The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-26
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during the past few days even the
Pope has advised the whole Christian
world to read the Bible every day.
In Chicago I have my Bible institute
and in connection with it 1 have a large
Bible class, with a membership Of be-
tween 5000 and 1000. There are 100 stu
dents and from sixty to seventy pro-
fessors in the faculty, and do you know,
1 pay more to a man who can teach the
Bible than to any one who can teach
Greek or Latin.
have no sympathy with modern
ministers, who believe in part of The
Bible 1t is a calamity for any child or
God to begin to pick the word of God
to pieces. When a man is filled with
the spirit he gets along pretty we'll with
the Bible When he commences to De-
come intellectual he never knows
where he will end.
He begins by saying, 'I believe some
of the word of God, but L don't believe
it all 1 don't believe in some of those
stories of the Old Testament, the story
of Lots wife, Jonah and the whale,
and the feeding of the children of
Israel with mama and quail in the
desert"
When a Christian talks that way and
gets wiser than the son of God he had
better get out of the pulpit Christ set
the seal &c his approval upon almost
everything in the Old Testament that
men cavil about. He connected the
story of Jonah with his own resurrec-
ton. When a man begins to caVll at
the story of Jonah in a few months ne
will begin to doubt the resurrection or
Christ. Then his hold on the people
will relax; they will become lukewarm
and as soon as an evangelist comes
along they will swarm to hear him tell
of the good old doctrine of hell and
heaven.
AS the nineteenth century closes
can look back and rejoice over the pro-
gress that Christianity has made in
that time. 1t has steadily gone on and
on in every country where IL has been
carried, and it has been carried into
many new countries since the birth Of
this century.
All the great inventions of this CEN
fury have helped the cause of Chris
tianity Th. speedy means Of trans
portation, whether by steam or cleo
tricity, have all been made use of by
those who are carrying on the work
of eVangelists.
1t Is q lie TO say InaI 1lHuGiIly IS III
creasing. There are probably more
atheists to-day than there were, but
there are infinitely more Christians in
proportion.
The researches of science and the
marvellous discoveries of the nineteenth
century nave materially aided in the
support of the truths, principles and
history of Christianity, and although
every means have been taken by those
who would distort the word of God to
make it appear that these discoveries
substantiate their position, they have
invariably failed.
1t is the easiest thing in the world
to tear down. 1t is the hardest thing
TO build, and the best proof of the sta
bility of a structure is the amount Of
effort and persistence required to tear
it down.
Nearly two thousand years ago Jesus
Christ completed the structure Of Chris
tianity. Since that time every evil
minded person and the strength of
kings has been used to tear it down,
but without effect. And to-day that
structure stands upon a firmer foun-
dation than when the keystone of it's
arch was placed on Calvary's hillside.
And yet some of our critics tell us
that Christianity is stale; that the
Bible is worn out, and that the work
of the evangelist is passing.
PShaW