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ass2 gather from the Bible that the world
was to come to an end soon. yet It has not
Hero my private judgment has to yield to
incta. The first three EvnnReists do not speak
Of Christs divinity. but they say things
which would seem to initiate against 1t. Now,
how can we conceive the Evangelists writing
Chrsts life without lllS divinity being loiorc
their mind? May not truths. then. have been
IN their minds which are not dscoverabIe to
tho reader? Gibbon and the Socinans say the
divinity OF Christ Is an addition to the SIM
Ilcity OF the Gospel. How refutc them In
tho book OF Samuel. David IL represented asa
sinner. and in the tlrs' book OF Chronicles and
IN tho Psalms ~ dcyout man. Preach the
Gospel TO every creature is limited to mankind.
II yol limit IL to iGpn why may not limit II To
the Jews or the elcct2 Was 1t not the printer
who made tho Is bic one book =? Why do we
leave OF; Wisdom or the Son oi S!rach. and In
sert the book ot Estherf Austin tavors tho
Apocrypha. Tho Latin Church left out tho
Epist,e to the Hebrews. and the Eastern
Church. Revelation. The Canon did not exist
till the fourth century. What gave tho fourth
century n better right to decide the Canon
than the nineteenth?
Tcrtullian. not very sound in his opinions. Ia
the first Christian writer to expressly mem
tion commcmorutions for the dead. and IL tho
frat to refer to the Epistle to Philemon. and
does not oven name Il. CGus speaks ot thirteen
Epistles oi Paul. lrenRus denies that Paul
wrote the Epistlo to tho Hebrews. TertullIan
nscr bcs II to Barnnbae Caius and Hippolytus
have not 1t In their list. Cyprlan does not
speak OF II. and Optatus does not look upon 1t
as inspired. Fourteen books OF the New Tes-
lament arc nor mentioned for 100 years
after Johns death. yet we receive them.
Tho Book OF Esther Is not quoted in the Now
a Mall ,,Nt It,,t4
II as cauonical Apparently It 10 not even a re-
liGIous history. and Il does not mention the
name OF Cod or Lord. and contains no prophe-
cy. Neither Ia Eccesiastes referred to
in the New Testament Why do we
receive it2 Does 1t not tax our ere
dui'y 70 believe that God spoke to Satan.
TINT an unclean spirit walks In dry places that
the Gouties sacrifice TO the devil. that the SER
pent was inhabited by an owl spirit. that tho
demons were sent into the swine. that tho
HOLY Ghost appeared bodily. that Peters
shadow was sought oit that hnndkerchiefs
effected cures. aud that an ass spoke7 II we
believe all these It IA not hari for US to believe
that water oroiI may Do instrumental In w'ping
away sin.
Christ assures us that we must worship God
In spirit and truth. and Paul says oil rights arc
done away with. and faith Is all In hll EK-
ternal religion. thereforc.does notseem to DO al
| lowabIe. nor Ia baptism necessary. There Is no
/ tekt IN the Blole enIoning infant baptism
Why did tho Apostles not remind mothers OF
the duty OF having their children oaptlZedf
There Is no textteiIing usto keop sunday holy.
Paul says the sabbath Is abolished. May not
inior 'hat the command In the second chnpter
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! The essential things to be believed are In tho
( Bible you say but how many agree on the
I essontlaIsf Is the doctrine OF the TRINITY
/ essen'ialf It's very ohscurely mentioned In
! the Bible. We are told II we believe. we shall
! demned. Hence there must be creed. Where
! is II? Pau! says: The rest Will l act In order
! when l come John writes; Il had many
i thlnGs to write. but VIII not with Ink and pen
| write unto thes: Out trust snail shortly see
| you. and We shall speak face to face' He SAYS
! this In two Epistles.
! We nigh. as woll try to get a history oi
| Athens from fcv fragments OF history and a
! few medals and inscrptl as to get tho true
/ system OF religion from the Bible Why should
| a few letters more or legs private written by
Paul TO particular persons and bodies. con tai o
what the Holy Spirit instructed him TO ssy2
Moses tolls us God created man In His own
( image and hkeuoSs: male and female He
created them. Then. again. Moses says the
Lord created Adam and brought beasts
TO him; a.torward He made Eve To the aver
age man hero Is contradiction. The Blb,e
does not say the serpoat that tempted Eve was
tho devil II does not say Adam and Eve ate
an apple yet wo all believe these things In Deu.
teronNmy Moses IL reportet to have tasted