The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-19
At The Baptist
Church Sunday

be given at the Baptist church dur
= ing the week
The subject was Tine Bibles Di-
vine Inspiration" The wcrld holds
only a few great things-yea five
great things: 1t holds one great
name-God; one great power-the
power of Righteousness; one great
law; one great leader hrisa; one
great book Of religion and life-the
Bible. Many other great books
there are which could be eliminated.
but not this great book with its Di-
vine origin. We study the claims of
the Bible. it's ideals, its teachings
its character. its literature. and how
ii affects humanity. We must give
ii intellectual assent and next give
II. spiritual consent. From its study
we learn that our religion is of Di-
vine origin. Four things constitute
christianity facts. DOCTRINES. com
n,andment based upon those facts.
PROMISES resting upon these com
lmandments. The hope of the Chris
tlan's salvation rests upon the belief
in the word Of God This is the
stronghold and strength of the Bap-
fists their loyalty to the Bible as
Re infallible word of Gcd We need
this loyalty at this time when men
shade truth with error. testin7 Gods
revelation by their own ability. Ii
YOU eliminate the supernatural from
the Bible you sink il below the level
o? u good book There is enc ten
rablc position to accept the whole
book as Divine. When we saw the
bible is inspired we mean that il Is
,the cooperation of the Divine Spirit
with man in such a degree as t.
produce and preserve in human
speech such sayings and doings Of
man as the Holy Spirit deemed nee.
cssary to set forth the kingdom of
God. The Spirit of God wasin these
writers and translators. The gold of
the Bible is Divine; the bowl Is hui
man. God used these men as penmen;
they left the imprint of their mcdo
OF life and education upon their
writings. What are the proofs of the
inspiration of the Bible? First. TIES
t'mcny Of the writers who said they
wrote "a the Lord gave them utter.
ance; second. Jesus says the Scrip
lures cannot be broken stamps the
Old Testament as Divine and COM
niete. The third testimony is males
tic and divine-that Of mans re.
demption. sins overthrow. eternity
and the Immortality Of the soul
/ The word inspiration means Gods
! breath. II you find any mistakes In
this glorious book II. comes through
the back door OF translatin and not
thrugh the front door OF inspiration.
The wonderful adaptability Of the
Eible to men OF all ages. its rich
treasures with its promises Of eter :.
nifty and Immortality. with the Joy
of possession. were the closing
thoughts of this eloquent sermon.
The subject at the evening hour
was "The Bibles Doctrine of God"
! Text. Job ESQ. that I knew
wiore | miqht find Cod" Tho most
stipend us question that ras stirred
humanity is the God-head She Fa-
tier and Redeemer of man. Tho
asnostic and Atheist, the fool" of
the Bible see in darkness. not having
God revealed in all his light and
beauty. as he is revealed e. the
! Christian. Though we cry in our
timid faith. In our trials. in our hour
4 of need, that we might find him, full
OF consolation is tho thought that
though we can not find him out and
fdHhol Hlin anu Indl nc
Is far above us, vet he is consolinrlv
near. and that we can truly know
Cod. We know six things of Gcd
from conceptions from the Bible:
First. God is spirit. existing from
eternity. Greater Of heaven and earth.
Second. God is one. yet revealed in
three. Third. God is perfect in all
his attributes omnipresent. omni-
Potent and omniscient. Fourth. Gcd
lis sympathetic and providcntial.
Fifth, God is our Redeemer. lifting
from sin. making us new creatures.
with power from Gcd. Sixth, God
is d Father to all who will accept
him. How can a finite mind know
all infinite being? In science and in