nature which is open to receive it.
They have again and again inspired
intellectual movements on a wide
scale, as they are constantly recreating
individual ideals and aims. What-
ever view may be held of the author-
ity of the Bible, it is agreed that its
power as literature has been incalcu-
lable by reason of the depth of life
which it sounds and the range of life
which it compasses. There is power
enough in it to revive a decaying age
or give a new date and a fresh impulse
to a race which has parted with its
creative energy. The reappearance
of the New Testament in Greek,
after the long reign of the Vulgate,
contributed mightily to that renewal
and revival of life which we call the
Reformation; while its translation
into the modern languages liberated a
moral and intellectual force of which

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