The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-14

council of Carthage, In the l,urta century.
how could people nave that ri.ic ~ faith
| until they knew what the Bible was? so,
| on the principle that the New Testament Is
| to be read ana interpreted by each one as
necessary for salvation. here are millions
| more III nell wilnout any iau.t OF their own.
Again, II the Bible Is the rule OF faith.
| we ought to have the whole OF 1t. but VIC
| have lot got, ana We prove that iacl from
The portion OF the Bible that we have
There are twenty-five books mentioned IN
| the Old Testament that we know nothing Vi.
l Will mention Il few The Book Of the
| Covenant. Tx. Axiv. q the Book of Mars,
Numbers, xxi. IA; the Book OF flasher.
| Joshua, X, Is, and nineteen others. what
| does the New Testament say about its
sufiiciency? John xxi, 20. And there are
| many other things which Jesus did, the
! which IL they were written every one.
suppose the world itself could not contain
| the books that should be Wilton Where
| is the Epistle Of 81. Paul to the Laodiceans,
which he commands the Colossiaus TO read
In their church. Coll, iy IL? St Paul
tolls the Corinthians, In our | Cor. V. .,
Il wrote to you in the letter. etc. which
shows there was letter before our present
Corinthians, which letter referred to and
which is lost was the real | Corinthians
BY what prophet was II written: 'He shall
be called a Nazarone?" Matt. ii. 80 All
these scriptures are lost. and yet our
Protestant friends say the Bible the whole
Bible Is their rule Of faith Can govern
ment proceed with half Of it's constitution
OF anything less than tho whole of 1t?
Again. how do they know they have n cor
rect copy? How do they know IT Is inspired?
1t nowhere declares that fact. Another
thing, before the art OF printing, 1t would
cost a small fortune to obtain Bible. Ihoy
were written w,h pen and ink. ant TO
write 800 chapters of over 30OJV verses
was certainly hcrculcan tdsE and how
many people could afford to pay for hdy-
INK Bible written? Tho cost OF a Bible. |
the labor and time and patience consid- |
eyed, was certainly not less than 81 900 |
And yet for nenriy ! 500 years. after the |
time Of Christ, not one probably In leu |
thousand people was able to have a Bible |
aud yet they say God who forosaw that |
the art OF printing would not be discovered |
ior i,590 years, demanded that every man
obtain his religion from the Bible
The Bible itself Is also opposed to ITS
private Interpretation. Though many say
It Is easy Of Interpretation. IT says such Is
not the case. III Peter. III. l6, s.. Peter
says speaking Of 81. paul's cpis,les AS
also in all his opstlos speaking In them
of these thugs in which arc some thtuss
hard to bc understood, which they that are
uulcarucd and unstable wrcst, as they do
also the other scriptures, unto their 0Wn
destruction" Now the unlearned and nm
stable are the vast majority Of mankind,
and we are told by the language Of insplrI
ton itself that iutorprctauo"@ may he
placed upon thcm that will lead inan TO
d.nnailon. Again, any principle opposing
the designs ~ God cannot como irou. HIM,
Private Interpretation Of he scripture ol.
poses unity of faith which is desired by
God, Therefore private Interpretation OF
scripture cannot he from God The major
proposition is self evident and not neccs-
"a lp Now the uliunr