The Globe-republican., 1894-12-28
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The Bible Revised to Suit the Tines.
If it be true that we are compelled to
commit Gin, then We need still another
revision Of the Word Of God. For the
Bible is very misleading to the common
people. 1t ought either to be taken on:
of their hands entirely by the priests. or
be taken just as it reads, or revised t"
suit the experience Of those who commit
sin and carry the hateful poison
around in them. 1t is too late to get it
out of the hands of the people. Many
who read it believe II means what it
says. Some see no other way to do to
keep the people from getting from it the
sense its words convey, except to revise
down to the experience of those who
break Gods commandments and ''com-
init little sin to keep them humble" {"
We suggest few changes in the ac-
cepted text. Jesus said, ''If ye love me
keep my commandments This might
be revised SO as to read, If ye love ME
ye will break some of my command
ments every day" st. James says,
"Whosoever shall keep the whole law.
and yet offend in one point is guilty of
the WHOLE" How easy now to change
this little and have it read, she that
sins little breaks the law but it is ~
right if he be labeled with the term
Christian" This would make it easy
for the people to accept and believe the
teachings of the Bible. Then again
Jesus said. ''WhOsOever breaketh the
least of these commandments. and shall
teach men so, he shall be called the least
in the kingdom of heaven; but whose
ever shall do and teach them, shall be
called great in the kingdom of heaven"
Now to harmonic this with the modern
it might be made to read. "He
that breaks the least of these command
ments, and shall teach men so shall be
called wise, judiciOus shepherd, who
never gets his flock mp high. and there
fore they are in no danger Of falling,
for they have nothing to fall from; while
he who keeps the commandments of God
is Pharisaical priest; and by his teach
ing that we are to keep the command
ments, he discOurages the flock"
John says. ''And whatsoever we ask
we receive of HIM because we keep his
commandments. How true. too, and
in accord with the sentiments of many
to say ''if any man says he does not com.
init sin, it shows that be is a sinner and
needs to 60 forward for prayer" And
if still there is not quite enough yet to
make some earnest souls quite sure that
they are at liberty to sin little, we
might harmOnize down few more
passages. "Awake to righteousness and
sin not,' might be made to read,
awake to righteousness and sin a
Iittle.' And ''Break off your sins by
righteousness" might be harmOnized
down to fit many experiences thus:
Take off your sins few at time land
kill the old man by inches" Free
from sin" might be construed to mean
Not really free" Paul when he said
it meant that we could not be really free
but he thought that it was better to aim
at it although he knew no one could hit
it. There are some people that like to
load and fire for the enjoyment of it
when they do not expect to hit anything.
They like to go through all the motions
of soldiers and fight ''sham battles.''
How nice it would be, so some folks
think, if the Bible could only be har-
mOnized to suit their experience. How
few think it essential that their ex-
perience should harmonic to fit the
Bible.-The Christian Witness and Ad-
vOcate of Bible Holiness.