Connecticut western news., 1922-03-30
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Who Is Its Author?

Rom. 8: 1, 2: What advantage then hath the Jew? . Much every way, chiefly because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. Eph. 6: IT: Take. the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. 2 Pet. 1 :21: Prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
 Through Whom Was It Written?
 2 Sam. 23: 1, 2: The sweet Psalm ist of Israel said, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and His Word was in my tongue. Zech. ': 12: They should hear the Law, and the words which the Lord of Hosts hath sent in His Spirit by the former prophets. Luke 1:70: As He spake by, the mouth of His holy prophets which have been since the world began. Acts 8: IS, 21: But those things which God before had shrewed by the mouth of all His prophets, that Christ should suffer. He hath so fulfilled, .. whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all His holy proph- cts, that Christ should suffer. He hath so fulfilled, whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began. Heb. 1: 1, 2: God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son. Rom. 1: 2: Which He had prom ised afore by His prophets in the Holy Scriptures. Pet. 3: 15, Is: Our beloved brother Paul also, ac- cording to the wisdom given unto him, hath written unto you, as also in all his epistles speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and un- stable wrest, as they do also, the other Scriptures, unto their own destruction.
 What Proves It's Inspiration?
 ? Tim. 8: IS: All Scripture is given by inspiration of God. CD It's miracles, John 20: 30, 31: And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that ye might be- lieve that Jesus is the Christ Heb. 2: 4; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost. .t* .-ra a l. (2) Its fulfilled prophecies, Is. Al: 21, 23: Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods. Is.' 45: II, 21: Thus saith the Lord ., Ask Me of things to come. What<nath declared this from ancient time? What hath told it from that time? Have not I, the Lord? Is. 46: g, 10: I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure Acts 28: 23: And when they had appointed him day, there came many unto him in his lodging, to whom he expounded and testified the Kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the Law of Moses and out of the Proph- cts, from morning till evening. 2 Pet. |: 19: We have also a more sure word of prophecy, whereunto ye do we'll that ye take heed, as unto light that shineth in a dark place, until the. day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts.
 '(3) Its practicability: Is. 55: II: My Word shall not return unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. Jas. 3: IT: But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits
 (4) Its reasonableness: Is. 1: IS: Come, now, and let us reason togeth- CT, saith the Lord. Acts IT: 2: And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scrip lures. 1 Pet. 3: 15: Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you. (5)Lacks and characters of it's writers: Acts 4: IS: When they perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled;