The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02

decade for the light to become visible.
to all. 1t may require st,nic years be-
fore illc outward manifestation APP
pears. But in the though, of God
these are only moments. The nHw
light and the new time are here. The
living Christ is triumphant.
The ages have been filed with the
idolatry Of symbols. The time has
come for pure spiritual worship. for
each nan to go direct to the throne OF
the Most High. for the divine con-
seriousness to become II burning fire in
each bosom, for sin. disease and all
forms Of error gradually I" disappear
before the inner illumination OF truth.
Revelation did not end in the past.
God yet speaks In b souls of those
who will hear him. We do not wor-
ship the dead. but the living. The
Greeks. the Romans and the old sean.
dinavians %pcrsonitiel the forces of ma,
turc and bowed down TO these. The
modern world. having outgrown that
form Of idolatry. calls IT. mnterialism
and fetch worship. The Chinese adore
the memories OF their ancestors. We
Of the west. although almost deifying
heredity ourselves. yet consider the
oriental form of il AS a little Grass and
pityingly refer to 1t as mat"rinliSm
and fetch worship. Rut has not cur
W ido!atry OF Journalism. liberalism
and old cmblemS constituted the same
sort Of materialism and fetch wor-
ship?
Tho living Spirit. everlasting and In
finite. tile source of all that wns or Is
or is to be. this alone should be hdorcd,
There should be DO other gods before
him. Call him what wc will-.Iehovah.
Lord. God. the Ovcrsoul. the Universal
Thought. Cosmic consciousness. Divine
Love, the Spirit of Truth. the Eternal
Right. the Light of the Universe, the
All knowledge. the I Am or simply the
Father! Names arc only symbols. The
truth remains. He lives. In him we
have our being. TO him NIL men can
bow. In his divine sunlight crccds dis
appear like mists. Open your Inind t"
him and let your being be- flooded by Il
new life. lie heals both soul and body.
When YOU are free in him are free
indeed. i
Men have been ST material In their
concepts that all through the ages
they have demanded something visible
and senSuOus to idOliZe. If 1t were not
q block of stone or wood IT WAS Il plc-
turc, or an image. or q form. or &.
priest. or Il building. or 81 relic, or an,
institution. But that era has passed
The day has come for the worship of
the Father In spirit and in truth-as
an immanent. ever present, all loving
and all helpful power. !
The soul of each man is the temple
Of God. The divine presence within
is it's own high priest. No man has a
| right to make Il creed for another:
| That is only placing repression on the
soul which is sacred. The day Of re-
| stricting the divine inward impulse
has passed. The day Of liberty is at
hand.
This is what 1t means to read the
Scriptures in the spirit. We sec the
revelation Of the past IN the light of
our own revelation in the present.
The Christ who is in the Father
awakes in those who call upon him.
And he has healing in his wings both
for the soul and for the body. /.
We need wait no longer for the bet
ter day. ii IS already dawning. The
| blind may not see the new light flood.
ing the world. but those who are spir-
itually awake are already glorified by
It's golden rays.