Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-07-02
XXVI.
4 Do1jfisk ThomiS

IN spirit OF 1mdstmehl anl hob "
choler. We are bound TO accept thus
declaration as TO his stlie OF mind
ani we are glad to have the assur'
ance. For until We got it We were
in the some uneasy condition with the
fellow who Sas holding the cali for the
crosseyed ma to kill With an axe. II
he was going TO strike where he was
looking then ne must get another to do
the holding. IL IS the elders assur-
ance that he IS IN a hilarious condition
that finds US siill holding while he kills
baptism as an essential to salvation.
The gentleman is an extremely nn
fair antagonist. We did not IN our
former article argue or even intimate
that political truth was more impor-
taat than religious We were answer
ing his argument that we had stirred
up suife in last years political cam
pnsn. We admitted that we had
contended with Ill or power for the
principles involved, but had ignored
the on-esscntials, such rs mere party
differences OF policy IN the manner OF
declaring the viii OF the party. The
learned gentleman should not attempt
70 gam an advantage by dividing an
antagonists zgun1ent lie should at
temp, TO answer the whole Argument
or nlaniully admit his inability 's5E-so
do. x
We are in doubt whethct moe q
pity or be shocked al the geSiispan's $
explanation Of his misquotauons- OF
scripture. I, appears to US an unwar-
xanted assumption of power. If II does
not trench On blaSphemy. to justify his
reckless use Uf scripture texts saying
that he was simply following the ex-
ample Of Christ and the Bible writers
IN pisqnonng. There IS \ distinction
~ IA 1e in favor OF his illus,rious
% g. p,rs. bs:h IN the asnhoriss sof
the persons and the manner OF the
misquo,auons. Chnst spake by the
highest authority and the holy writers
"spake as they were moved by the
Holy Ghost" BY his own confession
our critic was not thus speaking. for
the Holy Ghost does not speak
through men writing in a spirit Of
amusement" If Christ and the apos-
stles did not quote psysalm, their vari-
atoms did not mar the force or ele-
gance OF the original. Our critics
misquotaiion from Jude I:3 violated
both these reasonable rules. For
ali" added after once is vulgarism
that deuacts from the force Of the
original and is a familiarity not be-
coming in handling the word Of God.
We dislike slang IN the pulpit, but
more so when injected into the sacred
text
Airribuiing Jude's language to Paul
simply proves the "haphazlrd" method
we charged; proves he makes quota
tons without attempting to verify
them and was unjust to Jude. We
newspaper men are sensitive on this
matter Of credits. Nothing worries
US us than to have our good things
CREDITED TO some other paper or taken
without any sredit-
The serious fault IN this misquota-
ton of scripture IS that II
goes further than verbal error, and
consists in adding to or taking away
FROM the Word by dragging texts
out % their connection or cutting of
part Of 4 sentence. IL is by isolatipg
texts from ihcir connection that our
critic has arrived at his false notions
on baptism. An Illustration Of cut
ting in tao" a sentence to ga around
n hard doctrine Is afforded by Rom.
S:zS. And We very much fear our
hcetious critic has been guilty Of this
very offense with that glorious declar-
alton of PsuTs. This class Of Bible
students quote with the hottest nctiou
and A look of "I-,old-You-so," "And
We know that al things work together
for good to them that love God" bu,
YOU could never any more get them
over the kulc comma that stands there