formed the same through the agency of any other than the reputed penmen. To those who hunger and thirst for the righteousness of its spirit, who were the mere scribes is a matter of idle and worthless curiosity; for the tests of its divinity are in the light, joy, and peace of God's presence in the universe and in the heart, revealed by the humble, reverent, prayerful living of its teachings. No one is competent to question the divinity of the Word until he has found it wanting in its self-imposed proof, "If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine." Nor can the truth of the Word be adequately tested from any other standpoint than that of individual obedience to its principles. No one ever honestly made this test and failed to find through the Word peace and God.
Whatever errors may appear in the letter of the Word, when viewed from a natural, scientific, or historical stand-
