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Show THE XIHACULOUS IN" r.EHGIOX In a previous article piiUltucd a week ago today, it was eJiown In a general nay, that tbe c.xpc-ilion against iiiiraciei, ire-anrcj anous forms. A -uor-i firilcular statement state-ment of faCs may prove interesting. J'iequcutly the iosibility of miracles is eimplydenied. Voltaire is credilcd witli the following say-in-r. "If I ntit iUninu: at the Teilcri iaarc, m Tani, together vuh tea laoosaad rer-tons, rer-tons, and an indt-pBtaVc mtracle irerc fer-fonned,7ctI fer-fonned,7ctI wo9lraicr believe that r-j, EcetsgQts nrro blind snd that cVcry oce of the tea Lhonaaad was a fco, ttan I ivoald admit the rcatny ? tie nsiclc Thb is the position of many skeptics. skep-tics. T&ey doubt aud deny because they choose to jo so against all evi-deuce. evi-deuce. -,Vllh peopiocf thU dlpi tio.i there can be no dircutilou. When even ocular icmocstratiina cease to be accepted as proof? exery rational procara m ""cil3rl!Dg must be given tp as Useless and the op-poi-r-iis must be left to themselves to enjoy their lanatlc incredulity. AnoUier class of skeptics. find mostly among the Frelcr-iitpeople, confine themocivt-! Vj a daulal of the ointinnarice vt miracle. Thcy lVe the ground that miracles have ceased tccauc they are uj longer needed. But these "Christian" ekeptics find themelves confronted by the unpleasant necef-sity c? rejecting re-jecting many plain i-artigc!. of the Xew Tcstanicnt. Our lord teaches very clearly that miracnlotts cifts; should continue. falCi V described de-scribed ss the Jo-v-ir't'hrough whidi prophetying, healing, cabticg out or demons and other great works are to be jicrfbrmed, and it is unreasonable un-reasonable to suppose that faith was to continue but that these great effects ef-fects of faith were to ccac Our Savior tatuK, with an a;-unuice thntcught to remove every doubt: "Venlj.acnlr f I-ay cat too, lie tliat brlieYelfc on me, the woria U4atldoha!l hela'ca. aad rrcalcr vorW iKin iti ' ihalt bo do; tccare t tn to my IrYUltT." JotaK.t.'. I If we rightly contidcr Ihia fcrtat promise, it will be plain that the "Christian" denial et continuous miracles is a more serious apostacy tliau ni-my arc aware of. Christ assures his followers that thoj who believe in Him chould have power to perform greater -.locks than He had dons. An I ne gives the R-a-son for this; His influence with the Father in behalf of His believing brethren, an influence which one of the results of Mr sccomp-lislied sccomp-lislied atonement. ifow, In tbe light of this asMir-ance asMir-ance it is lerrioly plain that the denial of the continuation of the miraculous gift, is a denial of the efficacy of the alonementand of the acceptance of that divine work by ourjicaveuly Father. It strikes at the very foundation of Christianity and leaves the Protestauta, whether they know it or not, and notwithstanding notwith-standing their loud declamations to thecontrary, iu the very camp of infidels. in-fidels. The peculiar position of the Protestants Pro-testants Is very awkward in another respect. In recognizing the miracles of the Bible and denying the continuation con-tinuation of then) after the time covered by the biblical records, they ire compelled not only to deny the Xcw Testament teachings in regard to the subject, but they must also deny some plain facts btated by accepted ac-cepted ecclesiastica' writers. Miracles Mir-acles w ere by .no nieans unknown to the followers of Christ iu the after-apostolic after-apostolic age. Justinus Marty (died 1G5 A. D.) says in his "Apology:" "That tlie Ltagdoa of tbe dcdiont hat ben dttrojel through Chrut Ton may Icaoirlrom. what yon see mtbyonr own eye, lor many of onr people hare been healed and an constant; healin; thoto who are poMtted with evil ipinu in tbe crholc world ;yea even inyosreity 'tome;; and anch aa could net L healM l.y anr other exortIns ara tfilM t&isur t. Hi Dirr.efcf JftnjCtilft " . I Irut-'u-? Ue.l2tr2)inlils' Against |