The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-06

syc ourselves TO the practice OF the broth.
erbood of man.
| Our doubts trouble us and thereby prove
thst donbt is not state Of equilibrium;
we must move on toward the light. Action
!. the nsnacea for doubt II any man will
10 Gods will he shall know His doctrine.
ID, you doubt the power Of prayer 10
whom do you think the reality Of that
matter 10 revealed? Ccrtain" not the msu
who never 'prays. Put yourself az best
you csn in The .atti .uie. Of Lrayer AM lis.
ten. You will then y. able to know wheth.
CT God ealks back. You have sat in the
pew for years and you have heard sermons
without number on the great Fundamentals
OF the Christian faith. 70 some of them
YOU have given intellectual assent. and yet
YOU find yourself in doubt and uncertain.
". Why is it thus will. YOU? Theirs can
Yourself in holy surrender at tho feet Of
T. = truth vou have known. 1t costs some.
thing to do that. J pity the man who had
no Bethel IN his life; no place whore he
has faced God aud duty and said. "l
w1l Go the divine You oushl." Paul
lev his Alderssate, and B"shnell, lectur.
ing TO the students of Yale said: "Therc
IL story LODGED in the little bedroom NJ
c,e of these dormitories which pr God
His recci ding arsel may note, allowing il
never to be lost"
De not he impatient with yovr doubt.
emily be sure that you are moving toward
the lith. yos dc see. Not what we a~s.
but what We are becom ng: not where we
stand. but whencs We core and whit her
we go-these are the great things about
which we should he concerned.
The fruit of the tree of faith may he
Ducked too soon and il ia then va'ueless.
IL takes . full season 10 ripeu the best ot
natures products and there are some
thinss in faith which only years and frost
md storm will bring ts maturity.
It has he.n Nid that one of the greatest
talent. ia religious discovery is the find
ing how 10 hang M questions without be-
ins snxiou- about them. Look at them
sow and then as they hang and by .nd ny.
when Won turn SOM. corner nj thought.
YOU will be deirhted and astonshed to see
low quietly and easily they omen their Sc
aret and let you in. | know great teach
~ OF mathematics who always kent some
IN one awhile and put it back in his
pocket still ineomplete. After weeks or
months the problem would hc solved and
lnother take its place j. his thought.
There are manv who sgy With easy a;sur-
,nce: ''Lord. I believe" but they have
never thought enough 70 have any dosbts.
They have no sympathy with those who
ha for man or a cause. Thev could he
ieve anything that seemed to be necessary
r good position in society and com
:ortsb'e income. The man who ia honest
must adjourn some OF his questions and
If my questions with me into that larger
nfe toward which all mep move, but !hab
,acL does not trouble me. Ssme things i
rave settled and others can wait until the
lsv when all mystery shall be made clear.
One of my parishioners some years age
.ausht me great lesson. She was lady
)f culture and refinement. She had been
1t the head OF great school for many
years Her eyesisht at last failed her and
,he became totally blind / saw her at the
:lose Of service feeling her way up the
isle from pew TO pew. that she might
shake hands with me. The thought OF her
Shelmed me and said with deep emotion
rs | clssped her hand: "Ib will he light No
yonder and you will know why God has
permitted this great affection to enter
your life" She lifted a face trsnsfi2ured
sy ineffable peace and said: "lf | am 30
happy as to get t. heaven. | shall let by.
zones be bygones and shall not .rouble the
Lord for any explanations" II one has
spirit like that, whatever doubts he has
.an wait
Remember finally that there are but 4
few things that are absolutely necessary to
Christ,n faith. BE sure that you have
be- Do not try to make bargain for
safe and pleasant course. That is an au'
iul mockine OF the truth. But having set
lied the great problems be assured that
you need not he greatly troubled about the
lesser onsr. Men have set up standards
which God never ordained.
we have multiplied dogmas and doc.
trines to the confusion Of the mind and l
fear to tie loss OF the soul. Worse than
all men have forgotten that right living /,
more important than right views. Ihey
have burned heretics to st rid or their
heresy,. and have hanishsd good men %
cause they disagreed with them. Have pa
tience with other men ttst they may have
patience with you. Let your HE reesw,,
mend your creed. Right opinions VIII
avail us no more than they avail Tho devil
and his angels unless we hold them in mo
golden cha.ice OF pure aud honest me-
The great truths OF life are not simply IN
tellectual truths aud tho method by winch
they are revealed are not chiefly intellect
ua With the heart man beiieveth unite
righteousness.
Doubt which IL in moral earnest s
servant Of God 10 bring the truth. ~ nss
preceded all great reforms in the individ'
nsl and in the community. A faith which
has been forged out through the a"fu'
heat Of doubt 10 the only kind that ne-
comes an anchor TO the soul. 1t is worth
going through the fiery. furnace to lind
the form or the fourtn;
Tho conviction which honest doubt LEADS
to ia the conviction which has shaken the
world. Do not scorn any man, and least
of all tho truth he holds. Keep the integ
rity of your mind. Think honestly, think
seriously, for life's questions are solemn
questions.
new truth which contradicts some position
you once held. Above all things realize
that the truth is the only thing that will
free you from an evil life. The verdict OF
the ages and the verdict of the facts Is
that the truth is to be sought IN person
atty and not in theory, and no one has as
am the truth" Il is to Him that ! ask
you to come. Well may you say to Him:
III have heard of Thee that Thou canst
make interpretations and dissolve doubts
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