The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-07
Keep Yourself in
Touch with God

The Right Rev. Thomas F. Gallor,
bishop of Tennessee, began series
of five sermons which he will de-
liver at Christ church (Nasaville)
through the month of August on Sum
day morning. His appearance there
drew very largo congregation and
his sermon was full of the brilliant
thought, the broad viewpoint and the
deep spirituality characteristic of this
great leader in the American church.
The text was taken from Genesis
i:iii, the central thought of which was
one on which the materialists and the
evolutionists have built many struc-
lures. It was: "The Earth Bringeth
Forth Fruit of Herself" and out of it
Bishop Gai.or drew the strongest
proof of mans immortality, and the
greatest evidence Of Gods hand being
the guiding and directing force of all
things of the universe.
"Science has been busy" ne said,
"trying to prove that the world was
not created at once, but was the re-
suit of evolution, overlooking the fact
that Gods hand could be equally man.
ifest in the sure and steadfast and re-
liable growth of the earth and its
mighty forces. In natures great lab
oratory, when the liquids, the solids
and gases, the energies and forces be-
gin their work in wonderfully exact
and active routine, tie results are in
falliblc, and no less divine of plan
because of that.
students try too much to find out
how the machine works in order to
be able to predict other effects and
therefore, they have no time to think
about the cause. Scientists concern
themselves with the method alone,
and it is natural, perhaps, that they
should be swept off their feet and
FORGET the great cause-God."
Bishop Gailor said that not only
the Germans, but to a certain extent
all humanity, had thought that the
advance of perfection was to be made
through machinery. The war has
taught the world that the machine can
work backwards and destroy itself
When we went to war 1t represented
the will of the people working against
the methods and the people won.
eve are not the fittiest to survive"
he said, because of the millions who
died for us but because they exem-
plifed the glory of sacrifice which
contradicts the machine and denies the
mere mechanical Interpretation of
Gods word. God is not afraid to say
'The earth bringcth forth fruit of
itself Because is not the contra
diction by the glory of God that it is
so. The greater miracle is to have
man, who has his own will and dos
tiny, and works out himself, with
Christ inside, the hope of glory. The
wonderful silent evolution that goes
on around us in all things is but one
more manifestation of the glory OF
God. The church was put into the
world perfect, but she has grown and
adapted herself here and there, as con,
ditions required. The church OF
America is different from the mother
church of England, as is the Canadian
and the Australian church, each meet
ing separate condition. So with the
Japanese and the Chinese.
at is with the personal side Of
development that God asks us to con
Germ ourselves.
Gle wants US to grow and to show
a spiritual power in ourselves. Tt
live righteously and to practice truth
justice and purity, expecting no praise
because we do so, that they will be
come the habits of our daily lives ant
parts of ourselves. Let US remembe
that in times of failure and depres
sion. Let us but clear away the weed
of our individual lives and leave tn
results to God. Let US pray and wor
ship and in season and out, keep our
selves in touch with God" -Nashvill
Banner.