New Britain herald., 1926-04-12
LIkENS HERETIC
 ID SHIP IN FOG
Doubt Is Mark Of Rallied Mind,
 Dr. AhlquiSt Says

Victor Davis will be the next gen. eral of the White army of Every mans Bible class, according to an announcement made yesterday by General William c. Hotchkiss. Mr. Hotchkiss reported that 1t had been decided by the White army not 10 go out of business at the close of this year, as had been originally con- tomplated. The executive committee at it's next meeting will be asked 10 elect MT. Davis as general.
 The general of the Bluo army re- ported yesterday that plans are be- ing made to take the orchestra to tho convention of Bible classes at Provi- dence, R. l., on May and 9. The Blue army will meet tonight at Sal vation Army headquarters.
 It was reported that Michael Mur- phy, old time fiddler, and Pop" Perkins, veteran piano player, will give concert at the next Blue army meeting next week. The date and litAS' lliNt iloi bVtll httli'us
 The sermon yesterday was by Rev. pr. A. A. Ahlquist. pr. Ahlquist spoke in part as follows:
 "Let me say, men, that there is q vast difference between an honest and a chronic doubter Thomas in our text was an honest doubter. He took no delight in 1t; it filled him with deep distress. It seemed i'm possible that Jesus who had been crucined and slain, was alive again. He demanded full and tangible proof. But he did not parade his doubts: as soon as the living Christ appeared the doubting Thomas made the clear, sublime confession, My Lord and my God"
 "There is another kind of doubt that call chronic condition. Look at the young men in our colleges and universities. How many of them are tainted with doubt in religious mat ters. They regard it, sad 10 say, as the mark of G superior mind. Look at tho advocates and followers of some of our trends of so-called New Thought, how they hug their doubts to themselves as a precious posses sion. Have you never heard people who expressed their doubts and then lQughingly add. but l was always somewhat of a hcretic,' and then they look for applause, and the pity is that the applause comes so often.
 "Doubt is never the mark of in- tellcctual strength: it is always the indication of q baffled intellect It's inevitable effect is inaction. To il- lustratc; If someone were 10 call fire and you doubted it, you would pay no attention to 1t; you would simply sit still; there would be in- action. If you were asked to insure your lifo or property In q company whose honesty you doubted. you would positively refuse to do it.
 If ever you get talking 10 an old sea captain and should ask him what he dreads the most, you will get q very quick reply indeed. q word Of just three letters--'fog. Fogs make ships 80 blind, and Q blind ship ia a ship in danger. That is why yes scls, like sightless men, carry leads by which they can take the depth of the water But. after all, the best they can do is to grope their way. An other aid is the under-water miCro- phone which will indicate a nearby bell buoy or lightship. The best aid now is radio, by which the exact To- cati,n can be known; but with all these the captain Is still anxious be- cauEe in a fog the ship is blind.
 DO you know, my friends, that Foul in sin, like q ship in q fog, is blind. and a blind soul Is a soul in danger?