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Show SPEAKER TELLS OF BIBLEVJOHK STILL GR011G More Copies of Holy Writ. Were Printed Last Year - Than Ever - Before in History, McAfee States "Despite the fact that we hear people saying fewer people go to church and read the Bible, there were more Bible printed iaet year than In any other year In the history his-tory of tha world. The Bible now exists In more than too language, which la mora than eOe laaguagee mor than any other book In the world la written In." declared Rev. C. B. McAfee, D. D of the Mccormick Mc-cormick Theological seminary of Authority f th '"""bofor"!! inter-mountain Christian wurkeie Institute at th Emery memorial house today. , Dr. McAfee aald: "There are lv basic certainties upon which Christianity Chris-tianity la baaed: - They are, first, tha personality of God. The mission of the Holy Spirit waa not to make Himself known. We know little or thia Holy Spirit, but what we do know 1 good and rlghtaoua i Tha authority of th Bible come second. sec-ond. The Bible ha th power of authority because Ood waa tha author. au-thor. The Inspiration of the Bible cornea third. Th Bible doe th kind of work that can only be ae- compllahed by Inspiration. Pourth comes Infallibility. Tha Bible does not fall, and never will fall. It de- Snded upon. Anything that corns m God ntttat b perfect. Th lil was Inspired by Ood; therefore. there-fore. It I perfect. We all have th right to our Interpretation of th Bible. .1 may differ with a man, but that I no aign that .h la not right." Th Rev. J. T. Ingram, who far twenty years waa a missionary In Burma, headed th claaa In foreign for-eign mission study. Rev.. Ingram will give an Illustrated lecture on -Japan of tha Upward Trail." at the First Mettrodlst church, tonight at t o'clock. . Classes la the home study mission are being conducted by Dr. W. M. Irvln. Sessions of th conference will be held Wednesday and Thursday. |