Show A pamphlet Kim Jin been received d tit at lt this It claiming to cl tho wonderful tOri ot of the tho It I gives n 1 Wit S account of or tho history hl ton of at that volume and ld endeavors iu i 1 tho the duet doctrines taught t by bt b tho Iho Inspired au authors 11 thors thora thaIs it I In I intended for tar missionary work rork ork among the tIit 11 LintH specially and Ind that If IM n tho tim reason reao rea why R passing notice of ot It way may In he ho offered In i n those these column The Tho pamphlet contains much h thai IN II F Rood but this spoiled by hy tho unfairness with Ieh historical fact AIO 10 for Cor purposes CI 1 Tor Pr Instance tl author claims that ihaL Clod 0 by hy Ills IIii IH Spirit led lcd Ills 11 people to understand from HIP tIu outset what writ writIngs Vit Ings na wore or divinely Umpired And that councils only hod hol to tI t declare tho results reached by b the tho th divine divio method Tho did not have h I to 10 vole nil mu 01 the tho or authenticity of o the th Ih rec tee records an This hl assertion J I Ia made In or order 01 der In tn head off otT ot the of o other records than han tho i us snored altered Hut flut lut In I It true tru Is Ju not n Il an much at Ht with 1 tory rather I dangerous hn By UI n such sUi it un till unsupported UI supported representations orthodox theologians only tid ld Id the cause couse u e hf of skepticism The ThA fuel ld l it th l the tho Bible Thie as iti ni we wl now jiw have hlo II ns nil Hods nol works WON was WIH the th result oC growth of development d ll over ninny man years farR rR And the tho frt centuries were t marked with n a 1 great greot lul nt of Ilc tr anty mid 1111 discussion 11 Illon Only ob after the ti first t two Iwo It aemil lm the Ih necessity of a ii n of o w cred books hooks become urgent Ir enl between bet wern till the years yar arl 20 0 and utIn 40 nt At i leant fifteen such catalogues w vero irn r l published Three of ot these the 1 omit the tho book hook of one POe omits omi James j 7 Peter II I 3 0 John and Hebrews ot of Orige omits Wita Tames JamoR and I II Jude I J merely m CI 1111 and Slide 3 Peter 2 3 i John and teVe an as If doubled doub liy some t emits Hebrew end and Revelation Whence this discrepancy IC J there Ilave f 1 l 11 eon n no doubt asto which books 8 wore divine l and 1111 ViliCh were wera not Kven 1 el i lath late 11 an the tle council COl 1 I In III the tile fourth century tho wun wita Wl wital l omitted front from the list of ot books then railed alec canonical I The Tho ho attitude of ot the tho early curly Fathers Is 18 1 very en Instructive In regard regle to the tho ques question question tion under consideration Luko makes t It U t clear delI that runny gospels had lad been written besides the tho tour four COU and enc the tho Fath Fathers 1 nth ers era appear tn to quote from them us as well wellis wel I ts is from tho four Ignatius for In I quotes an Its Scripture Handle me Inc mefI fI see tl 1 X am In not an 11 Incorporeal diemon damon n a I not hot lot lu III II the tho Bibler Bible r hero liero lid dId Ild ho tnt It I or I Rome between the and the tho latter hitter writings 1 for tor when wel ho lie quotes quote A the tho Old Testament nl he says sa u Thus Thua It I J i written hut but when ha lie lies s from Christian he says 1 Jet Let us ua be mindful oC of the words worda of the tha F Lord AVe Ve 1 lve Ive due tue weight to the lie testimony of ot the tha early ecclesiastical eccle on 00 01 tho the question of it o the canon but bu wo we do tb tint not Dorset that thai unit that question WiM not no But d till til centuries after lter the th books were To Iu 0 with certainty that Ihal l JO iO book wt WJ left I C out IUt that could claim In li i to t IH ert what i now bo be hC proved prove The rhe wIio lived say aay tay four rOI ti hundred years utter Christ hrit were not not judges judgen or ur 1 i Volt voit en when iten met me In II couii I n i This Tills can CUl bo be proved nI Clement of vt sas sa l oled us 11 Scripture that were WIO such HH 18 I the tho Wisdom of ot Solo toon Jelius the tho Bon ton ot of the I IIII lie t to t the Ilia Juile hero Here lar Is 18 tv Il mixture shows hows that tha tite ihl 1111 nor 1101 knew lieI what tho BIble really culy was Wl Martyr leu is that t ti a I great grent light shonu hUll round Christ Cirlat liu hu wua IS I Hu Be JO Bet t quoted from u 11 1 honk 1001 now note not lint J or fl I from The Thu I to at Df Clement CI to I tho thu Corinthians WIS I lily II ii i or d the lie Paulino oil epla tm trio rio Ic of oe J U Is by h Clement on Oil 01 A 41 lal level l 1 with wih tiIt tha Io writ tiTi I hi when whon he lIe nays lelyN IU K Divinely there therl that v power er to Il r nn ann trIer by b tuy The rhe T lie I al also o the An Iel of Ct Hi I Mk to nil pro pr p 1 l n KI thing nf nt atI i I ii cull OK that hut I this i ii lii U I s tit Ih ha ii it t Ht Hip n 11 of ot I tile llio I to tha th ha lie Hint wh n 1 u l a l the tha Uil ionic 1001 In Iny I 1 11 y houm prevail He Be replied 1111 til An As Anu I 1 u Lt UI von 11 Oil woman beur heur ber t 4 more of the 1 nf of lit I wyn lul U Ii Ul hin n ole li veI l ii huh L tu t lit tJi hur than I hit ii tp I of tul tuli i 1 the ilio tint Iral II r L liou liol J of or or unal ut U uin ou f oilier O Hi 11 I I il ol the HID ther lii r fAts Aft of ot Jaul and 1111 ni 1 clu nn 11 du un mo nt i other Fat hers And i 11 rei t nil ill II a Jui 01 the Hoo of It Knuch n us wN 1 Know klow that Ihal ihn or l 1 of or which HUH hilts Ui IVI thiH J 4 or el Is l a not aol le l e I H a not r 1 eel hI igLI j jinn lii to nig thiu jowl h Uc Ie y lor y J I cun hid they thoy cannot tiui whit wax IA 4 l Hip Hips s could hove hn beo urt cOlle t ncr lt of tho lie world that di M d if it I thit is Ii II Ihl r m a won lon I et t them hero remember hint tha lOn ion of ot loth Nonh the IH li I who tl r t by I I III II and asid hereditary tradition bl heard anti and 1111 remembered of oj the tho favor toor of his ill hi preaching For I or Enoch committed on to 0 lila hid hI von ton nothing hut but what he ho deliver delver the tho Knowledge of or to tO his lii hl posterity Therefore Noah oah doubt have succeeded might without in III 11 the tho delegation of preaching even Ien because he ho would nn on 10 conceal tile the dis dispensation ii of ut the God Go who hO hitti pre pro preserved served him the glory of o hll hl own house houst If f he ho lint halt not this thin so mO IO ready ot at hund ulmi would he 11 erton of this Scripture or prove Its itH Il s Ro So the very violence of the ou might again 1111 have restored to his spirit the remembrance ot of what whitt tOld had become faint faint Jut al Ilao o ai S 4 nt at the tho destruction d of nem In the tho 1111 It I appears that every r reC c 01 of Jewish literature waa 11 restored by h 1 zu Hut since Knoch I In the Mime EIo preached con concerning CI corning the tiu Lord Loid by h in iu Ind od noth flout nothing floutin ing in l II ll to bo ho rejected which per pcr pertains to tu us ta lS WI Ve Vf this uco o It h lM a Mood of if light upon the IhO n e during which the tho books of the Bbl Wire sorted out out as It I were tC from Con the the mn ma that then thee existed ot of the ho literature evidently deemed the tM Old TC Incomplete It excluded ed oil the tho Hook 1001 of f nh t H lie asserts that ee the tue Jewish el wore were nil u 1 lc 10 tl I Mod at B a tho the time hoc of o the captivity and that Iha Ezra zm ly IY restored them though b hod those books and studied 1211 was wag called to the public service Tills we WI alY ay the intellectual attainments ot of the ape Fe which the tle Canon was voa agreed upon unon That Tha tho the books book written by authors arc Authority U l true But lut there never hover was perfect l Int between n nil all ni Chris Christians thins as us I to 10 the precise number r of ot such bonks banks To Il deny the tha truth In the Inter r cut tt of nr a rt pr 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