The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-08-02

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Real science and real religion both true TbN
never has been and never will be any conflict bea,
science religion But where today? AT wSa
stage of the journey have arrived, what ;s nat
outlook for the future? r
Evolved aeons ago, arrived in a world of A.,
he was absolutely ignorant, but his mind eyoved %
of nature that surround him. God commanded him o 90
So He has conquered much and gained much knoweSuo 10
but it must be confessed he stands today far from H.
mark of victory.
We hear much of the progress we have made and ,,.
our civilization, and at the time apt to cIo
our ewes to the real conditions / may saw notbw;tI
standing the horrible state in which find ourselves
our aims high, the spirit is strong but the fash -
weak and chained to the chariot of evil We @
at stand still. The wheels of progress apparentt
cease to
The human body is reeking with disease, notw;.,
standing all the recent discoveries of science relative
health and hygenic living.
The molecular action the human brain, distprnoa
by the morbid condition of the body has ceased to evo,
logical thought Our insane asylums crowded with
shrieking maniacs. On every hand meet indivdu.a
with distorted brains who, with loud voices are nr
claiming the merits Of idiotc cult, recommendsd
the of the human and give the assrro
of eternal bliss
Never since the dawn Of history has the relp;u,
world been storm swept it is at the present tms
The whole fabric of human faith and thought from
basic principles down to the variations opinion
have beeen shaken and threatened with seeming destpc
tion.
Is it not time for the thinking element of mankind
to call halt and in solemn silence ourselves: Wbe
we? Why we here? What doing and what
All the universe is one under the leadership of ono
first great
This little world of is only speck in the great
ocean of life. We only mote in the milky wav
Turn minds whatever portion of the heavens we
may and find the whole machinery of the universe
controlled by universal and nvariabe law. And this
is evolution.
Whether give attention to the physical or
spiritual realms cessation of natural law So
far determine with finite minds God does
nothing outside of the realm of law. When do not
understand that law, call it supernaturalism or
miracle This is because ignorant. The vision
of humanity is not yet perfect "We through glass
darkly From the earliest intelligence to the present
hour all startling phenomena have been explained by at
trbung them to the power of God That is we
do not understand yet children. So our ancient
ancestors explained the lightning and the thunder the
movement of the tide and the changes of the moon
Certainly it is the power of God, but science has
advanced in all these things recognize the operations
of Gods natural law. believe Christ lived and per-
formed miracles l believe every of these miracles
was the result of the operation of natural and psychic
lava law which just beginning to understand
and which Christ knew we would thoroughly understand
was talking to the childhood of humanity.
Referring to his miracles noting the wonder of his
disciples and looking to the science of the future he
claimed; Greater than these things shall do Are
not doing some wonderful things today? Is it not true
that of the things science through the medical pro-
fession is doing today would have been considered
cles had they occurred in the days of Christ?
the greatest scientist and the greatest physician the world
has produced He Master of the psychic law but
he also prescribed medicine Did he not tell the blind
This pool fed by failing spring The record
does not show how long he took the baths This spring
may have contained curative eements-it might have
been radium Jesus cured indivduals-no Christian
doubt it. But on this earth today millions of human be-
ngs alive who would have been dead had they not
received vaccination Through the efforts of the medical
profession smallpox has almost become unknown. Untold
millions of children have been saved the death deal
ing diphthera by the injection of antitoxine Millions of
other children alive because they been made i'm
mune to diphtheria by the injection of another
Through the advancement of medical science yellow
fever hyphoid typhus, and malaria almost things
OF the past In few years with the advancement
that we are now making, it will be considered crime for
anyone to be permitted die with tuberculosis
the earth by science put in operation by the great
mHdcal profession. Can any deny that this is the
ulhliment of the prophecy of Jesus.
Sending the human voice along wire to be heard
many miles away would have been hailed miracle
by Peter James john And it would have been still
greater miracle to listen to choir singing thousand
miles away their voices coming through blue ether
without any visible connecting medium. And still greater
than these things shall do Some day through the
achievements of science by of RADIO shall sing
m unison with other planets and the prophecy will be
fulfilled the morning shall sing together and Zion
shout for joy"
If in those ancient days boat had risen up in the
air and sailed away with the and speed of eagle
IL surely would have been considered wonderful miracle
evll and had the captain of the boat burned at the
stake The airoplane would have been a miracle.
Science is the door through which shall find sal
Yaon and evolution is the method of Gods work shop
'hr'st himself is the mtmatum of the evolution of life
on our planet With the advent Jesus religion and SCI
ence absolutely joined hands the salvation of human
y and Christ the living evidence of the of the
flesh and the spirit. All creation is n unit