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they look npoN dcAsE. liotn clnH 10 Hle' putH
portal ri tho gave Bnt tho low clnEe to lilo
hecat,rc hc can hero know. and love, and pralre
God he hate. DEATH bncAuRc thcIo ne IN cnt on
from God. f1reotten o. NJ NJ hnnd. Ih1 e. atces n
is hT1rht, nud lhcto ia rnuch animal and eetHinlo
enjoyment, he hatca death, bocauAa With death
MI his oArllly teaaufca aro oStnen'ti'rd' Inc
Thought nf God Ia far from him. the thought OF
The world only is in his heatt.' bly,, 4. Tor the
Jew, although The next world Ia itsoIf shsond+
ed III darkness, aud although there ie no posittyn
revelation concerning future happiness for the
good and futuro m!hery for lilo ~icseu' Fet
faith. evor and anon, asPoIts hcr right as the
suranco OF things hoped for. Tho horo Of tho
righteous is NOT altogether hidden from thctt
eycs. like tho doom OF tho wicked. No!
whatever doubt and darkness might reat nron
tic gtaye; however, VI times, tho jewish bo-
]ioycr might shrink Ia vague terror frosn. death
and ,hc uncertainties beyond dcast1, yet ho who
oouil sar g God, Thou 1T my Cod ny Iho
hell cu,,'d pluck linn out Of Tho hand OF Iod.'
Icr, a 1utn1o life iseverywhcro in tho Old Teata-
ment 70 him who can look bono nth tho surtaee.
1t luskh In overy word which expresses sense
of personal relation 10 God. It brcathcs IN ey-
cry prayer Of fnith. 1t Is tho life of ogory hynn
IN which tho soul lifts itself on winga Of light
and love TO tho Throne Of tho Eternal. We SEQ
reason, thon, to correct our lret impression. be-
fore you can e1puneo thig doctrine from she
pages Of Old Tcssamont Revelation You must
deny thu reality OF ayety aspiration after truth.
and holiness, md purity. You must assert that
God III tho God OF tho ticad, not Of the living;
IN word, you must aseett tho empire Of unly.r-
Enl ticath,-tor all who live, live unto Him. We
may n part account for tho lack OF pasit1V6
statement in tho Old Testament OF this inpl'or-
tant doctrine by rocollocting tho method ny
which tho Jcv reached his corclrsione- Az al
ready indicated, 1t WAS not by force OF reasoning
be persuaded himself. His was not Inc logic oi
the hclioola, but tho Eraudcr logic Of aho heart
II waA n Thought which wns felt out. rather than
ronNoned out. Hence NO find tho Ereat truth
hsaf Rivoa uB tho Glow by which to d'ect sef tho
lntcnt force Of Old Testament doctrine, when. IN
1lia argument With tue sadducees lie appeas,nos
to any OF tho particular texts which VIC have a.
rendy quoted Is bavine direct bearing npon this
,herno, but to tho genoral principle wh1ch Under
1ieY statement apparently OF no reatvn fnrcn.
God, He declares, IL the God Of the living II lie
be tho pa.riarchB' God. then tho patEinrchs llys.
Diyiuo silence in the Old Testament bs tho tur-
thor thought that God is In 90 haato wlsh Ills
teachings. Other doctrines hea1jed this Of i'm
mostaty havo appeared in gradual royclations
md in successive dovolopments,-fo example,
tic method Of the Divine o1isteuco anl tho doc
t5ine OF the Trlnisy,-anA no yenturo tho asscr.
ton that, while NO may consider tho sum OF
Revelation to bo complete. there ato yet germ
thoughts in this word which Layo not fully Glos-
rvmod thcro arc yet doctrines which nre, in-
deed, fnlly md potentially present In tho Sclip-
tu5e, hut which the Church in coming ages Is 10
understand. and to exrross much moro cloarl7
than sho il nb}D 10 express or to ul'dotatand
tl4aM at tho plcseut day. mud Among them mny
bo ts,is very doctrine OF tho Immortality OF tho
soul! But a laAl thought Us to the apparcnt iG.
nn:tucc Of lByaol IN this matter may ha!p us,-Anu
t4nt crncctnB tioir mission nB people. This waA
ri'uplv 10 prepare tue way for tho setting up Vt
tho kingdom Of God npon tho oarth Heaven
aud H tuturstY beyond DEATH had no Immediate
connection with their special destiny, Which Was
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