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VOL. III. RICHMOND,
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From the Press of the Young Men's Christian
Association of New York we have a valuable
little booklet, which we commend to the reader.
It bears the title which appears above. The author
is the Rev. Geo. L. Robinson, Ph. D., professor
of Old Testament Literature in the McCormick
Theological Seminary at Chicago, a man
and an institution in which we all rejoice. We
are glad that he has published this book, for it
is needed by a great many people who have failed
to appreciate the value of the Old Testament.
In the first place, the author presents the
value of the old Testament as a
history, for it is "the fountain ????
head of history." It presents the u v
* underlying principles,'' and
shows the '' nexus of cause and effect
'' as does no other history. Our
author dwells freely on the value (A lady,
of this book as 1' literature.'' mark- serve the f
, , . .. , . the reason,
ed bv its oricrinnhtv ?nH ita
. o??~j ?"v* U1114UC precarious
characteristics, and of its value as foV1n(l In a,
' suited exacl
presenting the doctrines and the that, with <
duties in concrete form, easy of house Lord
, ,. might be m
apprehension. Then he discusses
its value as the interpreter of the
xSew Testament, lie quotes Prof. W\tethLks
Sanday: '' The New Testament is I want to k
latent in the Old; the Old Testa- An heir t
ment is patent in the New." He jB ^ j
dwells upon its value as a tutor The point
to bring us to Christ, and happily ?jrt proves
presents the attitude of Paul and you.
the attitude of Christ to the Old T . . .
I want to k
Testament. The booklet?for it I want tc
covers only fifty pages?is ex- 1 ^
cellent.
And yet, while he presents so I want to 1
many of the values of the Old But^hon"!
Testament, we think that Dr. Rob- at almoBt
inson has omitted the chief value
of the Old Testament. To our 1 on'christ
mind this lies in the gradual de- l want to U
velopment and presentation of the And not 1
great truth of redemption through
the blood of God's eternal Son.
q To us, this is the one great end and purpose
^ * of the thirty-nine books that are there collected.
Y (\J } AJtJl us try to trace tms as it appears at intervals
in the Old Testament record.
V? 2 In doing this, let us remember that this
^book does not attempt to tell us all that was said
or revealed to Adam or to any one of the men
of those days. It alludes to a great many things
which it does not directly state, thus showing us
that the antedeluvians and the patriarchs knew
much more about redemption than is stated in
its pages. For instance while the third chapter
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ox uenesis aoes not state tnat uod instituted
sacrifice in the Garden of Eden, yet when it
says that God gave to Adam and Eve "coats of
skins,'' and that Abel brought of the '' firstlings
of his flock" and that God said to Cain, (see
marginal reading) "a sin offering lieth at the
door," we perceive that our first parents must
have had the ordinance of a bloody sacrifice for
sin.
In the light of this suggestion, we look through
the pages of the Old Testament to percieve the
suggestive steps in the revelations concerning
Him who should redeem Israel.
Kis & -point 3 l?)ant luioh
Pp ?aniel Herbert
going through a lodging-house in Malvern, was surpr
allowing lines hung up in every room in the house. O
she was told that Lord K had come to that hous<
state of health, and even thought himself dying. Or
book the following verses. He read and re-read th
tly his own state of mind, and made so deep an impress
Sod's blessing, his faith was confirmed. On leaving tl
K asked the landlady to hang up the verses, trustin
ade of equal use to other poor sinners.)
i point you long to know? I want more faith?a stroi
I hear you say 'tis this: I want to feel its powers
now I'm born of Qod, I want to feel more love to
o everlasting bliss. 1 want to feel leBs love tc
point you long to know? I want to live above the w
. iB settled in my view; And count It all but trast
want to love your God I want sweet tokens of Goc
that God has first loved Some foretastes of eterna
1 want?I know not all I wi
now Christ died for me; I want some true and spi
> feel the seals within; Yet all my wants are si
now Christ's precious blood here?
i to wash away my sin. I want?I feel I want m;
eel more love to God; Is this the point you long 1
ore liberty in prayer; The dead can neither feel
look within my heart It Is the slave that's bound
drives me to despair. Who knows the worth of
ind more firmly fixed So where a want like yours
, my Everlasting Head; I think I may be bold to >
;el my soul alive. The Lord has fixed within tl
30 barren and so dead. What hell can never take
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1. In the third chapter of Genesis, we have
the assurance that God would send a Redeemer,
who should suffer at the hand of the serpent, but
who should triumph over the serpent and deliver
men from his power of destruction. As we
have seen, God gave to our first parents the institution
of- sacrifice, showing that this deliverance
should come through the shedding of blood
other than that of the sinner.
2. In the account of the Flood, God revealed
to all the nations of the world their intense need
of this Redeemer. He told them that when the
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autedeluviaus ignored and neglected his mercy
the whole world became so offensive in His
sight that he destroyed them all.
3. In the chaDters of Genesis frOlrt...
we see God revealing the fact that even the warning
of the Flood was not sufficient to deter men
from again relapsing into idolatry and sin of
all kinds; and that in order to the salvation of
the world it was necessary to sever God's people
from these evil surroundings. All this appears
in God's severance of Abram from his
kindred, in connection with the organizing of
the visible church.
4- In the narrative of the offering
of Isaac, there appears anj
" other of the features of the redemptive
work of Christ. "Whether
God explained it to Abraham,
we do not know; there is a silence
ised to ob- in the narrative liketo the silence
? ilf^very concerning sacrifices in the third
ie day he chapter of Genesis. But we at
ton on^hhn I leasf ean here see the child of
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io luugiug- mo promise, wnose Dirtti was sug
that they pernatural, placed upon the altar,
and we can see God providing a
substitute ram, and bidding Abra^g\vithm-*1'
ham offer it in place of his son.
God; 5. Other prophecies of the Re'firin*
deemer are coincident with the
oridf progress of the nation. "When
l and toys; the nation had a prophet, far suI'b
grace, . ...
l joys. penor to any that was ever
known, God bade Moses tell them
ecial ood- ^ prophet like unto me
immed up shall the Lord your God raise up
_ .. unto you." When the nation
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had a priesthood, duly organized
to know? under the headship of Aaron, God
in?chains gave ^em to understand that
liberty. their Redeemer should do the
work of a priest. When the nala
fmind
Bay,""""' ^on ^a(* a n0^^e i11 Per"
lat heart son 0f David, God told him "Thy
throne shall be established forBsenger.
ever," of course in the coming of
the Messiah.
6. The Old Testament further depicts the
character of the coming Redeemer in its psalmody.
Psalm 2 tells us that he shall be the Son
of God; Psalm 8, that he shall be human, yet be
glorified beyond conception; Psalm 16, that he
shall not be holden of death; Psalm 22 that his
sufferings shall be real and fearful, yet effective
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shall be undertaken willingly for the sake of sinners;
Psalm 69, that they shall be so serious as to
end in a broken heart; and the fifty-third of
Isaiah tells us that they should be vicarious.