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Now; might; q, inhdelS hay" f'il"d t"
nrovr that the l'lh.e - 4 cruel hooE. fhht ~
h" Bible Is an impure ! "ok: that h" ~
pc IS eontrad'ctGorl book th?t the 81, 81
bl" - en- unsclentltie lOok.I m!ght move
4 non-,lit n this ca'r Of InGdeIi',y.. the
plalnt'ff, against shrlSt .antv. the defend.
ant h'if VIII not takc adVAn,aGe e tue
circumstances. Tor when thr ,;SEeptIc goes
on |" say that we are En''f"r p'pppic'
when he goes IN t" say az he often Ter, does,
that the greater tti' lmprohahll15V me
,n to say that the H'hlc j. mad 'naIe up , OF a
lot, OF hianlsscr'pts, one plrked np here
and another ttcr' ana another fron some
other place. and nat inc whole 'l'nS IS
an imposition on the cr'duity or the ho-
man race l must reply to that sharg"'
The Bible is made M Of the Old Testa-
ment and the New Testament, Let ns
| take the New Testament first Why do
believe it? Why do take it TO my heart?
II is because it can be traced bac' to the
divine heart just as easily as that aisle car
be traced to that door and that aisle to
that door
Jerome and Eusehius in the first century
and Origon in the second century. and
was's ears list the Of r' ths SeH SeS n cen"
| writer's Just exactly corresponding with
| our list, showing that the same New Tes-
| lament which we have they had III the
fourth century and the third century and
the second century and the first century.
But where did t hey get the New Iesta-
mert? They got it from Irenacns. Where
did Ircnaen7 get it? He got it from Poly
carp. Where did Pclycarp get it, He got
it from st. John who was the persona as
sociate of the Lord Jesus Christ, My
grandfather gave book to my father, my
gave it to me, I give it to nv child. Is
there any difficulty in tracing this line?
On communion dav / will start the cha
lice will pass along to the other end of the
aisle. Will 1t be difficult to trace the line
of that holy chalce, No dihculty at all;
This one will saw. II gave it to that one"
and this one will say. Il gave 1t to that
one But it will not be so long line as
this to trace the New Testament. 1t is
easier to get f the fact But Won say:
Although this was handed right down in
that wat, who knows but they were living
mposterS9 How can you take their testi-
mony:" They died for the truth of that
book. Men never die for lie cheerfully
and triumphantly They were not living
lmpostors. They died in triumph for the
truth of that New Testament.
well" saws some one now am ready |
to believe that the New Testament is |
from the heart Of Christ. but how about |
the Old TESTAMENT Whr do vou believe |
that" l believe the Old Testament be-
cause the prophecies foretold events hun. |
drcds and thousands of years ahead |
events which afterward took place. How |
far can You see ahead? Two thousand |
years. Can YOU see ahead hundred years.
Can you see ahead five minutes? No. no. |
Human prophecy amounts to nothing
Here these old prophets stood thousands !
of years back, and they foretold events
which came accurately true far on IN the
future centuries. Suppose | should stand
here and say to you, Twenty five hundred
and sixty years from now three miles and
4 half from the city Of Moscow there will
I've an advent, and 1T will be In a certain
family, and it will be amid certain sur
roundlngs" 1t would make no IMPRESSION
upon you, because you know cannot fore