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heart. Every truly honest soul will come to the light of truth. “Light
is sown for the righteous.” Psalm 97:11. And no church can advance
in holiness unless its members are earnestly seeking for truth as for hid
treasure.
By the cry, Liberality, men are blinded to the devices of
their adversary, while he is all the time working steadily for the
accomplishment of his object. As he succeeds in supplanting the Bible
by human speculations, the law of God is set aside, and the churches are
under the bondage of sin while they claim to be free.
To many, scientific research has become a curse. God has permitted
a flood of light to be poured upon the world in discoveries in science
and art; but even the greatest minds, if not guided by the word of God
in their research, become bewildered in their attempts to investigate the
relations of science and revelation.
Human knowledge of both material and spiritual things is partial and
imperfect; therefore many are unable to harmonize their views of science
with Scripture statements. Many accept mere theories and speculations
as scientific facts, and they think that God’s word is to be tested by the
teachings of “science falsely so called.” 1 Timothy 6:20. The Creator
and His works are beyond their comprehension; and because they cannot
explain these by natural laws, Bible history is regarded as unreliable.
Those who doubt the reliability of the records of the Old and New
Testaments too often go a step further and doubt the existence of God
and attribute infinite power to nature. Having let go their anchor, they
are left to beat about upon the rocks of infidelity.
Thus many err from the faith and are seduced by the devil. Men
have endeavored to be wiser than their Creator; human philosophy
has attempted to search out and explain mysteries which will never
be revealed through the eternal ages. If men would but search and
understand what God had made known of Himself and His purposes,
they would obtain such a view of the glory, majesty, and power of
Jehovah that

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