THE K I N G ’ S BUS I NESS SUNSTROKING THE PREACHERS The rationalist says there was no miracle in what happened to Paul on the road to Damascus. He tells us that Paul was an excitable man; that he wa^ journeying to Damascus over the plain, which is notoriously hot and it was noonday, and he got a sunstroke and then in his fever, he thought he saw visions and heard voices. The whole thing, say they, was a subjective delu sion and not an objective reality. Who ever heard of a sunstroke turning a per secutor into a preacher, or an infidel into an evangelist? We have heard of a mission worker who suffered a partial sunstroke, and he never did a'stroke of work for one year and' six months. Yet Paul gets a full sunstroke, according to the critics, and he immediately be gins to preach. If this theory is cor rect, then we had better close our theo logical seminaries and stand our pros pective candidates for the ministry out against a brick wall in the sun and sun stroke the whole lot of them, for we can think of no greater preacher than Paul. The only way in which we can consist ently account, for the change in Paul’s life is to say that it was due to the pres ence of the supernatural power of a risen and glorified Christ.—Chas. F . Reitzel. “NONE SO DEAF— !” When announcing a collection for some charity, Dr. Parker gave it out in the following striking manner: “ We can hear what we want to hear. There are some folks present who might be sitting right at the back, and if I said in a whisper, ‘If you come to see me tomorrow, I’ll give you a five-pound note,’ they could hear; hut the same people, if I were to say, in a voice like thunder, ‘Now we1are going to have a collection,’ would reply,, ‘Did the doc tor speak? Did we hear a sound?’ They couldn’t hear!”
74 pleted? This is clearly seen in the prophecies concerning the Jews and the events of the closing of the present age. (b) Some argue that predictions are mere guesswork. If the keenest men today who are guiding the destinies of our land, men having perfect knowledge of present conditions and tendencies and dangers, were asked to write what would happen in detail ten years from now, they could not do it. It is the unexpected that happens. The anticipa tions of the most farseeing are con stantly mocked by the hitter irony of events. (c) Some argue that the predictions suggested the fulfillment to men. But prophecies have been, and are being ful filled by men entirely ignorant of them — or men who have struggled desper ately to avert their fulfillment— or by the very elements. Conclusion:— Prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, hut holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 2 Pet. 1:21. 7. A Proof That Is Maturable— (The testimony of personal experience.) God sets a divine seal to the authority of the Bible in the soul of the believer. Those who accept the salvation it offers are promised the gift of the Holy Spirit. 'The believer who has thus become the “ temple of the Holy Ghost” knows of a surety that the Bible is true. Why do men continue to believe in the Bible in spite of the enmity and , scoffing of the world? Because faith has been verified in vital personal ex perience. When one has been born of thé Spirit, they need no argument. (But see 1 Cor. 2:14). God has provided a way of access to the truth. If a man will put himself right before God, as the Bible demands, his experience will kill all his argu ments. The unbeliever has access to thousands of competent witnesses who have experimentally tested the Bible, therefore there is no excuse for unbelief. Conclusion :— The fact that ' millions have had the seal of the Holy Spirit placed in their own souls proves that no other than God could have inspired the Bible.—K. L. B.
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