Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-02-27

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llRASL0R RUSSElDl cheering reats OF
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er of Babel, the great city of Babylon,
the Great Pyramid of Egypt. full Of
scientific accuracy and symbols Of
Heavenly things. Solomon's Temple
and Herods. the Cathedral Of st. Pc
ter's at Rome. and other great cathe-
drals. each wonderful in its way. were
referred to as examples of mans skill
In the past
All these stately editices, the Pastor
declared, glOrify mans intellectual pow
er not less than do some of the legal
statutes Of the past the Mosaic Law.
the Laws Of Lycurgus. etc. These
achievements refute the thought that
our forefathers were monkeys.
Within the last half-century, human
intelligence has bounded forward in a
most remarkable manner The tele-
graph, the telephone. the wireless,
steam power. electric power and light
have given talents a wider scope than
ever before. They have forwarded the
art Of printing. which, in turn, has
stimulated education. World wide in
.telligence Is making the world fabu-
lousy rich. Millions are on the alert
to associate themselves with the new
things and the resulting prosperity.
Tho Canal illustrates All This.
conveniences, our tunnels. or subways.
under cities. and all for which they
stand, amaze us. AS we realize that
these things have come within fifty
years, we repeat, What is ManP
How wonderful is the intelligence
which has been able to grapple with
nature, its laws, etc. and master
them! Is not man a great king in all
the earthP
Nowhere is mans power to deal with
earthly conditions more strikingly man
ifest than on this Canal Zone. We
have here an illustration of mountain
moving faith Six tons of Trojan pow
der exploded at one instant. crumbling
an entire hill, is certainly wonderful
record. These great steam Shovels
which move enormous masses of loos-
ened earth are marvellous. If only
few years ago, some one had told us
that IL man. by moving a lever, could
lift six tons of earth, transport it an
eighth of nile, and load it upon cars.
all in three minutes or less. we would
have thought him insane
Tells OF Messlah's Day.
We must accredit our great progress
to God. His time has come for lifting
the veil of ignorance and superstition.
He has been gradually favoring the
increase of knowledge along every line.
We today are merely taking advantage
of this more extended knowledge, car
ried into homes and Offices by means
of printing presses, railroads, steam
ships, postal service, etc. instead,
therefore, of trying to belittle our an
cestors. let us confess that We have
drawn from them deep inspiration.
Let us credit our progress, not to ev-
olution, but to the more reasonable
proposition that Gods time has come
to give us the blessings promised in
the Scrptures-the blessings which
ueTHlu MeSSldlS NluSuOlh we uuNc
waited and prayed for it Now that
the dawning of the New Day is visible
on every hand. let us not forget to be
taught of God, reading in the signs of
the times the fulhlment of the predic-
lions of forty centuries
What Will Man 8eeome9
Our text intimates that man is poor,
weak. fallen, unworthy of his Creators
favor and blessing. He is not deserv-
Ing of eternal torment. but of the III
vine sentence, 'Dying, thou shalt
die" because of degradation through
the fall Yet God has made provision
for mans recovery from sin and death.
The foundation for this recovery was
laid by the Sln.Atonement Sacrifice on
Calvary, The blessings of that Atone
ment have been extended thus far to
only a small number. such as would
take up their cross and follow in the
Savior's footsteps.
But the selection of the Elect 10 he
associates with Messiah In His King
dom Is oniv the haGinnins of Gods IA.