The Newtown bee., 1902-09-26

Giver of every good and perfect gift.
If David, more than thousand
T years before Christ, could say: 81 will
praise thee; for / am fearfully and
wonderfully made; marvellous are thy
works; and that my soul knoweth
right well.' What cannot we say
knowing ourselves and the secrets of
nature as we do in the searching light
of modern scientific discovery and in
vestigatiOn.
know that we are predisposed to
think Of all the saints of Holy Writ as
having spiritual privileges which were
somehow above the advantages which
we enjoy, by reason of the inspiration
given them for the purposes Of divine
revelation. But while 1 rejoice in the
fact that, "All Scripture is given by
inspiration of God and is profitable for
doctrine, for reprOof, for correction,
for instruction in righteousness. That
the man of God may be perfect,
thoroughly furnished. unto all good
works." SO that the moral and spirit
ual life of man is divinely kept and
guided by the Spirit of Truth; I re-
joice still more that according to the
divine promise, in these last days the
same spirit has been poured out upon
all flesh, that all the children of men
may be the subjects Of the inspiration
of God, and that all the interests of
human life both temporal and spirit
ual
BELONG ALIKE TO THE UNIVERSAL
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
| We may think of the revelation Of
God, as being in two volumes, if we
will; the Bible or the Book of Divine
Providence as seen in the moral and
spiritual history of men, and the book
of nature which is the revelation Of
the natural attributes of the Creator
through His material work; but how
ever we may think of it the same God
is in it all, and the same Spirit of
Truth reveals it to the souls of men.
And as Prof Drummond has said: "No
single fact in science has ever discred-
tied fact in religion. II the puritica-
tion Of religion comes from science,
the publication of science, in deeper
sense, shall come from religion. The
true ministry Of nature must at last be
honored, and science take it's place as
the great exposition
True religion never puts any dis
count upon this life nor upon the
things of this life. 1t gives us on the
contrary the divine point of view from
which we should behold and value
this present life and the things of this
life. Indeed, true religion sanctifies
and ennobles this life by teaching us
how it is relat ted to God and the eter-
nal world.
i On the other hand science discovers
what there is in this life, and how the
things of this world should be applied
to the interests of the Kingdom OF
Heaven, which is our best and highest
estate whether here on the earth or in
the unseen realms of the spirit. The
more truly religious we are the more
scientific we should be; and the more
scientific we really are the more relig.
ious we must be. The more we love
God the more we shall know him
and the more we know of Him
the more we shall love Him.
Now if we can put the scien titic ano
practical meaning and use, into the
spiritual and poetical expression of oul
sentiments, we shall be able to GRASP
the highest meaning of the Psalmist
"Thou crownest the year with thy
goodness; and thy clouds drop fairness. ,
How much could these beautiful
words mean to the ignorant and care
worn savage? In his uncivilized es
, tate man is childish dependent upor
nature. 1t is said that it takes thous
and acres of land to support one savage
by his natural modes of living.
On the other hand the intelligent
and faithful husbandman understands
the relations OF seed-time and harvest
he has studied the possibilities Of the
soil; he has learned the probabilities
of the climate; he realizes the power
of culture. He feels the dignity anC
real significance of labor and devoutll
ACCEPTS THE HONOR OF BEING co
WORKER WITH GOD.