Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-19
supreme teacher upon whose assurance We
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supreme teacher upon whose assurance we
rely when doubt assails US.
That above all Is God, we may believe
without the help of the testimony Of Christ,
The existence OF God 10 the most reasonable
inference, going back from effect to cause,
that can be drawn from the order and
growth of nature and from the mind and
soul of man. And that God is Almighty,
90 that he can DO all things which belong to
the realm Of power and righteousness, might
also have been guessed at, and is not diff
6cult Of acceptance. Aud that God 10 the
maker Of heaven aud earth-this, too, the
profoundest thinkers have found consistent
with their deepest researches
But that God is our Father-that God
really cares for us, really loves us, His
children, here we get into the range of hard
questions Here we have need Of help.
For sometimes our consciousness says
Eyes" and sometimes mo-" to the Father
hood Of God. 1t makes great deal of dif-
ference whether 1t is day or night, whether
prosperity or adversity attends us, who is
there who has not asked in the hour Of
darkness, in the midst of pain and sorrow,
does God care? We want somebody who
really knows to tell us And Christ comes
to tell us Apd we accept that blessed
truth, putting the doubts away, not because
and cot a ioricsI and .stisfyinp answer but
hecayse We have realised that .Jesus Christ
Inows mora shout that than we ever can.
and we have bSen contnnted to accept His
word.
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And that God will FORGIVE our SINS, ana
that he will raise us up after death to lie
eternal-who has thought out these deep
and hidden truths9 Who has dared TO set
sin and salvation, and life and DEATH to-
gether, and to say rs the result OF his own
reasoning, Il know2" Doubts and dlf'cul-
ties gather about US, and we are not
me'"Pny nys''ianS' VIC T nys -. ..osa1ns
inc nue.t;ons What shall we do then?
WIN. let us listen to the Master. Where
is the wise man. where is the philosopher
whom we can trust TO solve these problems
taintv that these assertions of the creeds
are true. our accentnnee of these unspeak-
ABLY important truths. and our foundation
of our life and destinv thereon. rest on
our faith In Leans Christ
That ia what faith does It makes it
possible for us to accent upon the word of
some one whom we trust that which we can
not or do not verify. This helpful faith is
as universal A humanity. We are all the
time accepting statements which we cannot
or do not yerify upon the word of some one
whom we trust. This is one of the condi-
tions of our thinking. We cannot get along
without 1t. Probably nine-tenths of all the
truths that we know rest upoa the basis of
faith. Most geographical truth evidently
does. Most scientific truth also does. We
have to depend upon the travelers-and
upon the men who have the time and skill
to make experiments. we nave neltner
ont manv Of The hard nroblems for our
selvea We accent the solutions of the
scientific masters
"n.' enfi'" :,
Now, Christian faith is not different in its
nature from any other kind OF faith 1t Is,
first, supreme trust in person; and then,
following naturally after that, an assured
acceptance Of the truth OF what that person
says Faith carries into the spiritual
world that inevitable recognlnon OF the
necessity OF dependence on the testimony
by which we live every DAY IN the intel
lectuai world. christian ialtn 10 trust In
the Supreme Spiritual Master. he VINO
taught in Galilee spake as never man spake.
After all the centuries OF growth and en-
lightenment and progress, Jesus Christ Is
still He who uttered the ultimate word;
Never has truth In relgion been discovered
anywhere, among all the creeds, all the
philosophers. which we do not hnd In the
brief record OF his life
Jesus Christ knew more about those
truths which are spiritually discerned than
all the saints of all time have ever dreamed
Of And he said that God loved us, that