Article August 2, 1924 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from A. Russell Tomlin, Ernest Fremont Tittle, T. H. Gallagher

[From the Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Dec. 9, 1923]

Mr. N. Osborne, writing in the Hawk-Eye, says that the background of life is altogether spiritual. Our men of science are beginning to see that the real world is the invisible. ... The unseen is the real. Things pass away, but spirit endures; he that doeth the will of God abideth forever. ... The more we investigate the world of things the greater will be our marvel, ... for all our learning consists in an uncovering and revealing of the hidden meaning of things. But deeper yet than these is our interpretation of the meaning of the fact of Christ. His incarnation is an interpretation of what lies at the heart both of man and of God. He is the revelation of the noblest that may be found in man, and of all we need to know about the nature and character of God, for "no man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him." For two thousand years the church has been attempting to interpret the words of Paul, "God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself." When we come to learn the meaning of Christ and to take him seriously, we shall find that he is the cure for all the ills of life.

[From the Mercury Herald, San Jose, Calif., Feb. 17, 1924]

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