Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-09-30

1his danger. doctors always 7quire abotI
the condition Of the rcvl ayers Pills'
.--ntsas ' ~ . Aver 10 owe Mass
Thayer and Cremer all state that
chasten is not the original meaning
OF this word, but Is later or de-
rived meaning, and Cremer adds the
The facts are, that in Tim
othy, 1920, 2 Timothy, 2:25, and
Titus, 2:12, the verb paideuo in the
king James version is respectively
translated learn" (literally, be
taught instruct, teach" In
Hebrews, 1919 the noun paideutas
is rendered by Cremer as instructor
or teacher 1t SEEING unreasonable
to assume that among contemporary
writer's upon the same subject, a
given word could have been used
with such widely different meanings.
OF course words change materially
from century to century, but this
would not explain the variation In
the use Of the word between the
epistle to the Hebrews, written IN
Ga A. D., and the letters to Timothy
and Titus, written in IS and IS A.
D. respectively. When this passage
"Whom the Lord loveth he chast-
eneth," is rendered into English as
this literally written in classic Creek
it would read, Whom the Lord loveth
he instructed" and 1t thus becomes
another proof Of the Christian
science teaching as to the abnormal
mature Of sin, which Christ de-
stroyed in conformity with the law
lot God.
Temptation Never From God.
In order that there may be sin
there must be temptation. and IN
order that there may be temptation
there must be sin. and they both
must proceed from the same source.
lis the source God or mankind7 II
| It be God, we are lost! If 1t be man
kind, we are saved. Let this question
be answered for us by James and
John. James writes, LET no man say
when he is tempted, ] am tempted OF
God; for God cannot be tempted with
evil, neither tempteth he any man;
but every man is tempted, when he is
drawn away Of his own lust, and en-
ticed. Then when lust hath con-
ceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin,
when 1t is finished. bringeth forth
death" John writes, whatsoever is
born Of God I and as God is the
only creator, none is truly born. nor
lmay be unless he is born Of God) does
not commit sin; for his seed remains
eth In him: and he cannot sin, be-
cause he Is born Of God" Dare we,
in the face Of James statement that
lust is the origin of sin, and Johns
statement that whatsoever is born
Of God cannot sin, because he IL
born Of Cod" ever again associate
the name or nature OF God with sin?
Paul says that "God is no respectori
lbf persona Do we believe thisi
Most Of us will say to ourselves, "oh.
yes" but let us see II we do. So
long as we believe sin, disease, and
death to be real, Just so long do we.
believe that God, either directly or
Indirectly. is responsible for them.
As we look around us and see one
man afflicted ] say It advisedly)
with millions Of money. another with
the direst poverty one having per-
feet health, another with ill-health,
one with Joy unspeakable, and an
other with misery and woe and des-
pair-if any Of us are having TO meet
the poverty, the despair, or the Ill
health, can we from the bottom Of
our hearts say we believe that "God
Is 10 reapector Of personsH" Some
one near to US Is stricken with NOR
tai illness, and we kneel and pray
that the illness nay be taken from
the loved one; that the person may
live. II this illness is from God, Il .
good; and Why do We pray that be
or she may be relieved from it-if
Il is roodi II We believe that God
sent the sickness, and YET pray that Il
be removed. that the AFFLICTED person
may live, has not the physician Who
Il attending that patient-if he be-