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ca,t. Tic vss to aeca,eh tho ecrlpturea,n and |
s"rk diligently 10 ,,ntlcrrtnnti Their meaning.
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nora,lce prevailed even among church people IN |
Children OF Sunday y-sclloois after yeara oi study,
had no intelligent understanding OF tho 8rrii,.
t,lres a. to their unity md progress.
The speaker then referred t6the l,hle account
ior Tic orixtn Of tl.tngs was met In tic fret
ycrsc Of tlo R!blc BY tic announcement That
III Tic beginning God created the hcavcns and
Tie iii iihe began with .l,e i,lea Of do1. All 9th,
at sicra au y fclIon and truc picncs being opposed
10 eacl other, ihry were In thorough l,ar,nopy.
.neeiSl esS aftentS, o. It restel spon tlo double
ground Of mans volition aud tho e1istsnca oi
eeyil spiritual agsncies,-faete recognlzed
throughout tho whole volume. All these farts
lie, because tho Significance and meaning OF Tic
| nftsr.lIstOrlcs depeinlcl upon them. The
sneaker regarded tl,e twelfth chnptcr Of Gene
Bls, Which records Tho ctllin. q @ Abraham, as
Fa!llur to tote tits, the student read i'll tic
dirk, Tlsis chapter recorded what was, II fact,
tho starting point Of the history Of TIC Jcw's1'
neovlc, T6clr history was followed up iu tho
tory tho personal Gol, who first appcarcd ~ the
Creator, was Represented ns this Diving Ruler.
MINI w,s treated as FREQ md responsible agent,
The The oid struggle between good md evil still
| went oi,, ind tho promise IN tho Gar
t1sW md tho pro1uisc to Abraham grew
irfnhtcr, Tho significance OF all this
yesd not ,so0 0qy . Dy9 Dy nSsg tas nsss q
tho Zines and tllo condition Of tllo jewish peo
nes RiS; a1nst u"ver.ay % vii Believed and
u I,hn-nnf tivi]cd OF, this doctrine. Tie Egypt
iana Gi not deny that Alogrs llud god, hut
tIcv would not acknowledge His bupsclnncy
nyer thcir gods, asil Moses sought by miracles
to show that tic God of the Hebrews was the
o"rb The e tewish NIX @ people had very dim and inner
feet IDEAS Of God aud purify, md tho worship
for them was designed by kind Of abicct les
son. The doctrine Of one God, Of purity, and
Savior. wcro tbs points ii their peculiar drill:
ia cltect Ibis, it was necessary TINT, as
a mutton, they b separate from other nations.
Thcir wanderings, tRc!r captivltlcs, their pun
is6cpts. iii pofi,tcti to their education III these
trl,tls' MD tfntr olcdiencc to thIs ono God.
In ali this history, Gods nature, Ills love, His
power, Ills wisiloin, Ills justico; the nature Of
man. his An, hls want, l,is suffering, lis hope,
rns1le out in nnrratyc, biography, Incident, and
experience. md ali lead 10 Tho idca Of the COM
inE Of d promised Savior
! fla Win Ind mt rrafl the Old Testnrncnt en-.
tered ,,non thu rcadi,g Of thn New Testament
at = eraat tliaa1ynntanc. uo was In tic dark.
Tho opening chapter, recording the grncalogy
of Christ, wss rcaily continuation OF tho last
etnnI the historical nllusiuns an ncnunintance
witI, ina Old Tcstnncnt was nccessarv,
The first four books OF tic New Testament
werc devoted to tho lie Of Christ. To read TIC
tllo INCEPTION Of that life nrst be noted Christ
,yaa mt only child Of promise. and lcscenjcd
from fro illustfious ancestors, bit liz was TIC
cl@l4 o. the Aoiy unsst; az .no conus ~ "