The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-09-01
BACK TO GOD

The supreme need of the day is
to get back to God-to a love of
God that fills the heart, the mind
and the soul, and dominates every
impulse and energy of life.
Evolutionists are leading their
followers away from theCreator,
away from the word Of God, and
away from the Son of God. They
teach that man is the -lineal des-
cendant of the lower animals-that
he has in him, not the breath of
the Almighty but theblood of the
brute. They tear out the Old tes-
lament the first chapter of Gene
sis, and then, having discarded the
miracle, they tear out the first
chapter of Matthew and deny the
Virgin birth of the Savior. They
would, i'm effect, dethrone Jehovah
strip the Bible of it's claim to in
spiration, and libel theMaster, by
branding him as the illigitimate
son of an immoral woman. Their
creed denudes life of it's spiritual
elements and makes man Ia brother
to the beast.
Materialism has so paralyzed
the mental machinery of the
evolutionists that they cannot
comprehend spiritual things. They
cam understand how gravity,
though an invisible force, can
draw all matter downward to the
earth, but they cannot how an in
visible God, all-powerful, allwise,
and all-loving, can draw the souls
of men upward toward his throne.
Their minds are open to the most
absurd hypothesis advanced in the
name of science, but their hearts
are closed to the plainest spiritual
truths.
These exponents of british
philosophy have entered our uni
versities with boldness; they have
crept into some of our Christian
colleges by stealth; they have
even wormed their way into few
of our theological seminaries.
They make agnostics and atheists
of multitude of trusting stu
dents; they take young men away
from the ministry; they palsy the
zeal of some who stand behind the
pulpit.
1t is time Christians of the coun-
try should understand the ravages
that the groundless hypothesis of
Darwin is making. 1t is depriving
the church of the support of young
men and young men who ought to
be it's leaders; it furnished
Neitzsche with a basis for his
Goddess philosophy "a philo-
sophy which led the world into its
bloodiest war and it is bringing
chaos into the industrial world.
What can be done to combat it and
save church and civilization from
it's benumbling influence?
First, those who preach and
teach should be called upon to an
nounce their views so that their
positions may be clearly under
stood. Every citizen has right
to think as he pleases-to worship
God according to the dictates of
his conscience, or refuse to wOr-
ship him. That is an inalienable
right that should not under any
circumstances be interfered with,
but those who employ minister
for themselves or an instructor for
their children have a right to
know what the teachers are to
teach.
Second, only Christians should
be permitted to teach in Christian
schools and colleges. If denomi-
national schools cannot find in
structors to teach every branch of
Tearing that needs to be taught
they have no reason for existence.
i, Third, Christian taxpayers
should insist upon a real neat
rality in religion wherever neut-
rality is necessary. The Bible
should be attacked where it cannot
be defended. Professors, paid by
the public, should mot be permitted
to undermine the religious faith
of students. No amount of edu-
cation can compensate for the des-
truction of faith. Out of the heart,
not out ofthe head, are the issues
of life; as man thinketh in his
heart, not as he thinkest in his
head, so is he.
The sin of this generation is
mind Worship worship as des-
tructive as any other form of idol
airy. To your tents, O, Israel!
w. j. BRYAN