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Show SAYS BOOK OF JOHN WORLD'S BEST WORK' "The greatest book In the Bible, and in the world, is the gospel of John," declared Sir William Mitchell Ramsay, Great Britain's foremost authority au-thority on sacred history, the other night at the Moody church in Chicago. "The gospel of John far surpasses the gospel of Paul. The latter only .finds the heights of greatest spiritual Inspiration at odd intervals. He is continually dropping from his high level and suddenly soaring again. "Besides the writings of Paul, the only book of the Bible fit to be compared com-pared with the gospel of John in point of excellence is John's own book of Revelation. This, however, has a defect because of the animus against the Roman empire which seems to prevade it. "When it is considered that at the time this was written John was under sentence of hard labor at the Island of Patmos, a sentence which was equivalent to one of death, it can be seen tnat it would be difficult for him to maintain an attitude 01 caim juag-ment juag-ment concerning the great empire which was oppressing him. It was this apparent animus and disposition to boast of the coming triumph of God's kingdom that made Revelation the last book to be received as canonical and which makes it V-ttle read today. "The gospel or John, on the other hand, was written after his release, when John was in a state of mind and body to do his best work. The gospel of John is impregnated with the spirit of love as well as animated with the spirit of victory. It is the greatest book in the world." |