The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1910-12-22

ltaDle that II Will again
touch the springs Of life
and produce experience.
The great problems OF human life are
perennial. The forms in which they
appear may differ from age to age;
but no matter how much the express
sions may change they point to a
fundamental deep-seated need. that In
some way must be met. Whether we
go to agriculture, commerce. science
or art we find few men who con.
tribute new elements to the solution
OF the ever recurring problems. And
these who do, put the large majority
OF humanity under obligations to them.
Phoenicia has genius for commerce
and 1t revealed to the world the prin.
ciples that govern It. Greece reached
into the dark chambers OF supersti.
ton and drew out the key to modern
science. Rome assembled the noun.
tain and was rewarded with a vision
OF world empire and the laws to
govern It The Germanic people were
aroused from their barbaric slumbers,
and a world Of humming spindles. fly.
ing locomotives. flashing wires. a
world bound together by arteries OF
steel and nerves OF iron sprang into
existence. But 1t was the Hebrew
people who solved the great problems
OF human life. To the great question,
Where did the universe come FROM"
they found an answer that rushes
down the ages carrying with 1t a last.
Ing satisfaction to the intellectual
needs OF humanity; 1t is the acme OF
all philosophical discovery to know
that in the beginning" a personal
God created heaven and earth"
Unto Final Perfection.
But there is another question equal.
ly deep with sweeping significance
which comes to us In this form. What
Is this whole system for?" Where
In the play and interplay Of forces,
in the everlasting whirl OF atomic com.
binations and dissolutions. where in
all the processes OF growth balanced
by the counter processes OF decay, do
We find the one thing In which any
particular purpose Is discerned? Who
Will find our answer to this perplex.
Ing question? What Is the promon.
tory whose summit shows world
working out a purpose worthy Of In.
finite wisdom. goodness and power?
The Hebrews found the answer and
Christ fOrmulates 1t when he an.
nounces and urges to pursuit OF the
world goal. BE we perfect even as
your Father in heaven Is perfect"
With increasingly clarified vision hu-
mainly is beginning to see that the
purpose Of creation Is not to balance
world systems or to draft and build
up institutions. All these. as the Mas.
ter teacher said, are for man. The
great goal OF divine activity through
the boundless ages is the development
Of persons capable Of seeing Gods
great ends. efficient II working them
,out, and worthy Of the enjoyment OF
his blessedness and glory.
The goal OF creation is the perfec
ton Of personality, the perfection O!
personality in its three.foid aspect OF
intellect, feeling and will Sight OF
a great goal. ability to realize the
goal. and the actual JOY connected
with the realization OF this goal We
come now to the question directly in
yolyed, Does the Bible contribute tc
the fulfillment Of this end?" There
can be no aspiration without the
vision OF an end. A goal for personal
aspiration must appeal not to the one
part only. but TO the whole person
Here other systems OF religion prove
themselves incompetent They often
appeal to the one element In the per
sonal life to the neglect OF others
They may develop the intellect but
destroy the will and the affections as
in the case Of Grecian and Roman
stofrism: or they may stir up feelings
only. with no intellect TO direct as In
the case of Grecian mysticism or the
superstitious practises OF the pagan
world, or they may urga a sort OF
brute determination without pur'
pose suggested by reason or dictated
by the feelings. The Bible, on the
contrary, is full OF inspiration for
es>s, element OF the personal life.
Christianity and Science.
The Christian Scientist looks through
his telescope with bowed head in rev.
erential mood because he is thinking
Gods thoughts after him. He enters
the laboratory with the hush Of the
eternties upon him. for he is con.
scious that he treads on holy ground.
for an affectionate Father speaks TO
him from the chemical retort, the quiy'
ering balances and the throbbing
cells. In view OF this fact It Is not
surprising that the Christian religion
has been the most heroic propaganda
of the scientific spirit. Nor Is 1t a
cause for wonderment, that the col.
leges and universities are beginning
to throw off the letters OF their ado.
lescence and are welcoming back that
system OF truth that furnishes the