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truth Or THE
FOUR GOSPELS.
,.,i,,t Of an interesting Address
''' N,Iirered by Rev. Benjamin
Young
n FIRST METHODIST CHURCH.
o.. George w. Stone Speaks on tue
wv BI,le in the Light Of Mod
rn Knowledge

nae gennmn Young preached yes ',',
...S,y morning in ,he First Ne'uo . y
',luo, r,om the text THY WORD Is
. ..,,D John xylii H. In the course OF
N.Y. I.' ,omorks, the speaker said
d. y, believe believe the gospels because OF tho
i,a Dy Of reliable men, Scholars and
J.,orlans. among them some OF uhe
o.'most men Of, the empire Of tome .,,,Os
i rs,, ,6e gospels existed in the third
'"a ,.,y Is acknowledged BY rationallst'
. .a sgrpernaturallsls. My aim 'hen
n,,bc TO trace back the gospels 10 inc
Iu.' -, me- apostles. or little subse'
w. 10 Them, | do this by quota
slsn s,om lrenaeus VINO lived ABOUT
WI n This eminent scholar tes1llles
~ NV evlstence OF the -four sospels'
yam of Alexandria, VINO llNeu
eE", ys,rs later, gives similar tesu-
wv M also does Tertullion. \ study
l' ,bs writings Of Justin Martyr, u ee,'
Mated apologlst who lived N lhs n,lu.
81 1 ~ mo second century, SHOWS tnal
y" ..eA mutations at length, especially
80 ,he 'swoptlcs. II has been sara
lllN ra conld almost compile the whole
.p., n s,ory from his writings, Papias
sso wrote about 100 and quotes
nsa Nose gospels. This Is also true OF
'a.ment who lived somewhat earlier
C'sment and Polycarp bring US 10
APOSTOLIC times. ,- ..s,i,y
aPeGyeat onponents Of religion testify
,..,hsr N he prevalence and influence
n me gospel story IN the Roman en-
pre, Ia. % their carly or.
hin and truth How much mas peeh
attributed to our sum total OF Know,
.Sgs nv ME- spade Of the archaeoloslst'
Nom ne steppes OF Siberia to the des-
~. m Africa. men have dug up TAP.
',, monuments. statuary, vases ana
.,gars which have told us Of the pe0-
ai"s N me past. and which have re-
tesled IN MS the history Of empires ana
Nations marvellous IN the exercise Oh
nsWer Biblical lands especially nave
KEN searched. The heart of the syrian
no,rl bas more than confirmed the
.c,nal record The discoveries OF MI.
sioH M Tlschendorf, or Clasca ana OF
~, 0yford scholars have added 10 the
testimony which confirms the CHRIS"
uans faith IN. .,,,o,,
"The gospels hsrmoniSe win con.eni'
ropneous history The references 10
custom. TO political systems 10 gov
.rnments. 10 rulers At into the temple
n history IN the place claimed by the
fbds,sn apol0glst profane historians
nalfy 10 the accuracy Of the gospel
writer's. The gospels harmonic WIN
a.adence. They affirm that II men
MA fulhn certain conditions certain
rmNs win follow II we come we shIl
ma iest II we seek we shall ind, III
Ne have filih we shall be saved. Men
have testified 10 great blessings when
have come 10 them. These have not
lem from the ignorant but from the
ylssst and best OF the earth, scholars,
ratesmen. philosophers. These men
could not have been deluded. | believe
the gospels because they bring comfort
10 he world. They portray for us the
neat Christ Of Nazareth The beauty
u his ne appeals TO me. There Is a
claim upon me 10 be at my best ana
70 live up to the highest standard be-
cause " the character presented mere
These gospels tell me how 20 know the
Father They breathe the aroma OF
heaven, and are surcharged with the
pity Of the INFINITE heart They inspire
n lie they console In death. Listen
70 Stanley. the great explorer. Con-
strained 10 confess that without Gods
help was helpless, | vowed a vow IN
me solitude Of the forest that ! would
confess His aid before men,. In his IA
lgue and sickness, under great anx-
''ty on account Of the rear column, he
tells Us he turned Tor consolation to
me Scripture, In the narrowing cir
tumstances VI life II is natural to turn
70 them The gospels are the embodl-
nenl Of law, Of light, Of love-
REV. STONE ON THE BIBLE.
Rev George W. Stone gave the last
Of hts series Of lectures OH "The Bible
y lhe Light Of Modern knowledge
hst night In Unity hall The speaker
said In part;
The Bible was not intended as an
authority aid, or gulde-it Is a history
q The derivation If the Jewish religion.
j Is The history and biography OF the
Jewish race and valuable for the rec-
ord u makes Of the FIRST rellglon,and the
insight Il gives into the thoughts aud
ives Of The people Of that time
The Bible rs source OF spiritual
strength. II shows MS the lives Of other
men who lived long ago, but who had
lne same passions and feelings that We
lplay nave The fiery assertions OF men
Ike lngersol are simply attacks on the
pa religious Ideas held by men. But
hey nave no weight with the broad
minded man OF today.
me Bible Is not cryptogram. There
aIe people who are looking for some
1,fe' writing In the pages Of this book.
a ihtn not long ago announced that he
ssu discovered cipher IN cle works OF
I,,,kespeare. and an the world laughed
N nun and yet there are thousands Of
gople who today play nuzzles with the
!, ,'plnres They try TO find prophecies
" lu'ure events In the records OF an
suglehl people and they pore over the
.olQs until they think they have found
.%lae'hlng which foretold an event
Llnlen has occurred-ftting prophecy in
.aykNafds Not long ago | listened 10
ssioup " well dressed men discussing
Hapler In Ezekial. which they said
nal 70 do with the Spanish. American
, var They were In earnest, and II made
", NY neart sick 10 think OF men wasting
wy, ,lsu energies IN that foolish way. These
ol sayings referred to events IN their
S s,.. lne and were not intended for
slNPKlN on LIFE ETERNAL.
cl KY P A. slmpkin has returned from
vrannlolnla' where he went with the odd
wv" srandees He preached yester-
1 W the Phillips Congregational
, aul0h from the text, For this Is life
v6 ,a"' 20 know God, and Jesus Christ
n r~V,n ihou hast sent" Mr.. slmpkln
,b,'.ulated It "a tenable proposition,
-a. nlan can have as definite knowI-
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