The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-06

thank God! Had his experience gone
so far as to lead him t. doubt the
existence of the supreme creator, he
believed that he would have been as
irrevocably lost in evolution as are
many of the noble specimens of our
race who are in college chairs.
The pastor knew well that the pri-
mary difficulty is that they cannot
believe that the Bible is to be the in
spired record. SO also he had once
rejected it, because he thought it to
be in harmony with the creed of the
Dark Ages, whose absurdities are
more and more apparent to all intel
ligent, thinking people. Now, the pas
tor pronounced himself a most firm
believer in the inspiration of the BIZ
BILE. He had reason for his faith with
in him, which he also explained. He
said:
One Of the surprising things my BIZ
bic study revealed was that the Bible
supports the teachings Of none of the
sects, none of the crecds: and that
none of the sects or creeds ARE for
or use all of the Bible. Each has
made selections of doctrines from the
word of God. Each uses these in it's
own defense. and each finds in the
Bible other teachings supported by
other texts, which do not fit in with
dirfcronts sccts manufactured the Ri
bic. Had the Calvinists made it up
they would have left out all of the
texts which teach divine free grace.
Had the Arminians the Methodists
etc. made up the Bible they would
have put in more free race texts and
would have left out those which men
ton election.
Had the Catholics made the Bible,
they would have added something to
teach immaculate conception of the
Virgin Mary. and to prove that she
should now be prayed to and wor-
SHIPPED. They would nave put in
something about in~dulgcncies, high
mass, Low mass, holy water, holy
candles. etc. They would have had it
mention st, Peter as the first pope.
They would hav had it support their
theory of apostolic s1CcessiOn-that
all the bishops are holy apostles. as
we'll as the original twelve. They
would have put in, as would most
Protestants, a number of texts telling
about the doctrine of the trinity.
Both Catholics and Protestants
would have left out the texts which
tell that the dead are asleep, and
that their awakening is due to come
in the resurrection morning. Indeed
they would have omitted everything
respecting the resurrection; for it is
one of the most difficult matters to
explain how there can be a resur-
Of the dead, when they teach
that nobody is dead and hat those
who seem to die really become more
alive han when they were living.
Evidently the old book, which now l
prize so highly, was not made by man.
intellectualS now already are
discarding it, and the religious, find
that they can not defend their
creeds from It's pages, at last are dis
crediting the wore of God!
My hope and prayer and effort are
on behalf of the thinking Christian
people Of today. l would have them
see that this wonderful book, while
of accord with the creeds of
Christendom and the world, is fully in
harmony with itself. | would have
them see that the great plan of sal
walton which the Bible sets forth
far above all the efforts of
men, as represented in the creeds
of Christcndom. I would ave them
see the glorious fullness of the Bible
that its length and breadth
and height and depth could not have
from any other quarter than
from above. | would have them see
that tbs "Wisdom from above is the
science and the best instruc-
tion.'
Great mon of the past have per-
ccivcd that the Bible has been iden-
titled with the best there has ever
been of human progress. Many have
been their expressions respecting it as