Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-04
|EG|NS SERMON SERIES
ON HISTORY OF BIBLE.
)r. Broughton breaches First
of Five in Grove Avenue
Baptist Church.
I'm MEmcLn OF THE ACES"
'rtor to Moses. Period Covering
oror Moro Than Ono-Third of
Mans History. tho World Iznd no
iblc, Says Miniatnr.


Last night. Roy. Len q. Broughton.
}. D.. pastor OF Grove Avenue Dap-
lat Church. began n sariea Of nvo
unday night sermons on Tho His
DRY OF tho Biblo-the Miracle Of tho
ages" Tho special subjects for tho
cries are as follows; ST.
Where and How We Got Our
3iibie'. 9TH. Divine Arrangement Ut
he Bihle--the Wonder Of Wonders.
The Bible and Sclenc.-How tho
rites Have Failed. Tho Bible In
history and Literature. The Bible
Looking9iass."
as, night Was Where and How We
lot our bible" In part. n, said
The Ago Of tho bible.
1T viii u" Interesting 10 note that.
3rior 10 Moses, a period covering
AN"r moro than ore-third Of mans
is'pry. the world mad no Bible Inn
gin" 1.-THE world without a Vibi..
is hard for us 10 realize u. .s-
Hcialiy when 40 think OF wha, tn.
4 Sihie is TO tho world at the preyen,
1im". That IL IS tn. basis Of our
ci!S!on. our civilization ana our
avs OF government, that II is tho
most universally read book in all
he world. that u Is more widely
r"nsla'cd and more universally
ought after than all the other
1ookS that -" have. How could We
1'et along without the Ribi,2 The
|ery ASKING az tho question sends a
d'ioon over us What com"s 10 US
n IA" day Of trouble when tho dnr.
louis hang low with such solac.
: tn" Nhlo. II r,INs our nerves in
n" hour ~ fcar and drives away
n" miaSma that settles Over tn.
|sr2r when "" com" to Mace a,
rusting saint within l,S cold em =
brace.
on. N" Hlhlo. Tho blessed orl
Book that has directed the rours.
II nations, formed our civilization.
|uil' our churches. Schoulhouscs
"syiums and hospitals, and been tnc
om;ort % the saints in all tho
ses flow could We do "ithogt t, >
cuts us 20 IN" heart when 40 ,In.
nj tn"n reveals The oil of grace for
n" wound when We turn 10 Him
rhosc work II Ia
The Age of Conscience
but 80 must not forget that there
va time. loug time. when ih,S
world had no HinIe. You ask mo
10" d" knox this? answer.
Nrs'. because there ia no record ,,
any inspired writings hefor. Moses
To hc sure, there were holy men IL,
hose days. spch as %oah. Abraham.
Joseph. with whom God frc1ucr,Iv
communicated Y", We DO not md
ha, COD eyer Inspired ono ~ them
. nut His words into writing nor
10 wc md In any OF the records Of
ne world any trace ~ such writ
ngs
Then again. there is no reference
70 such writings. All through the
Sihle. there are references by
|. phets, pri"ys and Kings TO the
writing of M"ees. but never one tina,
vent hack of him
I'm those days God communicated
tirectly with individuals who. In
turn. communicates with the poo
pie. Tie conscience was the basis
81 operation and the standard o.,
judgment. God seems to have dear,
directly with the conscience. and
this whole period may properly he
sailed the age OF conscience.
But conscience proved not to he
., permanent standard Of udg-
nent. /, could no, be. for after All
hat is said about tho conscience I,
. 'hpl' VI i"S- "a creature or cIli-
cation. warped and twisted by the
environments Of lif". II hold the
same relation TO God that - clock
toes 20 tho sun. Tho clock Is con
venient method or obtaining the
line OF day, but IL IS only infallihic
when kept perfectly regulated nv
lie sun. the on" infaillblo source ~
me. So II is with the conscience.
4 is convenient method OF de-
ermininS conduct, but it Is only In
sailihie when 1t IS kept perfectly
'esulated by God Himself.
THE man VII" follows bllrdly his
'iock without insisting that it mus,
De kept regulated by the sun Will
soon find himself living day for
n!sht and night for day. So with
ne man WIN" hlindly follows his
without having 4, reru
lated rcrpctually by God Himself
ie viii soon find himself living right
Tor wrong and wrong for right.