The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18

that to deny anything is not to dis prove 1t. have read with care the works of those who deny much of the New Testament and have not found their scholarship in excess of the scholarship of those who believe the New Testament as It is written.
 Therefore, in conclusion. in view of tho many assertions concerning the es- sence of God, and the constitution of the world, alc the nature of man made by persons who heal or who claim to heal disease; and in view, also, of the acceptance or the rejection of the New Testament record by many who make their knowledge of what may be done now the measure of all that may have been done at any time by men or by Jesus and who make their opinion of the possible power of men, now, the measure of the person and the power of Jesus I would speak few words of counsel
 1. Keep your sanlty--the use of all the powers of soul and mind your clear vision; your power to see more than one thing; your ability to compare one thing with another; your ability to give rlace to all the facts of human experience, and beware of making the i limits of some mans present experi- ence or Knowledge the limit of things which are true and which may possi- bly, be known,
 2 Give great value to the common sense of malkind-the common conscn- sus If human opinlon-and accept as the truest thing yet known that theory of the universe which the general ex- perience of men has made the com l mon belief of mankind in respect of matter and mind, the universe and God, and which has proven to be a 1 practicable and workable theory of tho world in which you live,
 i 3, Be not hasty to cast away faith in | the fundamental and common doc 1 trlnes of the church which have held the hearts and have helped the souls of l believing men in all ages of the Chris tan faith. The explanations of these doctrines, in a scientific and philoso- l phic way, by men, may have been err l roneeus, but the facts contained in the doctrines are likely to be true.
 I, Beware of separating yourself from an ancient and long-tried institu- 1 tion. like the Christian church, to ally yourself with some society whose ex- istcuce depends upon some one fact or some one phase of human experience and which rejects many things which human experience and Christian prac- ! tice have long found to be true.
 }. Be ready to see the relation of the soul to the body and place great value on the physical benefits to be derived from Christian faith and love; for the man who actually believes in the love of God and who actually lives in that
 love, trusting God as child trusts I wise and loving father. finds that spiritual blessedness and bodily health arc both promoted thereby
 6. Beware of that interpretation of ! the person and the work of Jesus which would make him simply sam pie of what every man should he. Dis tinguish that teaching very clearly and i definitely from the historic and we'll nigh universal teaching of the Chris
 tian church From the days of the apostles until now, amid all changes of O. unions in the philosophy by which
 men have tried to explain the facts of Christian experience. the church has believed that Jesds is the Son of God in singular and special sense, having itr Him a fullness of divine life and love and power which have belonged I to no other person.
 The church has believed also that
 Jesus is. 10 men, the source of saliva
 ton and of spiritual life and power. Hold fast to the great hope that Ee