Arizona republican., 1917-11-06
REVELATION FROM
 G0D, |S SUBJECT 0F
 REV. YATES SERMON

Before there can possibly be any revelation of any kind, two conditions must exist. First, conscious intelli- gence capable of comprehending, and of acquiring knowledge; and second, field of undiscovered truth open for ! revelation or discovery. Where these two are, third must be,-God. For a conscious intelicent CT Ieature such as man is, could not be as the result of ciancc or of accident; but evidently must exist as the result of a Master design.
 The designer is called God. So, in a study of the principle of revelation we have these factors to reckon with,-I man, possessing limited learning, God having superior knowledge and vast field of truth undiscovered to han. The principle of revelation is so closely related to that of discovery that it is scarcely possible to draw a dividing line and to say: this knowledge comes by discovery. and this by revelation.
 Every truth, be it great or small, which is unfolde1 to the mind comes by the laborious process of discovery, and is revelation. By means of many bumps and some pain a child discovers
 
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 The mere announcement of certain truth or statement of the same, by one who knows. may persuade to be- lief; but it is neither a discovery nor revelation to the believer. A per senage having every appearance of heavenly messenger might stand before me and announce that the moon is in- , hahlted, and 1 might have some reason to Delieve his words; but that would not be revelation to me until by some more compelling means I were made conscious that such were the facts If God himself should proclaim some of the greatest mysteries of the universe With trumpet in the ears of all living 1t would not be a revelation to the thinking machinery of a pig; neither would such proclamation be a revela- ton to any man if his qualities of mind ! were not better fitted to sucn things than the brute creation
 The mother tells her child that a burn will be painful, but that fact is not revealed to him until he feels it. Ire feel, is made by discovery and constitutes a revelation. Personal ef fort Is prerequisite to every discov- cry; and revelation from God himself 1 IS not possible to the mind making no el1ort to discover and know the truth; therefore discovery and revelation are almost identical. A school teacher can not cause primary class to Know the 1 great things pertaining to the higher branches of learning by stating those tactS to them even though they should l stated l1 arl,- | Because it is impossible for the learned to impart their learning to oth- CTS contrary to the natural God given laws governing in those things. More l over, when student persulng any branch of science or learning delves into the mysteries unknown to him. and returns with pearls of knowledge. snail affirm that his school-room is as ho,y sanctuary as any shrine of worship ever erected by human hands. ana that the thing there discovered to ms mind are revelations from God. 1 They are of God because man is of God, truth is of God and is discover able only by the laws of God. That some learned men fail to honor him as God is no evidence that they have not received revelation from him. but rather that as yet, what they have re- ce1Ved is lamentably limited in some Very important branches. But this should not detract from our apprecia ton of the kind and quality of knowl- cage which such men have discovered ana which they do promote in the | world. '-Ae Let 1t be remembered by every one who would seek fuller revelation of the Divine. that such can not come to the mind unfitted to receive. God is represented to us as desiring that all mankind shall be perfected in knewl- edge and thus be saved Note the language of the text: This is life eter nal, that they know thee the only true God and Jesus Chrust whom thou ha sent. But to give us more of the revel atlon of the Almighty than our capac- i ity to receive. would be to crush us. | The purpose of Gods requirement that man be obedient to the primary principles of the doctrine of Christ is that by this tutelage our capacity for the higher learning and for the greater revelation may be enlarged And there is no other way to do it.
 Let onr studies be to know God in his majesty and to understand more of the grandeur of his works and power Let no man be discouraged in his search fo God merely because some revelation claimed to be of Him appears faulty and defective for man IS still far from perfect and the per lection of God cannot in the very na ture of things be reflected through an i,nperfect instrument.
 Divine revelation t3 man increases with every approach to God likeness Ignorance and misery increase with every departure therefrom. Obedience |" gospel law connects man with the dlvlne dynamo of power unto eternal salvation.