The Inspiration and Accuracy of the Holy Scriptures

We ask, "Do you know the answers to the following questions posed by Dr. Urquhart? He recorded them in 1895 and He answers them in clear, precise language. This well written book would be an excellent way to study the topic of Inspiration. We place the Bible in some man's hands, telling him that it is God's message to him, and that it has been given by inspiration of the Holy Spirit. He asks us in what sense he is to understand our statement. Does the inspiration extend only to the purpose of the Book? Were the writers prompted to undertake this varied service, and then left to find their own arguments? The ordinary view replies that the miracle of inspiration has gone further than that: the arguments were the result of the illumination and direction of the Spirit of God, cooperating with and informing the mind of the writer. "Well, then," he replies, "you have taken me so far; but there is something more I wish to know. Did the Holy Spirit inspire the thought and leave the writers to find out, and to write down, what words they pleased? Are the thoughts inspired, but the words not inspired?"