The Cairo bulletin., 1911-11-28

I'd them that. even IL their theories
were true. II wouli be unwise to cu';-
rate them in their own minds and in
the minds Of others2
e, Let us now analyze the foregoing
complaints. Who can prove to Ms that
there Is no living and true God--that
there IL merely u god Of nature, a blind
force? Who can explain to US the
power which holds our earth in lis or.
BIT around the sun and which has
given us summer and winter cod and
heni has given us mountains and val
leys. hills and plains. in pleasing ynrie
III and loaded with minerals most use
full 10 us and merely waiting our heay
en- directed genius to bring them forth
for the blessing of our race. and 70
make OF earth the Paradise Of God?
what philosophy can prove to ns
Tint these things have happened by
chance and that we are wrong In nc
cept!ng the Ser, n ural suggestion, ebay
unto day uttercth speech and night
unto night showeth knowledge. ana
there IL no place where their voice IL
not heard" proclaiming IN Wise
and hpnrt!cent Creator We know hat
he wisdom and bencfcence Of our
Creator were hidden from our mental
view by our superStitons and irrat,on
al creeds Of the past, bat now, us the
electric light has superseded the tallow
candle. SO Gods Word today is shin
ing forth to hose who have eyes to see
its beauty.
Let us not boast ourselves MS pos
sessed of 80 much greater courage than
had some IN feuda! times Let us note.
on the contrary. that the patriotism
which demanded and got he Magma
Charta" Of our liberties was as noble
and courageous az any that we have
to-day or more so Our freedom from
sOlre of the Supcrstitious of the past
is the result Of the spread of educa-
ton. and we must thank neither our
selves nor our forefathers for this
widespread education: we must thank
the Lord for IT, 1t came upon the world
In spite of the opposition of the rich
and the Indifference of the poor 1t
came hecAuse Gods due time for It
bad arrived.
II IL special mark or evidence
TINT the New Era of Divine blessing
nronhesicd in the Scriptures long ago,
is now nj hard Compare St Peters
words facts iii. 1921 with the words
of the Prophet Daniel Daniel xii. ~
Rightly understood and appreciated
the very arguments used to oppose God
are grounds for sincere praise and
gratitude and hope for the future.
A Word to Higher Critics and Evolu-
tionists.
The law Of sin and death Is referred
to IN Scripture, We grant, rs Nil
thinking people must, that the teach
lngs Of the creeds formulated in the
Dark Ages. respecting the torture OF
the dead. are absurd: and more than
this we hold that they are unscriptural;
titft they were c0njured up under sl-
pcrstitious fears and that certain sym
b0lical pictures of the Bible were wrest-
ed to the support Of those mlsconcep-
lions Of the Divine character and Plan.
lIut does the rejection of those alb
surd theories diSprovc an intelligent
Creator and disprove the Bibles dec
lalHtion that He Is Il God OF Love. and
.aat there IL Il rational explanation OF
the present reign of sin and death and
a rational basis for hope for the res
direction Of the dead. under the glori-
ous reign of Emmanuel. the Prince OF
Life. and the blessings which His
Kingdom will surely bring to every
member Of onr race?
That the human family is in weak
and depraved condition, mentally. NOR
ally and physically, Is beyond dis
pute; and cvol,itionists have not proven
the Bible In error In its explanation
that present weakness. mental, moral
and physical. is proof Of degeneracy
which came to our race because OF
sin Consanguinity between the hD.
man and the ape has not been proven,
but II 1t had been there would be- Just
rs much ground for reasoning TINT n
monkey is n degenerate human AZ for
claiming that humanity ARE evouted
apes
In opposition to this irrational theory
we note that mankind in general even
those of humble birth have organs OF
the mind which they rarely use. and
which cannot. therefore be said to be
evoluted by them. and those organs
are not the lower hut the higher ones,
the nobler ones These qualities Of
mind are present but dormant. merely
waiting to he uuickened into activity.
This fact favors the Bible view that
mankind are fdiicH and that few are
living mp to even the best Of the i'm
paired organism which they possess.
The evolutionary theory. that we
should live and die simply for the ad'
vancement Of future generations. may
prove an incentive to some. but in our
judgment these will be few or far
greater interest IL the Bibles teaching
TINT the present Is the niGH lime. In
which our friends and upgbhors aud
ourselves. one by one. fall asleep In
death; and that Gods Infinite Wisdom
and Power and Love have provided a
resurrection Ut the dcnd, both ~ the
Just and the unjust--the Just to glory
honor and everlasting life. The unjust
10 glorious condition very different