The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-21

INC Sinaitic MS, OF these. tho yaticar
! MS "as the firs, 10 como TO the atien.
V",;, ,,"m oi modern scholarship. II IL in iic
'Na,ean library. appearing on it's cata-
'oGuc as Tar back aS liG5 ~ d.. which
manuscript scholarship -accrodlts witt
naving been written la ihc fourth cen.
-.ury; LII, NEXT came the AicXandrian MS.
! which Is supposed To have been written
about the middle OF the flrlh century
II rs now on exhibition in the BrItisl,
museum Finally. We have the Sinaitic
piS-. Waich Is in possession of the Rus
san government. II was found by Con
Stantinc Tischcudorf in a Nit. Sinai con
vent. from which il takes Its name. Ia
aS'reGi.Gd Ge .;, with date OF. about $50
n ID. or these three Oldest MSS. ~ the
New Testament known in tIc world. the
Z Naucsn and Sinaiiic arc tho older
ASSuredly nothing should be consid :
cred as part Of tho original Scriptures
that is not found in any OF these three
oldest MSS, Why shou'd We not tell this
To f''c people, Why should we rot inform
lhem that some of tho rnosi confusing
texts OF the Bible arc not found In these
old manuscripts? Is II not a sin 10 preach
doctrines as FROM Cod which have no
part In these carly MSS" This Is our
thought. From time TO time ii will he
our pleasure. as well as our duty. to
teach tho common people what The clergy
already know OH this subject. Moreover.
the Bible Students association OF Brook
lyn has arranged for the importa tion of
copies Of the New Testament bound in
cloth showing thoevariations between the
readings %of these old Greek MSS. and
our common version. The usual price Of
these is 81; but. importing them in large
quantities, they arc able TO supply them
postpaid at 30 cents each.
Consider Now Our Text.
Go yc into all tho world. and presc
the gospel 10 every creature. lie that be-
lievcth and is baptized. shall be saved;
damned. d."-Mark Hyl.. 10, is.
One Of the most important of these
interpretations or poisonous additions en-
grated upon The word OF Cod is in the
sixteenth chapter of Mark; all of which,
from the ninth verse TO the end OF the
chapter. is spurious-fraudulcpt. it is
additional TO anything that st. Mark
wrote. as evidenced by the fact that
these verses are not found in any OF the
three oldest Greek MSS.
OF course, some of the items OF these
verses are found in other gospels, II
would never do 10 add {. lie without n
certain amount of covering OF truth to
sugar-coat it. But notice our text and
what a wrong thought it givcs-iucon-
sistent with the remainder OF the Scrip
lures. Its iptimation is that The preach
ing of The gospel To every creature Will
result either in his believing il and be-
ing baptized. and thus being saved or
in his disbelevinS and being damned.
And this word damned carries with IL,
in the light of other MISUNDERSTANDING.
fire and blazpSs. roasting and torture.
shrielling and woes Indcscribable. This
is all wrong-contrary 10 the authentic
Scriptures.
Tho authentic Scriptures inform US
that this gospel ase is one in which God
is gathering from the world little
flock" of footateD followers. sanity and
elect 10 constitute the bride Of Christ
his joint heirs in his coming Kingdom.
They show that not all Gre expected TO
hear this message at the present time
not many wise. great learned or rich,
but chiefly the poor. They assure us that
10 have the hearing ear is a special
favor. saving. Blessed arc your ears.
for they heGr. and your eyes for they
see St Paul tells us that the world
in general is blind and deaf 10 tfc mcS-
sage now sent forth (Rom5nS Xi.. -. and
the experiences OF eighteen centuries cor
roboratc this. st Peter tells us (Act5
Nv. 13) that Gods work in the present