I"look in thy heart and write, said the Muse To Sidney, long ago! 'Twas good advice And well received, as shown by those whose Fair reflection in Elizabethan Guise Embraces so many master minds and ways That bind our beings to high ideals: Marlowe, And Shakespeare, Spenser and Drake, Jonson and Bacon Were echoing the Past with triumph and the glow Of the Future with prophetic strains! These And others formed a magic coterie Of Literary Lights so soon to breathe The breath of Humanistic charm, an age So-called, of Renaissance, or birth of the New Learning! 'Twas Old, now understood by Few! IIThe accomplishments of Man are Not to be Put down, nor minimized in any sense, By me in this my effort here to Free The minds of any who in consequence Of popular Thought and Strong Appeal, have Surrendered to Present Human bondage! Far From such intent, my Goal is indeed to Save Mankind and all the good he's done, to Jar And loose the Hold of Humanistic bonds That firmly bind All Good to Human Kind, Fault God as Author of All Good! Around The World one finds this darkness with line Upon line in its defense! Man is the Rendezvous They feel! Mention God, and they question, "Who?'' IIIThe Rise of Humanistic Thought in this Our day is always linked with Error in Both its Origin and Presence within The fiends of Progress in all Lines! "Kiss The Son, lest He be angry, and Ye perish'' - "Wist Ye not that l Must Be About My Father's Busi Ness?'' -Let the Clamor of Progress Stop; list To the Word of God, and wisely avoid this Path that wreaks with pain and flows with blood! True Progress came because of Those Who Often Gave their Lives and Testified at death That Jesus Christ Is Lord Of All! This Turbulent Flood Flows Freely through History; there's nothing new! Read Again the Words of the Martyrs' last Breath! IVLet none forget, as Long observed, that no Great literature was produced during the transition From Medieval Times to the Great Fruition Of Thought, gushing in like a Flood, and with great show Of Strength in the reign of Elizabeth The First, to flow With the reigns of her immediate successors-Editions Of enormous Influence, the Truth in Translation Revealing Great Faith in God, but purported to glow With Humanistic ideals! But the Last Words Of the Martyrs Here (and they were many) Besought Our Lord to Receive Their Spirits! Their Fervant Plea, Like Raleigh's, was to the Risen Christ and Lord Of God's Creation! Man's power comes to naught At the grave-the End of Humanistic Vanity VHumanism, therefore, is as old as the Fall Of Man; it's as new as the latest chosen Fad Or social craze, or mania of choice of being clad In dress or style that answers the Leader's call, However wise or foolish it may be! It's al So as Profound as the Law our Land has had To order our Progress thus far! Both good and bad, Therefore, it should be understood by All! Unlike the Claims of brilliant minds who write Our History and Interpret Our Literature, It can Never save society, nor can it claim The Right to be a Trusted Guide, nor to Unite A divided Troubled World! Nor can it Cure All ills! So, Deify it Not by Name! VI'Twas old---, "The New Learning", Paul In Athens found! "The Glory that was Greece'' and "The Grandeur . . . Rome'' Long since buried in Ruins and underground, Come up once more with Chance to Receive "The Unknown God'' Whom they in Ignorance worshiped; Whom Paul In Genius and in Love Declared unto them, Our Lord And our Triune God as shown in the Word and All The Glorious Gospel-content in Jesus Christ our Lord! The Message given, the Great Apostle departed "From among them"! But Praise be to God, Some Clave Unto Him and Believed! Still "The Cultural Center'' Had its Ways, And Humanism has ceased Not since! It charted The Fall of Greece and Rome; for Only Christ can Save! He is the First, the Last, Who can heal the Broken-hearted! VIIEnvisioned by Erasmus and promoted By Thomas More, the modern constant flow Of Humanistic Thought began to grow Into a strong obsession like Don Quixote In Cervantes' extravagant dreams-yet devoted And altruistic imagination did show In the Character, Endurance, and Strong Hold Of this Unusual Man, who saw oppression coated With pretense and sham in guise of freedom! The Truth Was often hidden, and The True were often Martyred! A period of Struggle, unparalleled In History, continued with sore and blatant abuse Of Man and His Fellow-Man! Progress would soften Pain; but the Unredeemed remained Not Quelled! VIIIThe element of Humanism that makes It a Fatal Philosophy is its Denial Of God as the Author of All Good! While Man, made in His image, indeed takes Precedence over All Else, he Never breaks God's Law, though often broken by it! The child Of God by Creation, though fallen and defiled By sin, is still made in God's image! He wakes Each morn to Master the world, but not to be Mastered by it! The Crown of Creation, Man, Though fallen, can rise again to his lofty state In Jesus Christ Our Lord! Our Saviour, He Alone is Full Redemption! He still can Save a Repentant America! It's not too late! IXThe Tenet of Humanism, denying both God And the Devil, with Satanic power That forms a Pride in Man to give the nod Of Acceptance to Human Excellence in all our Achievement in Art, Science, and Technology As being Supreme, is the Hammer, beating out The Doom of Man's glorifying himself! Analogies Abound that support this increasing force! The Route Of such Claim includes the subtle ramifications Of History and Philosophies of Life that rule out The Supernatural, offering such as verification That Man is the Author of all Progress! This places doubt In the minds of Most, who refuse to be bothered with Thought! Let These Accept Salvation, by Christ from Heav'n brought! XThe incomparable Works of William Shakespeare Are sometimes said to be Humanistic; but the Great Author Himself is hardly found where The character of his Characters, in their fate, Is seen so well! Glympses of the Man, William Shakespeare, may be revealed in the Sonnets penned By Him; but the scant account of his life and the plan Of his Will, so clearly written, Overwhelmingly defend His Faith in God and his Dependence upon Him For Salvation In Christ and His Resurrection, and the Life "Everlasting''! So the Great Man of Letters in Plainly Written English, Words of Peace, without strife, Rises Above the Glitter and the Glamor of the Show To Point to our God in Heaven, In our Christ His Love To Know! XIHumanism in progress today is manifested In Action that all Who Will may see. We behold It in government, in business, in tested Investigations of Courts, of research, of poll After poll for opinion,-The Test and the Findings Always revealing the utter Dependance upon Man For Answer or Solution or Resolution! Binding The young and the old, if possible, to its influence, the Band Plays on! The Populace dances to its submission, Consents to its cadence, oblivious to its Measure Of False Hope against Hope! God is left out! The Center Is Man! His Maker does not count! Permission, Ignoring his duty, Man gives! Oh, how can he enter The Heavenly Gates, or claim the Heavenly Treasure! XIIThe Humanists' Diagnoses of the Ills Of America today show appalling lack Of Understanding,-force of Human Wills To work their plans and turn our nation back To the failing policy of both Past and Present! The Concept Of Right and Wrong to them is neither Virtue nor Sin! They rule out God, say counseling in depth By Experts can deal with Mistakes! Character to them Is a matter of Mind, not of Heart! Direction To them is the power of man to give and receive Help! But Human Helpers, without God's Unction, Are often unable to help the Helpless! Man leaves His Divine Appointment when he fails to play the Role Of Man! Though a helper, Man's not the Saviour of his Soul! XIIISo when Man fails, as he often does, he has Recourse in God! There's No Utopian Scheme To fill this Need! Only God Who was "In The Beginning'' Can! The Troublers? To name A Few: Marxian Thought, Freudian Psychology, Undue Emphasis on Psyco-Analyses to claim A Cure-all for all Ills, causing a public Panacea in the minds of the masses and unlearned! This Craze Belies the High Purpose and Calling of Science! It Hinders the Learning Process of the Young who have Yearned For the Truth! Oh, Teacher and Student, You may have the Reliance Upon the Word of God Whose Law Fulfills All Need, All Law, and Glorifies All Wills! XIVIntellectual Supremacy must therefore give way To Divine Authority! Indeed this Dictum Must claim the Troubled Scene! This does not say, However, that intellectual Pursuits become the victim Of religious force and practice. Quite the opposite, The Mind of Man becomes the Servant of his Will And finds itself in harmony with and a composite Of the Will and Word of God! This New Birth instills In Man God's Holy Will, "Makes One the Sons Of God to be like and to see Him As He Is''! Let us Praise His Holy Name to be the ones Made pure "as He is pure"! Our work in His Vineyard we give to His Praise. In answer to His Call We rejoice in His Love, Redemption and Hope For All! XVWhat of this Troubled Scene, this Dying Day! Its Young who say, "I'll do it My Way'' ! "My Thing I'll do!'' "I'll Sell my Lord, yet have Him too! Away With ideas, old and tested, that constantly bring One into subjection. I want to be free! The Time Is my own; I'll use it as I please." Alas, but Restraint Must be used when Freedom's in hand! The chime Rings out when the time for action is gone! One may paint His excuses, but there's No turning back, no re-call On the one-way street of Time! The chance to fulfill The law that singly determines Character and all Points thereof is often exacting! The Will Must be strong, I repeat, when Freedom's in hand! Oh, For Freedom for Man in Christ, Jesus to Calvary did go! XVIThings that are good but not good Enough confuse Mankind. Things that are popular but holding in error Those Latent Forces that sadly and subtly abuse Mankind-pride, greed, and at last Terror That sweeps aside all gloss and glitter, and like The rest of the Seven Great Sins so well outline By Chaucer, rendering Man helpless to strike Down his Enemy, leaves Man hopeless, confined In Covetous Ruin! So Redemption in Christ Alone Remains the Only but Blessed Hope! Oh, Man, Repent and turn to Christ Who alone did for sin Atone, And claim your Own for you and for your Land! Thus you'll stand securely, forever in Him to be found In His Righteousness, forever wearing the Crown! XVIIFinally, (I do Not want to be misunderstood), Counseling, psycho-analysis, and Psychology In general serve a noble purpose, and great good Is derived therefrom. Their use I recommend Within the frame of Medical and Educational Science. But these, like all knowledge, must be Controlled And used by Wisdom from Above! Reliance Upon them is no substitute for God! Hold To the Christian Faith for Moral Stability-All That's Needed in Any Condition or Age! We see Today a Culmination of Problems that Call For Action. Therefore What shall our Action Be? There's One, just One, On Whom we can Depend! O Praise His Name Whom God in Love Did Send!
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