The Globe-republican., 1890-05-07
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Written expressly for the GLOBE REPUBLICAN
A MIRACLE is work Of God in which
He 80 modifies the laws of nature a tn
manifest a special divine isterposition,
for special purpose.
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A MIRACLE is not contrary to the laws
of nature. but superior to them, As mind
is superior to matter. g
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A MIRACLE is never performed for dis
play but for specific purpose; some
object is to be accomplished worthy of
the work. That object may be the at
testatiOn of the power of the one who
claims to be one through whom mira
Gle may be performed. 1t may be to at
test the authority of some one who is
worthy to be heard and obeyed.
1t may be t" attest the message as divine
which the messenger brings.
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by the attestation and power by which
they wrought miracles. Miracles attested
the authority of Moses to lead the Chill
dren of Israel out of Egypt. Miracles
attest the power and authority of Christ
in reference to his divine mission. He
claimed that the message-the Gospel
He brought was from God, and the mir
acles he wrought were and are one of the
proofs of the claim.
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TO ADMIT the existence of a supreme,
intelligent. personal God is to admit the
possibility of a miracle. For, to admit
that He is, and that He is Creator and
Governor of the universe is to admit that
He can and will do with His own as pleas
eth Him. Thus it seems reasonably plain
that miracle is altogether possible
thing-granted, an intelligent First
Cause.
DIR. JOHN HALL says there are certain |
of the times which are wOr-
thy of attention. The first tendency is
that man is constituting himself Judge
of what God is and what he ought to be
the second tendency is to rule out of the
Bible as uninspired anything that con-
flicts with the above idea; and the third
tendency is to set up Christian conscious
ness as the rule of faith.
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WE ARE LIVING in wonderful times.
Two great wars, the American Civil War
and the FrancO-Prussian, have passed
within easy memory of the majority of
men now living; then followed the great
abOr upheavals of 1S76-1SS6; from 1870
% 1890 were formed the great corpora
ions, trusts, combinations, etc.. which
make the mighty aggregations of capt.
al; the inventions of the photograph,
he Typewriter, the electric motor; the
of powerful engines by
which trains of cars can be drawn at the
ate of sixty to eighty miles per hour, or
immense steamships propelled through
he water'at sixteen to twenty-five miles
'er hour, or by which acres of machin-
ry may be made to spin with dizzy We
ocity by single Corliss; and now the
ight-hour movement by which the la
oring people of the country-and what
onest man does not labor-expect to
ain two hours day for self-improve-
lent with their families. We are max
ng wonderful strides in material things.
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MAY WE not hope that these days are
ne precursors of brighter days in moral y
nd spiritual things? We are looking
fter civil service reform in government :.
Il affairs; after purity and honesty at :.
he ballot box; we are looking after .
economy, honesty and integrity in mu- >,
lcipal affairs; after temperance in all =,
lings; after the social conditions of the o
eople, first regarding their moral, Sec
nd their poverty, third, their spiritual O,
eeds; we are looking for the respectful ia
of all citizens to the statutes, al
'mmon, and moral laws of God and 81
an. After such development in things II
to material wealth, ought we d,
IT to expect great things in these intel. o,
ctual and especially in these moral vi
avs? n
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OUR STANDARD of material progress ~
high. The spiritual standard is below or
II. We are too much absorbed in !,
oney- getting, and give too little atteu- m
IN to the needs of heart and soul. We II,
e not all matter but are partly spiritual. 81
e are composed of matter and spirit.
eglect not the finer, nobler portion.
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PRIDE is great deceiver, and evil. TO
touches many hearts and lives. It is
rust Nebuchadnezzar out of society ftw
It'll he ate grass like an OK; pride ne
rust Saul out of his kingdom. Haman tie
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