East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-02-23

take hold of this sword? Grip 1t all.
take all of the Bible or none of the
Bible. 1t Is Gods word or 1t Is not
Gods word" said be, as his fingers
gripped completely around and Tapped
over the Bible held in his hand be.
fore the people. That's just Bulgins
opinion, / hear you say. / have a
right to my own opinion.
II tell you, sir, no man has right
to his own opinion. II 1t Is wrong.
Truth has finality. Then you call
man narrow who believes thus about
the Bible and truns deaf ear to cer'
tain findings about the Bible that you
think ought to change my opinion.
Yes, | would like to be a little bit
narrower and deeper than so broad
and liberal and shallow"
The test made Of the famous Da-
mascus blade was mentioned. Then
said Bulgin: Il believe the Bible, the
Sword OF God. because 1t is a tested
blade. 1t has stood all the storms Of
criticism for all these years. Call the
roll of them. VOltaire, Hume, Paine
and Ingersoll,and the man who this
very day told me In the hotel where
I am staying in Pendleton, that in 25
would be destroyed. Voltaire made
the same prophecy more than 100
years ago. And Voltaire's old press
has been used to print Bibles by the
hundreds and his old home is the re-
pository OF the Geneva Bible Society
Going to destroy the Bible? It's a
mighty big job. Before you do II you
must gather from the earth 500, 0,0o0.-
900, burn all the current literature
that quotes 1t and is founded on is
teachings. You must destroy all the
art and pictures OF the world that
have Bible subject matter. Yes, the
music Of the world must be burned
For what gave the inspiration for the
Messiah" and Elijah" but this ole
book. Then you must break with
your hammer the marble slabs or
the tombs of the world. Then in youl
work. before 1t Is done you must teal
from the millions of living hearts The
them. Like 'sparrows in a great storm
driven out to sea. beat their lives ou
against the great glass of the ligh,
house. but harm not the light: SO thi!
great light OF God shines on to poin
the way to God.
THE Bible alone is the key to the
human mystery, Who am /? Whence
am /, where am /. what am l doinl
here. and where am l going?' inf
deity fails to answer any of these.
with my hand on my heart. hav,
longing to know 1t, and the beyond
When my life got in tune with God.
took the book and found God. and hi
way, and decided that he who made
me. also made this book Let you
hand cleave to the old book"
The speaker then showed how tn,
Bible differed from all other books
in that 1t deals severely with all 1t,
heroes. II lays bare all their sins: m
gloss is found there as in secular his
tories of our heroes.
Then the infidel says take thes,
black stories out of your Bible and
will believe. He is lie Got wrot
|, the book about men and had to tel
the truth. Though this book wa
written in a dark age of so-called sci
ence. and was not written from a sci
entific point of view or for that pur
| pose, however. II never makes a falls
statement though 1t crosses the sci
ence Of astronomy, of physiology an
electricity. and others" {.
DR.. Bulgin then told OF his effol
| to ravel a stocking that his Quake
grandmother had given him. II
| couldn't do 1t. Then he said: "Sh
| who had made this stocking took
and began at the toe, while ha
started at the other end. and ravele
II faster than could wind Mo-
Elwood dost thee believe / made tha
stocking? tell you men, as this boo
itself says. the Holy Spirit wrote TIL
book and He only can explain it I
men.
The testimony of great men wa
called for. II am dying, Davi
Hume, what have you got to say
| mt nave ohiy W say Widt i sal
to my dying mother whose faith ha
destroyed in the book: Mother, gri
and bear 1t: you will know If there
another world when you get ther,
Speak, Lew Wallace: IL bought man
books and set out to refute the Bibl
and the result was-Ben Hurr-a tai
of the Christ" Ingersoll, let's hea
from you: Life is a cold and barre
peak" Oh God, how cold Whf