The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-22

Higher Criticism. to Evulution-wan-
dpring farther and farther daily from
the faith once delivered 10 the sairis"
dude til. We fault them no more
than we fault ourselves. As whole
we have been ,ror6mcn who necd TO
be ashamed. We nave dishonored God
Through misunderstanding and misrep-
rcsentiug his Word aud his Character.
| We have driven away from God aud
the Bible some of the most Intelligent
of our fellows. Ivy reason of the con
uadictory nonsense of our creedS.
The Apostle urges. "Study to show
myself approved unto God" We are
not to suppose. therefore, that the
highest of All science. thar which per.
tains To the Divine purpose aud tAc
Divine plan. can ne acquired without
StHdy. We ate not IN this claiming
that study alone would bring the u,'.
sired results % proper kuowlcdEe. We
GeHrtiiy agree IN the SCripWrai prop
osi,iuu that the world 10y wisdom
knows not cod We are not there.
fore to study aluug the tines of world
~ wisdom. but along the lines of "thIt
wisdom thar ComCth from above
along the lines OF the inspired Scrip
lures. We mast Study! Whoever viii
not study will not know. "The secret
of the Lord Is with them that rev"r
ence Him. Aud revercnCing him
means the giving of our best thoughts
4, i,
that we may know the things freely
given to us OF God" Il Corinthians ii
~.
We should note further as Bible stu
proved of men. but to have the Divine
approval. This will bring to us, as It
did to the Master and his apostles, the
disapprobatiou Of the worldly wise and
nominally religious. 1t was the Chief
Priests and Scribes and Pbarisees. aud
not the common people Of the Jews. nor
the Roman soldiers. who were guilty
of the crucifxion Of our Lord. And
we must expect similar conditions, be-
cause. as the Apostle says. "As he was
so are we in this world" The clas
who called the Master Beclzebub is the
same class which will oppose his foot
step followers.
God permits all this with wise and
loving foreintention. Nothing connect.
ed with the opposing forces is in any
sense of the word Interfering with his
great Program. lie set apart With Di.
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nineteen centuries for the sole purpose
Of selecting from the world 1.-The
Church of the tirstbOrns" autityp
ical Priests aud Levites. The restric.
ton of his message. the darkening of
counsel. the clashing of creeds. the OPP
position Of the world. the flesh and tho
Devil. are all wisely permitted with
the foreintention on Gods part that
thus all through the Age the way OF
the cross-in the footsteps Of Jesus
should be marrow way" so that
comparatively few finding it would
care to walk in it.
1t is those few. that little flock
jealous for God. for his Word. foI
Righteousness. that he is now marking
out as the prospective jOint-heirs witt
Jesus in his glorious Kingdom. which
is to bless the world with full opportu
mites for earthly SalvatiOn-"reStitu
ton" The trials of the faith. the pa
thence. the love. the devotion of thi!
little flock" are all designed and no
accidental. Satan and his hosts may
think to thwart the Divine Plan ant
may mislead and use humanity as thei
tools. but it shall yet be seen that al
Of the Divine purposes shall be &C
compished. The Word that has gone
forth out of Jehovah's mouth shall
prosper In the thing whereto he
sent 1t.
st. Paul declared Of earthly Israel
that they enjoyed much advantage
every way, because to them were com.
mitted the oracles Of God" So now
dear friends, 1t seems to me that you
and l and all sincere Christians the
world around enjoy much advantage
every way. Looking to the past we
find great excuse for our dear forefa.
theirs who. with sincerity Of heart. SO
misunderstood the Divine Word and
so misinterpreted the spirit of the
Master that they burned one another
at the stake. We should not think SO
harshly Of them for this-us though
they lived today under the greater ad.
vantages which we possess. We
should sympathize with them. We
should consider them as blinded by
the great Adversary as was Saul OF
Tarsus. when he. as a member of the
Sanhedrin. authorized the stoning of
ST. Stephen. We should think of them
ympathetically-as st. Peter spoke OF
the Jews who crucitied the Lord. He
said. IL wot. brethren. that In igno-
rance We did IT. as did also your rul-
ers." So also we should kindly. low
ingly cast mantle of beDevolence
over similar conduct on the part of
John Calvin and others of our rorefa-
theirs. But as we would not 20 to the
Jewish rulers. nor to Saul OF Tarsus
for religious instruction. neither should
we 20 to Brother Calvin or others of
our forefathers who were blinded. rs
he was. respecting the true character
Of God and the true Spirit Of his
Word
Only within the past century have
the masses Of Gods people been able
even to read the Bible. II they had pos.
sessed it. And only within the same
time have they had the Bible TO read
Our great hndrance has been that
with Bibles in our hands and with
ability TO use them. we looked for in.
gtructiOu 10 orr well. mea ming fathers