The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-26

atlon-The Blble Is to the Con-
science What the Star Is to the
Compass.
Rev. G. II. Newing, pastor of Dun
more Methodist church. occupied the
pulpit of Elm Park last night and
delivered remarkably fine sermon.
Mrs. +. p. Price was the organst of
the evening and Mr.. X. d. Williams
acted az chorster, singing with ex-
ceedinglv good effect.
The speaker gave as his text II Tim
othy 3, 1i-l1: "All Scripture Is given
Iy inspiration of God and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof. for correct
ness. for instruction in righteousness
Mr. Newing salt that Paul, writing
into Timothy at this time found that
many were Terverting the truth, and
would not accept the gospel. They
were listening to false teachers oh
every side and the apostle wrote this
warning to the people.
"If he were writing in this age he
would find the same conditions exist
ing. lie would see that men will not
listen to Gods word that they will not
accept the gospel and that they follow
a'tCr strange teaching.
THE Bible is The Book. As i'm the
original inspiration means inbreathng
so God breathed His own thought into
the hearts of men who wrote. There
are those who hold to the doctrine that
the words themselves were inspired. II
the words only We're inspired there
could have been no translation into ev-
cry tongue We hold to the Dynamic
theory which says that the thoughts
We're inspired and that different men
wrote as the Holy Spirit moved them
Thus it is that it is possible to trans
late into any tongue on the face OF the
earth; thus it is that there is some
Scripture that touches every man who
ever mas lived; that there is something
which speaks to him personally.
THE SAME THOUGHTS.
I'm Isaiah. i'm the songs Of David,
in the gospel of John. are different ver-
sions of the same thoughts. To the
student each bears the stamp of indi-
Nduality. Yet all express the same
general idea. Thus. If the words were
| inspired, we shall have the same words
expressed exactly in the same way in
stead of the beautiful differences which
render the Book so free from monotony.
1t should come to us with the force
Of God, Himself speaking. We set our
Watches by the jewelers. chronometer,
which is itself regulated by another of
the greatest accuracy. We correct our
course by the compass which is guided
by the North Star.
You and | can guard our lives very
well nf ht
conscience needs some standard by
| which it can be squared, corrected and
measured. So we must accept Gods
word as our standard because it is the
infalibe truth
Gods word challenges scientific
| tests. 1t does not hedge itself about
| with "A high wall to protect its state
ments from criticism. But the more we
| study it,, the more we see that 1t rises
| far beyond the human thought.
Take, for instance, the line of
| prophecies. They show the same prin
| ciples that are found in every branch
of science. 1t is said that no man can
| tell what he doesn't know. Most
| human predictions are simply guess
work, and there is but one chance in
| millions that every detail will come "a
| pass.
\ KINGS IMPATIENCE.
1T is said of a great king that he
| once became impatient with a bishop
whom he wished out of his way, so he
told the bishop that unless he could
| give "A supreme proof of the truth of
| Christianity, in one word he should be
| put to death. The bishop, with the
| wide knowledge of Gods word in his
heart, answered quickly, Jew" The
wonderful history of that race--the
| Choren people-down to the latest da y
| is one OF the most remarkable proofs
| of the inspiration Of prophecy in the
| Bible. In no smallest detail are thpil
words unfulflled
| Il have never seen one point where
| the Bible and Science do not agree. II
has not always agreed with the the,
ories of science, but these have moi
| agreed with each other but when the
real facts have been obtained there
| has been harmony. The geology al
! Moses. the astronomy of jeremiah, anC
SOlomOn's anatomy have been founc
true in every respect, The cosmogomS
of Moses has been accepted as stand
ard of science.
Before GalileO discovered the tele
scope. scientists said that the Bibl,
was wrong in the expression regard
ing the infinite number of stars. They
could count the stars, they said Their,
We're $3.50 Of them, but telescopes hav,
revealed the fact that four hundre,
million stars lay beyond the reach O
the unaided eye. and later that tn,
| Milky Way is not a nebulous mass, a!
| no Il h1lt I, .l,t
millions Of suns, the centres of sola
| systems like our own, literally the star
i'm the heavens that cannot be mum
bered. The revelations of EgyptOlog,
are continually bringing proof to tes
tify to the truth Of Bible statements.
HUME'S CONFESSION.
"Hume, in his dying day confesse,
he had never read the Bible through
When you hear person pokng fun a
Gods word, sneering at the Bible a
old fogyism, depend upon it that persol
knows nothing about Gods word, ha,
never studied it to learn the truth"
The speaker concluded with tn,
thought:
IF this Book is the Word of God
how dare We live and not strike to keel
the commandments as we know them
| How dare We act out Of harmony will
His plans?
IAN Scripture is given by inspira ito,
and is profitable for instruction II
righteousness. To us II may be Goo
speaking through the evangel. through
the prophet, through the gospel, bu
God speaking, Let us be in harmon,
with His word"