Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-04-21

creatures In the water then the AMI
mails. then man "ol. you say. that
Is IL simple story" les. II Is 50 simple
that for thousands of years the sclen-
lists were trying 10 discover the order
"a creation. and now. much to their
surprise. the biologists have found out
that the order as written by Moses
thousands Of years ago il the scientific
ally accepted order Of creation Of to-
day. Does not the first book Of the Bl.
bic bear upon II the stamp Of Gods au-
thorshipi Was not its story of creation
told before science was borny
Then study the prophecies. Why, II
you begin 10 study these prophecies
and their fuliillments you have the
work of II lifetime One night William
IIerschcl the astronomer. was study
Ing the heavens. BY conditions reveal
ed there hc said to himself There
must he Il star In such aud such q
region" He pointed his telescope TO
that region and found there the star.
hut | want TO tell you that the causes
" lliAll IliUNttl W W llitill llfTNtlitI Ilt
fact that there was a star in certain
region of the heavens are no more GER
tain in their results than are the full
ailments Of Scripture. In those re-
markable books of John Cumming,
called "Apocalyptic Sketches" and THE
Destiny of Nations" step 10y step the
great preacher shows how the prophe-
cies uttered thousands of years ago
have been fulfilled in the past or are
being fulfilled now. DR.. Newman.
Babylon. once said. Il could take a
competent engineer If I had sufficient
resources and reconstruct Babylon
guided only 10y the prophecies uttered
concerning II long before the first foun.
datiun stone was laid" 40 we find the
Rihlc not only prophcSylng events 10
come. but also recording those events
after they had happened. Do not the
fulfilled prophecies stamp the Bible as
being of divine authorship
Then the miracles of Jesus and the
recorded Biographies OF Christ How
are you going to get around them
Are you going To regard Christ rs a
fraud and an impOstor and yet call him
the best of men. ms nearly all intidcls
and ngnostics do? can understand
phemc Christ. hut do not understand
how Rousseau and Jean Paul Richter
could he 50 illogical as to represent
Christ III the same time as model for
humanity and yet as II self deceived
fann,ic
A Ridiculous Position.
Are you going To take the ridiculous
and Illogical stand which noted edi-
tor of Il city newspaper did when be
wrote to II lawyer friend of mine q
letter that went thus "a man who
drinks can preach better temperance
lecture than all the fanatics on earth
But you cannot make men good by
law am not II believer in religion
so called. but was convinced long age
that the ultimate redemption of the
children of men must come through the
incubation IN their hearts of the re-
ligion of Jesus Christ. II men make
Christ the model even though II be a
superstition. rs | believe, virtue Will
dominate the world of vice and sin
will b" minimizcd. But II must com,
through moral suasion and not through
force and compulSion" Now, my
friend is that your illogical stand
Are you prepared 10 assert with your
one breath that Jesus Christ Is the
best of all human beings and then Il
assert with Your next breath that
Christ Is dcccivcr Nay. nay. not
that As an intelligent man you
should be ready 10 say here and now
"No man could have uttered such
words rs did Jesus Christ unless he
was true, And therefore, II Christ is
true. Christ is the Son Of God" BY the
law of logic aud common sense we can
not get away from this conclusion.
The Bible biographies of Christ, by
their Internal evidence, prove that
ChriSt's life was divine.
Now. having seen enough of the signs
and wonders of the Bible to prove that
II IL Of divine authorship. | am ready
10 make Il confession. | am ready "a
confess that this holy book is filled
with mysteries. Like blind man,
bump up against them everywhere
But because | cannot understand why
God should SO love the world that he
gave his only bcgOtten Son that whose
ever bclicvcth on him should not perish
but have everlasting life. Is that any
reason why should reject that divine
offer of pardon and eternal life? Nay
nay" again | say. Why all the prom
ises Of God are given To MS | cannot
conceive But those promises are there
Aud because they are there | will ne.
ccpt them and live by them and leave
the explanations for eternity.
But now. believing that God is a low
ing Father and that the Bible is given
To us 10y divine inspiration. the next
difficult question which confrOnts US Is
this: why does Il loving Father who is
preparing such felicity for us on the
other side Of the grave, allow SO much
misery and suffering and injustice To
his dear ones ON this side OF the
grave for we all can say with the
psalmlSt, Il have seen the wicked In
a a H.