Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-11-14

- IN agDatlOn which undertakes to
more than set forth the divine utterance in its
lation to the Goldman, is but work Of superOga
tiOn and every effort to produce life OF our Lord
which does not involve every line that is written OF
Him by the divine penman, and no nIore is incom-
plete misleading and satanic To write of Christ to
edi6caton, needs to be Spirt taught; the Spirit
channel of such communication to men is the Word
OF God; knowledge of and subsection to the Book of
Books are essential elements in equipment for such
service A further condition precedent is faith in
what must be admitted is above nature, and only to
be apprehended by faith, as taught by the Spirit
revelation, not reason the basis; any life OF Jesus
which does not honor the Sacred Writings by ac-
counting for every phenomena in what is written,
rather than In the Imagination, comes short II the
advant of Jesus planned in the councils OF eter.
nifty, and the Holy Ghost has chroniced sufficient
OF the details in the Sacred volume to give con-
nected history of "The Master why proceed to
mislead the popular reader by leaving ont points
OF salient interest: First as it relates to eemen
tai thought Of Him, as found in Gen. 315. "Her
seed," or second, "Behold virgin shall conceive
and bear Son, and shall call His name Immanuel'
(God with us.) Is. TIA. Third, ''and behold thou
shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth Son,
and shall call His name Jesus and the Holy Ghost
shall come upon thee, and the power Of the Highest
shall overshadow thee; therefore also that Holy
thing which shall be born Of thee shall be called the
Son OF God.' Lake 1:313 35. To pass by without
notice what has been written concerning the origin
and only explanation OF the personal presence in
the likeness OF men; OF One in who so much OF In
tense interest has centered for time and eternity, s
criminal. 1t banshes to the dOmOin Of uncertainty
and unreliabiity every line written by the modern
doctor When the modern becomes mere romano
er and ndiferenty invades the sacred precincts OF
divinity, he becomes factor for evil and not for
good. In his efforts to furnish pabulum for the
popular taste, he reads his own misconceptions In
to the divine revelation, while should he cOnfde
himself to the ancient and honOred Record the Holy
Scriptures, he would at once lose what he Is seek
ing the applause OF men. We are not then sur
prised at the low plane OF the merely human, upon
which doctors base their thoughts concerning 'The
Master" Authority and accuracy are the dual
pillars which must support fabric that is to he
symmetrical and substantial. II the Bible, is not
the only Of information and literal lines fol-
lowed in its transcription, any life Of the Master is
au unworthy production. Error in one part sug
gests naccuracy everywhere; II they accept the
teachings on one page OF the Bble and reject that
upon it all, and hence are untitled to discuss any
part Of this wonderful Record To add to what is
written s as reprehensibIe to take from what is
written Luke 2:9 says "and the angel Of the Lord
came upon them, and the glory Of the Lord shown
round about them," but nowhere does the sacred
historian say 'and star rested above Bethlehem =
Matthew does however, say "and the star which
they saw in the east vent before them, till it caue
" ~;
aununciation sent the shepards to Bethlehem in
haste where they found Mary, Joseph and the babe,
according to Luke. But he was circumcsed on the
eighth day and His name called Jesus according to
Luke, and In harmony with Lew 1873, thirty three
days after He was presented to the Lord, in the
Tsmple, at Jerusalem; hence we know from Luke
230, that after this, when the babe Jesus was per-
haps iOrtytwo three days old, they went to their
own city, Nazareth, and not again TO Bethlebem'S
maDger. Matthew and Luke give the places OF