The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-23

tifc discovery is q making known to men of the
ways OF Gods working, and is full OF iustruc-
ton for the spiritual life. II this is true il il
just as wrong 10 fight sgsinst scientific truth as
against religious truth. In fact where will you
draw the liue? Does God draw auy? Is there
anything in the life OF God which has 10 do with
His science and no. with His religion? Itis all
one with Him, and will be all one with US by
ana oy when we see things in their right rss-
tons
10 some OF the discoveries of the past hun
ored years religious teat hers have been very
hostile. They were afraid that these discover.
les would break down faith. As ii one truth
about God could contradict anotherl And after
awhiie, when everybody began to see that the
scaentihc facts still stood, in spite of polemical
assault, they perceived that the church had &C.
cup!eo the wrong position And they lost faith
IN tne religion proclaimed in the church Thus
ehe very result that the church feared has often
peen visited upon it. Now II a thing is true be-
yond controversy, speak 1. out. If tie church,
Tor instance, should Elislead the world, or a.
temp: to do so, as TO what the Bible is, the re-
suit would eventually be complete loss Of faith
IN the record concerning Jesus Christ Unless
the position il abandoned tina. the Bible was
printed in heaven, thus excluding any errors OF
the printers boy, you must abandon the Bible
Itself.
The church las made some mistakes Nota-
mistake, so grievous as to attain, fear, the evil
eIninence OF sin. in the rivalry aud waste incl
dent 10 denominations. There is no reason in
heaven why the Methodists and Presby terians
and Congregatlonaiists should all start
churches IN small Washington city
TO starve three ministers on what would
feed one The world will never believe in Jesus
Christ until His disciples are united more
closely than at present There is more soreness
OF heart az this very day In the breasts OF men
called Christians in Washington state, more
soreness OF heart at the rivalries of others than
there is OF solicItude for human salvation, If
one 10 to judge from what one hears and sees.
Jesus neye. lodged fact He did not preach
as the people would have wished: he swept
away their interpretations OF the scripture
when He said: "Ye have heard that il hath
been said, but say unto you Otherwise"
whatever you can learn about God and about
HIS message is not too good 10 tell your brother.
The religion OF today must not, in the fear of
shattering faith, allow poor foundations to rest
under the faith OF any man.
This 70 a day when munich palites are estab-
iiebing Tree ubraries free high schools not only,
but even free colleges. Under such circurn-
stances the religion Tor today must establish
free churches. That is, il must not gauge by q
certain number OF dollars the amount of good
Gospel that any man shall be entitled to. In
other words, the beat preaching must be access
fble TO the multitude, and 1t is not 80 now, 70,
the greatest churches of London and New York
and Chicago make the poor man miserable and
it is sin TO DO so. Poverty Is not pleasant to
bear, and there is one place on earth where it
ought 70 feel comfortable aud that is the church
of Him Who went about without where to lay
his head.
The religion for today ought not to wait for
laboriDg men to point out TO it the proper thing
to do in this respect 1t ought to lead public
opinion and not wait for the cry OF humanity to
make IL more LIBERAL.
But the religion fo- today viii not be satisfied
| with humanitarian Efforts merely. 1t Will in
deed seek TO save men for the proper life of the
| body, il order that II may save them eternally
| For man is not saved when he is warmed and
| clothed and fed. The ultimate object of the re-
| ligon for today shall not be this. for some OF
| the best clothed, best fed and most comforta-
| bic people are not tolerated in really good SO.
| ciety.
| Jesus preaching began with the statement
| that the kingdom OF heaven was at hand, and
| was Immediately succeeded by the appeal:
| Repent and believe the Gospel. When you say
| that kingdom Is at hand, you mean that a
| King is also at hand. There Is a Monarch to be
| met ami enthroned before the kingdom can
| come in any ones soul. Tho religion of today
| can not be vague and general thing; it cannot
| be a set of rules: il connot be system of So
ciety, because that Is merely an outward express
| sion of every mans life in touch with
| MS ueiSnoor Inc kIuguom OF heaven,
wnen 1t comes at all, comes to you. 1t
| is law OF love demanding sway over you. The
| reasonableness of Christianity may appeal to
| you: the terrors of sin may appeal TO you; the
| truth of the Gospel may convince you, but the
| only thing that can save you is to make Jesus
| your King. As the bond that saves and builds
the family Is love; as the bond that saves and
| builds the nation is love OF country the bond
| that will save your soul is love toward Him in
| whom the PROJECTIONS OF God appear.