Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

GOD'S REVEALED WILL.
BY W. P. PYLE.
The fact that, in the Bible. God's will is revealed to man is,
we believe. accepted by all or nearly all Clu·istin.us, and, perhaps,
hy some who do not call them11elves Christian!!, Yet we find
that what is written therein is not understood alike by all:
there is a wide divergence of opinion upon this t~uhject, even
amoug those who feel that they know, an1l also among those of
like faith.
If God's will concet·ning man is revealed in the Bible,-and
we believe that it is,-there must he certain truths of general
application, and, in eonnectiou with these, othet·s of ruiuor importancH.
More than this, it is evi1lent that no two pa1·ts shnnld
conflict, but that all, when taken together, should form a harmoniuns
whole. And further, since its varied parts were
written at different times and places and by different persons,
and since each writer ha.ot repeated some things and some
times many things that the others have written, it seems reasonable
that those thoughts most often repeate1l are of most importance,
and, consequently. wurthy of the most careful consideratinn.
It is presmnable that that Great Mind which made and preserves
all things desit·es the guod of all, so that in the Bible
we may exfl!lct to find direction!! and wal'llings for our guidance
in the affair11 of life; tlwrefore by following its teaching11, we
will find life wm·th living, for in thi!l hook we will learn
the why e~f our miRet·ieR and the methods of their cure. I£
thi!! he tr·nt>, the Bihle is a hook of g1·eat importance to us. It
ill claimed, however, that it contain11 many interpolations and
mi11intt>rpretation11. This must be admitted: yet when we find
11everal writer·s presentinl-{ the Ra.me thnnght, and in their own
phra..~Jeology. we feel that we are safe in assuming that the
thought pre!lented iY :\ trnstwm·thy one.
In Gen. 1. 26, we find what appears to involve the whole
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