The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-04-30
LIKE REGETs Ikea LAW OF
EVOLUTION.
(By John Marcus }

his pen, seem to be the climax of all
he has eollated or stolen from his in
fidel forebears. For sheer ignorance
of the Scriptures, and for wilful mis-
representation thereof. it would be
hard to find his equal
Take but a few examples from his
diatribe on ''the inconsistency of
Christ's teachings" as for instance
John 5:31: IF | bear witness of my
self, my witness is not true" Now,
had this blatherskite of unbelief quot
ed the context in full, the reader
would have seen at a glance the per-
feet consistency of the statement. Our
Lord was defending His Messianic
claims before Jews who denied those
claims, accepting the Biblical rule of
evidence, which required two wit
nesses" John S:17; Mum. So: 30; Deut.
l17:6). A paraphrase of verse 81 would
be: IF bear witpess of myself, Eye
will say my witness is not true But
see how the Master continues the argu-
ment before the Jews: There is an
other that beareth witness of me; and
| know that THE WITNESS WHICH
HE WITNESSETH OF ME- is TRUE.
Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness
unto the truth. But receive not tes-
timony from man: but these things |
say, that we might be saved He was
a burning and a shining light: and
ye were willing for a season to re-
joice in his light But / have greater
witness than that of John: for the
works which the Father hath given
me to finish, the same works that do.
BEAR WITNESS OF ME-. THAT THE
FATHER HATH SENT Me. And the
Father himself, which hath sent me
HATH BORNE WITNESS OF ME-.
We have neither heard his voice at any
time. nor seen his shape And ye
have not his word abiding in you: for
whom he hath sent. him ye believe
iOle 0Cdl Cu tue o1IlpluAt5, ioi III
them ye think yc have eternal life:
and they are they which TESTIFY OF
Me. And ye will not come unto me
that We might have life"
Here we have four-fold witness of
Christ. John Baptist. the works of our
Lord, the testimony of the Father,
and lastly the Scriptures themselves.
Has not the reader the discernment
to see at once the trick of this arch
unbeliever in quoting out of connec-
tion our Lords testimony?
Then again, We have another in
stance in not only his misquotation of
the holy words of our Lord. but a pre-
meditated effort to make Christ a liar
like himself, See Johu S:14;-Here
is the way Observer misquotes: 81
am one that bear witness Of myself
r. Though | bear record of
myself, yet my record is NOT true
Now let me give it as II stands in the
Bible, and in connection with the CON
text Then spake Jesus again unto
them 1.-THE Phariseesl saying | am the
light of the world. he that followeth
me shall not walk in darkness, but
shall have the light of life. The
Pharisees therefore said unto him,
Thou beareth record of thyself; thy
,.,oo,d ;n ,o+ fr,,o Tac,,c oncurarod
and said unto them, Though l bear
record Of myself, YET MY RECORD
is TRUE. for | know whence came,
and whittier ! go; but We cannot tell
whence | came, and whittier ! go. Ye
judge after the flesh | judge no man.
And yet if Judge, my Judgment is
true: for am not alone, but ! and the
Father that sent me- 1t is also writ
ten in your law, that the testimony of
two men is true. | am one that bear
witness of myself and the Father that
sent me also beareth witness Of me.
John S:12-1S)
viii the reader note that in ~Ob-
servers quotation he not only leaves
out portion, and very important
portion Of the 4th verse, but deliber-
ately and unblushingly puts the word |
NOT" in Christ's assertion as to His |
record being true. and has it read, |
my record is NOT true" when II
should have read just the reverse. But
in this he is doing precisely what his
father the Devil aid in the Temptation |
of Christ in the Wilderness, leaving
out very important portion Of the
Scripture. Note Satans misquotation,
as per Matthew 4:6 eAnd saith unto
him. if thou be the Son of God, east