The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-19
TO EXCLUDE DOUBT.
knowledge Must be Pcrfect-GOd
Alone Never Doubts.

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knowledge must be absolutely per-
feet There is but one being in the
universe that has perfect knowledge
of all things, that being is God; there
fore, God alone has no doubts. And
because He has no doubts He sits
calm and undisturbed on the throne
of the universe, assured that ali
things Will work in accordance With
His sovereign will.
1t may be that the redeemed in
Heaven have no doubts i'll regard to
those things that come within the
range of their acknowledgements things
as are necessary for them to know in
order to complete their happiness.
But may there not be many things
they do not know, or that they do not
know perfectly? (Which things the
angels desire to look into" indicates
that their knowledge is not perfect
AS God alone has universal and per-
feet knowledge, it is but natural
for men, dogged by the limitations of
time, and sense, and the imperfection
OF human knowledge, to be confronted
with uncertainty and doubts Human
knowledge has never reached certain
~, except, perhaps, in some mathe-
NAUTICAL demOnStrat tons. Many things
in the arts and sciences of the world,
that fifty years ago were regarded as
true, are now set aside as uncertain,
or untrue. Many things now held by
scientists as true, will, in a few years,
be proved untrue. Hence there is
abundant room for doubt, in regard to
all human knowledge. All that is the
product of human knowledge, is, as a
rule, limited and uncertain, and leaves
room for doubt. But all that is the
product of the Divine mind is absolute
~ true; and to doubt 1t, is preSump-
ton, and sin against God Gods
knowledge is universal and perfect;
therefore He knows what is true, and
being perfectly good, He teaches only
what is true. The Bible is Gods Book
OF teachings given TO guide all men in
their belief, and conduct in life. God
knows what truth is, and He loves His
intelligent creatures too we'll to teach
them anything but infallible truth.
The true believer in God can enjoy
what is called the Rest of faith" He
believes with mistaken confidence all
that God teaches. These teachings sat
isfy all the demands of his physical
and spiritual nature. They teach
him how he was created, why
he was created, how he
should live, and what his future will
be. mistaken by the wild theories of
evolutionists, and higher critics, the
most cody, and the most scientific
men of the world hold, with unWaVer
ing confidence the grand, fundamental
teachings of an AllWiSe and loving
God.
If all scientists were genuine Chris
tians, they would seek to harmonic
the Bible and science; but many of
them being ungodly and skeptical,
they strive to show that science con-
tradicts the Bible. This, they conclude,
aSsolves them from the obligation to
love and serve God, and gives them
license to crafty all the sinful propen-
sites of their nature.
But often honest men may doubt
for a while, the existence of God, and
the truth of Christianity. one of the
best of our college presidents said to
the some years ago: 1T is common
for young men of strong minds to
doubt many of the facts of Christiani-
". They magnify reason. and doubt,
% deny all that seems unreasonable.
Many Of the facts of Christianity are
not contrary to reason, but are above
reason, therefore they doubt and for
y while may be avoWed disbelievers.
Gut on more thorough investigation
more light comes, and they come back
And stand more firmly than ever on
the solid truths of Christianity"
Illustrating the above fact, DR.. b.
Fl. Carroll, of Waco, Texas, may be
mentioned. He ranks among men of
the highest intellectual powers When
81 young man he became so befogged
with doubts that he was almost a pro-
rounced infidel But on more ma
ture investigation he came back to
old Bible truths and now stands
among the ableSt teachers and defend
ers of Bible truth.
DR.. f. w. Robertson, of England,
was young man of giant intellect.
But he became so bewildered In his
religious beliefs that he doubted, al
most denied every fundamental fact
of Christianity. But he determined
to re-eXamine the claims OF the Chris
tian religion, and as the result ne be-
came one Of the greatest preachers OF
the gospel the world has ever known.
There is science, true ana raise.
True science and the Bible 40 not con-
flict. Men reason and speculate, and
theorize about science. But the Chrls-
tan does not have to go through all
this tedious and perplexinS process
He only has to Taste and see tldt the
Lord is good" He knows by surer,
sweet personal experience tndI mrs
tianity is true. PerplexlhB uouot
gives way to comforting certalnIy.
J. A. STRADLE4.
The Presidency and The Negro QueS-