The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-10-05
Large Audience at Auditor.
uim Rink Last Night, Broad.
way and Tenth Street
Many Men Are Present.

III DR.. Torrey did not utter his
every sentence with precision, one
might say that the keenest phrase
he has uttered since his meetings be-
gan, was the subordinate part of a
complex sentence casually dropped
in one of his topical discussions,
THE BIBLE is WRITTEN FROM
GODS POINT OF VIEW.
With this summing up of an argu-
ment in one Of the ten reasons he
gave last night why he believes the
Bible to be the word of God, he an
swers many criticisms of skeptics,
who say their judgment and COM
mon sense direct them contrary TO
some OF the teachings of the Bible.
DIR. Torrey argued that, granting
there is an infinite God, with all wis
dom, all knowledge, length OF days
and experience, creator OF the uni
verse and able to see through all
eternity, 1t is more than probable
that he can see reasons for things,
which are hidden from the finite
mind OF man, with its limited vision.
experience and knowledge; just as
parents have reasons for restraints
they place upon children, which
seem unreasonable to the inexper-
fenced mind of the child.
AS the book is written from God s
point Of view and requires the sub
lection Of mans viii to Gods, then,
argues DR.. Torrey. in order to under
stand the Bible man must try to
conform his point of view to that
of Gods and experience has demon
strated that as the creature more
and more submits and conforms his
win to that of the divine Creator
more and more the Bible unfolds Its
reasons TO him.
In spite of the inclement weather
there was a good attendance last
night, and DR.. Torrey was especially
gratified at the percentage of men
present. DR.. Torrey's clear logic,
evident scholarship and frank appeal
TO reason in his exposition of his
subjects in attracting the men OF the
city.
The singing OF Mr. McEwan again
last night held the audience spell
bound. A tendency to go early and
enjoy the song service is becoming
manifest, though those. who are
unavaidably detained, have the op-
portunity to hear DR.. Torrey.
Five More Reasons.
Last night Dr. Torrey completed
his ten reasons why he believes the
Bible to be the word OF God.
Summed up they We're:
Influence of the book to lift men
20 God.
Character of those who accept II
a. such.
Inexhaustible depths of the Bible.
As grow In knowledge and holt
ness l grow toward the Bible.
Testimony of the Holy Spirit.
DIR. Torrey said in part:
Now, my sixth reason for believ-
ing the Bible to be the word of God
Is because of the influence of the
book. its power TO lift men up to
God. EVERY candid man must see
and admit that there is a power in
this book to brighten and gladden.
and beautify and ennoble human
lives. to lift men up to God, that no
other book possesses. A stream can
rise no higher than its source, and
a book that has a power to lift men
up to God that no book possesses,
must have come down from God in a
way no other book has. In literally
millions of cases this book has
demonstrated its power to reach
down to men and women in the
deepest depths OF iniquity and
degradation and lift them up, up. up,
up. until they were fit for a place
beside the Christ upon the throne.
| recall a man of brilliant parts, but
ftupeied and brutalized and demon
lied by drink. and this man was an
egnostic. ] urged him to accept the
Bible and the Christ of the Bible,
but with a hollow laugh he said: 81
don't believe in your Bible or your
Christ. m an agnostic." But at
last, sunlten TO the lowest depths of
ruin, he threw his agnosticism 10 the
winds and accepted this book and
the Christ OF this book, and by the
power OF this book was transformed
Ito one OF the truest, noblest. hum