
found verldes, and not the smpl,
question of duty, that St. Paul ex-
claimed: "dreat is the mystery o
goodness" The first truth Of god
iness is the existence of God, whC
ia unity in essence, but a Trinity il
pc s0nalty.
Who By searching can find ont 6 %
unto perfectl0us Wha can tell th,
thoughts Of his mind, or set bound.
to his omnipotenee, or measure the
! eternal duration Of bis existence
} With Ill our boosted attachments anf
our increased facilities for inpeatisa
ting profound problems we can NJ
more solve the problem Of The livin,
existence in all its relations ant
bearings upon human thought thar
We can compass the infinite or knov
the absolutely unknowable We whC
live and move and have our being il
J Him may utilize the Developments ,
science and oxpeud the energies o
our miuds to learn the nature Of God
but the attempts will be ruthless
Many other truths are alike shroudet
in mystery. but when the light o
eternity is sired upon them We exrtc
10 see how beautiful is the Who'll,
syslem, and see how nearly adjusted
are the innumerable parts 70 ths
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