Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-12

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or world. This Is, indeed. true Of any
vital exaltation or passion-even its
Illusions are imperative. simply be.
cause they are born OF Il,
This Is not 10 say that ignorance
and superstition are essential 10 faith,
but II this path be simple. childlike,
submissive to the divine life, and a
full acceptance thereof. there Is no
occasion for concern. The divine
life will develop Its own wisdom In
It's " time and In its own vital way.
/. The spiritual life Is u growth.
ana there Is a constant transmutation
In It's shapings OF divine truth. To
hx immntably any Of these shapings,
IN the form Of a theological dogma, Ia
not only \ violent dislocation, but an
arrest Of development. A true illu.
sion may thus become an ~iilusory
trutA.
When we fly from the d~ivineiy real
to a humanity conceived realm 0f
observation-disclosures we may call It,
metaphysics. thol0gy. mysticism. OF
Observation-Disclosures we identity
our own conservation or the sacre.l,
ness OF things which representation
from natural uses: when Christian
fellowships are based upon exclusive
ness. divided from each other by
shtbbOleths. and from the general
community by that kind OF shibbolett
which. while readily admitting spirit
ual indiferentism and worldly lorna,
Ism and responsibility. repels the
quick life OF humanity--then we ars
shutting out u Lord. II IL then thai
men calling upon the name Of thu
Lord repudlate his gospel. having NJ
dread quite equal to that OF the real
~ization upon earth Of the kingdom o
heaven. It's life Is assumed
TO he impracticable on earth, and 4
postponed to some other and better
world.
Truly the children OF this world ~.
wiser In their generation than tn,
children OF light. In every s~uccessiv,
state Of their development they com
nearer and nearer to a stimulation @
) the kingdom unfolded In the gospel
While the Christian theorist insist
that human selishness Is ineradicable
! the movement Of an unregenerate SC
ciety Is tending to a point where a
truism will be accepted as a scier
. tifc necessity. Men have already 81
. far comprehended the devlne teach
ings Of nature as to know that Their
. Is no individual health except throug
the health OF the community. The
+ find also. now that they undertak
elytt industrial and commercial entei
prises. that. having called 80 largel
upon natures vitalities. they are COZ
fronting her larger spiritual meaning
unheeded hitherto. and that their va
. and co N,lex machinery, with It's a,
h celebrations through steam and electr
/? city. will not work without incalcul,
}. BILE waste, friction, and uncertainty
to its management. except through
q human fellowship in It's control as III
q iversal as natures own cooperate
! therewith. Thus the children Of tn,
4 world. keeping close to natural use
stand face to face with v~ltalitis
/. whose laws point to Christ, and cor
\. pei them at least to assume that sc
! ishness Is impracticable. Shall n,
4 the Christian accept the reality, whe
worldly science cannot evade the /
!. milltudee
! Our development Is in the kingdol
OF the real. which eschews the pc
!. feet, the infinite. the absolnte-all
!. which are negations. We do not 8,
!, before ourselves mental aims an
. ideals. WI accept the divine life. an
Its aspirations are of It's own gene
Is, not OF our determination. It Is
life Of surprises, OF which we ha,
:, no mental anticipation. The marve
= Of science are but images OF the ma
wells Of the life OF the kingdom Q
earth.
2 We do not shut our eyes to natu,
= that We may see God. any more tina
y We resolve the body that we NAV An
y the soul. We do not ~extinguish III
passions and appetites which al
= ours by nature. We accept thel
g as part Of the divine life, and the
take their divinely appointed plac
In the kingdom. We see then whit
Is their subordination. which is NJ
that Of the physical to the menta
r but the physical to the spiritual. Th
heavenly does ont abolish the earthl,
e but consists therewith.-rrom Henr
e Mills Alden's God In His World"
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