The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-06-29

contradictions, ana they put prOphet
against prophet. evangelist against
evangelist, apostle against apostle
land they say IL this be true. how. then
can that be true? Mr.. Mill. who wa.
n friend of the Bible, said he had d..
covered 10000 different readings Of
the Scriptures. and yet not one Inn.
portant difference-not one important
difference out Of 30,0OO-only the die
ference that you might expect from
the fact that the book came down
from generation TO generation AM
was copied by a great many hands
And yet l put before you this fact
to-day. that all the Bible writer
agree in the four great doctrines 81
the Bible.
Whatare those four great doctrines
God-good. kind. patient, just. loving
omnipotent. Mana lost sinner. Two
destinies-one for believers. the other
for unbelievers; all who accept Chris
reaching that home and only thos,
DESTROYED who destroy themselves.
only those who turn their back upon
Christ and come TO the precipice AM
lump or. for God never pushes a NAV
of. ne Jumps of Now. in these foui
great doctrines all the Bible writer.
agree. Mozart. Beethoven, Hand,
and Hadyn never wrote more liar
monious music than YOU viii find q
this perfect harmony OF the Word q
God. the harmony in providence al
in grace.
You must remember also that -,
authors OF the Bible came from 40
ferent lands, from different ages al
from different centuries. They hal
no communication with each Other
they did not have an idea as 20 WIS
was the chief design Of the Bible. 40
vet their writings, got mp from
these differen. lands and all these 10
ferent ages and all these differed
centuries. coming together make
perfect harmony in the opinion Of d
very best scholars Of all lands. Il %
that n most remarkable fact2
The Bible Is made up Of the o.
Testament and the New Testamef
Let us take the New Testament hrt
WHY do I believe IL? Why do ] ~
il 10 my heart? Il is because IL 4
be traced back 20 the Divine he's
Just as easily as that aisle can
traced 10 that door, and that aisle 4
/ that door.
] Jerome and Euscbius in the first ceb
tury and Origen in the second celtut
and other writers in the third %
sousth centuries gave a list Of the N
/ Testament writers just exactly cord
spending with our list, showing ~
/ the same New Testament which 4
have they had in the fourth cent? 4
and the third century and the secotl
century and the first century.
| where did they get the New Test
ment2 They got IL from Irenae
Where did Irenaeus get it2 lie got1
from Polycarp. Where did Folyf<
get IL? lie got Il from 81. John, a,
was the personal associate 81 the "a
Jesus Christ. My grandfather - a
book 10 my father. my father CAV
10 me. give Il 20 my child. l. u
any difficulty in tracing this line
On communion day ! will start i.e
chalice az that end Of the aisle. 10, -
chalice viii pass along 10 the otl,ei al
Of the aisle. VIII n be difficult 10 irle
the line OF that holy chalice? No lii-
Guilty al all. This one will say: II gue
II 10 that one" and this one VIII 50
Il gave II 20 that one" But IL vii II
be so long a line as this 10 trace te
New Testament. u Is easier 20 gett
the fact. But YOU say; Although It's
was handed right down IN that vs.
who knows but they were living imp
tiers? How can YOU take their iesi-
mony?" They died for the truth Z
that Book. Men never die for q e
cheerfully and triumphantly. Thy
were not lying imposters. They did
In triumph for the truth OF that Wv
Testament.
WELL" says someone. now ! IN
ready 20 believe that the New Tea-
iiment is from the heart Of Christ ut
how about the Old Testament? Wv
do YOU believe that?" ! believe the "a
Testament because the prophecies fc.-
told events hundreds and thousand.1f
years ahead-events which afterwrd
took place. How far can you see ahcai Z?
Two thousand years? Can you ae
ahead a hundred years? Can you -
ahead FIVE minutes? No. mol Hun n
prophecy amounts 20 nothing. Hre
these old prophets stood Thousand, 4
years back, and they foretold evers
which came accurately true FAR on n
the future centuries. Suppose shord
stand here and say TO you: "Twert-
five hundred and sixty years from nov
three miles and half from the civ T
Moscow. there will be an advent. and Z
will be in a certain family. and II Nh
be amid certain surroundings" ft
would make no impression upon y-u
because you know ] cannot foresee
thousand years or one year or re min.
ute, and ] cannot tell what is going n
transpire IN a land far away. But tht
is what these old prophets did.
Besides all this. YOU must reme,-
Der that the most Of the writers .
this book were uneducated men. Uov
can you account for the fact I'M
when Thomas Darlington Macaula,
standing in the house Of parliame,t
in London, wanted to finish Off MAJ.
shcent sentence he quoted from lie
fishermen Of Galilee. or. sitting in HE
, house, wanting TO finish one Of HE
great paragraphs Of history. ne quoted
the words of the fishermen Of Galile, .
Why is IL that those uneducated men
have more iuflupnce on ,,odo,.,, a.. :