The sun., 1897-03-22
REVELATION DAY BY DAY.
TO BE READ IN THE GREArBooK or
NATURE, SAYS DIR SAVAGE -

Through the MEDIUM OF Science It Can ne
Had by Everybody Fresh and Bright Con-
tInuniiy--No Warrant FOR Declaring the
Bible 20 Be tho Exclusive Word or Cod.
The Church Of the Messiah Thirty fourth
street and Park avenue, was packed to tho doors
by an interested congregation yesterday morn
ing. The Rev. Minot J. Savage took for his
theme, Revelation. Natural and Progressive"
The great storm OF criticism among theolo.
Rians and critics of every kind which is now
raging around the Bible" the preacher said, "is
resolved into aqucstion as to how God has re-
vcnled Himself in that word. It is probable that
the psalmist had reference to tho Bible in his
allusion to the word But this word of revelation
was made to but comparatively few people, was
filled with inaccuracies and was lot 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 page to that word Of revelation. by these
discoveries the eyes obtain now insights into old
truths and God reveals Himself anew to the
reader. DO not be led astrny by those who would
tell you that those men who nre seeking to gain
new insight are enemies of God. No. such are
His only consistent friends.
AT tho time OF tho psalm writer the Bible was
not book, but was small library of pamphlets,
not yet Sroupe1. !, - no! probable when this
TO a book, but, rather, to that word as well
which comes through tho unfolding OF flower or
nob" iiie, all OF whlth Is "A portion of tho word
of God"
There was no warrant for declaring the Bible
the exclusive word Of God, said DIR. Savage. In
fact we had no inspired copy of the Bible. He
would not assai the Bible, but he did assail the
position of those who accepted II as all true and
infalliblc. Some would hurl at him that pas
sage of Timothy, "Al Scripture is written by
Inspiration aud Is prof able" That was an in
correct rendering; as originally written il was:
Every Scripture that is written by inspiration
Is profitable" And somc would remind him OF
the maledctions of the writer of tho last book of
the Bible upon any who should udd to or take
away. But this refers only to this book" not
TO tho whole Bible
DR.. Savage went on to say that since he had
learned TO regard the Bible in the light OF reason,
and not to accept it blindly and unreasonngly,
us he had been brought up to do. he could see
and appreciate its beauties to q much greater.
theologians of the present day persisted In de-
claring for the iufailbiity OF book brief
comparison OF the several divisions OF which
proves its inaccuracies.
Some of the descriptions in parts of the Old Tes,
lament were so grotcsQue and barbaric that
scholars were almost ashamed to argue against
them. 1t was the utterly baseiess claims OF ig.
book itself he would proclaim against. ZIG
could not believe, If this was Gods only revela.
tion to man, that, being almighty and all good.
He would have permitted by fnr tho greatei
portion of His people to remain In ignorance 81
1t, with steady stream of the doomed plunging
necessarily into hell
is God he said, 'radiating knowledge upon
darknessl No; Gods revelations to his people
arc to be read in the great book of nature
through the medium Of science. fresh and bright,
day by day."