Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-03

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anity, instead Of triumphing everyWhssaa
with constantly widening. sweep Of pcnerr 3.
lying feebly painting, while they administer us rs
representation can escape the in1Stat aiocn 9
utter T 4Sa aaesy e. except .ka By seeking refuge,
deny that there are eminent scientists ~
are anything but devout and humble. Chrss,
tians; And the time was when it was sun
posed that the teachings OF science wtns, IL,
imical to religion. Nay. more, that thu. we' II
ascertained conclusions of science wer,. con-
Trajectory to the Bible, and SO geology wa
Invoked, and astronomy and natural hia4nr.
and We know not what beside. They were nSSt
upon the witness stand; shey were stretcfhSf
upon the rack; but not one syllable has ever
shrewdest of Scriptural scientists could nnse,
sibly construe into q refutaoipn of any single,
net in me; and astronomy has said, it ia nov
in nc, ara spontaneous generation has bro
ken down and confessed itself an unmitigated;
clared that it was not sure of lis patern no,
or Of its own identity, ana in aay
event u has no word Of contradiction of that
bold to aharm that the man who to-day dares,
to intimate that science is in any sense the
any or me modern sceptic is not a scientist.
only Ignorant OF science, but still more sur,
prisingly and inexcusably ignorant of the
Scriptures: Few of them have ever read
cavil. II they did we should not be tom with
dreary and disgusting reiteration TINT the
tempered and. r~evengeful." That He listens
with delight to- shrieks of torture, nj gazes
fs nr;5sr feseS ,b squirting .:Hee es b1g9ain That nn't1 they
and slavery: and countenanced murderand
adultery and stealing" That ITO ask a cues
1ieR or i to 70 use be QUIZ go Tsss0 af in b, the mater Of 5h re.
1.-THE man who in. the absence Of the light Of
revelation follows the light of nature and
to meet every possible obligation viii never.
theless be damned at last because he never
heard Of the Son Of God.' To say all this,
as distinguishes the champion OF intidelity, is
to betray an, amount of Ignorance of the
teaehings of the Scriptures such as any six
to be able to put to the blush.
So much for the ignorance of foolish mens
1 Mise ex sssm a p1bt s:M,t to they s;Ie sap not %ot BY : some }a,.,
have been Suggested. One that hes been
thought of is the strong arm of the law. and
been appealed to. There is a 1awa against in
decent exposure oftthe person, and this of ali
exposures is perhaps the most indecent. There.
any pictorial or written Representations that
are adapted to the %debauehery Of public
the author of all evil has not as yet invented
It. AND yet, Tor ourselves, we are free to de-
clare that we firmly believe, there is a more
excellent way. We would not distinguish
them by giy1ng. them a martyrs crown, nor
adopt a style Of warfare which our Lord Him.
Another way to answer them is to enter the
lists Tor a wordy war and undertake to beat
them down with the pondero,us trip.hammer
OF Logical augmentation. The trouble with
this method is that when you attempt it YOU,
find no solid infidel argument with which to-
grapple, and SO you fight as one who beats
counter, but Il fog, and who can successfully
fight a fog? It is nokwith grave and thought
iul ob5ect9rs that you have to do; but ribald:
doubters one might well be content to reason
by the month, but on such rs these a minutes
and Tor all men tha nobleSt demonstration
that can possibly be given is that which the
apostle here prescribes when he suggests that
norancc Of foolisi men,"
what the world wants above all things, and
in our time above all times, is rot theory. but,
not eyenplmorep iety, but purity and charity.i
1t is the lack OF practical common sense, corn
merclal, social religion that gives intidelity an:
worldly and wicked professors of religion
make more infidels than all the blatant and
frothy biasphemers that ever mounted the
piattOrm. You may ridicule the Kelley Motor.
and laugh at the contding fools that put their
money INTO it, because it doesn't go. But no.
man dare laugh at Watt or Fulton now. or put;
can hear the thunde r Of its power. II will not
attempt to speak for Massachusetts" said the,
= Clc y aAO O1u'.
Commonwealth speaks for itself.' Paul.;
writing to the Thessalonians says: I'm,
every, place your faith to Godward isl.
spread abroad SO that we need not to speak.
anything.' And it is recorded in the Acts.
OF the Apostles, as an incident of a marvel-;
GUS miracle wrought by the agency of Peter;
and John, that the people, seeing the lame
man that had been healed leaping and prais.;
ing God could say nothing against it." What's
is wanted in the world is not more books on
the evidences of Christianity, but more Civ;
ing epistles;' not more sermons, but more-of.:!'
practical bcnet1cence and quiet, holy living.
The stars do not shoot, they simply shine. Our
saviour Says Let your light SO shine before
men mar they seeing your good works may
gglorify your. Father who is in Heaven.
Gldeon,s three itundred men who smote thoy
Mid1anltes withsuch dismay, and won so illusc+
trious a victory, did not go down into the val-l
ley, but, stood on the hill-tops round about
and and fi hst lights and blew their run
and fled in panic from the field they held, Let
us not go'down to the battle with any carnals
weapons. Or nelly too much on Damascus
blades tcnged'in famous schools Of theological,
thought. but let US by manifestation Of
the truth in the daily life commend ourselves
70 every mans conscience in the. sight Of
Cod and.so by our welldoing we shall best
put to sIcncetthe ignorance of foolish mal.