El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-31

, edges these two truths, the wrong Bib
lcal age Of the world and the gradual
progress Of man. One cannot believe
IN the progress OF man and in the fan
at the same time.
I remember when I began to re-
shape my thinking. that this was the
cTux Of the process If man had de-
velOped- what about the fall and hang
ing 10 that, If there be no fall what
IS the position OF Jesus2 1 am always
surprised that people do not notice
inns know many ministers who be-
IeNe the scientific account of creation
and who have never changed their DO
sition about Jesus To me at once I
recognized that the Hebrew view OF
creation and the position OF Jesus in
me orlhooox theology hung together.
II there be no fall. the whole idea thar
Jesus came to bring God and man to-
Eether falls to the ground. So when
We ask can we be ChristiOns theoIO-
gicaly- IN the old sense we say that
we cannQr, but now comes the con-
structive way Of thinking. 1 feel that
without any doubt behind everything
there is God. that behind ali life
mere IS an unseen life that is throb-
Ding through and moving all life, an
essence OF spirituality. and that
wherever there is life, there Is this
inward life and that is God.
Spiritual Life Makes Itself Felt.
Now comes the question, does this
inward life express itself in out--,4rd
life2 I am certain that it does. / am
sure that there is not moment in life
that this spiritual life does not make
itself felt. and so I look at all life
in that sense.
The other day I picked up a little
verse tnat expresses my feeling Of
the unseen You all know that He
brew account Of God. as a man walking
in the cool OF the evening in the Rsrje9
or Eden Considering God as man.
we do not believe this, but spiritually
We do.
7 a garden is a lonesome thing God yrot.
Rose plot
Fringed pool.
Fern'd grot
The veriest school
or peace; and Yet the fool
Contends that God is not.
Not Cod IN gardensi when the eve IS
Nay but 1 have a sign:
T is very sure God walks in mine"
To A man fond of a garden in the
cool or the daNs God walks I'm n spirit
1 ual way Life is like that. and the
I spirit is in touch with life. IS in touch
with mankind. Whenever A good man
( comes men are spiritually touched A
. great man comes into an audience and
at once we feel the spirit Men ara
Z Gods contacts between the spiritual
ana tne seen, and the greatest is Jesus
the one best touch I know is Jesus
Grnndest ReveaIer of Spiritual Truth.
W here do I place Jesus He is the
. Erandest revealer OF spiritual truth TO
life, the greatest revelation OF what
the unseen IS like. so in that sense. I
say that theolOg ically ] am a Chris
tian- do not yield the slightest to
any one in my reverence for. admira-
ton Of and my intention to follow Je-
sus. lie is the greatest revealer OF the
unseen T have ever known
Now / will touch on the second
phase Can We still be Christians
ethically2 Our acts are much more i'm
portant than our beliefs. so this phase
is much more important than that Of
our theological beliefs. The unfortu-
nate part here is that we say we be
lieve in Jesus. It would he much bet
ter to drop the proposition and saw
we believe Jesus Do we believe Jesus
ethically2 I am very doubtful as 10
the quantity of people who believe Je-
sus in this sense.
Can Man BE Cleanf
There are three distinct phases OF
the teaching of Jesus. First. there
is that Of purity. clean wholesome 1iv-
ing. pure thought deed and action.
Are We Christians in this sense2
was talking this week with one
OF our best-knOwn public citizens and
ne said 10 me. what I am afried is
true IF YOU went into this city and
INTO the churches and took vote as