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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841. Excerpt: ... SERMON I THE GUIDE TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. Acts VIII: 30,31. UNDERSTANDEST THOU WHAT THOU READEST? AND HE SAID HOW CAN I, EXCEPT SOME MAN SHOULD GUIDE ME 1 There is one question of no little moment connected with the perusal of the Holy Scriptures, which may well engage our serious attention. That it is the privilege and duty of every man into whose hands this Sacred Volume is placed to read it diligently, and as he reads to pray for the help of the Holy Spirit to understand it, is what all among us admit. But will this simple reading of the bare text of Holy Scripture with prayer, enable every man to arrive at a full knowledge of Divine Truth 1 Is the Bible without note or comment, a sufficient guide to the man who is sincerely seeking to know and to do the will of God, or does he stand in need of something else to preserve him from error, and to lead him into all truth 1 Before answering the question, let us look back upon the history of Christianity for a few hundred years, and let us look around upon those who receive the Bible, as a Divine Revelation, in the present day. What, then, do we see as we turn and view past centuries 1 We see men with the Bible in their hands, which they have received as the Word of God, which they regard as the only source of Divine Truth, and which they have perused most assiduously upon bended knees, with hearts raised to heaven, differing not a little in the interpretation which they give to many parts, and the views which they consequently hold in regard to points of no little importance. The same thing too, we see all around us at the present day. Christians are agreed upon the authenticity, genuineness, and inspiration of the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; they consent to regard them a...
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