Article September 18, 1902 Issue

Religious Items

with contributions from C. D. Cleworth, A. B. Hervey, H. C. King, Meyer, James Freeman Clarke

The natural man has no understanding of the things of the spirit. They are out of his reach. They require spiritual perception. Hence it follows that men may be intellectual and scholarly, and yet totally incompetent to pronounce upon the truths of the Bible or the facts of religious experience. An ignoramus in other affairs may be a better authority on these things than a philosopher, because they require not the eyes of a philosopher, but the eyes of a Christian. Therefore Jesus said: "I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes."

Religion must be approached heart first and not head first. Any man who has sense enough to give his heart to God will be able to see what all rationalist critics will never see. The secret of the rocks is with the geologist; the secret of the stars is astronomer; the secret of languages is with the philologist; the secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him.

C. D. Cleworth.

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