Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-10-30

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4 80 miracles off the
,lMN Old Testament are
10 exaggerations or
Fl z 1911 ,perely iplaSinaA-
q fidnss some I of.
,whicl}steach bad mdgfs. & The .hntter5
with tbe professor issHl}at hefhasec ere
ated a. god in his own image AID is
not Willing that his god should be
+ mucbsdf any. gre1tef4han himself and
. his bEatiIflr 1tFafessnTs GIN Issee6fn1reS
bend Universities re-net-intelpreteFs
OF lie Bible. the Bible is the inter
prefer Of The 'ihiYcrs.ties.c Yet ii is a
Ilty thati'alman &'ho calls himself a.
Chris aEshcnldr stand with the
ayowcd ipfdels whobave attacked the
Bibiee from Celsts to glngersoll,. and
tho lareater .TitN.is thatjha should as a
|'passcra Of Christian church be lead
ine Others into reli"ious. inldelity- 49,.
Thcfe hes coa5e from the, Chicago
University Press S@other. attack upon
the miracles Of tic i}ibie by a learned
proie ss6Bain Ait'iiean college, He
Eidoks Miseland says chat there was no
need of,nliracles eThen9 helooks wiser
+ and, declares that some miracles are
,increslible, .Tb erTpubleg with the pro-
fessqf is .that fhe has not vet accepted
{he FIRST verse Of &c l95.sa In The be
|, ginning Go / cr@jod he heaven and
the Garth Il he clieved in a God
great enough TO create Tic universe he
would find no difficulty in believing
that sach a God c5d'd stop the reyolu-
tion ofthe esrth:f0r "a hours, turn
water into wine, .DluItiply loaves and
fishes. or. do anything else that he
might choose 10, do 1t is a pity that,
learning, should SO dwarf a mans con-
cepftion I! Of rs Sod. + Isl lpapperizing
process ~
Il ought to Be said that these unibe-r
/ lieving professors do not altogether
represent the institutions to which
they belong There are other pro-
fessDrs in their faculties of equal or
superior learning who believe in the
miraclesrof the Bible, but. the man who
jumps overheard. from an Atlantic
steamer attracts more, attention than
Thousand other passengers who. re-
Rail on deck and behave themselves.
There is no real conflict between the
Bible and .Cp-todste lesrning. The
conflict is between the Bible and the
imagine that the modern scientific
spirit is opposed to faith in personal
God still at work in his world. They
are waging war against the facts re!
corded in9the Bible and confirmed by
the reason of man who believes in a
God of almighty power and. Infinite
wisdom In the last analysis it is con-
ffictr between. gods, the great God re-
vea1ed in the Bible and the little gods
born. in the brains Of learned unbe-
lieveis -f"
Miracles in the Bible mean Almighty
God at work. In ages bast God or
dained some servants or his wniLn g
call natural laws. and they are obedi-
ent, There is a continuity Of law
which We can trust. But did God be-.
come the servant of bis servants?
Has he resigned the mastery of his
world to ,subordinates? Has the king
left his throne and become a subject
! Of his subjects? Have we what Car
! lyle called an %Absentee God sitting
on. the rim of. his universe and just
looking Gon?''laS go ~ iii~ &zoW ;t;
Gideon wished to know whether he
had been commissioned of God to de-
liver his people, So he asked God to
, confirm his faith by making the fleece
wet and the ground dry. Next morn
ing theSReece- was wetTa and the ground
dry. Then .Gideon,y looking around
! saw 2that 3hftfs setteax iiesceumas E@as
3andidhe ground dry. That is the way
foods servant, dew works339btits Cid
con did8snot~Man -to-be-c commissioned
by dew. He wished his, commission, di-
rectly. from God. So hesprays Cod to
tell his servant dew to rest a bit in
this particular spot, while he does
what his servant. cannot lo+--makes
the. fleece dry and the ground wet
Next morning the fleece was. dry, and
the. ground wet Gideon knew then
that God himself had done it and he
went. forth strong in that conviction,
/ The centurion in the New Testament
said in substance to Jesus: - am a
maaL under authority and YETI say to,
this one go and he goeth; but. Lord,
thou art kingoof all realms and thou
.needcst not go. to my ehojlse TO heal
my, servant. Only say. to disease go
and it goeth;;ato health come and it
cometh Speak the word and my ser.
want shall be healed ,.a T. s.@4-.,s.i :,
Here wereatwo men who believed in
law but they believed also in God the
source of all law Miracle does not
Violate law, though the God of law
hasten its processes, or work accord
ing to laws which he. has not seen fit
10 reveal to u.s.. To. say that God has
not. worked miracles as recorded in
the Old Testament and the New is to
deny facts for reasons unworthy of
one who believes in God of almighty
power and infinite wisdom Such is
the God of the Bible whom the Chris
dan worships.
4. Ts you fear that people Will IfEd IT.
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