The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-03-18

saying, pray FOR them that Thou hast
given Me, that they all may be one In
Us. even NJ Thou, Father, and | arc
one. John i7o. ao-2il Surely no one
would claim that Jesus expected His
Church 60 become ono person, And II
is equally absurd TO think that He ana
the Father are one person.
Because Jesus was thus the Fathers
Representative, In the only sense that
men could see the Invisible Jehovah, lilo
answered Philip on one occasion, lie
that hath seen Me hath seen the Fa-
Their" Thus the Presidents secretary
would say to a caller, II represent tho
President
"ln the Beginning Was the Leaes.'
As Matthews aud I.uke's Gospels
make very plain how the glorious Son
OF God was made flesh, yet not par.
taker OF human sin, so 81 Johns Cos
mel provides MS with information sun
further back. pointing out aud explain
Ing clearly the glorious prehuman ma
tnre of the Son Of God, The transla-
ton. however, IS slightly defective and
hides from the English reader the fuii
import OF the opening verses which,
literally translated, read
"In the beginning was the Loeos, and
the Logos was with the God, and the
Logos was god The same was Ia
! the beginning with the God. by linn
were all things made, and without Him
was not one thing made. ''' And the
Logos was made flesh and dwclt among
us; and we behcd His glory the glory
! of an Only Begotten Of the Father, fuli
| of grace and truth - John 1913, Ii.
The beautiful simplicity Of this ae-
| count Is wonderful The beginning IL
/ mentions was not that Of Jehoyahs
existence, which the Bible declares was
/ without beginning. The word refers
to the beginning of creation, and I'M
mediately introduces us to the great
/ Logos, "the Beginning of the creation
! of God" Reyelatlon 3l4) While the
name Logos may be not Improperly
translated Word, 1t has a much fuller
| significance; namely representatives
messenger. mouthpiece.
Jehoyah's entire Message has been,
and VIII be, given TO angels ana 10
men through the great Logos, lie was
the Alpha, the first; the Father created
none before Him. He Is the Omega,
the last: the Father has directly ere
ated none since Him This explains
simply, satisfactorily, that all subse
ouent creations, while executed by Je'
hoyah's Power were worked out Dy
His great Son, the Logos. "By Him
were all things made that were made
When the time came for the out
working Of the great Divine ran ioi
human salvation, and, incidentally, tho
showing forth of Gods Justice, WIS
dom. Love aud Power, the offer prop
erly came first to the Logos. The
proposition TO be mans Redeemer car
/ rIea with il great blessing as ~.
Paul explains. Hebrews 1919; Colos
SLAMS 1:1S) This exaltatlon to Gods
right hand far above all other crea'
lures, was an advance step. Although
originally higher than all the others,
! the I.ogos was not 50 far above
| then.
/ 1t was Gods purpose to have New
! Creation; and the Logos, through tho
i redemptive Plan, was TO be the ilrst
and chiefest ON that highest plane
! the Divine nature During this Gospel
/ Agc, God las been calling and accept
ing the honest the obedient, lovers OF
righteousness, haters of iniquity, to ba
associates with Jesus III the Kingdom
and participants with Him in the high
est nature Of all-the Divine. So, 81,
Peter declares, God hath given untq
US fthc truly consecrated, the Church,
exceeding great and precious promises,
that BY these we might become par
takers Of the Divine nature" 20 Petet
/ III Hebrews 2:10
Is it right is it Christian, is 1t true
is it manly, 10 charge my teachings
! with denying that Jesus Is the Son OF
/ Godf What object could there be In
| SO doing except to keep the Lords
/ hungry sheep away from the green
/ pastures of Divine TRUTH Well 90
| my trnducers know that they have
! nothing Biblical, sane or sensible 70
! give instead. Tile very bitterness
manifested by ministers against me u
/ being used Of the Lord to arouse IN
yestigation amongst those who are tru
/ ~ His people. II my reputation must
/ be thus assassinated IN order that tho
true sheep may hear the Masters
voice, ! shall acquiesce ny joyfully as
possible, remembering that II VIII be
/ difficult for them TO say Ditteref or vi.
truer things OF me than they said Of
| my Master
Ny crime IS the same that melted
| the Pharisecs against Jesus and the
Apostles. "They were angry that they
taught the people Preachers who DO
not believe ia eternal torment any
more than / do are angry that ] am
informing the people. for they fear
that the people will justly think thar
their ministers deal dishonesty, re-
ceiving wages for keeping them III
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