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By
Pregervation
we
mean
God!
J
continonsg
activity
in
maintaining
and
managing
the
nniverse
nich
He
has
made.
’
l.
By
direct
or
fiat
control;
2.
By
means
of
"gecond
causes.
a)
Preservation
not
*he
same
as
Creation;
b)
Preservation
not
a
mere
refrainingz
to
destroy;
c)
Preservation
implies
the
continuous
gctivity
of
God
in
all
the
complicated
oi
a
of
matter
ahd
of
mind
Epaesdpsa;
Acts
17
:
28;
Ysa.
13
:
Neh.
9:
6%
111
417;
PP
600,
115,
The
relation
of
miracle,
to
na
law.
To
God's
"rest"
in
the
Sabbath.
lg
Tl
T.
lore,
"Dogma,"
356,
337.
Theo-ies
o»nosing
Pregervation:
1.
Deism'
(
$fyrong,
414
-
415
);
2,
Continuods
Creation
(
Strong,
415
-
418
)e
Miracles
should
never
in
themselves
be
considered
proof
of
any
doctrine:
Dent.
13:
1-4;
II
Thess.
2
:
9;
10;
Rev.
13
14;
16
:
16;
Isa.
8:
20.
Providence
distinct
from
Pregervation.
leaning
of
‘'immanence,'"
.
"transcendence."
a
)
Relation
to
Natural
Law;
|
b
)
delation
to
ioral
Freedom
(
Free
Will
).
l.
Preventive;
2,
Jermigsive;
2.
Directive.
@
Great
multitudes
of
texts
in
the
Scriptures
which
speak
of
God's
Providence.
Bring
several
of
them
to
the
Class.
Relation
between
the
‘matural”
and
the
"supernaturalm--
J
©
239
-
260.
RH
Nov.
3,
1893
(
Cady,
1038,
last
par.
);
Dangers
of
Pantheism,
IM
H
29;
We
are
not
%o
speculate
beyond
what
has
heen
revealed
in
the
Bible
and
in
Nature,
III
417,
429.
Strong,
421
-
430;
Ifulling,
L350
10
-
Relationg
of
tiie
Doctrine
of
Providence
1.
To
miracles
and
works
of
Grace;
8
T
239-260
(
Cady,
404
).
2.
To
Prayer
and
its
answer;
=--
3ring
several
references
to
(Class.
Z.
Mo
Christian
Activity.
MI
113,
297
-8;
gtrong,
439
-
A410.
Da
208;
225,
671;
Da
668;
riz
-
4
Psa.
32:
8;
~2rov.
2:
6;
Tames
1:
75.
253508
11
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The
Creation
of
Living
Things
1.
No
Spontaneous
Generation.
2.
All
livinz
things
have
several
characteristics
in
common.
3.
‘What
kinds
of
life
were
created?
4.
The
interdependence
of
the
various
kinds
of
life,
so
tha%t
no
one
kind
could
o
have
been
started
alone.
An
adult
form
wonld
have
been
necessary
in
most
instances.
(WW)
.