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HOW TO READ THE OLD

TESTAMENT II.

que must

Has God A Plan?

CREATION

SIR H. SAMUEL ON DISARMAMENT

"Conference Must

Not Be Abandoned”.

They

The Disarmament Conference must not be abandoned, and pub- lic opinion here should insist that it must reach a conclusion which could be reasonably offered to Germany as a fulfilment of the pledges given at the time of the Treaty of Versailles.

London, Oct, · 30--- Sir Herbert Samuel, MP., speak- Bishop Hall, continuing his mentalism claims that the Bible ting at & Liberal meeting at series of sermons on "How to read self is the revelation. The logic Halifax, said that he had recently the Old Testament," at St. John's of the argument of the fundamen- returned from America. to, and Cathedral yesterday took for his talista is that it mattera not public opinton here profoundly subject, "Has God a Plan? “

whether Elijah lived, or Amor, or moved by the strained position In reading the Old Testament even the Lord Jesus Christ, pro-

in Europe and light-hearted talk use imagination as invided they live in the pages of the of another war. The British na using the New. Think of Elijah Bible. This of course is absurd. and the Shulemite woman, Elijah The Bible lives because God lives. would not have it.. was a man of God. They must The Bible is what it is because God were determined so far as their have talked together of the things is what He is. Many of those whe power extended to stop it now. of God. Imagine them talking as have escaped the idolatry of im- to how they are to teach the lad ages have fallen into the idolatry who has been restored to life again of books, regarding the Bible with the truth about God. Imagine the the same reverence that a heathen Shulemite woman saying. The regards, his idol. So again and lad started telling me yesterday again the Bible misused has kept what the men in the fields, as they men from knowing the, will of God. were having their misal, had told him about Nosh. He told me that when Noah came out of the ark and offered sacrifice that the gods gathered lik: flies over the smoke of the sacrifiot, because they all loved the good smell of burning flesh," Then the woman added. There are no gods like that, there is only one God. What are we to de to teach the boy right?" Then, Elijah called the boy to him, and he started. In the Beginning God made the world. He told the lad story after story of Adam and Eve, of Noah, of Abraham, and the other patriarchs. But always in all these stories there are no Gods, no Baalim, only the One God who is the maker of the world, the lover of all things.

In matters of finance the Na- tonal Government in 1931 rescued the country from a great danger. and our task now was to see that tedd dot by adopting rush measures such as were proposed by the Labour Party, slip back

But the God of the Old Testa ment is not just God, a shining light in darkness, a blazing light in the hearts of men. He is also the creator and the Leader of His people. The Bible claims God as planning, God with a dynamic

into the position into which they The Dean of St. Paul's in his had led purpose which cannot be resisted.

us. Industry showed book "God and the Astronomers," some sign of recovery in this finds confirmation of the Christian country as in other countries view of creation in the modern from the lowest point which had scientific view that the world is been reached last winter, but slowly running down, on the basis that did not apply to our export i that, what can waste away can be made. If matter was an abiding trade, which remained at a dis. reality which could not finally disastrously low level.

After referring to the continued integrate there would be se reason for imagining matter to be falling off in Canacan purchases the final reality. But the Dean from this country. Sir Herbert would agree with every other Samual said that in general Bri- Christian apologist in insisting that bish exports this year to Empire Science and Religion are dealing countries since the Ottawa Con- with different aspects of reality ference showed a 10 per cent. No Jew reading the Book of reduction, even on the low total Genesis was interested in how the of the exports of last year. world was made: he was concerned with who made it and why. In

That is an imaginary scene bat it corresponds with historical facts. It was the conviction of God in the heart of Elijah and the pro pheta that made the Book of Genesis, sad not the teaching about God in the Book of Genesis which | made Elijah and the prophets. The language of Genesis and the follow-the beginning God" is more im-record of the Government had

ing Books, except for one or two scraps like the Song of Moses, is later than the time of Elijah, Elijah and the prophets who fol- lowed him, men convinced of God used the old lengends to teach true lessons about God as He is. The story of the gods smelling the savoury smell of Noah's sacrifice, is nctually written in a contemporary The value of the early MSS. Books of the Old Testament lies just in the difference between that stary ard the story of Noah as we read it in our. Bible. Prophetic conviction of God found expression through the old stories. Once they had learnt what God is they could not tell the old stories in the old way.

CURRENT STORIES

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portant than Adam's rib or Cain's wife.

After an early success"in restor- ing national finance, the recent

been one of almost unredeemed failure. The Ottawa Conference falled almost wholly to achieve the objects set before it.

The

world Economic Conference col lapsed entirely, and in the grave matters of Manchuria and general disarmament there was no pro- gress to record. The only point been maintained was that all the on which general agreement had

money owing to Great Britain as. a consequence of the, War was not to be paid 2:5

Notice how creation is greeted in the Book of Job, "The morning stars sing together, and all the Sons of God shout for joy." Jesus envisages a similar joy in Heaven when one son, repents. In other words, the re-making of a human soul into friendship with God and peace with himself is the supreme triumph of the Creator. Quite frankly, I do not believe we shal! ever know how the world was made or why it was made. But this we can and do know, that God is God:

Liberala approved the policy of we are His dildren He can and the present Government on two will remake our broken wills. Why points. Or India, where they re- we should be born at we are, sa garded is as essential to carry the crudely; so cruelly, with such ter- proposals of the White Paper to rible waste of life even in concep- a successful issue, and on the tion itself we do not know.. What necessity to maintain financial the relatice of God is to physical stability and balance the Budget. matter we cannot tell. The Bible On all other thatters there was knows nothing of that, What the little of which they could approve. relation of God is to the human They profoundly regretted the will, we do know. And the Bible inability of his Majesty's Minis- is full of stories of men who kaw ters to give a lead on disarma- God, and were redeemed by Him,ment, and peace that was ade- by His love and His power, from quate to the needs of the time. littleness into greatness.

MECHANICALISM

What about the first and second

I remember with what a shock it came to me at school when I learned that Shakespeare did not originate the plots of his plays, You can read the story of Rosalind and Orlando, the story of King Lear, the story of Othello, in fact all Shakespeare's characters in the stories of his day. He took the current stories and transformed them by his genius. He made the people live. He made language so Adam. Surely a really living faith know all about Charles Cordon.. beautiful that it often burts to in God would make it impossible But you don't. You could read read, He made out of the common for any man to hold mechanical the book perhaps in five hours; material of popular tales beauty theories of original in. There is what are five hours in fifty year's such as dreams are made of for all a perfect beauty and simplicity in of a man's life. All the time he time. The writers of the prophetic the old story of Adam and Eve, is feeling things and thinking period in Jewish history did the Its beauty is rent by the perversion things that it takes much longer same with current stories about of sex, into sin. That possibility to write than to think or feel. creation, about the patriarchs, that actuality is with us all. There are moments when you ex- about the food, and so 00. TheMoreover, we know perfectly clear perience in a few hours more than difference between Shakespeare and by that if we let ourselves be driven a whole book can contain So the cheap books of his time is so out of the Garden of Eden we with the Old Testament. These enormous that they cannot be com- must keep our children out. Adam books are the deposit of a great pared. How much more the differ- and Eve are in all ns.

religious movement God speaking ence between the stories of the

to men making them His friends. Bible and the stories current at of wife and children, is a living And in the joy of that experience the time of the prophets. The reality. We can say with St. Paul those who could write gradually genius of Shakespeare transform "As in Adam all died." But we wrote down the things that we ed the stories of his day. The can also say, "So in Christ Jesus have now. That is not to belittle burning conviction of God was zu shall all be made alive." Do not books. It is not to let books be- real, so tremendous, so overwhel- ask me in what order man and little the things that are behind ming, that but of the mythology of beasts were made, (two different them. God is much more than the the Bemetic people was made the orders are given in the Book of Bible. The Bible is a door into perfect beauty, the perfect truth Genesis). Do not ask me "why the heart of God. It is not more of the Bible stories.

this 7" and "why that?", ask me than a door. Open the door that BOOK IDOLATRY.

rather now the God who is hidden you may find Him. Open the door Historically, there were two pro- from you may be found again.o that, He may find you, Christ- vinces at the time these stories How your sex life which has gone ianity is not the religion of a book were written, the Northern and wrong may be restored" and "ra It is a life with God The book

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Two sets of stories appear to have a father to your children. Those a tiny fraction of all the words grown up one in the North and are the realities with which the

one in the South. Language slight-book of Genesis deals.

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It is for that reason that you find

He has spoken and of all the words He will speak. There are times HAS GOD A PLAN?

when people speak about God. Has God a plan then 1 A fittle quoting this text and that text words for God used in different boy said he thought God made the until I want to burn the Bible.. ways fn the early stories, Wher-world, because He wanted some They believe in texts rather than aver the word 'God is used He friends, Jesus said, "Ye are my in God. ATK) does not talk with men or walk friends." God has no plan except I beg yat to use your Bibles not in the garden. Wherever the words friendship. He has a heart hungry to keep you from God, as so many Lord God' are used you will find for friendship, a love which would do: or to keep God from men, as that God is more like a man in draw all men to Himself. He has many others do: but that God may His conducb: He does, walk and set us in a world where we can be to you what Ha is the intensely talk. There are many other differ- live if we will as His sons. He Real, Father and Maker of your ences which those who are interest would have us make the world soul.

ed may discover." But for us what after the pattern of His will, not Kipling a famous doggerel about | matters is the fundamental fact because the plan pleases Him by what you could do if "Ifsand- that the religious experience of its design and its artistry, but be- and are pots and pans finishes the Jewish prophets made the cause He loves men, He loves Bill up with these grandices words, Bible, The Bible did not make the Smith and Mary Jane. He loves "You will be a man my son." The religious experience of the pro- Jook the Ripper Tes, and Hitler Bible says, When you are a man, phets. The same thing is true for and your worst enemy. That is the what then? Are you or anyone CHANGCHUN HOTEN (Maidens." The Bible cannot make God live God who drew men to worship else the better for it The

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