,transcribed from the #ahgb ,william ,hunt and ,company edition by ,david ,price1 email ccx#jgdpglaf4org ,,the ,,proportions ,,of ,,truth4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,by ,,the ,,rev4 ,,edward ,,hoare1 ,m4,a4 ,vicar of ,trinity ,church1 ,tunbridge ,wells1 and ,honorary ,canon of ,canterbury4 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 ,,london3 ,,william ,,hunt ,,and ,,company1 ,,holles ,,street1 ,,cavendish ,,square2 ,,and ,,aldine ,,chambers1 ,,paternoster ,,row4 ,,price ,,threepence4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,proportions of ,truth4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,by ,,the ,,rev4 ,,edward ,,hoare1 ,m4,a41 ,vicar of ,trinity ,church1 ,tunbridge ,wells1 and ,honorary ,canon of ,canterbury4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,proportions of ,truth4 ,,among the many wise sayings of ,paschal there is one that deserves our most attentive study3 viz41 that few heresies have their origin in simple error1 but that all that have ever attained to power have originated in the exaggeration of truth4 ,without that element of truth there would be no power in the error4 ,this principle is in perfect harmony with all we see around us4 ,in everything there are certain proportions1 and nothing can compensate for their loss4 ,in art the painter may mix his colours in the most perfect combination2 he may bring out each feature with all the power of a ,rembrandt1 but if the head is twice too large for the body1 or the nose for the face1 his beautiful painting becomes nothing better than a ridiculous caricature4 ,in nature ,god has fitted the parts of each tree in beautiful proportion4 ,each part--the root1 the stem1 the branch1 the leaf1--does its work in perfect harmony4 ,and many a beautiful tree bears nothing1 simply because an ignorant gardener1 by what he calls pruning1 has disturbed the proportions of its parts4 ,in music it is the same1 and ,shakespeare knew it when he wrote1 8,how sour sweet music is ,when time is broke1 and no proportion kept40 ,but there is no illustration more perfect than that of light4 ,in pure white light there are many parts1 but all in perfect harmony4 ,let any one colour be left out1 or its strength be diminished1 and the pure white is seen no more4 ,if we wish for purity in light we must have the whole spectrum1 and have it just as ,god has given it4 ,let man disturb it in any way whatever1 let him keep back any colour1 because it does not suit his taste1 or isolate any other colour1 because for it he feels a special preference1 and the result will be that he will no longer look on the pure bright light of heaven4 ,he need not introduce any new element2 all that he has to do is to keep back a part and to disturb the proportion1 and by that simple and easy process he can substitute a colour of his own devising for the pure brightness of the sunbeam4 ,i believe it to be just the same with the truth of ,god4 ,it is clearly so with the ,lord ,himself4 ,as ,he is perfect in every detail1 so is ,he perfect in the proportions of ,his attributes4 ,every attribute is in its place1 and every attribute perfect2 and all are so beautifully fitted together1 that the highest desire of the heart thirsting for ,god is to come 8to the perfect man1 to the measure of the stature of the fulness of ,christ40 ,so it is with the faith1 or ,god's great plan of life1 continued and carried out in ,his own boundless love1 for the salvation of ,his people4 ,of course in this plan there are many parts1--incarnation1 life1 atonement1 resurrection1 mediation1 etc4 ,there is the work of the ,father1 the work of the ,son1 and the work of the ,holy ,ghost2 and1 besides that1 there is the act of the believer1--seeking ,christ1 receiving ,christ1 and living to ,his glory4 ,and of the whole it may be most truly said1 8,as for ,god4 ,his work is perfect40 ,the whole plan1 and every part of it1 is ,divine4 ,each part is complete1 and each of these complete parts being fitted together in complete proportion1 form1 when thus fitted1 a grand1 a perfect1 an harmonious whole4 ,just so it is with ,sacred ,scripture4 ,some people speak of that sacred ,book as if it consisted of several detached fragments1 accidently preserved and indiscriminately grouped2 whereas those who know it best and study it most1 see in it a perfect and harmonious revelation of a perfect and harmonious salvation4 ,no one denies for one moment that it was written by many authors1 and that the fragments1 as they are called1 were written at intervals1 extending on the whole over more than #aejj years4 ,no one denies that in the several writings you discern the several minds and characters of the several writers4 ,no one denies that the historical accuracy of one man1 the poetic genius of another1 the affectionate pastoral earnestness of a third1 and the argumentative faculty of a fourth1 are all employed1 and all appear with undisguised individuality4 ,but our point is that there is no appearance of accident or confusion1 but that all these various authors have been employed to bring out one perfect whole2 that the historian1 the poet1 the biographer1 the letter writer1 and the logician1 have all their exact place1 and have all1 by ,god's inspiration1 exactly filled it4 ,what some men regard as a difficulty we regard as the wonder of the ,book4 ,we see many rays in the spectrum1 but all are blended so as to give one perfect light1 and when we think on the beautiful and perfect proportions of the whole1 we are prepared to exclaim1 with ,dryden1 8,whence1 but from heaven1 could man unskilled in arts1 ,in several ages born1 in several parts ,weave such agreeing truths80 ,now if all this be true it must follow that our great object must be not merely to preach a selection1 however well made1 of detached truths1 but to declare the whole counsel of ,god1 and so to declare it that the proportions of ,god's revelation may be preserved4 ,it is not enough that we exhibit certain of ,god's attributes1--,his righteousness1 e4g41 without ,his mercy1 or ,his mercy without ,his love2 or one side of our ,lord's nature and character1--,his ,godhead1 e4g41 without ,his manhood1 or ,his manhood without ,his ,godhead4 ,nor is it enough that we teach certain portions of the plan of life1--as atonement without repentance1 or repentance without atonement4 ,our great desire must be1 as faithful stewards1 to declare the whole3 not to select any favourite colours in the spectrum1 but to exhibit without partiality the perfect light of the truth of ,god4 ,but in the application of this principle one caution has been suggested to me by a very thoughtful friend3 viz4 this1--that in an endeavour to attain to the proportionate place of any particular truths1 we must take into consideration not merely the frequency with which they are repeated1 but the urgency with which they are pressed upon our attention4 ,there are some subjects in which our opinions are formed from historical reference to the practice of the early ,church1 such as ,episcopal ,government and infant baptism1 and however important they may appear1 they must clearly be put in a different category from those where we have the clear command of ,god1 or the clear declaration that they concern the essentials of life eternal4 ,again some subjects may cover a greater space in ,scripture1 and still be of less importance than other short passages which have been solemnly uttered as containing the very essentials of salvation4 ,the broadest band in the prism is not the brightest1 and the brightness of the one is quite as important as the breadth of the other4 ,the historical books of the ,old ,testament1 e4g41 must none be neglected2 but1 though they occupy nearly one-third of the whole ,book1 they do not outweigh in importance that single sentence of our blessed ,redeemer3 8,truly1 truly1 ,i say unto thee1 ,except a man be born again1 he cannot see the kingdom of ,god40 ,some portions again are only preparatory to the final development of the perfect plan of life1 and they clearly occupy a position of different proportionate importance to the plan itself4 ,each portion of ,god's truth has its own place in the complete plan1 and the importance attached by the inspiring ,spirit to each part1 and to the place of each part1 is that which we really want to ascertain4 ,we want to take a comprehensive view of the great salvation as complete in the finished work of our blessed ,redeemer1 and the outpouring of the ,holy ,ghost at ,pentecost4 ,we want not merely to look at the completed system1 but at all that ,god appointed to prepare the way for it1 and then without reserve1 and without preference1 yield ourselves to the ,divine teaching1 and make it our earnest prayer that in all ,his proportions1 and in all ,his perfections1 we may be taught of ,god to exhibit ,christ4 ,and now1 having said enough on the general principle1 let us begin by applying it to the variations which exist amongst us with reference to the great principles which lie within the circle of ,evangelical truth1 and in which we are in the main agreed4 ,i hear a good deal of the disunion of the ,evangelical body1 but ,i do not believe it4 ,i am fully alive to our defects in organization1 and ,i believe you will always find such defects amongst persons trained as we are to think for ourselves1 and to act on our own responsibility2 but ,i believe there is a vast amount of real loving ,christian brotherhood amongst us1 and ,i doubt whether in the whole world you would find five hundred thinking men more completely of one heart and one mind than that loving band of brethren who meet year after year in this hall1 under the presidency of our venerable friend4 ,still we have our variations1 and ,i venture to suggest that these variations1 such as they are1 arise much more from our losing sight of the proportions of truth1 than from error as to truth itself4 ,some1 e4g41 of us who are deeply interested in prophetic inquiry1 may carry the subject too far1 and become too much absorbed by an intense interest of the study2 while other dear brethren have been so much impressed by our mistakes1 that they think it wiser to neglect the subject altogether2 and thus it comes to pass that the proportion of truth is missed by us both4 ,is it not possible that some of us are so impressed with the grandeur of the universal offer of a free salvation in ,christ ,jesus1 that we scarcely give sufficient prominence to the doctrine of election2 while others have our hearts so filled with the deep sense of electing love1 that we feel some difficulty in making a universal offer8 ,and in such a case does not the difficulty arise much more from our losing sight of the relative position of two truths1 than of either party being in error as to either one8 ,each can prove his point1 but the question is1 ,do they preserve the proportion of truth8 ,so again1 is there not a danger of those amongst us whose own mind is occupied by the ,jews1 seeing everything in ,jewish light1 and forgetting the election from the ,gentiles2 while those who are absorbed in ,gentile work are in equal danger of withholding his proper portion from the ,jew8 ,once more1 is it not a question whether1 as a body1 we are giving quite sufficient prominence to the sacrament of ,baptism8 ,if ,i were to draw any comparison between the two sacraments1 ,i think ,i must come to the conclusion that the sacrament of ,baptism occupies in ,apostolic teaching a more prominent place than the ,lord's ,supper2 but ,i am not at all sure that the proportion is not reversed in my own ministry1 and that much more importance is not attached to the ,holy ,communion than to our ,baptism into the body of ,christ4 ,the same may be said of the ,second ,advent1 and many other subjects4 ,we may be perfectly sound upon each point1 and able in the most satisfactory manner to prove each point from ,scripture1 but still while maintaining truth we may be exhibiting a partial view of truth3 we may be presenting only certain colours of the spectrum1 and failing to produce the perfect light2 we may be playing only the bass notes1 and so losing the harmony of our music4 ,if this be the case1 we shall not be drawn together by an eager maintenance of our own particular subject1 but by fixing our thoughts on the whole4 ,i am not arguing against men taking up particular subjects and becoming absorbed in them4 ,i believe that if this were not done nothing great would be accomplished1 for no one mind is big enough for the whole4 ,but ,i am anxious that we should remember that other person's subjects have a place in ,god's system as well as our own2 that 8the eye cannot say unto the hand1 ,i have no need of thee3 nor again the head to the feet1 ,i have no need of you20 but that we all remember that 8,god hath tempered the body together20 and that our earnest desire must be1 as one united band of brethren1 to exhibit before the world in all its proportions the whole counsel and the perfect mind of ,god4 ,but1 leaving these subjects1 which may be defined as variations within the ,evangelical body1 let us pass on to apply the principle to some of those great questions in which the whole body are united in the earnest struggle for the truth of ,god2 and let us begin with that which is undoubtedly one of the great questions of the day1--the relative value of ritual1 and reality in religion4 ,now let us admit at the outset that it is utterly impossible to have reality without ritual4 ,it is impossible for twelve men to meet together and worship ,god decently and in order without a ritual of some kind or other4 ,nay1 ,i would go further1 and say it is impossible for any one1 even alone1 to pour out his heart before ,god without a certain amount of ritual or form4 ,there must be a certain ritual1 or external action1 in harmony with the spiritual or internal movements of the soul4 ,but though you cannot have reality without ritual1 you may have ritual without reality4 ,you may have an elaborate form1 notwithstanding the total absence of the weightier matters of the law4 ,it becomes therefore a matter of deep interest for us to consider what is the relative position of ritual in the ,christian system1 and what place it occupies in sacred ,scripture4 ,now it was once said to me by an advanced ,ritualist1 8,if there be an elaborate and gorgeous ritual in heaven1 and if there was an elaborate and gorgeous ritual under the law1 may we not conclude that we ought to have the same in this intermediate dispensation80 ,but where do we find any account of a gorgeous and elaborate ritual in heaven8 ,we do1 ,i acknowledge1 read of one gorgeous dress 8of purple and scarlet colour1 and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls20 but that was on the harlot4 ,in all besides there is perfect simplicity4 ,the bride has no dress but 8fine linen1 clean and white20 and when the elders were honoured with crowns1 they cast them at the feet of the ,lamb1 that all eyes might be fixed on ,him1 and all heaven give ,him ,his honour4 ,nor was there any gorgeous ritual under the law4 ,it is true that the high priest wore a dress adorned with precious stones and the most costly material that could be procured1 but that was for the simple reason that what he wore was typical of the glorious attributes of our blessed ,redeemer4 ,but the dress of the ordinary priests was perfectly simple4 ,and as for ritual1 it was minute because it was prophetic3 it was a pictorial prophecy1 and therefore of necessity accurate4 ,but in other respects we find no directions whatever4 ,the argument therefore completely falls to the ground2 and we have to consider simply the position occupied by ritual in the ,new ,testament4 ,and what do we find there8 ,absolutely nothing3 not even in the administration of the sacraments do we find a single direction beyond the name and the water in ,baptism1 and the use of bread and wine in the ,lord's ,supper4 ,beyond these points not a hint is given4 ,whether it should be received standing1 sitting1 or kneeling2 what words should be used1 and who should use them2 whether there should be a liturgy or extempore prayer1 and indeed whether there should be any prayer at all1--all these things are left without any notice in the ,word of ,god4 ,but ,i must be careful what ,i say1 for ,i once had a pamphlet sent me purporting to give ,scriptural authority for some of these modern innovations4 ,it maintained that the cloak1 the 1 which ,st4 ,paul left at ,troas1 was his chasuble1 without which he could not celebrate mass at ,rome2 and that the many lights which sent ,eutychus to sleep were the many candles with which the altar at ,troas was adorned4 ,if men believe that1 it is vain to argue with them4 ,but this much we may safely conclude1--that if these be the only arguments that can be produced1 the men who urged them must have been very hard up for an authority4 ,our conclusion therefore remains untouched1 that the whole of the ,new ,testament is occupied by the great realities of the ,gospel of ,christ2 and that1 so far as ,scripture is concerned1 there is not even a hint as to ritual4 ,and what is the grand conclusion8 ,is it not surely this1--that if we would keep to the proportions of truth we must not allow the thoughts to be led off by ritual1 but must keep well in view the great realities of life and death1 of forgiveness1 of purification1 new life1 and everlasting salvation3 the great things of the ,gospel1 the weighty matters revealed in the ,word of ,god4 ,even when contending against innovation we must not allow the interest of the contest to draw our thoughts from great realities4 ,and in our own peaceful and parochial work we must not disturb our people by needless changes1 even though some of them may seem to ourselves to be improvements2 and we must take good heed that1 while all things are ordered as becometh the house of ,god1 the great law of proportion is observed1 and the minds of our young people not drawn off by the form and furniture of worship4 ,i was deeply impressed not long ago by the importance of this principle in its bearing upon missions4 ,in missions you have a great reality that fills the ,scriptures4 ,history1 prophecy1 biography1 command1 and promise1 all unite in urging the sacred work of missions4 ,i was anxious to ascertain to what extent the missionary spirit flourished in conjunction with costly ritual2 and ,i thought the best test that ,i could apply was to ascertain how much was contributed to the ,society for the ,propagation of the ,gospel by some of those churches that are most renowned for ritual4 ,i selected seven1 with the names of which ,i happened to be familiar4 #af ,i then turned to the last report of the ,society for the ,propagation of the ,gospel1 in order to ascertain how much they gave for missions1 and ,i found that the aggregate contributions by all seven together to the general fund amounted to the amazing sum of #g #acs4 #b;d4 ,i ought to say that ,st4 ,albans added #e #acs4 #aj;d4 for a special fund for ,honolulu4 ,so that1 taking into account the gifts to particular dioceses1 as well as those to the general fund1 the total contributed by the seven churches to foreign missions1 through the ,society for the ,propagation of the ,gospel1 amounted to #ac #gs4 ,and yet the incumbent of one or them 7,st4 ,andrew's1 ,wells ,street7 stated in evidence before the ,ritual ,commission1 that the cost of his choir alone was 8about #ajjj a year40 ,is it not high time that men lay to heart the proportion to be observed between ritual and the reality of religion8 ,but now let us go a step further1 and apply this law of proportion to what is commonly called the sacramental system4 ,i heard this well defined not long since1 in a very able sermon by an advanced ,ritualist4 ,he supposed a person in ,america anxious to communicate with his friend in ,england1 and asked the question whether he would do so by direct communication through the air1 or through the medium of the telegraphic wires4 8,just so10 said he1 8the question is whether ,god has been pleased to communicate direct with the soul1 or has chosen to do so through the medium of ,his priests and sacraments40 ,my own belief is that that was a very fair statement of the point at issue1 and ,i am anxious to bring it to the test of the law of proportion1 and to ascertain as far as we can what proportionate place this intermediate system occupies in the ,word of ,god4 ,but here ,i meet with a great difficulty1 for when ,i turn to my ,bible the system1 as a system1 is not to be found4 ,i know not therefore how to bring it to the balance2 all ,i can attempt therefore is to consider it in detail1 and to examine separately the different parts of the telegraphic system4 ,let us begin with confession and absolution4 ,respecting confession to a priest1 not one word is to be found in any portion of the ,new ,testament2 and with reference to absolution by a priest1 there is not a passage which can be quoted with any semblance1 of authority1 except that one most difficult verse in the ,gospel of ,st4 ,john4 ,i am not about to discuss that verse1 or to endeavour to decide whether the words were spoken to the whole ,church or to the ,apostles1 or whether1 if to the ,apostles1 they describe a gift as one to be permanently transmitted1 or to terminate with1 the ,apostleship4 ,my object is to point out that if they referred to a gift to be transmitted through the ,apostles to priests1 if the transmission were to stop at priests and not descend to deacons1 and if the forgiveness1 and therefore the salvation of the whole ,church were dependent on the exercise by a priest of the transmitted power1--it is to my mind perfectly inconceivable that the revelation of ,god should be completed and closed1 without containing one single sentence either as to the law of transmission1 or the exercise of so tremendous and mysterious a power4 ,in the ,acts we have the record of ,apostolic missions4 ,in the ,epistles we have twenty-one addresses to ,christian ,churches1 three of which were exclusively devoted to the subject of the ministry2 while passages bearing on the relationship between ministers and people are perpetually recurring4 ,from one end of the ,book to the other1 the great subject of forgiveness is mentioned again and again2 and yet1 with reference to what was termed at ,nottingham1 8sacramental confession and absolution10 though the application of life is supposed to depend on it1 not a single hint is given4 ,should these words be ever brought to the notice of those earnest men with whom we have lately been recommended to cultivate union1 ,i would earnestly intreat them to consider whether the ,apostles placed absolution and confession in the same position that they are doing2 and if not1 ,i would suggest to those zealous men the further question1 whether the difference may not be explained by their having completely mistaken the words of our ,lord4 ,turn next to sacrifice4 ,now if there be any continuation in any form of a propitiatory sacrifice for sin we must all admit that it is of the utmost possible importance4 ,if it be ,god's institution there is no describing the loss of those who live without it4 ,but here ,i am met with the remarkable fact that1 when ,i look for the theory in the ,word of ,god1 ,i find no trace of it4 ,there is no allusion to a priest1 for the of ,rom4 xv4 #af1 has manifestly nothing to do with the subject4 ,there is no altar1 unless ,heb4 xiii4 #aj1 be referred to1 which very few are bold enough to attempt to refer to a sacrificial altar in the ,church4 ,there is not a hint as to the persons administering the ,lord's ,supper1 which is very strange if all the virtue is really dependent on the transmitted priesthood of the sacerdotal sacrifices4 ,and above all1 there is not one word about sacrifice in the words of institution1 unless it be that means1 and must mean1 8perform this sacrifice40 ,the whole system hangs on the unproved and unsupported sense1 arbitrarily given to these two perfectly simple words1 and ,i would most earnestly put it to those who believe in the continuation of propitiatory sacrifice1--is there any evidence for the doctrine which bears the least appreciable proportion to its intense and overwhelming importance4 ,the same may be said of the real presence4 ,i am not now speaking of transubstantiation simple1 but of the statement that in each element there is present a real true living ,saviour1--body1 soul1 and divinity4 ,now ,i fully admit that those who believe in this do not make at all too much of it4 ,i do not see how it is possible to make too much of it4 ,if that same ,lord and ,saviour who was born at ,bethlehem and died on ,calvary1 is seated on the communion table1 as really1 and if ,i may so speak1 as socially1 as he was seated at the ,paschal ,supper1 so that we may speak to ,him there and then1 as a person visible before us1 ,i can imagine no adoration too profound1 no love too deep to be consecrated to such a presence4 ,if ,i believed it1 my present thought is that ,i could never leave the ,church and never cease to speak of it4 ,it seems as though ,i must be ever telling those that look for ,him1 that ,i have found the ,messiah4 ,but here ,i am met with this most extraordinary difficulty1--that ,his own ,apostles and inspired writers never once alluded to the subject4 ,they often spoke1 it is true1 of breaking bread1 and in one ,epistle the ,apostle ,paul entered fully into the subject of the ,lord's ,supper2 but the only two texts that ,i know of as having been ever forced into a reference1 are3 8,not discerning the ,lord's body10--which has no allusion to the living person2 and the original words of institution3 8,this is ,my body and this is ,my blood10 which distinctly teach a separation in the parts1 as opposed to a union of the whole in the person of a living ,lord in either element4 ,but ,i am not stopping to discuss particular texts4 ,let those who believe the doctrine think what they please respecting them1 and ,i would earnestly ask them to consider two questions4 7#a7 ,did the ,apostles give the same proportionate place to the doctrine of the real presence that they are doing8 ,did it occupy the same place in ,st4 ,paul's teaching as in theirs8 7#b7 ,is the authority for the doctrine at all in proportion to the overwhelming weight of its interest and importance8 ,test the matter by the law of proportion1 and ,i have no doubt as to the issue4 ,but now turn to the other side1--the direct and personal reinstatement of the sinner before ,god3 and here ,i am as much at a loss as ,i was before2 but not as before to find a text1 but because the whole ,book of ,god is full of the subject4 ,it fills the ,scriptures as the air fills the room4 ,it is not here or there1 but everywhere4 ,in the ,old ,testament it is predicted1 in the ,new ,testament fully manifested4 ,in the teaching of our ,lord1 in the sermons of ,his missionaries1 in the letters of ,his ,apostles1 in all alike you find it4 ,present and complete forgiveness1 complete justification1 finished atonement through the perfect sacrifice once for all1 and the ever living1 never changing advocacy of our blessed ,redeemer now at the right hand of the throne of ,god1--these are subjects not dependent on forced interpretations of minute texts1 but which form the substance of the whole teaching of ,god4 ,they meet you everywhere and you cannot avoid them4 ,i do not quote them1 for there would be no end of it4 ,if ,i wanted1 e4g41 to quote on the doctrine of justification by faith1 ,i must begin by quoting the two ,epistles to the ,romans and ,galatians2 or if on the finished sacrifice and present ,priesthood of our ,lord and ,redeemer1 ,i must begin with the whole ,epistle to the ,hebrews4 ,we do not rely on words only but on chapters1 and not on chapters only1 but on whole books1--books inspired for this very purpose2 and not on separate books only1 but on the whole united testimony of the whole collection of books which ,god has interwoven together as an abiding witness to the faith once delivered to the saints4 ,we trust to the whole great1 grand1 aggregate of the ,gospel1 and from the whole we learn that there is nothing intermediate between us and our ,god1 but that the atonement being complete1 the veil of the temple has been rent from the top to the bottom1 and that now there is nothing left but the deadness of our own hearts to prevent our passing in at once1 alone1 and just as we are1 to cast ourselves1 in the full assurance of complete reconciliation1 for all we need1 before the mercy-seat of ,god4 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 ,london3 ,william ,hunt and ,company1 #bc1 ,holles ,street1 ,cavendish ,square2 and ,aldine ,chambers1 ,paternoster ,row4 99 99 99 99 99 ,advertisement4 #b ,arrangements for the following ,serial ,papers ,,are ,,made ,,for ,,evening ,,hours1 #ahgb1 ,edited by the ,rev4 ,e4 ,h4 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