The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-30

and band themselves together as
states and then how states will bano
themselves together as nation.
When | talk to child | talk III the
language OF Il child
In the Language of Man.
Now, as Il rational being, tell me,
how can God spiritually talk to man
except in the language of man: In
the spiritual sense we are nothing but
LITTLE children, SO God says: Il Will
show those little children how [ love
them. | will reveal to them the love
of the Heavenly Father. | will appear
to them in the love of the home. | VIII
have my only begotten Son born in Il
Manager and grow up In Nazareth Then
| will prove his divinity by his mira
cles and by his beautiful life. Then |
| will let that Son die upon the cross TO
| atone for their sins Tell me, is not
| that Interpretation of Jesus Christ
| rational? If you grant your deism and
| your immortality of the soul, does not
| the personality of Christ nationally
grow out of these two premises: Why
will YOU deny that Jesus IS your Say
Jour? Was he not incarnated in order
to show the Divine Fathers love for
us, his children?
WELL" you say, Il do believe IL
Christ, but | do not believe in the
verbal inspiration of Scripture. How
do we know whether the Bible is our
rule of faith and practice" How do
we know? Why, my brother if you
once grant God and Christs divine
birth and resurrection [ do not see
how YOU can deny the inspiration Of
the Bible
We might expect that God would
give the world record OF his will.
That is what the Bible is. God, iii or
der to put the stamp Of his divinity
upon this book, caused the old prophets
to tell what was going to. happen
1000 years after their day. Then
God has his writers; of the New Tesla
ment show how all these old prophe
cies are fulfilled. Then. just as 1000
different workmen working under
christopher Wren. cut the stones and
Law them all together and pie them
up into one great st. pauis cathedral,
so God has all these different Torkmen
| of the Bible do their separate parts,
| working in harmony with one another,
| Thus he fits the different books to-
gether. and Genesis and Revelation are
| component parts Of one book. III"
Psalms and the gospels are parts ri
the same The story Of Ruth and the
| Il In r -hr;,t q nf
whole These different books fit into
each other as exactly as the stones OF
mosaic floor fit into each other If
you grant God and grant the immor-
talitg of the soul and grant the divini-
ty of Jesus Christ. cannot understand
why you should deny the divine au-
thorty of the Bible. God the IIeav
emily Father has written to us Il letter,
just as our earthly parents write to us
when we are far away from the old
homestead
Now comes the great practical ques-
tion-believing i'll the Divine Fathers
love, believing in immortality and the
atonement Of Christ and in the divine
authority Of Scripture, are we ready
with this Divine guidance to fit our
selves for celestial companionship with
God forever and ever? Are we willing
to live the higher life and live not for
our own fame. but for The heavenly
glory? When we begin to study the
life of Christ and see what God wants
us to do. it IS amazing how most of us
are prostit,lting our ideals to the lowest
, and the most selfish Of motives
. Brother, for what are YOU living?
This vast world was made for YOU. so
that in it you can fit yourself for heav-
emily cOmpanionShip. Christ died for
you in order that you might live Il good
and useful life The Bible was written
, for you to know what God wants YOU
to do. Are YOU here and now willing
to surrender yourself to the higher life ?
, God is calling. Immortality is calling.
Christ is calling. The Bible is pointing
! out for you the true way. VIII You, in
Gods name, respond to the Divine call
and follow the way of the Divine com
, mandment: "How long wilt thou halt
between two opinions? If the Lord be
God. follow him, but if BaaI, then fol
Sc low him..
Copyright 1907. by Louis Klopsch.J