Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-05
Philosophy Of Faith.

Therefore, being justified by faith. we have peace
with God. through our Losi Jesus Christ.
By whom alsO We have access by faith into this
grace wherein stand and rejoice il the hops
ofthe glory Ct God. Rom. Y: l., 2.
God has commanded faith because it Is funda-
mental in our salvation. Gods commands arc not
| arbitrary but founded in reason. He has in his
word thrown light upon the pathway OF life. He
has revealed many dangers we may avoid il we
believe the revelation He has revealed to rs in
the person Of Christ. perfect pattern: faith in
his PROJECTIONS necessary in order that we may
become Ike Him. Faith is commanded, because
disastrous results flow naturally from unbclief;
therefore, Christ said: ..WhOe0cyer belieyeth not
shall be damned
There are three classes Of knowledge viz: Sense,
faith and inference.
Our scnse knowledge is necessarily, very limited
The knowledge Of inference is somewhat nncer-
tain. By fa1. the greater amount Of the knowledge
We possess, is based upon the testimony Of others.
This, to them, may have been the knowledge Of
sense, but to US who receive ii their testimony
it is faith.
We are constituted that We can receive knowl-
edge based on testimony, I. C. by faith. 1t is a
fundamental law Of human progress that the obser-
| walton and experience Of one may be communicat-
atiOn may be communicated to the next; that the
experience OF all the generations Of the past may
so far as they have been preserved, become our
own, that VIC stand not in the light Of our own
knowledge Of sense, or of inference; but, in the
light Of the accumulated knowledge Of all who
have gone before US, so far it has been preserv
cd and handed down to Us.
All the knowledge received from history is faith
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torian. All that we receive from astronomy is
faith, based upon the teachings Of eminent astro-
nomcrs. To the astronomer it may he the know-
edge Of and inference but to the it is
the knowledge Of faith. The same is true in every
field OF learning. More than ninc-tenths Of every
thing We profess to know, is, to u.s. the knowledge
Of faith Faith is the plan OF the soul, therefore,
God addresses faith and makes it the lever by
which we may reach the skies.
When We have gone out in the sphere of sense
far AZ the eye see by the aid Of the largest
telescopes, faith goes beyond and says ''God is
everywhere" When We have gone backward as
far as the Gcologist, can take us to the begin
ming until he acknowledges that as eSseiises stift,
we can go no farther; faith tai inn Ander. q
sense lets him down. and says: 49,, .,,d
God created the heavens and the ears. o.
When he stands beside the open grave dii-.ts
into the future sense, knowledge teaches hfnf
nothing. Inference Is very unsatisfactory, but
faith hears the voice Of Jesus saying lin my Faith
er's house arc many mansions.' Il 60 to prepare
place for YOU" This knowledge is based upon
the testimony Of Christ, who came to speak to us
OF heavenly things and who said 1--WE speak that
| We do know and testify that We have seen.'
The above is a synopsis of the SER
mon delivered by Rev. G. Louthcr, in
the NJ. f. church, on Sunday morning.