Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-08-12

luhL luttt great u uAAo NNAN bNA1b 49,
phaslzed and that the bOastful gentle
men who ignore them should have
their true measure taken, regardless OF
how many titles may follow their
names. The moderately educated as
well as the llllterate need such a testl-
mony to come from every pulpit. And
II It does not soon come our civiliza-
tion will be wrecked
ALL Seeing Eye Not omnipressnes.
''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
nlzant 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 fash serves as Divine mes
senger. But we can believe that a
Soul so Infinitely high above Us pos.
sesses powers Of information as far
beyond our comprehension as the tele-
phone and wireless telegraphy and
electric light were beyond the compre-
hension which our fOrefathers had Of
these things In their day. 1t IS easler
to believe that so great Being as
the One who formed man should have
all wisdom and all power than to be-
lleye Him deficient OF these. The
scrlptural argument IS good one:
"ue that formed the eye, shall He not
see? He that formed the ear, shall He
not hear"
God In Heaven and In He'll.
The creeds handed down to us from
the dark past declare that God is ev'
erywhere prcsent-omnlpresent. This
is as unthinkable as ii Is foolish and
unscrlptural Taking advantage Of
this error Of Orthodoxy" the Adyer
sary has turned many away from a be
lief in n personal Cod 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 ana God are
synonomous. Hence n log OF wood
that is good f0n' something, that can be
made into something useful. is said to
have good in It, and. hence, to have
God in it--dtto. a piece Of iron, bed
chair, table. The folly grows into
saying that God Is everywhere and IS
In everything Thus faith in a god
Of nature and happen-so' takes the
place Of fab h In the God Of the Bible
whose residence Is in heaven, but
whose intelligence and power extend
throughout the Universe, In thousands
Of ways of which we are only learning
through electricity, radio activity
etc, besides angelic messengers that
can come and 90 like the wind
Our text, misunderstood, is supposed
to teach Divine omnipresence, whereas
1t really teaches Divine omnlsciencC
and Almighty power, The Lords pres
ence, as represented In His intelligence
and power, are everywhere, Nowher,
could we go to be beyond His reacl
and beyond His knowledge We're thl'
thought thoroughly impressed upoI
every human mind, what vast DIFF
ference II would make in human con
duct from that now scen-in Wal
Street, In banks, In palaces, in novels
In saloons. In gambling houses-every
where 1t Is the great lesson needed
by the whole world Everyone who
believes this should join with nature
In Nttesting Divine Wisdom, Power
Justice and Love.
But really the undermining Of faith
In the God OF the Bible has been nc
compllshcd largely by the mlsrepre
sentation OF the Bibles teaching, 0ul
text, for instance Is supposed to teacl
that God Is In heaven with the sanity
rejoicing with them and enjoying theii
pleasure and that He also Is In hel
with the insanity, looking upon theiI
sufferlngs aud tortures and planning
with devils for their everlasting con
tlnuance Thinking minds are reject
ing such nonsense. but, alas, they are
rejecting the Bible, too, hence have nc
foundation for better, truer faith.
Every educated minister knows that
l tell the Truth to the common people
when say that the word he'll In oul
text has not the slightest reference tC
n place Of torture, or even Of conscious
ness Indeed this Is true OF every oc
currence OF the word he'll. from Gene
sis 10 Malachi In every instance the
translation Is from the same Hebrew
word, sheol. which signifies the Ordre
tho tomb, and Is thus most frequently
translated.
| | urge upon all ministers or educa
tlon TO join with me In explaining tC
tho public the true meaning Of the He
brew word sheol and the Greek word
hddcs. Whatever may have been theil
thought Of expedlency In the past they
should see that the mistaken views OF
the meaning OF these words are un
dcrmlning the faith OF Christeudom.
The Psalmlst really said. III as
ccnd up into the sky, Thou art there
II make my he'd in shcol (the grave,
behold, Thou art there In the
uttermost parts OF the sea, even ther,
Nall Thy hand lead me and Thy right
hSnd shall hold me-" The thought 4,
l that tho nivine Power Is everywhere