Article September 30, 1905 Issue

Verification of Scriptural Promises

ALFRED FARLOW

Boston Times

It should not strain our credulity to believe the Scriptural teachings, "With God all things are possible," and God is "a very present help in trouble." The Scriptures record many instances of marvelous protection and deliverance, and our own age may justly claim striking manifestations of divine intervention in human affairs, such as the reforming of drunkards, the overcoming of sin and sickness, and the marked supernatural guidance in every-day transactions. Such results accompanying the lives of those who have a deep spiritual trust in divine providence are convincing at least to those who believe in God, whatever they may signify to the materialist.

Considering cause and effect from a material viewpoint, one is likely to lose sight of God and credit the pleasures and pains of existence to material laws, and, consequently, yield to the supposition that we may expect no results except those which come in a material way. Therefore, the Psalmist's declaration, "Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling," seems impractical and outside the possibility of fulfilment in this age, though it may appear beautiful and as having once been within the range of human possibilities.

Mortals have drifted so far away from a dependence upon spiritual power that they have almost ceased even to try in this line and have almost entirely resigned themselves to the custom of working without expectation of divine aid.

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