The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-12

accounts OF their great master Socrates.
10 those who object To christianity ""
The ground Of the incrcdlpii'ty OF my ,.c
Giles. We have only 10 Say mat ON 'uc
supDOsitlOu that the Now IesiaIn'Ht ls
false tho existence Of the christian
Church as We now see 20 no the Woilu. I'
"A greater miracle than any thal - re-
cordec in the Bible Christians are some
times charged with crcduiltS, p''d go
they believe tn miracles. Dut ." "'ii.''
that such "a scheme ol morals, S"'i 81 - =.
tom OF theology. and such an a. .rdii'ful
as the Christian Church. have ai "eeH
organized. established. ana fAr'.il. ." ..i
nearly 1900 years. boy elaborate llN" ,''.'
requires a great deal more creouhiy IMAM
any Christian needs. ....<-
,hat whoever believes the Bible 10 DC
"a revelation from God. may wen tNitc.
TO find some surprising ,Hll~7 3" &
revelation. for what soit oI Il icNvi.
zion would that Dee which revealed no
tbtno." So in any careful study oi lhc
Rnje. "a is pretty clear. however para
dox,co. TIA, We may expect 10 ma ''e
"i ,rE~ii APOSTLE Paul emphasizes "a thought
,,,t," similar 10 this. when. in ]. conn
tSt,ns second chapter. De speaks on tnr
scheme OF redemption. as p'.ol ,t'th
ktu of human phlosophF. I'D ~ .t1
,-o..s. of this chapter he says. ~ 100" D.
& no, eaf heard neither nave en-
.arod into the heart OF man ti''
that Coo hath prepared IoI 'l,'m ,of
love him" That this pas ~, r',, ar,-
,,,s.,, heaven is perfectly clear Ivii '.''.
~ ei1,dv of The connection. ana e7p'
,iaiy from The following aiaieIleAl "lis
.cns l9tt, revealed them unto US w i.'-
Shirt" But this thought ls mn'n e,-
thqr Paul. He introduced u WIN IN, -o-
mula "as IL is written, Nil'' s.r,ntures
indicates quotation from me i,i',,ti,,,,
20 no old Testament. Paul Wat lUoD'S
i'm his own free way. from is"du Nil
"tor since the beginning "i tll. " ~.
nn
The ear neither hath the eye sr'" IA
ODD beside thee. what ne main y, lii ga
co., hin, that waiteth for him, mat u.s.
for thc man that looks 10 God 10Y sp'
No Now as "a matter Of fact. the Bible
&C. fnif Of unexpected things tnlIA9
which human logic would never Ky ;,,,
eoutd out things which even il
neoplo NAV we'll be SURPRISED 10 Il.u'
who would have ever imagined M. J' a,
trino of tho atOnement as IL l9 S.al'" 80
thr Now Testamcnt2 So far is TINS ooc-
trine from being human I'D ltS oiisiI,
that men who call themsei.e7 ~ ttt,,, =,
ore continually striving 10 solttn
down. 10 modify ~ i'm some such iasnii9n
ae 10 make ~ less revolving 10 lnr p,di
and righteousness OF the i"l "'
man. / have learned 10 %, ~" Enc
'nxnlanatiousr of the atOnemcnt' tSptC-
iallv n those explanations really explain
the doctrine ion such way as 10 HIdNs
il SQUARE with human reason qua NJ
our poor logic. Every explanation lla
1 have seen gets rid Of. or seriously ihou-
i6ns some statements of the Now ltSld-
nent 10 is hardly too much TO say lll"'
an explanation. or lhcoI on w n.+,.
ment that We can colnprchehu' u P'O'''
certain 60 bc wrong.
But | wish TO point ont a passage on
Scripture which strikes me with especial
surprise and then briefly menuon soile
omissions which are perhaps sun more
surprising. In II. Peter Iii. u. 10, we nave
a massage which i'm very brief compass
presents three perfectly unique thlIibs.
fl is the only passage OF the New
Testament IN which one New 1estainehl
writer epoaks of the writings OF anOiher
Now Testament writer You may read
any one Of the Gospels carefully through
and won will fail 10 find the least rclcf-
cnco to any one Of the Other three.
Stranger still. Luke in the ACTS never
inenttons any one of Pauls writings
and Pauls Epistlcs Will be searcheu III
vain for any allusion 10 Luxe as "a writer;
But here I'm H. Peter iii. 10, We iind Paul
mentioned as writer.
New Testament. The writer pronounce
"a literary Judgment as 10 IN" siyle OF
PguTs writings lie calls them nara
TO bee understood" lie does not say thdt
mis- was true of any one Of Pauls cpis-
Ties as "A whole. but says that these
writings contained some things that were
obscure Now. this IS real critlcism' ana
II is the only bit I'm the New Testament
GO This is the only passage III the Ne"
Testament which applies tho term scrip
ture" TO anything but the Old Testament
every where else the Scripture means
the old Testament: and the formula. 'as
IL is written" always means the Old Ies-
lament
The facts here stated all tend to the
conclusion that inspired though they
were the writer's of the New Testament
were among the most independent writer's
that the world has ever known.