CONCLUSION.

We have now completed the plan we proposed. We have attempted to set forth, first, the Doctrine of Inspiration, with such distinctions and explanations as seemed proper to make it clear; second, the Proofs, indirect and direct, by which we believe it is sustained; and third, the Objections most commonly urged, with such replies as appeared suitable and practicable within our brief space.

The result of the whole investigation has been, we trust, adapted to remove difficulties which have been in the way of many thoughtful and earnest students, who had a general conviction of the divine authority of the Scriptures, but did not see how this was to be reconciled with some of the conclusions of modern scholarship. Our labor was commenced with a distinct belief that thorough and candid inquiry would subserve the interests of the cause of Christ; that truth has nothing to lose, but everything to gain, from fair investigation; and that to one who earnestly and prayerfully seeks, God will give guidance and satisfaction.

Having found the subject cleared up to our own mind by these studies, we have ventured to submit them to the inspection of friends, and now of the general public, in the humble hope that they may convince opponents, and reclaim the doubting to a real and rejoicing faith in the Bible as God's Word to Man.