The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-02
EXPLAINS
CREAID6ASTERS
Says That Man, Not God, is
!. Responsible For Loss
/. of Life.
LIQUOR TRAFFIC
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In Powerful Address at the
Methodist Church sun
d~ay:Evening.
A - .4..d "

"1s God in Human Disaster" was
topic OF the vernon preached at
the First NJ. =. church Sunday night
by Rev. +. M. Mccoy. who pointed
out many recent disasters in which
large numbers Of lives were lost and
then. showed how these terrible facts
could be ,reconciled to with the Chris
tian doctrine Of q God of love.
Natures law must act,'' declared
Mr.. Mccoy. .'but after they have done
their worst,%Swe see rising from the
grave the sweetsfncense Of humanity.
hearts made m~oraetender and depend
ent upon the great truths of life re-
alizing that wealth II earthly honor
are of, themselves counterfeit coin, de.
void of purchasing power.
Lfe's Meridian Road.
but divine love has been irving
to teach man the way Of life. He has
placed marks at every turn in life's
Meridian road so that a wayfaring
mar though a fool should not : err
therein. He has lifted up the CRY. this
is the way. walk We in it, and He has
planted a fence OF warming along tho
wayway to war; the wandered.
Let us see. Was it God who sank
the Titanic? He permitted it to sink,
indeed, for His laws are sacred and
al IA Sds90 .00 fPt1AAs Will oOU con-
stantly break His laws to save the
foolish transgressor?
Greed for Gold Sank the Titanic.
mo, man sank the Titanic. He
knew well the dangers Of the zone in
which the vessel steamed and yet dar-
inEly defied them as the Investigation
proved. And what was it in man that
did It? Was it not his greed for gold
and speed? But see how the God Of
Love is not being listened to and Is
speaking through the wisdom Of man.
On January 20 last, the International
Conference on Safety at Sea adjourn
Fourteen nations, were represented
and the regulations adopted were
signed by all. These regulations COW
er vital matters for safety such as ice
patrols, wireless code signals. life-sav-
ing apparatus, regulation Of speed
during fogs. etc. This is tho evidence
OF a God of Love finding a long-de-
'layed recognition of His will and laws
in the life at sea.
Barring OF Hillsides Came Floods. :
COR, again. in the Ohio floods did
God destroy? or was it man who
caused the food. God had given
warning in the smaller floods but
mans ayarice had devastated the for.
ests for gold. and barred every hillside
in his greed 80 that the young trees
hack until they sfrakSafy melted, were
destroyed. and the food poured its
unrestrained fury upon the unprotect-
ed cities. Mans selishness turned
into floods of destruction.
The nation is warned and the trees
must be replanted upon the hill tops
and God must not be def1ed but His
laws interpreted; not in political self
ishness nor private interest but for
the common good.
Dayton. Ohio, has caught the truth
by lifting above petty politics and Sc
|lecting an expert giving him the high
est salary paid any pubic official in
the state to direct and conserve her
best interests.
A Lesson learned.
"a great railroad has learned the
lesson and instead Of attributing death
to a heavenly Providence we find it
attributable to mans greed again and
again an expert was chosen from the
country's best to correct me error
which threatened the continued pat
ronage Of a wronged public. Nor was
1t Gods wrath that slew the many in
fants from impure milk in the large
cities some time 20: but rather mans
blind regard for the laws Of God in
regard to health.
Americas Greatest Flood.
we are appalled, when we read of
the loss Of life in u single great flood
but we. sit with the indifference Of