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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 139, 9 December 1914, Page 2

THE BANKRUPTCY OF CIVILISATION, m An article bearing this title lias appeared recently in one of our English religious magazines in which the writer has attempted to show that though in this year of grace, 1914, we have reach' ed the high-watermark of development in human civilisation, yet the present war is a confession of failure. Civilisation, with all its products, has been weighed in the balances and found wamV ing, and must be so till civilisation is filled with the Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ. The writer of these lines is submitting these views because, to a. large extent, the press and the pulpit of this Domin* ion has so far to a largo extent, failed to face these facte. In England it is being realised that the arm of flesh has failed ; that civilisation can go so far and no farther; that Hague Conferences have their limitations, and that international treaties can be \vorthless in a season of emergency. Leb it not be said that German civilisation has alone failed to respecfc solemn treaty obligations, for we have had recently the example of the United States very reluctantly agreeing to ratify the provisions of the" HayPauncefote Treaty. To those who have been endeavouring to keep in touch with the philosophy of Germany, the present war gives no great occasion for surprise, as ifc has been well perceived that the writings of Nietzsche have dominated German thought, of whom an English writer has eaid, "we have no hesitation in stating that his philosophy is corrupt enough to sicken a Hottentot. . . , , But Nietzsche baa triumphed, and the only explanation of the heathenish antics of the Kaiser is found in the fact, that he imagines himself to be the super-man. "' It is well known that German Higher Criticism has introduced an irreverence^ into Bible criticism that has done untold harm. Unfortunately, England, (with New Zealand the other States within the British Empire^ has also been cursed by this anti-Christjan philosophy. Oliv nation has lost to a very appreciable extent the simple faith, in the Bible as the Word of God, which was so noticeable m the leadens of thought ahd amongst all classes of society during the earlier part of last century. Ifc is said that mosfc of the professors of our colleges, and many of our theologians, deny the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures. Be' yond all doubt the greatest battle of this century musfc' rage around the inspiration ot the Word of God. Has the Almighty really spoken to erriug mortals ? Or are we mere > derelicts tossed to and fro upon tho ocean of life's enigmas, without a chart or compass? If the Bible goes all vanishes; our faith is vain, and we stand helplessly face to face with the unsolved problems of sin and sorrow, life and death, judgment and immortality. If the Bible be not a, revelation from God, of God. but merely; the creation of human philosophy, im* agination, memory, argument, and tradition, then \vo are confronted with the the greatest and moßt audacious imposition every palmed off upon the credulity of the human race. But the very existence of the Book to-day is in itself miraculous, and can be accounted for on no other ground than that of Divine superintendence and interposition. It is the writer's' firm conviction that God is speaking to the nations afc the present time through this 'terrible crisis. \Ye are told that in England there are many evidences of the chastened mood of the people throughout the country, and. that even Lord, Kitchener* finds time to attend the service? for prayer which ia -daily being offered to God for a speedy and successful end of the conflict. It ha« pained some of us to note that there is very little of this spirit- apparent in New Zealand. We are told that God has appointed four sore judgments by tneane .of which He causes His voice to be heavd. Three are frequently referred to as the sword, famine, and pestilence, and the fourth is considered to be the earthquake. One of our City Fathers at a Council meeting a few years ago gave as hi.« learned opinion that, owing to the many mines having been opened up throughout the country, which would act as safety valves to enable earth's internal gases to escape, wo in New Zea* land need not fear any violent earth* quakes in the future, and I trust he is right; but lot us not forget God ''has many ways of causing His voice to bo heard. The writer is not connected with the Bible-in-Sehools League, but is a firm believer that the Bible should bo read in the State Schools. The laefc ' word upon the subject has been pronounced by Lord Bryce, who, in address* ing an Educational Conference in England recently, announced himself as emphatically in favour of religious instruction in the public schools. We are forgetting in this land that our Nation's greatness dates from the time that she declared for ah open Bible. There is real danger at the present time of New Zealand becoming a country almost without reverence and with little faith, in God or hope in Heaven.^ — Advt,

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