The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-18

Army; Prof. Il. III.
Robson, Or. l.. W. Jones, Mr.. ]. T..
ID. Pyles. Mr.. II. w. V. Kuehn and Mr..
II. b. Maxwell. all OF the United States.
Pastor Russell opened his address by
remarking that although the Interna.
tlonal Bible Students Association,
which appointed the Committee OF
which he was Chairman, held British
Charter and might be supposed by
some to make full or partial report in
London of its findings. he regretted
that they would be disappointed. The
Committee felt that 1t should make
but one report. and advice received in
dicated that considerable preparation
had been made for the Committees re-
ceptlon in New York City on Sunday,
March 81.
However, said Pastor Russell, things
are marvellous today, and with the
wonderful facilities for corlmunlcn-
ton, Britlshers. as well as the people
OF the United States and Canada. will
receive the report ut practically the
same through hundreds of their
prominent newspapers.
Very Significant Text.
His text was this: God hath made
of one blood all nations OF men, for to
dwell upon the face of the eurth; and
hath determined the times before ap-
pointed and the bounds of their habita-
tlons, that they should seek the Lord,
If haply they might feel after Him and
find Him" (Acts xvii. 20. 2T.) He
said:-
Our text is taken from Saint Pauls
address to the Athenians. whom he
found so religiously inclined that they
had erected an idol to every known
deity. and then one prominently ito the
unknown God" The words Of my text
have been repeatedly borne In upon my
mind in my sojournings of the past
four months. | marveled as | perceiv-
ed the thoroughness OF the division OF
the human family as Il result Of the
confusion OF human language. Time
and again the Apostles statement that
God had determined the bounds Of
their habitations' impressed me.
Our text explains the matter: 1t
was of God; and we win doubtless yet
see more particularly than now how 1t
worked some good for nll-staying the
downward tendency Of sin.
OF One Blood All Nations.
My wider contact with humanity I'M
presses the Apostles declaration that
our various nationalities are all of one
blood-or are Of one original parent
age. And in this scientists. usually
wholly out of accord with the Bible.
agree. They do not claim that our
race evoluted from many monkeys, but
merely from one pair. II seems strange
indeed to me that some OF these learn
ed gentlemen so persistently bend their
efforts to antagonize the Bible-en-
deavoring TO prove human evolution
In conflict with the Bible declaration
that God created man In His own
image-llkeness-and that the present
diyersities Of degradation are all re-
suits of Adams fall from Divine IA
vor, through dlsobedience, under the
sentence of death.
Even If some divisions of our race
do bear stronger resemblance than
others to the ape. this is surely not
scientific proof that they evoluted from
the ape. Just as reasonably might we
argue the reverse, that they are more
depraved section Of humanity. But
we do not 50 rate 1t. On the contrary.
the most savage peoples seem TO have
a mental organism capable OF quite q
development under favor
able conditions. even of q few years.
Indeed, when we consider the in
ferior station Of teomGn In all the
heathen nations. and the Darkness OF
the mothers mind and her detection
and hopelessness and the tendency of |
these TO mark her offspring. we do not |
wonder at the sad faces OF many OF |
heather lands. both male and female. |
Indeed. ON the contrary, we are aston
shed as we compare some of the low |
est types of Chrlstendom with some OF |
the degraded types Of heathendom-
that the difference is not |
greater. The explanation for II all Is |
that we have not had the true type of |
Our Christianity has |
been so mixed with superstition and |
10 impregnated with error that Church
anity, taken as whole, in the four
hundred millions of Christendom, is a
lybrid thlng-a SANDER upon the namo
Christian and upon the teachings OF
Christ.
And. by the way. ! remind you OF
Saint Paul's explanation or the degra.
Iation OF the heather, as set forth In
he first chapter of his Epistle Ia the
Romans. lie tells us most distinctly.
is the Old Tcstamcnt does, that n.an