Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16

insects that can
-, WA hardly be seen
with the Bakee
eve. The most OF
US drop out of life and not ripple OK
interest is created on the surface or
society. On the other hand as Ne
look at man as he Is seen in his read
being, as he is represented to US Kn
the scriptures. how great does he aP
pear! Only little lower than The
angels, crowned with honor and glory.
and given dominion over the creatures
An old poet has very well expressed
our thought In this way:
IAN heir OF gloryi frai child of dusts
Helpless immortal! insect infinite!
A worm! a god! l tremble at myself.
And in myself am lost"
We must keep In mind that th@
question is, What Is man that thOx
art mindful Of him? 1t is God that
Is in mind here, his estimate OF man
In the first place man is mortal, tha1
is, he is like all beings composed OF
flesh. bones and blood; he is born. he
lives, he dies. Now II that were All
could we say that God has put hix
mind upon him? What has God done
for man as an animal? II man wouie
obey Gods laws would he not be-
stronger, more comely in person.
would he not be better housed, have
more beautiful and pleasant SURROUND
ings?
But man Is a moral being, and here
we are approaching the image OF COG
Here we may include in the likeness
| of God the intellect also. AS moral
being man is accountable to Coz
Here is also the realm of conscience.
| the capacity of distinguishing between
right and wrong. And here We may
find that the thoughtfulness OF Cot
receives emphasis. Every provisIoH
Is made for mans moral perfectca-
II a conflict arises between the mere
ly physical and the moral. the moraz
is preferred, and rightly so. because "
Is In this that the relationship be
tween God and man is more clearly
shown. Every man has a conscience
unless indeed he may have put II Or
death by his own neglect or abuse on
it. And God does not leave man with
the capacity of distinguishing bet~eea
right and wrong without criterioz
Of right and we have the Bible. We
have, too, the advantages that come
from association with men and womee
Of high moral character, and we have
the immaculate life of Jesus Christ
which a late writer has spoken OF In
the term, the moral glory OF Jesus
Christ"
There Is no use denying that man
thinks very highly of himself, and h
is the spontaneous disposition OF man.
when asked as to his moral or spir~
itual state, to say that he is perfectly
right. The redemptive work OF Jesus
Christ throws the searchlight on man.
and he sees himself as God sees him.
and gets the correct answer TO the
question, What Is man that God should
think upon him and visit him? In the
first place he Is not right He is NOT
Just slightly wrong. Taking the teach
, ing of the only book that has ever
? fairly depicted man, we must cohcede
that the picture is gruesome and sad
At the very beginning of the race
when man had not gotten far frorn
the state of perfect innocence, 1t was
said that every imagination OF the
:, thoughts of his heart was only evil
. continually Job said that If he al
:. tempted to justify himself his mouth
would condemn him. David said thai
!. all men are gone astray, that they had
a altogether become filthy, that there
n. was not one that did good, no. NO
=. one. Isaiah saw that all of man pro
a fessed righteousness was as filth1
4. rags, and that his iniquit:es like ths
a. wind had taken him away. Jesul
h. Christ spoke of some men as a gen
eration Of vipers, and questioned
ID whether out of them. being evil. an
% good thing could come. The pictur'
in that Paul gives In his letters to tn
h. Romans and Galatians is enc tina
IN makes us shudder. Thus is man n
n God thinks on him. and there is notf
t. Ing less that God could do fer hin
NJ but to redeem him out of his wretch
edness and misery and death. As Go
n thus saw him he saw in him the mos
III glowing possibilities Of future grezl
n. ness and glory. The glory OF tn
Christian religion is that 1t makes pm
vision for mans regeneration, not sin
ply his spiritual inward Regeneration
Mt but the regeneration of man In hi
ur whole being. Twice-born men can B
ar numbered this minute by the tens
rs thousands, men whose present Is o
&c different from the past as day is fro'
me- night God sees in every man, hoS
lis ever low, an angel that Is more beal
tiful than the angel that the sculpti
Ct sees In the block Of marble.
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