The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-07-24

mares or the Dark Ages respecting
purgatory and eternal tortura are
doubted by all, aud 10y the great mass
totally dlshcieved. What have they
now to attach them 20 the Almighty,
since they have never been taught the
love Of God-the lengths and hreadths
and heights and depths passing all hu.
man understanding? This Is the
worlds great need-to know God as
He really Is. Father, Friend. God
Of love! And 60 thus know Him the
people need to be taught how serious
ly they were mistaught in the past
along the lines Of hell and purgatory.
How could they ever truly love and
worship q God of injustice and of hate
One inferior to themselves one who
knew, foreordaincd and prepared for
their torture. before they were born.
They must see that these things, taught
by the crccds OF the Dark Ages. are
wholly at variance with the Bible, else
they will never come back TO the Bi-
ble nor be able to see its teachings In
their true light They must be taught
that the sin and DEATH sorrow and
trouble all around us are the wage or
penalty OF father Adams dlsobediencc.
They must learn that God proposes II
blessing and uplifting which will be
as world wide as is the curse. They
must learn that the foundation for this
work was elfepted by the death OF
Jesus. the Just for the unjust. They
must learn that God is now selecting
Il snintly class TO be associates with
the Redeemer In the work of uplifting
and blessing Adam and his race: and
that each will be held responsible and
receive stripes IN proportion to his
knowledge and wilful disobedlencc:
and that the perslstently rcbellous will
be destroyed "like natural brute
beasts" In the Second Death.
a Have Lost Ny God"
Not long since, in conversation with
young lady, she said with great con
cern, 81 fear that | have lost my
God" As child of religious parents
she had Mud helpful influences in her
home, but In school she hal come in
contact with She general spirit of
skepticlsm, which. instead OF repudlat-
Ing the Bible. as did lngersoll Paine
and NOltalre, merely smiles ut any ref
erence to Divine revelation. II faith
In God and respect for His viii.
These teachers are as honest, we be-
lleve. as We're lngersoll, Paine and
Voltalre: nor can we deny that they
have the same right to their disbelief
that we claim for our belief. We can.
however, say with all sincerity that
1t Is Il great pity that the learned men
of Chrlstendom are nearly all mlldels,
I'm the sense of not believing In the
Bible ms Il Divine revelation.
Many of them even deny that there
is a personal God ana ascrlbe every
thing to-a great Nothing. which they
designate Nature-god. Is 1t surprs-
ing, IN view OF the fact that these
teachings are being promulgated IN
the universities and colleges ana theo.
logical seminarles. in the high schools.
and even to some extent in the com
mon schoos-is It any wonder that the
rising generation Is losing its God? II
It even bc claimed that bad thing
Is better lost than kept, we must dis
rent from their course. We must claim
that the misconceptlon of God can
be destroyed only by the introduction
to the heart ana mind of the true God.
whose glorious attributes Of Justice.
Wisdom. Love and Power win take
the place Of the malcvolent miscon.
,eptlons OF the Dark Ages.
Awakened Parental Responsibility.
u Il high time that nnrnnts rnnlig"
the true sitra tlon-it is almost Zoo Iatc
nOio The setds of unbelief. already
sown in the ciinds of the rising gem
Grafton. are being watercd continually
and are growing. All WHO love their
families. all who love mankind I'm gen
eial, should awaken to the fact that
n world that has lost it's God must OF
necessity he IN unhappy world Pla-
tonic philosophy may for n time serve
the purposes Of the few. but surely
,annOt serve The masses of our race.
A goddess wG''ld will ere long mean
discontented world, an unhappy world
and, bye anG bye. n world OF anarchy
and strife, shls Is what our world
wide oducetla Is leading to. Few Of
our race can ,tand an education which
recognizes ~ God, no revelation of
Him, no responsibility ia Him. und no
hope of frtnre life which will be
effected by lae conduct of the pres
emf
cli In the Horne.
we are not pleading for cant aud