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THE *■ BRAND
The Search
for Truth
CHrftstianity Viewed in the
Light of Modern Science
It is thm ¿lory of God
ta concMl a thlntfi
but thm honor e/ kin^t
&• to H rch out a
matter. Provmrba jcjcoi*
" Even now, after eighteen centuries of
Christianity, we may be involved in some
enormous error, of which the Christianity of
the future will make us ashamed."—Vinet.
MAN is by nature a devotional
creature. He must worship
something. This truth finds a
practical demonstration in the history
of all peoples, in every country and
in every age of the world. This in-
herent attribute of the soul has
furnished the major premise in the
standard theological argument in
favor of the existence of a God.
The modern denominational school
equips the pupil with the old stock
argument that "the mind of man
cannot conceive an object of desire
the means for the attainment of
which are not somewhere in ex-
istence." Therefore, there roust be
an object of worship. It will be re-
membered that Socrates used the
same kind of an argument to confute
the atheist, Aristodemus. By using
the statues of Polycletus and the
pictures of Zeuxis, he illustrated the
idea that, as the structure of the
universe showed design, it must have
a designer. Theologians have never
improved on the argument. And
with this kind of equipment the
youth of today is furnished his
«'sheepskin" and sent forth into
the great arena of life to battle with
science.
And in the light of modern scien-
tific discoveries he cannot stand; for
the world of today demands not
Suppositions but demonstrable facts.
The traditions of dogmatists are no
longer given credence in the minds
of thinking men unless supported by
the inexorable rules of science. In
the vast majority of instances these
traditions have been found to be at
variance with science, and this con-
flict of science and dogma has cre-
ated an antagonism or these two
opposing forces that is resulting in
immeasurable good to the world.
The spirit of research has been
aroused, and people of all nation-
alities are demanding to know the
truth. And the truth is being made
manifest. The spirit of freedom in
^bought is abroad in the land, and
will not longer be shackled. The
old school theologians have de-
nounced it as skepticism, infidelity
and even atheism. They have held
up their hands in holy horror and
turned down their thumbs in con-
condemnation ; but the progressive
tidal wave of freedom sweeps ma-
jestically onward over the entire
width and breadth of the land.
Christendom has already had a taste
of this freedom, and she is satiated
with desire for complete emancipa-
tion from the slavery of her theo-
logical taskmasters. The «New
Thought " has permeated even the
very church doors, and found a
welcome.
What is this movement?
It is the peculiar workings of the
dual man—the efforts to reconcile
the operations of reason with the
emotions of the soul. Man is prone
to doubt what he cannot see, hear,
feel, taste or smell. He needs the
evidences of his senses to verify the
emotions of his soul. Time was
when he was content to be a Metho-
dist or a Baptist because his father
and his mother were Methodists or
Baptists. Not so today; the ques-
tion is of too great moment to be
trifled with, treated lightly or be left
to the selection of our forefathers.
The great, vital question of the
hour—the question that stirs the
breasts of all mankind alike—is
this: Is Jesus the Christ? The
affirmation of this presupposes the
truth of his philosophy. And in our
yearning desire for the truth, man
has cast the great searchlight of
science upon the shadows into which
the theologians have dragged the
Christian philosophy. k By this light
it must either stand or fall.
We can only judge of the literal
correctness of a given hypothesis as
it is demonstrable by results. The
skilled chemist knows the efficiency
of the atomic theory by the results
obtained in a practical test. So it
is in the application of the principles
of science to the philosophy of Jesus
Christ. And if science proves the
accuracy of hit teachings it re-
moves Christianity from the shadow
of skepticism and puts all the world
in gratitude to it for thus removing
those obstacles which have ever
been in the way of thinking men the
world over..
This is what the "New Thought"
purposes to do. It recognizes noth-
ing not demonstrable by the rigid
rules of science, yet by science it en-
deavors to- demonstrate Christian
philosophy. It recognizes neither
creeds nor dogmas, but cherishes
the idea of the doctrine of a univer-
sality of the brotherhood of mankind
as promulgated by Jesus of Nazareth.
Of course, it defaces some of the
old landmarks of our forefathers'
faith. Our standard theological
ideas of immortality, of hell and
even of heaven must be modified to
conform with the teachings of Christ
as demonstrated by scientific tests.
But it opens the portals to a broader
sphere of usefulness and a closer
brotherhood of man than the
world has ever yet known. It will
be fought by dogmatists and theolo-
gians for years to come, but it will
be seized upon by the dwarfed souls
of multiplied thousands who are
starving on indigestible creeds. And
in the end it will overcome opposi-
tion as surely as truth will ever tri-
umph eventually. Not until then
can we hope for a millenium.
"When the Good appears, straight-
way the soul is moved towards it,
and from the Evil. And never doth
the soul reject any clear appearance
of the good, no more than Caesar's
coin. On this hangeth every move-
ment both of God and man."
ffqintvitcemeiits.
W. A. Higgins is very ill from an
attack of rheumatism.
W. C. Green of Lampasas, an ex-
perienced baker, came here on Mon-
day and has taken charge of P. W.
Nudd's bakery department,
District Judge of the 47th. Judicial
District.
H. H. WALLACE.
IRA WEBSTER,
County Clerk Deaf Smith County*
CONNER JOWELL.
Gladstone said: "Nothing can
be hostile to religion which is agree-
able to justice."
j*
«'Eve complained that she had
nothing to wear," says an anony-
mous philosopher, "and her daugh-
ters have followed suit ever since."
The traditional " power of the
press" seems to have been hit a
solar plexus blow in Montague
county. Notwithstanding the fact
that eight or ten papers were against
Mr. Stephens and working for Coon
Potter, the voters gave the former
an overwhelming majority. This
practically elects him.
WE are authorised to announce
the candidacy of Conner Jowell for
the office of county clerk o i Deaf
Smith county. Mr. Jowell is
eminently qualified to fill the duties
of the office to which he aspires and
our voters will make no mistake in
electing him to fill that responsible
position. Mr. Jowell has lived in
this county for many years and is a
native gTexan. To the older resi-
dents he needs no recommendations
from us, but to the new comers we
would say that his character and
business integrity are above reproach.
For Sale.
53 Stock cattle and 12 One reg-
istered bulls. See Will Stone, Here-
ford, Texas. 8tf
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Stone, B. P. The Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1902, newspaper, April 11, 1902; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth142292/m1/6/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.