The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-17

everlastingly three persons yet one God
But the natural world can do more than
this. II can lead us one step nearer to the
rational understanding Of this great mys-
terry; for everywhere in the created uni
verse we find not only evidence OF the all
comprising fact OF the fundamental idea OF
diversity in unity, but actually of trinity
in unity. God has written the great mys-
terry OF His being upon all His works. And
everywhere. in every part OF His vas. uni
verse the eternal Trinity, the Almighty
three in one, has made nature a revelation
OF HimSelf. With the clear light Of that
revelation in our hearts, having received
through the Gospel the direct knowledge
of Father, Son and Holy Ghost, we look
around us and find the facts OF Christian
faith wonderfully confirmed by Gods
otherrevelation of Himself in the natural
world. Even the great mystery OF the
Holy Trinity-the very nature OF Godhead
itself, is not obscurely manifested to those
who have eyes to see and hearts TO under
stand in the world OF nature and OF man.
This very idea Of harmony, which, as We
have seen, is tine key TO the order of the
universe, and TO the economy OF the divine
nature-musical harmony-the orderly
blending OF many notes in one, contains
still closer analogy OF the Holy Trinity, for
the perfect major Chord that is to say,
harmony in its simplest and most perfect
form, is perfect trinity in unity. There
is no confusion or mixture Of the three
notes OF the chord; each remains distinct,
yet all are one; one in three and three in
one. And this is only one sample OF
what may well be called universal law.
What is space but trinity in unity, with
its length, breadth and hight; three d.
mansions, and more or less cannot be con-
ceived; each distinct, yet all one; the unity
necessary 10 the trinity and tho trinity to
the unity. And time, with its past, pres
ent and future, contains the same idea.
And man himself, the crown Of Gods cre-
alton, contains deeply rooted in his being
this same great truth Of trinity in unity.
Man was created in tho image OF his Maker,
and in him consequently is mirrored even
more distinctly than in tho rest OF
the universe the great mystery Of the Tri-
une God. Man has soul aud he has a
body, but he is not either OF these. He
himself, the personal spirit, unites both
with himself in the trinity OF being, which
is tho complete man. Body, soul and
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and that which is the connecting link
make the one man, all distinct, yet all
without confusion mysteriously blended
into one. Even as the Father is not the
Son aud the Son is not the Holy Ghost,
nal Godhead. II is hard to understand
the Church's teachings on this subject,
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great truth and the same inscrutable mys-
terry.
Ono further analogy we may take in
conclusion, and 1t is, perhaps, the most
striking of all. The browning work OF
creation was man, and in mans beng we
naturally find most distinctly pictured the
eternal verities OF God. But man
himself Is not complete in his own sepa-
rate and solitary nature. The work OF
creation did not reach its goal and compile
ton in the individual. Man himself is
but part OF larger unity. The family,
and not the individual, marks the culmi.
nation Of Gods creative work. II Is the
family. and not the individual. that is at
the root OF human association, whether re.
ligious or social. The family, and not the
individual, Is the seed germ in its two dis
tinct aspects, both OF the church and OF
the State. And, rs Gods work in creating
the material universe and in forming man,
eliminated in the order OF the family, mas
We not look also 10 the family for the mos
distinct revelation which the natural
4 world can give Of the nature OF God Him
self III lie reveals Himself In all that lie
has made, even in the material world, how
I much more In the GROWING work OF Iii,
wisdom, Ills power and His lover tn,
family on earth In its ideal state, as Il
ought TO be and might be, is in itsel
q very striking picture OF the eternal com
munity Of the everything and indivisiblC
Trinity in heaven--the Father, the Sol
and the Holy Ghost. And the very word
We use are largely drawn from the con
sciousncss OF this underlying resemblance
The Father, the source Of being. and Son
begottcn OF the Fathers love; this is III,
reality in eternity Of which earthly iathe
and child are the picture and representa-
tive In time. And the Holy Spirit, III,
EMBEDDING mutual bond Of love IN tho etor
nal family OF heasen, the bond Of unity
the personal love OF the Father and Sol
which makes all one, the very spirit 0
love himself, uniting tho Holy Trinity
with holy and indvisible unity. Is no
this eternal personal love, in that ineiIabl,
relation 10 the Father and the SON, won
deriully represented in the earhl,
family by the mother, midway a
il wero between father and child
the gentlo, tender, loving power OF union
the sweet influence that holds both i'm
moyably In its embrace and makes IN
family one7 Is not the mother in yer,
truth the pervading spirit Of love in on
earthly homes? Is not tho mother th,
uniting link between father aud child, th
strong, loving bond, without which III
unity OF tho family could not exist, thu
maniiosling, not obscurcly. a proioun
I truth concerning God himself, pictunn
hero upon earth the very place In the d
vine economy Of the Godhcad which be
longs TO the blessed spirit in heaven
, Father, mother, child, hero Is trinity {
/ Gods own ordering, distinct one from III
other, but all bound together in tho Ill
vinely constituted unity OF the family,
iriuno fact which corresponds with strik
ing exactness In this lower world with thl
, eternal reality Of tho Triuno God
/ heaven.
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