The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-06-12
hath prepared Tor those that love

hath prepared for those that love
Him.
H.--Obedience Is Che instrument
| for the attainment Of all knowledge
that comes through experience.
The tests OF truth are not the same
lin 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
wogld you think OF man who desires
to go to 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 win have the inner ex-
perience desired. However, no nan
is asked to 60 forward in this obedi-
ence contrary to reason or to other
knowledge already possessed in other
fields Of investigation, but rather in
accordance with them. A distinction
must be made here between practical
certainty and absolute certainty.
This obedience begins in practical GER
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 alb
solute certainty, under which the re-
cipient no longer saws simply. ~ be-
lieve," but affirms with double en-
phasis, ~ know
This is the methsd of arriving nj,
truth through experience everywhere.
Take facts as you find them. A young
man applies for a position of trust
within Your disposal. You innuire
| into his antecedents. and find that he
comes of good stock, his appearance
| iustifies confidence. in conversation
L he appears to be all that can be de.
sired. he has the very highest testi-
monials from his former employer
all this creates In your mind a practi-
cal certainty that he is a trustworthy
Young man. On this conviction Won
employ him. Now YOU have had
twenty years of closest business asso-
citation with him. under such circum-
stances that to all human appearance
he could have cheated Won over and
over again without the fact coming to
the knowledge of single human be-
ling. vet he has been as true as steel.
Your practical certainty now becomes
something OF absolute certainty. This
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