The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-01-22

I time ago when reveries were reali-
ties-the little completeness of life.
We all have that hour in our keeping,
in the treasure house of the soul, en-
craven in every fibre and sinew of our
being.
Our endeavors at this time is in
exploiting the extremists ideas of ev-
olution. Webster defines evolution
as the gradual development or de-
scent of forms of life from simple Or
low organized types. Theoretically
speaking, we may believe in such
doctrine inasmuch as it is consistent
with the scriptures, but when the
same takes precedence over the all
inspired word, it is then that the
check-rein must be used least faith
and morals be weakened.
Let us take the following admoni-
ton with good grace: "And because
from thy infancy thou hast known
the holy scriptures, which can in
struct thee to salvation, by the faith
which is in Christ Jesus. All scrip
lures, inspired of God, is profitable
to teach, to reprove, to correct, to in
struct in justice. p Tim. 3:15-16.
In the Book there is nothing but
what is true and just; besides plenty
of evidence may be procured so as to
satisfy the most incredulous mind.
The destruction of Jerusalem and
the subsequent dispensing of the
/ Jewish race throughout the various
nations; the visible remnant of the
Tower of Babel-man's easy access to
heaven; the worlds deluge or the
maelstrom of malediction gives a Gu
rious twist as to the ascendency and
descendency of mans intellectually;
the rainbow as a covenant is a visible
proof that cannot be denied.
With God all things are possible,
without Him we can do nothing. We
came into the world without our con-
sent or knowledge; presumably we
shall go out the same way. Men can
not attain to any great degree Of per-
lection upon his own part, as St. Paul
tells US distinctly that he boasts not
of the acquiring Of a life of sanctity
but that 81 am what l am by the
| grace of our Lord Jesus Christ"
Naturally men are prone to evil
rather than good, as the human race
inherits this inclination through the
disobedience of our first parents who
broke the commandment by eating
the forbidden fruit. Had they re-
manned faithful to God we would I'M
doubtedly have been created upon
far different plan than tn cone en-
! Joined by our present mode of exis-
tence, for was it not decreed that
! Adam and Eve and their posterity,
should henceforth earn their bread
/ by the sweat of their brow? This
was part of their punishment for
their infdelity. To make it yet cas-
Ter for our conception, science tells
US that there are certain diseases
that are hereditary and that "the
wages Of sin is DEATH" so it is quite
certain that we must have inherited
this sin. Born into the world with
limited vision, it is hard for man to
see otherwise than the things around
him, and so the first essentials of sal
/ walton is called forth in that of faith.
AS there are very few people who do
not believe in the hereafter, we will
sum up briefly just what is to be
looked forward to at the close of a
life we'll spent in doing our duty both
to God and our neighbor.
In departing this life we can not
believe that we become irrational be-
ings; that this great development or
transformation will tend to make us
any the less happy; contrary, we be-
lieve with God and our friends we
shall be joyful and glorious. Those
who know what it is to be in the COM
| pany of loved ones can but family
comprehend the happiness that is to
be found there. We are told that the
Garden of Eden portrayed something
of this nature. If such consisted of
the joys of eternity, likely we could
have endured the primitive state of
our first parents.
The secoud great factor is hope.
e'e must strive always to do the
tight, no matter what, although we
receive little or no announcement.
We must not falter in the perform
ance of our duty, but stick to it up
hill and down, just as the wise men
did when they journeyed from the
east. Follow the hope-star; it will
bring you safely to the journeys
end.
Faith, hope and charity, but the
greatest Of these is charity.
Now charity is most beautifully in
terpreted as love and upon this de-
pendeth the fulfilling of the law. For
it is written that we must love God