Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-12-03
PEOPLES FORUM
AN INTRODUCTION OF THF
SOCIAL EMBODIMENT
OF THE LAW

analysis, resolving to concrete
form of truth. Debative reason
ing on scriptural matters is right
and necessary, but the objective
of such must be a deduction of
the essence of the matter debated.
Unless this be the objective the
reasoning is but a misuse of time
and talent.
Christ never debated on any
Scriptural subject. He did draw
striking comparisons in His teach
ing, but always with the object
Of deducting the theme in question
to the final point Of conviction.
His discussion with the lawyer is
an instance Of this. The position
He took regarding the matter I'M
der consideration was as tho He
said: to enter into relative debate
on this proposition, with your
mind so positively turned in favor
of the technic feature of the law,
would be Improbable. But the
summary of the proposition is
simply this: Glove the Lord with
all your heart, and love your
neighbor as yourself" In doing
this you will be keeping strictly
to the spirit of the law and you
will be obeying the principle of
the gospel. Thus He disposed Of
The matter in such manner as
to take from the lips Of His OPP.
ponent all further argument which
was ready for expression, and
caused him to leave still condemn
ed.
The apostle Paul w;,s much like
his master in this respect. While
he did elaborate more on spiritual
fundamentals, along the line Of
reasoning, yet more generally he
brot the subject under considcra-
ton GA seemingly abrupt ending,
purposely that the kernel of truth,
embodied i'll the subject might be
revealed. He did this very motto
ably in his epistle to the Galatians,
at the point where the relation
OF the law to the gospel was in
yolved. After a brief reasoning
Oh the subject was offered, merely
to open the way for the final de
dueion, he brot the subject to the
Tery same impossible point as did
Christ, the point of neighborliness
as implied in the law. And to
make sure that the point should
offer its full force of impression
he quoted it, thus: for all the
law is fulfilled in one word, even
in this: thou shalt love thy neigh
Dor as thyself. This was thot
by Paul, upon the example of
Christ, to be the final of the whole
law subject. And when this point
is attained there is left no ground
not even a margin, for further
debate on the proposition.
Fer several weeks we have been
considering, thru the courtesy of
the News Record, the law subject.
The serial manner of the consid-
Grafton has been deemed necessary
And while many helpful sugges-
tons on the subject have been left
lying along the trail of our rca-
soning, which might have been
prottably used, still the main fea-
lures have been, at least, briefly
considered, we too are forced to
bring our general reasonings to IL
sudden stop that this challenging
point might be given attention.
We shall not, however, follow
the example offered by the two
master teachers referred to, by of
fering a mere reference to this
point Nor could one be justified
in doing so, simply because, while
we are forced to take the same
point as was divinely and apostol-
ically taken, subjectively, still we
have the additional matter of the
thot Of these two supreme teachers
SUCCESSFULLY offered to work on.
A mere sentence is briefly offered,
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