The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-11
NO MORE INSPIRATION
DR.. Hoyt Says Modern
Christians Are Not Like
the Writers in
the Bible.


The attendance, last evening, at the
Hudson County Sundayaschool Institute.
which has been in session in the Parmly
Memorial Church, on Grove street, for
the past three evenings, was very large
Each evening there ave three separate
sectional meetings. Last evening they
~were-Section No. 1. brief talks, illus
trations," Mrs. D.. Searle; Attention
How Gained and Kept Miss e. Nc
Kernan; Reward or Recognition Miss
Harriet Macintosh.
Section No. 2, brief talks on the scholar,
Mental Power DR.. J. C. Parsons;
Spiritual Nature the Rev. w. E.
Chalmers.
Section No. 8, 'The Trained Teacher"
discussed by Mr.. w. H. Beach. All OF
the above sessions closed at $3.50 O'Clock,
when everybody adjourned to the audi
ence room. There the services were open
ed by singing by the choir, under the
direction of Mrs Henry Blauvelt, organ
ist n leader. A devotional service fol-
lowed, after which the Rev. Wayland
Hoyt, d. D., gave an address on The
Method of Inspiration He said
There are two important questions
suggested by my subject, the first be-
ing, Is the inspiration of the Bible the
same in kind as the illumination of the
Holy Spirit upon the Christian Some
writers contend hat Christians are as
much INSPIRED today as were the writer's
of the Bible. Among these writers is
notably Mr.. Horton, who says the mod
ern preacher or teacher has. commune
cation direct from God and then dis
penses it in his instruction of the. peo-
inspired, even poetry and philosophy"
DR.. Hoyt disputed this theory, his be-
lief being that the inspiration is not he
same. He said he did not believe one
eminent writer's in support of his con-
tention. He continued:-'Take at ran
dom any passage of the New Testament
and it will show that the Inspiration it
expresses is more sublime and lofty than
could possibly emanat from the Chris
tian of today, while at the same time
nothing can separate us from the love
Of God. You are not inspired as were
the writer's of the Bible.
The second question is. Did the in
SEPARATION of the Bible consist in the direct
dictation of the words by the Holy Spirit
to the writers of it?' Some writer's in
sist that the writers of the Bible used no
words of their own, but only what were
dictated to them through inspiration,
every word being as if Spoken by God
from Heaven. Neither should we believe
that the writer's of the Bible used their
own construction in expressing what they
were inspired to write"
The speaker then laid great stress on
the progressive nature of the Bible. say
ing if anything Is true in the Bible, and
there is nothing. he said, to doubt, it is
the history of the birth, death and trans
fguration of Jesus Christ.
The revelations of God are sufficient
for all Christians" he continued, 'but
some people are fools enough to go hunt
ing after other revelations as taught by
spiritualism. The chief end of the Bible
is TO teach moral righteousness. That is
its supreme purpose, and the chief thing
about the Bible is its progressive ten
dency. The inspiration of the Bible gives
us the right OF Jesus. 1t was an unique
influence on the writers of the Bible that
guided them from error, and Jesus Christ
is proven to US to be the dominating
spirit"