Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-01
The Way of knowledge
DN. j. a. EUBASI<.

you through the knowlcdge of God. and
OF Jesus our Lord. according as his
,,hines that pertain Unto life and god
mess. through the knowledge or him
ma, ,nat hath called us to glory and virtue:
srtat and precious promises: that by
,nese ye might be partakcrs OF the
r ,,,,, nature. having escaped tho cor
LUST Peter !. "a. )"
We nave always had a very high
,,esard for the utteranccs OF Peter. for
,,hGSe when carefully studied IN the
nsht OF known facts Intimately related
20 ,ne growth and development of
,hlnd open to the reception Of truth
mat ne had the clcarcst and fullest
ao.. OF the teachings of Jesus of
"nS OF me eleven apostles given a per-
sohhi hrco ycars course OF training
~ the mysteries OF the Kingdom Of
iesS in Il comprehensive Understanding
OF ms teachings finds Notification in his
s when S as: as reG9rded by Matthew,
upon this rock will build my church;
, an, inc gates OF hell shall not pre-
thee the keys Of the Kingdom OF heaven:
ana whatsoever thou shalt bind on
earth earth shall be bound in heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth
snail be looAcd In heaven"
ihus, to Peter he cun.ided the prim-
acy OF preserving in their purity his
c cfnn ,ea a., and instructing the dis
apostlcs recognized Peters primacy as
iaEins the Masters sanction, and Peter
nSGame the head Of the first dissentient
church based on the Christie teachings
established ut Jerusalem.
row true Peter WAS to the trust re-
loscd In him IL shown both by his own
acrIbcs referring to his subscuucut
teachings and intcrprctativc rulings az
vel as BY the wrnnglcs he Was forced
INTO with Paul. who received none of
the three years training at the feet of
the Master as an apostle, but who after
much bitter persecution Of the sect first
called Christians al Antioch. saw -
light from heaven" and thereafter be-
came convert and assumed To he
tic teachings
Prior to the coming OF Christ, the
Jews were much rent by sectarian diff
icrcnces. ~ the time OF the revolt of
Judas and Maccahhecs, about 1901 G..
There existed in Palestine the various
sects OF l'hariscts. Sadducees. Essences
Jewish church. The revolt referred to
resulted IN re-estahlishinG the canon
ica doctrines OF the standard Jewish.
or Mosaic. church. and expurGatcd the
Jewish theocracy from the sects of
i'harisees. Essences and Sadducees. SO
that they could not worship with them
nor teach their doctrines openly This
WAS especially true of the Essences.
with the result that they taught their
brulds did after the Caesars forced
them into submission in Briton and
Gaul-sccret!y-and thus retained their
rure teachings among the initiated in
their Inner mysteries" or Essenian
mysteries, down 10 the very day of
christ and for several years afterward.
when the sect became Christians.
This latter statement prcsupposes
that Jesus was versed in the teachings
OF the Esscnian mysteries for com
par!son OF his teachings with those OF
the Essenian sect. as contained in the
writings OF rhilo. hierophant who
Lived at h.r Aie aham, teacher In TIA.
Christ, show marvellous resemblance
TO the same. This finds further con-
apostles who asked him why he taught
by parablcs. and he answered. ITO
YOU i, is given TO know the mysteries
Of the kingdom, but TO them it is not
cars, for they hear; for verify say
righteous men have desired 10 see those
things which yc see, and have not seen
them. and TO hear those things which
ye hear. and have not heard them.
Peter. therefore. We have always ac-
cepted as the most authoritative cN-
ponen, OF the teachings OF Jeses. and
his fidelity TO his mission. IT reveals
unto us the way of knowledge. &C
cording as his divine power hath given
unto us all things that pertain unto
life and goodness, through the knowl-
edge OF him that hath called us to
glory and virtue
lion of the text--that II Includes all
things that pertain unto life and god
illness: through the kn@wiedge . az MN mn.
foilow-up: whereby are given unto
MS exceeding great and precious prom
ises: that by these these y eai mign' Do par
Why not devotion the infinite that is
within you to the utmost?