The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-06-23
HIGHER NATURE OF MAN
IN His Makers Image lie Is a
Revelator Of God.
SERMON BY TIE REV. Or. HILLS.

The aIystery OF the I.uE:a;, aiind a;,d
soui--it Is sccc-:d CcIy co the A:ya-
tery CT Divinity-Thc Relations or
Man 60 His Crcntor.
BRoo8LYN, .Tune 19. - Rev. DR.. New.
ell Dwight Kills chose :s the theme OF
his sermon fer today "The Higher Ma
ture of Man Gs a Revel"t5r OF God.
His text'was:
Let Us make man IN cur iI:.aso.-Ge1esiJ
Thou hest made man o nttlo lower than
God Psalms viii, o.
Thus man steps irto the earthly
scene the child Of destiny. Before TIE
seers admiring vision this divine one
stands forth, clothed with all the i'm
pressivenesu of landscape or city
Imagination can scarcely paint in colors
too rich this being described as "onIy
q little lower than God" Man ia
mystery second only to God himself
The psychologist can no ,.Iore.nud out
the soul to perfection than the theolo-
gian can search cut God. In the realm
of geography, the last continent has
been discovered and the headwaters of
the last Nile explored. But tho human
mind remains the terra incognita. Af-.
ter centuries 0f exploration scholars are
still skirting around the edge of the
human mind as once John Cabot ex-
plored the creeks and bays along the
edge of this new continent.
That was u great day for our earth
when this fragmentary divinity stepped
into the scene. Immediately man be-
gan his creative work, as did the great
God before him. Hearing sounds, he
swept them into music. Seeing colors
he swept the lovely hues together in
pictures. Looking outward he swept
his thoughts together in poems and
dramas Standing by his cradle, in his
joy. this strange being wept; standing
by tho grave, with streaming eyes, he
locked upward and smiled. His genius
shed wisdom like perfume His heart
shed sympathy like gushing spring
Clothed with heroism, he walked the
earth like young Titan. Admiring
many things, man, the wondercr, was
himself tho most wonderful The Alps
sre not so sublime az the mountain
minded Humboldt The sea itself is
less deep than the mind of the scientist
who explores its secret abysses. The
heaTens above are not SC sublime as the
moral law in man. Great libraries are
less impressive than the mind that
crowds tho shelves The stars them
selves are but sparks that flew from the
anvil when God fashioned man. Pro.
noU2ce those words astronomy, ora
torio, printing press, ship, palace,
cathedral, and we seem to have been
carried in some golden chariot far
above the level of the brute world into
realm where we deal with the
thoughts of one made indeed only a
"little lower than the great God" him.
self
Efforts 90 Cheaper Man.
Today pseudo science and pseudo
theology are doing all they can to
cheaper man. The one compares him
with tho bee and beaver and affirms
that man is as much better than the
sheep, as bis facial angle is larger and
his brain heavier. This false science
makes him out selfish and mortal ami
NAL, with q brain that secretes ideas
as his heart secrotes blood. The false
theology makes man selfish and i'm.
mortal devil, wholly opposite to all
good, wholly inclined TO all evil" The
first makes man little higher than the
brutes; the second MAKES him little
higher than the demons. But this di-
vine book disdains both falsities, and
ascending into the highest heavens, it
ranks man as only "little lower than
God. =" 1t stirs our wonder that some
scientists believe they honor man by
placing him at the head of an ascend
C
logians think they honor God by debas,
ing his handiwork to the level of imps.
These false views have wrought inn
measurable mischief upon society.
Nothing eXalts like the sense of per-
sonal worth, and nothing degrades like
mean conception of personality. How
true the proverb, "Call man thief
and he will prove the allegation by
picking your pocket" Contrariwise,
confidence is met with fidelity. Recent
l-ly, when q western city had been
shamefully misgoverned by the "ma-
| chine, in sheer desperation group of
men nominated for mayor the town
loafer, notorious for hia worthlessness.
BY some chance this shiftless buffoon
was elected. Now, the poor creature
took the honor seriously. Confidence
galvanized his manhood He straight
way forsook the saloon, cleansed his
person, counseled with the best citi-
zens. found out what the liquor laws
were, inforced them vigorously, drove
! ont the gamblers, raided his old haunts
night after night, watched his police
men with unsleeping vigilance and
ended his term of Office an industrious
and hard working citizen.
The Value of a Soul.
Christ's enthusiasm for humanity,
which made him attach a value to the
soul beyond that of the whole world,
was part of his mastery over man