The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-01

which they have received gthemi
Would not philosophy alone. II apart
from the Bible or rel glon. have warn.
ed them thnt. even 30 their theories
were true. itjNchld be unwlse to cult.
yaie them liz theIr own minds and in
the minds OF d hers25 s 4
.t2D Let: No now lanatyze the foregoing
complaints. WHO can prove to us that
there IS no 3lFipg hnd true God4thnt
there is.mereiy d spd Of nature, a blind
force? Who cam explain to US the
power which holds our earth in its or.
bit around :tbesstln. and which. has
given us simmer md winter. cold and
heat; has ,giyenSus mountains and val.
lcys, hills aud plains, in pleasing .varie-
~ and loaded With minerals most use.
full to US and merely waiting our heav.
en-illrected genius TO bring them forth
for the blessing Of our race. and to
make Of earth the Paradise OF God? z
What philosophy can prove to. us
Tint these things have happened by.
chance and that We are wrong In nc.
cepting the Scriptural suggestion. ebay
unto day uttercth speech md night
unto night showetl' knowledge. and
there is no place where ftheir'yoice IS
not heard"-proclaiming an All-Wise
and benc6cent Creator? We know hat
the wisdom and bene6cence Of or
Creator were hidden from our mental
view by our superstitions and irration.
nj creeds Of the past. but now, as the
electric light has superseded the tallow
candle. SO Gods Word today is shin.
ing forth to those who have eyes to see
its beauty. @ X
Let US not boast ourselves us pos.
sesseil Of so much greater courage than
had some in feudal zines. I)et usnote;
on the contrary. that the batriotisn9
which demanded and got the '.Aiagna
Charta" Of our liberties was us noble
and courageous iassany TINT Swe have
today or;more SO. y Or Freedom from
some Of, the superstltiGhs of the past
Is hesresult OF the 'spread of educa.
tion, and we must thank neither our.
selves nor our forefathersi for this,
widespread education: I'VE 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 because Gods due time for 1t
had arrived.
The Scriptures fully assure US that
1t Is n special marx or evidence
that the New Era ofsDivlne blessing.
prophesled In the Scriptures long ago.
is now ut hand. Compare St. Peters
words (Acts Ill, 19-21Jgwith the words
OF the Prophet Daniel. Daniel XII, l.,
Rightly understood and appreciated
the very arguments used to oppose God
arc groundsilfor sincere praise and
gratitude and hope for the future. 3
A Word to Higher Critics and Evolu:
~ tionists. Z /. - 81 "
The law OF, sin and death Is, referred
TO in Scripture. We grant, as NIL
thinning people must, that tile teach:
ings Of the creeds Formulated III the
DARK Ages, respecting the torture OF
the dead, urc absurd: and more than
this we hold that they are unscriptural:
that they were conJured up under su-
perstitIous fears. and that certain sym
bolIcal pictures OF the Bible were wrest-
ed to the support OF those misconccp.
tons Of the Divine character and Plan.
But does the rejection of those ab.
siird theories disprore an Intelligent
Creator and dIsprove the Bibles dec.
laratlon that He is God Of Love. and
that there is rational explanation OF
the present reign of,sin and death. and
II 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 our raee?
That the human family Is in n weak
md depraved condition. mentally. NOR.
ally and physically. Is beyond dis.
pute; and evolutlonlsts 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. Consanguinityi between the hui,
man and the ape. Inns not been proven.
but II 1t had been there would be just
rs much ground for reasoning that
monkey is degenerate human as for
claiming that humanity. are evoluted
apes. SI5G
In opposition to tliis irrational theory
we note that mankind in general, even
those of humble BIRTH. have organs OF
tile mind which they rarely use, and
which cannot. therefore. DO said to be
eroluted by. them: and those organs
are not the lower but the higher ones,
the nobler ones. These qualities OF
mind are present but dormant. merely,
waiting to be qulckened Into activity:
This fact fayors the Bible view that
mankind are fallen and that few nre
living up 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 somc. but in our
these Will be few.{ or far