I TALKS '£0 MEN cult to understand, others that seemed incredible. found that the teachings of one part of the Book seemed to flatly contradict the teachings 0£ other parts of the Book. It seemed clear to me that if one teaching of the Bible were true, that some other could not be, and like so many another, I accepted so much of the Bible as was wise enough to agree with me. But as I went on studying the Bible, and as I went on growing in likeness to God, I found that my difficulties were disappearing; at first, one by one, then by twos, and then by scores, ever disappearing more and more. I found constantly that the nearer I got to God, the nearer I got to the Bible; then nearer still to God meant nearer still to the Bible ; and nearer yet to God meant nearer yet to the Bible. What is the inevitable mathemati• cal conclusion? Two lines always converging as they draw near to a given point must meet when they reach that point. The nearer I got to God, the nearer I got to the Bible ; the nearer I got to God, the nearer I got to the Bible; the nearer I got to God, the nearer I got to the Bible. When I and God meet, I and the Bible wilt meet. That is, the Bible was written from God's stand• point. There is no honest escaping of this conclusion. 48 Suppose I were to pass through a vast, dark, and dangerous forest for the first time. Before starting upon this perilous tour a guide was brought to me who had often been through the
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