preparation is apt to make a man careful about fanciful interpretations of Scripture. He will not so readily make a hop, skip and jump to remarkable conclusions. And real knowledge should keep the preacher from the pride of unconsecrated scholarship and the presumption of ignorance. The true minister of the word will seek not to dazzle, but to enlighten. And the Bible will become clearer to him by deep study and earnest seeking of the Holy Spirit. His learning will result in not mere theoretical