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the sound doctrinr to convict gaimNayrr~. A.
.I,.ru~alru'~ rrhulIdrr~ held sword III
one hand aud trnwrl in th" other. the min
lister erecting TIA" spiritual h"uN" OF ''I
must ,rlity with sound doctrine. ana i"l"I
the rurmit~ with the sword "i til" ~pnit.
THIS work Ui rdItN ing hI"N"rN amt T''l"'I
iug enemies r,a~IN almost wholly upon sound
iutrrr,rtatluu of the w"rd. Its ~luC"IrmIk
and strong meal huDId up the saints IT"
can draw from il, also. the sharp sword 81
, truth tn pierce It's adN"rNdrh'N ana uI\'
them from the hrhl.
Tu get al the meaning and II" armed Win
the power Of the w"rd mastery must u" had
over the languages which r"ntaIu it, mmadul-
/ trrttrd TRUTH nrmu~thrmcS. Cicero. Fiat"
and Seneca are not r\p"uudrd in secular
~,huul- except hy th"~r Wh" read lh" Ian
guag,.~ in which they spoke. II i m"i"
uuI.utaut la understand the exact words
used h Moses Isaiah and Paul IN ~"tiIuG
forth the truth. tor the prrm'hvr deals with
immortal souls whuN, salvation and growth
in grace drprud upon correct lnt"rrI"ia-
tinu~ not pn~~ihr tn him whn has not access
tu Tie, fountain "f intelligence. I""uIar
ties ot ldIum. subtle distinctions winch Ice
L,ur Ia th,. very souls at words. meanings
a,uuirr,l in growth AID IL: I D. 'aun" i"'
Transferred tn Il foreign language. hul
all these must hr taken mt" account
10y the Interpreter, Who's" hu~Iu'N~
it Is Ia get al the ulimat" meaning ~
preaching and trarhmg the divine word
How can th,. preacher du this VIII" know =
not one letter Of Hebrew. and never read 4
line. in the Greek Of the New Testament "
Commentaries and rNpn~itl"n~ "t other men
ar, not the wurk "t God. 1t Is a W"ah the
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truth he cannot assure hmu~"li. li''Nd'~,
commentaries Lack tullu"~> at conception
, and inspiration. which comes from contact
with the. very words "f tn" Holy ''h"~t
Elnhiu. th" absolute uamr "i tod. gather
into one term the r"lythrlstlr ""n""p
/. tiOnS Of th" rlllhr TrIIGI""N
| and LAYS the foundation i"I
the Subsequent triutarian revelation while
il prr>"IN,.~ the idea "t unity III the dNIh'
,.~~,ucr. In the New Testament "" have
grhruna and had,'> both translated IN ih'
authorized Version by the word he'll, WuIri
now means the place "l torment. NhI'
that fairly represents gih,unu, II i far t"'
strong for hu,i,> which Il simply III" ah"d
of the dead in the neither world. Many
preacher has d,cIalrrd nm the subject "
hell delivering up it~ dead and being "a
into the lake al TIRE, Whose ONLY WArLu
= for such hrre~y i 4 d"icCtiN" tIau~i'
tIun.
Paul " rites "Thr wages Of sin i death.
The ,,a,Siy,. has new Iuwrr Whrn We nm
in th, Greek the Latin dI,~"I,iI. which VA
the >rip,md "t ratlnu~ in meat and gram an
fruit for whrh the Roman >"Idl"r hrr
himself Ia serve his general. I"nlhl"
the thought that death i the dI'>"min +"
which the sinner hires himself t" >rr" ih
devil.
Thus might "a "u tn add hundreds q
words from the two trstam,.nt~ /" lllu~trat
that no translation for popular reading "a
dn iI~tir,. to the meaning ut the "rIElma
Tie prrlrhrr who is the cNp">it"r "i th
," word i h"uud t" seek out this meaning All
deliver it tu the people For this uSr. /
=. its highest >rm~t trau~atI"uS are mad,
r ulIarr But our English iLauNai"
Tor The. people. ls - true and plain 'that Ia
NAV run that rradrIh it." Bat. h"W,Nt
r" pI,in, it i not the Bible for the study ,
the preacher His duty is t" =" h"Irat
+. the surface and find ont the hidden tr"a
:, urr> concealed often under words and II!
urrS of speech and u>agr's of languag" ~
tirrly different from thu>r found in ia" Nr
:. marular. lie must % I" the bottom "i I'll
il mine and ind the vein of pure gold: {" Il
fountain head. Ia draw water from the We
+ "f >at, alton i"r tn" people.
The preacher. besides being teach"
y i drfrndrr of the faith. II
must defend the truth again
L. atheists. dri,t>. Ariam~. and all VIII" "pp",
~, the truth. A. .Iarm,> and Jambrr> Will
>tnnd Mu>,.>. ~ men withstand uS t"Iay.
j. a~ much the duty "f the preacher /" d
: ~crud into the arena of conflict with her
Ii ties. drawing the sword OF the spirit again
them. a> Ia rtly believers. And VIII
+ fran~latuuS and commentaries ar" help
-. vet in them i~ no final authority. The IN
of the hi, inc word. interpreted by gran
mar. Dictionary and historical uNaG'N I'll II
Language. must hr accepted a. ia" end Z
p controversy.
The wise preacher will not max
'i his defense with angry Cnntr"N"r>,
: nor vifuprrativr "pthctS. hut
n plain. pu>itilr opposition nt the sacred w"ru
j., nftrn,.~t best done without naming TIA" ere
-. in question. In proper preparation for til
II clrmchiral part Of his work. the prrach'
II must get from the heart of the Scripture
their native and original meaning. Nht
hr shall 20 forth into the Theological pala"
ira. armed with this meaning. victory WI
ar not hang hong in the balance. This "\"G
ii teal skill gave the Rrfurner~ their might
=, Bower in controversy. They were maStr
in Hebrew and Greek. They did not ii
NJ pend uI.nn corrupt Versions and the gl"~N'
al and interpretations of the church. lir'
g went into the SanctUm >alrt"ru
and entered tn" very pr,.>rIrr of tn" sl"aI
ng God. and listened tn the Holy Ghu
di>ruur>img in his own tongue. Luther al
Mrlanrhthun were the nr~t rNrgct''> of the
age. aud they stamped the "NrGrilr
method on the protestant Theology. an
from their tlaN To- this the granImatC,
l. historical rNrgiS~ has been the marked III
tingii>hiHg feature at the Lutheran th
olngN No man can pTrarh with authUrli
who must apologize Tor til" BIh" and 1t
faith in it and his reason for preaching I
Ii needs no aInl"gN. Its own r\l>trmr
IN TO-DAY. is the grand,>t "l Apologies. 1t II.
~ been tried by lire. sword, rdlru
and criticism. hat There il stands, in all i
;" integrity. the marvel "t marNrIN. This
10 easy /" SAY. bat it j. mot 80 easy matter
feel the power of tn" fact. Tia" NlNl~""ti"
of anatomical criticism has :" cut amd CA
frrilrr and drawn and quart"rr'I each lit
verse that. Nnmrtlmr~, IN "NpIrlug agony.
~hIIrk~ hut an InC"hrrrut ggnan. Wh"
I forthwith i paradrd against The Witness {
+ the other verses Thrn comes the cry
) th,. enemy The l,.~tin"uN i c"nIrtIm-
T. there j. m0 proper ground tor faith.
In I>.l a Young man who had u" pr"p'
answer tn the latest r"uclu~l"n~ "t EitI"r
ali>m entered the ministry. He l"ugl
Enhin>un'> Harmony IT the -Four Gu~prl
i in Greek. and read II ~"ltdly through laIr
IA and the Armlugrti,'~ ut ms Pr"r' pi"r h,'
,- I,r,iu had not done half -" much r"r hIm 4
I that Greek Harmony had done. tn" r'I
- ruIrcmrr at the " tnc>~'~ in th" malrIIi
/ tact, ni ON Lords life and ministry. III
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