Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-05


perience to convince one that God may
and often does interpose in the affairs
OF men. It is my duty to read the
book of Nature, Gods message, ex-
pressed in the vast expanse and power
OF the ocean in the changing colors OF
the sky at sunset, in the soaring noun
tain peaks, in the silent stars and in
the nature and power of man himself.
| believe that Jesus Christ is a su
preme revelation of God, the Father,
in a sense in which no other than the
Son can be so designated. When l
take into consideration the doctrine of
divine immanence / do not see why it
is not possible to hold that the man,
Christ Jesus was such an embodiment
of the spirit Of God as to be rightly
called the incarnate God and Son of
God in the unique sense
'T'lC Bible is in the truest and high
est sense an inspired book. 1t does
not trouble me that the writer of Gen
e5is believed the world was created in
six days Of "a hours each. I don't
think he knew anything about six crea
tive periods. The all important truth
is that God created all things and
breathed his spirit into the man that
he made The light shed upon the
scriptures in the last 25 years by rev
ercnt historical and scientific lnvesti-
cation of the Bible has strengthened
my faith in the book. The scientific
doctrine of evolution in its theistic
form, 1 heartily accept. There is in
my mind an imperative demand for a
reconstruction of society, of business
ana politics and the principles set
forth in the gospels. The special duty
ard privilege of the Christian minis
ter is to exert himself to this end; not
by turning reformer or social propa-
gandist but by faithful illustration
and application to life and all human
institutions of the eternal spirit Of
Jesus Christ, which is the spirit of love.
The church was well filled for the
evening exercises, which We're of
high order, and in the opinion of some
who attended they offered symposium
of high class scholarly addresses. The
Invocation was pronounced by Rev. F.
f. Butler of South Hadley Falls, and
the scripture was read by Rev. Walter
Rice of AgaWam. The installation adj
dress by Rev Dr. Robert NJ Woods OF
Hatfield was on the subject of Co
workers" After presenting the greet
ings of the Hatfield church, DR.. Woods
called attention to the fact that OAR
win in his study of insects dignified
them with the name of "coworkers
with God in the great labor of Ma
ture" Similarly though in much
more exalted sense, We are coworkerS
with God in the spiritual realm. He
also made contrast between the
drudgery of labor and the glory and
inspiration Of work Rev w. G. Poor
of Salem enlarged upon this glory OF
Christian work. and developed his
theme by relating several incidents
which Illustrated the JOY of Christian
life and work
After the installing prayer by Rev.
Dr.. Edward A. Reed of Holyoke. DR.. p
S. Moxom Of Springfield extended the
now pastor the right hand of fellow
ship. Rev. Norman McKinnon of Mid
dleboro, in his charge to the pastor,
spoke on the demand of the present
day for strong preaching. He said that
the people are tired of tlabby religion
and diluted theology. They demand
solid stuff. higher standard or
p,aachirg and an evangelstic force.
Rev. Charles F. Garter Oh LeSlnSloi'
former Chioopee man, gave the adj
dress to the people. He said, "The eff
ficiency Of the minister is at every
point conditioned by the response OF
the people He mentioned the re-
SPONGE of appreciation which builds UP
the spiritual nature by means Of truth,
the response which creates Fellowship
within the church itself and the re-
spouse of service that brings others
within the church influence. The con-
Guiding prayer was offered by Rev. :.
Snyder of the First Congregational
church, and the newly installed pastor
pronounced the benediction.