| Show MIRACLES AND THEIR USES THE interior a presbyterian paper endeavors to give a reason why miracles were performed in olden ohle times but are not now manifested i connection with the Chri christian religion reli ilk it says bays that in dealing with a nass theistic stio race it was necessary poly divine manifestations adapted to their that comprehension should be ein employed plo ved to t arrest their attention and A them of the existence of god and alii S his hia fatherly interest in thera them vi or y after this was effected it 4 that miracles were of no do further aaa and that they ceased because caa a mink UW cle cis after the close of the written rw bation would woula have been unnecessary and an in the divine guld ance ot of men it is strange how blind intelli 1 gent people become when attempt ing to justify their own ion christ promised that certain gifts should be given to td them that believe not as a proof of the existence ut god ca or as a means to create belief but BB as the const consequence quence and effect of faith for the benefit and comfort of ef bellev bellert ere em and as signs of their true laita laa god tile the absence of these signs la the modern orthodox churches to la a standing argument of skeptics the truth of christianity and ami an a awkward thing for theologians to ex i plain they usually fall into folly equal to that of the interior ju iu their endeavors if miracles were only necessary to turn polytheists to mono t theism how was it that they were continued among the israel ites for many generations after they embraced the masado creed anaf he worshipped wor shipped the one ode living and true goo god A and nd further is it not a tact that the miracles of jesus of nazareth wera wem ped performed ormed amona ft n people who were monotheists heists were tile the people of the th early christian church poly were not miracles common also among them these won were certainly not given to convince the either of the existence of gott got or arof 0 f the fact that Us he was one v As to the close of the written reve lation 10 1 0 we fear the interior to is equally equall J ahil which wao the close of in error and when written rev revelation elation the who can CAIA tell when the closed it was and be justified in saying baying sayan bayan I 1 laet an t was given and if there was wae to be no in more ore really ceased for ever revelation logical to infer it not dot be more would revelation had stopp stopped that so as necessary necee aary than were more mira miracles cleg before if they were M besig designed rued to prove and his father the existence xi of god interest in mankind ly the commonly accepted theory of modern sects ariev that revelation mirac miracles mir aclee hea healings links and other to mani from god man ceased with the apostolic age ical and out of with the w woich are harmony taken as an the role bole guide of christendom it if the almighty posed in bluer a sort eort of COD conjurer Jurer to times as 8 and rid make polytheists aston astonish lilb the them elsts or to demonstrate to anybody the as fact ct ot of his existence business two the why did he be quit that down seeing thousand years yeara ago have been there day to the of PoW heiste in millions illions millions upon who atil numbers of individuals his hia existence either deny or doubt ehas that the new to testament miracles were part of the system established by christ and his apostles it t them hem in the Is written that god placed nothing is clearer than the church enunciated by of doctrine the result of rama nazareth letb that wey they were faith go thy way thy faith bath all things aro are made t thee bee whole 13 believe they to them that e pos possible possibly follow them that be ci to were were signs signes aeve 1 and proofs fl that they were be they w were ere given by the lle to the members bembe rg of the church for fer their benefit and edification and as much the heritage of they were the saints and a consequence e quence of the reception of the holy spirit as was the testimony of jesus and the knowledge of the truth the truth is that the manifestations of the power of and ana tiong to man maii began to be discontinued after the dea death th of the apostles Apo etlea ot ol jesus soo soon because the people who professed ased ills name 9 departed from the faith aith sp they gave heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils they turned their ears ean from the truth and were away s te teachers turned unto fables false baroug brought ht in damnable heresies her esies and cothro through ugh covetousness made of the eoula of men darkness came in like a hood flood and covered the orld the light of succeeding reforma eions only in part dispersed tile the gloom and 1 in n th the 0 nineteenth ventury the trained ministers ml of the contending sects eato are still under the cloud god does not change he la is ever the some earne his ways are one eternal round he is ia approached through faith the same today as aa of old aalthe all the blen blevings ings enjoyed by the early christians may be received by latter day christiana miracles healin healings gP signs and divine communications can be as extensively manifested now as ut st any former times time but they are not displayed dia played as by the magicians art to create wonder or make mes mea believe but are given as the fr ofte of faith and as am signs to I 1 follow them that believe miracles so called are not marvele to awe the ignorant nor are they wrought io in opposition to the laws of nature they are as natural as an the effects of any known force though the laws by which they are effected may be commonly commo n ly unknown unk DOWIL they are not to be relied upon alone as evidences evidence of the truth true religion must spring from a love of tight right and the faith which is saving must come from evidence and testimony by hearin hearing 9 the word of god the interior reasons from false premises and therefore reaches false conclusions but it is strictly orthodox in each and modern christendom will have haye to reverse its position both in reg regard ard to 40 revelation and to miracles |
