The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-22
WHAT is MAN?


labratory and inquired, What is
man.? He tore to atoms the cadaver
lying upon the cooling board. He an
allied it; he weighed out its compo-
nent parts; he placed each part in
urns which were carefully labeled; he
poured each into a crucible and care
fully mixed; he applied heat and mois-
ture, but man did not come forth. Per-
haps some mistake. No there is no
mistake; we know that is his compo-
sition.
We turned to the scientist; we
asked what is man? He pointed to a
cadaver and replied: There he lies;
we have pumped his body full of air
but he would not breathe; we filled his
arteries with rich blood but the heart
would not vibrate; we applied the cleo
trio spark but it brought no motion;
we have failed ANONYMOUSLY in our ef-
forts to bring back that mysterious
something called life; it will not re-
turn at our CALL in fact, we do not
know just what life is We visited
the hospital and asked an M. ID. what
is man? He did not point us to the
man inhaling his last breath, but to
wellrounded form of the genus homo,
live man. But when he threw the
X-Ray light upon his body and estab-
lcba ha that hut a
fertilization of atoms placed together
only to resist the mighty army Of mi
crobes being hurled against him, it
tore down our exalted opinion of man
that placed him little lower than the
angels. And when we inquired about
the spiritual man. the reply was: eve
deal only with flesh and blood. We
have no treaties on the spiritual man..
With confidence we turned to the
Word of God, we inquired what Is
MANI The mighty Creator placing
His mighty hands upon the heads Of
Adam and Eve, standing by the tree
of life in the beautiful garden of Eden.
l replied: This is man, we created
him in our own image after our own
likeness. We assemble our might
wisdom and faith and poured out our
love in his creation. We created him
little lower than the angels in Heav-
EN-, that he might have part while
in the flesh of working out his own
eternal spiritual life by faith"
with us in developing that spiritual
life which is to prepare him for eter-
nal happiness-a home with us in
Heaven. This was the ultimate aim
of His creation. Before the beginning
Of time when the God of Love had be-
slowed upon the Heavenly Host all
the love necessary for their happiness
found there were love still overflow
ing in God, the great fount of love
and He sought for something WHEREOF
He might bestow that love. A coun
Gil of the trinity was called and there
it was decided that new being
should be created, called man, upor
whom the Mighty God might let flow
out that pent-up love. Then it was
that this world and all things therein
contained was created for this crea
ture call man, the ultimate aim Of al
creation. Man, the expression o.
Gods love. Shall we stop here? Shall
we receive this as mighty truth
May we not seek to know who is this
Creator that is making such mighty
claims on this creature, man?
We find from the inspired Wore
that this mighty Creature is all ant
more than all we can know of wisdom
of power, of faith, Of love, God the
Father, God the Word, and God the
Holy Spirit. These three in one. This
mighty God of love was too wise tt
err; too holy to be unjust, and too
mighty in faith to fail. By faith IL
himself he spake the word and al
created things came into existence
There we have pen picture of thu
Creator and His creation. In the one
all fullness in himself In the other
nothing but what has been bestowed
The Creator did not bestow all o
himself upon the creature, yet tn
creature has had that bestowed upol
him that the Creator does not possess
And God said, LET us make man il
our image, after our likness. So Co.
created man in his own image in tn
image of God created he him; NAL
and female, created he them, and Co.
blessed them, and God said, Unit
them be fruitful and multiply and re
plenish the earth and subdue 1t an
have dominion over every living thin
that moveth upon the earth" Wha
love, what faith the Creator was e.