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of the mind. how was it that Sir vii
liam Jones, The greatest linguistic hu.
man encyclopedia who ever lived, once
said In reference to that Bible, IL have
carefully and regularly perused the
Scriptures and am Of the opinion TINT
this book, Independent Of its divine
origin. contains more sublimity, purer
morality, more important history and
finer strains OF eloqucnce than can be
collected from all other books, no mat
ter In what language they may have
been written" II Christ's Bible does
not appeal to the brain, how can you
account for the fact that Thomas Car
lyle, great intellectual leader Of the
English speaking world, whose dys.
pcptic stomach made him chronically
growl at everybody and everything,
once declared that the book Of Job was
the finest prose poem ever written, or
that Lord Jeffrey, the hard headed
critic Of the Edinburgh Review, always
carried in his side pocket st. Johns
Apocalypse because he felt that II was
n masterpiece Of literature? All, those
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Christ only influences the ignorant and
the mentally superstitious.
If this Bible does not appeal to the
brain. how Ia 1t that science and reve.
lation. by the statements of the Bible
are daily becoming more and more har.
monized? AS intelligent men, do you
not know that, though the scientists
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these differences are gradually passing
away and that science and revelation
are coming into closer and more har-
monious relations in regard to many
things whereon they formerly dis
agreed? 1t Is only within a few weeks
that Professor Sayce. writing on the
latest archaeological discoveries said,
"Inf every case where we can test the
Bible story by contemporaneous monu-
ments, the authenticity of which is
doubted by no one. we find it confirmed
and explained, even in the minutest
points" Do you not know, as inteli-
gent men and women, that many re.
cent discoveries of the psychologists
prove that the leaves of the Bible. some
absolutely in accord with scientific
facts which are continually being re-
vealed?
That the Bible and modern scientific
statements are being more and more
harmonizcd by recent Investigations
and discoveries Is illustrated by an in
cident which happened some years ago
In the city Of Philadelphia while l was
preaching there. If you ever have had
any dealings with medical students.
you know chat there is proportionatcly
more infldelity among them as a class
than among any other body Of young
men. Most of this infdeity. I believe.
is caused by the evil influences Of the
dissecting room. One day. when
medical professor, while lecturing upon
the body. quoted the we'll known pas
sage in Job, II am escaped with the
skin Of my teeth" litter Of derision
ran around the classroom. The col
lcge professor raised his hand for ST.
lence and said: Tut tut tut, gentle
men; there is no need for laughing. |
am not a minister, nor the son of a
minister, nor am | processing Chris
tan. but here and now want to state
that the more / study that Bible the
more 1t appeals to my intelligence 40
nm inspired book. | am as firmly con-
WINGED that the Bible is inspired as
was the centurion convinced Of the d.
vinity Of Christ. when at the foot Of the
cross he cried out In awe, Truly this
man was the Son of Cod This very
passage Just quoted displays a know-
edge which could not have been ac-
quired by the man who wrote it in any
other way than by revelation. For cen.
turtles scientists ridiculed Jobs smile
about the skin OF the teeth. But few
years ago a microscope was invented
with such powerful lens that, much to
the surprise Of the scientists. it was
found that job was right. Over the
tooth there is thin skin. the infnitesi-
NAL part OF an inch in thickness. No
body was ever able to see this skin
with the naked eye. yet Job saw ii in
Inspiration thousands Of years before
the microscope was invented"
The Second Superscription.
The superscriptiOn on the cross was
written also in Latin. This implies
that Christ will one day be the SUI
preme ruler of the world as well as
the king Of the intellect and the ruler
OF the heart. Rome means conquest
In that one word of four letters we
have the tramp of the invading legions
of julius Caesar triumphng over the
Gauls or of the Augustan hosts annex
Ing the kingdom of Cleopatra to the
empire. or we see the glea ming spears
OF Scipio driving the mighty Hanni-
bal over the Alps and hurting him back
across the seas, or we hear the huge
battering rams of Titus crashing in
the gates of the Davidic capital. As
England today on account of her great
navy and numerous mercantile fleets
Is calledsthe mistress Of the seas" so
Rome, on account Of her great armies
and navies, could claim to be ruler OF
the seas as well as the mistress of the
world"
This homage Of earthly rulers to the
Heavenly King is not an allegiance
which is only to be given to Christ in
the dim future. 1t is becoming more
and more universal year by year. Some
people are apt to picture the greatest
OF conquerors as Sesostris or an At
tia or an Alexander or a Charlemagn,
marching at the head OF a great host
| while the heavens are raining BLOOD