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excision of the supernatural�察�is a case in point。 The easy and glib way in 

which   some   have   sought   to   get   around   difficulties�察  �by   talking   in   large 

terms about the progressiveness of the revelation�察�as though the progress 

were from error to truth�察�instead of from half light to full light�察�is another 

illustration。   The   nimble   way   in   which   we   have   turned   what   is   given   as 

history into fiction�察�and allowed imagination to roam through the Bible�察�is 

another illustration。 One of our later writers tells the story of Jonah�察�and 

says it sounds like fiction�察�why not call it fiction�拭�Another tells the story of 

the   exodus   from   Egypt�察  �and   says   it   sounds   like   fiction�察  �why   not   call   it 

fiction�拭�Well�察�certainly the objection is not to the presence of fiction in the 

Bible。   It   is   there�察  �openly�察  �confessedly�察  �unashamed。   Fiction   can   be   used 

with     great    profit    in  teaching      religious     truth。   But    fiction    may     not 

masquerade in the guise of history�察�if men are to be led by it or mastered 

by it。 If the way to be rid of difficulties in a narrative is to turn it into pious 

fiction�察  �there   are   other   instances   where   it   might   be   used   for   relief   in 

emergencies。 The story of the crucifixion of Christ can be told so that it 

sounds   like   fiction�察  �why   not   call   it   fiction�拭  �Certainly   the   story   of   the 

conversion   of   Paul   can   be   made   to   sound   like   fiction�察  �why   not   call   it 

fiction�拭�And there is hardly any bit of narrative that can be made to sound 

so like fiction as the landing of the Pilgrims�察�why not call that fiction�拭�It is 

the easy way out�察�the difficulties are all gone like Alice's cat�察�and there is 



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left   only   the   broad   smile   of   some   moral   lesson   to   be   learned   from   the 

fiction。 It is not�察�however�察�the courageous nor the perfectly square way out。 

Violence has to be done to the plain narrative�察�historical statement has to 

be    made     only   a  mask。     And    the   only   reason     for  it  is  that   there   are 

difficulties not yet cleared。 As for the characters involved�察�Charles Reade�察�

the novelist�察�calling himself ;a veteran writer of fiction�察─�declares that the 

explanation of these characters�察�Jonah being one of them�察�by invention is 

incredible and absurd�此 �Such a man ��as himself�А�knows the artifices and 

the    elements     of   art。  Here    the   artifices   are   absent�察   �and   the   elements 

surpassed。; It is not uncommon for one who has found this easy way out 

of   difficulties   to   declare   with   a   wave   of   his   hand�察  �that   everybody   now 

knows that this or that book in the Bible is fiction�察�when�察�as a matter of 

fact�察�that is not at all an admitted opinion。 The Bible will never gain its 

place and   retain its   authority while   those who believe in it are   spineless 

and topple over at the first touch of some one's objection。 It could not be a 

great   Book�察  �it   could   not   serve   the   purposes   of   a   race   if   it   presented   no 

problems of understanding and of belief�察�and all short and easy methods of 

getting   rid   of   those   problems   are   certain   to   leave   important   elements   of 

them out of sight。 

     All this means that the changes of these times rather present additional 

reason     for   a  renewed      hold   on   the   Bible。    It  presents    what    the   times 

peculiarly need。 Instead of making the influence of the Bible impossible�察�

these changes make the need for the Bible the greater and give it greater 

opportunity。 

       Add three notable points at which these times feel and still need the 

influence of the Bible。 First�察�they have and still need its literary influence。 

So   far   as   its   ideas   and   forces   and   words   are   interwoven   in   the      great 

literature    of   the  past�察  �it  is  essential   still  to  the   understanding       of  that 

literature。 It remains true that English literature�察�certainly of the past and 

also of the present�察�cannot be understood without knowledge of the Bible。 

The Yale professor of literature�察�quoted so often�察�says�此 �It would be worth 

while to read the Bible carefully and repeatedly�察�if only as a key to modern 

culture�察�for to those who are unfamiliar with its teachings and its diction 

all that   is   best   in   English   literature   of   the   present   century  is   as   a   sealed 



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book。; 

     From time to time there occur painful reminders of the fact that men 

supposed   to   know   literature   do   not   understand   it   because   they   are   not 

familiar with the Bible。 Some years ago a college president tested a class 

of thirty´four men with a score of extracts from Tennyson�察�each of which 

contained   a   Scriptural   allusion�察  �none   of   them   obscure。   The   replies   were 

suggestive      and    quite   appalling。     Tennyson      wrote�察   �in   the   ;Supposed 

Confessions;�此�

       ;My sin was a thorn among the thorns that                    girt Thy brow。; 

     Of these thirty´four young men nine of them did not understand that 

quotation。 Tennyson wrote�此�

       ;Like Hezekiah's�察�backward runs            The shadow of my days。; 

     Thirty´two      of  the   thirty´four   did   not   know    what    that  meant。    The 

meaning of the line�察�

       ;For   I   have   flung   thee   pearls   and   find   thee   swine�察─ �was   utterly 

obscure   to   twenty´two       of   the   thirty´   four。   One   of   them   said   it   was   a 

reference to ;good opportunities given but not improved。; Another said it 

was equivalent to the counsel ;not to expect to find gold in a hay´stack。; 

Even the line�察�

                    ;A  Jonah's   gourd       Up   in   one   night�察  �and   due   to   sudden 

sun�察─�

     was   utterly   baffling   to   twenty´eight   of   the   thirty´four。   One   of   them 

spoke of it as an ;allusion to the uncertainty of the length of life。; Another 

thought it was a reference to ;the occasion of Jonah's being preserved by 

the whale。; Another counted it ;an allusion to the emesis of Jonah by the 

whale。; Another considered it a reference to ;the swallowing of Jonah by a 

whale�察─�and yet another considered that it referred to ;things grand�察�but not 

worthy of worship because they are perishable。; It is amazing to read that 

in response to Tennyson's lines�察�

       ;Follow Light and do the Rightfor man can                       half control his 

doom      Till   you   find   the   deathless   Angel    seated   in   the         vacant 

tomb�察─�

     only sixteen were able to give an explanation of its meaning� �The lines 

from the ;Holy Grail; were equally baffling�此�



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       ;Perhaps like Him of Cana in Holy Writ�察                 �Our Arthur kept his best 

until the last。; 

     Twenty´four of these thirty´four young men could not recall what that 

meant。   One   said   that   the   keeping   of   the   best   wine   until   the   last   meant 

;waiting till the last moment to be baptized� ─�

     All    that  may     be   solely   the   fault   of  these    young     men。    Professor 

Lounsbury once said that his experience in the class´room had taught him 

the infinite capacity  of the human   mind to withstand the introduction of 

knowledge。 Very likely earnest effort had been made to teach these young 

men   the   Bible�察  �but   it   is   manifest   that   they   had   successfully   resisted   the 

efforts。  

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