If, after the message was sent, his children quarrelled and fought
about its meaning, their earthly father would not sit silent and
allow them to hate and slay each other because of a misconception,
but would send at once and make his meaning plain to all.

And if an earthly father would act thus wisely and thus kindly,
"how much more your Father which is in Heaven?"

But the Bible revelation was not given to all the people of the
earth. It was given to a handful of Jews. It was not so explicit
as to make disagreement impossible. It is thousands of years since
the revelation of God began, and yet to-day it is not known to
hundreds of millions of human beings, and amongst those whom it
has reached there is endless bitter disagreement as to its meaning.

Now, what is the use of a revelation which does not reveal more than
is known, which does not reveal truth only, which does not reach half
those who need it, which cannot be understood by those it does reach?

But you will regard me as a prejudiced witness. I shall therefore,
in my effort to prove the Bible fallible, quote almost wholly from
Christian critics.

And I take the opportunity to here recommend very strongly
_Shall We Understand the Bible?_ by the Rev. T. Rhondda Williams.
Adam and Charles Black; 1s net.

There are two chief theories as to the inspiration of the Bible.
One is the old theory that the Bible is the actual word of God, and
nothing but the word of God, directly revealed by God to Moses and the