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SAYINGS OF CHRIST.


IN the current number Of the Literary
Digest appears on interesting article
article on the "unwrltten Sayings OF
Christ" II IL from contributor to
The Independent who takes the view
that many Sayings Of Christ that
were current among the early members
Of the church, found their way into
the writings Of the church fathers al
though the four Eyangclsts did not
record Thorn In their brief biographies,
Many scholars have devoted time to
the search for such sayings" and the
following are given as having claim
to authenticity;
l. Therefore says the Lord Who
s0eyer Ia near 10 me Is near 10 fire.
whosoever Is far from me Is far from
the Kingdom OF God (Found In
Greek In Dldymus on Ps, lxxxylll 8,
and In Latin translated in Origen,
Homily on Jer Xxx. 80 II
q ION the same day he saw man
working on the Sabbath day, and he
said 10 him. o. mani II thou kn0West
what thou art doing, thou art blessed.
But II thou dost not know this thou
are acoursed and transgresor Of the
law" (Codex Bezae 10 Luke Vi. ~
3. Listen unto the Lord who says
he concerned for faith and hope, by
which that love Is born which IL well
disposed toward God and man, and
which gives eternal life. +" (Marcarius,
Hon. 81, 10
4. "He mentions as an examples Ask
for that which Is great, for then that
which Is small will be given unto you,
and ask for heavenly things, and YOU
will receive also the earthly" (Orl-
gen, De Orat., II. 2; xiv /. CT, Clemens
Alex. "Strometa," 1. a. 1863 and often,)
s. quite correctly the Scriptures de-
sire us to use dlalectics In this way,
and therefore they demand this of us;
Become experienced money changers,
who are able to reject the false coins
end keep only the genuine Clemens
ALEX stromata, /, rs, IN. CT | Thess,
w. a; Origen on Matth, xvii, 81, and
popular Of the ''agrapha."
G. Jesus therefore said: For the |
sake Of the weak became weak, and |
for the sake Of the hungry / suffered |
hunger, and for the sake Of the thirsty |
] experienced thirst (Origen on |
Matth, Kill, %
Z. ar thou hast seen thy brother
he said thou hast seen thy God
clemens Alex. "Stromata" /, 10, "a,
and 2, TO- 7O)
s. again says the Lord He who
~ welded should not cast Off his Wife
and he who Is not welded should not
marry" Clemens Alex. "Stromata,"
}. 10. 49,
Q. But our Lord replied 10 the
Apostles when they asked Him what
vas to be thought of the Jewish pro-
phets, who had formerly made predlc-
tons concerning him, and now were
thought still to believe In His coming!
'Ye have rejected the living reality,
who was before YOU and now you
speak fables concerning the dead,
(Cf. Augustine, Contra Adyersarium,"
Ac,, 2, 4, li)
There can be no doubt that our Lord
aid and said many things not recorded
In the four Gospels, and It Is not be-
yond belief that some OF His sayings
were lOlu hHu Iflolu ulHonB mo lulN
lowers, and finally appealed to by the
fathers" but II would seem almost
impossible at this date to select the
genuine from the spurious,
The question Is one Of interest and
Importance. II genuine Sayings" Of
our Lord are found outside the New
Testament, they are as authoritative as
those there recorded. What then be-
comes of the doctrine that the Bible Is
all the Scripture there il and ever can
be?
Not long ago, II viii be remembered
some "logia" OF Jesus were supposed
10 have been found on an Egyptian
papyrus. II, as scholars suppose, such
ogla or sayings may yet be found In
goodly numbers, and II their gen.
lineness can be proved, Christians may
yet have to accept additions to their
sacred Scriptures, notwithstanding
heir reluctance to do so,