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know tba 1,hsShaken can say that
Again. God nm I'M, a religious being
| o.iy unshaken. but general o. = s tNnu not
nod nan N . mas drawn nearer to man
us or man has grown n well Nni1rS 'o JUS
| aov lalth In God. There are no Iongnr
/ I'M The nn.eih,gent and cultivated atheists
/ t"ti,ne world; there are no longer any az
Tnsent and educated men Who ' hsy,, IN
/ gafion worlu ~ simply n great agure-
are n gresa ' ON ruled by chance. There
| Cod. PHSPu ar theological Conceptions Of
belIcve re are a great many men who
uIanle mystery: there are n grsat " I"aI',
~ nc WIG think that no definition of Cod
tbeppo ossiIDle' great many who proclaim
H, alNersal faith that back OF ali pbenoro a
M ana rathseeending u and yet pervadIne
lnnnlte, invisible, eternal in ~ me-
siaHI mat We call God. And n is 81
re- az least, IN my falth-that this Re
h. n Goa IN nature and over nature
NO ONE BETWEEN GOD AND MAN
cbn,ii5 true that not all men. even !, tho
I OF Joi,, i1 lily accept the simple statement
/ men even IN the church accent ,bn an All
/ ttr.a{ w or God tn the parable OF the Prod
i thouebt anu "iu get tue current of human
\ t,,,tsS voMn the centuries has been so
\ Iuly and with such increasi5,,S ,,,,,,,, 80
tum moving In that direction that Y1o
| amo,S ,h sly ~, 70 say that God is love. Is
Aun, then. another thing I'm nv faftb
/ nns Gun never be shaken is that no
ohe stands between God and man tbaf
| eccths TO the heart OF God ~ for me All
| air W. one, direct and immediate In
I TidtotItoI scott = story. "The Heart OF
|tiuiothlan, JEANNE Deans YOU remenn-
n.r' goes up TO London 10 get a nardon
loI her sister. She could moi 90 into tbe
/ t,r Sso"te OF me King in her peasant at
tHei ne would not receive her. che
Sould not go into the presence OF the
queen without being summoned she
must nave some one to bring her She
could not even reach the pressnc.. az 3ht.
I Puhs or Argyle. whose influence she de-
/ sbo,it, .o secure; She goes to a Scotch
I ~ gets access TO the Duke, and through
| we, DUKE she gets access to the Queen.
Tor be urV s1s,ar ne e Queen she gets pardon
never saw. That was the old mediaevaI
Sun' .puon or mediatOrship: man cannot
get To God; fie r. too high: he must o.,
/ 20 some one else. aud that some one else
I 20 some one else. and by and nv his no
t,uon VIII be before God, the King. and
/ gotten beyond that
There - no priest that mediates between
| God filings Wide oren the door Of srcass,
20 hiins.t. The Son of God il Mediator
Only in the sense that lie reveals to hu-
I mhuity the open heart OF God and shows
Us that there is always access To- cod
because God II everlasting love
NpI tneh. again Revelation Is unshalo-
/ humanity As soon as the idea of God
dawned upon the human soul there came
also the idea of some communion with
/ Him; and therein lies the deepest thouebi
/ ct Revelation. ~ IL just the unfoldiup Of
we thought Of God and of his laws I'm
Revelation 9f cannot % S S cd6e1 hls be true
lcrson or that. To- this age or that but
y IN sver-present possib lily OF the Iii
pis. IN his limitation OF Christ" s'Iet
nov Moses speak 10 me. or any OF the
srir.r ana Enltghtener OF all the proph-
cts! Ard Robertson says, ''The highest
revelation comes directly from the uni
N,rsal mind 10 our mind"
THE BIBLE is TRUTH.
And then the Bible itself: this great
Masterpiece OF Revelation remains I'M
shaken. do not mean by this anything
/ OF inspiration; speak OF IL now as a
1nlIee book, an inspiring book. book
inR. This Is not only my personal con-
Viction; " Is the common Judgment of
mankind. This old book has ministered
many centuries. Men have studied il.
investigated its claims, submitted il TO
Us various books. and labored with ali
research TO ascertain their authorship
aud history; ana the intellectual testirn -
ny OF the scholarship OF the world and
the spiritual testimony of It's ex-
ptrNnce are alike in this that
the<, Is no book in the world like
, Ike this literature. To comfort to con-
SOLE TO strengthen, 20 help. to aid man
And then Jesus Christ, the story of
whose life IL told I'm this book, stands out
IN my faith as another OF the things that
/ cannot be shaken. lie has been abused
and misrepresented: His life and charac-
/ ter have been distorted by inndels from
CELSIUS down TO Ingersoll, and yet He
with greater ana greater glory: the light
irom the cross today shines more clearly
than ever before, until you can scarcely
hnd IN any orthodox pulpit eulogies more
eloquent. more ardent, than you will find
/ on the pages of tuen who are called I'M
/ believers. 1 have read what philosophy
with the Increasing conviction that a pro-
/ founder philosophy shows them 10 be ra-
/ criticism has had 10 say against the his
/ torical fidelity OF the four Gospels. II
think 1 understand the different theories
/ that have been prOpounded, the mythical
theory, the legendary theory. the natur-
| alistic theory; and / have cone to be-
llcye that the four Gospels are histori-
/ aud I believe with all my heart in Him
Of whom tie Gospels speak. can say
/ with Peter. II know that Thou art the
/ Christ, the Son OF the living God" What
ever else Ia my faith may be shaken.
this Is one OF the things that caa never
And then my faith In the immortality
Of the soul Is something that cannot be
shaken. When I read the theories of the
materiallsts that man Is only mechan-
ism. and that this thing we call thought
| IL only spark OF an electric machine,
I am pleased But when | look into my
deepest CONSEQUENCES, ! know that / am.
and that / am something d.rferent from
| the outside word. something different
from this body that ] rule and control.
When disease enfeebles me, 1 know that
| u a. disease Of the body. not Of myself.
/ I know. IN other words, not Inat | shall
| be immortal, but that I am immortal !
know that 1.-The real, true lam not
touched BY sickness, and i am persuad-
I ed that 1.-the real, true I-cannot be
I slain by death.
THESE THINGS ENDURE.
/ and then tho moral law remains un-
| hnken IN my faith. I know that | | We
/ world ~ moral law. and | know
/ hat I have broken that law. broken II
specific acts. broken " by not con-