Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-03-28
.RS Rel, I orbetts Easter Message.

Rev.. Torbelhs'. ]
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cred on*hes eccasionsof Easter Sunday
was thai Of Rev; Albert. Torbett, WHO
gave e. !. following, splendid address:
Heb. SIS See, saith he, that thou
make all things"accordingsto the pat
tern which was showed three in the
mount; 49,
The Is1aeNtes who had just escaped
from bondage In Egypt needed to be
taught right conceptions of God, and
they needed to be taught the lessons
whose ritual OF worship could in an
object lesson way teach the needs
Of reverence, purity, human sin, di-
vine forgiveness, and righteousness.
For this purpose they needed q con-
secrated building which by its very
structure and furnishing could be a
symbol Of the divine presence, and
lessons. To this end God called Moses
up into mount Sinai, and amid the
earthly eplendor and the divine glory
showed him a model or pattern of a
tent Of tabernacle which he was COM
manded to make; and 1t was particu.
larly specified that all things were to
be made like the pattern showed to
him In the mount.
God wants to dwell in man himself
rather than In some building which
man car construct Of wood or stone;
for we read, eye are the temple Of
God" And so not only masons and
carpenters but each one Of us Is to
build the temple Of character and his
life work, In all Of which God can be
manifested or made known better than
in the ritual Of any temple. There is
a divine pattern given 10 Us also, and
this plan must be followed. In our
youth when conscience Il Illuminated
by the Spirit Of God, and when the
obligations to right living and service
seem cleerest, We are upon the eleva.
ton OF mountains Of life; and above
m the Babel sounds Of earth No can
hear the divine voice calling Us 70 fol
low the high ideals He gives Us.
Blessed Is the youth who harkens TO
this divine Friend and begins at once
to follow his instructions, for then he
will not cease to hear God speak.
When the inspired Scriptures lie open
before you You are upon . mount Of
privilege greater than was Moses on
Sinai; for in them you may hear all
that man needs to know; about "GoiF'
human duty and human Destiny. s
The Scriptures were not given us
to show US the; way out of This world
into heaven, but rather to show us t. \
divine pattern Or plan FOR our earthly
Lives. . >" :'.''
On the mount Moses prayed Is go;
Lord, beseach thee show me- thu:
glory;" and he did get glimpses oof
the glory Of God; BIZ the had no such
privilege as is. ours in the mennt Of
divine revealings in. the" scripturesj
for there we see God Dwelling among
us full Of grave and truth, In the per-
son of;':Jesus Christ. We read, "He
who was manifest in the flesh, justi-
fed in the spirit, seen of angels,
preached among the nations, believed
en;inkthe. world, received up in glory"
and Jesus himself said to Philip "He
that hath, seen me hath seen the Fa-
ther.,,.,
;rGpd speaks to men in the starry
heavens Jbut man must lift his eyes
to READ t5bese rolling worlds,
"' !. sseeY FE,Aa singing as they shine,
The l!s9 hana l.. that made us is divine"
,F.God speaks to man also in the
Scriptures, but man must carefully
read those inspired words and mediate
thersta, Or be will not get Gods mes.
cage Of love. II is not sufficient that
Tie pre1tident VI the United States lay
his hand upon the Bible as he takes
the oath of Office and kiss the book in
token Of his love for its lessons Of
justice, mercy, holiness, and rtust in
God; he nut search that book and
store away Its lessons in his heart, so
that he may have wisdom and strength
to follow the pattern divinely given
All must do this. It would he in vain
that God should give US pattern for
our lives and Aharsct.r. ,,,,