The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-04
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Mese out fth which is in Christ
was Scripture is given by in
Slteggma} God. and is profitable for
N house br reproof, for correction,
Ne 40 Ttion in Righteousness; that
pf tbe God may be perfect, thor
Furnished unto all good
iss dDr. Burrell said:
~ dFas trouble In Ephesus. The
p NIceglere had fallen on "perilous
MT fropi False teachers had crept in
4 berel.e leading away all such as
mQhing ears"
edthe founder and former pas
ne he church in that city, writes
IN OF f'opthy, his successor, exhorting
othei continue in the truth; and he
tile ruwiFs as sure safeguard. for him
sone ioc3d his people, a profound 10y
that k SJ INC e'f'p'ufes as 'ne "ord OF
jreminds the young pastor that
stranS I'D learned the Scriptures in his
cabooira hood. In his old home at Derbe
HWr mother Eunice and his grand
said ma Der Lois had instructed him.
walt Jsed Is the man or woman who
IN, VI look back to such training as
ihe i! The father of John Stewart
reacssp declined to teach religion to his
uponri(; the father Of David Livingstone
hiuly tuired his son to commit the One
f;vd Itndred and Nineteenth Psalm to
emory and take the Scriptures to be
lamp unto his path: and the diff
ne renee Is manifest in the life and
brghfaracter of these men.
andi Paul reminds Timothy also that
Der. ne Scriptures had made him wise
i'm into salvation. through faith in
Ghrist." No man can cearch the
SScriptures without finding two things,
~ namely, Christ and Life; as our Lord
n said, Search the Scriptures; for in
no them We think We have eternal life,
n ahu luOSe are Iney Wn1Cn testify or
II Me-" This youth had found Christ
II In the pages of the Book and. accept
AZ ing Christ, had been saved by faith
! In Him.
1 Paul assumes. furthermore. that
Timothy, as man of God" must be
true to the Scriptures. This ought
to go without saying. since men of
God" in or out of the ministry, are
in covenant bonds to be loyal to it.
The question now arises, What
shall a Christian do with his Bible p"
Shall he be satisfied with merely
reading It? Is it enough for him to
talk about It? Shall he approach it
In critical spirit, with the purpose
OF finding fault with it? If so, he
must not expect to find much that is
profitable" in it.
In one OF krummacher's fables he
tells OF a cociety of learned men who
resolved to make voyage to investi-
gate the properties of the magnetic
needle. The ship being ready to sail,
they went aboard and, placing a mar
iner's compass in their midst, sat
down to observe and scrutinize It,
Thus they sailed to and fro, watching
the needle and each advancing and
defending his own theory as to the
secret power which moved it. At
length there was violent crash: the
ship had struck upon a rock and the
waves rushed in. Then those learned
men, all seized with terror, leaped
overheard and swan ashore. And,
sitting there on the barren rocks,
profey lamented one to another that
r,e} }ere was no dependence to be placed
the magnetic needle!
uB For q like reason there are "biblf-
focal experts" who can see no profita-
(bleness in Scripture; but there are
jothers who search as for hidden
Ptreasure and find in these pages the
Z unspeakable gift of life.
The man who reads, ponders and
" inwardly digests will find that the
n Word is profitable. particularly in
4 these four ways:
First, "for doctrine" AS a rule OF
faith it serves, like the mariners
chart, to sail by. 1t tells us what we
are to believe as to spiritual things;
and truth Is the basis of life and
character. For las a man thinketh
IN his heart, so is he."
One OF the singular characteristics
OF the Bible is this: OF all the So
called sacred books" it alone pre-
sents a multiplicity of truths which
can be arranged into a harmonious
system. Who ever heard OF the Mos
lem system of theology? Or of the
Buddhist system OF doctrine? The
Cther religions make no pretense of
presenting consistent creed. but the
ruths of the Scripture are like
vearls, which can be strung upon
\ necklace, having for its central gem
n this saying: God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son,