This little book is the fruit of a suggestion by Prof. Briggs in his Biblical Study: " The doctrine of inspiration may be constructed by a careful, painstaking study of the sacred Scriptures themselves, gathering together their testimony as to their own origin, character, design, value, and authority." It lays no claim whatever to originality or scholarship, but its sole aim is to show in simple language that the words of the Bible are the words of God. If He is pleased to own it in the least degree to confirm the faith of any of His children in the verbal inspiration of the book given to us by His Holy Spirit, or to sound a note of alarm that may summons abler pens to the defence of the truth, the purpose for which it was hastily prepared will be accomplished; and to Him shall be all the praise through Jesus Christ our Lord.