KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.
DR. NEWTON CLARKE'S APHORISMS. Somo unpnblishcd sentences of the late Dr. W. Newton Clarke, author of "An Outline of Christian Theology," have been published by tho Boston Congrcgationalisl," ns follows:— Tho New Testament throws more light backward '''an the Old throws forward. If l'«:'. iiad been told that ho would be talked about, as being of equal authorship with llic Lord, ho would have burned his letters! If we know God better than Paul did, Paul would )>o very glad of if, and eu would the Lord. Christian faith hns been built largely on the Biblo inslejul of on God and Christ. Moving in (he lino of tho best that ho knows, a man moves towards God. The effect of denying tho personality of God can be learned only in India. Permanently, you will not hold any doctrine of Christianity that is inconsistent with your conception of God. "Whilo (hero is a soul, there nro tho possibilities of a soul. Whether God can gather in all souls is tho problem on which wo wait.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1407, 6 April 1912, Page 9
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177KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1407, 6 April 1912, Page 9
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