New-York tribune., 1897-08-06

THE REV DR. W. ]. ERDMAN.
Who is in Northfed expressly TO answer questions
me: Moody. have given up preaching, except
eps,ies ar ard all the Old Testament and don,
preSch pn9w wy as raG dS 80 beevS the Gospels
there is that IS authentic II was rot iong bciore
he he qr the d G gave GSsp p he a
him up.
SUPERNATURAL IN TIE BIBLE.
II is most absurd statement for man to say
he VII! have nothing 10 do with the supernatural
will not believe the supernatural If youfare COINS
10 throw of the supernatural, you might as well
burn your Bibles at once You take the super
natural OF tha, book, and you have taken Jesus
Christ out Of Il you have taken out the & best par, par,
does rot teach Supernatural things. In Genesis !,
says that Abraham iel on his race ana "Gf
That dd not take Place the o1 ma" soes who c%rss wrS,e
upon Egypt If that is not true, the writer of TX,
3dus was Lar Then in Nrmhers me boo k'Gpy p ,S Oa
Old Testament, There Is not one II which you 40
supernatural things about Jesus Christ than in any
other. portion OF the Bible. and the last thing
Tns yaas to beoe ETe VI VI, sh 'Gnr M
caiae down and told Daniel that lie should be born
GabTe Whom Fad IN the son at the be-
snou the 't's time Ga'ssa OF eyenng ny Again G
briel comes down TO Nazareth and tells the virgin
should
hold thou shalt conceive in thy womb. and bring
forth son, and shall call His name Jesus we
od zacharns a W that % he was VAS to 9 be the father Of
John the Baptist. the forerunner Of the Messiah
cause OF his unbelicf Then, when Christ was
fSp % na nS ns S m 10 he Of G "a!
Unto you Is born this day in the city & OF David
Of % the wise men seeing % ihe star IN the east
and following It was surely supernatural so was
telling him to fee to Egypt So was the fact of our
Lords going Into the Temple the Of twelve.
them all. So were the circumstances attending His
h9Ps% when neG%%a Sa "k Sm ns saynf hn
years Jess r9d the streets and highway OF Paies
lie wrought during those yeare One day lie
speaks TO The leper and he is made , whole vS one
He died. the sun refused TO look upon the scene;
this old world recognized Him. and reelea and
asunder the bands Of death and came out Of Jo-
scphs sepulchre. that was supernatural
THANKFUL FOR THE SUPERNATURAL.
Christmas Evans. the great Welsh preacher. says
mat many reformstions die with the reformer. but
this Reformer lives 10 carry on His roforma-
tion. Thank God we do not worship dead Jew.
II We worshipped dead Jew. would not have
been qulokened and have received life in souls
l thank Goa our Christ is supernatural Christ
and this Book d supernatural Book and / thank
men men can read it; Some people link we @ ara de-
GUS Ina ginaiion is it not? II has lasted between
sonk Ty 10 %nh last lq' he @ w' n nv wa ana 80 nk no is
Other, world. Some one, when reading about Paul.
fs' e haS S sd0d keeper on % ESS wa and
asylum a; the end OF the route. wish We hsd a
When Paul wrote to Timothy that all Scripture
given hS by sF wha h sa Of Ga2 sSm pratt
'do you believe all Scripture Is given by inspira-
a the actions sVfd 2d TS Scasns '9' M Of i've
spirel For instance. when the devil told lie hs
man ike SAID m anyhne he @ was "n not rd
But one was inspired 10 write. and so all was
given by inspiration ana ~ Profitable
HOW HE KNEW 1T WAS INSPIRED
man said to a young convert: How can you
prove tha, the Bible Is inspired" He replied
Because Il inspires ne" think that is pretty
good proof.. Let the word OF God into your soul
Christ said ieaven and earth shall pass away.
but My word shall no! pass away" can see one
Gne nnes ne b NJ Word sba ro "p nass sna
see the .cornf1l look on his ,sce as he says
Hear that jewish peasant talk. Did you ever hear
ssf9 es sss as sh d%s rn If My aard s "a
pass away"
THE WORD OF CHRIST ENDUREs.
My friend. want to osk you this question: Have
they passed away? DO you know that the sun has
shonc on Bibles to-day than before in
history Of the world? There have been
Bibles printed in the last ten years than in the
fret l.S) years. They tried In the Dark Ages TO
chain IT. ana kesg 1t from Ins nations 6" S i9d has
when had "A revised version OF the New 'resta-
mcnt II gong 10 have such large circulation
men reading II wherever the English language Is
spoken-the statement would hardly have been be-
lieved The version came out In New York on
q Friday. the same day that 1t was published In
London. Chicago did not want TO he behind New
York. At that time the quickest train between the
two cities could not accomplish the journey In less
,han about twenty-six hours; II would be late on
Saturday afternoon before the copies could reach
Chicago. and the stores would be closed so one
OF tho Chicago daily papers set ninety operators
work and had the whole Of the new version.
from Matthew 10 Revelation te!egraphcd 10 Chi
Friday. II was put a. once into print and
sold the streets Of that city next day
Atheists keep on writing against the Bible. but
they 10 not make much progress. DO they? IL rs
being spread all abroad. silently and without any
blasts 81 irinreis. The lighthouse does not blow
trumpet: I; goes on shedding rs light al, around.
SO the Bible IL lighting UP the nations OF the earth
II viii not bc long before the words OF Jesus
Christ will penora'o the darkest parts OF the earth
and the darkest islands OF the sea.
The Rev. Dr. W. j. Erdman. o: Philadelphia, who
IL a guest Of Mr. Moody. holds n meeting every
afternoon. which he answers questions submitted
In writing and endeavors 10 explain spiritual dlf-
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