Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-12-10

thought tEOJA an empty name, or q
/ least could see NJ connection between
truth and policy. Die. OF the Bi.
/ bic, ar P0ntius PLATE. Though thi.
question came from the mere world
/ ~ and professional statesman to
whom the favour of the Emperor Ii
bernius Caesar was lite itself, from a
man who paid truth and falslty the
same respect ~ long as they would
not eudanger his worldly rank and
/ popularity Though this question
was asked by him who degraded right
o the level of wrong, truth to the
level OF faIsity, yet the true am
sNer to it is OF an enduring value 10
alI who, unlike Pontius Plate, in Il
0ble integrity OF heart, honer truth
above talsity, as they honor Him who
is the source Of all truth above 'lhe
father OF lies"
Aware Of truths extensive domain,
/ am conscious OF the difficulty Of an
sWerlng this important question, and,
therefore, am prepared to learn from
stronger heads than mine hat, in
Classifying he various kinds II truth
! na< ~ Astwa s.s ilHt rs Waea
te several kluGs a. als.lHe as IS
hfJt 3iawn. but, fully g1saad
ei that the kn wledgo d the relation
ono kind OF revealed truth holds to
another Is most conclusive to mans
greater pleasure and profit in con
tclnplating truth and in doing nv
humble part toward the great work
Of saving souls, it falls in order to
point out the rank OF place some res
vealed truths hold in the b0dg of re-
vealed trnth-those which must be
known and practised by the christian
before he canmale Christ his Saviour.
Some truths serve only to enable one
10 practice other Truths and the
truths most important for us to prac
tice are most worthy Of the highest
rank in the household OF truth, and
do most reward us for our endeavors
60 know them that we may practice
them.
Sir William Hamilton, one Of the
most powerful minds of this OF any
other age, thus Classics truth Ore
vcaled truth excepted: sit is plain
that for man there can only be con
ceived two kinds OF truth, because
there are for human thought only
two species Of object One of these
kinds Of ruth is included under the
head of Formal Truth. The other
kind under the head Of Real Truth.
Under the first head we have all the
truths OF The two sciences Of Mathe-
MATES and Logic. which, Of course,
are indefinable rs to number. Under
the latter, all the truths OF the Meta~
physical and Physical sciences are al
SO indednabIca as to number. SO wide
is the domain Of truth. But, as i'm
portant and interesting as the truths
Of all these sciences may be, the
knowledge Of them is only SCbSerUient
to the practical knowledge OF the
truths brought down from Heaven
One may know all tho former, yet if
ignorant ct the latter his moral na>
turo win never receive that exercise
that is necessar ~ unto his being fit for
Heaven.
And I have only brought forward the
above classification as preparatory to
8 better understanding OF the COM
parative usefulness OF the different
truths OF the christian religion.
Aud under what heads are the diff
terent truths OF revealed truth to be
ciassed The importance OF having
tnis question truly answered is dos
terrained by the absolute necessity OF
man's believing, of his practicing ccr-
TIN truths before hecan make CHRIST
is Saviour.
First ia the Bible we have many
historical facts-truths Of pure reva
la ion to Moses, those concerning
mans formation, the orgiu OF sin, &c.
Under another head we have the
rovolatiou OF moral truths For in
,tauce the several moral trutAs -
be y - amendments Oar ia
Dan aR
fN y E IA order f- aat Q9 r.e
eale gula concerning t0e worship
81 Almighty GOD. Iuen, again, We
Rave tie truths Of prophecy, Now,
every truth under these several heads
serves the purpose for which God de-
signed ii Co serve: every purpose Of
every one of these truths eliminating
III mans exercising that moral ma
ture which constitutes his likeness to
God
Under Tie Oh Covenant It was
necessary 20 practice some truths and
to 90 certain acts before Christ was
their Saviour il those types, which
we're 70 shadow Of the good things
t. come.
Under the New Covenant it Is also
necessary for man to practice certain
truths and to do certain acts before
he can make Christ his Saviour
| There are revealed truths Of which
one can be unavoidabIy ignorant and
yet can make Christ his Savior
Many acts he cal unknowingly leave
undone and yet make Christ his Sa-
viour; but there are truths which nc
one can neglect to practice-there
are acts which no one can leave un'
done and have a just claim upon the
salvation that comes only from Je-
rus Christ Hence we preceivc tina
revealed truth is divided into essen
tial and non-essential. In fact al
/ revealed truth serves its necesSarl
| purpose but that which we call es
sential truth serves the highest pur-
1 pose of MI revelation, namely: tn
!, glory OF God in the fitting of the sou
for Heaven. tn this class Of essen
tial truth we find the mysteries {
fuith Facts or truths which mn,
be used ia order that we may nal
Chris oar Saviour. When our Lor
said she that believeth not shall
damned, He declared the necessit
Of believing some truths. And S
Paul tells Us that these truths are
the essential truth as it is in Jesus
these words: sBelieve on the Lol