The Bible the Test of Soundness
By H. Clay Trumbull
"BELIEVING all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets." That was the test of Paul's soundness. It is a good test for to-day. The man who accepts the Bible as conclusive on all points of doctrine and conduct, rests on the only ground that any of us can claim as unvaryingly sure. Any man who refuses to refer his creed to the Bible, has no claim to be recognized as fairly of the church of Christ. And Paul recognized the Old Testament as an integral portion of the word of God. Paul would doubtless be in favor of Old Testament study in the International Lesson course to-day, if he could speak out on that point. Paul was too sturdy a Christian to base his religion only on the latest Scripture writings. He took in the whole of them from first to last.—H. Clay Trumbull.