Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-10-09


Under the caption, Slight Interest
in Churches, - was an editorial I'm your
issue of the 18th instant, in which you
invite a frank discussion of the church
situation in Grangeville.
involved in such discussion, it
seems to me, are present world condi-
tionS, because we have here only re-
flex of such.
In the Literary Digest of Aug. %,
1919, was an article entitled: 1.-The
Rearming of the Church, - in which
the writer, the editor of the HILBERT
Journal, in an address reported in Pub
lie Opinion, London, gives expression
to my own views and inquiries to such
an extent that l quote, in part, what
he says:
1.-The problems of humanity seem
to have outgrown its wits. The
world problems with which we have all
grown familiar of late are so immense
in their sweep and 50 complex in their
elements that the bare statement of
them is enough to reduce the boldest
mind to despair. Had we nothing but
the wisdom of this world to guide us, as
it comes through the reasonings of phi
losophers, and the doctrines of ecOno-
mists and the speeches of statesmen,
and the literature of reform, then
the difficulty of it all would be
overwhelming. Civilization
has become an immense ENHANCEMENT,
great Gordian Knot, in which ten
thousand conflicting interests have
got themselves tied up into compli-
cation which the fingers of human wis
dom cannot mravel We are living a
deeply entangled life; and / believe a
moment is coming when the sense of
ENHANCEMENT will throw us back on
the great simplicities and on the moth |
er truths; and we shall find salvation
in them and in them alone | see no
hope for these things save in the Sword /
of the Spirit, which is The Word of God. |
owe see men and churches arming |
themselves with catchwords instead |
of flaming swords; we see them resort |
ing to sterile formulas and playing !
with great distractions, which turn to |
dust and ashes when they are confront
ed with these tremendous things.
"Where is the power that can deal
with them? Where is the faith that
can overcome them9 What is it that
can reconcile these fell antagOnisms
What is it that can bring this tragedy
TO a triumphant conclusionl What is
it that can break the power of sin9
What. is il that can liberate us from
these entanglements? What is it that
can breathe the hope of immortality in
q world where death hath dominion
over everything that draws the breath
Of lief
This writer expresses the views Of
,ther writer's and these all serve to
show the extent of the conscious lack
# moral and intellectual certainty
prevailing.
Such conditions call for serious and
sober thinking and consideration; to
meet which involves the question of {
upreme authority.
If we find such authority what has Z
lie to say, what law has this authority
Enacted to which we should submit
nd by which we may be taught!
There are many people who believe. |
hat everything above, around, and be-
eath us, is governed by law.
This being true, Hooker's defination
+ law in it's most comprehensive e
ense, is an apotheosis: a
" Her seat is the bosom, of God and t
er voice the harmony of the world; all Il
Kings in heaven and earth do her hom {
ge-the very least as feeling her care a
nd the greatest as not exempt from her a
over. II
II may seem very elementary to your "
aaders to be told, that. all authority in
eaven and earth is given to Jesus q
hrist, the Son of The Living God. "
The voice of God Almighty, from q
Ieaven, the testimony of angels, the o
ord of prophets, all attest this salts G
wing fact. "
90 We have found Him of Whom Moses G
the Law and the Prophets, did O
rite owe have found the tMcssias,
hich being interpreted is The Christ. fl
mother witness: "God was in Christ,
He was the embodiment of law.
The Image of the Invisible God, the
rstborn. of every creature; for by Him N
ere all things created, that are in hea-
an and that are in earth, visible and
visible, whether they be thrones or =,
or principalities or powers: ~
! things were created by Him and for
i'm; and He is before all things and J..
= Him all things consist Risen, a.
i've, forevermore such is the testi- ~
ony of The Holy SPIRIT to Our Author n
V. d
1t is said in the Scriptures: God, II.
ne Father, "Hath committed all ~
dgment to the Son, that men should -
nor the Son, even as they honor the -,
lther.
When here among men: ~
He spake in parallels to the multi -
de Mark IV) and interpreted them
ivately to His disciples. d.
He stated the grounds of error OBJ ~ ~
ming in the world in Matt. 1929. ="
AS He had many things to say, that a az
n "were not able to BEAR" John -
:12) He delegated His authority, bas- no
: heirship in His Kingdom upon
n testimony as is recorded in Matt
1920 and IS: 1920.
The Apostles Doctrine was the fol
growth the development, the pro- COZ
ct, of the truth as it is in Jesus, an
ded by The Holy Spirit, speaking III