The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-07-22

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simply declares that Christ is Gods
manifestation of Himself.
DR.. Soltau spoke on The Con.
struction of the Bible" in part a.
follows: .... -. -. d. ~ ..%~.
The Bible has sixty-six books
and thirty-six authors. The Old
|>Testiment has five books OF law,
then twelve books of history, then
five books of poetry, then seven
teen books of prophecy. The first
four books of the New Testament
are biography, the next one
history, the next twenty-one letters
of practice and doctrine and the
last one prophecy. This book OF
God was 1900 years in construc-
ton. God worked liesurely and
accurately.
The book tells first that some
one is coming from God to man;
second, that this long expected
One has come, was rejected, but
in His rejection and crucifxion he
completed divine plan for
abolishing sin; and third, that
having gone away He is coming
again to be. indicated by God
before the world which rejected
him.
At II o'clock, DR.. Gelesnoff
spoke on "The Redeemer, His
Atoning DEATH" He took his
text from I Peter, 2:21. In few
preliminary remarks, he showed
the life of Christ was an example
of Gods purpose for man, of what
God expects of man and what is
necessary if man would dwell
with God. Man is like a lost
sheep that can never return to the
fold, or a musical instrument which
can never give forth subdued,
sweet tones till the Master, by
repairing, adjusts part to part in
proper rotation
We may admire the life of Christ,
bat we cannot reproduce it in our
selves, lacking power, until we have
identity of nature in His holy life.
Sin is the difficulty. The death of
Christ is the only remedy for sin.
There is not the least similarity,
but rather the widest divergence,
between sin and instinct, modern
teaching to the contrary, notwith-
standing. Instinct preserves. Sin
destroys. In the atonement there
is both the fact of union of life and
substitution or exchange of place.
The Biblical idea of atonement
is that God has provided a way to
put sin away out of sight.
At 2 o'clock p. M, DR.. Soltau
spoke on The Relation of the Books
of the Bible to Another" The ad-
dress was full of Illuminating truth
but lack OF space forbids sketch
here.
The evening hour was most
delightful one. Rev. J. F. Mcleod
of Two Harbors, formerly pastor of
the Presbyterian church of this city,
presided at the evening session.
Professor Martin lead in a rousing
praise service, after which Rev. Neil
A. Gilchrist of Thief River Falls
read the scripture lesson of the
evening from Deut. 80. Rev. w. c..
Lowry of Brainerd led in prayer.
The address of the evening was
delivered by DR.. Luccock. He chose
four passages of scripture to form
the Fourfold Forward Force" Of
his theme.
AT Evening time, there shall be
light" Zach 14:7.
God, who giveth songs in the
night" Job. 1910.
Joy cometh in the morning.
Pisa. 3O:5.
AS thy day so shall thy strength
be-" Deut. 1925.
The springing of hope at thu
evening time; the songs of courage
in the night of difficulty ane
struggles; the larger and truer view
of things come in the morning, ane
with the day comes the promise O
strength. These formed the out]in.
of an address of rare strength an<
beauty.
The day, taken as a whole, wa
probably fuller of thought and in
spiration than any other in the his