The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-15
THE SERMON At THE Y.M.C.A.
PREAC HED TESTER DAY BY REV
MIR. NUDE.

Third of the Series on the Bible Listened
to by a Large Observation-Disclosures In
the BibIe-yvhat InfideIs Are Doing.
The Rev Mr. Nude delivered the
third of his series of lectures on the
Bible, entitled THE Bible-Its Inspira-
ton" in the Young Mems Christian as
citation building yesterday Before pro-
ceeding with the lecture he briefly re-
viewed the subject matter Of his two
previous addresses entitled 1.-THE Bible
Its Own Defence" THE Bible-Ot
God, and Not of Man" Coming then
to the point of his address he spoke in
part as follows:
1t has been well said that we know
that the Bible is entirely inspired, be-
cause it is inspiring" OF course, If we
read the Book as if it were drudgery;
If we only glance at it when worn out
with our days work as the clock strikes
IL D. m; if we sit down and read a
chapter, daily, simply because we sign
ed our name to a piece of paper and
would not wish to break a promise: If
we fret because the chapter contains
forty verses instead Of fourteen; If we
fail to see In the gospel traces of a Fa-
theirs love for His erring children; if
we devote more time to the family
record" than we do to the Sermon on
the Mount" if this is the attitude we
assume toward Gods word then, in
deed, we shall not realize the inspiring
character of the book. Far, far from
1t. Tell me, is this the way you skim
over your long absent boys letter, writ
ten on the field of battle? Is this the
way that you play" with your prodi-
gal sons tear stained heart-broken
message? Is this the way you read the
long looked for letter from the old home
thousands of miles across the seas? Is
this the way that you fritter with the
letter from her whose heart you have
won, and whose life to you Ia dearer
than your own? / will not insult you
by stopping to answer such questions.
Not very long ago ESQ read young,
innocent girl of sixteen years was de-
coyed by a wicked woman from her
happy home in Connecticut, and was
taken to one of the foulest dens of in
tquity in the city of New York where
she was ruined for life and where her
every movement by day or night was
watched by tigers" In the shape of
human beings. Unable to find pen and
ink or pencil or paper she bit her lips
till the blood came and with an old
stick, one end bitten to a point, she
wrote home to her aged father a most
piteous letter, imploring him to send
and rescue his child from her awful life
and cruel prosecutors. How do you
suppose that the old man read that let
ter In his darkened troubled home that
night; the letter written by his one
loved lassie and with her own life blood?
And yet, here is book that speaks to
us of love, peace, purity and home, a
Book that tells us of Him who suffered
untold agony for men; for us here, and
for all men, and yet thousands upon
thousands give it less attention than
they do to a patent medicine circular.
oh, may God help us to be more faith
full and more diligent; more earnest in
the study of His Holy Word.
Again. My faith in the inspiration of
the Bible is not weakened because there
may be discrepancy here and there.
Suppose the president sends me a letter
through his secretary telling me that
the government has voted me $4,000 for
services rendered in the past The let
ter, however, is misspelled, badly writ
ter, the grammar is shocking, word
perhaps is omitted here and there, some
sentences I cannot understand, and
there appears to be no attempt at any
Is all that going to lead
me to say that the bequest is not fact
that 1t Is not true? Certainly not
I'll start tomorrow morning by the !
very first rain, notwithstanding all the |
blunders. And so would you. And so
would the infidel who now rejects the !
Book because of these alleged discrep-
ancies The question is, is the Book |
right in the main? Is 1t profita BILE for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
in righteousness, that the |
man of God may be perfect-thorough-
ly furnished unto all good works? Yes,
that is the question. Is it safe guide?
And the testimony of millions is yes,
thank God, it is. Jesus Christ was an
expert in religion, as Napoleon was In
war and Webster In law. If an expert
gave you his opinion on any point YOU
would accept it. Therefore, believe
Jesus Christ when He says that the
Scriptures are inspired and are true,
Ind He says that they are this by
quoting them as such. I believe the
Did Testament as a whole is the word
If God, because Jesus Christ quoted 1t
Ind said it was a Book of God, and I
lccept 1T on His authority. (See Luke
4th chapter, and verse IS to end) A
rood question to ask the sceptic on any
Biblical point is this: did your doubt .
ONE from the reading of the Bible
or from hearing some other
mans views-some Ingersoll, ridiculing
at the rate of one dollar per head. {
Omission fee?" Over against the
oubts of the few, put the belief of t
hose men who have read and re-read {
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