New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-18
ANSWERING DIR. BRIGGS.
ORTHODOX VIEWS STRONGLY UPHELD.
DR.. REMENSNYDER, OF ST. JAMES, LUTHERAN
CHURCH, ON THE INSPIRATION AND IN
ERIASCY OF THE SCRIPTURES.

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CHURCH. ON THE INSPIRATION AND IN
ERRASCY OF THE Scriptures
The Rev. DIR. J. d. Remensnyder, the pastor Of St.
James, Lutheran Church Of this city, began a series II
sermons upon the Plblo yesterday morning. Next sun
day he will speak The Ribe and science" and on
| the succeeding Sunday on "The Bible and Reason
The subject was Inspiration and lnerrancy Of the
Bblc.' the text being II Timothy. lii :16: All Scrip
/ ture is given by inspiration of Cod \ part Of the
| sermon follows:
H.. Good and Evil, the powers of Light and Darkness.
stage iy natue rrcOnclablc they cannot i've peace
fly Together. Md tn!s state Of war mast Of ncccss"f
/, tn, nl,. ncelt i1.t-,,. ntl.,; % Ire I'm me
very centr; OF the irht rare Ground the bhle This
is perfectly natural. a0L siOud not, thcrcmc surprise
or disturb Us " sec the aooirne Of l,praICa iHSst
veicD"Ht n SAILED AHd usual, its opponents are
Il the compass one pnry horis 70 an evolution OF
tho Scriptures Another plry-and this Il TIE phase
hold t, inspnafjn, but onIy partial one Accord
ng 10 thc'c. The yIi,er was only parly unter the
Divine Influence They say there is nman and
Divine element in the scriptures.
Washington GuGdiel. IL his book Who Wrote the
prophecy covering 800 Yeas, in the short space 81
events wl"ch the said Gladden. thinks should have
bcc1 notccd. hnl Poe 90 Briggs u qnoie Ms Neri
woris even hold, T. an error u insist that the
ndencs Of prophet, apostles" at al. AID asserts
that the great uody of The Old Testament was written
wiring, a,o lcst- Now. nndcrs,and hat tHiS nae:
Tee books claim 10 haic been written by he scnp,-
urai authors Isaiah says II heart the voice OF me
Lord sajins' mo me: Daniel e.ys Il te Diy.ns
&c. Md when Il Is cam"i tlIt neither Isaiah nor
Daniel wrote these books, but that Try w'r. written
600 years after y .uE" uni uown persons. who PANIED
only tale iron them iher dvirl;y and inspiration. but
really make them NJ rally tr,ul, not onis woth!ci'
t:r.cai library WHIT parfcie OF respect would ic-
noln for such n Bible
"hcn Loo, closely at our Loris teach
,ng We viii :lnd that 1t proceeds on the supp2stQn
oi verbal Inspiration; tlnt Is; nol only thai ne
thus. In His controversy with aatln. In The tempta,
uon lie pre.accS every answer vlt 1t i wnttth,
md then quote. the IDENTICAL words 20 He on n
believed the cd Testament scripiures to have ben
written by the author, whore names they bear. When
lie quots from the Fc1ta;cuch. Ie says tla, No~c'
wrote Of Ne" 80. llkew.sc. he Puoirs Isaiah Daniel
Jonah. David all iy name. NJ one darcs Geny ihlt
Chrn hch tie oil o.,. -doy yiews OF inspiration.
nolns Of ' at ali. Ilcy either answer That lie
isborcd under the prevalent error Of Ills tine or ac
commoda;Id us ;pc e 70 th' Error ut Tnr "t ~
indorsc popunr rr:ors. Contrawsc. lie came for the
very purpose 0, dispensing error bv truth Dr. Din OF
that viii conclude mi, head With his words Christ.
the ignorant. III" dupc % literary frauds ConM He
have lcen tho only wi'o God. the ght. the trIth 2
Il is an awful hing to put into words. but AK
YOU how could yyI keep on thinning rs you 10 about
comm, ndinc yoir>cN to INN 'o- life for death. for
eternity H. rearwhlN yoi fet ,on had he right TO
Sr down In cold blood to study tho hlnnderS OF csns
and His mistakes In dealing with tho Scriptures OF iS
day: or worse 10 ak yourself the question: Why.
lie rally know better did He keep on speaking ms
lie d,d never gvln- q hin that tie whole Jewish
,copIr Ind been ccccv,d about their scriptures, and
that He intended 70 hc"p up tho dcccptonf' .
The rihle &c what tho mel. sreakng 10 Dlnlel.
termed e. The Scrlrtur" NJ truth Tho Bible Is
Insprcd md nfnllihe in TIE fullest eens" ony IN
thought but In wor yot only on points Of docir ne
Int in ts NJ orcal end sccnt1c statements as vel
no, only IN yart. Int wholly and throughout. IL "
not only so spircd that Il contains tas Professor
ptic,s snysi but TINT /; is the Aord % God. Ana u
bp. The exclusive CHIN 10 lnsprlton, 50 mot Al
-.her books ar" Int IA" word ~ mon TINS IS INC
I,ll, f. wheat without chnr gold " hOut drss llght
vitho-t c1r-rese wsd WILTON folly. trilth without
c,rrr This very term "crrapcy." coined nv DR.
prlgcs md tho critics not only unveils the central
uurTosc Of tc whole mos ucnt PIT s also me icci
an which II VIII strike and be broken to pieces.