Telegram-herald., 1891-08-03
THERE IS A GREAT GOD
Rev. DR.. Campbell Fairs Able Ser.
mon Last Evening.
ATHEISM SHOWN TO Be ILLOGICAL
II . Belief Gives Comfort, aeSs. Rest
Peace. Happiness and Hope Of
heaveB. IL 10 Better Accepted Bssa
~ the Belief be . Dsiasisa.

Rev. DR.. Campbell Fair's sermon last
evening at st. Marks church wac logi-
cal, convincing and a powerful blow TO
the fallacles of atheislic philosophy.
He said:
"ln all ages and places there has
been belief that God ls n personal
creating God. This is not confined TO
the nation. Ii is as universal as Gods
time, as Gods ages. A chlid believes
what as al old man ne may smile at,
but IN all age there is belief IN God.
Show me a period In existence when
the belief IN God rs cast OF, as child s
belief in Santa Claus. Can that, my
brother, be wrong that has this univer-
sal testimonv-wnat all believer There
never hae been and there is not now
such thing As an atheistlc
nation. There are atheists, but no
atheistic corporation OF any kind.
What foolishness for one person to put
himself up against this universal opin-
ionl The Indians NAV believe in "A
Great Spirit, but they are not atheists.
No such Dlonstrosity as an atneistic na-
ton ever existed. Even athelstic clubs
have at best a fieeting membership.
All Nations Believe In God.
The universal testimony of the great
est and hest men is. Il believe III God
If the FOOLS position be the correct one,
Is t not strange that your nation is
wrong? There never has been an athe-
istic president. Ii is too un-Amercan.
How can an American bc AN atheist?
The person who says there is no God
cOntradlcts reason. There ls nothing
more reasonable than the relation OF
cause and effect. IL We see All effect,
we know there must be n cause. The
person who says there Is no first
cause says there's no reason tor the
things | zee before me- lie says that
the un iverse Is topsy turvy', when he
says OF the stars, there's no power
creating, controlling arranging and
guarding them go into a store and
see a globe. i see 1t as representing
the world. say, 'you picked this up
on tine street did you notY No
Did things fall together by Chance and
make il? The g,obe was designed; the
world came 10y chance. Is that reason
able?
see a sewing machine, Did chance
make that marvellous thingY Ii that
little thing required an inventor, de-
slgner, what OF the rota aons OK the
stars, That never cease? Is j. the result
of chance
Everything Declares for God.
These similes might be multiplied a
one hundred fold, but where we see a
esign must acknowledge a designer.
To say there ls no God, is 10
contradict reason. An atheist Is
a fool. Ar atheist is believing
far more than he needs, for it Is easier
TO believe than TO reject. He explains
these things by hls saying Eternity of
matter That from the hard rock
comes the soft heart. Tlat we are de-
ve!oped from mud. That from mud
came a jeliyfish, from the jelIyhsh 4,
toad, from the toad "a monkey anu from
the monkey a man. The atheist be-
heves tins conscientiously, but says that
10 eternal power aids. Which of our
beliefs | submit is the SIMPLER? But
suppose their creed is correct. Have
you seen the changes taking place in
living forms, as the jellyfish to the
toad, etc? Why is that not gong on
now? When did it stop? Take the
other creation of the atheist iraIn, the
atomic theory. Why do not they act
SO now? Who secs matter forming AMI
mate beings now?
The person who says.there is no con-
scious personal God is a fool. | give
them the credit of being CONSCIENTIOUS,
but why rejec. what gives US ~ much
hope, comfort. happiness and finally
Heaven? suppose they are deluslons
what do we lose IN the end? Nothing,
Suppose our belief IS correct, the
atheist loscs everything. There is a
God there is heaven; there is Paradise;
there is rest. It's worth while to believe
in delusIon, If IT gives everything and
loses US nothing.