Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-02-26
The omnipresence OF God

A personal supreme being having
definite dwelling place In some realm
of his vast domain can be omnipreSent
by his matchless power. BY the limit
less reach Of the laws of nature and OF
| life which are at his command. but il
such cpread out nothing as is repre-
| scented as having no body. no person.
| no parts and no passions Is to be the
| ideal forn1less. existess form OF life
and beingless being then similar end.
! for all mankind is all that can be hoped
tor,
II must lie admitted that the hidden
! propelling force Of all life is operative
with an unfolds from within life in all
nature. and that such an exhibition OF
design and form can not be the result
OF chance or accident. but that such
works as creation displays are. in and
of themselves. monumental witnesses
that a master intelligence is concerned
| in ii all.
But Is does not follow as a necessary
! conclusion that because such wonder
work as nature is. could not be pro-
duced independent of directing intel
llgence. that therefore that intelligence
is in It's own essenee spread abroad
through all life. and that. las false
PHILOSOPHY asserts) nature Is the only
God.
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God except as is resident within each
living atom of nature. eiads men to
| worship the creature rather than the
Creator.
That is one common form OF idolatry
Believing that the holy God existing
anywhere. is in the varied forms OF
nature it self. the next step.-adora :
ton and worship of the creature-be-
comes easy. Thus. the mind may be
Frustrated to regard the beautiful form
of a perfect human body as teh very
| expression OF God. and to worship al
such a shrine. This accounts for much
heather God idolatry.
Mankind having been created In the
image and likeness Of mis- creator. there
Is some truth in the thought that mar
Is in very deed. the best expression oil
Good that the works of nature afford
but until God is recognized as sepa.
rate personality and creator apart from
the things which are created the truth
that God is revealed in his works. i:
only partly told. and is not properl.
divided.
An alteration of. or worshipful at.
titude toward all of the beautiful ant
wonderful things in nature. which ar,
profusely spread as a perpetual invita-
ton to man to reflect upon their won.
!
and stands as the great primitive sermon
being preached in all languages. bu
that soul which never lifts its gazi
above the wonders of the things Great
eh. to discern above all the master in
telligence and creator of all. fixes ii
aim upon an ideal far to low ever t.
develop the best that is possible. from
the highest conception of the truth con
corning the creature and the creator.
Those who believe nature to be tn
only God. assume that the bible accoun
OF the personality of God and of tn
creation OF man in his own image, is
mere myth. Self important philosopher
ciinging to such ideas in contradiction
to the best revelation that the worl'
has received, sally forth in the materia
world, all eyes and conccit. looking 70
God. and when he is not found of then
they are ready to scott at others VIII
in the Lords own way have found hin
There Is vast difference between
ponderous material brain and fin
spiritual mind. Mere brains may b
weighed by ounces. and the brains 0
animals are even bartered over tn
counters for so many cents per pound
but no instrument made by man ca
gather up. nor measure out the God
quality-mind
II is both worthy and desira BILE, tina
the brain be cultured and cultivated
but above all things ''let that mind b
III you which was also in Christ Jesus.
But beware of the tendency of tn
mere brain operation which ridicule
people who are not supposed to
schooled to the wonderful psychologists
accomplishment whereby, they assum
to know that as God is not to be see
anywhere by the naked eye, nor b
glass lenses of any kind. that therefor
He does not exist as a living personal
ity.