The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-06

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the torch of liberty and civilization.
But these dear men did not see the
real beauty of the Bible, because they
did not understand it's rea message,
for Gods due time for the full under
standing of that message is only now
here. And now Bible students have
advantages in Bible study. such as
never before were possessed. And now,
in Gods time, His word is shining
as a light upon the pathway, with 4
brilliancy that is grand.
Learning's True Value and Cost.
Learning, along all the various lines
of present day instruction, is surely
valuable. Chemistry has done and is
doing much for the world; SO are cleo
tricity and other applied sciences. l
congratulate your city upon having i'll
it's midst one of these. institutions of
learning. | remind you, however, that
the truths of science which apply to
our everyday life, while very impor-
tant to Il human progress, are not
| alone sufficient for us.
In other words, in o order, all
humanity are so created as to have
mental cravings, appetites and powers
which none of the applied sciences
however useful, will satisfy. The hui
man mind must reason, must reflect,
must have IL theory respecting whence
we come and whittier we go, and the
object of our present existence. These.
questions, formerly the more promi-
nent ones, nave been cast into the
shade in recent times.
| understand that in many classes
such ph~ilosophizing is tabooed. At
very most, the searcher for knowledge
along these lines is referred to Plato
and Socrates, and their immature. de-
auctions. No one, seemingly, thinks
Of attempting to progress in mental
philosophy beyond these giants OF the
past. And yet the Evolution theo~
tells us that living nearly three thou
sand years ago, those men must have
been much nearer to the monkey state
than we are today. Besides all this,
those men had none Of the Wisdom
which comes from Above-claimed
non of it.
The pastor sought to impress the
propriely of beginning Bible study
afreSh, ignoring the creeds of the Dark
Ages and permitting the old Book to
explain itself-onc passage throwing
light upon another. He pointed out,
however, that the Bible specifically
declares that lone except the conse-
Grated, the sanity, can have the Holy
Spirit; and that not without it can the
Blble be fully and clearly understood.
His cXhortation implied, therefore, he
said, that all who desire to have the.
Wisdom and instruction from Above
should first of all recognize a supreme
personal Creator, Il God of Justice.
| Wisdom, Love and Power. To Him
they should consccratc their hearts,
their lives. Then they should take up
the study of His Word, DESTROYS of
knowing His will that they might do
it in every particular.
Graduation Day Is Upon Us.
Graduation day is here. The exami-
nations are on. The intellectual are
being called upon to answer What
shall it profit a man if he gain all ma
terial knowledge and miss the Wis
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less the pastor is greatly mistaken,
the next few years viii show hat
much of the learning that has been
given has not only not been helpful,
but really has been injurious. The
pope of Rome is quite right in the
declaration that the education which
ignores a God and the Divine Purpose
in Revelation cannot bring blessing.
If the next few years shall show an
increase. in the spirit of discomfort in
the same ratio as the last ten years
behind us, it will De a most unhappy
world. And that u%nhapniness will be
traceable largely to Il colleges. They
have exalted material knowledge II
applied sciences until the world is
hungry for their application, and rest
less, expecting social, political n
financial miracles, and chatting If
these be not quickly produced.
The pastor believed that the diff
Guilty has been that the most impor-
tant element of human nature has
been left untaught-the highest organs
of the human brain, appertaining to
religion, justice, mercy, equity, re.ver-
cnce for God. What college can claim
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properly cultured along these lines?
And if not 50 trained surely they are
in an unbalanced condition, because
the education of the heart and the re-
ligious procliVitieS of the human and
has been seriously neglected. Would
that | could impulse here in this col
lege city Il revival of Bible study, of
reverence for God and holy things, but
not a reverence for superstition! said
the pastor.
"All Taught Of God"
Speaking of the blessings of the.
Mcssianic ~period-the thousand years OF
Christ's ~reign-the Scriptures declare
that the people shall all be taught of
God. Messiah and the Church in glory
will be the teachers of the world of
mankind. In the Scriptures this
| double function of the Church ic set