The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-16
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ssyee claims from ths evidence Of the
clay tablets. that schoola were numerous
before ths sxils. II will bs admlttsI ]. then.
.nas lIss,.suts existed In soms form In me
p~sriencss have always quscksnsi Literature.
can u % that sueh . stlr! Ing and long
isnsmbsssd svsnt ~ this dol,vsrnnce from
Egypt was nnrscofIsd. that thGir we'll
equipped leader. under the lessons taught
81 past sxpsfisncs, lived and died having
sormulased no Ia. for their %guitanoe2
fern a. : later ags. i eontsmporaneons-
ness necessary TO p%rsdibiiity? Max Muller
rays; "Otsl ira dition before tho invention
o. writing has proved itaelf q safe guardian
OF poetry. and few doubt that tho earliest
re- q India and, Greece goes bnck 20
Jerome says Jewish children wore taught
70 ssy by heart all ths gansaloRiss.
Great achisve msnts would print themselves
on the nations memory. Tho religion OF
these people was distinct. Their God was
supreme. using the nations % his inAtrn-
lnents. IA was tho Lotd OF the whole
earth. Creator, who forms the mountains
aid trsads on the high places of earsh." A
being OF universal justice. Tnis mo al Or
der 10 eonArnsd BY their belief In his cleo
lion Of Israel. II he rules not over all.
thers would be no choice OF one people.
Election implies univorsnlity. II WAS not
. national God. not one who cared simply
for ceremonies, bus an ethical monothsism
unique In it, time. Roman says: II WAS
the outcome OF tendencies inherent In the
ssmitio races" Then why did IL attain its
proper dey., opm.n. only n 'as Hebrew
were not echoes. Liks all men who wrote
in either tsssament thoir golden ut,eranoes
were made while their backs were to
the wall, fighting against odds.
They teach the outstanding events Of II.
when lsras! was = child ! loved him ma
called my son out OF Egypt" II God was
forming = people whose destiny was to give
to the world the tlue 70 igion. the history
10 what you would expect. China Is NOT an
elect nation. 1t, has lived within itself.
Israel was destined by his geographical
position and whole history to be the source
OF = unive ssl influence in the sphere Of re-
ltRion. formerly from tive valley OF the
Euphrates. seat Of 9 cat eastern monarch
iss. they sojoufned in Egypt and learned
tho ways OF the child gu Of Ham. Settled
in tho promised land, tho highway between
the east aud west. cnme unasr sue domin-
ion Of tho 4 eat powers OF the west, Egypt.
Assyria. Bah, Ion. Persia. Greece, Rome
were in succession her masters and tench-
ere. When the truo idoa Of God was devsl-
oped 1t was a permanent gain to the world.
Whatever becaIne Of the nation. Bruce
SAWS II tho nation was elected to
CouVe1 10 Jh6 W1OIO WOTlu tuo loEIoCL 70.
ligion three things would follow: FIRST. n
heneticeut regard towards the oatsids ma
tons on Gods part all along; second. ra-
llgious supc iority OH the part OF the elect
people; third, u twofold preparation Of the
chosen peop.e to give 10 the pagan nations
tho true religion, aud Of those nations to
receive It. all confirmed by history and
taught by tho prophets. In their faith,
then. Israel WAS a vehicle. and the plan
could not fnil. Tho eleoting will IL love to
the world. From this faith grew tho
fright vision Of tho futu Q. The outline
of that vision ia now cleRr. A R,o.t good
was coming. q model Kingdom. Vast i'm
~portancc is attached to a single individual
10 tho instrument for accomplishing the
divine purpose in Isra~l's vocation. "A
king shall reign in righteousness" We
have then after this long historical devel-
opment . man.. a. a root out Of
dry ground. unique. of ideal worth,
method Of history. It is the discovery
OF modern science. The preachers conf
dence in the divine plan OF the Bible aud
his evan clio i doctrine does not ueoassar-
lily contradict the principle OF Developments.
Ihe extent TO which IL has produced what
appsnrs seems to be tho only question now
under intelligent debate. Divine love has
been exp. ssed with ever increasing clear
ness in the ascent of life. Hugh Miller.
not yet outarown. has revealed this law and
its logical conclusion from the testimony
Of the rocks.
The dynasty of the future is to be the
kingdom Of Goo, himself in the form OF
man. Creation and creator meet at one
point and in one person. The long asoeud-
ing line tom dead matter to man has boon
a progress Godwards. destined from the
beginning to furnish n point OF union and
occupying that point MS crentor and Gre.
ated, We recognize the adorable monarch Of
4 ~. R WI Ahtu a~A. nln.rS--
exp essicn of love, this self.impartation of
the deity for the good and glory OF man,
before that point of personal unity between
God and man is renched. turn back on it.
self and leave love uncrowned? Then whnt
light have you on tho infinite fathers love?
What but sentimental platitudes can you
teach TO sin-siok souls? Herbert spencer
in bis First Principles" claims that prog
,e esi nIs Fiat Fiat ali 'O things 0Do oon.
spi . TO produce richly endowed
Individual forms, and from these the higher
type Is produced. When man is reached
will the forces. sxrend themselves on thu
DO gathered into a sup'eme!y endowed in
dividual, from whom a higher life shall
como. He asks: Il, IL not just possible
that there should be a higher form OF life
than that of which We can gain a conception
from our v personality" Follow then
| GuIA IA" Oh W II y ! Q OkG VI
of man and ask II tie PROCESS shall stop
there. on the broad Level of humanity. or
reach one browning poin.2 Newman Smyth
nsk.: ''Is 1t not just possible" tnut there
may be a divine realization OF nature and
humanity thar our 20 soIal consciousness?
Have We reached, In tbs type OF the human
soul. the last possible goal? Il
there still to come tho one
in whom the whole prophetic nscent
OF life. through ave. mole favored indi-
vidunl forms, shnll DO fuldlled-the second
man. the Lord f,om heaven. Clearly it
would DO in accordance with the whole
analogy, OF the previous ascent and indi-
naturalization Of nature II, after the G ommon
plane OF humanity is reached, the process
OF selection shonld CONTINUES; If We should
find evidence within the historic period of
the natural selection of nm Abraham and
his DESCENDANTS; il II thousnnd forces should
combine to produce a peculiar people; il
upon that highly favored stem should ny
"Whnt," says the modern critic. "a divine
human personality. Wo object; it is ira
~tional." But remember 3 encer's words: ut
" true that we are tctalty unable to con-
ceive any such higher mode OF life, but
this IL not a reason for questioning
its existence. IL 10 rather the rcverae."
In tho vision Of the prophets was this
Wond Gus moral hero and q kingdom OF
tho good. The moral hero makes himself
tho King Of that kingdom by spiritual in
sight and self sacrifice, as tho sutfel ing ser
ton of these prophetic ideals in Jesus An
accident or a God-appointed fulhllmont2
Tho preache', il no has anything vital LETT
to preach, may ndmit tho p incipl0 OF the
modern theory. eut he must lit up great
facts, auch ns the messianic hope. the char