on that account? Do they not answer the ends for which they were
made, and are not those ends the most important and desirable
imaginable? Cavillers might say, if the sun and moon were made to be
lights of the earth, why are they not _all_ light, and why is not their
light of the greatest brilliancy possible? But we too have a right to
ask, Do they not give us light enough? And is not their light as
brilliant as is desirable? Will the caviller prove that the sun and moon
would be greater blessings if their light wore more intense, or more
abundant? Men may have too much light as well as too little. If light
exceeds a certain degree of intensity, it dazzles and blinds instead of
enlightening. It is well to have a little warmth, but if the heat be
increased beyond a certain point, it burns and consumes, instead of
comforting and cheering.

The disposition of the caviller is anything but enviable, and if God
were to take him at his word, his lot would be anything but comfortable.
Happy are they who accept God's gifts as He presents them, with
thankfulness, and use them in His service faithfully, rejoicing and
trusting in His infinite wisdom and love.

What a man wants in a book are instruction, impulse, strength,
correction, regeneration, consolation, lessons fit to furnish him to
every good work, something to give pleasure, supply exercise for his
intellect, conscience, affections: and the Bible is all.

If God may employ an imperfect and fallible man to preach for him,
allowing a portion of his imperfections to mingle with his message, why
might He not employ an imperfect and fallible man to write for Him,
allowing a portion of his imperfections to mingle with his writing?

The following is from the BISHOP OF LONDON.

'The vindication of the supernatural and authoritative character of the
Bible has too often been embarrassed by speculative theories not
authorized by the statements of the Bible itself.'

'It is no reply to the essential claims of the Bible to be a
supernatural revelation from God, to show that certain speculative
theories concerning the manner and degree of its inspiration are
untenable.'

From whose works the following quotation is made, we do not remember.

'The watchword of the Reformation was, 'The sufficiency of the
Scriptures for salvation.'

'Definite theories of inspiration were seldom propounded till of late
years.

'The Bible is a revelation of spiritual truth communicated chiefly in