New Britain herald., 1923-05-09
Scriptures Not Literally True
 Dr. Lackey Tells Bible Glass

voyages Of discovery, We are all under the spirit of that intrepid Italian Christopher Columbus,
 '''f0 the aReients the universe was small affair, The sun was only Is miles away The sky was solid and the stars were gems fastened in it, But in the 18th century Pole by the name of capernieus dethT0ned the earth and showed that the sun was the center of our solar system and that the earth was enly a planet revolving around it, Calico and keRs Ter also made discoveries, IL was re- served for William HeFsehel to walk out into the great temple of space, He invented the first telescope, He was the first man to travel all the way to the stars, And when he reached the first star he told us that star was thousand times as far away as the sun, From Hersehefs day men have heen travelling farther and farther into space"
 pr, Isaekey then went on to tell Of the discovery and development of geology and other sciences and saidi 'The same spirit of investigation has been going on from religious stand point"
 He said that the Darwin theory of evolution. while still a question in the religious world. was generally ae. eepted in the scientific world. 'Dar- wins theory of evolution" he said, "is the thing towards which the fnn- damentalists are directing most of their ammunition"
 Must "Clcan House. With Bible.
 Stating that there were things in the book Of Moses. supposed to have been written by Moses, which oc- cured years after Moses was dead. and that there were incidents in the book of Genesis which occurred years after the writer's death, he said. There arc some things in tho Bible that have got to go." Hc described fundamentalist as "kiver to kivcr" person, He said Archbishop Usher's chronology tgiving the worlds age as about 5000 ycars) has got 10 20. The belief that Moses wrote the book of Moses. and other things were mentioned as being er- roneous. He said the story Of Jonah and the whale need not be believed literally in order to be Christian. that 1t might have been told simply to point out lesson.
 But if I did not believe that Jesus Christ is the son of living God. if l did not believe in the virgin birth. the atonement of sacrifice and that He is coming again. would never preach another sermon" he said.
 He described among other things that are wrong in modern theology. that of verbal inspiration. "The theory that the Bible was inspired by God, word for word. like a man dic- tating to his stenographer. even to the dotting of an and the crossing of a T, is absolutely vicious" he said.
 The end of the first year in the ological seminary finds the student the most demoralized person on earth. Theology isn't the Bible, it's what the people think of the Bible Some people with Bibles on their jsarms have opposed the progress of Science all their lives.
 Tt is perfect folly for minister of the gospel to stand up fin the pulpit and oppose the progress of science. If a man wants to find God, the Bible will help him find Him, but the Bible is no text book on science.
 II want you people to know that the Bible is Gods inspiration-the revelation of God. don't worship the Bible, I worship the God that is revealed in the Bible.