The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-10-28


their storms, we are awed by the presence
( Of the Invisible. The clangor and whirr of
worlds, the thunder of sun storms, the ex.
plosion Of chemical forces, all come in har-
mony to the ear and the mighty chant of
the universe is heard praising God. Man
I shouts out the name Of God but no voice
! Of Personality comes on the sound waves.
He looks for the Throne of God, but can
not find the turreted city Of gold; he search
es for the Paradise OF God, but cannot
find it in these worlds He looks into the
/ fires but no voice of agony is heard, no one
in hell to tell that God is even there;
neither can he catch the chorus Of the
redeemed.
From that point so lonely, mind cannot
/ conceive of any ending of space. With his
earth knowledge he knows that the ele-
ments are of his own solar system, and
4 that millions and millions of years are re-
4 quired to measure their change into cold
dead bodies like our own, and before all
this and after their ending the Personality
mantesting power and will through them
existed, shall exist, and is now present,
| though by sense we cannot see Him.
! We may divide the molecule into 1900
milionth of an inch, may break light into
| the l-40 billionth of a seconds duration.
! Go back Of the molecule to the atom, and
/ back Of that to the whirling ring formed in
perfect fluid, but back of that we come to
the same invisible power and Person who
! has unrolled all these words up a plane of
/ ever increasing height unto man. God is
to sense an Infinite Personality in the des-
ert cold and dark of space illimiuble and
/ times unendiug.
To sum up the steps we have taken-we
! have found back of art and within the body
personality as unseen and as unknowable
as the Personality back of nature. In the
works of each we find Thought and VIII,
1 goodness characterzing the plan, ideas of
! proportion and symmetry, and conclude that
/ from the standpoint of reason on the basis
of sense-perception, the finite personality is
made in the likeness Of the Infinite Person
alitv.
But is this unfinished creation the end of
! the plan? Humanity has constitutional
| yearning to have this personality embodied.
! Tis not enough to hear the roll of his cloud
! chariot and the hoof beats of his storm
steeds. Man wishes to ask about this un-
/ seen world in which he lives, about the in
! tiuence of the acts Of this life upon destiny,
concerning Immortality and how man may
work himself into communion with the Inf
mite Personality, how man may be rid of sin
and freed from It's clog ascend the steps
that lead to God.
Infinite Personality and finite personality
are embodied in Christ, ard constitute Him
| the Mediator between God and man, and
thereby the King Of Humanity.
| AS mans works embody only n small
/ portion of the activity of his inner life, SO
the physical creation is but the outline of
! Gods power-how small portion is known
Of Him. His plan must advance into the
higher plane Of human personality. The
philosophy of history so teaches us. The
records of the unfolding Of the Kingdom of
God in the world is found in the Bible.
The books of the different ages are unity
because the development they report is
organic. The record is not true because
found in the Bible except by reflection, but
the writing is credible because it is the
report of organic growth from the begin
ming. In this respect it Is unique. Exam
inc closely a leaf of the modern civilization
and you will find that it is an outgrowth of
the tree whose roots and early growth are
! in the Old Testament. Each
part must be studied from a knowledge of
the completed whole. The Invisible Per
sonality, the infinite and eternal here
entered on the second stage of the world
plan. The growth Of humanity is now
toward a higher plane, which must
| be reached by an individual out
Of the species and above the species
becoming the head of the new life
This persons philosophy ideals and life
must be powerful enough to act as insplr-
ing forces in every emergency of collective
or individual life But if such plan is to
move, preparation to receive and under
stand it is necessary. Revelation must be
adapted to mans power Of assimilation.
Even to-day the human mind is not able to
receive the full revealing Of he Infinite as
may be known in the physical world.
This preparation is given by teaching
that God created all things, that of one
blood are all nations made, and man in the
likeness of the Creator.
The plan is conditioned by the presence
of sin, and mans self-determination away
from God The promise is implanted that
sin shall be worked away.
These teachings are embodied in Abra-
ham. who bequeaths through the patri-
archs the worship of the one God opposing
the worship of animals, stars and man,
doing away with human sacrifices, and
starting the family life. The Israelites are
! held together by slavery, and a second
stage is begun through the laws given by
Moses and the discipline to compel recog-
milton OF authority.
: But individual rights can be secured
only by organized society and law. Sam
uel unifes them into nation. David
establishes throne in righteousness. The
prophets teach Kings the word of God and
reveal the coming of the republic of ma
tons in the Messianic reign. During
this time the names of the Infinite Person
ality have grown from the God of force to
the God of Absolute Being, to the God of
Hosts. Moral qualities have been revealed
through his mercy to Israel. All nations
rolling out natural religion have arrived
at the end of their search after the Being
back of appearances. The coming of the
Head of the new species is announced from
the unseen world, or rather is not it the
coming of the Restorer of a humanity
which sank back from the possibilities of
It's original high plane and must now reach
by development through antagonisms what
it might have gained by genial growth?
At His birth angels sing the gloria the
first angelic chorus man ever heard; the
first since the morning stars sang together
and all the sons of God shouted for Joy at
the creation. His life is unique. The body
is of the same material as the leaf and an
imal. The unseen personality however
manifests itself as one which no laws of
bereditv and effect of the surrounding IN