The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-01

the ages. MI. WI biiSAA "SttN CA' ~
prove that the admitted grandeur OF
the Bible proclaims its divine origin,
and that the Bible must be the very
best book in the world. He continued
as follows:
The first requisite to right under
standing and appreciation of the Scrip
| lures Is to be brought into fellowship
| and sympathy with Him whose words
we read One has said that stranger
might find a parcel Of faded letters
among the rubbish of garnet and think
them Of no value and be ready to con-
sign them to the flames.
But these same letters, given to one
who could discern upon them fathers
handwriting, might bring back the rec
elections of bygone years. unfold the
records Of a haf-forgotten childhood
freshen the faded memories of beloved
faces, unlock the fountains of sympa-
thetic tears and be more valued than
treasures of silver, gold and gems. Inc
letters are the same, but 1t makes
world Of difference whether they are
strangers letters in strangers hands
or the letters of a father perused by
loving child.
So If we are but strangers to God His
Book will be to us strange and una
miliar Book. But if we are the children
Of God by faith in Christ Jesus the b.
Bile at once becomes family Book
our family Book
| Alexander the Great, dying amid his
generals. when asked to whom he would
beaueath his empire, said, ITO him who
can rule It,"
The Book of God Is a treasure given
TO him who can explore it and make use
Of 1t. A sword is a vain thing for o
coward, and light is useless for the
blind. And so the Word Of God Is dead
and silent-empty, void and vain-to
those who are without God and without
hope in the world But to those who
are reused from deaths slumber by the
words of everlasting life and who walk
In the light and the JOY Of the LORD
this word is spirit and IS life-a foun-
tain of blessing, a treasure filled with
all precious things.
But even the most devout and studi-
Gus will find in the Bible much that IS
mysterious and obscure. It was ever
thus It's words have sometimes been
closed up and sealed. And again. things
have been kept from the wise and pru-
dent and have been revealed to babes.
No one age can exhaust book design
ed for all ages. No one man can APP
propriate a revelation which is sent to
all men. And so no one can explain
Gods Word In all its fullhess, for no
human mind can comprehend IT In an
its vast and measureless wealth. inc
field is too wide for individual survey,
the treasure too rich for individual COM
lle a. ~ All, annrertice can
~ ',. ~ ,,,oeta,. u,or,,nan's
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pains as 'iIe ~ ,.,o1,nr ,,,,rnoes "a
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great dna.re. sav sho,,+ n And
wiiau ~ ~, a,,,,ions If scholarly men
of tho greatest Of the great
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,o,,,,ora,ola TO the Songs of
sonss
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noeNe 1..,,Ia a,yar attain to a true
"ho 49, 49, rhristian religion, in
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tne lui. aiiI ~ sor,nt,,ras especially
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.n. ~. ,1,orde If eternal life. 1t has