The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11

.'AB.OUIiN|EN IDEAL
breaches Unusual Sermon at
Quarterly Conference
Last Night.

aisssNINGToN, Dec. II. = The
Rev Il. Fred Anderson Of Wheel.
ingb district superintendent, preach.
ed the evening sermon at the First
NJ 2, Church last night. He was
iere 10 attend the first quarterly.
opfesence.
The Reverend Mr.. Anderson
isoke In an interesting manner re.
sarding the objections often raised
concerning the inter conceptions Or
Interpretations Of certain parts OF
ihe scriptures, and pointed out tina:
the change in viewpoint on certain
teachings Is to be expected.
HIS text, found In First CORN.
thianst 1872, was For now We
see tiirouhg a glass, darby; but
then face to face now know IL
epart hut then shall know even
rs alsd 7 am known"
ThlSh chapter, he said, is fire..
qiently called the Chapter OF
loYg,2 He then called attention 10
thb teaching Of progress, or greater
spowle ledge found in the chapter,
q SSggested that 1t might also
"a eaHed the Chapter OF progre5.
siyeness, or growth"
i ut isE natural to expect develop.
ment along certain lines" he said.
and SO we reach out into the field
Of Investigation and learn things
We never suspected before. AMI
vet, this. increased knowlege doesn't
detract In the least from the grel.
fundamental truths. These truths
are fixed truths, which apply as
Ewell TO one time as to another, and
10 one generation as another"
He pointed out that the great
longing OF the human heart Is TO
know more about the "glver OF
life, and insisted that a change in
the Interpretation Of secondary por.
I lions Of the Bible do not conflict
| with Christian ideals and teaching.
AS an illustration showing the
change in opinions that might be
expected, the Reverend Mr.. Ander.
son pointed out the old belief that
the world Is flat. People used 20
point to the scriptures, which speak
Of the four corners Of the world,
he said. people lived believing /:
Nat, and died still believing 1t flat"
Nc added, "and I shouldn't be sur.
81 ssed Il .there Ere more people IN
lheayer who believed that the ear.n
Is fiat than there are of people who
believed AZ round"
ME newer belief that the earth
Is round. he said, is merely an indt-
cation OF increaaed knowledge and
understanding. In just the same
way, he added, we have changed
our belief concerning portions OF
the Bible, and yet the later inter.
ptetations do not affect the Chris.
,tian faith, (
he mentioned the early belief IN
the spscalled Mscourges or calamI.
tiess Believed to have been sent by
God! Typhoid fever, he declared.
was known as a great scourge sent
~ God because OF wickedness. La
ter. IL was shown, people learned
that more cleanliness and q general
house cleaning OF the premises -.
getiier with clean living go far to.
wnrd preventing this disease. MaE
sings It upon himself, he declared.
T6sprove that the attitude chang.
es continually toward things the
Reverend Mr.. Anderson told OF
hearing a teacher say years ago
That the purpose Of algebra is ito
develop the mind" Just recently,
however, a prominent educator said
ismen active in school work have
known for years that there amt
so such animal as a mind develop.
en- ~ believed that I knew what
S.algebra Is for said the speaker,
sbnt others reject that belief for a
neWers one"
IN conclusion he stated that
etksse things arc to show how VIC
! sci, bit by bit, larger understand
ing Of, things as they are" He ap.
piled this statement as an explana.
Son OF the meaning Of the text,
Now know in part; but then l
Shall know even as also ! an
known.s'