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August 1927
The day may come when we shall be able neither to walk nor to write.” Mr. Mauro puts the question : “What is to be the outcome of this evolution of man, which makes him more and more a helpless dependent upon the machinery he creates and whereof he boasts ?” * * * One outstanding event in Bible history during the past year was the sale of a copy of the Bible at the astonishing price of $120,000, the highest price ever paid for a book. It was a copy of the Gutenberg Bible-—the world’s first printed book—-of which there are less than fifty in existence. It has large jnitial letters, beautifully illuminated by hand, and was issued from the press of John Gutenberg, of Mainz, about the year 1455. * * * The passing of Dr. Francis E. Clark, founder and president of the World’s Christian Endeavor Union, is a tremendous loss to the world and especially young people everywhere. He was 75 years of age and died after an'illness 'of three weeks, at his home in Newton; Massachusetts. When Dr. Clark was a young minister in charge of the Williston Congregational Church at Portland, Me., he called a meeting of the young people of his congregation to organize them into a society which would pro vide “the opportunity for self-expression by means of words and service for Christ and church.” The meeting, held February 2, 1881, was attended by forty young men and women. After they had signed the pledge pre sented to them, Dr. Clark called the new organization the Chris tian Endeavor Society, thereby inaugurating what has proved one of the most successful religious movements among young people in church history. Dr. Clark always maintained a clear testimony for the Faith of our fathèrs. * * * Prof. Franklin Johnson, of Chicago, goes to the core of things when he.says: “Wére there no hypothesis, of evolution, there would be no higher criticism. The ‘assured results’ of the higher criticism have been gained, after all,^not by an inductive study of the Biblical books to ascertain if they present a great variety of styles ,and vocabularies, and religious points of view. They have. been, attained by assuming that the hypothesis of evolution is true, and that the religion, of Israel must have un folded itself by a process of natural evolution. Imagination, has play'éd a large part in the process, and the so-called evidences upon which the ‘‘assured results’ rest are largely imaginary. It is a fallacy when applied to the history of religion, leaving us utterly unable to account for Abraham and Moses and Christ, and requiring* us to deny that they could have been Such men as the Bible declares them to have beefL” J '.r-* IHPI H IM as as - The Slaughter of Peace M R. PH IL IP MAURO in his paper, “T h e Last Hour,” quotes-the “Scientific American,” which carried an article pn “Thé Slaughter, o f P eace.” -/‘Speaking of deaths caused by the automobile alone, it. declared that ‘the\slaughter o f peace through misuse of the, aytompbile is comparable in magnitude to the slaughter of war.’ “Man is still seeding out many inventions,.” declares Mr. Mafirb, “and he'prides himself greatly upon his mar velous industrial progress. Little note, however, is taken 6f the: very rignificanf'^ facts, first, that the greatest pro gress of this ‘progressive age’ is in the perfecting of appli ances f and ¡.method’s;' fo in tb ë ï scientific and wholesale dest'rtfction 1oh hurhan life and property; and second, that even the developments of the-arts of ‘peace’ are paid
One Was Taken •L. M, H ollingsworth , 1 McConnelsville , Ohio . You-knew John?. 'Yes, he that was., talking, talking, Ever talking of his hope of Christ’s return. Men grow, tired of cant. Some frowned, others mock- ing, Laughed arid went their way, content no more to learn. But John was quite sincere in all his harping, Harping,“harping, “Friend,-the Lord may come today.” Men might frown or laugh;; or at his faith, carping Critic sneer, John still would .smile;; and have his say. We" were working in the field that day, plowing, johfijand I. “JusUsuch a day as this,” he said, “The- Lord will come, and call, While men are going To their tasks. His own, the living and the dead”® “John,” said I, “enough of that,;:; In all ages • ; Men have dreamed the Christ would come. It is .'- absurd—*:;;1'* Fairy tale, childish, fit for children’s pages.” Leaning on his plow, John answered not nor heard. “Hark! His trumpet and His shout!” Still I flouted; For I heard nothing, saw nothing, though John’s' face Grew So glorified, I turned away. Doubted Yet; but when I looked again, there was no trace Of John, save his plow and his old clothes laying On the ground the sky unchanged, the earth not cleft. Two men were working: in the field—one praying-p® John was taken and I—O God!. I was left! 1 for af the price of ‘slaughter.’ Is our boasted progress to continue ? And what will the end be ? “Says a modern writer o f distinction (Mr. Galsworthy, in the “London Times”.) “ ‘Without any doubt whatever the powers of destruc tion are gaining fast on. the powers of creation and con struction . . . We have made by our “s c i e n c e a monster that will devour us yet.’ “Another secular writer thus sets forth, in jocular style, the losses entailed by man’s boasted ‘progress,’ against a single item of gain (the last clause in the fol lowing quotation): ‘The motor-car has increased the ratio of mortality, created appalling traffic problems, contrib uted to juvenile delinquency, showed half of America how to live beyond its income, and relieved its o f the horse fly .’ ” 1 Worth Thinking About We heard recently of a petition which a little lad sent up to the throne after he had'recited his regular prayer at night, “And, O God, make all the bad people good—and make all the good people—-nice.” Now, you Fundamen talists, think about that! , ■
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