The Bible as
a Revelation
By W.H. Griffith Thomas, D. D. Famous Bible Scholar of Wycliffe College, Toronto, Canada
N°TE*T.he following address was delivered at the Montrose Bible Con ference, Montrose, Pa., on Saturday, July 31, 1915, by Dr. Thomas of Wycliffe College, Toronto, Canada.— E ditor .
goers, but some had actually worked against the Christian religion. Nevertheless, as they thought of the possibility of three years’ solitary confinement, the Bible in that large number of instances was put first of the three books that they desired to have with them. - It is a fine testi mony to that Book which enters into everything in Christianity. The Bible touches the" Christian life at all points, and for this reason it is essential for us to be clear as to what the Bible is, and in what respects it affects our thought and action. This is a day of communication, from the crudest form up to wireless telegraphy arid aeroplanes; but the suprente question is whether it is
EVERAL years ago an ■ O p R i enterprising p r e s s m a n wrote to a hundred men Jj representing various po- ^s^ ci ¿ l )\ sitions and classes in Eng land—peers of the realm, members of the House of Commons, .profes sional men, merchants, and others;— with this inquiry: “Suppose you were condemned to three years’ solitary imprisonment, and could take with you only three books, which three would you select? Please state them in the order of your preference.” Ninety-eight out of the hundred put the Bible first of the three; and this is all the more remarkable because quite a number of these men were not only not Christians or even church
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