West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-02-28
THE TRINITY.
Special Contribution Tor The Argus.

| Word and the Holy Ghost; and these three
are one. And there are three that bear wit
| ness on carthl-the Spirit. the water and
the blood. aud these three agree In one"
This text seems to confirm the dogma OF
the Trinity. but the part in brackets is not
In any Greek manuscript before the hfteenth
century. and is admitted by all scholars to
be an earlier forgery of Latin writer of no
credit. Its design Is obvious The true
meaning of the text is. that the Spirits ties,
timony at the baptism of our Lord. aud the
water symbol, together with the blood OF
Calvary. agree in one" testimony that Je.
sus is the annointed one. the Christ
In 1864 an Evangelical Alliance" was
formed professedly to preach the glad ii.
dings of great JOY. which shall be TO all peo.
Pile, upon the basis of the three dogmas.
viz. The Trinity the Immortality of the
Soul, and Eternal Totturc. Paul said II
am not ashamed OF the Gospel of Christ"
Did he mean the gospel OF damnation to
billions of the human racer
Hear. o Israel: Jehovah our God is one
| Jehovah. "-Deut Ga II am God, there is
none else" and SO throughout the Hebrew
Scriptures one personality. one Jehovah.
is emphaucally taught, and that lie himself
is the author of all things. Let this decla-
ration OF Jehovah's own words relative to
the question be definitely settled and there
should be no room for any confusion OF
ideas. and mysterious absurdities of three
persons In one person, or one person made
OF three persons. Not all OF Jchovah's
great plan of creation is yet made known
and what is not revealed cannot be searched
out As a great architect might do. His
work is given TO the master.workman as
.he work progresses. His representative,
or II we use the figure Of great building.
His master-workman. is revealed-every.
where revealed-as a distinct person, the
first and only direct creation OF God. His
onIybcgotten Son, who is given abundant
power TO fulfill all the purposes Of Jehovah
The Spirit Of God is not person. The
same word, "Ruach. is used alike for the
energy or force OF all living creatures-sll
are the same in kind. not in degree. "1he
Spirit OF God moved upon the waters. -
Gen. la Not person. but the creative
energy. made visible to the prophet look
ing backward through The ATOMS. in the Wis
ion OF creation.
This word "Ruach" occurs about three
hundred times in the Hebrew scriptures
and is never personihed. "Neshama." in
spiration occurs a few times. and is some
times translated Spirit The ,.Ieek equiv.
aient is "Pneuma and occurs about four
hundred times. In the Greek text IL is gwen
gender, but not personihed. except as rep
resenting the person or thing from which IL
proceeds.
The words "Hagious pneuma" are rem
dered Holy Ghost" about one hundred
times. and il seems strange that such trans.
lation was tolerated-the Greek language
is not wanting In words II the idea Of
animism was intended the writer would
have used the word "Phsntasma. But the
scriptures everywhere oppose the idea of a
disembodied intelligence; and further. the
dogma does not teach disembodied thing
but a person. called the third PERSON of
the Trinity" and II person. why call him
phantasm or ghost9 But such is Babylon.
the city OF confusion.
"If there is a natural body. there is also
spirit body. ~ Cor IS:44. Oldest Mss.
This Is PLAIN teaching tbqt spirit beings
have bodies. though we are ignorant of
their texture; therefore the Holy Spirit
must have an individual. distinct body, or
else. as the scriptures teach. IL Is the en-.
srgy. power or animating principle. the
"ruacb" OF God
The mystery hidden from the ages and
generations" (Col. f:36-7s) is not the mys-
terry OF Babylon, but the nyster/ Of God. ."
viz that the annoiHted one to come was
not TO be single person. but oNE body. OF
many members Cor Is:Is Jesus is the
head OF the ons body, aud God the Father
is head over all things
This one body annointed by the one spir.
u. constitutes the divine family. sons Of
God, the 'theotis rendered God head in
scripture. This prize OF the high calling
Is the greatest gift tconceivable-to be made
partakers Of the divine nature. the immor.
tai degree Of existence; from whom the
streams Of everlasting life will outflow TO
restore all the obedient Of the race TO the
original msnhood--perfect humanity in the
intellectual ana moral image Of God.
Every province Of human thought has
been Influenced by that form OF analogical
reasoning which concludes phantom like.
ness OF being seperabe from him, that
can not perish but this conclusion is based
upon false and unscriptural premises II
lies at the bsse OF all existing relis ions and
Is logical and natural upon the basis from
which u is deduced. viz "Ye shall not
| surely ole"
Our translators we're imbucd with the
doctrine OF Animism, and unwittingIy gave
/ that bias TO their work-as in Luke IS .6
The Greek text is literally Father. into
| thy hands ! commit my spirit rpneuma.
/ spirit Of life. which is the bfeath1 and hsy.
ing said this he expired" Cbrcathed ouD
Instead Of expired" our translators gave
the An imistic idea. which TO their minds
was the equivalent. We do not doubt their
sincerity but we contend for doctrines
and subjec, the spirits to the test Of tho
Word Of Truth. that we may hold fast
that which Is good The Spirit Of truth
declares In opposition to the three basic
supports Of the Alliance" that On "Tbe
Lord our God is oNg jehovah" Csl Thou
shalt surely die" ard CD 10th seed shall
sll the families Of the earth be blessed
From these three propositions arc revealed
the ways and thoughts Of Jehovah trans.
ceuding the inventions Of man as far as the
heavens arc higher than the earth. Uohn
~ shows the uniiy)
In hope to force repentance he touched
the sinners doom
And hinicd pain eternal. beyond the yawn
ing tomb.