The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-04-13

NOTES FROM THr FIELD
AND CURRENT COMMENT.
. BY BILL cox. o
. . HHe~>H ~>~~H~ 90


his existence; when he stands still
and beholds the surface a. the earth
teeming with life: when he gazes
into space and sees thousands Of
other worlds so far away that they
seem but cleaning gems set In the
armament; when he feels the breeze
fan his brow and basks In the light
and heat of the sun: when he con
siders the great unsolyablc mys-
terry of the universe the question is
Of constant recurrence. whence came
all this? He also asks fellow hui
man and Ia told that Gel IL the
maker OF all. the ruler OF all aud Is
all in all. Who and what God is
is question which has engaged the
best thoughts of sases aud philoso-
piers OF all ages. Yet in almost
every tribe of people before they
attain very high degree of enlight-
eminent there have been those who
claimed to be on speaking terms
with deity. All who attribute 20
deity vocal articulatory organs and
believe that God has form and linn
itation of parts are idolators All
who believe that God has partic-
ular dwelling place circumscribed
by limited boundaries are idolators
and are worshiping supposed
creature instead of a creator. Some
Of the most earnest sermons ! have
ever heard were based on the text,
Prepare TO meet thy God" This
text and such sermons are predicat-
ed upon the idea that God Is not
with us nor we with Him but that He
has headquarters somewhere In the
universe and that at some time we
will see Him face to face as man
to man. This is pure idolatry
founded on an inability to conceive
the heighth. depth and width OF
God. A few days ago | read a
synopsis of a sermon wherein the
speaker used the expression, reach
ing the ear OF God. One who be-
lieves that God has an ear evidently
thinks He Is the possessor OF u
mouth, hands, feet, teeth, hair and
eyes like the men and animals that
roam over the face of the earth.
and is an idolator. The greatest
teacher and prophet that ever APP
peared on earth was Jesus Christ.
As a man he was young Jew and
the name Jesus is the same as
Joshua. The crucifixion was the
death of human being only that
and nothing more. Yet we have
heard, many times. men stand up
and work themselves into a holy
frenzy over the great sacrifice of
God giving his life for sinful men.
| reiterate there was nothing died
on the cross but man, for IL God
could die then He would not be
immortal and there have been thou
sands of other human beings who
have just as willingly given up their
lives for principles and for their fell
lowmen. Christ. ! believe. means
Amounted of the Lord, or something
TO that effect. There is vast diff
ference between Jesus, or Joshua.
and Christ, yet we find on church
windows and on walls paintings OF
an imaginary likeness of Jesus and
sometimes in a burst of eloquenee
he is pointed out as God who suf-
fered an ignominious death for the
salvation OF sinful men. Worship
of creature instead of the creator
is idolatry pure and simple. all Jesus
and no Christ. | remember a song
with something like this in it;
."Will night the sun in darkness
hide, when God. the mighty maker.
died" Did a benighted heather
ever give utterance to such sac
quoted from a popular song. the
singing OF which used to thrill me
before | learned to read hymn TO
ascertain whether 1t was the truth
or a lie. before trying TO sing IL.
II is not necessary TO delye into Ro-
man and Greek mythology. You
do not have TO go to the jungles
of Africa nor yet to the benighted
Chinese to find idolatry. here In
America and among our own people
who are trying TO worship the only
true God idolatry runs through IL
all Do you ask me why all this
idolatry? Why a christian people
of the Goth century since the
prophet came and went, l answer
that we have fallen into the grievous
state of ignorance and superstition
because We are blindiy following the
teachings OF men. The natural un-