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Wright, of Spangle, W. T.. He was
on.his way to Harrisburg to hold a
meeting. He reports the cause
prospering in Eastern W. T. We
were glad to form the acquaintance
the soul. This and this only is the
religion that enters the workshop,
gives direction to the farm, deals
out justice over the counter, and
controls the nation’s commerse.
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t.W. Jpmmrmne
ject of man as a result of evolution.
That Darwin was a scholar and a
great man in other respects is not
questioned. He has furnished the
scientific world with many inter
esting facts, and has stimulated
This is the voice of science on the
question, and its true province is
to rest with the facts. It is only
as this theory of evolution bears on
the Bible statements that we have
to do with it; and every Egyptian
THr^'-spìrit of investigation fchal • ,Itn,,nnv and imnmn sk«H
vinced that he is a big preacher in to this world to make known to
hope
will
yet
result has been discovered, every city that
us, and that gave direction and we
more than one sense.
in greater victory for truth has been unearthed, and indeed
purpose to all he said and dfrl for
and a strengthening of the Bible every additional discovery that has
A BUSINESS RELIGION.
the. world. When men and women,
facts. Ii.is a great mistake to de been made in the land of man’s
James tells us of a religion that many of whom are nominal Chris
nounce Mr. Darwin as an ignoramus. primitive existence has only gone to
is Dure and undefiled, which clearly tians, are brought wholly under the
His trouble did not consist in his confirm the Scripture statement,
implies that there may be other "mTTuOhce "tffThis religion, there willj ■
inability to accumulate facts, but* that in the beginning"God" made
religions which are impure and de be a reformation all along the line.
filed. We are to understand then We believe that business would rather in his lack of skill in man out of the dust of the earth,
that there is but one true religion take on a new dress, the present handling these facts. IIo could lay that the Bible is a revelation of
while there way 1c many false pen.leucyof soealled fashionable down his premises, but failed in God from first to last and that the
would be Ranged-and 11,o «'« lo^th<,ugl.t-and Meal dis-I
.
ones. We are to understand fur society
nations" of the earth would be r crimination necessary to draw the
’
4EHL.
remains only as a bubble on the
thermore that the religion of which nations* of the earth would be
James speaks Is "einphatrcaliy'ii revolutionized. We - as-piofoundly jcgitimate conclusions. . His theory great ocean of thought to be tossed
business religion, one that enters believe as we are conscious of our was far in advance of his discover and burst, by the mighty waves of
into and becomes a part of the existence that the ground trouble ies, and he allowed it to get the biblical knowledge and scientific
real life of every man and woman with all Christendom is the direct hotter of him. He was not satisfied truth.
to speculate, but unlike the true
urtder its influence. It is not a antagonism between the religion of
BEGINNING ARIGHT.
religion that can be put on and off* the New Testament and the prac-' scientist he carried this method
entirely
too
far.
Out
of
his
mere
to suit the fancy or convenience of tical business features of life. It is
We once heard of a little girl
the professor. It is not a religion not because most professing Chris speculations and unwarranted con
clusions
he
attempted
to
build
a
who became very impatient because
that can be wornoneulay and laidljtian.s do not know what honesty
■bridge toconnect his-storeamuse.uf|her cloak, did .not..fit. There was
aside for the revelings, hypocrisies consists in and have a feeble de-,
and sins of the next. It is not a sire to do the right thing, bus it is facts with his theory. But over something wrong with it, and. the
this bridge no one has ever scien little girl was unable to see just
religion that makes a saint one day because they wish to succeed in
tifically or logically traveled. We what it was. When her mother
and a devil the next. It is not a business, and in order to do this
religion of piety on the first day of they adopt the established busi accept his facts, but his conclusions was called to her assistance it was
we are compelled to reject. J ust at found that’ the trouble was with
the week in the Lord’s house, and ness principles of the day and
this point the following • extract the buttoning. She had made the
a sham, a hypocrite, an oxtortioner hence in the conflict of sharp com
or a thief the other six. It is not petition they sacrifice their religion from an editorial on “ Man’s Primi little mistake of beginning with the
a religion that talks one way and in order- to make a success in their tive Condition ” in the Christian at wrong button and hence they were
acts another. It is not a religion worldly pursuits. From the world's Work will be of service. It says : all wrong from top to bottom. This
question is to be settled only simple incident afforded the mother
that is a friend to your face and a’ point of view the religion of Christ by The
a careful examination of facts an opportunity of teaching the
bittZr foe behind your back.- It is is not a practical thing, and hence Evidence as to original condition to
not a religion that seeks your to that class of Christians under be decisive must be looked for in child a moral and Scriptural lesson.
friendship in order to cut off your worldly influence, it becomes man’s original home. For evolu It waf shown that one bad act
head. It is not a religion that nothing save a mere profession. tionists concede the unity of the though seemingly innocent within
pulls down others in order to build And so it is that in almost every race, and ethnologists have fixed itself would often lead to greater
his original habitat on the plateaux
up self. It is not a religion that department of business and pro of Central Asia. There, if any ones, and hence the chain of evil
acts from policy, or that seemingly fessional life religion in theory is where, the records of his primitive deeds may be extended indefinitely.
dons the Christian robe for the one thing and religion in the state are to be found. Thus far One sinful act may require a false
sake of filthy lucre. But on the practical and business relations of there has been produced no proof hood to hide it, and this in turn
other hand it is a religion that life is quite a different thing. If of a stone age, prior to all others, as will demand a general hypocritical
existing either at the original centre
seeks the good of others. It is a any one thinks these things are not or in the countries adjacent. The course of conduct to cover up the
religion that visits the orphans and true, let him enter the secret oldest remains discovered in the whole thing. It would seem that
the widow in their affliction and chambers of the business or pro valleys of the Euphrates and the evil deeds are so linked together in
keeps itself unspotted from the fessional man. Let him analyze Nile, in India or China, tell of an the very nature of things that he
world. It is a religion that carries his thoughts and closely observe his advanced civilization rather than who makes the fatal mistake in
savagery. The relics relied upon to
a cup of cold water to a disciple of actions and he will soon be con demonstrate the condition of prim starting w.rong finds himself so
Christ in the name of a disciple vinced of the truthfulness of what Hive-man are gathered from the hurried away to ruin that he has
It is a religion that feeds the we write. We think the time has scenes of his migration, and art hardly time and strength of pur
hungry, clothes the naked, prays come that papers and preachers confined to Western Europe. Even pose to recover himself from his
by the bedside of the sick, strength should lay the* ax at the root of the there is found nothing to betoken a downward course. This principle
half-man and half-brute condition
ens the weak knees and comforts evil, and wc hope the day is not The earliest crania, as the Engis and not only. hold good with little
the broken hearts. In short, it is a far distant when the distinction Neanderthal skulls, Huxley con thihgs, but is equally applicable to
between the Church of Christ and
religion that elevates the mind, the kingdom of this world will be cedes denote no inferiority of men the graver ones in the church
changes the heart, establishes the drawn in broader lines and deeper tal capacity. The smaller of the work, and indeed in all the prac
two lia<l a brain measurement tical gelations of the Christian life.
will, centres the purposes, purifies colors than ever before.
nearly double that of the highest of On the other hand, he who is so
the conscience and controls the
MAN AND" EVOLUTION.
the apes. Existing savages, as well fortunate as to start aright will
whole cause of life, at all times, in
as the oldest remains of man, give
Since the da£ of the scientific no shadow of evidence that there find it a much easier matter to con
all places and under all circum-
. stances. This is the religion that debut of Charles Darwin much has has ever existed a connecting link tinue on the even course of his
way. It will not be necessary for
benefits the human race, and saves been said arid written on the sub- between men and brutes.
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