e. It reveals
God as the "pattern on the mount," for man to copy on the plain. But
it does more than this: it reveals God _in_ man. So St. Paul writes:
"It pleased God to reveal His Son _in_ me";[11] and again, "God hath
{38} shined _in_ our hearts".[12] The Bible reveals to me that Jesus,
the revelation of the Father, through the Eternal Spirit, dwells in me,
as well as outside me. He is a power within, as well as a pattern
without.

Yet again. The Bible reveals God's purpose _for_ man. There is no
such other revelation of that purpose. You cannot deduce God's purpose
either in man's life, or in his twentieth century environment. It can
only be fully deduced from Revelation. Man may seem temporarily to
defeat God's purpose, to postpone its accomplishment; but Revelation
(and nothing but Revelation) proclaims that "the Word of the Lord
standeth sure," and that God's primal purpose is God's final purpose.

Lastly, the Bible is the revelation of a future state. Things begun
here will be completed there. As such, it gives man a hope on which to
build a belief, and a belief on which to found a hope.

We must believe,
For still we hope
That, in a world of larger scope,
What here is faithfully begun
Will be completed, not undone.

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Thus, we may, perhaps, find in these five familiar names, brief
headings for leisure thoughts. In them, we see the _Scriptures_, or
many books, gathered together into one book called _The Book_. In this
book, we see the _Word of God_ delivered to men by men, and these men
_inspired_ by God to be the living _media_ of the _Revelation_ of God
to man.

Our next selected book will be the Church of England Prayer Book.

[1] Art. XX.

[2] The Council of Toulouse, 1229, and the Council of Trent, 1545-63.

[3] St. Luke x. 26,

[4] The first division of the Bible into _chapters_ is attributed
either to Cardinal Hugo, for convenience in compiling his Concordance
of the Vulgate (about 1240), or to Stephen Langton, Archbishop of
Canterbury (about 1228), to facilitate quotation. _Verses_ were
introduced into the New Testament by Robert Stephens, 1551. It is said
that he did the work on a journey from Paris to Lyons.

[5] Heb. i. 1, 2.

[6] St. John v. 39.

[7] St. John i. 14.

[8] Acts VII.

[9] The University Presses offer L1 1s. for every such hitherto
undiscovered inaccuracy brought to their notice.

[10] This is the Church's description of Insp