St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-12
WHAT 1T IS GOOD FOR.
Rev. d. j. Burrell Speaks on Uses
of the Bible.

Oh the b1DIc.
Last night at Westminster church
Rev. ID. j. Burrellspoke on What Is
the Bible Good for?" His text was
from Timothy ill.,, II. '.All Scripture
is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteous
ness; that the man of God may be per
feet. thoroughly furnished unto all good
works." He said:
"The Bible is the best Of books. There
are $4,000 new volumes issued every
year, but the Bible remains the best OF
all. 1t is the one indispensable book;
we could get along without Homer or
Shakespeare. but were the Scriptures
destroyed our lives would be desolate;
the sun of the world would have gone
out. The various uses of the Bible are
given in our text:
First-It is profitable for doctrine.
There are some things that we may
know without revelation from on
high; but we should be at sea concern
ing the great truths of the spiritual
world. We come to these oracles for
information as to the great problem OF
life and immortality. Who made the
world? God. Who is He? A Spirit to
whom my spirit comes after my body
has returned to dust. What then? The
Judgment, whereat / must render an ac-
count under the law. What law? The
whole law is embraced in two preceptS,
love God and love thy neighbor. Have
| kept the law? There is none that
dOeth good, no, not one. What is the
penalty for disobedience? The soul that
sinDeth it shall die. Is there any hope
of pardon? The blood OF Jesus Christ
cleanseth from sin. On what con-
dtions? He that believeth in him shall
have everlasting life.
"Second-Tbe Scriptures are profit
able for reproof. Who is so unfortunate
as fatherless boy? There is none to
admonish him and kindly turn him
Scriptures admonisheS us of sin, gives
us plainly to understand where it ends,
and makes personal application OF the
truth to each reader, saying, Thou art
the man,
"Third-The Scriptures are profitable
for correction-that is. for reformation.
1t does not merely diagnose the sinners
case; it prescribeS for him. 1t tells him
plainly that if he would be delivered
from the shame, the bondage and the
penalty of sin, he must 90 to Jesus
Christ, Who alone has power to save.
''Fourth-The Scriptures are profit
able for instruction in righteousness;
that is. for the building up of character.
We have here creed and moral code.
each of them indispensable to right
minded man; but creed and moral code
are alike useless unless they find express
sion in the daily life. The trouble with
Buddhism is that it forms no connection
between a theoretical system of faith
and morals and mans conduct in
daily life. pure and indebted relig-
ion isl not merely to know truth and
ethics. but 'to visit the fatherless and
widows in their affection and to keep
ones self unspotted from the world"
''FhuS we come to the summary.
'All Scripture IS profitable to the end
that the man Of God may be perfect,
thoroughly furnished unto all good
works. The Bible is good for naught
unless it makes well rounded, holy,
useful men. And this it does by point
ing to the cross OF Jesus for the pardon
of SIN and to the influence of Gods
spirit for the sanctlication and upbuild-
ing in the most holy faith"