Excerpt from The Representative Men of the Bible: Adam to Job
Blqah's chariot that Elijah's chariot brings a message to my soul, for it is then that I read in bis experience a thing which can be repro duced in my own. A revelation from God is not a statement of what men once did it is a statement of what men may always do. T here lies the 'power of the Biblel It is not the revelation of something which was once revealed to a little band of worshippers; it is a revelation of how God always reveals. It is the special announcement of that which is not special - Of the universal order of God's word and ways to man. It tells not how He spoke once, but how He speaks always. It is the proclamation that there is spiritual law in the natural world, and the enumeration of those eternal principles by which that law is enforced and maintained. The men of the Bible Gallery are photographed because they are universal men.
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George Matheson was a Scottish theologian and preacher.
He was educated at the University of Glasgow, where he graduated first in classics, logic and philosophy. In his twentieth year he became totally blind, but he held to his resolve to enter the ministry, and gave himself to theological and historical study.
However, he was academically gifted, and his sisters learned Latin, Greek, and Hebrew to help him study. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh (MA 1862), then became a minister in the Church of Scotland. He pastored in the resort town of Innelan for 18 years; due to his ability to memorize sermons and entire sections of the Bible, listeners were often unaware he was blind. In 1886, Matheson became pastor of St. Bernard's Church in Edinburgh, where he served 13 years. He spent the remaining years of his life in literary efforts.
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