Evening star., 1911-08-12
Dr. 0Moo0rom @ilson OH the
Bible.

0ND so it seems to that must look upon the
~ Bible the great charter OF the human soul-as the
Magma Charta' of the human soul You know the
interesting circumstances which gave rise to Magma
Charta You know the moving scene that was enacted
upon the heath Runnymede You know how the oarons
OF England representing the people OF Englandfor they
consciously represented the people OF England-net upon
that historic spot and pareyed with John. the king They
said: 1--WE will with here. They said:
There certain nalenable rights OF Englshspeakng
men which you observe. They not given by you,
they be taken away by YOU Sign your name here
TO this parchment upon which these rights written and
are your subjects Refuse to put your name to this
document and your sworn enemies Here are our
The franchises of human liberty made the basis OF
bargain with king. There are kings upon the pages OF
Scripture but you think of any king Scripture than as
anything else than mere man: mere was the great Nng
David of line blessed because the line from which should
spring Lord and Savior marked in the history OF
mankind the chosen instrument of God to do justice and
cNalt righteousness in the people
But what does this Bible do for Davd Does it utter
eulocies upon him? Does it conceal his faults and magnify
his virtues? Does it him up great statesman would
be up in modern biography? No. the Book III which
his annals are written strips the mask from David strips
shred of counterfeit and conceament from him and
shows him indeed instrument of God, but a sinful
and selfish and the verdict OF the Bible is that David
like other day stand naked before
the Judgment of God and be judged king but
Isn't this the Book Of the peopleo Is there any
i'll this Holy Scripture who IS exempted from the
standard and judgmento How these pages TEEN
with the of mankind Are these the annals of the
great? These the annals OF peoples-of the common
of men.
The New the history of the life and the
testimony of common who rallied to the fellowship of
Jesus Christ and who bv their faith and preaching remade
world that under the thral of the Roman army. This
is the history of the triumph of the human spirit the per-
of humble And how many sorts of men march
the pages how infinite is the variety of human
circumstance and OF human dealings and OF human herosm
and love! Is this picture OF extraordinary things This is
picture of the life of mankind 1t is mirror
held up for mems hearts, and is in this mirror that
marvel to ourselves portrayed
How like to the Scripture is all great literature! What
is it that entrances when read witness play of
Shakespeare? 1t is the consciousness that this this
a-observng mind of every kind as they
in their habits they lived And passage sue
ceeds passage the characters of ourselves
and friends portrayed by this ancient writer and play
of Shakespeare just modern today upon the day
penned and first enacted. And the Bible is without
age date time 1t is picture of the human heart
displayed for all ages for all and conditions of
Moreover the Bible does what is invaluable in
human feit casshes moral values 1t apprises that
judged according their wits, but accord
ing TO their characters