"WE ACCEPT THE BIBLE"

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 11

"WE ACCEPT THE BIBLE"

Inl an interview; today, Dr; Goard briefly:, outlined the things, for which the British-Israel movement stands.

They were quite aware, he said, of the various approaches to the Bible, and of the various criticisms to which it had been subjected: Their acceptance of the Bible-was confirmed by facts beyond, counting. It was their considered, opinion; fliafr witfa the facts in hand which they possessed, it was impossible to do otherwise than, accept the great sequent, even, consequent, development of the fajst-aria^trath as it ■Mas presented in Holy Writ. / "We believe the Bible as it now stands; does not need any- other interpretation; than. that -whichvr facts, history, and experience accord,";: said, Dr. Goard.;; "The Bible carries information not otherwise possessed by humanity; and which must have had" a source higher than humanity becauseits scope is wider than the sum total: of unaided human knowledge, i For instance, the Bible contains, knowledge of the past before human' history began, and knowledge of the future) to which humanity has not yet.attained but is from day to. day v attaining. 'We accept it in its spiritual revelations; in its.contacts with natural science .and history;. and in its prophetic dealing with the future, v We take-the Bible to be what the "Prayer Book assures us it is, .namely, 'The . Word ; ,of God written.'"- . ' ', : . .';■':'{'. ■."..■■. '.. BIBLE PROPHECY.' , * Bible- prophecy' and secular history were now merged in: one, he said. That was within the/scope' of their faith. They saw and knew that the general course" of the history of each of the peoples was told' in the prophetic Scriptures. Further, by the interweaving of these lines of 'prophecy,; the general course of■ world history was foretold.; Theytook these lines of prophecy, and compared them with world history. That .was not an easy task; It took mqch original research, which they had gone to the labour and expense of making: What a triumph it had been for the Bible and for those who preached the Bible facts and truths.

Stated briefly, the Bible, the Prayer Book, the, great confessions of Faith were , theirs. , ; They were : probably unique in this,, that alone they held what was generally, held by the Established Church, ; the Covenanters, the Puritans, and all the great.denominations up to a very recent period, .namely, "the fact that Britain and her associate nations are Israel." ■ .