Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-06-28

VIII NOu Ills leAl WuS, we uuVe an
Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ
the Righteous John 2:1.
Impressively the Pastor reminded us
that humanity is so constituted as to
have longing for things infnite-a
desire for God and for superhuman
care and guidance, especially in life's
difficulties. He declared that, phreno-
logically, veneration and spirituality
are located in the crown of the head,
as though indicating that they, proper.
ly. should dominate the entire being.
Notwithstanding the fall, which
brought to our race impairment of
mind, as well as body. and unbalance
Of natural qualities, with the majority
these high functions none the less per-
sist.
Man still worshlps, reverences,
adores, however much his impaired
judgment at times misleads him into
worshiping unworthily-a sculptured
stone, an image, an idol, a creed, a
husband. n wife and children Under
the guidance Of the Divine Word
Christians realize that the one great
object Of worship is Jehovah God,
through His Son. our Lord Jesus Christ
The Pastor asserted, backed by the
Scriptural statement. that Satan, mans
great foe, Gods great enemy, not yet
bound. has in various ways attempted
to mislead us, to separate us from
God and from the Bible, and proper
tionately to darken our understandings
with human traditions, creeds, super.
stltions. In the light Of our wonderful
day, however, human intelligence is re-
belling. Gods time has come for the
binding of Satan and the liberation of
his prisoners. God Is answering the
prayers Of His faithful people.
Here We Meet a Danger
The moment we begin to exercise our
reasoning faculties, the Adversary
seems to redouble his energies to hold
us back from the Truth. AS st Paul
pointed out, he is an adept at putting
darkness for light and light for dark
ness And when his dupes begin to
think and inquire, his method seems to
be to pose as reformer, that he may
mlslead, carrying US past the truth
into human wisdom, theories, specula-
tlon, or into occult systems, Thus
many today, the Pastor declared, have
stepped out Of ignorance and supersti-
ton, merely to be entrapped by other
superstitions, or by AgnOstlcism, Evo-
luton, Higher Criticism He urged his
hearers to be on guard and hold fast the
Word, which is able to make us wise
unto savation.-2 Timothy 3;15
The trend of modern thought is away
from the Bible. away from the thought
Of personal sin. personal condemna-
ton, a personal Redeemer and a per-
sona salvation The tendency Is to
think of and discuss civic righteous.
ness. outward moralities, political prog
resin general. Il social salvation, to
he accomplished by moral and intellect
ual forces. The Pastor would not be
understood as opposing any humanlta-
rian work. He declared that even un-
wise efforts sometimes prove beneficial
to their movers. though failures in
themselves. on the principle that no
man can attempt a good work for an
other who will not himself be blessed
hr, hig o,,,y, neoptg
A Personal God and Savior.
Higher Criticism, through the col
leges. not only has undermined the
Word Of God, but In many instances
has destroyed faith in personal Crea-
tor, and has abolished the thought Of
the souls need Of personal Savior,
in the Biblical sense. Hence today
many will pose as Christians and de-
clare their faith in an impersonal God
a mature" god-whatever that may be
Similarly, the highest concept Of these
respecting Jesus is that He was
great Teacher. with IN uplifting, civ.
illzing message
All this is quite unblblical, unsatis-
factory to the hungry soul-chaff We
need to get back to the Bible We need
its declaration Of a God Of Wisdom,
Justice. Love and Power infinite: a
God of sympathy, who has taken notice
Of human woe sorrow, pain, sin, death.
and who has "heard the groaning Of
the prisoners"-Adam and his children
we need the Bible presentation OF
the fact that God can have no sympa-
thy with sin, and can have no dealings
with sinners in the way Of recognizing
them. We need to see the justice Of