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

| ers. and are the lasting comfort and in
spiration to toiiing humanity. Among
the u~ndisputed points OF Christianity
OF our time. God. Christ. the Bible. man
and the future life stand ont most
prominently.
Gf~braItar-like. these phases Of our sa-
cred faith remain to beckon men TO the
allegiance of a tested faith and to high
| er and better things. The God of Moses
and the prophets. Jesus Christ and the
apostles remains to us as not only a re-
vealed. but as a scientifically and philo-
sophically demonstrated fact. The re-
/ corded will of God as revealed In the
Bible has ever been sufficient evidence
to the one OF humble attachments. and
where this was inadequate the inhe-
rent soul craving of most has sufficed
to demonstrate His existence. Blu even
the Bible evidence. the souls desire ana
nature design were not suficient evil
dence to all that theGod of the Bible was
a reality. IL has ever been the ail-ab-
sorbing desire of the philosopher TO get
back Trough nature and up to ma
lures God. All philosophy worthy the
name can be resolved into this. one
! philosopher believed God was one
thing. another believed He was anoth-
err. One called Him by one name. an
other by another name. but none could
sufficiently demonstrate His existence
till the rise Of the modern philosopher.
II seemed for awhile that Greek philos-
ophy would find Him.. but IL lapsed. and
the reign Of terror in France, winch
was but the reaction of foolish relig-
ious actions, caused many TO fear that,
after all. there was no God" The
| skepticism of Hume and his time was
not to be unexpected. nor were the
events that lowed In this period every
sort of faith was originated To appease
mans desire for a God adequate to his
-11 usNafcrn aud nanfhaiGm were
substituted for atheism. but they were
not satisfactory. Agnosticism came
| in. but only to taunt. for the calm re-
| Spouse to the inquirer that he doesn't
know and can1ot know VIII by no
means abate his desire To know. Evo-
luton was being employed most vigor-
ously. and IL appeared to many that
the sensible demonstrations IL was
bringing forward would prove disas-
trous to humanity's inherent desire for
| God. Human reason claimed the right
as the chief and only refuge for man,
but with Leslie Stephens we find this
insufficient. We stand to-day with
science. philosophy and revelation unit
ed i'm their views of God. and that God
is the Cod of the Christian. the God
of the Bible. our God. Not a scient-
jst OF repute in our time but from his
Investigations has been led to advocate
the existence Of a self-existing and all
powerful God. Philosophy that so long
has been but feeling after Him. has
found Him to it's own satisfaction ana
TO the great comfort of the more num-
BILE members of the race. Clinord says
there Is a mind stun" by which he is
convinced there Is an overriding mind.
Matthew Arnold sees a stream of ten
dency" flowing from an infinite source,
and Herbert Spencer has demonstrat-
ed that we are lin the presence OF an
infinite and eternal energy. from which
all things proceed" If from the re-
searches of science and philosophy we
are led up to God. what may we eN-
pect of revelation In the light OF a
more accurate Interpretation of the Ri
ble. all men have been greatly
ened i'm their confidence in God. Hence
our time can rest in the full assurance
of n loving God. who is made the more
loving on account or the LABOR III mas
cost the race to find Him.
Another question of our time that is
quite. If not wholly. settled, Is the di-
vinity of Christ. and hence HIS All
absorbing Importance and place i'm the
hearts and minds of men. While men
held that the chief end of earthly llte
was correct thinking rather than right
living. there would but be little more
than widely varied and contradicting
opinions regarding Christ. For man
could as reasonably expect To lift the
earth by his own strength az 10 com
prehend the teachings of Christ in their
fullness. Men have forgotten that the
mind is limited as is the physical pow
er. Many have acted as though their
views were infinite and complete. The
Trinitarian and Unitarian can neither
one explain their views to the satisfac-
ton OF any right thinking man. III
the Trinitarian Is correct. then Christ
was wholly God. II the Unitarian is
correct. He was wholly man. But men
have given more attention to this mat
fer than either God or Christ gave
them. II men cannot explain he law
Of natural reproduction. how can they
xplai the only "begotten of God
We do not believe right thinking If the
only doorway by which men are To be
e~ternally saved. for the staunch Trinit-
arian admits that william Ellery chan
ming was n devoutly pious man. and
will doubtless be among the redeemed
while the firm Unitarian admits that
John Wesley will surely wear the
crown of the faithful.
We are coming more and more Il
realize that mans life Is the great &c
termining a. Ctor In his redemption. ans
as we realize this we are coming 10 tn
right connection of Christ. We WI
never, While the tenants of laE, ARRIVE
at a universal conception Of tEs proph'
ecy. conception. birth, atonenlenT. Sea
direction and ascension OF Chriss bu'
that his life was "A reality; 'Alt /: wai
a perfect life. and that as we admire
reverence. assimilate and iiss sminat'
that life. so will IL be well with us her
and thus can we hops tn be red Heme6
%eternally. 1t is in this view OF CGris
that our time can feel it's fun a. suranc'
and renew it's courage, Ter VIII" tue IN
= sullied life OF Him who came tha. W
might have life and that Ne mig
have It more ~abundantly" remains, W
= may feel that all Is well. once man,
even doubted the historical Christ, Will
many had no faith in Him. To-day n
one would desire a more perfect life
All other ideas are being submerged b
the Christ-life idea. The ambition q
y the political economist and socialist
= 20 make Christ-like the nations an
N thus institute a reign of love. Say
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