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TExT-.Setosd Epiale Of Paul TO Timothy,
III. Chapter, 18th Terse-"All Scripture is
given by inspiration of God, and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness
In translating from one language 10
another, it becomes necessary, some
times, to add words which are not in
the original language. The languages
Of antiquity and semicivil'zed nations
generally, are very deficient in words.
The infant does not say, "Charley
wants some milk but says, "Charley
milk" In the Old Testament, par
ticularly, we find great deficiency
Of words, and it was very proper for
the translators to supply such words
rs were absolutely necessary TO the
sense, and such words as, they believ-
ed, expressed the idea of the author.
But sometimes words have been un-
necessarily supplied, when the sense
of a passage was obvious without
them, and the force and beauty of the
original has been marred in conse.
quence. In other cases, as in our text,
when the sense was complete without
any additions, words have been in
serted that have completely changed
the meaning of the author. The
words supplied are in italics. and in
studying the scriptures we should
read texts with and without, the
words in italics. In our text the
words Is, is twice inserted, aud Paul
is made to say that, "All scripture is
given by inspiration of God = yer
Paul himself tells the Galatians, in
Chap iii. IS rerse, that '.,he law
was ordained of angels" and we read
in Acts vii: 50, "who have received
the law by the disposition Of angels
Some translate our text, "All scrip
ture given by inspiration Of God is
profitable, leaving out the word and,
which is in the original. Read the
text carefully in its connexion with
out the inserted words, and it is
repetition and enlargement of the pre-
ceding thought,in which Paul assures
Timothy that he knows tina, he is
well acquainted with all scripture d.
vinely inspired and reliable. Read
from the IA verse "But continue
thou in the things which thou hast
learned and hast been assured of,
knowing of whom thou hast learned;
and that from child thou hast known
the holy scriptures, which are able to
make thee wise unto salvation
through faith which is in Christ Je-
sus; all scripture given by inspiration
of God, and profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for instruc-
tion in righteousness, that the man Of
God may be perfect thoroughly fur
nished unto all good works" "From
child thou hast known'-"all scrip
ture given by inspiration of Cod
This seems to us to be Paul's mean
ing, not that all scripture is given by
inspiration. Every trade, every art,
science or profession, has words or
phrases, which are used almost exclu-
sively in that trade, ar, science or
prof. ssion. For instance. if lands
man goes among sailors, he hears II
language that is almost as unintelligi-
bic as foreign tongue. At the very
threshold of the temple of science We
are met by a series Of words, with
their definitions, which we must first
master before we can properly com
mence the study of the science. As
with other sciences, SO with theology.
We hear phrases from our pulpits,
which to the uninitiated are mere
iargon. ..enseless words unless defined
But they have been SO long in use by
sectarians that they consider them
plain enough, when in fact many OF
them have lost their original meaning
and sometimes cannot be defined by
those who use them. Words found
in the Bible signifyipg one thing, are
found to signify some, hing vastly diff
ferent in the sermons of theologians.
The Bible is called "T'he word Of
God" But what does this phrase
mean? Is the Bible the word Of God
in the same sense that a tree of the
forest is the work of G, d? We know
that tree of the forest is, in every
respect, the work of God that it is
perfect in all its parts, wisely aud
perfectly adapted to accomplish GER
tain ends; that it is directly and sole
ly the work Of God, in every root,
branch, sprig and leaf. Can the same
he said of the Bible? Is God spe-
cisly responsible for every book, and
chapter, and verse OF the Bible? Are
all the words Gods words, and all the
thoughts Gods thoughts, in q special
sense? Is the style Of writing his; is
the grammatical construction his; in
short, were all the writer's of the Bible
Gods pens? Is the Bible rs much
the word Of God, as though men had
nothing to do with it? The Bible,
has been, and is held out to us as a
perfect work of God. We have been
told that we could not reject any part
Of it without rejecting the whole, that
every word which belongs to these
books is Gods truth, and to lie re-
ceived without question, no ma ter
how much it may be opposed to rea-
son, to the facts of nature, to common
sense, common morality, or the in.
SEPARATIONS Of to-day. This is the
''orthodox" theory even at the pres.
ent time. All protestant sets claim
ing TO be "orthodox' ''hold to the plen.