And
however agreeable with reason and with Scripture it may be shown to be,
it will likely not be universally accepted for ages to come. If the
theory is really true, and if it comes from God, the Source of all
light, why was this poor world not blessed with it sooner?
I say, that objection may appear a formidable one at the first glance.
Let us examine it with all fairness and candor.
In the first place, I would say that it is not God's way to give us His
revelations all at once. No, not even when He inspires men to write
them. Those revelations have a primitive meaning, suited for men of a
primitive age. But as the ages go on, and men become more developed,
there breaks on them more light from the Word. And that light is
brighter very often than even the original writers apprehended. They
built better than they knew, for they were writing, not for their own
age alone, but for all time. This unique character of the revelation
shows that it is divine. And thus there still "breaks more light from
God's holy Word" as the ages move on. Whether or not, then, we see the
reason of it, we note the fact that it is not God's method to pour the
full flood of His light on the minds and hearts of men all at once. If
we could see no farther than that, we might be content, and reverently
say, "Even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
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