The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05

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 All the old Tessamea, .s silent on she subject of futasisy. You sculd 10, kEnw from IL from beginning to end. that there was any immortality. The earlier de- velopcd men dsd not know il. and the re eofd oi man .s siien, on that sua'eC,. because # tx history oi how men were unfolding step hy step. The New Testament says ii>ell that Christ brought hte and immor. iahy ,e ltgh,. Naa may ssnd pec,i glmpse> and longings here and thrtc "a the Old Testament. hui there iS net one dege,atte declaration. ihrtr ,s nc, ssrc tt,il statement tfem t,cnesls io Aalash, ot the sN,>icnce ei man after death. That IS 'aet that men shauid seriously pon- der ~ho aie talking abou, men no, he- lieving m future state and in future punishment The church. under the divine direction. lived for more than 4.oco wears w,'hou, having |, revealed b them no, partiele. We de not know anything about Il. good et bad
 We come down now tc the New Tes,a- ment. and VIC hnd the whole horizon growing wider and wider uu,il you come Ia the very end. and then the curtain k liised aad that which the senses could 10, understand in any other way is made known to as ,n that magnificent and gur. gcous drama ia the clouds the triumph q, the saintS and the osetthta.s ot all ssll. and the contamination ot this mysterious drama M human litr when rlsht shall have prevailed and wrong >hall have gene under teteseg and esef. Applause
 l his bible ,s a book that sAs written hy mere ths, forty authors. SiSty.stN book> ot Ii arc separated from each other one hy hundred wears. another by tse hundred seass, al the way down eon,atss. tng the history of a nat,on, the history of It's institutions. its constitutional history and government ptoeeee,ng>. lt> wander ings. its rctofinations. All the elements arc scattefcd up and down in the book, written by different hands and with wlde iutetspaces. Now. to undertake to tel
 me that that book N directly inspired by God so that everything that is sad m Il ts fact. is to indicate that yoa have not the first twilight dream os dawn of wha, the book really IS. IL is the most won deftul book . fot hetc you i,nd when men were absolutely but crawling out oi the earth. as Il were, the same fight and the same wfung. the same 'ons, ien,c iu its eailica, and lnianliie condition that sau heal ta iis manly ianes at the seiy lates
 From the beg,nning ta the end that tocA has been oa the stie ei the peaf. on the siic ot the needy. en the stdr oi etefnai compassion. hat hook has been through IheJsAndA and ,heu.ansis If yetta a stout adtn, ate ot lustiee. ai integrity oi putr and humane government. Ina, book hss all the NAY through rcpt sztuled 0.od. terrible IgaIust stekednes. and au- bounded m goodness .os at.is tighteuus- nea4. putify. aweesness. and hove fhefr is nut 4 slaKgeI ln II. There is not one license tai sin There ,s net, ffem bc ginning ,n end. one sinRle variation eA. eep, to give higher conception ot duty The Inc ls unbsoken and t Is al the more mafvelous when you th,nk ho~ 'sisny ages 'sisis ~ets in ita writing. and how many different men recorded what wss the heIghi ta which etsilsaiIon had s,,ained in the particular ages ,n winch they write. And al las, you eoiue to what n called the hiilness oi times
 Look at the magnolia tree It standsta- day its branches without leai but the life ls m II. and when s,ndy March shail have swep, away thu, cruel winter and the voice oi birds shall be heard coming this ker ana thicker from the south. flying bn odorous wings that bring balm, aad s~eesness. and warmth, and il ipeets the tree that no@ stands in it's haffennssa. Ii ~ill begin so bud ,s wili efe long thfos oui ,ts leaves. Si.ll Il will be an undesei- oped tree gioving but by and by ,hose magnificent white eensers ~ili swell ana open, hiled uith the sUeete't incense. and lit theinsrlses up to slosity ,heir Maker And VI ae find ,n the ~ofd of God the free of human life. beginning ~ah the seed growing, thsos,pg oef branshc htther and th,ther and leaves preparations for ishoresscnee and a, last the joyful outbnrsi of blossom, the fruit not yet to be plueked.
 Well, the neat question that would nat uraliy come up among the exea"tiye doe trines and by that l mean thoss doc u,nes that lead men into A higher snd better life the usAble doctfines of the church one of the most irnporan, qG1s- tions among ministry and churches is What is the character of man by natures ls he totally depszvedf never use that phrase. IL is ( misleading one. Well, is he sinfuif On that subject think there can be no doubt. daughter li Is un- necessary ,o ouIi texts that have been ased in warfare until they ase battered and twisted aad turned oa, of ther ofigl- nal sensc and meaning II man in hls loser nature is an animal s.IIl, fl his ap- petite, iusss. passions s--ihe lus of love and no, sentiment sf the powsr of de- fense, destructsveness. eosnbataiiyeness. hunger, thiFsi, these strong elements In the under animal life, fl they are all ln him fl superindaesd upon that under. animal constitution. there is "a higher sptr- isuzl constitution, mind proper, then you have for once z theory of the ongis oi evil m shls world that will hold. Then say, Hos came it thai evil should be permitted to come into the sorid fv The question changes, How did il happea that the world came into existence along this schedule of creation. That only God knows, but that was the way tn which he developed man and therefore when