The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-11-11

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shadows therein contained being ac-
curately and completely fulfilled in
Jesus of Nazareth.
This tabernacle, IL will be remem-
bered, was In three parts. answering
To the tripartite nature of man. Ii is
also TO be noted that there were three
kinds of light one for each compnrt-
ment. The sun made radiant the
outer court. which. like the body. was
built on dimensions that are multiples
OF five. The seven-brancned candle
stick, whose oil must be crushed la
boriously from the olive. and replen-
ishcd day by day. sent its fiickcring
! rays throughout the gloom of the cur
tanned inner court. But i'm the Utmost
chamber. the holy of HOLES, all re-
splendent with figures Of the cheru-
him, there glowed that uncreated She
kinah glory OF God.
What have we here in these three
kinds of light but the symbols of the
three kinds of knowledge of which
man is capable? Open to the light of
day is the body with its five avenues
Of sensation, knowing the presence
and character of its environment by
myriads of nerve impulses. Then, cur
tanned in from the gaze of men, is tile
soul with all its powers of reflection
and deduction. and the light at best
but Pickering and uncertain. But
what shall we say of the spirit. that
inmost recess of mans being, away
beneath the plane of his conscious
ness, the elmer man." the heart" as
the Scriptures term it, where God is
wont TO dwell and shed forth the glory
of his uncreated light? For God himself
is light.
There are many to whom such use
Of terms is utterly meaningless, and
yet there are those who know this III
ward glory. There is such thing as
spiritual knowledge" which no
amount of reasoning can ever attain
to. as II is written, "the natural man
receiyeth not the things of the Spirit
Of God, for they are toOlishness unto
him; neither can he know them, for
they are spiritually discerned" Il Cor
I'D.
1t is this our Lord referred to when
he said, He that foloweth me shall
not walk in darkness, but shall have
the light of life;" and on another &C.
casion it was said, I'm him was life
and the life was the light of men,"
1t was this the apostle had in mind
when he prayed that his Ephesian con-
yerts might be given the "Gpirit of wis
dom and revelation I'm the knowledge
Of him (God), the eyes of their under
standing being enlightened, that they
might know the hope of his calling,
and what the riches of his inheritance
in the saints" etc.
This kind of knowledge, this radi.
ance of the sheknah of glory, cannot
be attained. but only obtained. 1t is
the gift of God. yea it is God giving
himself to dwell in the childlike heart
who trusts him. and i'm the humble
that obey him, and in no other.
The object of this knowledge is God.
and the purpose Of this knowledge is
TO confirm what the Book of God says
about his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
The knowledge" which the indwelling
Holy Spirit gives to the humble. con.
trite believer Is the knowledge of the
glory Of God in the face of Jesus
Christ" Ii is To answer the greatest
puzzle this world ever encountered,
"What think We OF Christ, whose Sen
is hep by the flicker OF mans can
dlestick he can see no glory. He is
Just the son OF the carpenter, q SPLEEN
didly good man, the worlds peerless
faith passing on into the holy OF
holes, daring TO believe where II can
not understand, sees in that face
married more than the sons of men"
the glory of the eternal God. and In
the brightness OF that shining cx-
claims, with rapture, my Lord and
my God"
II was this the apostle had in mine
when he said, God who commanded
the light to shine out of darkness hath
shined In our hearts 20 give the light
OF the knowledge of the glory Of God
I'm the face OF Jesus Christ" After
that binding glory of the Damascus
road Saul, the fierce prosecutor of the
Nazarene, preached before the week
was over from the text, Christ Is the
Son of God"
This Is life eternal that they might
know thee, the only true God. and Je-
sus Christ whoIn thou hast sent"