Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

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going love for humanity, charactcrizes the lives of each
of the teachers; the worthless fruit of personal pleasures
and gratifications are not sought by them. Their justice
is always tempered with mercy, for well they kr.ow the
trials and temptations that human nature has to contend
with. They do not serve themselxes, but they acne a
far Greater One; and with the armor of patience and
compassion inexhaustible, they withstand the scorn and
unbelief of some and the bigotry and hatred of othels.
Undying devotion to the Truth, which shines as a steady
flame in the Infinite, is a part of their very nature; and
they suffer much for righteousness' sake.
Tne children whom they love, and for whom they agonize,
go forth indifferent on their selfish way; they heed
not what is said to them. and like sheep having no shepherd,
the wolves lie in wait to devour them.
Every age and generation has witnessed the incarnation
ofa teacher. The history of the varicus natirns
bears out the fact that God has left none of his children
utterly alone; to each and every race he has se nt his
teachers and prophets to point out the Way of Truth and
Righteousness.
One who was long pronised to the Children of Israel
incarnated in the flesh. He came at atime when the
souls of men were sorely in need of him. Rome surrendered
to luxury and riotous living, and the degenerating
influence of beastly dissipation went thru nations, which
resulted in the sapping of their vigor and in the subduing
of them all. The Jewish nation itself bowed to the
behest of oriental indulgences, and as the result, her
children were deprived of their wisdom.
The Master Jesus lived in a. time when men were not
very far advanced in spirituality, and the example of his
perfect life was a standing rebuke to the wicked of the
age in which he lived; and it continues a rebuke to this