Excerpt from The Oracles of God: Nine Lectures on the Nature and Extent of Biblical Inspiration and on the Special Significance of the Old Testament Scriptures at the Present Time The duty of the Theological Professor appears to be twofold: on the one hand to advance by all the means in his power the detailed study of the subject committed to him, and on the other to do what he can to help the public mind to clear itself in times of difficulty and perplexity. It is with some reluctance and self-distrust that the writer of these pages has turned away for the moment from the first of these functions to take up the second. He does not know how far the thoughts which have been helpful to himself may be helpful also to others, and he does not know how far he may be able to state them acceptably. Still the call has seemed to come to him, and he has obeyed it to the best of his ability. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.