Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-21

Emmanuel. He is the beginning and
also the end. the Alpha and the Omega.
The same yesterday, today, and for
ever.
LIN the beginning. God created the
heavens and the earth so we read in
Genesis. In the beginning was the
| Word. and the Word was made flesh
and dwelt among us John liza. Thus
the name of Jehovah opens the Old
Testament-God as Creator. and the
name of Jesus opens the New Tesla
ment-God as Savior. If the domi-
nant note of the Old Testament is
found in the words of the text. In
the beginning. God the dominant note
of the New Testament is found in the
words of Jesus, Seek first the king
dom of God Like octave tones on
the organ, the two reinforce and en-
rich one another.
Thinker Came First
"'In the beginning. God created the
ming. God-then earth and sky. A
thinking. willing person came first. not
thoughtless. formless chaos. First a
loving heart, then senseless matter.
Scientists of the nineteenth century
combatted the idea of a personal God.
offering as a substitute an impersonal
force. They wrote learnedly of a
first great cause, which they, however.
wrote in capital letters.
But these men died and their sue
~cessors maintain a different thesis.
Darwin ard Huxley. Spencer and Tyn-
dial were followed by Fiske and Wal
lace and Kelvin. Romanes and Lodge
and Meyers. These last. the greatest
scientists Of the opening years of the
twentieth century, binding upon the
foundation laid by their masters. lifted
the temple of science with reverent
hands of faith above the smoke II
clouds of dispute and denial into the
clear air of certainty and belief-even
as the modern skyscraper lifts its head
above the dust and smoke of the street
and as the mountain raises its snow
peak above the clouds.
Man Follows God
"In the beginning. God-then man.
Creation first, then temptation. In
the garden God planted. He placed
Adam and Eve to dress it and to keep
it. They were happy awhile. Then
into the peace of paradise broke a
disturbing presence. On the SOFT
silence of Eden's quiet fell the dis
cordant sound of the serpent.
"God will give us in His good time
whatever of knowledge is well for us
to have; but we must wait His time
or be forever harmed. Rather than
rush into danger before We are strong
to defend, let us rather pray, Lead us
not into temptation We lose our
| Eden of Innocence when w assert our
growing consciousness of manhood and
~womanhood by breaking from the re-
straints of home and heaven. And
knowing good and evil often ends in
our knowing chiefly evil and becoming
the equals of Satan.
Poor Cain. Somehow he had failed
to do right. and because his wrong
doing was not rewarded, his counte-
nance fell But God did not smite
the hot-headed youth. He reasoned
with him. IF thou doest well shalt
thou not be accepted? If thou doest
not we'll, sin coucheth at the door!
Seek Kingdom of God
"'Seek first the kingdom of God and
all these other things shall be added
Influence and power, comfort and pleas
lure. How true it is. 1t is proven
every day. Yet there are those who
would alter this divine arithmetic and
state the problem thus-Seek first the
kingdom OF God and all these things
shall be subtracted, They tell us
that young folks cannot enjoy them
selves in the church: that men cannot
make money. or be successful in poll
tics. if they put God first.
"These unbelievers in God and skep-
tics of men are simply mistaken. The
motto of these misinforced seems to
he. Seek first the kingdoms Of earth
and when you have secured all the
things you want in this world. then
look around for heavenly ones. The
first four words of their bible of un-
belief would read, In the beginning. l
God. They would change the
words of the text t make it read. AT
the end, God When death beckons
with ghostly finger, then it will be
time to seek Divine aid. they seem to
SAY. Then heavens hinges begin to