Editorial July 5, 1900 Issue

The Search for Truth

Editor

Man is possessed of an inherent desire to know the Truth. A few desire the Truth for Truth's sake and are ever ready to make any sacrifice necessary to gain it, but the great majority are disinclined to accept it unless it is in strict accord with their preconceived opinions. It has been said that mortal man will work harder and longer, will make greater sacrifices and more of them, to satisfy himself and convince others that he already has the Truth, than he will to find out what the Truth really is. Strict adherence to one's present sense of things is oftentimes one of the greatest barriers to progress. Such conservatism satisfies the person that he already has the best there is, and this thought excludes the possibility of finding anything better.

We see this sense manifest in politics, religion, and many other phases of human experience. The politician, prejudiced in favor of his own party and principles, views all things from that standpoint and, for this reason he is oftentimes unable to weigh the arguments of his opponent in that unprejudiced manner in which they should be considered.

The adherent of some special religious doctrine is, in a like manner, prevented from realizing how much of true, genuine Christianity is embodied in the teachings of the one who adheres to another form of faith. In the study of the Bible he may be profoundly impressed with the passages which, to his sense, are in harmony with his own convictions, while he passes lightly over those passages that seem to teach something different from what he believes.

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