The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-15
"DOES GOD CARE"
A E.illiant Sunday Sermon By Rev.
Robert Macdonald.
The Greatest Discovery Of the Twentieth Cen
tury VIII Be the Discovery Of God.

BHooKLYN, n. Y.-'Does God Care?"
was the subject of the sermon Sunday
morning by the Rev. Robert Macdonald,
pastor OF the Washington Avenue Baptist
Church He took his text from | Petet
y:1: Casting all your care upon Him. fot
He careth for you" Mr.. Macdonald said
THE greatest discovery of the twen
tieth century will be the discovery of God.
and then it will be seen that God does not
care such is the latest assumption OF
science, ii certain learned professor OF
one OF our largest universities is deemed
trustworthy interpreter. He Wisely drew
the line between Christianity aud inHdel
itv as between believing that God cared
for us and that He did not care. and
stated that the leading scientists were in
fdels.
Lest such statements upset or weaken
the faith of some of us, let us see what the
weight OF probability is for the realizing
OF these presumptive prophecies. Let it at
the very start be remembered that any
more definite scientific discovery OF God
than we now have is unlikely. And this
L. said, not because we now possess so
much, but that we are possessed of so lit
tie. Science will doubtless discover more
about God. Shame upon our developing
intelligence if it does not. Every discov.
cry is that. But that is a very different
thing from discovery OF God. His handl
Wi, morn WI ns H. ",U - deg,;+ai' .
rsoTgad. but I ,b;ni, ,ye ann tru.t tba I,'
finite One to as successfully outwt the
scientific inQuisitiveness OF the twentieth
century as of any that has soul. | am
confident that 1900 years hence the exca
a. :, 10 nov,. W. o,, h,, saaroL;ua o,,,
And Godi" One of in6nite retreafs i not
going to be taken by surprise. The secret
OF His presence will ever elude the discov
.baT m remain iny;niate
VIZ !, / sreat ~ tbo,,oh Cod wera an
4agonistic to buman d;scpvervs Rer,,,se
fr;enGs tb;s lenrneJ nronhet vhosa s+ate
1no,ts Wa ore cnns;dnr;pn soos tho onI,
Lack TO tbe discovery of God to he The
nresent ;ncomnletaness of hun,an I,nov'I
padTa a,,d tLa praSant ,,ono;t,. rS ;ant;s,
means botb Of wb;ch ,p;lI hs re,,ed;ed he
i. sure before the nresent centnrv Closes
I sneak AS da because / do n"t ike 70
b,y. Hin ,,bon, NO ho,or A., Creatnr ,nd
Fiber str;nned of uis mvsterv and rnbba6
of His volitional newer and referred to a.
you would to an imnersonal objective fort
Is oreotion W. d;sco,,or .tors a,,J co,,,,
nents and seas and laws and gonJ n,any
other filings hnt II does seem 70 mo th,t
God u;msaif nil Lo,,o so,oath;no 20 .,,.
ahont the discovery of H;msaIf Nors.
over I have no rigbt to believe tbot I;od
will ever be discovered by any man save
by Him whom God has discovered Ii,
only finds God whom God has found. |
am striving to maintain tine integrity OF
the divine revelation as over against that
OF human investigation. We must take
God on His own terms, rather than on
ours. Therefore he only discovers God to
whom God has revealed Himself, to whom
God permits such discovery. We need not
fear that any future discovery OF God win
negative the revelation we now have
i
but not almighty. Not more mighty than
God. We welcome it in the realm Of well
defined data, in the realm of demonstra
tion and proof. But its advocates need to
learn that the Eternal transcends its scru.
tiny and the Supernatural bends not to its
demands. Reassure your heart that if you
are so fortunate as to be habtaut of the
realm bounded by the Christian religion
the essence of your faith cannot be
harmed. FAITHS form, as also the form OF
revelation, VIII pc seientlhcally questioned
and repaired. falth content examined
ana modined perchahce, Dut its essence,
shat spiritual thing we call the divine
grace, that precious CONSCIOUSNESS OF his
care Ior You, ana that you are llVlng IN tne
to scientific formula, and too mystical to
De expressed IN tine cold accuracy oil seen
zinc terms
There is, for instance, that stubborn
thing called conscience to be dealt with.
That stands out as very Gibraltar of
protest against the assertion that God does
not care. In all the history OF mortas
conscience has been regarded as Gods
handwriting on the wall. telling man he
must do the right and must not do the
wrong. True. it does not tell him what is
right and what is wrong. That is a thing
OF huctuating standard Always differ
ence of opinion about that. because de.
pendent upon the mans intelligence that
owns the conscience. And any certain
type of intelligence depends upon the age
and civilization in which he lives. circum-
stances. moral and religious ideas. Thus
it is that the truest standard for the en-.
liehtenment of conscience is Christianity
Christian ethics. Swinging from the Ser.
mon on the Mount. il universally recog-
Dized mans truest and highest standard
of enlghtenment.
d.. -, IL. ,.L;.,. u,.., .t,;,
puV o,i Wnai nisns,, au'hoi.iF 'gsts 'n.S
sehse VI ougntness as 70 tne u';ns ".
ileh' ,r aiu Mlone you ueIlahus ~ we
say. me oreator nas rient 10 ihlpose
terms upon ms ereatlon; we recognize
our opigatioh 10 MN. les, put because
tne niorai sense rests upon an iuIultloh oi
Noo perlect moraiity' we could no' ieei
any oDilgation 10 G9d unless we ie.t rilh
worthy OF tnat oDngatioh' we DeiieVe
nun TO empoay the ldeai ana perfect NOR
auty MS SENSE OF oDHgation TO US. tneh,
is the sanction OF our sense OF oDligatloh to
ninn' ~ ~ piScious 10 redu that we loNe
him because lie nrss loVed US IL Is as
true ludI we are unutT ODllgdllOH 10 Illln