Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15
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reveal ton of God and of our duty. II is
wonderful. when we study ii closely, Ia
see how fully these expectations are met
in Gods Word. Who is my Father? The
Bible answers. Does He love me and
care for me? The Bible answers. What
does my life mean; how am ] to live
what is right and what is wrong; where
am 1 going to when L die; how can my
sins be pardoned; how am | To treat my
fellow beings; is my love for them any
thing more than transient. earthly
emotion: shall we meet again, after beine
I parted by death, I'm another world? All
these are questions which come TO the
mind and heart irresistibly, and the Bible
answers them every one, clearly. posi-
lively blessedlv- Just what we would
expect God to do for us. He has done.
The second evidence is that CT cred BIZ
ity. There is no book in the world upon
whose completeness and perfection We
can so absolutely rely we cap upon
the Bible. Virgil and Homer have many
variations I'm the text and the authorship
of their works has been questioned. Even
book SO comparatively recent a
Shakespeare's plays has been the sub
ject of criticism and doubt. But here T.
a book which has lived--a part of IL, AT
Ieast-over 5000 years, and part OF
il 1900 years; and il has passed
through countless editions all copied bv
hand: it has been translated into MANY
languages, 1t has been fought against and
copies of ii destroyed-and yet today it
stands without defeat practically as when
first written. 1t is the best credited book
in the world, and the facts and the truths
which it contains. though criticised bv
unfriendly men again and again, stand
today as the surest facts and truths Of
human life. God has preserved il, be-
cause II is His message to His children.
The third evidence Is that of influence
Its moral law the world has found in the
Bible. The secrets Of civilization and OF
beauty of character, the power TO edu-
cate, the strength of philanthropy-al
these have been drawn and are drawn
today from the Bible. The most infiuen-
tial nations Of the world are those which
follow most closely and believe in most
thoroughly the teachings OF the Bible.
There is no measure OF morality which
can hold itself against criticism and
which is ideal but that which is taken
from the Bible. Modern pure socialism.
which is simply another name for the
Christian Golden Rule. comes from The
New Testament In fact. there Is moth
ing which has TO do With pure and high
of life. with happiness and
peace, with missionary zeal. with art and
music and poetry and education. with ~"
sacredness of family life, with advance-
ment and strength and courage and hope.
but that il has come is beirg gath
cred from this book. The greatest cslam-
ity which could happen to the world to-
day would be the absolute extinction OF
this book. Yet it could not be extin-
guished. Men would rewrite Il from
if every copy were DESTROYED
It's influence upon heart and life is SO
strong and widespread that il would
still hold men. Having tasted the glory
Of it, humanity would hold to IL even as
A tradition of a revelation once made
and lost Christianity, born Of Christ
and held in form and rule by the Bible.
IAN no more be wiped from the earth
han the stars can be washed out of the
ornament by human ingenuity, or the
light of the sun be darkened by human
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