The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-06-12
MISREPRESENTATION
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centuries after Christ by a set of
shrewd men. If this were true,
what would we tind9 Is it possible
to suppose that man or any set of
men could produce such stories and
invent such scenes as are recorded
there! One hundred men of the
wiseSt minds could be told to pro-
duce a story of the worlds creation,
and they could not approximate the
grandeur, the simplicity and the
logic of the story as told by the in
spired pen of Moses. Let us for in
stance take the whole story of Re-
demption. God, moved by pity,
sacrificed his only begotten son for
the salvation of men, and that by a
death of cruciixion on Calvary.
Now, defy any human mind to in
vent such story as that. No one
would or could have thought of it.
Suppose we examine the story of
the Exodus and Passover. Not all
the ingenuity of man could have in
vented such scheme. Again, the
Incarnation, Christ, the Son of God,
born of a virgin, divine and human.
Of all the fictions that have ever
been produced on earth, none have
revealed a mind so rich in creative
genius that it could produce such a
story.
But let us notice the composition
of the book. From the time of
Moses to Christ there expired 1900
years of history. During that time
there were about 40 writer's of the
Bible, men of different ages, differ
ent nationalties, different temper
ments, different degrees of culture,
from the lowly fishermen of CALI
lee to the poet of poets, David,
and the philosopher, Paul. Yet all
these men produced a work, when
put together, that contains not a
single contradiction or single
historical mistake, and all one story.
There is running through it a silver
cord fastened in the Eden of
Genesis at one end, and to the
gate of gold in Johns Revelation at
the other end, and yet that cord is
continuous. All the writer's have
one story to present, one aim ulti-
mately, and that was to point to
Christ, the central figure, of all
prophecy and all history. Could
such fact, SO unique, be explained
except on the ground that God was
moving upon the minds of the writ
ers and preparing a message for
mankind9 Again let us notice the
fact that it remained the same, the
1900 years of change. When
Christ came, He and the disciples
alluded to the law of Moses and the
scripture, which evidently meant
the Old Testimcnt. Ny point is
this, the scriptures contained the
same moral law and the same
prophecy and the same code of
ethics and the same message in
every way that it did at the begin
ing. While nations and customs
and languages were changing, while
philosophers had lived and died and
knowledge had advanced, yet Christ
and all his disciples accepted and
often referred to the scripture that
was 1900 years old. No change
there, because there is no change in
God!
If we would see clearly the adj
vantage of this argument, let us
contrast with the book another
that has claimed a position in the
Revelation of God-the Koron. Mo-
hommet can show no evidence OF his
inspiration. The Koron is full of
contradictions and laughabie absurd
tiles. It's expressions are often
silly and trivial. Its paradise is a
brothel and it gives loose rein to the
sexuel appetites. Monstrous! The
Bible that claims to be the word of
God has not a contradiction, and
last but not least, it presents
standard of life above the reach of
mortal flesh, yet worthy goal.
Would impostors erect such stand
ard? No! 1t Savors of God from be-
ginning to end, and the divine is
seen on every page.
Its Effect Upon the Worldwide
ers and thinkers on social questions
tell US that the books and addresses
of anarchists have to a large degree
been responsible for the calamity
that so lately befell our nation in
the death of its president. Wheth-
er this be true or not, we all know
that an impure, unsound book will
produce bad result-a law as in
eVItable as thp law of Snu,ir,n and