Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1921-01-06

the impression that these were super
men and almost incapable of wrong
DOING But we know that they were
men Of like passions with US, however
unlike us they appear on the pages Of
the histories. But when the Holy
Spirit wrote history, though it be the
history of David, He told us all the
truth, and the man David stands be-
fore us as he really was. While the
Bible contains the only wholly reliable
history in all the world, it's object Is
not merely to record history, but to set
before the reader the person of Jesus
Christ.
The only true philosophy is found
recorded on the pages of the Bible. All
the PHILOSOPHERS of the world, unable
to rise higher than their source, can
have no fuller message than Man,
know myself" But because of inher-
ent inability, man alone can never
know himself nor come to the knowl-
edge which tells him whence he came
or whittier he goes; he continues on his
way like ship without rudder or pilot.
knowing neither the port from whence
he sailed nor the harbor to which he Is
bound, and the reason for his being up
on the sea of life at all remains an un-
solved enigma to him.
But the philosophy which comes
from the Bible begins by saying, Man,
know God" and then graciously pro-
ceeds to reveal God to man. In that
revelation man may know both the
God who speaks and himself besides.
But while the Bible contains the only
true philosophy in the world its object
is not to give man mere philosophy,
but to bring to man the knowledge Of
God as revealed fully in the supreme
subject Of Scripture, Jesus Christ.
Again, the only true moral code in
the world is found within the Bible.
Like the PHILOSOPHERS Of the world, the
moral codes formed by man rise no
higher than himself, and have in view
mans relation to man only; they do
not deal with mans relation to God.
But the moral code of the Bible begins
with mans relation to God, followed by
mans relation to man. The first and
great commandment is, "Thou shalt
love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart" and the second is like unto it,
"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy
self" Matt. % :37-39). But while it con-
tains the only complete moral code in
the world, its subject is not that mere
ly, but is Jesus Christ.
Without Christ the Bible would
never have been written. He is the
Key which unlocks all its mysteries;
the Light that reveals all it's hidden ex-
cellencies. The Bible is like the tenn
pie Of which the Psalmist says, Every
whit speaks of His glory" psalms
9:9). Jesus said: "Ye search the
Scriptures for in them We think We
have eternal life, and they are they
which testify of me" (JOhn s :39).
"Had We believed Moses We would have
believed me, for he wrote of me" John
5 :46). "And beginning at Moses and all
the prophets He expounded unto them
In all the Scriptures the things con-
corning Himself Uuke "a :27). "Au
things must be fulfilled which were
written in the law of Moses and In the
prophets and in the Psalms concerning
Me" Uuke "a :44).
When "holy men of God wrote as
they were moved upon by the Hoiv
Spirit" Il Peter l Ply they wrote of
Jesus Christ. From the beginning TO
the end Of the Book, through the his
tories and the prophecies, the poetry
and the Psalms, the one radiant object
presented to our view in type, symbol
ceremony and prediction is the Lord
Jesus Christ He is the supreme sub
ject OF all the Scriptures, and we read
our Bibles to little profit If we fail to
ind Him there as we study its pages.
But finding Him, we will come to know
the truth that God would have us learn
for our comfort and profit, and for our
growth In grace and spiritual power
AS we read the Bible, depending upon
the Holy Spirit to take Of the things
Of Christ and show them unto us fJohn
16:14) we will come to know. in ever.
increasing blessing and delight. the
Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior
Friend and Lord. AS He is the supreme
subject of the Bible, to know Him
should be the supreme object of our