The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29

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formula, Let these holy drops wash away
the sin that it received before the founda-
ton of the world. so that the child may be
new born" In the Catholic religions we
discover an element less conspicuous than
in the others. 1t is pardon for past sins
reconciliation with God and growth in
grace. 1t would be interesting to trace
under this division the practice of sacrifice,
/ hymnology and other forms that enter int o
worship, but we pass on.
Inspiration implies that man must have
a capacity to be inspired. which makes it
a human faculty and therefore common
to all. Inspiration in its largest sense il
the sight of inward truth, a truth which is
seen within the mind. A thought will
come while one is walking, conyersinp.
reading or meditating II is a kind OF
inspiration. Poets have been inspired to
write. poetry. Scientists have been in.
spred to formulate the sciences, musicians
to compose music, Columbus to discover,
Newton and Edison to both discover and
invent. Inspiration differs in quantity
and quality, religious being the highest
The Nedas and Iend Avesta are considered
inspired by their cult. The Mohammedans
believe the Koran is inspired of God and
therefore infallible, and Christians make
the same contentious for the Scriptures.
There is low and crude form OF inspra.
ton among the undeveloped races, which
is not committed to writing The Samoied,
OF Siberia have diviners who work them
selves into a frenzy before delivering ora.
cles. The notion OF inspiration appeared
IN the insanity OF the Pythian priestess
and the Greek OWNERS who fell into
frances. In the religion of Greece it an.
peared as an alien element The wild
dances OF the Bacchantes, the shrieks and
selt-!acerations OF the Corybtantes were
considered forms OF inspiration In the
hindu religion 1t appears in the Yoga,
that is one who seeks God by withdrawing
from the things OF sense. Painful posi-.
tlonI are assumed, contortions of tho limbs,
suppression OF breath and other incred.
llbe notifications. The Greenlander has
his prophets, who abandon the converse of
men and remain in fixed intensity of
thought until they hear and see the spirits.
Baiaam was compelled to utter an invol.
untary pro .hecy and the priests of Baal
cat themselves with iances. Sometimes in
our own country, at protracted meetings,
men have the Jerks" The Shakers dance.
the Mohammedans whirl. These seem alb.
surd to US, but they disclose this that all
mankind would ascertain the will of God,
From time immemorial the human race
mas had some intimation of an endless
life. The most degraded savages and the
most enlightened philosophers share the
convection that death does not end all.
The Hottentot and the FIJI Islander agree
with Plato and Aristotle. The Esquimaux
IN the Arctic circle, the native of Siberia,
the Australians, the Patagonians believe
that the grave is the cradle of another
lie: All the religions of antiquity believe
IN Immortality, Egypt, China, India, Per.
sla, Greece, Rome Mexico, Peru, the Tar.
tar tribes OF Central Asia, the negroes of
Central and Western Africa and the ISL
ands OF the Pacific, all contend that while
the body returns to dust, the spirit goes
to God, Who gave it. The North Amer.
lean Indian believes in duplicate souls,
one remaining with the body, the other
departing during, sleep: 1t has been
claimed by some that Buddhism is an ex.
ception, but it is not. The teaching of
Buddhism is to annihilate by the destruc.
ton OF desire. 1t is not claimed that this
is successful, but that the spirit becomes
incarnate in one form or another until it
rests in Nirvana. The transmigration of
souls was taught by the religion of Egypt,
hence they, enbalmed their dead. 1t is
found IN Brahmanism, among the Greek
philosophers-Pythagoras, Empedocles and
Cabbala, Arab philosophers, by origin and
other church fathers. Also by the Gnos.
tics, Manicheans, Druids and in more re.
cent times by Fourier. Christianity be.
lleves in eternal life, and that Jesus be.
came flesh, not only to disclose God, but
to bring life and immortality to'lght
Man is moral being, because he has
moral nature. He has moral sentiment,
moral ideas and moral power. The
moral sentiment is the sense of right and
wrong, which produces a feeling of duty
and obligation. Moral ideas consist in the
belief that certain acts are right, others
wrong. Moral power is the ability to do
the right and not the wrong Feeling,
thought and will cannot be elimin.
mated from any moral test. Even
the childlike races have some conception
of right and wrong, though often very
much below the Christian standard;
enough, however, to be classed among
those who are not without God But
few, II any, have been discovered without
enough moral ability to say yes to the
right and no to the wrong. 1t is not de-
MED that the moral standard is different
in each system, and that what may be
right in one may be wrong in another.
The temples of India and China encourage
vices which are too low to mention The
underlying principle OF Brahmanism is to
crafty every desire. The test of Chris.
tlanity is the type OF life it produces. The
liberal, consistent, devoted business man,
father, brother, son, the position OF
mother, sister, daughter, the Christian
home, school, hospital and the National
flag. They are the result of the code of
ethics-the Bible. One has only to read
any of the standard works on the life of
the nations in order to be convinced that
Christianity is capable of producing the
ideal life That while every system con.
tains some truth, Christianity is the truth.
The religious world is passing through a
great change. To Just what we are com.
ing no one is confident, though the indi-
cations are that Christianity is destined
to enCircle the globe.
!. Christianity is the one system that
is making civilization. We lament the in.
difference and aDathy on the part of Chris
tlans, but it is not to be compared with
the lethargy OF heathenism.
2. Christianity is destined to spread,
because it has the Bible, church, Sabbath,
and has produced a type of civilization
that satisfies the enlightened mind and
renewed heart
B.. All the aggressive systems have the
inspiration of an inspired prophet We.
have the greatest of them all. Christ is
seeking the nations, End they are seeking
Him.
4. Christianity not only contains all
the truth of all other systems, but much
not possessed by others.
BE not anxious about tomorrow. Do to-