Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

,'&kTTR born millions more. Traditional
~NS, rendering ls increasingly popular.
%Ov because the mind Of man is ever
more acceptable than the mind Of God; human in
genuiy s used to blunt the force and effect Of what
is written and to crush out the lie.gving principle
contained in the message comes from the Divine
source Men instructed in the Word will rarely, ii
ever undertakes to give the stgn6cation for the
very reason that they prize the Word OF God too
highly to undertake to mar it's beauty by an error;
haphazard methods may commend themselves to
men, bnt an immortal soul must not be ieopardized
by an incorrect rendering Of Gods unique message
to man. The Lord may dignity man in using him
q messenger but it is that he may bear the Lords
message, not a grouping of words, an admixture OF
the human and divine, purportiDg to be what it is
not but commune alton from the Infinite One
To mslead soul in the careless misuse of words is
reprehensibe, but to deliberately read the divine out
and the human into Gods testimony, is God dis
honoriDg.
Perhaps nowhere in modern literature can be
found such fragrant departure from what is written
on the sacred pages as charaCterizes the author OF
the book in review, with his diejonted disconnect
ed, emasculated, broken paragraphs, pieced out
from Scripture to suit the case, and given as a
in the role OF a romancer he ventures into sacred
precincts already followed out by the presence OF
one who spake as never man spake. But what shall
we say Of deliberate falsifcatOn, Interpolation en-
asculaton, but that is the cOrrupting trail Of
pent, and infinitely more God dishOnoring than a
mere slip Of the tongue the utterance OF one who
ignoranty affects to give the sensei These papers
under review reek with silly sentiment, unsavory
and misleading, demoraliziug thousands OF super.
fetal readers, who perhaps to get their first and
only impression oi God as they find it issue from
the false and uncertain lines Of who is seeking
the applause Of men, and apparently does not
court the divine benedictiOn.
a We are told that zone rich man aiter another
stands out IN his place and can be identified. The
first Che says is given without disguise, because he
was an acquaintance OF His, and figured in q ro
matte incident" This twaddle the unta0ght will /
accept TRUTH because OF the holy calling Of this
reverend writer We are told again that this young
Ruler from the country, belonging to the higher
class in society, father wealthy, character Of good
principles and solid worth quickened by spiritual
ideas, unworthy instincts, fine vein Of enthusiasm
and habit Of selfiOrgetfulness, which were very
taking; again, born heir to dangerous advantages
and competing temptations, he was neither pro-
figate nor prg, but a we'll liked, cultivated
high spirited reverent gentleman. Discriminating
readers will at the need Of subjectng these
lines to careful scrutiny and painstaking compari
son with that which "is wrtten, for the manner Of
the man makes it all the more necessary that his
words shall be truth, for thousands Of superficial
readers much prefer to accept scripture references
second hand Not considering their value nor de-
manding marks Of genuineness; and thus it comes
to pass that what might be stepping stone God
ward into and eternity OF blessing degeneraes into
stumbling blocks which men are cast into Der.
ditlon. Brilliant but blind, is our Scotch anthor.
eloquent as AppOllo, perversive as Elymas; but
we can only glance at these pictures thrown upon
the canvass by this master in fictitious art.
The second rich man we are told 'fs a very nm.
lovely character gathers from his increase
In wealth and cOarseDess in tone; he had not been
heir to riches and position as was the young Ruler
and he had not, therefore, his fine instincts and
graciOusDess he speaks with freedom Of his "hard
struggle from poverty to afluence, progress not