The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-07-03

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RASN0R RgSSElgl things, and we il
Him; and one Lord
Jesus, by whom are all things. and we
by Him. HOwbeit there Is not in ev.
cry man that knowledge."-I Corinthi
ans viii, 6, Z.
For long centuries Gods people have
been confessing Divine trinity. taught
by the creeds, which was incompre
hensible; and meantime they have
been neglecting the trinity taught by
the Bible, which is more reasonable
| If the trinity Of the creeds was ques.
toned, holy hands were lifted in hor.
ror, and the questioner was told that
the subject was mystery, which he
could not possibly understand. but to
doubt it would mean his damnation!
Therefore he must profess to believe
what he did not understand, and there.
fore could not believe.
The mysterious proposition was
sometimes put in one form and some.
times In another. Some stated it to
be 3 < is one. But others stated 1t
differently, K is one. No wonder
IL some Of the more intelligent speci-
mems of our race declared themselves
ipcapable of understanding such mathe-
ifatics, and too honest to confess and
profess what they could not believe.
Many Of these honest souls have been
forced by their candor to remain out.
side the various denominations of
Christendom.
Under such pressure It should not
surprise us that there has sprung up
an equally" unscriptural theory, styled
universalism. desiring to worship God
yet too honest and conscientious to
make false pretensions of faith. These
have been driven to an antagonism OF
the popular theory of the trinity to
the extent Of ignoring the Divinity OF
our Lord Jesus Christ. and the teach.
ings of the Bible to this effect. In a
word, the great Adversary, during the
Dark Ages, succeeded in swinging the
pendulum first to one extreme and
then to the opposite extreme. while
the very Truth. which the Bible pre-
iseptsv lies midway between them. A
Bible students, let Us seek to dow
the mind of the Lord on this sdbject
as well as on other SUBJECTS assured
that the Wisdom which comes from
above is alone capable Of giving us
proper instruction and guidance. and
of solving our man-L.ude mysteries.
Considerf Now Our Text.
y Note the Simplicity of the Bible
statements-,our text being an exam
Pile. Not once from Genesis to Reve
lation does the word trinity occur. MOI
once IS there any hint of such trinity
as the creeds descrbe-except In the
one text John v, (which all schol
ars, including trinitarians. agree IL
spurious-not found in Greek manu-
scripts of an earlier date than the
seventh century-evidently "doctored
by some trinitarian Doctor Of Divinity
to meet his long-felt want. Our Re-
vised English Version omits the In
terpolated parts of this text-intro-
duced about the seventh century to
support the trinitarian theory-al.
though the revisers all profess to be
trinitarians. When ones attention is
called to this spurious passage. the
bungling character of the addition to
the Apostles words is quickly discern
ed. st. John Is thereby made to say
that the Father, the Son and the Holy
Spirit are going about heaven testify
ing to the angels that Jesus is the Son
of God. Even child's mind can dis
Germ the absurdity of this statement
for surely the angels knew that Jesus
was the Son of God before He came
into the world and during His earthly
ministry and since, without any neces
sity for q testimony to this effect from
the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
The Testimony of the Bible.
The Bible sets forth that Jehovah is
the Almighty God, and that our LORD
Jesus is His Son, His offspring, glori
ousiy exalted to the Fathers right
hand of power, dominion and glory
as His Chief Representative ano
Agent in all matters. The Father and
the Son. although different persons, are
one in the sense in which our LORD
Jesus stated-one in mind in purpose
m plan. in action. in everything except
in person. How clearly the Master
stated this to us, and how strangely
we overlooked the force of His words
when He prayed for the Church that
we might all be zone. even as Thou
Father, and are oneT The oneness
of the Church is certainly not one
ness of person. but a oneness of faith
hope, harmony, fellowship, even as is
the oneness of the Father and the Son
Read over the Matters words at your