| Show ON UI Baltimore Sun Religion n aa as a matter of f fact tAct has hos al nl always ways been IJ n arid always will be he till lie most potent Influence In titans life JIle It tt is universal Indestructible Front From the lie of Hercules to the tire pagodas of ot china from tin the north to tho the south tire ihu earth corth la is everywhere filled with her works work Home somo om special who larva some same ln newfangled theory the l to foist I upon the world may assert the tho con tEar but as oa often oUen as nil the heart of or Uio thur leopie Is touched the tho nations nt fly fir to Jail God Jailor or i Leader Today fed y multitudes of ot people are ate In Inquiring quiring CJ for lol that which Is true truo regard I the character uric arid government of oC nod their relations to Him and IIIi Ills III purpose concerning them It Is nut not enough to tell them thorn that In many Augustine and Calvin and At Ar anti many later Inter teachers wore were In uror r that their hard harti doctrines vono not oot truer truo They Tho oti the truth IlS as tt ii t Is 19 In the Gospel of ot inlet hrUt ami to have that truth plainly unfolded to their minim minds And lIel they do lIe not cato calo for ter they do in 11 not need treed In any form There Is la no sound tonson why wIry they should Tile 11 Gospel It iS I positive unequivocal and Rill unambiguous on oil 01 tile the th great gl at questions of at life lire duty and destiny And It ii IR is this title positive lox Gos Gospel pel jeI that hint tire the hearts of tho tire people yearn for live OI It to thorn them Tho The Watchman It Is sometimes to sold that what we 0 need today Is IN nn un ethical ns an distin distinguished train from nn an emotional or senti mutt mentI or doctrinal o revival relm of ot religion Wo confess t that we do not briny o ox ex what the hi distinction means menns or but we wo Are aro clear that we WI need d beyond t d It shadow shallow of ot question In ull our OUI churchlY u II revival that will Impress upon every members heart tho the vast ant of or the Christian doc doe doctrine trine InUre of t time the wholeness of 01 life lIle The rho adjustment of ot Christians to It would take Christianity from the church and nn 1 the tho and the closet RIll and the lh j jIck sick Ick bed bcd Into tho the shop the market the tho chloe the mint room the i I I inid ottil t i f tha thili ball lir ground n and i li tho home 1 Wn Wa ft aro are nil all the tho th time line talking about tho pow power er lr C of Christian example to win men rica to Christ When we make spirituality In every plume phrase of 01 human oc occupation und and Interest we wo shall see se many loan Illustrations of oC truth Henry Ward Beecher Every Eer single ingIe day clay should be to you a II aday a athey they day of oC royal r J discontent You Yeu never thought as nit RI well as ns you ought to think never nev r meant us as highly as ns you ou ought mean You never planned as 09 nobly ns you ought to plan You never x aB well as you ou ought to exe oxe execute execute cute Over tho the production of et tho schol scholar ar over oer tho canvas of oC the artist over oer overtIme tho tIme landscape gardener over the primers knife knill there ought to tolover tolover lover Ills his III blessed Ideal Idel telling Your Yo r work Is poor it be bo better so that every day he should lift himself higher anti and high higher er cr with nit nil everlasting pursuit of et hope which Khali end nd In perfection n when sh h n ho the t e laud land 1 beyond ond Hartley In Sacra So era is nothing so 80 charac characteristic of ot the tho theological trend of or tho the times ns RI the Ihl of ef authority in religion Including that of ot the Holy Scriptures Wo Vt l do not nol mean merely the rejection of the Inerrancy of ot scrip tore ture or III nn nut theory of in m inspiration but the dental denial of ot the trust s und pati 1 authority of ot tho This Tins drift Lot jt M cUrrent c rr n speculative thought toward lu tuti 1 th tIr f rejection of 01 au nu authority RB as nl 4 C belief bellet Is IH fruit ful tul In tn practical results There Is n a widespread restiveness under definite of er doctrine and anil duty and anda a 1 strong de for Cor greater ter latitude In Inthe inthe the tho rejection of old beliefs anti and rules of ot There Is 18 an nil undue exaltation of the human element In the Scriptures und and n a Ignoring of or the divine till time till latter Is Ie largely left leCt out of at sight light Nay more In some cases It hns Irna conic come to this that prominent teach teachers teAchers ers era within the he Christian churches hold that list whether tho the scripture script Ute records In Including including eludIng w what hat the tho Gospels tell us about the tho Lord Jf us Christ are lire facts or fic nt Ic Is a matter of oC minor Importance that need not affect a t Christian faith or Of pIe This Title Is as us much moth ns as to nay 50 a that those who reject r l l the historic Jesus CIrclet of ef the Gospels may still claim I to be bo Ills His disciples Time The poet Coleridge I counted nothing In the Bible Inspired except what whal found him Some mod modern modera era ern teachers teach rs appear to hold that noth ing lag In the DIble has han any nn authority for tor then them but what whal they choose to Indorse They regard tho the Scriptures merely as the thoughts thought and lessons which good goodmen goodmen men of or former time address to the tho people leople of ot their day do |
