The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-03-18
The Eternal FoundatIons.


The Eternal Foundations.
Heaven and earth shall pass away. but
my words shall not pass away.-st.
Matthew. XIV. 3o.
Amid all this restlessness and dis
satisfaction and iconoclasm Of the
time. the voices of many can be
heard asking for some place where
they can dwell in peace. They are
asking for plain. simple. indisputable
facts upon which they can base their
lives and build up their characters.
They want some facts that are be-
yond discussion. that are not the
products Of time or conditions, but
aIS Interchangeable and eternal. as God
Himself
TO meet this demand for funda-
mental truths we must go to Jesus
OF Nazareth. To whom else shall we
go? He alone has the words of eter.
nal life. The world is coming to real
inc that the statement He made con-
corning the enduring value of His
teaching was not the assertion Of an
esotist. but the ,utterance Of one in
whom dwelt all the fullness of the
God-head bodily.
What then are the basal principles
upon which the Lord Jesus founded
His society and which He has given
to us for the upbuilding Of strong
and beautiful life?
The first great principle which the
Master lays down is that love is the
supreme law. He declares that the
law which shall govern human con-
duct is not the law Of competition or
selfishness or self-seeking. but that
the law which must be supreme in
life is the law of love. He says that
life can be understood and appreciat.
ed only as it is interpreted by the
law Of love. Man must be willing to
sacrifice himself for his fellow man
and each must learn to bear the
others burdens.
The second great principle that
Christ lays down for us is that truth
is the supreme power. Jesus taught
that truth is the one power in the
world which cannot be defeated In
this confidence He committed His
Gospel into the hands of few I'M
known men. With no other weapons
He sent forth the little band of faith
full followers to conquer the world
He knew that no power could prevail
against them because they were
armed with the truth.
To seek for the truth. to live for
the truth. to die. II need be. for the
truth-such is the Gospel Of Christ
Error. wrong. falsehood are bound to
be discovered and destroyed; only
truth can remain. There is nothing
covered that shall not be revealed;
neither hid that shall not be known"
1t is the interchangeable law of God
that truth shall conquer. Christian
ity itself bears witness to this state.
ment. When Jesus stood on trial for
His life He made answer to His
Judge. the Roman governor: ITO
this end was I born. and for this
cause came 1 into the world, that
should bear witness unto the truth"
And the people cried. Cruelty Him!
Cruelty HIM" And PLATE said, Let
him be crucified." And he was cruel
fed. But the truth He came to give
the world was not crucihed. 1t lives
and grows and spreads and conquers
The third great fundamental prin.
ciple that we find In the teaching of
Christ is that holiness is the supreme
ideal. Jesus taught that holiness is
the highest state to which the soul
can aspire. Without holiness no man
can see the Lord. To strive for pur-
ity Of heart Is the ideal that Jesus
sets before His followers. He prom
Uses the greatest reward to those who
make holiness their ideal. blessed
are the pure in. heart. for they shall
see God"
Here, then. are three great princi-
Piles which Christianity gives ss the
eternal foundations upon which you
shall build up your life and charac-
ter: Make love the supreme law;
hold truth to be the supreme power;
take holiness ~ the supreme ideal
such is the teaching Of the One who
said, Heaven and earth shall pass
away. but my words shall mot pass
away."-Rev. Percy Traford Olton.
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