El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-28

accord with the knowledge of the dav
| The present day has to follow the example
/ 7 saw The value Of what was ''once
/ delivered" unto the saints may be acknOw-
/ lodged, but we cannot make such words
imply "Once and for al Tune delivered,
/ rather have we to say as with the COngre-
gationalists at Kansas City, made known
/ or to be made known
It Is Atheism to Fear the Future.
The Great Eternal speaks in every revela-
ton Of knowledge, and it is atheism Of the
worst kind that fears the future and is
deaf to the message Of today and tomorrow.
An old legend says that a certain woman
once looked lOngingly backwards. and be-
came on account Of that retrOgress1ve de-
sire a pillar Of salt, and those OF US who
look only into the past Tor words Of life
become like atrOphied- FL Paso county is
as holy as Palestine If we only make it so.
A religion is not worth a breath that can
not Justify itself in the light Of 10th CEN
fury knowledge, and to tremble because
Of that knowledge is to- disbelieve in the
Eternal Orderer. The way back easterner
who stays at home, knows nothing Of the
achievements and the life Of the western
pioneer and the one who buries himself in
the knowledge Of the seventh century knows
nothing Of the grandeur Of the belief in the
larger universe Of today.
Do Not Wrap Up Your Bible.
Don't wrap up your bible for fear the
light may strike it; don't fence in the
church for fear modern knowledge may en-
ter; don't coddle your faith for fear recent
discoveries may shade it; look towards the
dawn. God shines through tOday's sun as
brightly as through any sun Of any byEone
day, and the hues of morning are as beau
tiful as ever they were.
John Rhead's partners scoffed at the idea
of iron ships In turn Rhead himself
laughed at steel ships and he ended by ex-
pressing his dislike Of new tangled fnven-
tons. Such also Is religious story The
early Christian church was radical and
therefore hated by the religious men OF its
day-the sCribes and phariseeS; the church
Of the middle ages lost its early radicalism
and became stereotyped by Augustine, and
the church Of today in its age hates all
new tangled theories and would tie US down
to the faiths Of Augustine.
refuse to be bound. I believe in God OF
today. believe in his revelations Of to-
day and L believe in his revelations Of to-
morrow. The lines Of William Bremton
appeal to me and with them viii close;
It am afraid Of these new things" he said,
sooth,
But only from the past, the now he read,
He was afraid OF loves advancing truth.
It seemed so strange to think the ancient
We're really dead and would revive no more.
To sense the fact his conscience burns and
stings
he would the old in former pride restore.
Nay, bid it go, the while we cling to this
The new times give as happy growths Of
God;
Here is the tree Of life whose fruit is bliss;
Here are new flowers as gift Of springs
warm sod;
Here is the broader thought Of man today
As one in purpose, plan and life indeed;
And bound one wen live a better way.
And in life's service show the higher Creedt
The priestly church may go. but in its place
Shall living men unite in law of love,
And helpfulness shall be the mark of grace,
And prove US one with sanity souls above"