The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-18

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But firm as Is this conviction, side by
side with 1T is growing up an equally
firm conviction that there is that in
man which is not of the earth-tllat
there is that in him which links him
in with the divine. More and more
apparent, in every direction, are beeom-
ing what DR.. Hills calls 1.-The fore
CLEANS of Immortality
st is not good that the man should
be alone" Upon this statement rests
the whole fabric of our social institu-
tions-the family, society, the church,
the state. The problem of living to-
gether is the problem Of civilization.
Then see how these wonderful chap
tiers deal with sin. See how the story
OF the fall of Adam and Eve reveals the
story OF every fall The dallying with
temptation; the awakening of evil de-
slres; the battling with conscience; the
open sin. See how the story of the
Hood reveals Gods attitude toward sin
and the sinner The provision of a
means Of escape from sin and its con-
sequences. The long forbearance with
the SHINING; the sudden and over
Whelming destruction. But the MARIA
tive goes on to show that neither
nation. Judged by the standard of
mercy nor Judgment serves to secure
loyalty to Jehovah. The head of the
serpent shall be bruised, but many
long years must elapse. Little by little
must God reveal himself and His plans
of the Bible is the record Of this rev.
elation.
In the next period from the call of
Abraham to the birth Of Christ, we
have the record Of Gods revelation of
Himself in the life, first of family,
afterward of a nation. Several things
must be kept in mind if we would UNI
In
First-It was a revelation in the life
of an imperfect family-an imperfect
his times Abraham was head and
shoulders above his fellows. Judged
by the standard of to-day, by the
standard of the New Testament, he
Judged by the standards of their times
the worthless whom the Israelftish ma
ton produced stood upon a high and
lofty pedestal, but many of them were
guilty Of sins which would shock the
moral sense of those living in the blaze
of 18th century civilization.
second-The revelation was progress
sive This always has been, and doubt
less always will be. Gods method.
We cannot understand our own, or
any other time, without realizing this.
We can get neither comfort in reading
the history of the past nor have hope
for the future without accepting this
fact
Third-This revelation was made
largely through inspired men-solders,
kings, prophets-men who came face
to face with God, learned of Him, and
then lived and taught what they had
learned.
The history of this family and ma
ton you will trace in your normal
studies. And as you study it in it's
entirety you will get view which no
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possibly give. You will see the Won
derful preparation for the coming of
the children of Israel to Egypt in the
captivity of Joseph; the cementing to-
gether of people through generations
of slavery; the development of man.
hood and self-reliance through the
journeys in the wilderness: the train
ing in national life through successive
centuries.
You will also see the development of
the conception of God from the time
when He was regarded by the mass
OF the people as a mere tribal deity,
with the weakness of the gods of the
nations round about them, to the time
when they realized that He was in
deed the only living and true God, de-
manding righteousness from His Gre
atures, to the time through the cap
tlVlty every tendency toward idolatry
forever stamped out; and thus step by
step the preparations made for the long
promised and long expected Messiah.
For you will mark that the Jews had
That true element of national great
ness that their faces were ever turned
toward the future. No nation can at
tain true greatness, no individual can
attain any high measure of success
that lives in the traditions and expe-
riences of the past. The only power
full inspiration for present duty is that
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it is better further on"
The third division, which we have
been studying as interpreted by the
evangelist, John, set before US the rev.
elation of God in a human life-the
Goldman, Christ Jesus. A perfect rev.
elation but imperfectly understood
then, imperfectly understood now. But
training of the IL. And each success
sive age will bring fuller under
standing of Christ's life, character and |
mission, until we stand in His pres
ence and see Him face to face
From the day of Pentecost to the |
close of Bible history we have the
story OF Gods revelation of Himself |
t a gradual and progressive concep-
ton of the nature and extent of it's |
mission, widening it's horizon and it's |
activities, until it grasped in some |
measure the grandeur of Jesus COM
nand, go We into all the world, etc"
Gods written word is complete, it's
measure is filled up, but God has not
ceased to reveal Himself. He is still
'evealing Himself in the life of our
,ation, giving larger views of indi-
,idual obligations, wider views of ma
ional responsibility. He is revealing
Himself in the lives of his people, Civ
ng them grander, richer and more
precious views of His purposes of love
md mercy. He is revealing Himself
n the life of His church, infusing it
more and more with His spirit bring
ng it more and more into that unity
or which Christ prayed
Each of the revelations must be in
in the light of Bible truth.
md in turn help us more and more to
understand that supreme revelation.
Nay we, through the study of them
grow in grace and in the
knowledge of our Lord and Savior
[esus Christ.
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presented to Mrs Bell Miss Katherine