How God Inspired the Bible; Thoughts for the Present Disquiet (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II. REASSURANCE. I. Is the Bible Safe? I do not believe in any effectual remedy for doubt and disquiet save through making a man face boldly the difficulties that disquiet him. He must make up his mind that truth only is to be the object of his search; that he will accept no' ignoble peace from resting on a foundation that he is afraid thoroughly to test.1 A man with real faith in the God of Truth would not hesitate to investigate to the uttermost the worst of his difficulties even if it meant the risk of losing his Bible altogether. But we are not all formed in that heroic mould, and though in God's wise discipline it may be often good for one to enter into these inquiries about the Scriptures with disquieted heart, and half afraid lest the result may be the shipwreck of his 1 "I find in the Bible the secret of all truth. All I truly know I derive from it; and yet I would say to every man, 'Do not believe the Bible if you cannot see that it is true. Deal freely, boldly by it. It is a friend and not an enemy. If you don't treat it straightforwardly it cannot do its service to you.'"--Jas. Hinton, Life, p. 214. belief, yet I see no cause why one need do so unnecessarily. And therefore I should like to pause here at the outset to encourage my disquieted thinker by reminding him how little cause there is for real apprehension as to the overthrow of his belief in inspiration itself. Not that I intend to enter in any detail into proofs of the fact of inspiration. Such an attempt would both make my book too large and also distract attention from the main purpose I have in view. This book is not written for unbelievers, . who deny the fact of inspiration, but for Christians who, believing in the Bible as a book inspired of God, are...