1926 Young Mens Corner - page 1

YOUNG MEN’S CORNER.

No. 1.

Seventh Series.

January, 1926.

CONTENTS.

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The letter to Hebrews, Chapter 1. (Section I.).--Papers from Glasgow, London, Barrow and Cromer 1

The Epistle to the Hebrews (For younger ones)

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SUBJECT UNDER CONSIDERATION :

THE EPISTLE TO HEBREWS.

SECTION I.--HEBREWS 1.

From GLASGOW.--A master-writer, in addressing Hebrews--those who had been carefully trained in the observation of the law and were well acquainted with the words of the prophets, having " the hope of the promise given unto the fathers " in their hearts--fittingly com-mences his treatise with the great subject of God and His spoken word to man.

We are reminded in the first two verses of the scene on the mount of transfiguration, when God, by a voice from heaven, directed the attention and bore witness to, the One who magnified the law and made it honourable, who also justified the prophets, being the fulfilment of their words.

A greater than Moses and a greater than Elijah, " This is My beloved Son, hear ye Him."  Surely no more faithful expression, no higher authority, no worthier witness, no mightier display of power could be found, than in the Son.

The One appointed heir of all things, the maker of the ages, the effulgence of His glory, the image of His substance, the upholder of all things.

The writer seems to emphasise these things that the exceeding greatness of the Son, might be realized and compared with that of the prophets.

When God spoke to " the fathers " it was to a people who had been brought for Himself from Egypt, and the " us " to whom the word came through the Son was the continuation of that race, to which God had been constantly speaking through the prophets.

In what high esteem, then, was He to be held, who had " made