Article February 19, 1927 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from Nathan Soderblom, Kirby Page

[From the Advertiser, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia]

Speaking at the Presbyterian Church, the Rev. A. E. Harvey took as his text Psalm 92, verses 5 and 6: "O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth the fool understand this;" and Proverbs 23, verse 7, "As he thinketh in his heart, so is he." He said the words opened up a subject, profound and momentous, on the moving and molding power of thought. ... The most direct path to God was along the line of earnest prayer, because prayer, whether uttered or unuttered, was a thought of God. ... How full of love, tenderness, and beauty must have been the thought which first created and ever sustains this universe, with all its beauty, its wonder, its mystery! ... Why was there such sin, want, woe, and misery in the house of our earthly sojourning? Simply because men were not reading and responding to the thoughts of God. If a man's mind come not in contact with the supreme intelligence of the universe, if he does not lift his hands in prayer and so touch the hand of God, then he is no better than a sheep or a goat. No force in the universe was so swift as thought. If men thought more of God they would be transformed, and from that transformation would stream forth the power and radiance that would recreate and glorify human life and society. Every human being by the power of thought had a marvelous influence. If men let noble and hopeful thoughts fill their minds, they would inspire everyone around them to go boldly forward. By the grace of God all might join that mighty host of all nations that stands before that throne of God in white robes woven out of the pure thoughts that ascended to the throne of God.

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