Article June 21, 1900 Issue

Likens Bible to a Great Temple

Denver Republican

The Bible was the subject of yesterday morning's sermon of Rev. W. A. Hunter at the First Avenue Presbyterian Church, and the subject was presented in a novel manner, likening the Bible to a temple which it had taken thousands of years to build, and which contained many and varied apartments.

"In what sense is the Bible perfect?" he asked. "Not in the sense that here are all the books written by inspired men, for some of these inspired writings are not now in existence. Christ and his disciples said much not recorded in the gospels, but enough has been recorded and preserved for our guidance to salvation. So the Bible is perfect as a rule of faith and practice. It is perfect also in comparison with other books, and has made a deeper impression on the history of the world than has any other book. In a famous cartoon of the Reformation Martin Luther is represented with an open Bible teaching the explorers, the literary men, and all the great of his day and generation. This is an actual fact. The Reformation was the birth of a new life in Europe. The Bible, being closed, had been re-opened, and whenever that is done new life is instilled into all around.

"What is the secret of the power of the Bible? The Bible is great, not in the men of whom it tells, as there are as great men to-day, nor in the battles which it describes, as they are insignificant when compared to modern battles. It is great in the way in which it traces the relation of man to God. The unity of the Bible is not simply the union of the bookbinder. Jesus Christ is the centre of it all.

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