The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-08
BIBLE OF GOD NOT OF MAN
REV. MIR. MUDTE'S SECOND AD-
DRESS AT THE Y. M. O. A.

The Speaker Gives Many Proofs Show
ing That the BibIe Must Have Been
Written by God.
Rev. Mr.. Nude delivered the second
of his series of talks on the Bible at
the Y. NJ c. A. rooms yesterday after
noon. His subject was 'The Bible, OF
| God not of Man" and his text, Thess.
ii, 10. He said: I'm the first place, an
obvious, and one of the strongest
proofs that the Bible is of God, Is that
the very men who wrote the books do
not claim originality. Indeed, they pos
itively assert that God is the author.
The speaker then told of the number
of times it is stated in the different
| books Of the Bible "And God said or
| its equivalents. Another proof is that
the Bible foretells things which are
going to happen. The influence which
the book holds over the minds and
lives of men and nations is another
proof that the book is of divine origin.
The preacher closed with the following
| words:
| Further, we know what the Bible
has done in this line in the past, and
what it is doing to-day. Its trophies
can be found on every shore. What has
| infideity, which means no Bible, to
| show to US? Does 1t lift men and Wo-
men from vice to virtue? And If so,
has not that life been made pure"
| in spite of its infidelity? Does 1t turn
the drunkard from his cups or the har
lot from her life of shame? Does it
make rogues righteous and thieves hon
est? Does it tame demons in human
form, casting out lust and putting in
love? Does it ever go to heather lands
and by it's teachings turn the fierce
blood thirsty cannibal into a meek and
lowly child of nature? Does 1t lift men
because it loves men. Has 1t aught to
show that 1t can in any way match the
sublime story of the cross as told by
Gods whitened saint-John G. Patton
in his life mid the cannibals of the
South seas2 Has it added anything to
the sum of human happiness? Does it
bring one ray of comfort into the
chamber of death, filling the soul of
the dying with peace and the hearts
Of the weeping friends with hope? No,
it does not. But it carries us to the
home of Its most noted champion. 1t
draws back the curtain In the chamber
of death, and it shows us q wife and
mother, with her two daughters, cling
ing with tenacity that is simply re-
voting to the cold clay of the dead
er remove 1t from the house for decent
burial. But the religion of Jesus
Christ has done all these blessed things,
and 1t is doing them now. The tree is
known by its fruits. If infdelity be
good thing, then it should produce
good fruits. If 1t does produce good
fruits those fruits should be manifest.
Infidelity was never set to music. 1t
knows no songs. 1t speaks but one
word despair" It comes along and
it drives back the young mother, weep
Ing alone, and in secret over her dead
babes grave. and 1t scatters to the
winds of heaven the wreath of i'm
mortelles" which she has placed there
It robs her Of the heavenly comfort
which soothes her troubled heart as she
reads on the gravestone the words of
the children's friend Suffer little chill
dren to come unto Me and forbid them
not, for of such is the kingdom of
heaven" It r0bs her of this consolation
by tearing down the tablet and substi-
tuting one on which she reads the icy
sentence, Abandon hope all We that
enter here"
Men, in my closing sentence, 7 en-
treat you who need the entreaty to |
give this Old Book and this ever New
Book a fair trial. Do this and ere long |
you will begin to realize that it is in |
deed and in truth loving Fathers |
message to His children here below. |
You will find it to be in ali verify, the |
Book of grace and of glory,
Gift of God to age and youth:
Wondrous Is Thy sacred story,
Bright bright with truth"