New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-22
PROGRESSIVE REVELATION.
DIR. SAVAGE SAYS THE WORD OF GOD IS BEING
WRITTEN DAY BY DAY.

DIR. SAVAGE SAYS THE WORD OF GOD is BEING
WRITTEN DAY BY DAY.
The Church Of the Messiah. Thirty-fourth-st and
Park-ave was packed to the doors yesterday
morning when the Rev. DR.. Minot ]. Savage
preached on Revelation. Natural and Progress
sive" DR. Savage read number Of Scrtptural
passages bearing upon his theme the one to which
he made most especial reference being a part OF
Psalm cxix. beginning at the 1oSth verse: Thy
word Is lamp upto my feet and light unto my
path
1.-THE great storm OF criticism among theologiars
and critics Of every kind which Is now raging
around the Bible" the preacher said. rs resolved
into question to how God has revealed Himself
IN that Word II is probable that tho psalmist
ubo wrote the text had reference to the Bible In
his allusou to the Word. But this word OF revela-
ton was made TO but comparatively few people.
Is filed with inaccuracies and is not by any means
the limit Of Gods revelation to His people
THE Word Of God is being written every day.
Each discovery OF the telescope of the microscope.
adds a page TO that Word OF revelation. BY these
dis ,overies the eyes obtain nsights into oil
truths and God reveals Himself anew to the
reader DO not be led astray by those who would
tell you that those men who are seeking TO gain
new insight are enemies of God. No; such are His
only consistent friends.
..At the time Of that old PISA writer the Bible
was not book but a small library of PAM
phets not yet grouped 1t IS not probable wnen
this truth IS borne in mind that the writer referred
TO n book but rather to that word, as well. when
comes through the unfolding of a flower or noble
ufe-all OF which Is portion of the Word or Coz.
There is no warrant for declaring the Bible the
exclusive Word of God. In fact, we have no In
sn,red COPY of the Bible" While he would not
assail the Bible he DID assail the position OF those
who accepted 1t all true and infalllple But
some he said. would hurl at him that passage OF
Timothy, IAN Scripture is written by Inspiration
i,nn ROM
derng. he declared. AS originally written, it was;
Every Scripture that is written by inspiration Is
profitable" etc. .., ...,,,, 80
mind me of the maedictons of the writer OF the
last book of the Bible upon any who should add 10
or take away, etc But p this only refers to this
Dr. Savage then went to state that since he
had learned regard the Bible In the light OF rea-
son and not TO accept II blindly and unreason.
ingy. as he had been brought up to do. he could
and appreciate s Sa y w o that so
heoogans Of the present day hra
son of the several divisions OF when proves its IN
Tbs great Word of God" the preacher said "ls
being written to-day. and will always continue to
be written. The man who uses Gods forces and
hews out ship spreads MS sas ssn Comes IN
touch with Gods Word Gods Word also speaks
from the power in the steamers hold, working
subtly through intricate mechanism. TO send the
great ship over the sea"
scriptions OF parts Of the Old Testament were so
grotesaue and barbaric that scholars were almost
ashamed to argue against them. II was the utterly
haseless claim OF ignorant men regarding the book
and not the Book itself. he would proclaim
against. He could not believe that this was
Gods only revelation. TO man, that, being
almighty and agood he would have permitted
by far the greater part of his people 10 remain IN
ignorance of IT, with II steady stream OF the doomed
plunging necessarily into hell. lis God, he asked
''radiatlng knowledge upon only chosen handful
while the masses grope in darkness? NO. believe
Gods revelations to His people to be read In
the great book of nature. through the medium OF
science. fresh and bright day by day"