The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-11-20
THE TRINITY.
A Sermon Preached by
Rev. John Shape, Nov
ember 18th, 1901.


tnY TO Irlnltarlan views are not
wanting, Wine a sad Innocehce of the
ocrlpIurai oata concerning lh's I'M
porlaht doctrlhe Is nollceab g III many
prolessedly orthouoS ohfls tiahs'
huehlles 10 tAe trutnol l''e lti.per'
so'a','y OF "ou are 70 DC '"'iho "''''
outs'oe anu lt's'ue .''e CHURCH
~ young lrlehu OF 'h't'e somewhat
I'loueo win il'lldci hollo'iS. writes
h'e 'r"'' HIS army camp tliaI iie d'eS
not pecome Shrlsl'an, because
aihons olher lcasoh' ne cannot ac'
cepo inns a"c'flne, ana III the iast
! c'rc"laf 'clter OF Il "'lE '' 'he's'lc
| oelle'eiN' htr"i!S cA'cpl"'h was 'aN''i
| 70 l'e ldlse ''eerl1'hG. stiipts'e'
| ''e"soi lf'''larlahs'
III m!Sht nc well |ECicl"ic l"f US
~ asN ourselves t"' question ""F
no we h"'u tue we" that lhefe are
tnree !aai ana a'Sl'hcl persons IL
t'e "o"heao' aih u lhe'f hlo''eal
oata on "li'ch 10 oulld th's doctrine
Whlcli Is reckoheu ny many 10 ne
mysterious, ana Dy many olhers,
la!se.
III Is not iinpossloIe TO ma some
warrant Tor the doctrine or the Irln-
itv, even outside the Bible. Inc
psycoioslcai ADMISSION ol the posi-
o'llty ana necessity OF human con-
seriousness, is an argument lor the o''-
AMY II not the tfl-pelSona!lty of Iod
ISycology declares that There can DC
no sc!t-consclousneSS IN citli2r man
or God, apart from tile recognition OF
ahoLher sell. lhat IS 10 say one can
not be certain Of his own existence,
unless he is anIe to admit the cXls-
te1ce OF other people. Tie world Of
men would be one great self apart
from the self consciousness that dis
tlngn'shcs between Il self and not
sell.
mus The argument OF selicon-
seriousness is the argument for self
consclousnesS. 1t destroys Itself If
It's arg ulnent fails. Very well then,
II th's Is essential N man case, it is
as supremacy true In Gods.
Isycoiosy therefore declares that
the very self CONSCIOUSNESS OF God de.
mands anotherself-Jcsus CHRIST. and
medium OF communication between
the hrst and second persons in the
Goollead winch was found in the
thi;d person. tile Holy ht oat. If the
last part OF this statement is denied,
the first Cannot be, and it alone
would prove that there are more per.
sons than one in the Godhead.
Again, both pSyco'ogy and the BIZ
oic assert That GOD Is love. Now, love
musC always ma us object. Love
AZ sea, is ioVe unseen, and love
uhdlrected IS love unknown.
Tic who eXclaims II love every
BODY usually loves nobody, while
that love wiilch goes ungulded into
the ar, ai"avs evanomtes there.
Love unrequIttea Is a loathsomc
thlng; love obJcctlcss Is Impossible.
God loves His love must have an
an object. That object was his Son.
Their love was linked BY Il third, that !
third was the Holy Ghost. Thus |
psychology furnishes double proof of
the duality or God, if not his tri-per-
sohailty.
But, thank God, we do not need to
search for Trinit aran data in human
consciousness OF iu the love of God,
We may find it in the Word Of God.
in both the Old Testament and the
New.
We turn first to the Old Testa.
ment. IN Gen. 1:26 God is set forth
as If comforting with others in the
matter of mans creation.
LET US make man in our image, after
our likeness. The plural pronOunS
''us' and our and the plural form
OF the verD 'make' preclude the alb.
sence OF "persors from the Godhead.
Numbers G:.l-26 asks three fold
blessing from the tri.une God: the
'holy, holy, holy Of Isaiah G:3 Is be
lieyed to give warrant for the same
truth, while the first Terse of the Six
ty lirst chapter read in connection
with Luke 4: 1921 shows how the
First and Third Persons of the Trim
lty heIp the second to preach "the
acceptable year Of the LJrl
In the New Testament there are
many texts that yield comfort to
those VINO hold tri-thcstlc views.
Let us try to group some CT them un-
der several heads.
l. NO sinner lssaved by God alone.
Each person in the Godhcad has
part ana place IN the scheme OF re
1cmpt'on' God elects, Christ saves
ny MS sprlnRlea nIood, the Holy spir-
II SanctltlcS. II fcter L..