meaning. The papal
leaders select such portions of Scripture as best serve their purpose,
interpret to suit themselves, and then present these to the people, while
they deny them the privilege of studying the Bible and understanding its
sacred truths for themselves. The whole Bible should be given to the
people just as it reads. It would be better for them not to have Bible
instruction at all, than to have the teaching of the Scriptures thus
grossly misrepresented.

The Bible was designed to be a guide to all who wish to become acquainted
with the will of their Maker. God gave to men the sure word of prophecy;
angels and even Christ Himself came to make known to Daniel and John the
things that must shortly come to pass. Those important matters that
concern our salvation were not left involved in mystery. They were not
revealed in such a way as to perplex and mislead the honest seeker after
truth. Said the Lord by the prophet Habakkuk, "Write the vision, and make
it plain, ... that he may run that readeth it."(917) The word of God is
plain to all who study it with a prayerful heart. Every truly honest soul
will come to the light of truth. "Light is sown for the righteous."(918)
And no church can advance in holiness unless its members are earnestly
seeking for truth as for hid treasure.

By the cry, Liberality, men are blinded to the devices of their adversary,
while he is all the time working steadily for the accomplishment of his
object. As he succeeds in supplanting the Bible by human speculations, the
law of God is set aside, and the churches are under the bondage of sin
while they claim to be free.

To many, scientific research has become a curse. God has permitted a flood
of light to be poured upon the world in discoveries in science and art;
but even the greatest minds, if not guided by the word of God in their
research, become bewildered in their attempts to investigate the relations
of science and revelation.

Human knowledge of both material and spiritual things is partial and
imperfect; therefore many are unable to harmonize their views of science
with Scripture statements. Many accept mere theories and speculations as
scientific facts, and they think that God's word is to be tested by the
teachings of "science falsely so called."(919) The Creator and His works
are beyond their comprehension; and because they cannot explain these by
natural laws, Bible history is regarded as unreliable. Those who doubt the