An Infallible Guide by Dr. S. T. Wilson

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 1, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 30.

An Infallible Guide

By Dr. S. T. Wilson

(From a sermon by Dr. S. T. Wilson, Methodist, of Portland, Ore., in “The Preachers’ Helper.”)

God’s Word is the exponent of God’s will. Conscience regnant in the human soul, as the moral sense commanding obedience to the will of God. Hence the importance of the Bible as a revelation of God’s will. All Scripture given by inspiration of God “is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroly furnished unto all good works.” We should study the Bible until its spirit is familiar to us, and dwells in us; until we apprehend its lines of truth, and its forms of moral beauty.

As the historian studies national annals, as the judge studies evidence, as the philosopher studies nature. Dr. Freeman will show you “the increasing purpose that runs through the ages.” Any of our judges will show you the relation of conduct to rights and duties, and will sum up for you the value of testimony in relation to innocence or guilt in any given case of conduct. The naturalist will from a single bone reconstruct the animal complete to which it belongs. This is the mastery of human science in regard to lower things. The same may be said of the student of God’s Word; he will find it an infallible guide, a rule of conduct that will never fail, in any emergency, to point out the right course to be pursued. It will show a man how he may be at all times the free, intelligent, and willing servant of the living God.