Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-22
DAYS EP|CRAMS
TO PEDAG0CUEs
There is a Unity Of Purpose and
A Unity Of End in the
Scriptures
AS TO EDUCATIONAL ETHICS,
That Subject Furnishes Theme ioi
State superintendent oi schools
A. c. Nelson

The final sessions Of the twenty
fourth annual meeting of the Presoy'
terrain Teachers association are being
held today. IA the chapel Of tho Salt
lake Collegiate Institute.
The opening devotional service was
led by Rev. Wid'nan Murphy Of
American Fork. and Prot T. T. Day
Of the san Francisco Theological SEM
insry gave his concluding lecture on
Bible Interpretation This was pre-
faced by a series o. questions from the
audience and answers from the speak
er The latter Included such epigrama-
tic sentiments az follow:
You can't interpret on a naturalistlc
ground or basis The divine, the SUI
nernatural was In the life Of Israel IL
flowers out in the life Of Christ God
worked out His IDEAS through the jew
ish nation. II costs mental effort to
follow out the historical method. Theirs
is unity Of purpose. unity OF end In the
Scriptures. There Is a NE in each part
that draws all together IN a harmonl-
Gus whole. The Bible IL the product N
q life, II Is tho optgrowtn OF a spirit
ual experience. The New Testament
Is the outgrowth also OF Israers life.
The Bible IS "A living, not a manufac-
tured book"
AS TO PROPHECY.
The lecturer then took up the main
theme OF the day. 8The Interpretation
Of Prophecy" when he took occasion
10 say that Il was his purpose to treat
Of his themes conktrnctiyeiy, rather
than destrucuvely and II he at any
time used the latter method II was be-
cause It was his ultimate purpose 10
build up new tissue.
He called attention to Bishop But
ler's definition Of prophecy as history
written beforehand God imparting
knowledge 20 His servants. ages before
II happened. The speaker held this
Interpretation OF the Old Testament
raises more difficulties than u can
meet; and that God has q supreme re-
gard for the NOW. he was intensely
interested in every form and phase OF
Israels life
Prophecy from an genealogical
standpoint, Is not speaking before |
hand, but rather IN behalf Of. 4
prophet is one who speaks for another. |
messenger. a preacher. q spokesman |
Prophecy is that which speaks for |
God. The books Of prophecy are filled |
with preaching o. the men Of God: !
they catered to present needs The
object Of the prophet Is TO preach for /
the age IN which he lived; he must
meet the needs Of his own times. God /
raised up prophets TO meet the needs
OF the growing organism Micah is a
model Of preaching.
DIVINE ACTIVE WORKING.
The lecturer said no church ever
formulated an INTERPRETATION Of in
spiratlon. and the speaker held 10 the
inspiration of the Scriptures through
individual study. II means a certain
divine action az work IN the soul Of
holy men. and because the writer's
were inspired, the book, is inspired. Il
Is divine experimenting activity on
the part OF Jehovah that the Bible
fulfills the purpose FOR which Il was
written, viz, religious. a spiritual
purpose. The great preachers. preached
according TO the age In which they
lived.
II they spoke of the future they
spoke from material right at hand
though their speech may have been Boo
the future, as IN the case OF Amos. Il
was the function of The prophets 10
give comfort 20 people In need Of e.
they spoke for the ediication OF their
people.
MESSIANIC PROPHECY.
Or. Days ideas on Messianlc proph.
ecy occasioned deep interest. lie held
that the tendency Of modern thought
was to place a TOO strict or literal in
depreciation on this class OF prophecy
particularly the utteranccs Of Isaiah,
and that The prophets did not look
down the long vista and see in their
vision the exact date and circumstances
of the coming Of Christ, as the Lesson
Helps" wrongly put 10, but saw as 20
were, only just over The lines Of their
own times. each DavIdic king approach
ing az Massianic. one who would delly-
er Israel; SO that In one sense each
God fearing King NJ Israel would be
heralded as Mcssianic Prophets dd
not deal IN dates Christ was the last
of the Mesdanic kings God was iucar-
mated iu Christ q coalrscenCc OF the
divine ana the human and The mystic
riOus union Of the TWO became an I'M
divsible personality
As no my REDEEMEa"
Iu his previous lecture. Prof Day
created something of a sensation. lu re-
feuing TO the text, ~ know that my /
Redeemed livcth' On Illustration of the
historic method, and in claiming The
necessity OF interpreting Don the light of
SIS writer without the importation OF
extraneous ideas Tho speaker held
that YIHI NHffrf#fr. H~rar Is.s .sfueffafsN .