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•vyrites his own record which he car ries to the judgment throne where he shall be judged. At this time we have simply noted a few of the fundamental and essential facts which gives life its meaning and significance. Other facts, such as sin and redemption, press for considera tion at this point, but cannot be dis cussed until a subsequent session. In the meantime I shall content myself with closing this address with a word on how this conception of man and his life fits into our general thought of- the universe and man’s place in it. He is the goal of God’s creation work and all that we know about h}s life suggests that it is a capacity for the revelation o f the life of God. In the man Christ Jesus we have our most perfect revelation o f God—Jesus is God, but God tabernacled in human flesh. In Him we have fully demon strated the capacity of human person ality for the life of God and its man ifestation in the ordinary relations of human life. In this ideal life and its relationship we find the deepest and ultimate meaning of human life. It is an instrument created' to respond to and reveal the life of God.
Christ’s teachings concerning judg ment. Bergson declares that “ In real ity the past is preserved by itself auto matically. In its entirety it follows us at every instant.” There is nothing in modern thought to show that death dissolves the personality or destroys the consciousness. The fact is, as has been already said, men like Sir Oliver Lodge and Prof. Hyslop are more and more convinced that the consciousness of the present life is continued after death. That automatic record of which Prof. Bergson speaks follows us into eternity. This is exactly what Jesus taught. In His parable of the rich man and Lazarus He shows us two men on the other side of death whose whole consciousness is abso lutely identified with the life they lived on earth. Psychologists also tell us that the present is determining the future. Dr. Steven in his very helpful book. “ The Psychology of the Christian Soul,” says, “ The fact is every deed we do tends to fix us down to a future course of action.” This is the very essence of the teachings of Christ concerning the future and judgment. Man is re sponsible for what he does, and he
Wouldst Thou Be Perfect? By MALTBIE D. BABCOCK
And then an answer came. It was the sight O f One, Who, tho’ He suffered, doubted not; Who, tho’ a Man of Sorrows, ne’er forgot His Father’s will, but made it His delight, And, perfected thro’ suffering, looked at me, Saying, “My child, wouldst thou not perfect - be?” Yet learned H e obedience by the things which H e suffered. —Heb. 5 :8.
n p H E sun had hardly risen on my sight And given me fairest promise'for the day, Ere clouds began to drive my hopes away, And bring back to the air the chill of night, “Ah, me,” I cried, “my day that dawned so bright, Why must it thus be clouded in an hour ? Why, ere the bud had time to burst a flower, Must it be checked, and never see the light ?”
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