Bible Truths Illustrated by J. C. Ferdinand Pittman

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BIBLE TRUTHS ILLUSTRATED
devotion to the Scriptures which has enabled them to meet the
necessities of their congregation with an appropriateness and
sufficiency even which no man of general reading ever could have
secured. Truly, in us who are called to preach Jesus Christ, the
word of God ought to dwell richly and abound. We ought not
to stumble in our quotation of it : the Word ought to be hidden
in our heart, and ought to be so precious to us as to be within
instant call of our memory whenever occasion arises for its
application.
Jos. Parker.
69. One has said, "The Bible does not need to be defended;
it needs to be taught." Joseph Parker was asked for the best
reply to attacks upon the Bible. "Circulation !" was the answer.
C. H. Spurgeon, upon being asked if he could defend the Bible,
replied : "Defend it ! I would as soon defend a lion. Let it out
—it
can defend itself."
70. Dr. Parker once said in preaching: "And they say in
Germany, this [Saul's conversion] is the result of an epileptic
fit. Let us look at Saul before he went into the fit, snorting
blasphemy and persecution. Together we will look at him in the
fit, 'and behold, he prayeth.' And now look at him when he has
come out of the fit. Saint. Hero. Missionary. Martyr."
Throwing up his hands, the Doctor shouted, "Fly on, thou mighty
epilepsy."
71. "At the tercentenary celebration of the publication of
King James' version of the Bible in Albert Hall, London, Dr.
F. B. Meyer said : it deals with sin and sorrow and
Modern criticism
human need, the Bible will last as long as man.
has only touched the moss upon the rock, but not the rock.'
72. In one of my early pastorates I asked one of the members
of my church how she was getting along in her Christian life.
She replied : "Very poorly. My life is a disgrace to me and to
the church : it is a disgrace to Jesus Christ. I don't understand
why it is." "Do you study your Bible every day?"- 1 asked. "Oh,
no; but I study it occasionally, when I have time." A little baby
was lying in a baby-carriage near by, and I said : "Suppose you
should feed that baby once in two hours to-day and once in six
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