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all these different ages and all these dii-
| icrcnt centuries, coming together, make a
| perfect harmony ~ the opinion OF the
! very best scholars OF all lands. j. not that
I a most remarkable iactz
! Again, inhdels vehcmcntly charge that
! the Bible ~ an unsCIcntfIc book. Ia q
! former discourse ! showed you that there
was no collision between science and rcvc-
/ latiOn, and / went from point 10 point IN
! the discussion. But now let us have au-
! thority in this matter. You and / cannot
. give the forty or hIty or sixty ye1Js cXclu-
| svoly TO the study OF science that some
men give. Let ~ have authority m this
matter.
Who says there is collision between
/ science and revelation Well, Herbert
/ Spencer Tyndall, Darwin They say there
/ is n dlscord between science and rcvcla.
/ ton. But ! will bring you names OF men
who have found "a perfect accord between
/ science aud revelation, men as much nigh
ar I'M intellectual character above those
/ whom ! have mentioned ~ the Alps and
/ Mount Washington Gld the Himalayas
are higher than the hill back OF your house,
/ Hcrschel, kepler LelbuItz Ross, Isaac
/ Newton. My trlcu' we are IN rCspcctd.
/ ble company when we believe in the Word
/ OF God-very respectable company
Now. | might. AZ inildcs have failed 10
| prove that the Bible rs q cruel book, that
/ the Bible is an impure Look; that the ~
/ blc is a contradictory book, that the III.
/ blc is an unsCicntlhc book might move
/ a nonsuIt IN this case OF lnhdclIty, the
/ plaintiff against Christianity. the defend
/ ant, but ! will not take advantage Il the
| circumstances, for when the skcptic goes
/ on 90 say that we are a gullIb!e people,
/ when he goes on 20 say, as ne often does,
/ that the greater the improhabllty the
/ more we like 10 believe II; when he goes
on 10 say that the Bible is made up of
/ lot OF manuscripts, one picked up here
| and another there and another from some
other place. and that the whole thing is
an imposition on the crcdullty of the hu.
man race, | must reply TO that charge.
The Bible rs made up OF the Old lcstd-
mcnt and the New Testament. Let us
| take the New Testament first Why do
! believe IT. Why do | take 10 TO my heart;
/ II is because IT can bc traced hac' 10 the
/ divine heart Just a. easily az that aisle can
be traced 10 that door and that aisle 10
| that door.
| jerome and Euscblus in the first century
and Origcn m the second century. and
| other writers IN the third and fourth cen
/ t...ios gave a list OF the New Testament
| writer's Just exactly corresponding with
our list, showing that the same New les
lament which we have they had IN the
| fourth century and the third century and
the second century and the first century.
Bot whore did they get the New lcsta.
mcnty They got It from lrcnaeus, Where
did lrcnacus get ity lie got It from Poly
carp. Where did Poycarp get lt; He got
10 from st. John, who was the personal us-
sociatc ot the Lord Jesus Clrlst My
grandfather gave a book TO my father, my
gave u TO me. | give 1t 20 mv chllu. is
there any difficulty m tracing this line;
On communion day | will start the cha.
lice al that end of the aisle, and the cha
lice Will pass along 10 the other end OF the
aisle. VIII II bc difficult To trace the line
Al. Ill. 4 oil
This one will say, II rave 1t 10 that one,
and this one VIII say, Il gave II TO that
one" But II will not bc so long line as
this 10 trace the New Testament. IL Is
easier 30 get 4 the fact. But YOU say.
Although this was handed right down m
that way. who knows but they were lying
! lmpostcrss How can YOU take their testl-
monyt' They died for the truth of that
book Men never die for lie cheeriully
and triumphantly They were not lying
impostors They died IN triumph for the
truth OF that New Testament.
We'll says some one, now ! am ready
TO believe that the New Testament ls
from the heart OF Christ but how about
the Old Testament Why do YOU believe
! that | believe the Old Testament be-
cause the prophecies toretold events hun
dreds and thousands OF years ahead
events which aitcrward took place. How
/ Tar can YOU see aheady Two thousand
] "
I Can YOU see ahead tive minutes No, no.
! Human prophecy amounts 90 nothing.
/ Here these old prophets stood thousands
OF years back, and they ioretold events
/ which came accurately true far on ln the
| future centuries. Suppose ! should stand
/ here and say 90 YOU, twenty-five hundred
and sixty years from now, three miles and
/ a half from the city of Moscow there VIII
/ Toe an advent. and 10 will be- iu a certain
/ family, and 10 Will be amid certain sur
roundugs IL would make no impression
upon YOU, because YOU know ] cannot fore
see q thousand years or one year or one
minute, and / cannot tell what is going 90
trusplre m a land far away, But that is
what these old prophets dad.
lou must remember that Tyre and
. Babylon and Ninevch were In tull pomp
. and splcudor when these prophecies, these
old prophecies. SAID they would he dc.
] stroyed. Those cities had architecture that
| makes thc houses ot modern cities per.
| ioCty insignificant Vet these old pro.
phCts walked right through those maguih-
cent streets aud said, This has all got To
come down; this Is all gong 90 Ice lcyccd -
Suppose a man should stand up iu these
cities to-day and SaN. There Will hc har
vests OF wheat and corn where these cities
now stand and these streets VIII hc pas
tutc Tor cattle such "a man would hc
sent Co the insane asylum Yet she old
prophets did that very thing.
mere Dr. hdbNIuu to-day on go and
walk over the ruins oi Babylon and YOU
viii nct find a Leaf or a grass blade OF
those splendid hanging gardens and u
the summer time the ground actually bls.
tiers the feet of the traveller Babylon de.
stluyCd according 20 the prophecy.
| here is Tyre: I'm the day of its pomp
the prophet saId. The fishermen will dry
their nets where tins city stands II
you should go 90 that place to-day YOU
would hnd that literally The fishermen
are drying their nets ON the rocks where
the city Of Tyre once stood Tartar and
Turk and Saraceu drying their nets ON the
rocks
We'll. says some one. now ] am ready
10 take the New Testament az from the
heart of Christ, and ! am ready 60 believe
the prophecies. The evidence b. beyond
all dispute. But you must remember.
SAYS my friend. that the prophecies are
only small part ot the old nook You
don'teXpect us 90 believe all the old book
II You found one 90 your good. honest let.
tcfs m an envelope with ten or twenty
. cruel. lying. hthy letters. now long would
you allow that honest .etter Go stay there
IN hall minute sou would either snatch
y out Of the envelope or you would destroy
. the whole envelope
. Now, do YOU suppose the Lord God
would allow these pare prophecies which
you admit mlsi have 40 ne from the hand