The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-02-19
CHRISTIAN ENOEAVOR COLUMN.

CHRISTIAN tNUtAVUh CUlUMN.
EDITED BY REV. AND MRS. W. L
LEISHER.
PRAYER MEETING TOPIC FOR WEE
BEGINNING FEB. 81.
Code Word. How do You Receive It
Jer. Sc: 21-25; Mark Is. Is; Deut.
80: 21-14.
MISSIONARY MEETING-oPrroNALl
Do you receive it critically? (Jer.
50: 49, Do not understand nv
question. / believe in criticism OF
the Bible. / believe in that crlt,.
cism which Is fair in spirit, earnest
in its search after truth. prompt in
its acceptance of all Gods claims,
and reverent and cautious in its
dealings with so mighty a weapon
of the Holy Spirit as Gods Word.
I fail, however, to recognize crit.
cism and clippism as synonymous
terms. Gods Book is q whole book
Approach it not with q pair Of
shears. We can no more afford to
cut up the sacred record now than
Jehoiakim could when he sat in the
winter house in the ninth month.
The fires Of sarcasm and ridicule
are Just as destructive Of the divine
pages as was the fire of Goals that
burned on the hearth Of that mon.
strous KING. Be careful where you
attack the Bible with your penknife,
o clipper. Thrust it into the story
Of the creation and the fall, and it
may come out through st. Johns
Gospel at the quivering heart Of
Christ. Plunge it In at the CEron-
icles. and it may cut through until
it pierces the upright beam of the
cross. ! notice that when the cut.
ting mania once takes hold of a
man he is apt to keep on until there
is nothing left but the covers.
have no fears for the ultimate
triumph Of Gods Book. Examine
its ancient records. Study 1t in the
light Of the times in which 1t was
written or compiled. Turn on the
electric glare Of scholarship, which
shall take particular notice of every
jot and title Of the Hebrew text.
Pluck out the evident CLOSES.
Correct the mistranslations. Sub
stitute modern for obsolete words.
But after you have gone to the
limit of your legitimate criticisms,
o Investigator, remember it is Gods
revelation Of his will to man. and
keep your 2enknife unopened and
in your pocket. This Bible is a
divinelv inspired book. Hands of!
Rev. Temple.
TO BE ANswERED IN THE MEETING.
How may we strengthen our be-
lief that the Word if from God?
How may we prove to others the
divine origin Of the Word?
How far must we receive the
Word independently, and how far
may we be led by others to receive
it?
What is the difference between a
head. reception of the Bible and a
hcart-receptionl
Why can we not receive Gods
word without trying to get some
one else to receive it?
How may one get close to the
Bible, ana what is the effect of this
nearness?
BIBLE REFERENCES.
It's DEs1GN.-To quicken.-Ps.
lI9: SO. To give life.-John 6: So;
20: 80, 81. TO give wisdem.-Ps.
119: 97-104; 2 Tim. 8: IA. Is. To
give hope.-Ps. 70: 81; Rom. 4: %,
"a; ID: 4; Cor. 9: 9, 10. To warn.
-Ps. 10: S-1l; Luke 16: 81; Cor.
10: IL. To edify.-Acts 20: 80.
To sanctify.-Eph. 5: &c. For
growth. i Peter 2: L. 2. For re.
slsting temptation.-Ps. 119: IL;
Matt. 4: 4, z.
ILLUSTRATIVE QUOTATIONS..
Gods book, rash doubter, holds the
PLAIN record;
Darest talk of hopes and doubts
against that Word!
Darest palter with it in q quib'
bling?
That book shall judge thee when
thou passest hence.
R. III. DANA.
the Spirit in the Word and the
Spirit in the heart say the same
thing. Christ's scholars never
learn above their Bibles in thii
world, but they need to be learning
still more and more out of theil
Bibles ard to grow more ready and
mighty in the Scriptures. THAI
We may have right thoughts Of
Christ, and our mistakes concern
ing Him be rectified. there needs
no more than to be made to under
stand the Scrirtures.-Mstthev
Henry.