Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10
From God Discussed by
!. Rev. \. E. Dunnack
AT Commemoration Services Of
( Monmouth Methodist Church.
Letters Read from Maine Clergy
y men Invited to Attend.

& Monmouth, Me-, Nov. 9.-(SpeciaD -
The second service of the series in
scommcmoration of the 116th anniyer-
rsary of Monmouth Methodist church,
sine first Methodist church in Maine,
was held this evening, the speaker Of
{the evening being Rev. II. E. Dunnack,
pastor of the Green Street Methodist
church of Augusta. Rev. c. w. Wal
several of the replies from Methodist
sclergymen who had been invited to
preach during Anniversary week. The
replies showed deep interest in the
event and cordial ~solicitude for the
church of Maine.
Mr.. Dunnack preached very inter-
estins discourse, prefacing it, at the
request of Mr.. Wallace, with q brief
reference to the coming evangelistic
d campaign in this State under the
: leadership of DR.. Chapman and MI.
z Alexander. Mr.. Dunnack took for his
text III Cor. ix:13-"Thanks be to God
; for His unspeakable gift He said in
part:
ne WCTlu Is lull Vi ullsi;cdkdplc
E gifts which God is continually press
ing upon US. We miss these gifts be-
= cause we Go not see or hear and I'M
derstand.
Z In 1881 the Berlin Academy of Science
8 held q great meeting in honor of
. LeibWitz. De Bots Raymond read an
Z address, his inject, The Seven Rid
dies of Science" He spoke Of the ma
!@ture and essence of matter. the origin
of .noticn, the origin of life, the origin
of consciousness the origin of thought
and language, the freedom of will and
the apparent design in nature. Paul in
writing to the Corinthians speaks of
another, the incarnation of Jesus
Christ. There they stand the challenge
to all thinkers, scientists and scholars.
The eight unspcakable gifts of God to
His children.
The quest of all the ages is to know
these gifts. Science deals with the
facts. philosophy with the principles,
literature with the criticism, and art
with the beauty of nature and life.
These forces lead us into the presence
they do not explain the nature of God
They tell us of His infinite wisdom,
power and goodness.
BY these seven gifts. or riddles, as
the master ii science called them, we
have come to place and power. BY their
magic influence ignorance, tyranny and
hate are being banlshed from the earth
Through these we are the loS5eSso,S %
philosophy. literature, art AMI physical
forces. - These seven gifts have iiher-
atcd. educated, empowered and
crowned the human race
God ms given us these seven gifts
that we ni2ht investigate and con-
Guor ana possess nature and mind.
Then re gives lis Jesus Christ the IN
speakable gift, that we may Investigate,
conquer and POSSESS the moral ana
spiritual world.
Some one suggests if only I could
understand The Christ I would accept
Him, love Him and serve Him. There
is but oac answer to this suggestion,
it is the answer of al science and
philosophy experiments. Try, invecti-
gate. then toe proof will come and the
reward viii he certain. Matter is te
You'd P':I reason. bat w know it by
use. Giot.D!i ''o>s mt yini it; secret,
but il Is very SERVANT Through expert
ment. tonsCiouSnt SIS is NeXpli2a3ie,
but Il think, therefore | am"
Christ is beyond my reason, not
against reason. His life and nature BAT
tle all efforts of philosophy, but He is a
splendid living, helping reality to the
believing, loving soul Gene to the
problem of Christ as you do to the
other mysteries of the world, first the
experiment, the test. the investigation,