Nevada County picayune., 1889-09-25
RELIGIOUS COLUMN. Edited by - GEO. A. GARDNER.
TRUTH.

Whatever may have been the mo- tive which prompted Plate to pro- pound the above question, whether it was idle curiosity, or a sincere de- sire to know the truth, the fact still remains the same that hu- man wisdom has during all the ages been unable to offer any satisfactory solution of the problem involved and, despite the development and progress of nineteen centuries, the accumulated wisdom of the world is no nearer the true answer to that question than when it first fell from the lips of Judea's Governor.
 Perhaps our Savior himself, on an- other occasion, gave the true answer when he said, ''I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life" The supreme fact of the spiritual world, the incar- nation of the divine wisdom and power and love, in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ, presents to the mind a most illustrious exhibition of truth in its highest concrete form. It is difficult to appreciate and properly comprehend the true character of any great principal in the abstract; but when it is presented to the mind in visible, tangible and concrete form then we can lay hold of it and under stand far better its relations to our selves and all other things.
 Our Savior said to Pilate that "He came to bear witness of the truth" ," and that all who were of the truth would hear his voice; and as the vis- ible incarnation or embodiment of the truth, his testimony was far more effective than it would have been from disembodied source. 1.-The word was made flesh and dwelt among us; and we beheld his glory, as the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth"
 In general terms, truth is the ex- pression of harmony or correspon- dence with universal nature; and, whenever anyone embraces the truth as it is in Christ Jesus, he is thereby put in harmony with his environment, and indeed, with universal nature.
 Truth is simple; Except ye be- come as little children, ye can in no case enter into the Kingdom of Heaven" Truth is cleansing: "Sanctify them through thy word thy word is truth" Truth is power full: "It pierces to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit" " Truth is eternal as much so as space or duration-in fact, as every truth Is l lllOIt ol ltSS d oi Nfot [, a revelation in part of his nature, it is therefore as eternal as God him self. God is the All in All, the om- nifc spirit which permeates the uni verse, and all things are upheld by the word of hls power.
 Error and sin are transitory, and will pass away, but truthi is immortal, and will survive the wreck of matter and the crash of worlds. Goodness and holiness are the outflow of truth in the moral world, while sin and evil, and even death itself, are the legitimate effects of falsehood and error the latter are bound to disap- pear before the triumphal progress of the Son of God, for it is said, He shall reign until he hath put all ene- mics under his feet;" but the former will remain as thing of beauty and joy forever, amid all the mutations of time and the vicissitudes of eternity.
 The question, what is truth !' which has been sounding through the ages, will be answered wisely or foolishly just in proportion as we put ourselves in harmony with it's re- quirements, or madly throw our selves across the track of its victori- ous march through the universe of . God. Let us seek then to know and obey the truth; then will righteous ness and truth meet together, and mercy and peace will kiss each other.
 The glorious Gospel of the Son of God, the grandest expression of 1 Gods love and truth, will rebind us back to the throne of Heavens King, rekindle the fires of immortal life, and secure for us an "inheri- tance that is incorruptible, and that fadeth not away"
 Self praise is no test of self ap- proval-indeed, those who are the most nsistent in their own commen- [ I hn