The publisher of this book utilises modern printing technologies as well as photocopying processes for reprinting and preserving rare works of literature that are out-of-print or on the verge of becoming lost. This book is one such reprint.General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1917 Original Publisher: Church of Christ in Corea extension Subjects: Religion / Christian Ministry / Missions Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER HI. In taking back some books to the library, Harper discovered that for the time it had been forgotten how very useful it had been to "higher critics" to be esteemed "nice men," " invariably courteous.'' When Harper said he thought the Bible ought to be allowed to witness for itself; that it never once claimed that the men who wrote were inspired, but the writings, and that the Spirit of God spake by them and His words were in their mouths, not in their heads, the librarian got very angry and rudely said: "0, you verbal inspirationists make me tired. You are always quoting 2nd Tim. 3:16, and saying "all scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable." What nonsense! Do you call those long chapters of unpronounceable names profitable? There are those border towns of Judah: Not satisfied with writing down all the outside border towns they turned around and wrote another list of the inside towns. Of what earthly use is the like of that to us 'moderns?' A few extinct towns of an extinct province and nation!" "Indeed!" said Harper, "they are not extinct though they have been without a king or prince or teraphim these many days, even as it was predicted. But Disraeli was right when asked to give a proof in one word that the Bible was inspired, he answered: 'The Jew.' But as to those border towns, I cannot answer you; I know, however, they must be profitable or God would not say so." "Do you mean to tell me you no longer believe in the nobility and goodness of the race!" indignant...