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SURE DEATH B ROF. George McCready Price says of th e blighting influence of rationalism : “ I have never heard of a single in stitu tion th a t has ever re covered from th e blight of th is in fluence when once it has obtained, con trol. F o r it is a well-known fact th a t th e v ast m ajo rity of thesé theological schools are slowly b u t surely dying. It seems to be the invariable resu lt th a t a fte r a sho rt period of teacning these “ liberal” ideas, attendance drops off, and th e candidates for th e m inistry be come fewer and fewer. H arvard has over five thousand students, bu t its Divinity School is reported a t the pres ent w riting to number only twenty-six; while in th e group of actual under graduates th ere is said to be one senior, one middle classman, and six juniors, th e rem ainder being post-graduates. There are twelve professors teaching in th is school. Andover Sem inary has a faculty numbering eight, w ith about seventeen students. The theological departm ent of Chicago University has some th ree hundred students, bu t only a fraction of them are really studying for th e m inistry; and then, too, these modern tendencies have not yet had tim e to work out th è ir n atu ral con sequences in th is institution. This appalling decrease in th e studen ts a t tending these theological schools is tru e of practically all th e schools th a t a re teaching th e ‘New’ Theology. P aren ts who have sons looking towards th é evangelical m inistry h esitate long before sending them to a. school where they know th a t a young m an’s con fidence in God, in th e Bible, and in the faith of his fathers is sure to be un derm ined or entirely destroyed. As for th e young men themselves, no one w ith a real call of God ringing in his ear3 cares to risk his religion and his fu tu re usefulness in th e poisonous a t mosphere of such an in stitu tion ; while
the call of a soft job and a fa t salary, th a t is presented th rough th e avenue of a ‘lib eral’ theological course is not sufficiently allu ring as compared w ith the rewards offered in the other profes sions or in commercial life, to a ttra c t any larg e number of talen ted and en ergetic young men.” ^ 4 .. ;I afe a s VERBAL INSPIRATION Question: Does th e Bible claim th a t its very words are inspired, or only its thoughts ? Answer: The Bible claims th a t its very words are inspired. It declares emphatically, 3808 different times such words as, “Thus saith th e Lord,” or “ God said.” Now eith er God said the very words He claims to have said or the Bible is not tru e. The w riters of th e Bible, themselves, claim th a t God pu t th e very WORDS in th e ir mouths.. God told Moses, “ I will be w ith thy mouth and teaCh thee what thou shalt say.” Ex. 4:12. David says, “The Spirit of th e Lord spake by me; and His WORD was in my m outh.” 2 Sam. 23:2. Jerem iah said, “Then th e Lord put fo rth His hand, and touched my mouth, and th e Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my WORDS in thy mouth.” Jer. 1:9. God said to Ezekiel, “Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak w ith my WORDS unto them .” Ezek. 3:4. P aul said, “which things also we speak, not in the WORDS which m an’s wisdom teacheth, bu t which th e Holy Ghost teach eth .” 1 Cor. 2:13. Paul also warns us, “Hold fast the FORM of sound WORDS which thou hast heard of me.” 2 Tim. i:1 3 . Surely th is is verbal or “word” inspiration. We must hold fast th e very WORDS of th e Bible. And more th a n th a t, we m ust not change even th e FORM or arrangem ent of the words of the Bible. Of course th is means th e words of th e original languages in which they were given to th e holy men of old. The Lord
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