Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-11-30

Chrtstendom is losing the sentiment of
gratitude to God. and Thanksgiving
Day is to many merely holiday In
religious matters in general. Christen-
dom is rapidly approaching the condi-
tons prophesied by St. Paul. when
men would preserve, the form of god
liness but deny its power. Gil Timothy
iii. 81 The cause of this the Pastor
traced to the increasing intelligence
Of our day which, along religious lines.
has cut loose from the Bible and pro-
portionately cut loose from the true
God.
Higher Critics, not content with the
rejection Of the creeds Of the Dark
Ages. have attacked the Bible. preju-
d ed against it by the inconsistencies
Of the creeds. Thinking to render as
sistance to humanity and to the Truth.
they have for fifty years been quietly
and successfully engaged in undermin-
ing the faith of Christendom in the
Bible as a Divine Revelation They
claim for themselves a similar inspira-
ton to that Of the Apostles. while they
ridicule the thought that holy Prophets
Of old spake and wrote as they were
moved by the Holy Spirit Of God
II Peter i. 81.
Evolution and Higher Criticism.
Rejecting the Bible as a special Di-
vine Revelation from personal God.
the next step Of the Higher Critics
was an easy one-to proclaim nature
the god and creator of all things-an
impersonal god. Thus they were Just
in line for Darwin's theory of Evolu-
tion-that nature is god and ,cork; is
the law of nature-the survival of the
fittest-and the fittest the most pug
nacious and overbearing, and selfish
and scheming.
Thus we have gradually reached the
place where the masses of Christen-
dom doubt the existence of personal
God, and are inclined to believe in a
blind. brute force-a nature-god-a
to hope that by some process of evo-
luton their children's children. in the
far hereafter. may attain to something
better than the present; but they see
not even the assurance of future life
for themselves. any more than for the
brute creation.
unthankfuI. Unholy Covenant Break
This explains to us why the masses
feel little interest in Thanksgiving
Day. except as holiday They have
lost their God-the living and true
Coda Heavenly Father. Under these
circumstances. declared Pastor Rus
believers-that Thanksgiving is be.
coming mere formality. that the
churches are nearly empty and the
prisons overhowing and many of the
world pleasure-mad ST. Paul's words.
without God and having no hope in
the world surely fit the majority Of
Christendom today. These conditions
breed the reverse of thankfulness,
namely dissatisfaction Thus we see
the world enjoying blessings as never
fore The opening of the eyes of un-
derstanding to the fact that our race
is one, and that the blessings of earth
belong equally to all, is now coming
to men. These are great truths With
this knowledge should come an appre-
citation Of the Divine supervision of
the earth's affairs. and knowledge
Of the Divine intention to rectify all
the inequalities and in-equities of the
present time In future Age
Since the desire of all mankind is
happiness, our college men are un-
philosophical in proclaiming a theory
which is destroying happiness. and
which threatens shortly to destroy our
civilization through anarchy
What UnthanIefulness Costs.
We may be sure that unthankful-
ness today will bring upon man. nat
urally. great curse-a great calami
U. We see 1t coming! Unbelief in
God means more trust In self-means
more observation-disclosures strife to at.
tain the, things .coveted-means an.
archy-means the disruption Of our
present social system. as the Word Of
God foretells. Daniel XII. L. Read
ut your convenience the Apostles ar.
gument on this subject.-Romans /.
The silver lining to the dark cloud is
in the Divine promise of rescue. after
the world shall have learned lesson
for eternity The Scriptures assure us
that the time OF trouble and anarchy
will be followed by the establishment
of ,Messiah's glorious Kingdom-the
binding of Satan -the letting loose of
every good influence and the true
knowledge of God-the rising Of the
Sun OF Righteousness with healing in
its beams. That glorious time must be
waited for.