The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-05
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When He the spirit Of truth is come
He viii guide you unto all truth, Tor Hc
shah no; speak Of Himself, but whatso-
ever He shall hear. that shall lie speak
and He shall show you things 70 come
He shall glorify me- for he shall reveiye
OF Mine and shall show Il unto you.-St
John, ls, II, i2
The truth contained in the text rcfutes
the mistaken notion that the writers Of
the new testament had certain ideas OF
their own to communicate to the world.
As a matter OF fact their writings were
all executed In obedience to the law OF
revelation. Their knowledge OF God as
revealed through His Son, Jesus Christ,
was TO them the center Of all revelation.
TO which all Ola Testament revelation
looked forward and an future revelation
should look backward. Jesus was him.
SELF the. fun and perfee, revelation OF
God the Father. in the flesh. The ques-
tion. SHOW Us the Father" was aa-
swered once for al In the words, "Have
been SO long with you. and ye have not
known Ne; he that hath seen me hath
seen the Father" All theories Of in-
spiraton, all doubts as to the accuracy
OF the proverbial 'jot and little" all
surmisss as to the date and authenticity
Of certain words and passages, have no
bearing at all upon the question in point.
namely. that the writer's OF the New Tes-
lament did not have private theories Of
their own TO exploit; that they did no,
write and teach doctrines OF their own,
but they told one and the same story.
agreeing in fundamentals in perfect har-
mony with one another. although one dif- .
fered from another in character. dispo- I
sitIon. taste and education. This IS the .
most signifcent proof that the writer's
Of the New Testament regarded Jesus as .
the visible manifestation Of God In a
form to be known Of humanity, and that
He, in HIS own person, contained all the T.
revelations Of God which it was possible
for men to see. The New Testament .
writers therefore simply interpret Him. .
Every argument made by that master OF
logic. St. Paul. was the argument Of God .
made man. crucifed. dead. buried. risen. .
ascended. reigning. coming again to .
judge. Every outline Of every sermon .
preached by St Peter. St. chen. s.. /
Paul and the others breathes the faith in .
the one name through which alone SAL .
walton may be found. The organization .
OF ,hs visible church, set up on the earth.
IL laid upon lines given by Christ himself. .
His disciples disclaimed an credit for
their miraculous cures and their sunlry
gifts. ascribing to Christ Jesus the power
and the glory. OF course their lives were
not always in accord with their profes-
sion. Had It been 50 We might well doubt
the truth OF the records, knowing human
nature as we do. But however this may
be, we contend that the writer's of the
New Testament preached Jesus Christ.
and Him crucihed: Jesus and the resur-
rection; the baptism Of repentance for
the remission Of sins, as He gave them
commandment, and that they did not
write what their own fancy dictated
or their own inclination suggested.
The text shows the harmony existing
between the dlspensation of Christ and
the dlspensation Of the Spirit. when He
the Spirit of Truth shall come He will
guide you into all truth, for He shall re-
ceive Of Mine and shall show it unto [
you Our Lord in these words tells us
what the province Of that mysterious
Spirit Of whom He had so often spok-
en- should be. He should guide into all
truth" 81 am the truth" said Christ.
HE shall not speak of Himsefi but lie
shall receive Of mine, and shall show it
INTO you" What then is the truth"
which was and is in Jesus? Gods revela-
tlon clearly points back to Him as the ,
only revelation Of Himself to man. We Y
must go back to him for the expression '
Of God. In Him we see the figure Of a I
man, the man representative Of a per-
feet humanity He belongs to no race,
no age, no country, no language. He is
representative man. Man in the ideal
state in which he was created. Man.
Exalted in great power and majesty
TO the right hand of God the Father. Man
and yet God. The direct and personal
revelation Of God to His creatures in n