The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1897-06-07

eOuS can see the righteous, only the
holy can see the holy. Thus obedi.
Ience brings that correspond nce with
God that enables man to receive al
vine revelation.
Let me emphasize the negative q
this proposition. Those who do moi
have this moral afiinity with God can
i not receive this spiritual truth. IIc
that hath the Son hath life (Spiritua|
Life), and he that hath not the Son
hath not life. Except a man n
born of the water and Of the Spirit ID
cannot enter into the kingdom q
| God. !, Here then IS the explicit state.
ment that there is a whole spiritla|
realm that 3 closed e fQoss TINT 1l7
not receive tie touch oi fn1 ne a
Christ This tact + 16f without e.
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Law Ia Inc spiFItd6l World. IN i
broad general sense chemical science
| presents the material world ii Two
divisions, the organic and the in0FS
ganic. ThesloWer orr inorganic il to-
tally unable OF itself Ito rise into the
higher or organic. There must be d
touch OF life from above to bring it
up. Drop the acorn, having the life
OF the higher kingdom shut up In its
helmet, into the soil, and It soon
sends its roots out into the earth and
it's branches up into the air, to gather
the elements necessary for its growth
Here the inorganic enters into the or
ganic by a touch of light from above
and can do so in no other way. So
the spiritual and the natural worlds
stand related in Christ's conception OF
the Kingdom of Heaven. The lower
cannot rise into the higher without
contact with the higher, with Jesus
Christ, It is a suggestive thought
that Jesus accepting the three king
doms of natural science, the morgan
ie, the organic and the intellectual,
has placed the capstone upon the
temple of God by adding a fourth in
the, same relation to them that they
sustain to each other, the spiritual
world. The scriptures directly states:
s'The natural man knoweth not the
things of the spirit of God, for they
are foolishness to him, neither can he
know them for they are spiritually
discerned." Here the natural man is
out of place; he cannot know the
things of the spirit of God. We have
dealt wrongly with the Agnostic, when
he has said that he knows nothing OF
spiritual realities. We have doubted
his word. We have felt that If be
were quite honest with himself and
with us, he would confess to more
knowledge than he now admits. But
he knows his position better than we,
and his positionzis In accordance with
the scripture quoted; HE cannot
know them" We have used wrong
methods with him, intellectual where
we ought to have used moral. We
have striVen to convince him BY 1Fgtt
nlent By miracle, by tinlony
monk lItIls into tie u f1sa 4
en- 0fa the be horns of q dilemma; Will
Christ himself aflirms: He that hath
the Son hath life, and he that hath
not the Son hath not life. Rather
let our effort be to bring the Agnes.
tic into personal relations with the
Lord Jesus Christ, with this touch
from above, and then he will be able
to say: "Eye hath not seen, nor ear
heard, neither hath entered into the
heart of man the things that God
hath prepared for those that love
Him"
I1.-Obedience is the instrument
for the attainment of all knowledge.
that comes through experience.
The tests of truth are not the same
in every, sphere of knowledge, and
conflict and misunderstanding arise
when we attempt to apply tests out
of their sphere. Hence men following
scientific methods in the spiritual
realm, refuse to obey until their rea-
son is convinced. Their cry is: 1--WE
will not obey until we know But
that is the way to keep themselves
forever ignorant in spiritual matters
for the reverse is true. They can
never know until they obey. What
would you think Of that man that
would refuse to go into the water to
learn to swim, until he first know
how to swim? He must first. commit
himself to- the water without know
ing, and thus come to know. What
would you think of man who desires
togoto a certain town, and. yet re-
fuses to start because he is not already
there before starting? The only way
for him to reach his destination is to-
start and then keep on until he reach-
es it. And yet this is just the incon-
sistency in which the man Is involved
who insists on knowing the facts OF
experience before he tries to attain
them. The only way to attain this
kind of knowledge is to fulfill the
conditions, go forward in obedience,
and then he will have the inner exs
perience desired However, DO nan
rs asked 70 90 forward III this obe(ii-
ence contrary to reason 60 ]
kne#ledge already possessed Id other
fields Of Investigation, but rather III
accordance with them. IA distinction
must be made here between practical
certainty and absolute eertainty.
This obedience begins in practical cer-
tainty and ends in absolute certainty
The historic evidences of Christianity
create practical certainty that the
results promised will follow, Upon
this the individual commits himself
to Christ. Then there comes the abb
solute certainty, under which the re-
eipient no longer says simply, = 4 be-
lieve," but .afirms with double em-
phasis, 81 know
This is the method Of arriving at
truth through experience everywhere.
Take facts as you find them. a young
man applies for a position Of trust
within your disposal. You inquire
into his antecedents, and find that he
comes Of good stock, his appearances
justifles confidence, In conversation
he appears to be all that can be de-.
lrired hn hoe tho worry HIGHEST ffSfi-5