The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-02-01

Gentlemen exclaimed the Judge
sput this down as automatic. The
world is not lost. neither is humanity
hopeless. 1t never was lost, It never
will be lost. The old theology that
taught and still teaches total deprav-
itv-that is. it is still taught in spots
is passe. How often upon my cars
has that accent OF hopelessness fallen
when some self-pitying evangelist
dwells at length on the theme so dear
TO his heart, this poor. lost world!
Scarcely had this world been popuia-
ted with men when the Creator estab-
hshed a medium OF communication
with his creatures and the divine Will
has never been absent from the mind
and heart OF mankind. Paul clearly
establishes this truth in his letter to
the Romans. i:20:
For the invisible things OF him
since the creation OF the world
are clearly seen, being perceived
through the things that are made,
even his everlasting power and d.
vinity; that they may be without
excuse.
The last phrase, that they may be
without excuse, applies to all who
with impunity break the command
ments, or rather, disobey the COM
mandments of God. No one can
break a commandment OF God; the
commandment breaks him, whatsoever
he may be. who thinks by insuboTdin-
alton he may fashion this worlds al
fairs according to his own caprice.
Gods love for the race he put here
looks out for that. He will punish,
he will cause to suffer, no end OF cal
amity may come upon certain indi-
viduals, races, nations or generations.
But the blame for it all lies with man
himself. The world is in bad way
Just now, but that IS altogether dit
fercnt statement than to declare that
the world is lost and hopeless and mt
TO be destroyed by the wrath OF God.
When God called Abraham from Ur
OF the Chaldees, it was the love OF
the Father implanting in the heart
of his servant that imperishable prom
Use that through him all nations were
to be blessed, not cursed. When God
called Moses from the land OF the
burning bush, when he sent him as the
leader of Abraham's descendants, now
three million souls, when
from the midst of awful detonations
of thunder and the glare OF inter-
mittent lightnings. mighty symbols OF
creative energy, Moses received that
which gave to the world
the Sinaitic code, God, the loving
Father, was still further establishing
his leaven of Righteousness in the
hearts OF men that peoples innumer-
able might be saved and not damned.
So the first lesson that Israel learned
at Sinai was the meaning OF Gods
eternal lovingkindness. Now get the
OF the character of God
revealed in the Ten Commandments.
The first commandment necessarily
forbade idolatry and directed atten-
ion to the oneness of God-mono- |
heism as against the prevailing poly
heism OF the nations. Bowling down |
o any image whatsoever, any symbol
Of divinity is specifically forbidden
or God is spirit, and they that
worship him must worship him in spirit
nd in truth. The pure spirituality
With which Jehovah must be worship
'ed Alright is made clear in these re-
words, Deui. iv:l2:
And Jehovah spake unto you out
OF the midst of the FIRE: We heard
the voice of words, but we saw
no form; only We heard a voice.
The same chapter, verse 10, adds as
ne compelling reason why God spoke
5 a voice and did not appear as a
'rm, lest ye corrupt yourselves and