172 The Fundamentals by these learned enemies o f Revelation! Myth, romance, the fiction of poetry, a patchwork of traditions, contradictory rec ords, pious fraud, these are some of the labels that the strut ting pride of man has affixed to the books of the Bible, while not one of his sneers has been sustained in the light of honest criticism. No scientific truth has been found op posed, and no historic truth misstated, in all the sacred writ ings, from Moses to John. The most microscopic investiga tions have been made by the most eager and learned enemies o f the truth in order to find some inaccuracy, but not one has been discovered, except those necessarily resulting from the process of transcription, and those imaginary ones which are perfectly resolvable by ordinary common sense. Apply these tests to the Vedas, the Avesta, or the Koran, and the contrast is overwhelmiiig. These fairly bristle with error and false hood, but the Bible comes out from the crucible without spot, as the pure Word of God. Men just as learned as the inimical critics, and just as thorough in their investigation, men known and revered in the world of letters, have accepted the Bible, the whole Bible, as the inerrant truth of God. If the verdict of the inimical critics can be thus set aside in an equally learned court, the result shows that their learning goes for nothing in the matter. But far above all this testimony to the letter is the wit ness of millions who have found the joy unutterable and the peace which passeth all understanding in the sacred Volume, and who are drawn to it as a child is drawn to its father, without question regarding his worth and authority. They never suppose (and the position is a right one) that the fountain that refreshes their soul is defective or corrupt, but they value its every drop as a gift of the Divine grace. They go constantly to its blessed waters and always derive strength from the draught. To such the carping critics are as un worthy of regard as those who would argue against the sun shine. The knowledge o f the heart is a profounder thing
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