Morris tribune., 1906-02-24
CHURCH COLUMN.
BY j. G. shetland.
HOW May we Know the Bible is the
Word of God.


superior workman. But he is unre-
portable. His words are uttered at
railroad speed. The manner, the ges-
lures, the descriptions, the talent like
that of the late Cough of making an
impressive picture in a few words,
cannot be reported. He must be
heard to be appreciated. Our report
err has given the outlines of his Thurs
day evening address on elbow may
we know the Bible is the Word of
God"
An honest donbter deserves SYM
pathy and will find help. With too
many the weed of infdelity grows
from the love of sin. The man claims
TO doubt the Bible because he wants to
please his passions. We get evidence
AS to the Bible:-
From other men, as in science, in
literature, in hundred things we
have the benefit Of che research of
those who have lived before us, so in
Christianity. There are a multitude
of living witnesses. Ask for what
men have found out as to this book
and many will tell Can we afford to
slight the testimony of the better ele-
ments of society. A wizened little
fellow arose in a meeting and said
"All Christens are either fools Or
liars" "Were your father and mother
Christians?" "Were they fools Or
liars?" 'But I have been to college,"
So have the preachers, and the college
presidents, and the leading workers
i'll the churches.
By what this book does. The brains
of the Christians nations are quicken
ed by His truth In all that makes
nations great, the Bible nations lead
the world. No ritual has such power.
This is compromise. The ritual
nations are in the rear of the Bible
nations. A group Of inide1s said they
hated Christianity. "Why do you not
go and live in heather civilization?
Theycould not be hired to. A town
was founded by infdels, never to
have any churches. They said,
iSThaDk God we are now where there
is no God" But society was too disor-
derby to attract the settlers. They had
to geta church in order to get good
citizens. A southerner was cursing
Massachusetts. He wanted to wipe it
Oe the earth. 'EWhere was your
watch NADER" "ID Waltham, Mass.
"Where were your shoes made?" Gin
Lynn, Mass. 'EWhere were your
clothes made?" SIN Mass" 'Do
you want to be stripped of every
thing you get from Massachusetts,"
Would you be willing to be stripped |
OF all the Bible has given you? See I
the condition of woman outside of
Bible countries. How can any !
woman help being christian?
From the lives of individuals. A |
drunken man came into a church. |
He had been on his way home to get
revolver and go back to the saloon
and shoot man. He had heard the |
singing, came in to see and was saved.
How long did it last. 1t has lasted
eight years. A New York multimill-
ionaire encrusted in pride of wealth
was made humble and sweet spirited
follower of Christ. That was harder
than the case of the drunkard. A
Hindoo was converted, graduated
from Cambridge, England made
mighty plea for Christ, and when
some freshmen did not rise, he said,
"Don't you believe in Christ? Look
az me'r
By testing. AS in electricity, and in
all lines so in Christianity, infdels as
a rule are laughably ignorant of the
book they condemn. A college boy
said the Bible was full of lies. It said
that they had an ark big as unlver-
sity building, and that four men
carried the ark. There were lies in
the book of Psalms. When asked to
point out one he hunted for the
psalms in the new testament The
Bible is tested by the fulillment of its
prophecies. ''The time will come
when they will not endure sound
doctrine" but will prefer novelties,
and those who will not rebuke sin,
having itching ears. 1t is tested by
its durability. Nations rise and fall,
this book continues to rise. More
Bibles have been printed during the
post ten years than in all preceding
centuries. An atheist wrote Gin 100
years christianity will be gone" The
room in which he wrote is now Bible
depositary. Go to Peoria, Ill. See
that great Y. M. @. A. building. 1t
stands on the very site of Ingersoll's
home. Contrast Ingersoll and Moody.
The buildings at Mortified, Mass. are