The Washington times., 1913-05-31
Christian Enoeavor
Topic Sunday June The Ideal VI His Bible studv
6:1-9 (Consecauon meeting, -
By RExFoRD HOLMES President the District of cour
tan Endeavor Union

on the subject. The Bible From a n.
e,dry standpoint" Scholars bave Lag
$500 tnaf In all literature there 10
.,o. m,otning mat can compare in IT'S hesu-
~ a.. or mastery cadences. In its poetry
vi IN It's prose. In its pastoral or i'm
matte passages. with the Rih,s Nc,
snocid we wonder at this. II must he
remembered that the Book was vr,t,s,,
men VINO were inspired from on
fhsh' u 10 the work of God Himself.
LET'S WAIT FOR SOME OF THE
EXPLANATION.
but some one says, there are tbin1.
IN tie Bible that I can't seem 70 ne
oerstand. 1 don't understand just how
tne creation came about, ucr \ can't
seem fully to be able to eyn,ain y
TRANSPORTATION nor the RasurrecfioS
nor some of the Old Testament stories
Must l be considered a doubter7 Am
1 really believer and a .,hrisrfons
ana there are some who refuse to en-.
Ter the Christian life simply beca,rss
they can't understand and expIain an
OF these things. Personally, / uol't
worry much about the story of ths
creation, or Jonah and the whale. o..
any OF those things. They were not
any greater miracles. to my way OF
thinking. than the fact that the body
- able to ass!milate food and drink.
and build therefrom new blocd and new
tissues tno scientist has ever been able
20 explain this marveD nor that the
Iettuce and onions in our garden plot
power whereby ttey NAV drink of the
rainfall and the dews. partake OF the
nourfshment Of the soil. and catch the
Iife-gsvfng elements of the air and tne
sunshine, and transfuse them all into
my growing green stalks and leaves
tempt our summer-spoiled appetites
NO, 1 can't explain these things. nor
sven understand them; neither can any,
oody else. But We accept the fact Of
~, ssssimilation OF food and drink into
blood and tissue. and we know that onr
ettuce and onions do grow-rerarSless
,f the embarrassing fact that We can't
explain just how IL all comes about
mo SO II is with those few little thfnrs
n Ine bioie That we just can't draw
,isebraic symbols. We may well ACCEPT
nose little minor matters on faith. for
,ome time all these things win be made
,iain. We can understand most Of
700 WORD, and We can appreciate
IND pass on to others the great under
'tandable truths Of Gods love fthoueh
ne can't really fathom that. II is %
ieep and greatO. and that Jesus died
or our sins. and that through Him We
, ne 70 rise again In that great day, and,
Iothed In Immortality, stand before the
iings, oi
AND now our space is exhausted and
pe haven't even mentioned so many :m-
ortant things In this discussion that
usht to be brought out-some Of them
or our on-Christian friends in particu-
ar We hear often about ..fayorffe
erses or chapters" I don't know
whether | have a favorite verse to write
own here, but let me close with the
itauon OF perhaps the very greatest
nd most magnificent verse of ail the
bible. II is John three. sixteen-"For
iod so loved the World''-but read the
est of 1t for yourselves. and. nom
,hristian friend. read the whole of that
napier OF John while you're at it, and
ee II the crooked is not made straisht
nd that which was hidden is not made