The Bible tells us, many false prophets are gone out into the world. In order to try the spirits whether they are of God, a knowledge of God's Word is essential. "To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this Word it is because there is no light in them." (Isa. 9:20.) Is there any real need to study the Word of God? I humbly state that there never was a more urgent need to "Search the Scriptures" than this present time, for many conflicting sounds are heard in the earth, and without a reasonable knowledge of God's Word one becomes a prey to every kind of doctrine. One of the most subtle teachings of our day is Modernism with its host of negations. For instance, Modernism states that many of the Old Testament teachings are mythical and legendary. The fall of man was a fall upward, not downward. This error finds its basis in the Evolutionary Theory. Miracles are discounted and Christ is robbed of His Deity. Belief in one's personality rather than faith in the person of Our Lord Jesus Christ is the key to a good life, God is a God of love so benign in character as to admit all, whether believers or unbelievers, into the Kingdom of Heaven. The plain teaching of God's Word states clearly enough, That except a man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God. Modernists also forget that whilst God is a God of love, He is also a God of Justice, Who, in order to be just, permitted His wrath to strike the bosom of His own Son, the Son in whom He was well pleased, in order that He might be just and the Justifier of all who receive and believe on Him for their salvation. James M. Gray, D.D., says, ''Modernism is a revolt against the God of Christianity, a revolt against the Bible of Christianity, and a revolt against the Christ of Christianity."

Then we have Romanism spreading its tentacles over this fair land, Romanism with its love of the sensuous, its pomp and ceremony, its mystery and superstition, its idolatry in worship of images, etc. its confessional, its monstrous doctrine of the Mass in which mere man, the creature of God's hand, claims the power to command Christ to come down from heaven and permit Himself to be sacrificed afresh on the Romish altar as a sacrifice for sin. In the "Blessed Sacrament Booklet", No. V, entitled "Prayers at Mass" we find on page 36: "While the priest surrounded by an army of angels is bowing profoundly through respect for the divine action he is performing, while divinely operating and speaking in the person of Jesus Christ he is consecrating the bread and wine into the body and blood of God made man, thus renewing the mystery of the Last Supper, magnify the unprecedented power given him for your benefit. Then when Jesus has come down upon the altar at the word of the priest, adore the Sacred Host and the Chalice of Christ's blood which is imploring mercy for you. Offer Him again to God's goodness that the fruits of light and peace may be applied to the suffering souls in purgatory, that His blood may quench the flames and render the sufferers worthy of paradise by finishing their purification." Truly this teaching has been designated a blasphemous fable and a dangerous deceit. The following passages give the lie to the doctrine of the Mass. (Romans 6:9, 14), (Hebrews 7:26, 28; 9:24, 28; 10: 9, 14). The most effective way to stem the growth of this teaching is not only to study the Bible, but spread the Word far and wide. These and many other erroneous teachings of our day show the need for definite Bible teaching, and study, not only in Church and Sabbath School, but in the home. We are commanded to prove all things, may our trying of the spints to prove their validity spring, not only from an acquaintance with the letter, but the Spirit of the Living Word.

It has been aptly stated under the heading "The Bible", that "This book contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners, the happiness of believers. Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true and its decisions are immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe, and practise it to be holy. It contains light to direct you, food to support you and comfort to cheer you. It is the traveller's map, the pilgrim's staff, the pilot's compass, the soldier's sword and the Christian's charter. Here Heaven is opened and the gates of Hell disclosed, Christ its grand subject our good its design, and the glory of God its end. It should fill the memory, rule the heart, and guide the feet. Read it slowly, frequently, prayerfully. It is a mine of wealth, a paradise of glory, and a river of pleasure. It is given you in life, will be opened at the Judgment, and be remembered for ever. It involves the highest responsibility, will reward the greatest labour, and condemn all who trifle with its sacred contents."