Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-26
CAUSING GENERAL DISCUSSION.
The Progressive Ideas of the Able Student
Of Gods Written Word Meeting
With Enthusiastic Success.
GOOD COOKING AND HAPPY HOMES.
Wagner and His Musical Methods as Viewed BY Prof
LV. Flagler-NOtes Of the Lakeside.
ESPECIAL rELHeAAN TO THE D1erAroH.r

tures said Young Chancellor" Vincent II
the crowd of enthusiastic theologians whC
were talking upon the platform in the Hal
Of Philosophy. Prof. Burnham's lecture on
THE Inductive Theory of Inspiration" wa'
just finished and a whole troop of minister!
and theological students had gathered tc
cateehise him and argue with him on the
points of his speech.
From the hall they proceeded a littl,
way out into the woods, and there, the
genial professor standing up beside tree
each student of the Bible advanced to hiu
after the manner OF a crowd at a ticket win.
dow and offered some objection to his idea
which he Immediately answered with the
best of logic, until the last one had gone BY
and was satisfied. AS they came away one
old fellow, who, I should judge, might have
presided over some Methodist congregation
for full half century. remarked: "Well,
he is pretty clear-headed, anyway"
THE PRODUCTION OF THE BIBLE
The substance of the lecture which has
attracted SO much attention, is herewith
given, and which, with the other ones de-
livered this week, has created such sensa-
tion.
''Our question is not whether the Bible is
the word of God, for we believe it is q
fact that the Bible is the word OF God.
GOD and man produced the Bible, or man
with God produced the Bible. How shall
we know to what extent the human mind
was controlled by divine inspiration? How
shall we determine whether the lists of
names, whether the account of the
building of the house of Lebanon
were matters with which the Divine Spirit
had anything to do. In the age in which
anv author wrote there were certain scien.
tho conceptions of that age. I do not say
that there are any allusions in the Bible
which are not in accordance with fact. But
If there are, how are we to find them? The
various theories of inspirations that have
been proposed may be reduced to
First-Verbal inspiration, that the Bible was
given so that the very words were given TO the
writer unconsciously.
Second-Plenary inspiration which saws they
are the words of God,
Third-Partial inspiration in which only
part Of that which was written was inspired.
VARIOUS THEORIES REGARDING GOD,
The theory of dynamic inspiration saws it
is the book just as God wished it to be. but
this in no way answers the questions ana
we are reduced to these three statements.
Another man says that God would not let
any historical error go into the book which
contains His word have no more right to
build my theory than the German philoso-
pher who says that the supernatural will
not in any way be associated with the
natural.
This is Gods world. How did He build
he NrO n hall II 81 - N.I
and how He built the world, and twist the
facts to suit my imaginative conception?
No. L study the world. 1 get my micro
scope and peer down in depths of creation.
L must interpret the world as / find ii.
must read the books, study the books and
see, and what find there must interpret.
might say that David was good because
he was a chosen child of God. But he is
not so. How do know? study his life
and find it. 1 only know what Jesus was
by studying the facts of His life.
SEARCHING AFTER FACTS.
can only find out what kind of q book
God would give us by knowing that book
and that / must do BY study and inspira-
ton. No harm will come to anyone by
knowing the right of these things. No one
should be afraid OF facts. The Bible of the
future will be the book that God meant it
His own book? Is it not right in this, as in
all other matters, to follow God as we think
He is? 1t will always be Gods blessed
book. The time will never come when it
Will not be the comfort of us all. That
blessed book, whatever it shall be- will al
Eays De the Book of God.
Mrs. Ewing is a practical woman. She
deals with her subjects in a simple and
common-sense way. This morning she spoke
upon
HOME MAKING.
She said in opening that it was a notice.
able fact that the best laundrymen and best
cooks were men; in fact in all the occupa- |
tloas that woman should excel in, man held |
the conspicuous positions. There had been |
too much insistance on her part that she |
was slender turning vine and he sturdy |
oak, but woman is widening and is grad |
ually assuming her true place in the world, |
During the past few years have been in |
great many houses where families lived in |
apparent contentment and where they called |
il home. But the number of them where |
there was genuine "solid comfort" 1 could |
count on my fingers. You INQUIRE the rea- |
son, glance through the houses to which Won |
have free access. In the slack. almost |
slovenly manner in which many of them |
are kept, you can scarcely fail to discoverit. |
Comfort with most people is essential to
happiness.
EFFECT OF BADLY PREPARED MEALS,
The peace of q whole family is often de-
stroyed by such trivial things as burnt
toast and muddy coffee for breakfast.
Badly prepared meals have driven many
fathers anG brothers to saloons and drink
ing dens where they have picked up in
temperate habits. and been transformed into
demons and criminals. The wife who makes
home pleasant is the right kind OF wife.
1t would be Tar better if in many of our ed
ucatlonai schools Tor young ladies cooking
instead OF Greek and Latin was taught
Woman has the invitive faculty OF throw
ing about home those nameless charms
that render 1t inviting, attractive and rest
iuL Ihe nome is her peculiar province.
and housekeeping are the
arts 70 Whleh she is pre-eminently adapted,
and they are arts whose mastery laws a broad
foundation for every other attainment If
the women who are TO be the future wives
and mothers OF our country will qualify
themselves thoroughly in these arts the
present reign OF slovenly domestics and
ignorance VIII give way TO a reign of inteIli-
gence. Honsehold grudgery will become a
most delightful place on earth will be The
American home.
WAGNER AND HIS MUSIC.
Air. Flagler opened his lecture on Wac
ner by describing the first attemnt of tbs
great composer to produce an onera AZ
Germany. The first representa-.
ion was continually postponed beeauSe the
youthful composer had assigned notes N The
singers which they could not produce and
to the orchestra which maGe er-
sessive demands on their executive skill