, 1876-03-13
Christ end the Fa.hor, docs tho Now Testament

C0f1hE &NQ LQ6 &StIGEt upQE tlI0 NUN 4G8kAkQUl4k
employ tho expression oynn otice.
And now. A. wits,osees 70 tho flrtbtf nnfo'd-
fuE OF tho Gospel meaning OF bol,cf-ot faith
let lis anmnon tho ttnnslhtofa thomsslvess In
lia 10 ti,e King Of 1srael, lot Him now come
down ffom tho cro.., and NO wilt holIovo Him."
And In the hncceclin4 worse, "tie tsnatod in
God lot Him dellyet Him. II 1le will have
"bcl[oye" In Tho former voraa ia tho satne word
which III tho latter verse ts translated "truBtol."
And. c1oarty, tho tranolntors wcro lnatldcd m
lotting tho meaning thus pasa over from belief
did trust The Father. With HIN thero was moro
than orodonco of what Got lad spoken When
lie bccano obcsfisns unto doath thora wns the
octuul casting Of llimsolf on God. Therc WAS
might they say, "lIa trusted In God"
Dnt many aisothor passage ia ttleso In which
tho word Of tho original na'ss, OF necessity. ee
trnus!a.od by son,o equivalent other than slmn!T
" But Jesus did not commit Himself to .hen'.
bccanso lilo knew alt men," Yot tlcro, In tho
Greek, tho samo word Ia found which go fro
quonly Ia rendered Ly bollevc. 80 thas II wo
Greck word uniform rendering. 70 rnuss q,t hsto
trausase, '.1ll!t jesus did not believo Himself
to thom r; which would DO ne!thor good senho
nor good English In Corn.'sn1e; ;' H. ota.,os ~ we
loved" tho nracea Of God? Yot tho Greek
worll Is the samo which 10 elsewhere rendered
beoyo hST. s 4 .o sanastIoa s1 - riyen n
| ap :. t.cofr1mitted or "iutrs1aicd."
Ihayo been thuB careful to ctto those several
passages, bocauso am doatrous that overy ono
usually trnuslatcd in tho Now Tastament by
Hbolsf" or "faith," Is not ono Which bonfs
merely the single and provsIlingly intellectual
meaning OF the English word be[iof. Az Wo
IA tnS most st natursily rondorod By tfnst as, o
| ltustel God t" and which, In aomo paaBages,
must necessarily bo rendered. by "comnlIt" oI
f. 'G1s oa ad 1ss mot oet ean.el Il1a9 sa
oraclos Of God" In this uny wc get-,ao wo
not ?-tbe corroboration Of tho Significance
| which, OH purely linguistic grounds, wss as
signed ts {, tho oxpr0saion "oeliovs on" or "bo'
There romans, however, still mother Scrip
tural SOURCE from whieh Se may learn what It
is to "boliovo on" or to havo " faith in Tug
Lord Jcsus Christ. That sourco is the Old
TINT tho, relation Ct Tho soul 10 God
Of tho aame essential nnturo as Tho rotation OF
tin sou! to God uudcr tho old disponsatlon.
relation OF tho rcgonerato soul TO God In tho
| Old Testament 10 "truBs." I hav0 found by eK-
animation TINT the word tfnst as tho syuonym of
p1e!y. aocoptab1oncas With God ooeurn In t!o
s'Aud David spako unto tue Lord tho words Of
this aong Tho Lord is tny rock tn Hin, will
aEss" my Goa, IL ttust IN %hee i
tiy nss Say , unto unto sho Lord. irast shou ta Him.
Says job. ..Though lie stay me- yet will l truet
In Him." Writes Isaiah - Behold, God fB my
salvation. I will trust, and not bo afraid" And
kn6Man fss sa that fhs t G1a r. e Il eoo a sna Wills
tho word trust" is founa-and rightly found
iu tho Old Testament In hundreds If INSTANCES,
Tho uord hellovo" ia found only about forty
| times, and tho word falth but twtco. 1nSho
t.trust " Ia found only twenty-five timea. while
tho words "boliere" . belief" aud = faith arc
used nearly roo .smcs! Do you not
saaro ny iSar 1a ,has rd,,,sne IN sneugng tho e
aoonhlgly moro intellectual "boliet" Of tho
| New, the tsanslatots have somewhat obeoured
| the essential moaning OF faish7 own TINT
hare ofton wished that tho moro ancIcnt OK
preston, with its child!ike dependence and its
ohildlsko comm!ttal. lad boen retained. hayo
falt that ita 1udioious retouton would lnvo done
something townrd countoractlng QUO Of tho dan
| goEs to which tho conception Of faith Is nova
days exposed.
Cortain1y, aud on tho ground Of what has pre-
coded, NO arc amply Justified In thinking that
belief iu Christ ID far moro than even tho most
explicit intellectual conecus TO- tho truth which
Christ teatllcs: Unquestlonab|y there is, In ll
bulinf nu intellectual elomont. There munt bo
the rational apprehension Of the being or
declaration to witch bolicf stands related. There
I ttn tvts2 ats liz
nust ~ to iuaaonap'1 af.uuuna ~ ~ mtGu ~ t.Is .ao
eohuaeneo nay tgns' Anu 'ne suos & so .'sol
usta coucetnc tne Mo 1ny taI aial. .;,. M a
Ihe moro .we'sn.y lns* pG to oSuon1aa "1.,oss: w.
IeshAIs ypu Ma1o nsaiu ~ ee.u, e, ny Aea.eie. "
tho saepts, 1aas Cntl5tan 'as.a ~ Haa.so!,h.' l
Ana possibly ynu nasu neata anu pcnssios u.61
opo Kavo a n11e. ius ~, ,,,Doa
Iay yua aom M ~ VI n,.r suuA .hat t.. ~ sa
no. nor iol an aoaf ~ ~ tne' tal.a asss L.. OF
l,aa tho llBnt 10 ask, 'a 9nnt sno nature o. ev,-
nenea ue nnuesstooa: nno anBses,ts; t,;, lnaeeu,
that thoFo may po Fa!la seetMAonY WHICH u npt
OF tho nVo senses. 9he aSefs tna. myaso!y ~
not nocssa1y eon.sacson. oue nanns 1t!t III. s,a
there may DO EooH reason lof hett'hg W.
faee iu tho lno Of tue ascending path, abbott
stght cannot acgn 4, nor tno UNDERSTANDING pre-
diet aa 6soRs, hae On eSaaneo Sno foste, never ,a
tholeHs. Io tao tostinony eno aiakea hos
appeal. sho holds 1aAs, because quo Judges
that tic rock OF nor :, con!idoneo is iofosor an'
shaken. ssllo says, know III whom havo DO
llovcal" ,,, ,
At tho aame tmo, and in addition, tl'ia 1nith
thla belief. Of which the uospo speaks, tncllldeH
o., active olo'nout., As has boon already
disclosed, It Not only lns convictions, but Il
h.xz- all H.. 41rk ~ @AfAk 3s, Al~