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stones and trees, and flowers and dells and streams and' to love it as all my own, is a very different matter. We must love the Word and not only for our sake, but for His sake who is in it. Reading it through and through will do no good, unless we love .lt and; see into it as a. lover of nature sees into the woods and stones. In brief it must be Search ed ih simplicity, with colorless desire to be taught; with earnest quest, as men seek for a knowledge of nature; in the receptive, humble; reverent faith of a child, with the attention and intentness7that shall let nothing escape notice; with the love and appropriation with which a child reads his own father’s letter for himself, and above all, with that dependence upon, and illumination of, the Spirit of God which leads one to unlock every Scripture with the key of filial expectant prayer. Such is the way in which we should study the Word of God. H. The Method' The method of study is the inductive. All the parts to jot and tittle must first be gathered together before a con clusion is stated or a name given. ; The stones of one kind must ,all be brought together however varied their forms, and the flowers classified though scattered through many parts and plimes, (Eccl. 3:11; Ps. 40:5; 19:1-6). Take a concordance and find a word—run it through the Bible. Take for instance, glory, glorified. You will find in it a wonderful line of thought. The cloud of glory ,is associated with it. In that cloud is wrapped both the blessing and the wrath of God. Shady by phrases. Separate them. See7how they are used. Get their meaning in every context. Find out their exact force and color. H HERE were evidently no lengthy press reports of the proceedings of the Baptist Bible Conference held in New York City in December, but we are giving some of the accounts as clipped from the New York daily newspapers: The “Times” says: Dr. T. T. Shields Says He Would Not Sit on Same Plat form with Dr. Faunce. “B a p tis ts o f th e old fa ith , w h o a c c e p t th e B ib le a s th e u n c h a lle n g e d W o rd of God, a n d v iew a s a th e is m a n a tu r a lis tic in te r p re ta tio n of th e m ira c le s, y e s te rd a y h e a rd tw o m o re of th e s e rie s o f fu n d a m e n ta lis t m in is te rs w ho, in a d d re ss e s fro m th e p u lp it o f C a lv a ry B a p tis t C h u rch , a re c a r r y in g u n co m p ro m is in g w a r to th e M o d e rn ists of th e d e n o m in a tio n .” T h e R ev . D r. T h o m a s T. S hields, P re s id e n t o f th e B a p tis t B ib le U n io n of N o rth A m erica, a n d p a s to r o f th e J a rv is S tre e t B a p tis t C h u rch , T o ro n to , to ld 700 fu n d a m e n ta lis ts la s t n ig h t th a t h e w o u ld n o t s it on th e sam e p la tfo rm w ith - th e R ev. D r. W . H. P . F a u n c e , P re s id e n t of B ro w n U n iv e rsity a n d p re v io u sly p a s to r of th e F if th A v en u e B a p tis t C h u rch , o f th is city . H e co n ten d ed th a t D r. F a u n c e w a s a h e re tic , a n d sa id it w a s b e c a u se of D r. F a u n c e ’s lib e ra l v iew s th a t h e w o u ld h a v e no f e l lo w sh ip w ith th e u n iv e rs ity P re sid e n t. ‘W e h a v e com 'e to se e t h a t no m a n c a n g iv e th e h a n d o f f e l lo w sh ip to a n en em y of C h rist-w ith o u t* d is h o n o r in g 'h is L o rd ,” sa id . D r. S h ield s. “T h e d ay th a t. Russia* sb p o k h a n d s w ith G erm an y th e R u s sia n E m p ire fell. *I w o n ’t s it ort th e .p la tfo rm . I w o n ’t p u t m y fe e t u n d $ r h is ta b le s I w o n 't b ïe a K ' b re a d w ith a n en em y o f C h rist. .. . v W h en I sa w th a t th e n am e of;th.e R fev. D r. W- H . P . F au n ce,, P re s id e n t o f B row n U n iv e rsity , was» on* th e p ro g ra m to re ceiv e a n h o n o ra ry d e g re e on Nov. 20 la s t a t «M cM aster U hiyjërsity,, T o ro n to , of w h ich S e n a te a n d B o a rd of* G o v ern o rs I am à m eih - b er, I re fu s e d to a tte n d th e in s ta lla tio n of o u r n ew C h an cello r, th e R ev. D r. H P. W h id d en . F o r m y p a r t I w o n ’t s it o n a n y p la tfo rm w ith D r. F a u n c e . I f ra n k ly s a y th a t in m y h u m b le ju d g m e n t th e p re se n c e of D r. F a u n c e on th e M cM aster p la tfo rm w a s a d ish o n o r to th e u n iv e rs ity a n d a n in s u lt to th e B a p tis t d e n o m in a tio n .’
Such study will bring to light resemblances and differ ences, types, and antitypes, shadows and .body, times and seasons, peoples and dispensations, the eternal purpose, the varied preparation and the final fulfillment. Such method is. self interpreting, light is seen in light, (Ps, .36:9; 69:6) and the conclusions reached become in turn keys and openings to further knowledge. The Bible is a living growth. Its structure is mathematical like the universe, and its numbers are symbolic^ It is photographic and so microscopic. The thought is one, like the mind,— one, yet manifold through ages of revelation. It is time less, as one thought from thee beginning, and so can have no contradictions;, and when-finished and fulfilled, all- its seeming contradictions will be known as the parts of a vast, far-reaching harmony. The Old Testament is found in' the New and the New-in the Old, (1 Cor. 1.0:11; Rom. 5:12-19; Eph, 5:32;-Gal.74:21-31; 1 Pet. 3:21; Gen. 1:3; 2 Cor. 4:6)., III. The Instruments, Means and Helps The instruments, means and helps may be briefly stated in the order of their nearness: to any one: 1. A Reference Bible. 2. A Text Book'. 3. A Bible Dic tionary. 4. A Concordance. 5. A Translation. 6, An Englishman’s Greek ..Concordance.7 f 7. A Commentary, Never consult a Commentary on any doctrine in cold blood; think, study, search first yourself. IV. The Result The result of such study is life, -love; worship, likeness. One leads to the other, (John 17:3;; 1:1-4; 1 John 4:7-8; 12:1-2; John 4:20-24^ 2 Cor; 3:18), ; ' " ", D r. S h ield s a lso c ritic iz e d th e R ev. D r. H a r ry E m e rso n ¿ ’oS- dick, a B a p tis t, w h o is sp e cial, p re a c h e r a t the. F ir s t P re s b y te r ia n C h u rch . T h e R ev. D r. W illiam L . P e ttin g ill, P re s id e n t of th e P h ila d e lp h ia B ib le School, w h o w a s th e s p e a k e r y e s te rd a y a f t e r noon, c a lle d fo r a V sm oking o u t” .of a ll in th e B a p tis t C h u rch w ho d id n o t b eliev e e v e ry w o rd in th e B ible. ‘O nly th o se w h o b eliev e in C h rist a s God, in H is v irg in b irth a n d in H is r e s u rre c tio n — a n irre d u c ib le m in im um of C h ris tia n f a ith —w ill g o to H eav e n ,’ sa id D r. P e ttin g ill.. ‘T h o se vfho d en y a n y o r a ll o f th o se th re e te n e ts w ill be lo st—-th a t is, th e y w ill g o to h e ll.’ T h e se ssio n s a re h e ld ea c h a fte rn o o n a n d ev en in g . T he R ev. D r. J. W . P o r te r of L o u isv ille w ill sp e a k th is a fte rn o o n on N e c e ssity of R e g e n e ra tio n , a n d a g a in th is e v e n in g on E v o lu tio n a n d H e re sy .’ ” From the “New York Herald“ : Dr. Norris Refers to Modernists as Emissaries of Satan. “A d e n u n c ia tio n of M odernists, a s th o se w h o w o u ld , if th e y could, ta k e J e s u s fro m th e sid e o f H is F a th e r a n d c ru c ify H im a g a in , a n d a s tra d u c e rs of th e sa m e sta m p a s th o se w h o .caused th e tr a g e d y on M o u n t C a lv a ry , f e a tu re d a se rm o n b y th e R ev. J. F ra n k N o rris of F o r t W o rth , T ex., b e fo re se v e ra l h u n d re d B a p tis t F u n d a m e n ta lis ts in C a lv a ry C h u rch , 123 W e s t F ifty - S ev en th s tre e t, la s t n ig h t. . D r. N o rris sp o k e on E v o lu tio n . H e sa id a ll m en w h o re fu s e to a c c e p t th e, B ible a s th e in fa llib le W o rd Qf G od a re e m is s a r ies of S a ta n— th e ir le a d in g p ro p h e ts “m o re to be fe a re d th a n th e r a t s th a t c a u se th e b u b o n ic p la g u e in In d ia .” ‘T h e d ev il once u se d Bob In g e rs o ll a n d T om P a y n e , sa id D r. N o rris in a p a s sa g e w h ic h a ro u se d h is au d ie n c e to sh o u ts of a p p ro v a l, to c ru ise o v er th e c o u n try a s a th e is ts c h a rg in g $2 a h ead . B u t the}r g a in e d n o c o n v e rts, a n d so it cam e to S a ta n th a t th e w a y to g a in h is g o a l w a s to se n d som e e m iss a rie s to e n te r th e c h u rch , e a rn th e ro b es of o rd in a tio n a n d th e n se e k to u n d e rm in e th e fa ith . U n d er th e g u ise of le a d in g m e n to th e lig h t, th e y n ow p re a c h fro m m o d ern p u lp its— a n d h a v e som e ‘is ts ’ a f te r th e ir n am es.
Tke Baptist Bible Union Conference Held in New York City December 2-7, 1923.
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