The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-27
AND THE BIBLE
Bishop Warren, of Denver, Lee
lures at Central-Ayenue.
Remarkable Demand for the Book of
B~OOks-Never Studied as Now, and
Never so Powerful.

There was n large gathering at the Gen.
tral-avenue VI. Z. Church last night where
Bishop Warren. of Denver. Col. who pre-
sided at the sessions of the Southeast
Indiana Conference. delivered a lecture
for the benefit OF several Colorado churches
that were in Strengthened circumstances.
The title of the lecture was "Can Man Out
grow the Biblel" Ii was @ highly interest.
Ing and instructive discourse on the i'm
mutsble book that has wlthstood the at
tacks of It's critics during the ages since it
has had existence and acquired additional
force with every attack upon it's anthem
itchy. The most SIT pendous literary
facts extant are those that are n part OF
the Bible. which though it is q very old
book Is YET q very popular book" he said
he then quoted some statistics to show
the wonderful demand fer Bibles and the
great m Der of them produced annually.
The British Bible Society" he said.
tissues 3. 500, 900 volumes of the wonderful
book annually and our American society
publishes $4,000 volumes. besides the in
Vulnerable private enterprises that turn out
q large number of volumes each year.
When we consider hat this enormous out
put OF Bibles has been continuing for a
hundred years, we are ast0unded almost at
the wonderful demand for Bibles. We all
remember u short time ago when three mill
lion copies or the revised version were dis
posed of within one week. Never did the
Bible exert suoh an influence over the
minds of men as it does to-day. In 1890
there were IN the United States I.09O.O0O
persons who rendered ale glance INTO life
and death to the word OF God. In a single
year this influence exerted by the
word erected $500 buildings of the
n haraafag nf thss IN Dhtoh xra aro unp
bled tonight. 1t was never studied AS
II Is to-day-leesOn helps. teaching plans,
suggestions. ETC.. are issued by the millions.
The Methodist Church alone issues more
than q million q week Of them. We find
great Assem- Dlies teaching the word to
young men. that they In turn may teach
others. The Methodist Church has already
given $50. 10000 TO have the Bible brought
home 10 ell the nations of the world. and IL
must. indeed. exert n wonderful influence
over the minds of men to overcome their
desire to accumulate wealth. but 1t brings
to the hearts of men things dearer than
money. Daily and hourly it spreads q
mighty influence far and wide.
This influence is not among the nations
OF fanatics and men OF one idea alone. 1t
is among the nations of intellect and tho
furthest advanced countries, and the most
advanced and intellectual citizens of these
nations adopt the word and are ready to
surrender life itself for the new life, and
declare their allegiance TO the word. He
OocS AOb EcCOSHlLc WIS 10 NV libcIalI1
educated. lie leaves out of his education
the signs OF the times, and might as well
leave the plus signs out of his ALGEBRA. He
Is not cogniZant that this great power
which takes hold of the minds of men
and sweeps them on with omnipotence
must have come from Omnipotence. 1t
has been suggested that the advance of
thought and scientific investigation would
carry US beyond and away from reach of
the Bible. 1t will not. it cannot. for Christ
has said that heaven and earth shall pass
away before His word shall fail. Christ
had dra wn u vivid panorama of the end of
the world and the crash OF empires, and
then said that all this should transpire be-
fore Ills word should TAIL. Have we ex-
hausted His revelations! Who thinks itf
How slow we have been In mastering the
wonders of the material world. This age
has applied itself TO the mystery or the
wonders of nature anu what wonderful
discoveries it has made. How much more
is this true of tho students of the word.
How can old words have new thOuRhtsf
Ask the student of history. Moses bend
ing over the parchment outlined 8 govern
ment with God as president, Oat until O
century ago no one ever kns W that there
was the ty Pc of the United States govern
mont. About n century ago. when a young
man advised the ecnding of preachers 10
christianize the heather world. he was told
by q gray-haired sage to sit down. thatif
God wanted to convert the world ne would
do it without the Duerile efforts of either of
them. yet the Bible had said. go preach the
gospel 10 all nations"
In speaking of the parallels of the Bible.
he said that thei. full meaning was not
contained on tie face. ''W hen God says
anything heaven and earth are put IN pawn
for its fulfillment. and the whole will be
swept away rather than shat one Jot or tit
tie be expunged. "a the years roll by 1t is
not new revelations that we see. but a
deeper Significance of tho old revelations.
IA the end they will settle everything, the
question of the liquor traffic. capital and
labor and anarchIsm. and IL Will come Just
as soon as we understand and have gresped
the fullness of the great Bible truths.
There Is more and greater light TO break
from the word. and Just as rapidly as mans
mind expands Will it he fed out of the
abundance therein. Ii il wonderful that
on questions or science the writers of the
Bible have made no mistakes. The mis-
takes of men would make Il stupendous
library. yet the writers OF the word of God
have not made a single mistake that has
been revealed by the subsequent learning
proceeding on the theory that the
world was fiat. and was held up by
q huge serpent the Bible was declaring
that IL w IS . sphere and that God Suspend
ed IL on nothing. The Bible is mightier to-
day than 10 ever was. as II deals with man
in has perfection. The OptlmiSt never con-
ceiyed men more perfect than IN Ephesi-
ans. Men talk of q higher criticism to
come; let il come 1t has not yet swept
away a single stone OF the structure of
Gods work. We welcome the searching of
the Bible by the human mind; 1t only the
more clear lv reveals it's everlasting truths.
Man In his greatest can never outgrOw per-
fectiOn."