. The Bible and modern discoveries . F MICHMASH .... - 218 TOMB OF NICODEMUS ...... 268 VIEW FROM JENIN, LOOKING NORTH ACROSS THE PLAIN OF ESDRAELON 27O SAMARIA ..---,-- 315 MAP - - - - - - - End of Book The Bible and Modern Discoveries. CHAPTER I. FROM THE CALL OF ABRAHAM TO THE DEATH OF JOSEPH. HE Bible is the Word of God—the Sword of the Spirit. Atthe same time it is permittedto man, by the exercise of thefaculties given him Ijy hisCreator, to explain, by re-search, patient investigation,and travel, passages whichotherwise might be dark, withevery sympathy for honestdoubt. Yet this
. The Bible and modern discoveries . F MICHMASH .... - 218 TOMB OF NICODEMUS ...... 268 VIEW FROM JENIN, LOOKING NORTH ACROSS THE PLAIN OF ESDRAELON 27O SAMARIA ..---,-- 315 MAP - - - - - - - End of Book The Bible and Modern Discoveries. CHAPTER I. FROM THE CALL OF ABRAHAM TO THE DEATH OF JOSEPH. HE Bible is the Word of God—the Sword of the Spirit. Atthe same time it is permittedto man, by the exercise of thefaculties given him Ijy hisCreator, to explain, by re-search, patient investigation,and travel, passages whichotherwise might be dark, withevery sympathy for honestdoubt. Yet this book iswritten for those who love the Bible; who see in it Godgraciously revealing Himself to man; who find in it Hisgracious plan of Redemption, and find also in it Gods MagnaCharta for the poor, which, if acted up to, would preventany and all of the wrongs they often suffer. If, too, thisWord of God were only read, studied, and acted up to, allthose terrible divisions of Christianity which so scandalize theworld would 2 THE BIBLE AND MODERN DISCOVERIES. To rightly understand the Word, we must first rememberthat it is an Eastern book, written in Eastern lands—full ofEastern thought, all customs spoken of Eastern; hence thenecessity for investigation in those lands, by the spade andpick, by study of monuments, language, customs, by closeexamination of the ground, in order that the full meaning ofits pages may be understood. Some may say that Biblicaldiscoveries are but the dry bones of religion ; but the prophetof old, when moved by the Spirit of God, found that the breathof the Spirit could wake even the dry bones into life, and thatthey stood upon their feet a great army clothed with flesh andvigorous with life. A very dear friend of my own—a splendid explorer, a greattraveller—was at heart, in secret, an unbeliever in the sove-reignty of God. Circumstances compelled him to explorePalestine. To understand the country he found he must readthe Book; and read
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