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been presented ought to suffice in
proving Him to be an entity which
man can in a measure comprehend,
though not "to perfection" But
though He possesses body and
parts unless we can prove that He
has passions" also, we are no fur
Their advanced than the Heather
nations who manufactured Baal,
Astaroth, and Moloch for objects of
worship. Deprived OF passions He
would be devoid OF character and
consequently our actions would
incur neither His appreciation nor
displeasure, and the doctrine OF
future rewards and punishments;
and in fact the entire Christian sys-
tenn would be farce.
1t will not be necessary to pro-
duce scriptural evidences to prove
tina He does possess passions in an
infinite degree, for any one who is
conversant with the Bible will
acknowledge that their number is
legion. 1t will be readily admitted,
however, aside from this that the
Creator could not impart to His
creatures attributes which He did
not Himself possess in the first place,
aud when we remember that Jesus
Christ was the incarnation Of the
Divine Nature, no better testimony
can be adduced than that which a
study of His nature presents to
prove that God does possess pas
sions or else Jesus Christ perpetrat-
ed greater fraud upon mankind
than history has paralleled.
But the Bishop insists that "any
idea of bodily tabernacle of this
eternal spirit contradicts the unity
of God" (page 1856, par. ~. No
doubt it does if we accept the con-
ception of God as held by the An
gican Church, but we will cite a
more reliable witness. "For, through
Him, we both have access by one
spirit unto the Father" Paul in
Ephesians 2: Is. "Neither pray
for these alone, but for them also
which shall believe on Me through
their word; that they all may be
one: as Thou, Father, art in me, and
l in Thee, that they also may be one
10 U.s." Jesus Christ in John IL
20, 81.
Bishop Willis vs. Jesus Christ and
Paul the Apostle. Whose testimony
will you accept These and other
passages enable us to understand
something at any rate about the
unity OF the Godhead and explain
how God is omnipresent-not in
body but through the spirit.
His trifiing with the word I'm
passibiles" which he renders Inca
pable of suffering" has added
nothing only detriment to his al
ready hopeless cause. In ascribing
this state or condition to the Divine
Nature, ne again contradicts Holy
writ, and brings the teaching of the
church to confusion,
We have previously learned from
the teachings Of the Angelica n
Church that the Spirit or Holy
Ghost is one of the Trinity in Unity
of one substance, power and eterni-
ty with the Father and Son (Article
y, hence it represents the "Divine
Nature" On turning to Romans
8: rs, we read "But the Spirit itself
maketh intercession for us with
groanings which cannot be uttered"
1t must be apparent to every
candid reader that the position
taken by the editor of the Diocesan
Magazine in behalf of his church is
an untenable one. The God they
are worshipping is a non-enity &C.
cording to their own definition OF
him. 1t certainly can be said with
propriety to them "Ye know not
what ye worship" In behalf on my
own church l can say, however, that
I'VE know what we worship" and
can intelligently define the object