Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-26
pEsrREr EVENING NEWS MONDAY NOVEMBER &c 1906

forces back TO the personality OF tn,
Divine. 10 deny the existence OF per.
sonality means to impugn the valldltS
OF mans rational and moral life
Nescience is unnatural and unsatlsfae.
tory
There We're many seekers after God
I'm the old days. Men tried TO read
back through manifestations OF IN
telligonce TO the cause, The effort
brought partial truth. Jesus Christ
came to declare or Ia manifest or to re-
veal the personality OF God. The word
used here and which Is translated by
the word declared Is from the same
form which we get the word eXcgesis.
II we said that Jesus was an exegesis
of God we should be near the TRUTH
II Is "A striking expression and throws
a food OF light on the work OF the Mas
ter. He came TO bring God near 10 men.
The regal relation was emphasized In
the Old Testament. In the Psalms God
Is called king" This Is a helpful con-
ception OF God bur II Is stu far from
the heart OF man. lie must be more
than this to us. We must be more than
the subjects of despotic monarch. The
Master put emphasis upon the paternal
relation. God was our Father IL IL
not possible 10 BRING God nearer TO US
than this, Jesus made God palable and
readable to every ono OF US This was
his great work to throw llght on the
personality OF God. He would put this
truth deep into the soul OF the race.
He set God before men I'm the terms Of
human life. This seems to be a contra
diction but nevertheless IL Is the best
way to express the truth OF the Mas
tors mission. lie showed how God felt
toward men. He did this by his doctrine
but primarily he did Il by his action.
In short Jesus Christ was the revelation
OF personality. We can use the persons
al pronoun when speaking OF God,
Some say we should use 1T when
speaking of God, II SO then there is no
sympathy and no love for me any
where. Prayer IL folly. | am then but
an orphan in goddess universe, Tn.
stars swing and shine for me only TO
mock me. There Is not a beacon hung
anywhere In the roof OF the world. My
cries come ocholng back TO me bring
ing on the echo the sense OF the emp
tness of this old world. There can be
no immortality II yc must say 1T" But
this is not the complement of my soul.
Like the child OF the home I need Wis
dom and instruction. ! need guidance
and spiritual fellowship but ! can hope
for nothing of this kind under such a
system. My soul revolts a such an In
depreciation placed upon the laws and
movements of the world. Jesus Christ
hath declared God. He says God is per-
sonal His language h the language or
personality. God feels for me and has
pity for men. lie reaches out after men
To save them and 10 renew them in the
finer elements of character. Now this
is inspirationa and uplifting. It. Is a
good truth TO live by. The conscious
ness OF il will keep me In many temp
tation and save me IN many a dark
hour. Men give up 10 despair because
of the feeling that no one cares or
feels or loves. Jesus Christ came that
Il might be written In legiblc letters
and felt by burdened human souls that
God is n person. He came to affirm
that personality was the surost thing
in the world He came 20 show men
the path of God the Father. whereby
one might come to fellowship with the
Divine and become conscious OF one
who thought and loved