The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-07

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IRE Fffie zgrstsrs wers ever ready 70
record their admiration for ths Hofd %
ooS. and ezch contributor seemed 70 De
unconscious that ne was AIDING 70 -
beauty and glory. Moses wrote OF ita
suffsciency. David o. Its purity. solomon
OF It's wisdom, Isaiah o. its eternal asI~-
ton. Jeremiah % its noarhsament. joan
% its cleansing proE'eTties ahe 49, :.
It's inspiration ard iufasliosliiy. Metaphors
ed svnnbolx have been employed 70 de-
serfsre ffa value. II r. called life and light
and freedom auG power. IL nnds niftns
Illustration ia the FIRE Tor intensity,
IN a hammer for Eubduing force IN
graft for growth. IN a keen blade Tor
penetration. "a mirror for refectrFsIaess'
IA milk ard meat for sQstenance and ~
lamp for Illumination Il has been josh
na's announcement. and Ezra's solace.
and Ezekleis trust. and DaTid's deitSnt.
Guen the psalms almost anywhere an6 yoa
viii read OF perfect Law. just DEGREES
true judgments. right statutes, pure COM
mandments blessed testimonies ana en-
Tightening words. No one knew better
than David to how many uses IL conld D
nut, and no one fed oftener 20 Il Tor
refuge. for comfort, for enjoyment.
for irradiation than he IN MS
wan6erinzs Il became bis guiGe.
fn his conqusEfs his battle cry, In
his hours % meditation his song Of glad
ness and IA the dark experiences OF MS
lite his glowing lamp. Human life - very
much the same today IL was IN Bible
ttfnem and what was considered helpful
then may well engage our attention now.
one thing is certain: We are often In
the darkness and on the wrong road and
we can ind no better director than David
did. when he said. Thy word IL a lamp
unto my feet and light unto my path"
Practical Book.
want 10 remind you that this lamp OF
God is intended for use. While 10 Invites
the investigation OF the student II has
practical mission In the world. The en-
Taaasls shall give this thought this morn
Ing seems particularly timely Ia view OF
the fact that from the pulpit that once
had the reputation OF being the leading
one OF the century In this country, there
have lately gone forth statements con-
sernlng Gods word that have called for
dissent on the part OF many OF our breth-
rem. Personally / admire Lyman Alb
hott. OF Plymouth church, Brooklyn, ~.
Y ] read with pleasure bis comments
on the Gospels. Nothing finer has ap-
peared IN that line. But when in his
series OF lectures now in progress ne
gfves nfferanee 10 dangerous Views OF
the Old Testament as literature, and pro-
xokes the criticism OF the Manhattan As
ISOLATION in his own vicinity, II does seem
as n every pulpit In the land ought 10
have something TO say. so that It's po-
sitlon shall be clearly defined. Moreover
a. Is 10 he remembered that there are
hosts OF people who will have nothing to
do with this lamp Of God. and DIR. Abbott
may Do uneonsciousiy adding 10 their
number and who say that they cannot
accept It's light until they know exactly
how IL was constructed. and are able TO
take II apart and put IL together again.
There are men OF wide reading and OF
undoubted position In the world OF science,
or OF philosophy. who are showing less
sense than children with regard 10 this
Book. which was made for light and sal
walton. and which has shed down the CEN
turtles an ever increasing glory until these
best days In tho history OF the world :
civilization I 40 TO one OF them and
say: why don't you use this Bible as
your guides" j get as an answer: I
have been studying that Book for twenty
FIVE years and ! can't understand 1t. l
am afraid Il has been put together
wrongly. The parts don't ~. | can
trust IT, Moses couldn't have written all
OF the Pontateuch. Isaiah couldn't have
composed all the prophesy that bears his
name The book OF Chronicles Is chrome
logically wrong. The Psalms are med
ley The mirror prophets are so mystical
! can't discover that they refer 20 any
thing In particular / can't harnonize
the Gospels. or fsthom the Episties and
as for the Apocalypse. / get confused be-
fore / read half way through the FIRST
CHAPTER Uutli ] know more about Its
manufacture / am now going 10 let this
Book you call infalliole severely alone.
To me Il - farthest from lamp. Tbs
mere I examine IL the greater the dark
ness becomes.
oh false philosopher Oh, infautile con-
IA l. tho
toward twilight as | hear this gFea,
thinkers ultimatum. I walk up 90 hts
study table and take up hts lamp which
IN A few minutes he win want 70 light
remove the chimney and the shade and
Law them aside. I unsCTew the burner
and pull through the wick. turn the OIL
ong % the window. aud then placing the
fragments IN disarrangement on the
table | say: New. my friend, light That
n you can" why" ne replies, LOT
course Z can't lieh, Il. for YOU have taken
a. 20 pieces II Vas designed - be a com
,sleie whole. the body OF the lamp as a
receptacie for the oil. the burner 20 81
rect the draft and regulate the wick. the
oil ta give tho power of illumination; the
wick 20 attract the oil and furnish me
lieht. the chimney % make the flame
steady and tie shade 10 concentrate the
Mght on tho tshte beneath. Aut II to-
Fether again and fii It, and viii show
ynu lfe utfltF." l cannot help smiling
though ghc matter he so serious. l re-
tort 'Nhy don't sou treat Gods lamr
that way You pick the Bihle % pieces
ana empty IL ~ its inspired character
nuA then wcn6-r why q has lost tts radi-
anr. auH ne0pr God Intended e - IN
a Whole Eook Treat e. as such and le'
ats suifSt shine upon Sc and IL vii burst
forth wfth a Elshm of brightness that VII
l3sat NJ your pathway 10 the end - zine
Now. let mo light up your lamp. d
YOU see that chip On tie porcelainT II
mars SIS * tornai beauty. luf it does not
Interfere with the Weht There g some
thfnE the matter with TIE ratchet IN thts
Burner Tor the wick 81 bard 90 turn. ye'
"a hen properly regulated the Hight rs SAT
isfacfory. The chimney - cracked ut'
tie AZ the tnp. sIti ycu are not Wcr'
riea about the ught Hut let the wick
- turned down or the oli Eive cat. ans
your light IS suue. 70 20 u with this Dt
vine iasnp. the Eghse. The ctl - tse grars
% God Sad the wick g. Chrtst. Leave
ihern alone ire truth is gAe truth al
God ard ire central character IS tss
christ az cod Hands 90 Vou ussy So
tect what sppear 70 - h'smishes ais
creraucias. contradictions even Sofut
PASSAGES nav be agMcult - arrangement
ans cracks % mystery rngF appear welcl
Noa cannot ac~euat fer. Leave them al
slons Read what You - uuicrst nd n
shls book Est 81 aat vou cSr ais~st O.
thiS heavenly foo3. GAxht up tAts lemf
and iet 81 sa5re iuto Haur lifv- TIE lishl
vii ~ - beautiful mat wa win uevei
once bother youv an!te saina about ;hsnEs
which inHatty ard eternity alone can set-
IL. Tire Word q Go3 VAS not sent ~
the mouth ara pen NJ 7roeeet ard aa,s
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