Show IS AWARE AWAKE lO to Jo SPIRIT ABROAD 1 7 f f. f M ral Progress as Well as Blessings FolIo Follow f Scientific Research STRENGTHENS MANS MAN'S FAITH FAjTH It J and Advance- Advance Go T Together Says I i Rev C C. C E E. E Perkins t 1 Sio jio Spirit of oC In estl Investigation and anti Ad- Ad Af wn the fH bJ subject cl t for tor day mornin morning sermon b by tire life lieS S xV- xV c K p. Pt Perkins of St. St Pauls Paul's church text was IS taken from the seven seven- l chapter chaper of the Acts of tho the Apo Apos- Apos bes eleventh ele er verse f and was In part as follows fOllows' The spirit of oC In e Investigation and advancement ad ad- l D L' L Is IR not confined to the nineteenth nine nine- tt nth nn and twentieth centuries only We find the he disciples s In III Asia Minor nor In Investigating In- In esti the truths which St. St Paul Paui reached preached to them As the they found them in Ti accord l with historic development th they identified themselves with tio principles enunciated t rI Because the tho car early etters came come Into any my n new nf country countr by hand cart and aud on ott root foot It Is nn no argument that persons today olay tolo should not use the vcr very best hest means mean of oC locomotion available Deame Bo- Bo ause ame our forefathers lived In log los cabIns cab cab- Ins ns and adobes we cannot argue that lint palatial residences l should be he displaced d dby by Y tho the ol time old methods of re residence The Tue spirit of advancement ad Is in the air Smooth streets ts replace rough rO and amI muddy mud mud- dy ly r streets of or which It ml might ht have o been said SaIl the they were navigable nn and there were spots where both the pedestrian and ani teams teamster er might fort ford with the least III- III Advancement d in our 11 physical welfare is th the tho call of the toe Ila tiny day Tho Tue fruit from tropical climes is served cd Lupon tables Delicious viands from the tho t of oC the earth furnish h a n well weB prepared ared feast I 1 Material I t rc research earch has given iven us ma- ma blessings The harnessed lIghtn lIght lIght- n furnishes hes us its with light for fo- our 1 InnS anti ami makes maps the tue duties of to tio toI I lius and others less leM nr arduous Like lIlo I 1 a. a network of or steel tho globe Is 18 COY cov- j J ll with railways affording access to tot t A parts of or the land On Ones One's s 's voice II is n lle hIe to friends hundreds R of oC miles a News s from tho the earths earth's remotest is served ser to us with our nex next J A man of or half as man many loons today as ns Methuselah had yeats eal n older h by a more varied experience nce Vis lis is due to the toe spirit of 01 In n n j and advancement In scientific and an n l 3 things I What hot shall wo we sa say of the moral con eon Lion of oC the people We are arc Inclined Incline 0 o think that the tho same some spirit has sow sow-n pod o seed floed unit anti wo WI are aro reaping reaping- some o or of fl r ps e harvest Who would d have hava dreamed r years ago ngo that two great parties would tin have 0 agreed to o inal mul tho ho contribution to campal n It I t is a ua natural tural result Th y Tp to malco o at purging U corporate Interests ts of or the tho land mus must t Pelt set an in example In this respect V ii welcome publicity In the lie bod body pollI poll poll- I Jt It Is 19 healthful f Church I Is taink tie church Is awake awal e to this spirit Iso She Sho has hns nothing to fear from is spirit of or reverent Investigation M 1 l lero rO can no longer longcr bo be a n. faith for Cor tho the l nest on and another for Cor the tho laity MIn Mm- 11 i ster and people are arc ono one In on one holy fause lauze Truth will prevail pre A mans man's faith Is the stronger er because for or himself him self Rolf he searches and 1 hinds finds out tho the truth and when he Is In accord tho the great ireat n advancement for the mora moral uplift of or humanity he becomes the greater renter leader because ho he h himself e has searched sarh 11 whether tho those o thin things s w were r soP so P Is demanded I chur church h fi S and trusts committed to 10 her hei aie are th the peoples people's gifts girts for fOt or a a. noble caus cause cause- and e cr every such otic contributor has a a. rIght to know If Ir the funds are aro disposed of or ofIn orin ofin In tho the best Int Interests of or humanity as a ahole whole hole lieu Her faith ralth commands respect when It is committed to tho attention of or all people anti and when she has no s so- so cro crets ts to conceal Like her hf Master si site sue c proclaims upon the house tops 1 lr if there thero Is anything hidden she sho Is no not true to her Master She has OM only one Master He lie pro- pro himself as os the lI light ht- ht of ot the world Ills His disciples h he lie said were v also the lI lights of or tho thu world Therefore t atrue tl a true dl does not fear the tho light His nd I Is open opeti He lie welcomes Inc In- In c r and he knows a advancement result rC He lie Is keenly awake to the sl signs nR of or tho times Tf IC this spirit has tone slone so much for hl his huis ph physical being leing fie 10 e believes 1 CS that its operation in spiritual spirit spirit- l ual ull things will likewise result In good goodlAd I lAd Ad ld himself nn and all humanity It Tt Is la only f trOU h this spirit that he ho h gains th tha tha-t created the thc the glori glorias lorl os p lor or which he hc was 1 for f liberty of or tho the sons of oC Go God I |