El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-26

fictlons Of our own rearing that seem
more satisfactory to our minds for the
moment To hold fast to the ealities
may lead US into much mystery, but
in the end will prove infinitely more
reasonable and satisfying in every way
TO all our faculties
God is infinitely wiser than we are,
and in his universe are many things
which our narrow notions would rule
out II they could But being divine re-
alities they persist IN spite OF our as
approval, and We have had the mlsfor-
tune TO miss the truth Of life with
consequent loss to ourselves
The man OF pride often remains in
the most profound ignorance OF the
uobIest things that life has TO offer
The man of humility, with open heart
and mind, willing TO hear what lutln-
lite wisdom and love seek to reveal, at
tains the things that are priceless for
the purposes of life For God reslsts
the proud and draws near to the hum
bic. Il thank thee, o Father, Lord Of
hid these things from the wise and
prudent, and hast revealed them unto
babes. Even so, Father, for so II
seemed good in thy sight
Rejecting the Foundation stone
II We give attention to the move
ment Of forces in modern life and
among the nations Of Christendom, IL
may seem as though there were a
great multitude Of wouldbe builders
Of the temple Of life who are rejecting
the very foundation stone OF the whole
temple that mysterious and all pow
erful being whom one Of the early
Christian fathers rightfully described
as the Goldman
Everywhere today we may meet with
those who hate the name Of Christ and
strive with all their might 10 Danish
him and his messages Of peace and
good viii from the minds and hearts OF
men ChristendOm is fairly overruD
with all sorts Of Quaclzs and taklrs
crying up their thousand and one pat
enr remedies for the ills OF life, vainly
trying to find substitutes for the glO-
rious gospel Of the Son Of God, be-
cause. like the old pharisees. they hate
him and say to one another; I'VE viii
not have this man to reign over us
They are like those vendors Of fraud
uIent patent medicines whose whole
stock I'm trade consists in their ability
to lie so effectively as to cause their
lies 10 pass for truth. Hence they viii
offer anything that may serve TO ban
fish the message Of Christ worship
based on table tipping in dark room
bastard Buddhism; a socalled Chris
tianity with every Christian element
left out; a brute materialism; wor-
ship of physical science as a religion
a Hindoo theosOphy gone to seed in Its
own land: a revival or the ancient pa
-
worship Of man or humanity spelled
with a capital II, although humanity
has been disEracing itself by its sin
and folly ever sine the race appeared
on this planet
Innumerable False Gods
These and innumerable other false
gods have been set up by the enemies
Of Christianity in this time OF mental
and spiritual unrest. anything TO ban
ish the hated Galilean and his pierre
ing demands upon the soul
But these wouldbe substitutes for
the religion Of the Galilean are what
may be called fair weather deities
only. worthless in times Of storm and
darkness. And today amid the hor-
r0rs of a war that includes nearly the
whole OF Christendom and promises to
surpass in destructiveness any war
that has ever occurred before in the
history OF the world. all the false gods
are meeting with the crucial test OF
their value. With whole nations fac
ing the supreme ordeal Of death and
eternity. the people are finding out that
the false gods are helpless to console
them and so they are casting them TO
the moles and the bats. as an ancient
prophet fOretold, and seeking after the
living God revealed so long ago in
the person Of the mysterious Man Of
Nazareth"
They are filling I'D the churches in
the lands where war is raging and cry
ing aloud to the living God. Give Us
help for trouble. for vain IS the help
Of man" SAYS the Psalmist; kiss the
son, lest he be angry and We perish