The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-01

- ssN eoeoleS0 --susss sSstss nas
nmshenatics can = Unite existsass and ths
inhAits being be iasl0ssd II ths Same Dor
.s0aaltty. Locate Jeaus In the GodheAd.
ana MS actions osAss 10 have \ purely hu-
man qHsltty. On ths other hand. the as
How ssuld ths creator Of heaven DO tempted
70. Ne wilderness BY shs Offer from Satan OF
What was bis Y handtWorkp
The direct teaching and shs implication
Of shs 0Ospsla eontradist the sNofihoial
s sti:,e 3; ~ Fs q b; %,sn, u toa' r as. s,a,% n
jesus tsashing. sweeps away every media
tosial scheme, foy . father. 90 In ths para
BILE OF the IrodtQal, which 10 the absolute
nsRasion OF Calvintsm. allows no msdiAtor
to stand between him and his child; MOI
his love or make . show OF his hatred Of
sin. Jesus condition. divine forgiveness.
not upon belief In bis blood, but upon
mans exercise Of ths forgiving spirit. We
are 10 be judged, not according TO our re-
t u aas 70 l n,%; eS' S siHxSi.S,ndf i, to o ms j ;eeas.
msnt OF osAors. He asked people. not
10 believe IN his merits, but 10 rspAnt Of
sleis aims; not to hide bshiad his oEos... but
to bear thsis y oross; not 10 depend upon
~. 1looa' lns 70 learn Of BIN MN. a,s's 81 ".o sad
from ths Later Isaiah to describe bis min
issry, every phrase refers TO Z purely natural
and human healing aud helpsulness.
There 10 no hint OF any saoSi6oisl office OF
v'o.,iou: economy. He goes about, ne. a.
10 heal man, saying: go lsnrn what that
noansth. / viii have mercy and not saori-
Ace"! In the few recorded allusions to bis
death. whtsh falling apostolic memories
and LEGENDARY aeorstions have somewhat
Obsoarsd and distostsd. Jesus makes no
reference TO II 40 q revelation Of Gods love.
40 . satisfaction TO God's justice. or % q
sasrihoial substitute for sinners. In the
garden, he psAyed 10 be delivered from III,
impending sopkow, which he eould not have
done II ae were carrying. ont a previously
death on the GROSS, 90 div,asly illustrative
Of the possibiittiss OF human nature. no
spectator saw In ia pathos of pity n Ito
hcroism Of the spirit. ~ asserted by the
oloRy. either the revelation of Gods lsys or
the proof Of Gods hatred Of sin. and no
done would open heaven TO sinners who be.
lisved. People saw a won Irons dosd Of
heroiam which profoundly stirred them, but
they read there NO pardon Of guilt. and
bshsld there NO open door 10 heaven. They
fed fro. ths place In fear ~ from The scene
according 70 Acts. saw IN his eruoih1ion
nothing but q orusl murder; II ~as their
belief IL his resurrection that rs-srsAted
their hopes and around II that their asv
life 1svslvsd.
Whom the woman. taken IN ad.lssry.
use the greatest opportunity Of his life for
unfolding the popular plan Of salvation.
Here vas q sinner. whs, II anyone ever
needed Il, needed instruction in the dos.
Urine Of he PURIFYING power Of his blood.
Bat Joszs never said a word absat Il. He
ant of that remarkable scheme Of rsdsmp-
tisa BY which God 10 said to impsIs bic
Assit on faith 10 ths guilty. He never told
her . word about the saving efficacy Of bic
death; he never warned her against future
prosasioni DO = p!y aid to her; Go. snl
10 preach repentance to the vilest sinner.
that surely II enough for "a
There are to-day Two imperial factors %
work among msn-sls scientific spirit and
the educational nsthod-ths ono discover
Ing diyias Law, ne other creating
verse H.. education makes life what II
ought to b; the hrst disoloses the processes
Of nature, the second develops The powers
Of human nature. The scientist reveals
the ways Of God. the educate. %inoarnates
the spirit OF God. Both sotivitiss unst DO
So~nnsaslrAto with the discovery Of all
truth. the other 40 inclusive of the whole
presses by which mans life 10 unfolded and
snrichsd. Science has justified ltsslf BY
ths knowisdge that il has given ~. she in
ventiens thas u has made possible, and the
abroad, 10 which superstition cannot sur
viva. and from which slavish fears have
been abolished. A higher type Of man.
hood. . new social life, and efficient meth
DDS Of relief and reform illustrate and just.
lily The educational idea. Science brings
thronssa new authority-dissovsred fact
rather thsn traditional opinion; while sdu-
cation applies TO life = new ooonomy, which
saves men. not By ceremonial continuance
or celestial contract. but bv enrichment Of
Iansr Life. And each Of these dtspensa-
helps 10 make education sxaot and fruitful.
while education translates scientific truth
into life.
Now, the person and miniatry Of Jesus
must be re-interprstsd under the guidance
Of these two theories and methods. Jesus
verse;; and science. not spsculatioa must
answer ths qusstton-W Who IL hsp The error
Of Nissa aud ConstAnttnepls was that
theoloRisns tried TO NJ him Into = plan Of
creation and providence which has NO ex-
istsnos In fact. Oriesn. ~Athanssius, and
and made jesus shs operative Power il =
universe which does not exist: Hsael,
Sek.sisrmaehss, and Dornsr are also 90 Tar
away from reality In their spesulations.
When We look % tho universe disclosed BY
science, W find no place for The Christ Of
Theology. When We read the Christologi-
oal doQmas Of tho SCHOOLS, W say At every
stsp-Ths experience Of life furnishes NO
facts 70 support these towering assertions,
and every man In making tAem departs
from reality into the world Of Imagination.
And IL 10 obvious that the modern mind
demands = conception Of Jesus In harmony
with the facts Of nature, one that does not
contradict either ths method or the Yevela-
tion Of the laboratory.
The person Of Jesus must BE- sst In the
frame Of eosmie order; and tho ministry OF
Jesus must be traced within psy Geological
and historical limits. The station 10 90
cupies must bs conceived 40 natural rather
than sspe! natural; the help hs bears ia
man must Al ths inherent necessities OF
human nature and flow along the ways Of
history. Was II his Office to plaeats God
No, neither natural nor spiritual law allowa
any place for ths operation Of propitia tioa.
To rescue man from the inn atsd guilt ol
AAaM2 No, modern psychology sweeps
that Notion aside. for IL 10 oontradistsd by
ths facts Of our common human nature.
To operate 40 \ supernatural force In his.
toryi No, historical seiencs admits no such
dual realm In human Affairs. The modern
mind 10 intolsrant Of all mere assn ptions.
Whom men Of scientific training hear dog
matists assert ths oo-squal sonship OF Jess,
In the tviuns Godhsad. or his ~rriestly oficl
in sasri6 cling himself to satisfy the dc.
mands Of tastiss. the question 10 pressed
Who 10 present that Was there and can give
evidence on tAess mattsrsp
Tho popular claim that d additional Chris