Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-07
SAVINGS OF CuRlsG

Tho question whether IN tho W.
Gospels We have al the reeorus %
tbss.yipps If Christ, or whether some
Of them have been preserved In o'n''
writings, has recently been inve''s','
.dsnd the results set forth In an atu'
ola in the Columbus Theologioa
Magazine. None Of tho GOSPELS pro-
fe,tea to be complete record OF y"
the works or deeds Of our LOU y"
inc oop,tary. the Gospel by John OK
pressly states that there are msnS
ih,ngs necessarily left out, and this
4, trus also Of the other hiographlon'
.hst,hss. whether II IA possible
To recover from other sources any o.
The tbousands Of sayings aud teachings
no, recorded 10 the New Tee'am' nj ~
thooues,ion the author endeavors 70
answer. a.,
Ho argues that some Of the oldes'
writer's OF the Church, Justin the mar
tyr, Orlsen, Clemens, and others nave
incorporated In their writings 'uoh
sayings OF the Lord, asistemen' "hion
ls not improbable, II IL Is remcm oeteu
that many OF these must have
bsen handed down to them
from those who followed Chfls'
during Hi. ministry on eAi'h'
Such saying arc called "agrapha'" OF
no, written, In contrast to tho zen
stnpha, - or those recorded In the uo''
pe,s. Itis claimed that such "asra-
pban are found In great numbers, ana
that they arc even incorporated IN mo
TAlmud. Sons Of tbs parablee ana
svery pe,l,ion In the Lord's prayer arc
u.,sIlelsd IN Jewish writings, and the
conclusion IL thought we'll founded
that they were appropriated by 'o"i''
rabbs.
As Instances Of sayings Of our Loru
not recorded In the Gospels several arc
eiyen. at IL more blessed 70 give
than to receive" Il expressly quo'su
by Paul as ono Of them, and he muH
certainly have picked It up from .n0
Traditional store house Of tue pflmltlNo
Christians. How many more oil suon
nptapha may DO incorporated 10 the
New Testament, without being eA'
pr,,,ly ascrlbed to Jesus, we have no
means Of knowing. Il Is possible that
wa have In tho Pauline aud other
writings quite number VI Chri'''
savings which We no longer feoog-
p,.e as .uch. II ia certain that there
were collections OF such sayings in tue
,,tly Church which have been lost.
Another saying reads "Bo good
monoy.changer; prove all things, hold
fast that which Ia good, abstain from
every form Of evil" The latter part
of th,a Ia found In Theas., o. %, 2S.
Olaen states that II Is the quotation OF
,he words Of our Lord, aud It IL there
lore thought that Paul made use Of
saying 90 familiar among tho Chrl''
tiaus as not 10 need any references to
its origin.
"Ho who Is near unto me
10 near unto n fire; no VINO
10 far from me IL far from the
klngdom,D IL asctibed 10 Christ ny
Otlgsn in His sermon on Jere. 80. Q,
anu Is also mentioned Rs such by
Didymus u Alexandria. Origen IN
PRODUCES 1t with the words! 81 have
somewhere read this Word OF the
Lnfd.D
'For the sake Of the weak, | became
weak; for the sake u the hungry /
have hungereJ, Tor the sake OF the
thlrsty have suffered thltst,"is also
claimed by origeu, to be a saying Of
the Lord.
"Lst not the sun 20 down over your
wrath" These words are indeed
found IN Eph. 4, a. but not as a die
tum OF the Lord. In Adamontiuni
"Dlalogs Concerning the True FAITH
they are Inscribed TO Christ, aud his
claim 10 reiterated by other early Chris
tlan writer's.
n betulau tohViht hhh hsNe wv
lection OF such ugrapha, Of which these
are few specimens. The subject
Ia Of much Interest NJ throwing u new
light over she literature OF the
early ages. whether or not 1t Is possl'
BILE to identity the words OF which
Christ IL tue author, the presence o.
them All through the New Testament
aud the early Fathers cannot DO dou0t
ed, and this Tact proves that even al
time when Inspiration Is given th'
Church, 1t osnters round and draws III
teachings from Him. the fountain o
life, the main spring oi divine wis
dom.
THE PIONEER MONUMENT.