Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-26
SCIENCE PROVES
TRUTH OF BIBLE.
So Declared Rev. PA. Simpkin at
Y. N. c. A. Yesterday
Afternoon.
INSPIRATION OF THE BOOK.
IL Has Been McrcilessIy Tested by
scholars of the Time and With
stands MI Assaults.

Rev. r. A. slmpkin spoke yesterday
afternoon in the Y. NJ. G. A. on The
Dependabiity and Inspiration OF the
Bible" He held that science proves
the truth OF the Bible. and said In part
I'VE have passed through In our life
time one of the most remarkable eNperi-
cnces OF criticism the Bible has ever
known IL has been sifled like the I'm
est -four through q sieve OF the niller
and has been morcilessly tested by the
scholars Of the time. Let me say that
All the scholarship, all the special
knowledge, all tho scientific light that
The age can produce ought 70 be
brought to bear on this book. because
Il Is The biggest book, dealing Win the
biggest things IN the human soul and
its destiny
THE Investigations the archeoogist
has made In the .ast 30 years have
thrown a great lighg on the chronology
OF the Bible aud have been very COM
fortmg 10 Bible students, While they
have not disproved n single claim Of the
old book they have confirmed a thou
sand things that had TO be accepted by
faith alone. Thcy have lent comfort
ing assurance TO the lover Of the Bible,
rs out OF the dust of dead centuries
have been uncarthed the human proofs,
the historic corroboratlons OF the Bible
claims.
AUTHENTICITY CONFIRMED.
when the scientist has said the last
word he can but confirm the authentici-
IS OF the Bible when the critic has
written the last sentence, II will only be
Of what the best cold wisdom OF men
can utter; the one that VIII still stand
behind IL all is the voice of God speak
ing a message OF life through the GEN.
turtles. There is an element In the Bible
that sets IL apart from all other books.
If there Is not It is no better than any
other book The message has come
from God The book says, God hath
set eternity in the human heart The
problem Is rooted here Is the Bible
message of the eternal to .he eternal
within me, and II so, how may | know
il? one may be versed I'm all the an
Client lore. skilled in verbal and textual
criticism and i'm the values of litera-
ture, and vet miss the one supreme
thing the book holds.
Let me say that the one test of the
dependahility of this book and It's mes-
sage lies within the field Of experience,
If it were a problem for the mind only,
the cultured Saxon would have an UNI
due heritage of privilege over the dusky
man OF Liberia or the swarthy dweller
IN undeveloped lands. But 1t is a prob
lem for the heart and all men are lew
eled In its message to the one need
PERFECT CORRESPONDENCE.
There Is a perfect correspondence be-
tween this message and the universal
heart of the race. 1t carries that which
touches all men with the same truth. II
is the one message that touches all
hearts and reaches all experiences the
one whose wisdom and truth, whose
condemnation and comfort TT every life
I'm the earth And the abiding proof is
to be found in this, that the Bible does
meet the heart and It's experiences. The
only way you can know for yourself
that It Is Gods book and that It holds
Gods way Is Just to test It. Believe
that II Is and let its experience sweep
you into strong faith and a deep rich
life"
Next Sunday Mr. Simpkln will adj
dress the members OF the Y. NJ c. A.
and the Bible classes on 1.-The Contri-
buttons OF Science to the Gertrude of
the Bible