The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-08-15

{. -. he said:
We are living in day when money,
| pleasure and pain seem to be the as
sets Of the masses The Evolution
theory and Higher Criticism of the
Bible have fostered unbelief to such
an extent that everything intangible
| is doubted Beginning with the col
| iege professor and the majority of the
educated ministers this skepticism has
embraced the wealthy, who are sa
tiated with the blessings of prospect
| ty To these heaven and heavenly
things seem yagaries as compared
with present enjoyments and hopes.
Not for a long time have these be
lieved in and feared eternal torment.
And their present attitude is one of
doubt respecting everything connected
with the Bible. They well know that
outside the Bible there is nothing but
guess work. and they prefer their own
| guesses to those of other people.
Very many Of them speak candidly
and tell that they are agnostics, that
fthey are uncertain and would Like to
be Informed respecting the future.
A very similar condition growingly
| prevails amongst the poorer classes
and the uneducated. who say. We be-
lieved the scholars when they told us
the Bible was inspired. Why should
| we not believe them now when they
declare that it is a fraud? AS the
wealthy doubt that God will special
ly favor Them. SO the poor doubt
| whether God with specially -disfavor
them. Both classes are reaching the
conclusion that fortune or disaster
rests. not with the Lord. but with
themselves.
The Worlds Need-a God.
The effect of all this loss Of faith in
an Almighty God is seen on every
hand and is felt by many. One Of the
consequences is that the religious ele-
ment Of mans nature is becoming
numb and the masses. rich and poor,
are seeking a substitute in pleasure;
as the Apostles words foretold. they
are "lovers of pleasure more than low
ers of God" Additionally. many Of
the wealthy carry on a kind of brigand-
age along commercial lines. Desir-
GUS Of initiating them, but unable so
to Go. others are filing the world with
violence to an extent that Is alarming
to everybody. Were it not for our
elaborate and costly police protection
life and property would be far less Sc
cure in civilized lands than amongst
the heather. With all the protection
afforded by telephone. telegraph, po-
lice, etc. etc, our rulers and officials
tell us that they are often bewildered
in their attempts to preserve law and
order
MANY learned men believe that there
is no other God than Nature: and
many of the unlearned are following
their lead They reason that Nature
served them as both father and moth
er, that Nature is pitiless. unsympa-
thetic, cruel Indeed, this is one of
their special arguments against per
sonal God. for they say that such
| God would not permit the eufferings
we witness on every hand and the still
more terrible sufferings which the
creeds of Christendon have taught
them are in store for all except the
sanity few.
1t is time that we return to the Bible
proposition and see the truth of the
sta. cement. 1.-THE fool hath said in his
heart. There is no God" Surely there
is something wrong with the brain
| which. after noting the wonders Of ma
| II. = 10 a.,
aud systems and attested in all mat
tiers earthly. secs not au intelligent
Creatori The wonderful adaptability of
our own bodies tells of wise Creator.
If we compare the human eye. adapt
ed to its purposes and conditions. With
the eve Of FISH. adapted to its differ
ent conditions. and with the eye Of
beetle. adartcd to still different conli
lions. we see the most indnIitable
| proofs of profoundest wisdom and SUI
! perhuman skill. When we think Of
mans wonderful powers and Of his
| great achievements In the world and
then consider his Inability to make q
singte living hing. from microbe TO
an elephant. from tiny seed to a tree
surely we should concede that the One
who ordered nature in the production
Of these wonderful variations. and Gre
ated man himself, must be an AL
mighty. intelligent God. Surely DAY
unto day uttereth speech and nigh.
unto nighs sfsoweth knowledge" along
these lines, to those who have the eyes
| of understanding to see. It is time
that these great truths were being en-
men who ignore them should have
| their true measure taken. regardless of
how many titles may follow tn cir
names. The moderately educated as
we'll as the illiterate need such testi-
mony to come from every pulpit. And
If it does not soon come our civiliza-
ton will be wrecked.
All Seeing Eye Not Omnipresence.
Thou. God, seest me-" THE eye Of
the Lord is in every place" These
Scriptures give US the proper concep-
ton of the Almighty. AS with the tele-
scope. the microscope. the telephone,
] ETC.. man can enlarge his range Of
vision and hearing. so by powers still
more wonderful the Almighty is cog
infant of all the affairs of the Uni
verse. We grant that our feeble minds
are unable to comprehend so great. 80
universal an Intelligence.
!. We cannot know in what manner the
angels. the spirit servants of God. are,
as His eyes, in every place, to take
cognizance of our affairs We cannot
know in what manner the electric or
| lightning flash serves as a Divine mes
senger. But we can believe that a
Ssul so Infinitely high above US pos
sesses powers Of information as far
beyond our comprehension as the tele,
phone and wireless teIegraphy and
electric light we're beyond the compre-
hension which our forefathers had of
these things in their day. 1t is easier
to believe that so great Being as
the One who formed man should have
all wisdom and all power than to be-
lieve Him deficient of these. The
Scriptural argument is a good one:
"He that formed the eye. shall He not
see? He that formed the ear. shall He
not hearT'
God In Heaven and In He'll.
The creeds handed down to US from
! the dark past declare that God is ey
| erywhere present-omnipresent. This
I, is as unthinkable as it is foolish and
unscriptural. Taking advantage Of
this error OF Orthodoxy" the Adyer
sary has turned many away from asbe
lief ii a personal God He who is ev
| erywhere Is nowhere The result Is
! the absurd view which has taken hold
on some otherwise intelligent people.
to the effect that good and God are