School-Books of 4,000 Years Ago
IN the researches that the University of Pennsylvania is conducting in Nippur, it seems quite apparent, from the tablets that are being disclosed, that the students in the schools of that time studied geography, history, grammar, geology, and theology. A “slate” was found on which a student had written the names of a number of jewels. An error in spelling had caused him to smudge over one of the words and to discard the slate. The researches of the last hundred years in the territory of the great nations of antiquity are disclosing beyond any doubt that the Bible story of that period is correct. Men were questioning many of the statements in Scripture, and it was becoming difficult to disprove their assertions. Of course those who had faith in the Bible, would depend upon the utterances of the Book, no matter what men might say to the contrary; but God in His providence had the great works of those ancient nations buried and preserved, and they are now brought out in all their detail. Even the school-books of the time are disclosed. The divine Book is inspired by One whose knowledge is infinite, and completely accurate, and His providence has preserved facts of history that enable the individual to know, beyond any reasonable question, that the Book is right, and that its promises, its prophecies, and its precepts may be depended upon. And in the light of the evidence, how filled with joy is the thought that the prophecies of this Book make it clear that this earth is nearing the end of its reign of sin, of misery, and of sorrow! The great Creator, the infinite Christ, is about to return to earth in person, to give immortality to all who are ready to meet Him in that day. We can depend upon the statements of the Book which show it.