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He may be ''balled up some on Jere-
miah, but when he wants to investi-
lgate the King James translation Of the
Bible an event which happened long
time ago, think he should have the
support of ali who are interested in
lgetting at the facts in the case. which
includes everybody.
OF course, in suggesting this idea. I
know the accusation is at once made.
that going behind the returns" Is bad
democracy, is out of line with the
usages and practices of the party. and
should not be discussed, let alone per-
mitted; but the fact remains that goo
ing behind the returns in politics now
a-days is not regarded SO heinOus an
offense as it used to be, and going
behind the King James translation"
| with Bible students is more tolerated
! today than formerly.
| Is Gideon" to be charged with the
crime Of higher critic" because he
| wants to go behind the acts of these
frosty. fossilized fellows of two or three
hundred years ago, these King James
translators? They might have been
up to date at that time, and so was
riding an OK wagon. 1t was up to
date in those days too. to trot II miles
j to transact a little business with
neighbor. Now we ring central and
do it in IL minutes. There's q lot
of difference in the times.
| The Bible is the word of God. 1t is
inspired. 1t is the foundation sill upon
which our entire civilization is build
+, ed. 1t is everything in this old world.
and it is the one thing in this world
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about the only thing that can be trust
ed; but have we got it today as 1t
was Gods intent we should have it.
1T is really a correct translation-no
flaws in it. This is an important ques-
| ton, for IL the King James translators
erred we ought to know 1t. If since
| their time there are any new lights to
| be shed upon the translators work
calculated to be an Improvement over
the old way, we ought to be benefited
| by it. Why should we not. What sin
do we commit when we desire addi-
tional information. What crime is there
in seeking to learn.
Are we to be called higher critics"
because we are progressive Why
not progress in literature as well as in
science and art, for translation il
| branch of literature, is it not.
Advanced students in language have
made some startling claims about some
of the familiar words in the Bible,
words pivotal in their nature, and upon
which really depends the real meaning
of entire chapters and passages. Some
Bible students say the original Greek
or Hebrew word meaning hell was
translated wrong by the King James
translators, that when taken in the
original no fire and birthstone was in
Guided. Is this true or il it not. am
not a Greek nor Hebrew scholar ana
I don't know. But sure would like to
know? Along with whole lot OF
other common pledging tnortals In
these low grounds of sorrow 1 have
never believed God would burn one OF
his disobedient children in fire and
birthstone forever and forever, because
he was a poor sinful mortal ignorant
like, and slow to take advantages of
the Biblical chance of being good. And
take that expression, forever and for
ever. These Bible students or the
modern school, learned fellows VINO
have delved deep into Greek and bur-
rowed their length into Hebrew, claim
the original means IAN age, or a
period of time--some set time, not all
time Everlasting they claim means
"age ending"
" hat about these claims Does
ANYBODY dispute them Will God hold
me guilty of impertinence if am anx-
ious to know what his plans are with
reference to re, his child Will God
hold me guilty If I prefer to know
he really said to me in His BOOK the
Bible, rather than take the message re-
peated through the mouth OF a man
whose ability night not have been "A
No. 1, who was perhaps not as well
upon his job as He would have. been
200 years latter, and who was unoer
no bond.
Leaving out all these passages, how
ever, where the translator might have
erred, there are ten thousand times
more than enough passages in the
Bible sufficient for mans guidance
through this life, even If they were
translated wrong. There are thousanos
and thousands of them that sound like
God-"Thou shall not kill" Thou
shall not steal" etc.-all the ten COM
mandments. They are God like. They
must he the correct translation Honor
thy father and thy mother that thy
DAYS may be long in the land which
the Lord. thy God hath given thee.
That sounds like God said it. 1t is
the correct translation. For as In
Adam all die, even SO in Christ snail
all be made alive" That sounds low
ing and God like. Love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, with all thy
soul and with all thy strength, and tiny
neighbor as thyself." That sounds God
like. and the translators must have
made no mistake. and so with thous-
and upon multiplied thousands OF 9TH
er passages. any two or three OF which
if adhered to would make this old
world a very nice decent place to So
journ in for a few fleeing years.
A. H. MECKLIN.
Mulat, Fla.
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