Twin-City herald., 1940-03-09
PILGRIM REST B.Y.P.U. LESSON
NOTES
March 3rd

The Lesson Text Explained and
Illuminated, by Miss Doris Schofield.
leader and president, was outlined very
beautifully. First the value of the
Scripture, Psalm l9:7-11. The. law. the
testimony, the precept, the command
ment, the ordinances of JehoYa-all of
these expressions are terms of the Old
Testament Scriptures. especially for
the sacred Low which they contain
This, the Psalmist declares, is perfect,
restoring the soul; sure, making wise
the simple; right, rejoicing the heart;
pure, enlightening the eyes; true, and
righteour altogether. The fe ar of the
Lord is clean, enduring for eyer More
to be desired are they than gold. yea,
than much fine gold: Sweeter, also,
than honey and the droppin ss of the
honeycomb."
Topic for the Young Christians and
Their Bibles. Inspiration andAuthor-
ity of the Bible. Secondly, was next
discussed by the President, was as fol-
lows: The Bible is a collection of
sixty-one books the most varied and
venerable literature, bound together by
something stronger than binders
thread, having the unity which springs
from their being the hostory of Gods
dealings with men.
The books of the Bible were written
during manv centuries BY 1panv writ
ers. chroniclers, and noets. pronhets
and philosophers. Kings and peasants.
warriors and priests, apostles and Law
men.
The writers Of the New Testament
sneak Of the Scriptures, the Holy
Scriptures, the Sacred Writings. the
Law and the Prophets and The Psalms,
meaning by these terms all or part OF
what we call the Old Testa ment. The
Old Testament Books, with the ex-
ception OF few small portions which
are in Aramaic, were written in the
Hebrew language. The. New Testa-
ment books were written in the Greek
language. The original manuscript
which was handed down for centuries
have all nerished In the Hall OF
Religion at the New York exposition
the American Bible Society displayed
large chart eighteen feet long giving
one hundred languages into which the
Bible, in whole or in part, had been
translated. Many Bibles of historic
interest were displayed. among them a
first edition Of The King Tames Yer
sion, printed in l6l1 and facsimile
OF the famous Gutenberg Bible printed
about 1880 thought to ha We been the
first book printed from nj ovable type
in the Western world.
The Bible Will Never be Superseded.
was the third thought of importance
by the President and the grcup-Re-
velation and inspiration have not
ceased; that to every age God is
speaking as he stoke to the prophets
of old. But the Bible IS not super
seded. 1t has, and will always have,
unique place in the life Of men; it is
the inspired record-inspired because
in this wonderfully natural way men
were guided OF God to do things for
larger than they conceived-of the
great revelation of God in Jesus Christ.
The Old Testament, in Ways the men
wrote. it never dreamed, is the record
of the progressive preparation of the
world for His coming; to Him as with
an index finger, it ever points; in the
New in the fullness of the times. he
stands before us, lives his life of love,
speaks his wondrous words, is cruci-
fled and risen: in the New, too, we
see the influence OF his life and words
andssdeath and resurrection upon the
men who were nearest to him, the
small beginnings OF the Kingdom that
slowly coming, ever YET is destined
every where to triumph. The perma-
nence of the Bible is the permanence
OF him into whose presence it leads;
as there can never be a greater and
more satisfying revelation of God than
the love OF Christ, SO there can never
be greater record Of that revelation
than the Bible.