Show I 1 mind may be failing fal linc but there Is 14 nothing about ills general lus ILLs tro to the peoples people bible ills tory just issued to indicate that hint when it wa written lie he was on the verge oi of ithe the breakup break up mentioned in recent cab cable le dispatches in referring to the conflict that is s taking place round the banner I 1 of 0 the holy scriptures ho be says that no otly olly ot ly Is ia the circuit of christianity gaining ground but that force secular or physical Is accumulated in the hands of ot christians christiana in a proportion absolutely overwhelming all the elements ot ol christianity lie he continues have then home within christian precincts tho tha art the literature the systematized industry invention and commerce in one word the power of the world arc almost it wholly christian concerning tile the text of tile the bible what sir gladstone says wa will 11 doubtless arouse fresh discussion absolute lie he says anys of course cannot be maintained lie ile thinks that god goa might have made such provision had ile he seen fits alt but this would not have been in keeping with the file ordinary conditions of the dispensa lions under which we live ile ho notices instances and elements ol of uncertainty in the strict meaning of 0 the words but sees bounding tempering and overruling them fill all the radiance of the divine spirit which has flooded the holy scriptures with a supply of light that our experience now reaching over several thousand years has proved to be f fully illy adequate to all the needs of mankind and this Is the rock that may still anil and ever or be justly termed imar impregnable eg there can be no doubt that in the light the force and the influence proceeding from the book as a whole lies iles the best claim arid and proof of its ill di i ine file inspiration erring in details its inerrancy lies in its general message to the children of men |