The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06

would pobems would
make the ignorant r and .r r.oh s citizens would
There is social impulse man. They insincvely bind them
together tribes and nations for protection That
itself and the stronger pys on the
There difference however, between men and wolves
the ideals and strive for their ATTAIN
look the with their superb organization and unt
ing industry for the futureceany kind of idea-and
beavers An IDEAL then admits of graduation Man. in the
savage have less of than the ant while the higher
civilization it Godke matter of simple evolution IT. them man
developed lowest forms common to all
animals, entitled to say that
God Is In History?
Prussia said At the beginning of the Franco
his regiments marched with banner on which
inscribed Fo God and Our Country Strike out the Woros
said Frederick 1--WE fighting for country not for religion
ohand but look for proof
In an enquiry of fnd possible, concrete
example directing affairs nation And find right
records the history of Israel
history The inscriptions tablets and bricks in the
lately unearthed cities of the old world prove beyond doubt ANA
figure that history It God and not his
Joseph Egypt God led the sraels out with
marvellous incidents recorded OF
journey He caused the to open
He led them by cloud and pillar of fire. de pro-
brought of rock by the rod OF
land He had promised to their fore
raised them judges to de-
liver them He ordered Samuel to anon Saul king lie TOOK
from the sheep become ruler Prophets and through
history got and line of conduct from Him. Ger
tainly God in the history of Israel.
again God directed thwared the of all the
touched ea point Thus read that God raised
His and from time time hardened Phaoah
that he would not let Israel He brought again the water
overwhelmed the Egyptian He his prophet aiaho
Hezekiah regard to the invading Assyrans II will put
back and He destroyed in night
thousand Him that blesseth thee
him that curseth thee will curse
that will thee shall perish Now if God
that the history the nations that contact with
presumably all parts and all nations Biblical his
tory God their affairs after If
pursue subject further he will find proof along
lines:
that God has into the lives of all nations
Christianity radically changed them England
stance the and India China JAPAN examples of the
He have been with them all the Second The
heather nations religious aud the authority the apostle
Paul worshippng the God gnorany under
FORMS Read his to the Ahenans the seventeenth
chapter OF Acts we accustomed to call Bible history sacred
God and of England
natural of events But leave God ae
and read in the ordinary God his
tory of other nations and it will then read like that Both
methods Sacred and secular relative depending
on point of view Certainly
American History History
The Psalm you the beginning this para
phrase fits we'll did the the had mind Indeed
there close analogy between Israes history and Both
preceded underlined feeling the that
found in Abrahm dream of worldwide blessing
through seed in Godgven land and Luthes dis
the freedom the Both ideas grew
advocates spread and ensaved Egypt and in
brought by high hand" land
ae history eliminated the production Of the Man Jesus
enriched the whole human
tined enrich and Our history has eliminated
doubtless another Man. idea
something that will bring the
existence oodgae raise the higher level
God has that the ages
nations chosen
only larger What land is this See geographical
position the very the earth To the European
history
Oriental Midway between