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I. THE DIRECTION.

1. Not merely possess.

2. Nor survey.

3. But search as the woman for the lost piece of silver.

II. THE SUBJECT OF SEARCH. The Scriptures not merely theirs, but ours.

1. Between sixty and seventy writings, composed at intervals of hundreds of years, yet with one chain of truth, one message.

2. The original source of even the nineteenth century's history, biography, and science.

3. The only guide for the soul of man.

III. THE OBJECT OF THE SEARCH

1. May we not search for scientific truth (Acts 17:26).

2. For our own family records from Adam to John.

3. For the Divine message to our individual soul.

4. More especially for the life and the testimony here mentioned. In, through, and by the Scriptures, eternal life is to be had. Life is the joy of every living creature, therefore search for it in the Scriptures that reveal it by testifying of Him who is "the Life."

IV. METHOD OF SEARCH.

1. Fairly, without foregone prepossession.

2. Prayerfully.

3. Regularly.

4. Comprehensively.

(Pulpit Analyst.)

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KJV: If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

WEB: "If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.