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CHRISTIAN LIFE
AND REVELATION
Subject Of Discourse BY Rev. G.
W. Martin Of
Manti.
GUIDANCE IS CONTINUOUS.
Expresses Belief That Holy Spirit Dis
closes "a Individual the Mind
Aud VIII Of God.

The Presbyterian teachers concluded
yesterdays meetings with an evening
session in the First Presbyterian
church. where Rev Dr. C. W. Martin Of
Manti spoke on Christian Life and
Continuous Revelation" taking the
text. Eph. /; H. The speaker held that
God Is al all times present In matters
relating to the church as much now as
in the early times. and which condition
viii continue 10 the close Of time God
is personified in the church Of today,
and is the Illuminating power In the
Christian belief, enabling the Christian
10 lead the true life as taught by Christ.
Dr. Martin said the "Mormons" do not
credit the Christians as including the
doctrine Of revelation in their belief.
and held that this was a misreprcscn-
tation, rs II the Holy Spirit Is consid-
cred as a medium there can be no such
position taken as that assumed hy the
Latter-day Saints Dr. Martin claimed
belief IN the continuous guidance N
the Holy Spirit as the living guide
who disCloses 90 the individual helicy-
or the mind and' will Of God
ToDAY'S SESSION.
The association continued Ms couyou-
ton today iu the Collegiate institute
chapel Rev. Dr McNiere conducted
the devotional exercises. and the speak
~ Of the morning was Prof. Day Of san
Francisco. His general theme continued
TO be the Interpretation of the Bible,
with The Organic Principle OF Inter-
probation" as the special topic. These
lectures are eXegetical iu feature ANA
are being listened 90 with marked inter-
est. The speaker said the bible is to
be Interpreted AS an organism. aside
from and excluding AL mechanical
views.
Every organism has creative. in
dwelling idea or principle which DOM
mates ITS entire development. but tho
idea Is fully recognized only ut the end
Of the process The spirit Of rcyela-
ton is an organism building the struc-
ture Of Gods love. The immanence Of
Jehovah I'm the life of Israel is the I'M
dwelling principle NJ the lie of Israel
Therefore. there Is no history Boz the
world of such absorbing interest as the
history Of Israel q history that brings
one into a truly frateUll sympathy
with the Scriptures The goal n Is
raers experience was the self-realiza-
ton NJ God in humanity. Israel was
tho organ of this revelation. 30 was the
central controlling idea.
INCARNATION IDEA
The lecturer took mp the idea NJ ln-
carnation which the Bible reflects
through progressive manifestation loo
its manifestation in Us developing
structure and inner consistency In
carnatiou solved It's own problem and
everything else that went before. The
controlling idea On the development OF
lie Is the crowuing work NJ Gods love.
the coming Of Christ The old Testa-
ment was Ia preparation Of Chirsts
coming the whole organic develop
ment Of Israel leads up 90 Christ The
structure Of the gospel is not uracel-
lular We're this So. there would be
no development. conditions would re-
main unchanged but 90 Is multicellu-
lar. which brings about subdivision,
structural liberalization and growth.
functional activity The speaker ne
ferred az length 10 the growth aud de-
yelopment ~ the primary organism
into other and numerous cellular gtruD-
lures. which in turn deyeloppd other
and further similar growths. with the
functions ~ the different groups OF
cells and their connection with the
parent organism, and Contrasied them
with the historical growth Of Israel
and the revelation ~ Jehovah through
that nation, showing the similarity of
action and operative experience ln
both
SIMPLE ORGANIC LIFE.
IN the simpler organic structures
there Is only a general manifestation
until mature stage or growth is
reached. when the specializing or in.
dividual features ~ the organism bee
come apparent In the child there
are only general manifestations. aud
each expression Is an evidence Of the
stage Of experience reached by the
child az that time Of lie IS when
Paul SAYS. When ! was a child I
spaka as child. but when I became
q man. ! put away childish things.
50 On lsraels history IN ns earlier
manifestations h Was but the crud-
escence n what was afterwards 10 b.
the flower and friitiGn OF Gods pur-
poses In revelation. lsraers national
experience was the organism of the
Divine revelations A. the bodily
structure of man has a heart and brain
20 direct. foot and a hand 20 serve.