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for the good, Its
law, as Paul declares, is for ~evildoers,
while its Gospel is for all who VIII
accept it.
If you would trace the history OF the
material universe, you may have any
theory of evolution or mutation, but
you will come at last to a point where
you need and must have the first
words Of Genesis: In the beginning
Cod If you study the history of ma
tons and would trace them to their
origin and early developments, you
cannot do without the Bible. II you
would know the history Of jurispru-
dence and would be a w~ell-equipped
lawyer or judge, you must study the
Bible, for it contains the foundation
of law and all civilized nations.
History Of Literature.
If you would study the history of,
literature you must know your Bible,
for hundreds of thousands of volumes
in our great libraries were written be-
cause the Bible exists. Theology,
which is the science Of God, the great
est science In the world, Is unintel.
ligible without the Bible; and arch
aeology, that fascinating science,
which with pick and shovel has un.
earthed the buried treasures Of Egypt
and Assyria, is ineXplicable without
the Bible. The poets corner cannot
be appreciated without a knowledge of
the Bible. 1t will be conceded by all
lovers of poetry that among the great
est English-speaking poets are
Shakespeare, T%ennyson, Longfellow
and Browning, and a knowledge of
the Bible Is absolutely essential to an
understanding Of any one Of them.
They teen with Biblical illusions.
Milton and much of Byron are sealed
books to the man ignorant Of the
Bible. Indeed, If you would write
poetry, you Cannot become great If
you ignore the great thoughts about
God, eternity, life, love and immortal
ity which the Bible contains. Take
out of English literature the classic
books that demand a knowledge OF
the Bible for their proper apprecia-
ton, and you have blotted the sun out
Of our literary sky.
The History Of Art.
Would you study the history of art
in sculpture and painting, you must be
anutointnH 1uitb tln nfb1n far tha
best paintings Of the old masters
and the finest statuary were inspired
for the most part by scene and ideals
drawn from the Bible, You must re-
main ignorant of the genius of Raph-
ael and Michelangelo if you refuse
to know the Bible. for the scenes and
characters theydepicted with brush aid
chisel were Biblical. The paintings Of
Dore, Tissot and Sargent, modern
master artists, cannot be understood
without a knowledge of the Bible.
The great musicians, whose master.
pieces have thrilled the souls of mil.
lions, cannot be interpreted and APP
preciated without a knowledge of the
Bible. Handlers oratorios of the
Messiah" Esther" Saul" Joshua"
"Jephtha' and Israel in Egypt" all of
them masterpieces of musical compo-
| sition, cannot be understood without
a knowledge of the Bible. Mendels.
sohn's Elijah" and B~eethoven's
Mount of olives are enigmas with.
out Biblical knowledge.
History Of Education.
If you would know the his
tory Of education, from the little
country schoolhouse to the great
university, you cannot ignore the
Bible, for these schools and uni.
versities were founded by men who
read their Bibles and drank from its
pages the love of knowledge as well as
Of virtue and religion. The Pilgrims
and Puritans of New England built
first the church and then the school
house. Next cam the college and the
university.
It's Christ Universal.
He is the Son of Man" There Is
something exceedingly emphatic In
that expression. Son Of Man." writes
Frederick w. Robertson; our Master
Is not called the Son of Mary, but as
IL the blood of the whole human race
were in his veins, He calls himself
the Son of Man. He was not the
Asiatic. He was not the European.
He was not the Jew. He was not
the type of that century stamped with
It's p~eeuliarities. lie was not the
mechanic. He was not the e~ris.ccrat.
But he VAS the man" No one could
mistake Mohammed for such a Son
Of Man" He was a son Of Arabia.
and nothing more. The Koran Is.
therefore, a sectarian book, and Mo.
hammedanism is cruelty ~sectarian.
Buddha was a son of India, and moth.
ing more, No one could mistake him
for a Son Of man" His writings are.
therefore, sectarian. They are not
adapted to the occidental mind. Con.
fucius was a son Of China, and moth.
ing more. His writings are therefore
sectarian In their national narrowness.
Zoroaster was Just a son of Persia.
Only Christ Is the universal Man.
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