The very nature of things seems to demand that if God has chosen to

reveal His will by the medium of human speech, then He will most surely

superintend every 'jot and tittle' so that there shall be no discordance

between what God says, and what He means.  In our quest therefore, for truth,

we come to the Scriptures very humbled by the consciousness of our own

limitations, but rejoicing that what has been revealed, even though it be 'in

a glass darkly' as compared with what it will be when 'face to face', is

nevertheless given by inspiration of God, and that the Word of God is

expressed in the 'words' of God (John 17:8,17).  We shall see that

inspiration not only governed the thoughts of the inspired penman, but

ensured that the right words should be employed in making the mind and will

of God known.  We can therefore seek an answer to the question 'What is

truth?' knowing that there is truth beyond our present range and therefore,

where touched upon in Scripture, there will be the breaking of recognized

rules of speech; nevertheless all that is within our legitimate bounds comes

to us in words fresh from the mint of heaven, words of earth indeed, but

purified unto perfection.

We have seen among other things that truth is the discovery and the

declaration of relations.  If I say 'Queen Anne's Gate' I do not say anything

upon which an action can be taken; I say nothing to move anyone either to

protest or to believe.  I have established no relationship.  If however, I

say 'Queen Anne's Gate is the present home of the Victoria Institute', I have

made a statement which can be tested, acted upon or denied.  I have declared

a 'relationship'.  Now the quest for truth will largely be the discovery and

the announcement of relationships.  Let us show this by an example that will

be of more interest to us than a merely hypothetical instance.  I take the

word 'Gospel' and ask 'what is truth regarding this word?'  I discover first

of all that the word means 'good news' and I next proceed to examine the

Scriptures to discover whether the Gospel justifies this explanation, and I

immediately begin to search for an established relationship.  I find that the

Gospel is related to God as its beneficent Author, that the Gospel is related

to Christ as its efficient Provider, that the Gospel is related to man as an

efficient means of salvation, that it is related to righteousness on the part

of God, and sin on the part of man, and to both by reason of Redemption.  I

find that the Gospel is related to man's utter inability to do anything to

merit salvation, for it is addressed to faith.  I find it warrants the title

'Gospel' or 'Good news', for it is essentially a message sent

through messengers called preachers; I discover that the consequence of

believing the Gospel brings such blessings as forgiveness of sins, life

everlasting, peace, access, acceptance and hope of glory.  Every item already

indicated, and every item which the reader can add either from his knowledge

of the Word or by a blessed personal experience is but a discovery of further

and fuller relationships.  Truth is the discovery of or the relation of

relationships.  We prize the results of 'right division', and place very high

on the list of God's gifts to us, the results of 'Dispensational Truth', but

what is Dispensational Truth?  It is no magic word remote from common life,

for the practice of 'Right Division' enters into every department of life.

Right Division reigns in the kitchen; it also superintends the use of each

separate room in the home.  Right Division obtains throughout the whole range

of business, from the production of the raw material to the accountancy that

its ultimate disposal involves.  Right Division is the essential rule for

every scientist, and in each and every department of life Right Division is

the discovery and recognition of relationships.  Certain commodities,

furniture and activities are related to the kitchen which are out of place in