The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-10-21

The Bible as book. contains Sc
books. written by 36 men during a
period of 1000 years.
The internal union of the contents
OF these books is a surprise to US
when We consider the different stages
Of the Jewish history, from the Prim-
tive Patriarchal life of the days of
Moses to the peculiar situation after
the return from Babylon and the aw-
full decadence, during the period of
Idolatry;; and yet the wonderful way
in which the word of God was preserv
ed, lost and found again, admits of
only one explanation that Holy men
Of God wrote as they were moved hy
the Holy Ghost, and that the Holy
spirit preserved the word from des-
tructon.
We will take up the later history
OF the Bible, or since the time of NAL
achi. the last OF the Old Testament
writer's. Malachi lived about 400 years
before the birth OF Christ, in the time
Of Ezra and Nehemiah About 2s0,
B. c., Platony Philadelphus. King of
Egypt. in building up his great lib
rary at Alexandra. sent to Jerusalem
and engaged the service of 72 priests
to translate the Scriptuers of the Jews
from Hebrew into Greek. This was
done and sthis we have today known
as the Septuagint version of the old
testament. This Greek translation
was in general use at the time Of the
Apostles. and explains the reason why
so many quotations from the Old
Testament in the new Testament do
not read lust like they do in the Old.
The New Testament.
There was no record made of the
sermons of Jesus at the time they
we're preached: and not until q num-
Der of years after the resurrection
OF the Lord. when II became evident
that unless a record was made by
those who were eye-witnesses the
time would soon come when the
true record would be lost.
Matthew wrote a record of the life
of Jesus in Hebrew for the Jewish
Converts. and he makes special efforts
TO show that Jesus was the promised
Messiah OF the Prophets. the Son of
David after the Flesh. as the Son of
God. His Gospel was written about
40 years after the Crucihxion.
Mark was a young man born in
Jerusalem He became after his CON.
version close follower Of Simon Pc.
ter. As Peter was . man OF years when
Jesus called him. Mark became his
helper and wrote the Gospel as Peter
dictated. Thence the second Gospel
Is virtually the Gospel OF ST. Peter,
written BY Mark. This was done about
80 to 40 years sitter the death Of
Christ
Luke was Of mixed blood. part Jew
and Greek. He was q man Of culture
and education. BY profession he was
q physician. and some say an artist.
After his conversion he became q CO.
laborer with St Paul. He went to
Jerusalem and spent three years in
preparing his Gospel. comforting with
those who had been eye witnesses
both the Apostles and others. While
this gospel is not written by an eye
witness. nevertheless ii is a record of
facts attested to by many eye wit
nesses. This gospel was written
about hfty years after the Resurrec-
tion or about A. d. So to s5.
Johns Gospel was written as a
supplement to the other three, set
ting forth the Diety OF Jesus and re-
cording some facts omitted by the
others. This gospel was written
about GO to 20 years after the Resur-
rection. or about A. d. 9o-l0o.
Now these gospels were first copied
and used by the churches. but in a
short time by constant use the origi-
nal copies wore out. and us the
churches multiplied. many We're en-
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