The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-11-30

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don, is r.p.5lr aonrcag,.9r the ca3lf.
tions praracsied hv S. Paul. when
men would preserve d, form Of cod.
Iincss but deny It's power. III Timothy
iii. o. Tho cau4. of ,r.. the Pastor
traced TO tie .ncreusug intelligence
Of our day which. along religious lines
has ga. loose from the Bible end ngo-
uortial.teIv cut loose from the truc
God.
III ... l.i.iaS. not cont ut with tlr
re5a. .u OF the DreeIs o. the g@''-
ASS. have attacked the Bible. rrt.u-
diced against if b.. the ia,1usisteu.-a.
of the crarGs. Thinking eco reuGcr as-
sistau.e to humanity ana I'D the '-nutl.
tLav have FOR fifty wears leeu uuia.!y
and successfully g~-a"el .a ind "i .g-
ing the faith OF CAristeu3om i'm the
Bible as a nt~ine Revelation. TLe-
GlLlI4 ItI lIltjlSNl\ iAN q Siil4t.tI lli-
ton to that Of the Apostles while they
riGioule the thought that holy Prophets
of old spaEa and wrote as they were
moved b. the Holy Spirit Of God
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ENaIif.ion and = .dher rrificis11
po;oo+iro t7,a pi1,1o ,s d, enacial hi
VINO po--olo+io, f,.,n, , ,,,r.,,oI Cod
tho ma e4on If tba richer Critics
We. %, aa,,- ono +, nr,.I,in nature
tbn God ami crnator of ,Jf thirqs-an
ironpreonol cod Thus fhnv we're iust
in line for Darwin's tbaor,. of Evolu.
+ion-that pot,re Is cod and ,rnrl. Is.
tho law of notura-tbn survival Of fine
fittast-and fine f4test the mosf nur-
racious and oyerhaorinp' and selfish
and schemfng
Tins We have gradually reached tbe
nlace whore the masses of Christcn-
dom doubt the existence of a personal
God and arc inclined TO believe in =
blind. brute force-a nature-god-and
to hone that by some process Of evo-
luton their children's children. in the
far hereafter. NAV attain to something
better than the present: hut they soc
not even the assurance OF future life
for themselves. any more than for tie
brute creation.
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This axnIoins to us WHY the masses
fool IittIn interest in THANKSGIVING
nav oxcont as = holidav They have
lost their God-tbe living and true
God a rIoovopIv tatbar T-ndor those
circumstances dacIorad Pastor Rms
soil If &c NOT stronoa that thav are nm
baIiavars-thot Tbonl,so;vinq * be
coninn = moro formaIitv that the
churches orn noarIv emntv and the
prisons overlooking and many Of the
world pleasuTe-mad. st. Paul'S words
without God and having no nope N
the world, surely tit the majority OF
ChriStendom today These conditions
breed the reverse OF thanklu!neSS,
namely dissatisfaction mus we see
the world enjoying blessings as never
before, and diScont"nted as never be
AOt'' Nv ~ '--A'- va N''N '---
Outstanding to the fact that our race
is one, and that the blessings Of cartl
belong equally to ali. is now coming
to men. These are great truths. With
this knowledge should come an appre-
citation of the Divine supervision o.
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 IN
philosophical in proclaiming theory
which is destroying happiness, and
which threatens shortly to destroy our
civilization through anarchy