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     Another fact that has helped to give the Bible its great influence is the 

power of the preaching it has inspired。 The periods of greatest preaching 

have   always   been   the   periods   of   freest   access   to   the   Bible。   No   one   can 

overlook the immense power of the sermons of history。 There have been 

poor�察�inept�察�banal expositors�察�doubtless�察�but even they turned men's minds 

to   the   Bible。    Reading     the   Bible   makes     men     thinkers�察  �and    so   makes 

preachers inevitably。 Witness the Scotch。 James was raised in Scotland and 

believed     in   the  power     of  preaching。     At   one   time   he   wanted     to  settle 

endowments for the maintenance of preaching under government control。 

But   Archbishop   Whitgift   convinced   him   that   much   preaching   was   ;an 

innovation and dangerous�察─�since it is quite impossible to control a man's 

mouth once it is given a public chance。 Under Charles I。 the sermon was 



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mighty in the service of the Puritans until it was suppressed or restricted。 

Then men became lecturers and expounded the Bible or taught religious 

truth in public or private。 Rich men engaged private chaplains since public 

meetings       could    not   be    held。   Somehow        they    taught    the   Bible    still。 

Archbishop   Laud   forbade   both。   Yet   the   leaven   worked   the   more   for   its 

restriction。   At   least   one   good   cook   I   know   says   that   if   you   want   your 

dough to rise and the yeast to work�察�you must cover it。 Laud did not want 

it to rise�察�but he made the mistake of covering it。 

     There     has   never    been    a  book    which     has  provoked      such    incessant 

preaching   and   discussion   as   has   the   Bible。   The   believers   in   the   Koran 

teach it as it is�察�word for word。 Believers in the Bible have never stopped 

with that。 They have always tried to come together and hear it expounded。 

Such   gatherings   and   such   constant   pressure   of   the   Book   on   groups   of 

hearers     would     inevitably     give    the  Bible    great    influence。    When      it  is 

remembered that in America alone there are each week approximately four 

hundred      thousand      gatherings     of   people    which     have   for   their   avowed 

purpose instruction or inspiration in religion�察�and that the instruction and 

inspiration   are   professedly   and   openly   drawn   from   the   Bible�察  �that   more 

than three hundred thousand sermons are preached every week from it and 

passages of it read in all the gatherings�察�it appears that the Bible had and 

still has such a chance to influence life as no other book has had。 President 

Schurman   traces   a   large   part   of   our   own   stronger   American   life   to   the 

educative power of our Sundays。 But central in the education of those days 

is   now�察  �and   has   been   from   the   first   of   our   national   history�察  �the   English 

Bible。 

     The influence of the Bible comes also from the fact that it makes its 

chief   appeal   to   the   deeper   elements   in   life。   ;Human   history   in   its   real 

character is not an account of kings and of wars�察�it is the unfolding of the 

moral�察�the political�察�the artistic�察�the social�察�and the spiritual progress of the 

human family。 The time will yet come when the names of dynasties and of 

battles shall not form the titles of its chapters。 The truths revealed in the 

Bible have been the touchstone which has tried men's spirits。;��1�А�

        ��1�А�H。 B。 Smith�察�Faith and Philosophy�察�p。 54。 

       Those words go to the heart of the fact。 The influence of the English 



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Bible on English´ speaking history for the last three hundred years is only 

the   influence   of   its   fundamental   truths。   It   has   moved   with   tremendous 

impact on the wills of men。 It has made the great human ideals clear and 

definite�察�it has made them beautiful and attractive�察�but that has not been 

enough。 It has reached also the springs of action。 It has given men a sense 

of   need   and   also   a   sense   of   strength�察  �a   sense   of   outrage   and   a   sense   of 

power      to  correct   the   wrong。    There    it  has   differed   from    most    books。 

Frederick Robertson said that he read only books with iron in them�察�and�察�

as he read�察�their atoms of iron entered the blood�察�and it ran more red for 

them。 There is iron in this Book�察�and it has entered the blood of the human 

race。 Where it has entered most freely�察�the red has deepened�察�and nowhere 

has it deepened more than in our English´speaking races。 The iron of our 

blood is from this King James version。 

     Bismarck explained the victories of the Germans over the French by 

the fact that from childhood the Germans had been trained in the sense of 

duty�察�as the French had not been trained�察�and as soldiers had learned to feel 

that nothing could escape the Eye which ever watched their course。 They 

learned that�察�Bismarck said�察�from the religion which they had been taught。 

There is no mistaking the power of religion in rousing and sharpening the 

sense of duty。 Webster spoke for the English´speaking races�察�and found his 

phrases in the Bible�察�when he said   that this sense ;pursues us ever。 It   is 

omnipresent       like   the  Deity。   If  we   take   to  ourselves    the   wings    of  the 

morning   and   dwell   in   the   uttermost   parts   of   the   sea�察  �duty   performed   or 

duty violated is still with us for our happiness or our misery。 If we say the 

darkness shall cover us�察�in the darkness as in the light our obligations are 

yet    with   us。   We    cannot    escape    from    their   power    or   fly  from    their 

presence。;      It  is  religion   which    makes     that   sense   of   duty   keen�察  �and�察�

whatever   religion   has   done   among   English´speaking   races�察  �the   English 

Bible   has   done�察  �for   it   has   been   the   text´book   and   the   final   authority   of 

those races in the moving things of their faith。 

     It would be easiest in making the argument to single out here and there 

the striking events in which the Bible has figured and let them stand for 

the whole。 There are many such events�察�and they are attractive。 

     We can imagine ourselves standing on the shore at Dover in 1660�察�fifty 



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years   after   the   version   was   issued�察  �waiting   with   the   crowd   to   see   the 

banished      King     return。   The    civil  war    is  over�察  �the   protectorate     under 

Cromwell is past。 Charles II。�察�thick´lipped�察�sensuous�察 �seeming to belong 

rather to southern Europe than to Puritan England�察─�is about to land from 

France�察  �whence   the   people�察  �wearied   with   Puritan   excesses�察  �have   called 

him back。 There is a great crowd�察�but they do not cheer wildly。 There is 

something serious on hand。 They mean to welcome the King�察�but it is on 

condition。 Their first act is when the Mayor of Dover places in his hands a 

copy   of   the   English   Bible�察  �which   the   King   declares   he   loves   above   all 

things   in   the   world。   It   proves   only   a   sorry   jest�察  �but   the   English   people 

think   it   is   meant   for   truth�察  �and   they   go   to   their   homes   rejoicing。   They 

rejoiced too soon�察�for this is that utterly faithless king for whom his witty 

courtier proposed an epitaph�此�

       ;Here lies our sovereign lord�察�the king�察                    �Whose word no man 

relies on�察     �Who never s

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