The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-25

dictions between science and the Bible
had been discovered. To-day every
supposed contradiction has vanished.
and all because OF the enlightenment
of men In science. Sir william Daw-
son has demonstrated to the entire sat
~isfaction of candid thinkers that Moses
and geology are In perfect accord; thai
the sermon on the noun is the pro-
duct OF human thought could no more
be believed than that nan made the
earth. The literature of the Bible Is
unsurpassed. Its simplicity is its Won
der and its inspiration can no more be
doubted than can the inspiration II has
been to men. II meets a need in the
Individual and collective life of the race
that alone demonstrates its divine ORR
gin.
Its salm have been echoed from
along the valleys and mountain heights
of human experience. Its prophecies
have Numbered through the ages as
the trumpet tones OF God. while It's
gospels of faithful living and bright.
%glistening hope have created an entirely
new life for man. The New Testament
stands secure. while the Old Testament
IL in the midst Of the fires of destruc-
tive criticism, but thus far IL has more
than proven its claim. The very earth
seems to be opening up its hid treasures
to convince men of the truthfulness OF
the Holy Book. Excavations i'm Egypt.
Babylon and Assyria. with untold dis
coveries all attest its rustworthiness
and in another score of years has be-
come history we VIII see our sacred
treasure untrammeled and men can
offer as their only excuse for disobedi-
ence a stubborn and rebellious nature.
Firm Is my faith in the Bible.
II hath nobly outridden the storm.
IL stands as my shield i'm all trouble.
And through 1t I'll securely anchor
at home"
We are but emerging from the age
OF doubt regarding the origin OF hu-
manity. The historical account of the
origin of man was not sufficient evil
dence for the scientist and the philoso-
pher. The philosopher could not arrive
at a satisfactory conclusion. No phi
losopher previous to Darwin ever found
what was to himself a satisfactory con-
clusion as to the origin OF humanity.
Science searched the law of cause and
effect and termed II evolution. Darwin
proclaimed his idea OF the origin OF
species and a credulous race was 10th
to accept II lest II be forced to the con-
clusion that there was no God, N
hence no supernatural origin OF the
race. But Darwin could not get away
from III idea of a first. great. self
tAISllUk tduSt tntC tt oilN 'Afi'
strated the method by which God
brought about man. Both science and
philosophy agree in the necessity or a
God and in His existence, and thus
man has never been d~ethroned; he has
been uselessly frightened. If man is
but an adjunct to the animal creation
he is zone the less a That man is
all revelation has ever claimed he was
all demonstrated attachments of Sci
ence and philosophy unite to reinforce.
and
Mar is the noblest creature of the
earth,
The recipient of Gods eternal truth"
But though God. Christ. the Bible,
and man have gonc through the cruel
bile unscathed and the problem OF the
future life could not he solved. there
would have been but little real gain.
for IL i'm this life only we have hope
i'm Christ we are of all men most mis-
cradle. That we may labor In nope we
must be wholly convinced that we have
IA city which hath a foundation whose
builder and maker Is God"
No hope has ever been so universally
and so deep-seated as the hope of the
future life. Many have ever believed II
to be a certainty. All have hoped for II.
Until recently II was accepted as only
an arbitrary truth. known only by the
IL VI Nv Ia'h
While IL has not been scientifically or
p~hilosophically demonstrated. yet both
agree that all things point toward II.
II the universal desire to live again Is
not a demonstration of the future life
1t is an u~nmistakable prophecy and
promise of t.. But a truth was never
so universally accepted as Is the his
torical evidence of the resurrection oi
Christ. 1t is admitted as the most
trustworthy fact of history, while al
evidence testifes to the truthfulness oi
the Bible, which teaches the doctrine
of the resurrection. There has never
been such universal acceptance of the
doctrines of the future life as to-day
and II may we'll occupy a most con-
spicuous place among the u~ndisputeo
points of Christianity. With Longfel'
low we can
Wrap the drapery OF our couch about
us
And lie down to pleasant dreams.
With Job we know that our Redeem
err iiveth. and that He shall stand again
upon the earth, and that out or th'
body we shall see Christ.
Thus as each recurring year is mum
bered among the past is there a victor,
gained that demonstrates anew tn
purposes of God, and each successive
victory adds new fuel TO human hopes
oh that men would love the Lore
for His goodness and for His wonderful
works to the children of men,