The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-08-08

shall / fee from
Thy preseneeg If
fIRESCR RIJSSElIJl / ascend up into
zs=====s = heaven, Thou art
there; Il l make my bed in hell, be-
hold, Thou art there" psalm cxxxix,
q, 81. BE said:
We are living In a day when money.
pleasure aud pain seem to be the as
sets Of the masses. The Evolution
theory aud Higher Criticism OF the
Bible have fostered unbellef to such
an extent that everything Intangible
is doubted Beginning with the col
leSe professor and the majority of the
educated ministers this skepticism has
embraced tile wealthy, who are sa-
tiated. with the blessings Of prosperi-
ty. To these heaven and heavenly
things seem vagaries as compared
with present enjoyments and hopes.
Not for a long time have these be
lieyed 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
they 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 soy. We be-
lieyed the scholars when they told us
the Bible was inspired WHY should
we not believe them now wien they
declare that it is fra1di AS the
wealthy doubt that God will special
" favor them, so the poor doubt
whether God will specially disfavor
them. Both classes are reaching the
conclusion that fortune OF disaster
rests, not with the Lord, but with
themselves.
Tho Worlds Media God.
The effect Of I'LL this loss Of faith in
an Almighty God is iseellen 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 substitute in pleasure;
as the Apostles words foretold, they
are 'IoyersNof pleasure more than low
ers Of God" Additionally, many of
the wealthy carry on n kind Of brigand-
age along commercial lines, Desir-
GUS Of Initiating them, but unable so
to do, others are filling the world with
violence to IN 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 pitlless, unsympa'
thetic, cruel. Indeed, this Is one Of
their special arguments against per
sonal God, for they say TINT such q
God would not permit the suherings
we witness on every hand and the still
more terrible sufferings which the
creeds Of Christendom have taught
them are in store for all except the
sanity few.
1t is time that we return to the Biblt
proposition and see the truth Of the
statement, 1.-THE fool hath said In his
heart, There Is no God" Surely thert
is something wrong with tile brair
which, after noting the wonders Of ma
ture, seen in the surrounding worlds
and systems and attested in all mat
tiers earthly, sees not an intelllgenl
Cteatotl The wonderful adaptabillty o.
our own bodies tells of a wise Creator.
II we compare the human eye, adapt
ed- to its purposes aud conditions, with
the eye Of fish. adapted to Its diner
ent conditions; and with tho eye OF q
beetle, adapted to still different condt
tions, we SEQ the most indubitablt
proofs Of prcfoundest wisdom and su
perhuman skill. When we 6aink OF
mans wonderful powers aud Of his
great achievements in the world and
then consider his inability to make 9
single living thing, from a nilcrdbe t.
an elephant, nom a tiny seed to a tree
surely we should concede that the One
who ordered nature in the production
Of these wonderful variations, and ere
ated man himself, must be m Al
mighty, intelligent God Surely EBAY
unto day uttereth speech and night
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