The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-03-20

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r. B. Maxwell, all Of the United States.
Pastor Russell opened his address by
remarking that although the Interna-
tional Bible Students Association,
which appointed the Committee OF
which he was Chairman, held a British
Charter and might be supposed by
some to IN AXE a full or partial report in
London OF it's 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-
ception In New York City on Sunday,
March 81.
However, said Pastor Russell, things
are marvellous today, and with the
wonderful facilities for conmunica-
ton, Britisbers, as well RS the people
of the United States ana Canada, will
receive the report at practically the
same time--througll hundretis Of their
prominent newspapers.
Worry Significant Text.
His text was this: God hath made
of one blood all nations Of men, for to
dwell upon the face of the earth; and
hath determined the times before ap-
pointed and the bounds OF their habita-
lions. that they should seek the Lord,
if haply they might feel after Him and
find Him" (Acts xvii, 26, 27.) He
said
our text Is taken from Saint PauPs
ADDRESS to the Athenians, whom he
found so reiigiously 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 repea tedly borne in upon my
mind in my sojournings OF the past
four months. | maFveied as l perceiv-
ed the thoroughness of the division OF
the human family as result of the
confusion of human language. Time
and again the Apostles sta tement that
God had determined the bounds of
their hahitadons" impressed me.
Our text explains the matter: 1t
was OF God; and we will doubtless yet
see more particularly than now how it
worked some good for aH--staying the
downward tendency OF sin.
OF One Flood All Nations.
My wider eontact with humanity i'm
presses the Apostles declaration that
our various nattonalit1ss 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 evoiuted from many monkeys, but
merely from one pair. 1t seems strange
indeed to me,that some OF these learn
ed gentlemen so persistently bend their
efforts 10 antegonize the Btbfe-en-
deavering TO prove human evolution
in conflict with the Bible declaration
that God created man In His own
jmage-4ikeness-a that the present
diversities of degradation are all re
suits of Adams fall from Divine IA
vor, through disobediencs, under the
sentence of death.
Oven II some divisions of our race
do bear stronger resemblance than
others to the ape. this is surely moi
scientific proof that they evoluted from
the ape. Just as reasonably might we
argue the reverse, that they are more
deprayed section of humanity. But
we do not Sc rate # On the contrary
the most savage peoples seem. to have
a mental organism capable of quite 8
considerable development under favor
able conditions, even of few years.
Indeed, when we consider the in
ferior station OF scoblGn in all til,
heather natfons, ana the darkness Of
the mothers mind and her detection
and hopelessness and the tendency OF
these to mark her offspring, we do mo-
wonder at the sad faces OF many o.
heather lands, both maie and female
Indeed, on the contrary, we are aston
ished as we compare some of the low
est types of Christendom with some OF
the degraded types of heathendom-
surprised that the difference is no
greater. The explanation for it all IL
that we have not had the true type o.
Chris. ianity. Our Christianity has
been so mixed with superstition ana
so impregnated with error that Churc b
ianity taken as a whole, in the foul
hundred millions of Christendom. is 1
hybrid thing--a SANDER upon the name
Christian and upon the teachings o.
Christ.
And, by the way, remind you OF