The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-30
PROGRESS PR0r1SF,
eEy. THOMAS DIXON Oh TIE Re-
uorOs OF INDUSTRY"

mon la tho Not able series Entitleq ~
Proph~cl~. of th- woEId'. FAir-AssierI
Miracles Revealed to Man sy .od."
New YORK. Nov. 26.--Rev. Thomal
Dixon. Jr.. preached again this morning
in Association hall on The Prophetic:
Of the World / air. The suhlect OF TO
days sermon was Me- Religion Of In
dustry, or the PrurniSe Of rha Miracle
OF Progress. He declared that thu
spirit of God was the inspiring powe'
in the discoveries Of science and tn,
material as well as spiritual progres
Of the world. He appealed for a wide'
creed of inspiration that should Civ
the glory OF the achievements Of the mas
tiers of literature. art. science and nut
chanics to the spirit ever hrooiing. lead
ing, illuminating. In the marTels or oul
material progress he saw the brgb
promise of the emancipation and re
demption Of mankind This, he main
tanned. was shown hy the wonderfu
advances of civilization under the pre- =
sure of the material achie,e Inent of tn
present generation. the fact that ths
discovery OF nature Is the revelation -!
God, and inat to improve the environ
1nent of man is to make possible more
and more normal life. which can only
be righteous one. ....
The text chosen was from Exodus
XXI, 8, 4, Il have filled him with the
spirit of God, in wisdom, and in under.
standing, and in knowledge, and in all
manner of workmanship, to devise Gun
ming works. ... RI. -. :
The religious thought of today is sad.
" impoverished by the inadequacy OF
our theories of inspiration. Some OF
us who spell s-p-i-r- a-t-i-O-n' with
the biggest possible capitals and the
biggest space and fullest accent OH ev-
cry syllable-and every letter, in fact
hold the smallest conceivable view of
inspiration. Often the men who are
most enthusiastic about plenary inspi-
ration really believe in the host limited
of all inspirations. The time has come
to give the honor and glory of divine
achievement in all spheres and all times
to the living spirit of God the primal
source of all
z" The day has come for faith in a lar
ger inspiration. = - = NF,''
The day has come for 1.-The worship
and recognition of the manifestation Of
God in the overbrooding, oyershadow-
ing, leading, Illuminating spirit.
THE BIBLE DIvINELY INSPIRED. 70
l believe in the divine inspiration of
the Bible. Yes, and more, l believe in
the divine inspiration of many other
priceless treasures of literature. ! be-
Geve that George Eliot was inspired of
God to write those peerless records of
the inner secrets of human nature. There
is no other sane way to account for
these wonderful books. Why should l
deny the authority of the spirit in the
progress of the book that moves the soul
with resistless power and sends it forth
to battle with higher and holier and di-
viner aims?
| believe that the invention of the
mariners compass was by the leading
of the spirit of God.
| believe that the pioneers who dis
covered America were led by the spirit
of God in that sublime enterprise, 81,
| believe that the genius who invent
ed the steam engine was inspired by the
spirit of God. ''.....'. .'.'
| believe that the men who invented
printing and the printing press We're
inspired and led by the spirit of God
/ hl1iaua thot tho bo
out darkness by the cleaning torch Of
electricity, harnessed the dynamo to the
burdens of humanity and binding with
myriad wires made the world a broth
erhood was inspired by the spirit of
God. n-.I4 Ia, I.s
1t is blasphemy to deny it. Yet how
few OF us have recognized this solemn
and worldwide truth!
It is time to enlarge our faith. 1t is
time to lift up our eyes and see the
grander temple God is thus silently.
building on earth. 1t is time to recog-
nize that nobler hierarchy whose king
dom is the world, whose constituency is
humanity man made in the image Of
God. No sublimer temples were ever
ACdl GU W tllS iO1Ol VI NtOO Uilctlt tlOo0
white palaces of mechanic and liberal
arts, that lifted themselves in solemn
beauty and glory by the emerald wa
ters Of Lake Michigan, &c = - -.
There can be no such thing as, fnality
to human society SO long as it inhabits
this planet. The cry of all voices is
onward, upward! ..' .''r t.'' ,uIo."
We'expect progress To impede II
now is an impossibility. 1t has become
as natural and inevitable to the man Of
the century as breathing.
! In the marvels of our material prog
ress we see the promise of the swift
emancipation and redemption of man.
. First-Our progress in the mastery
of the mysteries of nature and the sub
DUNG of matter with the present gene
ration has been without q parallel in the
history of the world. ..e,a...l..r..i uI,4
In 1876 at the Centennial exposition
in Philadelphia the Corliss engine was
the marvel of the machinery on e1tib-
it. It's horsepower was l., 400. It fur
nished the power for the entire EXPOSE
ton. 1t required 8, 900 horsepower to
law VIC NuCCI VI b1dn 6R-
position II years later. The.great "A Ills
engine of 2,0O0 horsepower attracted
little attention or comment, IN the rec
ord Of our achievement for the past decr
ade we read that in / 0 years, from 1880
to 1890, We have added 81, 600, OoO, 600
to our capital invested in naanufac tures,.
an increase Of nearly rs per cent. q In
the same time the valtie Of our. manu-
featured products has risen, from IS, r
800, 100000 to $500. 900, 600. a gain
of $4,000, 600. 900, or, IN other words,
we are now producing manufactured
goods at the rate of $3,,3OO,OOo, 900 b
year more than we were 10 years ago.
The increase in capital invested In man.
ufactures in 10 years. from 1880 to
1890, was greater thar. the entire
amount of capital invested in 1870, OF
only 20 years ago. In. these 10, years
the growth of our manufacturing inter-,
ests was greatertha the growth from
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