The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-22


Robson. DR.. L. ". Jones, Mr.. J. T.
ID. Pyles, Mr.. L. w. V. Kuehn and Mr..
X. b. Maxwell. all of the United States.
Pastor Russell opened his address by
remarkinS that although the Interna,
tional 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 it should make
but one report, and advice received in.
dictated 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 communica'
ton. Britisbers. as well as the people
of the United States and Canada, will
receive the report at practically the
same time-through hundreds of theiI
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 earth; and
hath determined the times before APP
pointed and the bounds of their habita-
lions, that they should seek the Lord,
if happy they might feel after Him and
find IIitn." (Acts xvii, PC, 20 He
said
our text is taken from Saint Paul s
address to the Athenians, whom be
found so religiously inclined that they
had erected an Idol to- every known
deity, and then one prominently ito the
unknown Cod" The words of my text
have been repeatedly borne in upon my
mind in my soiournings of the past
four mouths. | marveled as ] perceiv'
Ell the thorouchness of the division Of
the human family as 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: it
was of God: and we will doubtless yet
sec more particularly than now how it
worked some good for all-Staying the
downward tendency of Gin
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
merely from one pair. 1t seems strange
indeed to me that some of these learn
ed gentlemen so persistently bend their
efforts to antagonZe the Bible-en-
deavoring to prove human evolution
In conflict with the Bible declaration
mage-likeness-and that the present
diversities of degradation are all re-
suits of Adams fall from Divine IA
vOr. through disobedience, under the
sentence of death.
Even if some divisions of our race
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 q more
depraved section OF humanity. But
we do not so rate it. On the contrary,
the most savage peoples seem to have
q mental organism capable of quite q
considerable development under favor
able conditions. even Of a few years.
Indeed. when we consider the in
ferior station of Tomdn in all the
heather 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 ut the sad faces OF many of
heather lands, both male and female.
Indeed. on the contrary. we are aston
ished as We compare some of the low
est types of Chrstendom with some Of
the degraded types Of heathendom-
surprised that the difference is not
greater. The explanation for it all is
that we have not had the true type of
Christianity. Our Christianity has
been so mixed with superstition and
so impregnated with error that Church
ianity. taken as q whole, in the four
hundred millions of Christendom, is n
hybrid thing-a SANDER upon the name
Christian and upon the teachings of
Christ
And. by the way. remind you Of