ly a question of scholarship. Some of you who listen to
me may not class yourselves as scholars. I certainly do not put myself
in that company, but one thing I know: I have seen the Bible work as no
other book has ever worked, and I have seen Jesus Christ save
miraculously multitudes of poor lost sinners. I am not disturbed for
the future; there are as great scholars as the world has ever known who
still hold to your mother's Bible and who have lost not one whit of
confidence in it.

Thomas Newberry, a devout English student, spent fifty years in study
to give the world his Newberry Bible. He said, "I accept the theory of
the plenary inspiration of the Scriptures. I have studied every 'jot
and tittle' of the Word of God and after these fifty years I see no
reason for changing my position." Scholars' names almost without
number could be mentioned as believing in the Scriptures as the
divinely inspired Word of God. For myself I would have great assurance
in standing side by side with Dr. Paton, and I would not think of
trembling so long as our sainted Dr. Moorehead walks courageously along
life's journey as he nears its end with faith in God's Word unshaken,
with confidence in God's Son constantly growing. This blessed old Book
has been railed at in all the ages. Men have professed to overthrow
it, they have cut and slashed at it like Jehoiakim of old, but it is
better than ever to-day. It is the Word of God. Heaven and earth may
pass away but this Word, never.

Not long ago I attended a conference of Christian workers and was told
by one of them that I could not appreciate the Bible except I read it
with the thought of literary criticism in mind. My friend interpreted
a portion of the Word of God for me in this way and it was beautiful.
It reminded me of nothing so much as a diamond perfectly cut, kissed by
the sunlight and throwing back its sparkling light to me as I gazed
upon it.

Another said that I would never be able to understand the Bible until I
read it from the standpoint of the elocutionist in the best use of that
expression, and he read in my hearing the story of Joseph and his
brethren and I felt that I myself had never read the Bible before and
really had never heard it read.

Still another came with his higher criticism and said that much of the
Bible was mythical, that the stories I had loved were simply
allegorical; and I listened to him and went back to my Bible to read,
only to find th