The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-07-03

which does not connect with some man; .,
what he 10 doing, has done. or can do. Ths
transfer Of Gods holy nsturo to man. 10 mat.
ter Of perpetual description In this volume, be-
ginning with the lapse Of man, which was the
loss Of an original holiness; then aplan for re
creating him into holy bsing; (Which Ia ths
great historic and dynamic Thought Of Script
ure) the revelation Of Jesus Christ, God. and
man; In and around whom the whole world ol
inspiration uniolds Itself
God without Christ 10. toward man, just q
vast, measureles Passivity. incopceivable. un-
approschable, IN awful Unity! Man without
Christ Is hideous torso, holding the bestiAl
passions: the seat Of right mind, Of holy will
gone; the members for work, for motion want.
Ing. Sin cleft the divine from the human. and
vitalised the appalling fragment by Itself, pro-
duoing the figure painted In the first chapter
OF Romans; portions Of which picture are seen
from Cain, Pharaoh, Herod and such like,
through the revelation. But sin In man was
seized while at work upon its very dist victims:
Another Man sprang up, beside the blasted
apostste, and put within the reach OF the fatal
fres-sciH . way 10 be saved. Just In what he
fell, 10 might riss again, and 20 ths inspired
ssory resovsrs ~ onoe the broken cord BE-
tween man and God, viz, msA's frse-sosil. A
frss.viH y thus the simple Bible seoount OF
mans moral nature. .' '
Nov comes the tAird thing making up the
Book Of God, / o, the Issues or outcomings vi
this character OF God and character Of man In
their scsiou upon one another. Call them the
product. the third term, coming from the Be
Ing. God, and the being. man. Here arc two
immeooe f6rces acting upon each other. what
comes Of hi In bries, Heaven and Hell. Bliss
and Woe. .:... :, NJ. ...,. ,,
These are not aherthoughts. contrivances.
abnormal additions. dxed by arbitrary choice.
Tksy are simple issues, - natural and ~ nco-
sssary a. the blade out Of the wheat when u U
planted; a. blood out OF . cut made BY . sabre.
Right doing. which b holmes, has heaven 40
an issue, because such doing makes heaven /,
wrong doing or sin makes hell. or mise y, be-
cause it 10 Ill against-hurtfdl to the soul do
ing Il. There's nothing in II to mako any thing
but misery out Of ID. In this life the Bible
shows that neither heaven nor hell Is found,
because the conditions which determine thSm
cannot be settled but ut the fusl hour OF life.
Then Il 10 settled. Then the causes give way
to consequences. and as the being 10 Immortal
the issues must 60 on eternally. r ....J
These things make up the Bible. A myriad
varieties Of form, ma.chless weaving In story,
In song. In parable. proverb, argument. expos
tulation and command there Is, but through
them oil some one Of the lines spoken Of will
evermore be found. a.
90 suens reouors sue Diote-tnc Woru VI TUG
living 6od-contains all that Is Of any real
concern to you. God, with whom you have to
do. Is there offered to your fullest acquAint-
snce. Yourself. the mystery, before which the
most penetrating and gifted minds stand In
awe, 10 more truly and fully explored there
than in any and In oil other books; and the
measureless issues Of personN being, deter
mined and known only TO infinite Mind, are
shown to you in this ''Ribic. the word of God.
Have considered this-word Of the living
God!