The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12

out who really is the Great author and
If God is we have the foundation or
starting point for our argument.
1t is noticeable fact that nations
succeed as they accept the book and
decline as they reject the scriptures
as the Word of God. France reject
ed the bible and hell broke loose and
crime and sin followed Scotland and
Wales allow no bad books to be
brought into the country.
We have Just passed through an
era of error and skepticism as regards
the authorship of the bible and Inger-
soil & Payne and the higher critics
have come and gone and after all the
one great and only satisfying solu-
ton is this: is it Gods word and can
it guide men to Jesus Christ? One
purpose and one purpose only is to
lead men to Jesus Christ
Rev. Frank spoke very interesting
ly concerning the noticeable fact that
infidelity of the mind was growing
less but intidelity of the heart was in
creasing. Men assent with their
heads but rebel against the bible
down in their hearts
Some men do not believe in the
bible because they can't understand
everything in it, yet they do not hes
itate to accept the results of science
and invention without thought of
comprehension.
There are thousands of things that
man can't understand that are mar
velous and true just the same.
Here are several reasons why the
bible is the Word of God:
First-Because Jesus Christ said it
was. Refer to Mark Z verse IS, Matt.
Is verse 5, John 10 verse 35, and Luke
"a verse "A where Jesus said Himself
that all of the Hebrew bible, the old
testament, was the Word of Cod
Second-The superiority that it's
teachings and its principles have over
any other book ever written. The
bible contains all of the truth on
moral subjects found in the world to-
day; more truth than all other books
put together.
Third-the way it has withstood all
attacks brought against it.
Publishing houses give out state
ments that the bible is the most pop
ular book printed in the English lang
uage. More were sold in last ten
vearc than any pfhar hook
Fourth reason is the remarkable
unity in the book There are sixty
six different books and forty to fifty
different authors; covering every
phase of literature. Nothing but the
Master mind of God could have in
spired the writer's and the bible itself
is able to inspire men which is proof
that God must nave inspired it,
Fifth-The way some men reject it
and the way others love it. The men
that ridicule and spit on it are the
kind that have no standing in the
community while those that study it
are those in whom We have great con-
fidence. The men that are most
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the Word of God
Sixth reason Is the power 1t seems
to have to lift men up to God and the
remarkable manner in which it has
woven itself into every fabric of our
lives-national, business, literaty,
musical, religious and so on.
What an endless task it would be to
exterminate the teachings and truths
of the bible as it has made itself a
part of every phase of life-books are
full of its Observation-Disclosures are
hung with it's likenesses, the great
orators are founded on bible stories.
Every christian and in fact all non
believers must be killed to wholly
carry this last purpose. 1t is impos-
sible to wipe it away
The Holy Spirit can help you to
know God the true author and then
we cannot fail to understand better
the teachings of the Book of books.