The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-16

made man In HIS own image-that to
man. the highest earthly creature, the
great Creator, Himself Spirit. i'm
parted an impress of His own charac-
SO that man really was created god
Of earth toward the lower creatures
which We're put under his care. as his
Creator is the God of the Universe.
My admiral ton for our race and its
skill was greatly enhanced as thus
cogitated The pyramids. and espe,
cially the Great Pyramid of Gizeh.
near Cairo. impressed me similarly
When I considered the wonderful &C,
complishments of that long-ago period
and reflected that we could scarcely do
more today with our most improved
machinery. my appreciation of our an
cestors was enhanced: and | said. 1t
would be very difficult for many to nc,
cept the modern scientific theory that
our forefathers but a short time ago
were cousins to the ape
Some Of the temples Of India and
ShihN SiDiti'ti ~ illlpicSHCa INT. EA'LShN.
too. with it's museums Of ancient strnc-
cure, similarly said to me. Truly man
in his original perfection must have
been created in the image of his Crea.
tor. My visits to Rome impressed upon
me the fact that although the work
of death has progressed in our race,
nevertheless. in measure the decay
Of the masses has by Divine prOvi-
deDce found compensation; for al
though we have no Michael Angeles
today we have legions who are inspir-
ed by his example. and who have
copied him with wonderful success, so
that today our treasures of art are
not only multtudinous but grand be-
yond those of any previous day.
The great ST. Peters at Rome is it.
self a treasury of art such as never be-
fore was known in the world. besides
which all the great capitals of Europe
abound with art galleries which Illus
trate the power Of the human mind
and the skill of the human hand in the
appreciation and execution Of the beau
tiful. And in this connection l must
not forget the similar treasures of my
home land. America.
Utilities of Our Day.
But. my dear friends, you and I are
living in a specially unitarian Age,
and for one am glad of it. The skill
of humanity has during the last cen
fury been turned into new channel,
which is making for us new world.
Instead Of the narrow streets and lanes
of a century ago, we have broad as
phalt avenues and boulevards; instead
Of ordinary houses of century ago,
our cities are replete with handsome
and commodious residences that in
comparison are palaces. Beautiful,
graceful bridges span our great rivers
and serve to consolidate our interests.
Wonderful tunnels pierce our noun
tains and facilitate the movement of
luxurious railway coaches. Palatial
steamers with regularity connect port
to port. l n8v - .*-:
Often Of late have found myself ad
miring some of our grand hotels and
palatial capitols and engineering feats
of bridge work and tunnels, saying to
myself the while, What is man? And
then reflect, Ifsman in his fallen con-
dition has learned gradually to accom-
plish SO much; what may we reason
ably expect would have been the ulti-
mate capacity of perfect man had sin
not entered into the world, and had the
experience Of centuries been accumu-
lating in many brains! By now how
wonderful being Father Adam might
have been! ~Jey- t?5 =.
Times of Restitution. ~
Then my mind reverted to the great
Creator and the Message He has given
us i'm His wonderful Book, the Bible.
I remembered the inspired Message of
consolation, that God looked down in
pity on us as race in our fallen con-
dition and that He planned even before
the curse, from sin, from death.
hearkened to st. Peters words of en-
enlargement respecting the glorious
blessings to be ushered in by the great
Redeemer when at His second advent
He shall take unto Himself His great
power and begin His Messianic reign
for the blessing, recovery and uplift Of
our race. l will remind you Of His
words. although you are familiar with
them. He said, Times of refreshing
shall come from the presence Of the
Lord, and He shall send Jesus Christ,
who before was preached unto you,
whom the heavens must retain until
the Times of Restitution Of all things
which God hath promised by the mouth
Of all His holy Prophets since the world
began."-Acts iii, 1921.
All, God is better than all our fears!
During the Dark Ages terrible night
mare became associated with the glo-
rious Gospel of Gods love and mercy
revealed by Jesus and the Apostles.
Under that nightmare we lost sight of
all the glorious promises of the Bible
and lost our confidence in God because
of the terrible propositions declared to