The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-14
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for the Apr recitation of the Book
right conduct upon the part of the in
Of the Word. No new-fangled medl-
cine can heal the social ills of our
time; but The way to health is plainly
marked in that ever-neWest of BOOKS
the Holy Scriptures. So the Christian
should first of all make sure of his own
relation to the Bible. Let US consider
the topic. as suggested, in the first
person
I believe in the Bible because the
Bible believes in man. It presents the
most hopeful of all social programs.
believe in the Bible because have
put it to the test. That, in the long
run must be the final criterion. The
book we trust is the one which has
met the needs of our own personal
experience.
Il believe the Bible is inspired" said
Mr. Moody. because it inspires me-"
What a notwithstanding volume this
is! Consider the mountains of books
that owe their inspiration directly to
its stimulus. Then think upon the
thousands of sermons which are every
week drawn from its pages, and the
| other thousands of Sunday School les
Ia perennial spring-is this Book
which has triumDhed over the CEN
turtles.
believe in the Bible because it is
attested by wiser men than I, men in
whose scholarship, mental acumen and
intellectual integrity l have confidence
The ablest minds of the Christian era
have worked upon the subject OF the
authenticity and credibility of the
Bible, and, with a very few exceptions,
they have stood sponsor for it and
have accepted it as the rule Of their
lives No one mind is equal to thorough
research in all departments of Bible
study, so wonderful is this book, and
all of us are bound to defer to special
| lists; and upon their testimony we pin
our faith.
Last eve stood before blacksmith's
door
And heard the anvil ring it's vesper
Then looking in 1 saw upon the floor
old hammers worn with beating
years of time.
q How many anvils have you had
said I,
TO wear and batter all these ham
mers 500
Just one,' he answered, then with
twinkling eye,
The anvil wears the hammer out
you know
.sAnd so the Bible, anvil of Gods word.
For ages skeptic blows have beat
upon;
And tho the noise of Paine, Voltaire,
was heard,
The anvil is unworn-the hammers
gone
Apprentice blows of ignorance, for
sooth,
May awe with sound and binding
sharks death-Vhir1ed;
The Master holds and turns the iron,
His Truth,
And shapes it as He wills. to bless
the world
believe the Bible because the more
we know of the hidden history of con-
temporaneous events, the more def
nitely they testify to the essential cor
rectness of even the incidental state
ments of this extraordinarily compre-
hensive Book. Monuments, clay tab
lets. rock walls, sculptures and pottery,
all bear witness to the truth of the in
spired Record.
who write these lines have trav-
eIed over the Bible lands, and can tes-
tify to the correspondence between the
story and its setting. Also I have seen
Baby1on's wastes and Assyria's ruins,
| and the Chosen People persisting above
them; and have new respect for the
prophecies of the Old Testament, so
awesom ely fulfilled.
| 1 believe the Bible because of its own
| inherent evidence of a more than hui
| man origin. 1t testifies by it's cor
man origin. 1t testifies to itself by its
correspondence, coordination and es-