The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-11-13

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one minister in thousand is either
a Hebrew or Greek scholar. To be
able to spell out few Greek words
is OF no earthly value. Nor is it neces-
sary any longer to study these Ian
guages in order to have knowledge
of the Bible. Our Presbyterian
friends have gotten out at great cost
Young's Analytical Hebrew, Chal-
daic, Lreek and English Lexicon Con-
cordance, which any one may pro-
cure. And our Methodist friends have
issued similar work-Strong's Ana
lytical Concordance and Lexicon. And
there is still older one entitled Eng
!ishman's Hebrew, Chaldaic, Greek
and English Lexicon and Concord
ance, Additionally Liddell and Scotts
Lexicon is a standard authority The
prices of these are not beyond the
reach of the average man. By these
works, scholarly information respect
ing the original text of the Bible is
obtainable. | have all four of these
works and rave used them faithfully.
Very few college professors would
risk to give a critical translation of
any text of Scripture without consult
ing these very works of reference,
which are standard. To merely learn
to read the Greek and Hebrew with
out six years course in their gram
mars is more likely to hinder than
to help in Bible study; far better to
take the acknowledged scholarship to
which ! have referred" In the above
Mr.. Russell does not only confess
that he is not a Greek and Hebrew
scholar. but he makes the further con-
fession that Presbyteranism and
Methodism are far superior to himself
from the standpoint of scholarship.
Yet Mr.. Hill would have the public
turn away from accepted truth by
these sources of scholarship which the
founder of his cult says are standard
and swallow the vagaries of Russell
ism.
When Mr.. Russell by his own CON
fession disqualifies himself as scholarly
authority would it be wise for us to
let Mr. Hill persuade us that he is2
Mr.. Hill pays the newspapers to
pnbish him as THE great Interna-
tional Bible student" when he does
not know a single law of interpre-
tation. Az he knows scripturally,
has been learned from Mr.. Russelrs
interpretations Of the Bible. He slav-
ishly copies from Mr.. Russell's writ
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nature and expects an intelligent pub
lie to regard him as the great Inter
national Bible student. If Mr.. Hill is
so we'll informed and | am so ignorant,
why did it take him a whole month
to complete his rebuttal to what |
said at Convention Hall. when he had
as much time as | did and the ad-
vantage of closing the debateS And
in his final rebuttal month after the
debate he is unfair. He writes as
though the only scripture reference /
could find to support eternal punish
ment was Mark 1910, when it was
only one of many given. Get your
Bible dear reader, and consult Gods
words according to the following ref
erences, namely: Matt. 8:l2. 1923,
1882, l6:27-28. 1870. 1888, 2S:4l, 25:46.
Iohn S;28-20. Acts 24:l5. Cor. $40, 2
ThAs. 1910, 2 Peter 81. These are
only few of the many scriptures
which prove there is a hell-a place
of eternal punishment.
AS finale II you would know
whether a person or institution is OF
God, you can always judge by OBJ
serving whether or not that person
or institution endorses those things
which help the cause of God on earth.
Does Russeism do thati Nay, verify.
Russelism has nothin gbut the kindest
things to say about the people and
institutions whose work is opposed
to right and righteousness and they
exhaust their vocabulary in the use oi
severest terms with which they de
nounce the church denominations anc
the Christian ministry. "If "by their
fruits ye shall know them" Russellisn
is the servant of the devil.
II. T. s. JOHNSON.
Pastor Wesley Chapel. M Z. Church