Milford chronicle., 1904-02-19
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a Mystery EssenfinI 1n nnnno

9 q ~ 81 ASNSA'S IL d message OF JOY an
Deace
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an A Mystery Essential TO Pence.
1rI consider how near this conception O
in Christ the Divine Son manifested II
so human hesh' brings the Deity to us
-, II we did not have the maplfestatio,
,.,, VI God's love in Jesus Christ how
%. would we worship? Even the lowest
forms Of religious truths cannot ovist
= III the heart of man without some Kind
-. OF an incarnation. | said some Years
20 ago IN India to a Buddhist priest: You
- 10 not believe that these hideous idols
- Vi wood and clay and stone have nnv
uIVlhe power? You do not believe thar
- ihose bleared eyes and that horrible
q sIln ana that twisted body is a god?
: lou know you do not Why. I could
KNOCK him down with nv hand
coulu crush him with the heel Of nv
iooI on, yes" answered the priesr
"hat you say is true We intelligent
leauers Of the east do not believe those
idols are gods But the common moo
PIE cannot conceive of Il spirit God as |
our prophet has revealed him to us.
% we give the common people a god 1
OF clay and wood, which they can 500
ana touch" Brother. our God has sant
us Jesus Christ in the flesh He cop,o
! as revelation of God. He came so
tilat our finite minds might grosn tbo
inullIte' lie came to show us that God
ooulu suIIer as we suffer and be temn+. S
e.' as we are tempted. yet be without /
SIN lie came rs God of never ond. J.
ing love- Mystery! Mystery, Tho Il
trinity is an inexplainable mystery h
t,.'. 10y It IS a mystery we all need. a mys- Fl
10Y 'eI! we should all accept. 1t is a mys- fl
lery essential to our peace. h
Mystery of the Trinity. N
mus the mystery of the Trinity SC
means simply this: God the Father so
comes TO us and says: ITO eyDloin 70 lie
you all things. my child. would ba 70 to
SET Detore you what you could not com ba
'rehend Your mind is too veal, 70 da
'raSp IT, any more than a little child in no
lis fathers laboratory can understood eri
= grasp the chemical principle of the boz
ulieSlon OF the basic elements. But if Ho
ou see the Godhead veiled by bu- lial
IAN FORM, If you see the Spirit Of Cod fro
liliatlng a being like yourself If Won cia
'ile III contact with the divine nerfac- wOl
ous active in human environman+ to {
III VIII then have a glimpse of tbe nov
Dry OF the GOdhead and realize soma
ing or the supernal mystery Of Fa- F,
er' Son and Holy Spirit. All tbis 7 tber
IL snow to prove that | am God tho tura
wing Father and We are NV chill iour
St., LAY we ma the Trinity a a pl
.s'ery, But though a mystery. deem swim
a nigh and OverpOwering. it is goes
s'ery SO simple that a little child in m
reverence the majesty Of the Fo. 6rem
+ can realize the love of the Son and amid
yleid to the influence Of the Holv looke
rlt' Great and yet beautiful and bring
PIE Is the mystery Of godliness in WON,
Is Christ. =" ,'.sI- In
doctrines OF Gods 1t me
ipotence and mans free agency arc NJ 81
lnexplainable mystery. Yes We forest
that God is infinitely greater .bo,, Co0to
. we know that the Creator. who ward
"a seas ID the palm OF his hand II the
AT whose touch the volcanoes be no
fe and the earth trembles and the Of,
'e voice is the voice of the storm tberaf,
'upreIne control over the creatures sacrif,
Is maze. He can say to man. eco contra.
It soetn' come, and he cometh: do why tb
ahu he doeth it," But. though strande
the Omnipotent is truly all now nre mr.,
know | can resist his will count ,
as free agent. can raise NV wreck
Ut lower it. | know that | can and tbo
,aIr, @ WIN nate or have the through
I
+tia u ioae' know | can walk seas.
7 i,np pu'pI' 10 the right or to the We ca
Know can choose between allowed
ana wrong. Free, free! Free after w
glorlously free! A mystery-a then the
unfathomable mystery! With nal dan,
e Omnipotent am still man. the with IN,
ent. the I'n tn'
HarmOnizinE Creeds. dao+b. ..
TWO conflicting facts are true like n h,
10 can reconcile them? There. naad ~,
Iter we have once accented tbis NV roPr,
we can harmonize all Chris. and Ios+
eeds at the foot of the cross good ana
we can take down the bars ~ Is Iil,o =
nlsm and call all members NJ ba,rL =,
erent Protestant churches orr refDgo 7
and our sisters. How can his cro..
that:" says some one to mo self obor,
eat frnda anl'eI tlis mystery his rightC
ntad 49, a.l, -,-ieilt"i Lnystery-is bare. and
orr sor,.,o1 1ueS'ioii oI the maA- nocence IL
ON VIII ,,.ou-ti ',iiu me church in bic and a
1snect fro,, ''lp is uetermined Simple ant
alto, 70 O., iiC" you view guidance @
ON Cod do oegln to raigned by
IoIvinis+ Zen Js 70 man be- he must b,
Cod is sd! 10 myself Fiction, be
see oT +hia| o'ei,l' l know he prosecuted
win ,-nn, ,ss ne can save fend me- v
INTO the Presbyterian church who, I'LL, SII
+. I-roy,, NlO" l am a rectiOn." '
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dist cbnrcb r~eI' TSa ! 80 into 1t. But afte
rom Cod az e", instead OF that the go
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