The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-10-05


of the Bible, and no man who has
really studied il has ever dreamed
of saying that he had gotten to the
bottom of the book. Indeed, the
more profoundly one digs into the
book, the more clearly he sees that
there are still unbelievable depths
of wisdom beneath him in this in
exhaustible mine of truth. Not only
is this true of individuals. il is true
also of generations of men.
Thousands OF men in cooperation
with one another have delyed into
this mine, but, so far from exhaust
ing it, there are still new treasures
of truth awaiting each new student
of the word. New light is constantly
breaking forth from the word of
God. How are we to account Tor
this unquestionable fact? The hui
man mind has been progressing dur
ing these is centuries; We have
outgrown every other book that be-
longs to the past. but so far from
outgrowing the Bible We have not
yet grown up to il. The Bible is
not only up to date. but always
ahead of date. The best interpre-
tation of the most recent events of
our own day is found in this old
book. II this book were mans
book we would have fathomed il
centuries ago, but the fact that II
has proved itself unfathomable for
ms centuries is positive proof that
in it are hidden the infinite treas
ures of the wisdom and knowledge
of God.
A brilliant Unitarian writer In
America has given utterance to one
of the keenest sentences that was
ever spoken or written from the
standpoint of the denial of the in
spiration of the Bible. He says:
"How irreligious to accuse an in
finite God with having put His whole
wisdom i'm one so small book"
submit that that is keen, but this
writer did not see how the keen
edge of his Damascus blade could
be turned against himself. What a
testimony to the divine origin of this
book that such infinite wisdom can
be packed in so small compassl
The Bible is not such a very large
book q have a copy that ! carry in
my vest pocket but yet in a book
that can be printed in so small a
compass there are packed away such
treasures OF wisdom that is cen
turtles of study by the worlds best
minds have been unable to exhaust
il. How are we to account for It?
There is no one but God who could
pack such infinite treasures of truth
in so small a compass.
Ninth Reason.
My ninth reason for believing the
Bible to be the word of God is be-
cause of the fact that as / grow in
knowledge and in character, in wis
dom and in holiness, ! grow toward
the Bible. The nearer / get to God
the nearer / get to the Bible. When
began the real study of the Bible
had the same experience with Il
that every thoughtful student has
had in the beginning of his studies.
| found things in the Bible that
were difficult to understand. others
that seemed incredible. / found that
the teachings of one part OF the
book seemed to fatty contradict the
teachings of other parts of the book.
II seemed clear to me that II one
teaching of the Bible were true, that
some other could not be. and like
so many another, / accepted so
much of the Bible as was wise
enough to agree with me. But as /
went on studying the Bible, and as
went on growing in likeness TO
God, ] found that my difficulties
were disappearing; at first, one by
one, then by twos, and then by
scores, ever disappearing more and
more.
found constantly that the nearer
! got to God, the nearer l got to the
Bible; then nearer still to God
meant nearer still to the Bible. and
nearer yet to God meant nearer yet
to the Bible. What is the inevitable
mathematical conclusion? Two lines
always converging as they draw near
to a given point must meet when
they reach that point. The nearer
! got to God, the nearer l got to
the Bible; the nearer l got to God,
the nearer / got to the Bible; the
nearer / got to God, the nearer !
got to the Bible. When ! and God
meet, l and the Bible will meet.
That is, the Bible was written from
Gods standpoint. There is no honest
escaping of this conclusion.
Suppose / were to pass through a
vast, dark and dangerous forest for
the first time. Before starting upon
this perilous tour a guide was
brought to me who had often been
through the forest before, and had
conducted many party through in
safety, and had never led a single
party astray. Under his leadership
l began my journey through the
forest.
We got on very nicely together
for a ways, but after time we
came to place where two roads
ldiverged. The guide said to me:
"Tbe path to the right is the right
path to take" But my judgment
and reason passing upon the phe-
nomena observable by the senses