The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-01

this sea- we must forever remain a par
Iof things conscious. We is to sa,
whether you will be enslrouded in th,
vastness of the unpeoped space. Wheu
IN the star lined spaces you may b
Icailed upon To be forever shut in, caI
iaEy one say?
Tie shuddcr Of the Oriental at In,
Thought of future life came from
one Of two sources either his atheism
Tor his degraded notion of God. Tn,
.Sadduccc had some of the same orea,
but has arose from ms worldiiucss. III,
Faiestinian had practically no con
Eception of God as Il kind ana lovin.
,father. Apart from this conception
,,etornal life has more of dread than en-
clantmcnt for thoughtful man. Tn,
Sadducee had made complete scrcc,
FOR himself so that .Jehova was hiddc,
from his gaze; he was wholly unwiIl
ing to shape is conduct in this life b,
the standards which a belief in al
eternity with God demands. What mui
titudes of men hover round this place
Iald do all they can to get to the place
where they can side with the Sadducecar
Ill his practical atheism
! 1t Is almost amusing Tie antics
: ti'at the class present to the world III
ithc use they make Of revealed facts
On that day they say, Master. Moses
SAID. What hope can they have in the
wings OF Moses. Do they hope to con
qucr by the name of a dead hero? Dc
they indeed expect to give Immortality
10 the viii of this mortal who 80 lonu
ago had dwindled into dust and there.
by strengthen their denial of She teach.
ln3 OF Jesus as TO the eternal life and
the resurrection. Surely there is Il
Kind of glory even in that kind OF
eternal life. Was this the Moses OF
the Hebrew Scriptures. No it was not
but a kind of abbreviated sample created
III the distorted imaeinations OF tie
cult. The Moses OF the Jew was the
ilan who talked face to face with God
And who proclaimed the doctrine ol
A''''i'' et'iitN II IL bil lit NNS tii5jo'ii
in many temporal task such as the
preparation of laws and ceremonies 70.
transient use. They are willing TO have
sod found Kingdom for their u.s.
and occupation here and ROW bnt t.
approach nearer and come into 4 closer
touch, No, No. He does not intend
tc teach men 80 look beyond and fad
in the relations and occupations, and in
stltutlols and indicators % region
beyond where all may ii they will
come into the holy and uninterrupted
fellowship so figured in the mundane
sphere.
They have caught the Galilean now
breaks forth the crowd. But how ma
jestically he conducts himself What an
answer he makes. SO unlike their meth
OILS. No slIbtcrfuge. no irony. nothin.
below the level of the most courteous
gentleman of any age of the world
What do You know OF Moses? What
do you know of th3 record he made +!
Where are looking for him in the petty
details of domestic life Go to the
burning bush and hear him talk face
to face with God
: First they darf Moses thea they
dwarf Almighty God. They try to
fetter both by the use of petty things
and then make these dwarfed ones
teach us that there is no resurrection
from the dead.
; The revelation TO The Hebrews had
u double character; it revealed him az
the builder of commonwealth in which
all nations of the earth are to be bles-
sed; but it REVEALED Him as loving
and choosing persons. How many he
called as he did Abraham ] can MOI:
say. Abraham answered, SO did Paul,
and John and large number in all
ages and ciimes. God is always on
the search for men and women who will
competence his will and come into touch
with him morally SO that through then,
he may enligbtcn the age. The great
empires crumble into dust. Assyria.
Baby loa. A;helis, Thclcs. Memphis all
gone but Paul, Daniel, Jacob, Moses.
John. these acdc forever Nations are
in his hands as Instruments OF cd,ca
ton, j, is not the schoolhousc he cares
for it is the pupil. 1t is not the appar-
atus or the science hall but the student
he loves.
The resurrection of the dead was i'm
plicitly revealed in Jchovah's first APP
pearance to Moses. The new common
wealth was founded in view of love
for Abraham. Il was not for HIM and
lis pOsterty. And when the Father ;
love for his human children coum be
eliectually revealed in Jesus the end
Of the Jewish commonwealth is come
and in its form it may pass without
loss TO the world. The implicit rev
elation came very slowly to tie Is
raelites not because of any unwilling
ness on the part of God but because