The Anaconda standard., 1898-02-14

bears to the uttermost parts of tn,
! earth, mans thoughts and desires. H,
STANDS In remote part of the land, fal
distant from his family and busines.
interests, and yet by his marveIou,
power he causes his voice to be heard
ana It's familiar tones recognized, Civ
ing directions to his subordinates, oi
conversing with loved ones
From whence from whom. is this
Wondrons power derived? God the
Father, created man, the son. in his own
image. This power is transmitted from
fatner To son. just as that boy created
IN the image Of his earthly parents par
takes of his characteristics.
Why did not man possess these won
drous powers in ancient days? The
infant looks like the father, and as he
becomes IA strong, healthy boy, mani
tests some Of his fathers characteris-
tics, but has not yet acquired power
i'm mechanics, art and science. He must
be led, instructed. developed until, his
latent powers aroused and brought
into intelligent action. he stands before
his father in all the nobility and
strength of young manhood. SO man
has been guided, instructed, developed
/ FROM the infant of Eden to the student
of the 18th century; from the monster
To the man. To prove this fact and
show the gradual advancement of man
from lower to a higher state of being,
! let us first decide the predominant ma
i ture OF God. We need not be in doubt
! as TO this point, for Jesus said: God
/ Is spirit" Man is created in the
! image and after the likeness of this
/ spirit. Therefore the perfected condi-
! ton of man is spiritual condition.
| Why, then, did primeval man, If Gre
ated in the image of God. possess the
physical rather than the intellectual
and spiritual power? Because he was
babe, and could only come by growth
and development into that more perfect
state where he would partake of the
characteristics or nature of his Gre
ator
! want to get before YOU the fact
that the little. helpless babe in the
arms of it's mother is more material
than spiritual. 1t cares only for such
food as will build up its physical ma
ture. IL has absolutely no desire to
emulate the example of a Watt. Howe
or Edison nor to penetrate the myster-
les of ethereal space. Yet this help
less infant, by the processes of nature
unfolds, develops or evolves If you
please, into an intellectual factor for
the advancement of the world. The
infant man of the primeval period was
a material creature. depending upon his
physical rather than his intellectual /
powers. while to-day he has advanced I
to position where his successes are |
the result of intellectual or spiritual |
fofces-the product of brain rather than /
Drawn.
Realizing that God is a spirit and
that after His likeness man is created,
we can only harmoniZe the fact of his 1
gross, materialstic nature in the be- T
ginning and his marvellous powers of /
to-day, by realizing that all of Gods
Wondrous works are only perfected by
a process of growth and development
The Scriptures teach and science dem
onstrates beyond a doubt that for thou
sands OF years man was on-produc-
er. Like the babe his only desire was
for food and pleasure. He did little or
nothing to beautify the earth or to bet
ter his own condition. He wandered
here and there through the bowers of
Eden without habitation other than
that afforded by the trees, or at times |
perhaps, he sought the friendly shelter
of the rocks and caves. Yet within this
gross, materialistic form was that di-
vine image, the immortal soul, and this
creature, wandering amid the rocky
Businesses of nature, seemingly but a
higher species of the brute creation,
was destined to grow. to develop. to
evolve. To become an intellectual and
spiritual force, taking the position for
which he was designed. the cola borer
Of his God in perfecting an imperfect
world
The advancement of man universal
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aew creature: old things are passed
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