Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1919-01-17

~ q life to all who
While there are
many voices in the world and none of
them without significance, as Paul SAYS
in his first letter to the Corinthians,
there is one voice greater than all 9TH
erS, and yet one to which few listen
the voice of God.
1t takes more firmness to keep ones
balance in these days than ever be-
fore The voices around us are so
many. so inSiStent and so varied, that .
one hardly knows where he stands and
what to believe. The voice of events ,
is such that few men are making pre- !
dictions any more. The world was full |
of prophets of the Immediately i'm
pending golden age five years ago, but
their occupation is gone. 1t seems I'M
believable that in little more than
six months the victorious central pow
ers have been broken to pieces by the
entente allies, but it is so. Sir George
/ Adam Smith said to President Wilson
quite recently: "FOr four years have
been schooling myself in the incredi-
to me-"
We can believe almost anything
these days, and the reason is that man
has lost trust in his own forecastings.
If man has lost this trust, is there any
being in the universe that has not done
SO? We firmly believe there is, and
that one is God, who sits "on the cir
| al, ~ ~,
upon the connections of this planet
and the interests of thousands much
greater. Is it not wise, therefore, to
listen to his voice?
God speaks in creation and prOvi-
dence. "The heavens declare the glory
of God and the armament showeth his
handiwOrk." Eclipses occur to the
second. and not jar is felt in the rev.
. olutions of the innumerable worlds
. about us. In the study of our every
day life God speaks to us in law that
never for a moment gives up its dOmi-
t nation. His prosperity calls for our
> gratitude, his inf1ictiOn of adversely for
our penitence, and his faithfulneSs for
: the years gone by declares that be-
l cause lie IS uuCUduSedDle ludI
: fulness will continue.
: But God speaks to us through his
4 Son as in no other way, for the Son is
a ''the express image of the Father"
' Many quickly accept the proposition
q that God thus speaks, but the voice of
e Christ is married. because their Christ
:. 4, mere caricature. They have &C.
4 | Il Oh ont
|. Christ as a true picture of Christ
g Some conceptions of Christ are drawn
: from the paintings that are exhibited
r some get their ideas of Christ from de
scriptions found in popular literature
. especially fiction; some get their idea:
even from such agnOStics as Renan an(
IS Strauss; and some get theirs from
l. what they see in those who profess t,
y love him, this picture often beint
Il false.
l. Where do we get the right picture
q We have no hesitation in saying in thu
2" Holy Scriptures. There we have fore
c. CLEANS of him in the Old Testamen
{. that are trustworthy; there we see
q in what he says and in what he doe
e in that wonderful life which ended OF
e the cross; there is made plain tn
ii great plan of redemption that he cam
N to give to men, with the whole futur
b, aglow with his coming glory.
"a There is no subject that smOst col
1T Germs men on which God has nc
se spoken. This statement is mad
d. thOughtfully. 1t is not meant ths
N every detail of mans life and exper
N ence is met by specific word, but tina
Is as to the principles that should guild
. man, touching even the minutiae of lift
there is nothing missing. The Bib
}. tells man where he is going, what
Re is in himself, his standing before God
le that he is sinful; that there is no hop
c except in simple faith on Jesus Christ
u that heaven is a reality-and hell 9
we'll that his only guide in this Lii
is the Word Of God, which is put I'M
his hands in the form that he can res
VI and study.
IL Has a single word that God hs
III said about individuals, cities and N
IL tons in the past failed? Is the
e. anything in the great picture
~ given in Isaiah, Ezekiel, Zecharia
IL Daniel, the Gospels and other Scri
OF lures thai is untrue? AS his Word
the past has never failed, it is reaso
able to believe that his Word as
the future will not fail. Find out VIII
n God says in his Word and act on
Ill. fO1 God will have the last word.