The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-03-15

This year its Ter-Centenary is ce,e-
brated. 1t is a grand book. 1t has
done a grand work. The fact that II
is not perfect must not condemn a
work possessed of so many glorious
qualities. 1t was the result of seven
years labor On the part of forty-seveu
persons learned in the languages and ap-
pointed by King James of England fol
its preparation. They labored to some
disadvantage by reason of the com
mand given them to follow an earle.
translation styled. The Bishops Bible
and to alter it as little as the origina.
would allow. They were also instruct
ed that if the Tyndale Coverdale, Mat.
thew, Cranmer or White hur h tranSla-
| tons and the Geneva Editors agreed
better with the text, theirs should b.
accepted as instead of the Bishops
The translation was, perhaps, the best
: that could lie made at the time.
Published by kinsly authority, it Is
now venerated by English and Amer
lean protestants as though ii had COM
direct from the finger of God. This l.
a mistake. We are to worship GOO
and to reverence His Word and to
search as carefully as possible to have
the precious Ointment provided by the
spirit of the Truth free from all dead
flies--frec from all human additions
and mistranslations and superstitions
OF the Ozark Ages"
The basis for our Common Version
was the Latin Vulgate, which was dill
gently revised and compared with the
Greek MSS. of the time. But there
were few Greek MSS. known at that
time, whereas at the present time there
are over 700. Three Of these are quite
ancient.
Cd The Sinaitic MS, found in a Con
vent on Mt. Sinai so recently as 1860
This is acknowledged to be the Oldest
Greek MS. known in the world. Its
date is estimated to be about the year
331 A. D. This MS. is now in the pos
session of the Russian government at
st. Petersburg.
e. The Vatican MS, 1909, is credited
with being next in age. 1t was found
amongst old MSS. in the Vatican Ii
brary and is still there and catalogued
The date of it's writing is estimated to
be about the year $50 A. d.
81 The third Of these oldest known
Greek MSS. of the New Testament is
styled the Alexandrine, because it was
found in Alexandria in Egypt. 1t is
now in the British Museum, where
any visitor can behold it in a glass
case 1t is supposed to have been writ.
ten about A. D. $50. The readings of
all three Of these Greek MSS. can be
secured and the variations between
their readings and our Common Yer.
sion are so simply arranged as to leave
no excuse for ignorance on the part OF
Bible students. Our Common Yer.
sion with notations of these MSS. can
be obtained through any bookseller.
A Responsible and Sacred Trust.
Prof. Tischendorf, writing respecting
these ancient Greek MSS, says
ITO treat such ancient authorities
with neglect would be either unwar-
rantable arrogance or culpable negli
gence Indeed, it would be a misun-
Outstanding of Providence if, after all
these documents had been preserved
| through all the dangers of fourteen OF
| fifteen centuries and delivered safe
| into our hands, we We're not ready tC
receive them with thankfulness as
most valuable instruments for the
elucidation of Truth
The Truth In the Love of II.
The Lord speaks of some who re
| ceive not the Truth in the love Of it
and tells that they ultimately will be
ensnared by the Adversary. Evident
| ly heart-honesty is one of the mos
precious elements in the Divine sight
! 1t is not sufficient that we should bt
| Christians in name merely and will
form and ceremony. 1t would not bt
| sufficient in the Lords sight that We
should worship sect or party or ever
the Bible. 1t is the Divine Truth thai
we must reverence next to the Divine
person.
1t is not sufficient to have Bibles
on our center tables merely, nor suf
ficient to carry them under our arms
We must "eat" the Word of God-tha
is to say, we must, as spiritual chill
dren of God, feed upon His message
And this truly implies careful dis
elimination to discern between Cod
inspired Revelation and all human ad
ditions and admixtures. There is
therefore. Il difference between rever
encing and loving the Word Of Coz
and reverencing and loving particu
lar translation, errors and all.
"Thy Word Is Truth"
Our Masters prayer for all of Hi
true disciples, or footstep followers
was and still is, 'Sanctify then
through Thy Truth; Thy Word is
Truth" Whoever would have TIN
sanctifying influence Of the Divin
Word should SO far as possible ri,
himself of every unsanctifying admiX
ture of human tradition and interpola
ton. The true sanctiication or SET
ting apart of the heart to know an,
to do the Lords will could not be con
tent to accept with the sanctify M
| Truth defling errors. chaff and non
sense.
If thousands are turning away frou
the Bible there is a reason. |
is not the pure Truth that drives the
away, but the foreign GGmiXture 00
the slanderous INSTRUMENTATION
handed down to us by our well-me L
ing but deluded ancestCrs Of sever
centuries ago. It is high tire ~
all to manifest to God tl.Cr love