Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-03-01

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them without significance. rs Paul says
1 In his first letter to the Corinthians.
there is one voice greater than all 9th.
ers, and Yet one To which few listen
4 the voice of God.
II takes more iirmncSs 10 keep ones
4 balance in these days than ever be.
/ fore The voices around us ure 50
many. SO in~istrnt and SO varied. that
one hardly knows where he stands ana
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.
4 pending golden age five years ago, but
I their occupation is gone. Ii seems un.
bclicvablr that in little more than
/ six months the victorious central pow.
ers have been broken to pieces by the
entente allies, but IL Is SO. Sir George
Adam Smith said to President Wilson
quite recently: For four years | have
been schooling myself in The incredi.
bic, till IL has become terribly familiar
To me.
We can believe almost anything
these days. and the reason Is that mar
has lost trust in his own forccastings
If man has lost this trust, is there any
being in the universe that has not done
so? We firmly believe there Is. anC
that one Is God who Sits ION the cir
Gle Of the heavens and calmly looks
upon the connections of this planet
and III" interests of thousands mucl
greater Is ii not wise, therefore, tC
listen to his voice?
God speaks in creation and provi
dencc. "Thc heavens declare the glory
OF God and the armament showeth his
handiwork." EclipScs occur 20 the
second. and not II Jar Is felt in the rev
olutions of the innumcrable worlds
about us. In the study of our every.
day life God speaks to us In law that
never for II moment gives up It's domi.
nation. His prosperity calls for our
gratitude, his iniiction of adversely for
our pentcnce. and his fnlthfulness for
the years gone by dcclrrrS that be-
cause he is Interchangeable that faith
funeSS will continue.
Son as In no other way, for the Son Is
the express image of the Father"
Many quickly accept the proposition
that God thus speaks, but the voice of
Christ is married. because their Christ
Is u mere carIcature. They have ac-
ceptcd what man has said about
Christ as Il true picture OF Christ.
Some conceptions of Christ are drawn
from the paintings that are exhibited;
some get their ideas of Christ from de-
scriptions found in popular literature,
especially fiction; some get their ideas
even from such agnostics rs Renan and
Strauss and some get theirs from
what they see In those who profess to
love him. this picture often being
false.
Where do we get the right picturei
We have no hesitation In saying in the
Holy Scriptures. There we have fore
CLEANS of him In the Old Testament
that are trustworthy; there we see II
In what he says and In what he does
In that wonderful life which ended on
the cross; there Is made plain the
great plan of redemption that he came
to give TO men. with the whole future
aglow with his coming glory.
There Is no subject that 'most con.
Germs men on which God has not
spoken. This statement is made
thoughtfully. II Is not meant that
every detail OF mans life and expert
ence is met by specific word, but that
as 10 the principles that should guide
man. touching even the mlnutiae of life,
there Is nothing missing. The Bible
tells man where he Is going, what he
is In himself. his standing before God;
that he is sinful that there is no hope
except In simple faith on Jesus Christ;
that heaven is reality-and hell af
well that his only guide In this life
is the Word of God. which is put into
his hands In the form that he can read
and study.
Has single word that God has
said about individuals. cities and ma.
tlons In the past fakedf Is there
"nvihing in the great pictures
lklel, ZecharIah,
and other Scrip
As his Word In
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