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Show . The Bible Is HFUSING Book! lliiiHiHiHiiimii This statement will shock those who fee! qualified to intcrpet the , Scriptures for themselves. They may reply that anyone honestly seeking to "search the Scriptures will have the infallible aid of the Holy Spirit But bow can this be true when equally sincere people.. all presumably aided by the Holy Spirit conflicting conclu- ...arrive at sions? How can it be true when doctrinal differences divide nomi- nal Christians into numerous sects? How can it be true when eminent scholars disagree sharply " bo BasicBibIe Questions? Scholars who devote their lifetime to the study of the Scriptures are the first to admit the diff besetthemThey know the inspired writings are not the dear and easy guide to Christian understanding that so many seem to think. If they were so dear and easy to understand, there would be no need for scholarly inquiry no excuse for :a divided Qujistianity. The mere words of the Bible do not always accurately reflect the meaning of their authors. They must be understood in the light of the times in which they were written . . . in a knowledge of the symbols and language forms they , employed... and with a recogm tioa of the need to determine wl hat was meant to be literal and what i r icol-tiarth- at was meant to be figurative. Who of us has this required knowledge? The earliest Bible manuscripts, in fact, could have been confusing even to the people of those times. The Old Testament writings largely in Hebrew had no spac-io- g between wo no vowebta ' the text, no punctuation and no capitalization. The vowels had io be supplied from memory! Spacing of words or the insertion of -- -- S U P R E IA E various vowels could markedly change the sense of the words. But in those times the faithful did not attempt to interpret Scrip- ryQuips ::: mm i ture for themselves. For the Jewish people in the era, die Synagogue was their voice of spiritual authority; and the Old Testament was preached to them by the Rabbis and fathers of their faith. In like manner, the Catholic Church was the custodian of the inspired writings of the New Testament; and its priests and pre-Christi- an teachers were authoritatively or flying, Uncertain of which Pd rather. Is the house on fire? Have the Martians Touay . . . after nearly 2,000 years . . .. Catholics the world over still listen to only one authoritative voice the Church in the interpretation of God's Word. If you want to know more about the Bible how and when it was written, how to read it with best results, its good and bad translations write today for our free . iii Well FM-2- 2. it immediately; nobody will jja you. FtEE-M- cril 1 That stranded, horror-stricke- n stick-op- , And what's the cause of the merriment rising Front people and hearty? The answer oh, jeepers! isn't surprising: Surprise Party, ::: well-groom- ed Oeorgie Stnrbuck Galbrailh -si: iii The secretary brought the boss his morning mail but kept one letter separate. "The envelope of this one said 'Personal,' " she explained, "but it isn't very." James Shurluck ::: Of CCHimUS INFORMATION EUXZAU 3473 South Grand, St. Low I fr fUtum sand m t Do Yow . 18, Mo. The lady looked out the window in time to see the neighbor's children run into her yard and chase one another through her lovely flower garden. Before she could do anything about it, their mother bound Paraphfet witHUd Krclhr Understand Tfco FM-2-2 ::: ::: and Onotes - w ed angrily after them. "You devils" the mother cried. "Never do that againjust look at the mess you've made of your new shoes!" Gene BurteU I stand here i Uncertain which foot to pick np? send call Coupon Today KNIGHTS I landed? Or is it a nighttime a Hi Pamphlet No. In old pajamas, with pin cork drying, My face in a cold-crealather, Fm poised on the edge of fainting m preaching the New Testament Gospel neMly four centuries before these writings were collected into a single bode and formally declared to be inspired. .. Party of tho First Part ::: ::: He could get along with everybody but and one day he grew his brother-in-laso irritated that he chased the youth out of the house. "You've got to control yourself," his wife told him. "It's silly, and besides if you even lay a hand on him youll be fined $25 or so." Weeks passed and the husband never His wife mentioned his brother-in-lawas pleased. "I see you've given up 4he idea of fighting my brother." "I'm not giving up!" the man shouted. F.G.Kernan "I'm saving up!" w, w. Fat Chsnco The penny scale that tells my weight Might just as well eliminate the little card that tells my fate; My future's dear before I spy it: Diet. Dick Emmons NAME. ADOKES- S- ::: :i! 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