THAT the Bible should be studied, and that faithfully, must be patent to all who believe it. The intelligent teacher, engineer, physician, or architect knows that it requires earnest, faithful, hard study in the principles of his vocation or profession if he would make it thoroly successful. He can not ignore this. Wise theories, well digested, reduced to constant practise, make men successful in the various professions and sciences and vocations.
The word of God reveals the science of religion. It is the only true system of theology. In it we learn all that can be learned in books of God and Christ, and the blessings, privileges, and requirements of Christianity. If we would learn Christ, we must study that word. John 5:39. If we would be sanctified, it must be thru the truth of God's word. John 17:17. If we would victoriously meet temptation, it must be with the sword of God's word. Eph. 6:17; Ps. 17:4. If we would be kept from sin, we must have the moral truths of God's word hid in our hearts, which can not be unless we know what they are. Ps. 119:11. It was in this way that Jesus met the enemy and conquered. Ps. 40:8; Matt. 4:4, 7, 10.