Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-02
Man and the Universe
Address 1t Temple Nln.rt
Friday Night.

II IL pathetic t" ar" n"w som" tn,o-
Iugilns i've IN CONSTANT fear Of facts
They seem 10 dread every u"H dlycuN-
cry lest II upsr, h,ir entire "dlnrc 81
dogma. Tho discover, ot Ct papyru. iu
Egypt ppmc tablet iu india. GONE
rock or skeleton IN America or tum"
ancient manuscript irU muulicIing
through IA" r'uIuri,- Iu n forgotten
MONASTERY ms them with fear aud
trembling. 1u"s" Venerable E"rtlc-
men often CIV" ~ the impression tnnt
religion rs uu STRIFE against progress
ana. In goud "uuiunist' fashion. has
IT'S scouts ana prkots OUT To- Haylny
every new "s,th' idea, and, IT they
'Nnn"t stop u. try to assns-lnatc II.
Thc whole trouble with them IN that
iurt approach the Bible with pTccun-
ruiyod Ideas Tho bible was Intended
tor spiritual guidance ana not for IL
t"NI hook uu natural science. There
az" many inaccuracies Ia the Bible,
there IN much fnciul phrnscOloRy
that In cOntTadI,tcd by demonstrated
facts. of course you ma these In the
liihlc, The teaching. ~ the Bible
would have been utterly unintelllgihl"
at tn" time they we're gwen II It's
languaR" were accurate and scientific.
Even today Wc have Inaccuracies IN
our language AZ ih, ends Of ;he earth,
tho rising ana the setting Of the sun,
the pycrrcarhing skies, which II would
no hard to replace by more accurate
ana scientific terms. lIut that fact
does not dctraCt from the moral and
spiritual truths the bible teaches
about God and the universe.
Moreover. the Bible does not con-
tain the whole OF revelation. nor the
whole Of inspiration. The truths pro-
claimed by nature are as much q rev
citation OF the ways and works ~ Got
as aTs the disclosures of the Blob. = hc
TcCOrds Of the marble tablets at the
hills are traced by the HEacr ut the
Almighty M truly ~ were IN, ylarAt-
tiers on the tables uf Siuai. 7hc IN
ApiratiOn at the true poet, the trua
artist. or toe ira" scientist ~ an puly
an inspiration from God as Was The
Inspiration uf the prophets ami psalm
lists ~ the Biblr. Gu6 speaks t. Is
today AZ audibly ~ he did to patrl-
nrchs OF old, The only difference IL
that the revelation and the voice Ct
God do not. AS rule, transform US
rs they did tho great and good inca
ana women We md In the Bible, We
nSk ourselves continually: What can
life give to us? The question they
asked themselves, was: What can We
give to life2 Only occasionally do
We now SEQ a transformation brought
about by the revelation and inspira-
tion OF God but when We do see one
n appears an significant ln nv erect
and as miraculous In H. Results az tho
wonderful tales that are told In the
Bible. Fifty millions uf human be-
ings were chained In slavery In Amer
lea. They were driven 10 the auction
block like fettcred cattle. the sanctitieS
OF home were ruthlessly violated, the
sacred rights of the human Aoul we're
trampled upon ana ali this approved
by intelligent commonwealth and hu-
thOrIzed by a powerful government.
Hut the inspiration OF busy woman,
distracted by domestic cArea gave TO
our country great moral hero In
william Lloyd Harrison, and great
novel In Uncle Toms Cabin" and to-
day our country IL free from the stain
OF slavery.
Miserahle were the prison pens OF
Europe "A ceutury ago; barbarOuE was
the treatment % the vicious arbitrary.
cruel ana often stupid ana brutal were
the oalcla1S into whose custody ihOsa
moral inValiaH were entrusted A
shntie soul housed In a puny body felt
ali this and felt an Inspiration TO rev