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Show World's Age of Progress J Modern inventions Electric Motors I Talking Machines Faith in Future Possibilities Ancient - Faith Verified " Faith Means Success Whether Applied i to Earthly or Heavenly Things Reli gious Faith Does Not Keep Pace With ' f Faith in Future Possibilities Faith in Humanity Preserves the Social Unit ; Faith in God Essential for Salvation5 ' . It Directs the Intellect and Promises ; Unending Bliss Christ Showed the j ; Way. - (Writien for The Inkrmouniai?! Cfiholie.) j Humanity has im'.do wonderful strides in hip- j chanies and the arts and sciences during the past j ' ciituv.v. We have delved deep into things which j were unknown hut a few years nso. Inventions of j dl kinds to promote the material progress of the r:?ee have multiplied so rapidly and have eomo into J Midi general use that ihe people no longer doubt when 1 hoy read of some new and startling discovery. discov-ery. The facts which are seen and demonstrated have given us a faith in the ability of man to produce pro-duce other and even more startling things than 5 most of us have ever dreamed of. Electric street ; ears were almost unknown twenty years ago, and : many men remember well when the "knew nobody -ould talk over a wire." And the "talking "ma-i "ma-i chine, which is now regarded by some as a nui sance to be suppressed, nearly all of tis can remember re-member as so great a novelty that we gave up our i ( nickel or dime to hear, it recite ."Rum's Maniac"' . f1 through a rubber tube poked into our-oars. Ma li chines which add, subbtract. multiply, divide, eom- j" pute interest and do other mathematical problems. others -which set type, or stil others which make , 3 yicars or dig trenches have invaded fields which if-. t v neu were wont to believe invulnerable tr fhe'proe1- r" fVo of mechanical art. All these things have I . hanc-ct" the attitude of mankind toward the pos-J pos-J sibilities which have lain dormant , for so .many j centuries; and new "inventions are no longer re-' re-' ceived with such general, skepticism as characterized character-ized the announcement of these earlier discoveries. There is a long step between-the day primitive man - i discovred the principle, of the wheel and the in-' in-' I vent ion of:the bicycle and automobile, and in that lime humanity has learned to expect things from it be vizards of invention and to accept the mere announcement of a new invention as a fact 'which' : will some, day be proved. ' '" if This expectant '-anti receptive attitude, of, the, ? people is due to a crowing faith, and is the result j of the fulfillment of the public announcement that. , certain things have beeu accomplished, and have come into common use. For .4.000 years before the Christian era there f was a tradition handed down from generation to i generation of the promise of God for a Redeemer. No doubt in those times skepticism was a portion .f the lives of the people. .but the faith which with---- stood the onslaughts of skeptics grew with the passinc year until in' the wisdom of Cod the time was ripe for the appearance of the Star of Bethlehem, Beth-lehem, and the public announcement of ihe coming com-ing of the Christ child. -The failh in Cod's promise prom-ise found its highest expression in the actual pre?-, ence of the babe, for the promise had been fulfilled. Certainly no word conveys a stronger meaning' than faith, whether it be faith in earthly things or faith in heavenly 'things. Very little' can e accomplished ac-complished on this earth without it. The scientist, reasoning from effect, discovers the cause, and-from and-from the cause demonstrates the effect. Arriving at effect once -more, he has faith that the same, cause again will produce the same effect. The progress of invention lies upon the foundation of faith, and just as far as hmnaiiily has faith in itself it-self will it . march on triumphantly in material ihintr. . ' , . , . Rut with the growth of faith in ourselves these ha been a sad decadence of faith in religion be-i be-i cause, in the confusion of teachings, mankind -cems 1o have lost the clarion tones of the voice of iCod With the faith we are reeeiviuir from mankind man-kind through material successes we . need a restoration res-toration of the vigorous faith in God winch ehar-.-etr-riml the wise men and the shepherds who stood a the manger in Bethlehem. We ueed this, faith . 1.. secure our faith in one another, for we are the II . biidren of Cod and owe it to ourselves as well as ,o our Father to strengthen those bonds which unite Our business relations are founded found-ed on faith, the breaking of which has led to .innumerable .in-numerable complications in the business world, so that in these days we prefer the bond rather than ,hr word of honest men. Our knowledge our so-cial so-cial relations, indeed, the whole social fabric rest , I : P,,n our faith in one another. hen accept I :h word of another." that is faith. That is what i,rh means-accepting another s word - ! We not only owe it to ourselves, but God has ll times demanded from us faith ,n Him- f aie to secure salvation. It is not a choice but an obligation. ob-ligation. "Without faith it is impossible to please ('Civen a sound faith in Gorman is joined to the Infinite; his. reason and intellige nee re based I upon truth: hiadoubU -re d-pa ed hulrfe S ;eeds h::i o -ulde and direct our intellect, strengthen our anowl selves and make us Christians and men and M I - . women in the highest interpretation of these words. The promise of everlasting life is a glorious reward re-ward for those who accept the precepts of the church, an live with simplicity and faith, striving striv-ing ever to approximate the perfection attained by the Savior when He wa3 showing the way. s- |