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111 4 print, and in order to secure it be commanded the ablest scholars of bis realm to came together and prepare a aew vereioa. Tbs labors of tnaae men resulted in w hat ia known as the King Jam es version, the ona wa bav* today in every P rotestant church and bon* arid which, by no sm all number, ia factory thought to ha infallible, tna claim be ing made th at the translators wera FRESH *• * guided in their work by the Holy Spirit If they bed divine guidance, their work would of course be perfect. T hat they had no such m ighty aid is clearly evident from tb* fact th at their work, g reat and good as it it universally adm itted to be, contain» errors in num bers, and of various kinds. Wa readily g ran t th at these | errors w ere anintential, though it m ust be said th at ia ana instance doubt was cast an tk sir sincerity. Par haps it m ight b etter be laid they wera These Scriptures, and these alone, are w orking under durese. This doubt is GATE CITY JOURNAL infallible. Had we these docum ents in reference to thair translations ef the in their original state we would have a passages dealing w ith kingly rights, PubUsImd every F riday at Nyaaa, perfect guide in all things religious, or divine rig h t of king* In this case necessarily perfect, because the word com petent authorities are convinced O re ra i, by of the Almighty could be notkieg leas th at King Jam es exerted royal prea- If, then, our Bible is an accurate sare t* have this doctrine appear H F. BROWN copy of the Scriptures, as they were much stronger in tb* English than the to the holy men of old G reek words ju stify . Entcrad a t the Poetoffice a t Nyaaa, unfolded through the nspiration of the Spirit of B ear in mind th at our point is not Or siren, as »sc sad-class mail m atter God, it is evident th at we have a book against tha Scriptures. To them we which can not possibly be wrong in freely concede thair claims to inspira ADVRRTI8ING RATES any particular; it must in the very na tion and infallibility. It is to the Display advartiatag........Me per inch tu re of the case be absolutely perfect claim th at tha King JamsB version is a in every way. For it this very claim perfect copy of the Scriptures that we Readers F irst Inser tion------------ 10c per line is made. It is an im portant m atter. offer objection. We g ran t th at on tha Subsequent Insertions........k per tins Let us consider it carefully and im whole it ia a good translatioa. but w* challenge the correctness of those who partially. These Scriptures were w ritten down would m ake it infallible. In the inter SU BSCRIPTION RA TES: thousands of years ago, in the Hebrew est of brevity only a little of th* evi One year, in ad ranee.............._...$1.60 and Greek languages. The original dence will be stated a t this time. “» m onths, in adysnes.....................76 m anuscripts have been out of exist The fact th at direct contradictions ence for many centuries. N et one of weeur in it establishes its fallibility. the parchm ents upon which the proph An in sta c* of this ia found in two ets and apostles w rote their inspired conflicting statem ents regarding Saul's words is ex tan t today. The m ost an conversion Two different accounts of cient m anuscripts we have are copies, tha m anner of Judae' death furnish an or copies of copies, how many times other removed from the original it is impos Th* tra n sla te » confessed their own to say. These copies are what fallibility when they adm itted them T ill BIBLE AND THE KING sible were consolidated into one book which selves to be unable to say w ith cer tainty w hether the books of Macca | we call the Bible. JAMES VERSION bees, Esdras, E sther, Eccleaiastiaus, Editor Journal.—As you are awara, While we can contend for tb s infal Barach, Maaaaas, Tebit, Judith and th ere is s t present a nationwide con libility of the o -i/in als, it cannot be tha additions to Daniel w ere false or troversy concerning the Bible. Doubt queetioaed th at there was a possibility canonical. The Roman Catholic ckarch has been cast upon doctrines long he of error creeping into the copies, held them to be genuine, others con liered by countless num bers of people, either by accident or design, or by sidsrad them spurious. The trans acrim onious disputes which se rrs no both That such is the case is beyond latora of the King Jam es Bible adm it useful end have been engaged in by doubt. L ater the chance for m istakes ed th at they eould not tell w hether half baked theologians on one aide and was greatly Increased when the book these books were really tka words of self-styled scientists on the ether, each was put into Latin; and later still, God or of some felse prophet, so they trying to m ake out a ease about some when from the three languages—H e called them the Apocrapbal or doubt thing whieh. In the g reat m ajority of brew, Greek and Latir., the English ful books, under which heaaing you cases, they appareatly know next to version was obtained, it m ust be rec will And them la any large family nothirg. Th« preaebar contends un ognited by everybody th at the attain Bibla. This circum stance alone should compromisingly for th e absolute cor m ant of absolute accuracy by (he satisfy anyene th at tba translators did rectness of the Bible, adm itting no translators was, to say the least, not have the guidance of the Holy possibility s f error in even the small highly improbable. As a m atter of Soirit. In justice to them it m ust be est degree, and his opponent finds lit fact, anyone at all conversant w ith the said th a t they never made such a tie difficulty in ' ‘cornering" him. difficulties involved in this work knows claim, or eveu hinted a t such a thing Through such foolishness some are led th at it was not only im probable, but In later years othar man have made to believe th a t the S criptures are not altogether impossible unless, indeed, translations, diff. rent in many places the infallible word of God, which they the translators were, as some are said from the King Jam es. These altera- claim to be, and of necessity must be, : te believe, under the inapiration and tions been accepted aa im prove if they are the inspired word of God. l guidance of the Holy Spirit in their m ents have by those beat qualified to judge. A little epeam iaded investigation lebora. On thie point we will have How doe* the alleged lafailibility stand into the m atter would salve nearly all som ething to say later on. in view of this fact? the problems confrenting both sides to H any different version^ of the Bible The diacevery recent years af the dispute. Believing a little knowl I have appeared in our language. Only anuscripts dating in m ujh farth er back edge of the subject could not hurt one, however, if verv generally known m than any King Jam es’ scholars knew anybody and nm ight possibly do seme a t this tim e. T hat of course is what has placed the modern revisionist at a good I would like to set forth a few is known aa the King Jam es version. g reat advantage over bis brother of faeta regarding this mush discussed For three hundred years it hat been three hundred years age. These man beak. the moat widely circulated book of any u icrip ti bava revealed th* fact that W hat, then, is this bosk (Bible)T kind printed in the English langunge. the Bible contaiaa interpolations. Strictly speaking it ie not a book at ail In the days of King Jam es I sev ers1 Words and sentence* entirely foreign but a compilation of books, or Scrip version* could be obtained in the Eng the Scriptures, as originally w ritten, tures (w ritings). These Scriptures Hah. but they w ere all unsatisfactory to have bean incorporated into the Bible. are the revelations of God te man on account of faulty translations. The King es translators «ann-t ot through the propketa aad apostles, Many errors w ere known to exist in coursa ba Jam blamed for thie, but the "holy men of old speaking as toey all of them . Jaraee desired a new and fact th a t they did not detect the in were moved by the Holy S pirit.” mora accurate Bible than any then ii terpolated passages shows conclusively th at they did not have the guidance of C harter No. 66 R eserve D istrict No. 12 the Holy Spirit in their work, at has REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF beta claimed foi them but, be it re THE BANK OF NYSSA membered, not by them. One more point and then I am done. At Nyaaa in th« State of Oregon at the Cloae of Buainesa Let me call your attention to the fact April 3, 1928. th at ia svery village in thia land are to ba found from two to a dotan qaarral- RESOURCES ing sects, all of them w ith different be 1. L oins and discounts, including rediscounts shown in item s 29 and 80, If an y ................................................................................................. $130,944 89 lief!, and every tingle one of them 2. O verdrafts secured end u n sec u red ...................................................... 780.29 baaing theae different, and antagonia 4. O ther bonds, w arran ts and securities. Including foreign govern tic, beliefa on the Bible. m ent, state, m unicipal,corporation, etc , including those shown ia item 30 and 35. if iny .............................................. 9.680 48 I ask you, wauld thia be possible 6. Stock», securities, claims, liens,judgm ents, etc, ..................... 460 00 w ith a Bible composed wholly aad only 6. Banking house. »430.00; furniture and fixtures,$2602 »8 . . ........... 6.882 98 of the Scriptural which, aa wa said 7. Real esta te owned other than banking house 143 28 before, era th* revelations of God’e 9. (ab) Cash ou hand in vault and due from banks, bankars and will ta man, tha words the holy men of tru st companies designated and approvad reserve agents of this ............................................................................................................. 18,871.94 old spoke is they w ere moved by the 10 . Exchanges fa r clearing bouse and item s on other banks in the EOCLESIASTICUS, sam e city or town aa reporting bank ________ ______ 61.78 Holy Spirit. II. Checks on banka outaida city or town of reporting bank and othar cash item s................ ........................................ . . . ........... 347.50 USURY AGAIN Total cash and due from banka, itam s 8. 9, 10 and 11 $14,281.22 T' ‘ * l............................................................................................................. $161.043 II Editor Journal. -T h ia aabject having bean brought to tha fran t again by a LIA B ILITIES preached Saaday evening by 16. Capital atoek paid In ................................................................................. $ 26 000 00 sermon 17. Surpiua fund....................................................................................... .......... 16.000 00 tha local paster, who attem pted a de fence of w hat ha appareatly knew ta 18 (a) Undivided proO ta................................................................ $3.146.08 (b) Less current expenses, inter*>t and taxes p aid ___ 1,674 01 671.07 ha an indefensible practice frem tha 28. Individual deposits subject to check, including deposits due the Christian standpoint, I bag to sail tha S tate of Oregon, county, cities or other public fund*______ 61,500.99 attention of tha publia t* a few Strip 25. C ashier’s chocks of this bank outstanding payable on demand 848.69 tural and histarical facts which I bap* Total of demand deposit*, other than bank deposits, subject may aid tom e seeker afte r th* truth to reaerve, itam s 28, 84. 26, 26 ........ ................ $61,744.68 certificates of deposit outstanding..................................... ....... 29,719 90 te arrive a t a carract understanding V- Tim* Total of tim e and savings deposits payable on demand or ef w hat the Bible teaches regarding subject to notice, item s 27 and 28 ................ . $29.719.90 this subject aad w hat tha C hristian's 31. Bills payable with federal reserve banka or with other banks or tru st co m p an ies................................................................ ................... 13,367 87 du y is in regard ISerato. 32. Advances from W ar Finance C orporatio-........................................... 17[b39 60 Tha only Scriptural refarenaa whieh roverened gentlem an p red seed was To,,>......................................................................................* 163 . 048.12 the th* parable af tha talents. Now any STATB OF OREGON, County of Malheur, as I Frank D. Hall, cashier of thaabove named bank, do solemnly sw eat th at sect of aarsfal reading af thie paseage tka above statem * it is true to th* h ist of mv knowledge and belief. will convince anyone net hopelessly p re FRANK D HALL. Caaliar judiced against th* tru th th at It does CORRECT—A ttest H. W alters, D. Tcnaen. F. E Young, Directors. not teach any tuck thing, either dl Subscribed and sworn to bafote me thia 12th day of Aord, 1928. rectly or by Inference, but oa th* con R M. BLODGET, Notary Public. trary it does imply th* very opposite. My commission expires Dec. 7, 1K4 cigarettes Open Forum W hat ia a parable'.' J u s t this: a fable or allegorical representation af som ething from which a m aral may be draw n far instruction. In thia cas* C hrist was »peaking. Th* lesion Ha wished to convey i* very apparent. By means of this parable He ie plainly teaching his followers th at thair daty requires them , during his absence, to be zealous in thair work, teaching others th* daetrine* of th* G reat Teacher to the full extent of their powers. Read the chapter for you' seif. See bow apt are the words, how plain th* illustration ia - th* m aster, going to a far country, comiag again, the rew ard I t is plain beyond tha posaioility of m iaunderstaauing By w hat fantasti* process of reason ing could a preacher, or anyone els* abl* to raad, come te boneatly behave th at tha Savior is hare teachiag his servants th at usury ia a good Scriptural i istitution? Surely it is impossible th at anybody who has read tha Bible, even eatually, could hold to euefa an idea with any sineerety a t all. Such a reader could not fall ta become aw are af the feet th at in all plates, through out all recorded tim e, usury among be lievers Is absolutely prohibited The pastor is, ef course, perfectly right in holding th at tha parable teach ea the use of all talents in G td’s aer vice, hut he ia entirely wrong in iafer ring from th a t fact th at God per m its the practice of usury am eng Hia ch ldren, let alone teaches it. It the eourse of hia sermon the pas tor adm itted th at in th* Jew ish diauen- sation usury was prohibited among the Israelites, leaving the inference that it ia perm itted »meng Christians, but offered no evidence ia support ef this idea Such ia far from being the case It is still forbidden aa of old Tha law »gainst usury has never been repealed. The fact th at th a law is everyw here violated does not altar the casa in the least, to one wh* desire* to obey that law. It ia purely a m atter ef choosing whom y* will serve, and everyone has to make tha choice for them selves, w hether it will be God or Mammon. Let me call your attention to th* feet th at tha practices of tha early church are given very g reat weight, even considered authoritative by all sects ia ueciding religious questions If a B aptist, M ethodist, Disciple, or any other sectarian can produce any evidence to shew th e t his viewpoint coincides w ith th a t of th* early fath ers of the church, then such evidence ia considered conclusive. Oa aueh claims are ail tha different sects of th* world founded. How, then, did th* early ehurch view thia question we have under consider ation? Tha answer is—it was prohib ited by tha early church; absolutely prohibited among th* early Christians. Those very people to whom we now look for guidance looked upon it aa a practice odious in God’B sight, and in direct violation of His commands. The modern preacher prom ulgates a diff-.-aont doctrine from th at of the Bible and the early fathers. W hatever hia reasons for doing sv may be, they are nut based on the Bible or early church history. VERITA S. Spring Is Here! Yuur appetite demandi something different. We i»ajr hare it. Come in and look our »took «f lunch «eataeTer. Nyssa Packing Co. RUR RIDGE A RAY. Ft«*. Full line Bulk Garden Seeds just received They are cheaper in bulk Nyssa Grain & Seed Co. NYSSA ing sermon tould it ba th a t would leave any dasira in tha haarta of its hearers to spend tha afternoon a t a turkey banquet? Perhaps I am old fashioned, but a t least some others agree w ith m* in believing th at this sort of celebration of the moat sacred and stupendous event in tb* history of OREGON. the human raa* ia a* alto rly Incongru ous aa to bordor on the sacritigieua, if aot, indeed, th a t vary thing. 1 hope th a t tboa* concerned will giv# very • rioaa head to thia m atter. If they do, I feel satlsftad th at a »»peti tion of this oaaarronct will b* Impos sible SPECTATOR. MODERN EASTER OBSERV* ANCE. Editor Journal—In th* Boise Capital News appeared th* following account of a contem olatad observance of E aster Sunday; Payette. M arch 30.- T k a KnighU Tem plar of P ayatta and W aiter, and the K nights exp.ctad here from On tario, Vais. Nyaaa, Parm a and B u rnett, will ebeerv* R aster by attending th* M. E. Church a t P ayatta at 11:16 Sunday morning, Headed by Pay e tte ’* newly organized band of which J H. Stoner ie director, th* K nights in foil uniform will march frem th* Maaentc tem ple to the church Special services have bean arranged aad Rev. Vernon E. Hall will preach tha s e r mon. A t the closo af tha services th* K nights will march back to tha temple. There will be served in th* spacious dining hall a turkey bsaqaet to whieh the K nights and their iadtea are in vitod. Easter, aeoording to my way of thinking, ia tha moat holy seaton of tha year, com m em orating as It does th* resurrection of the Savior from th* dead, thereby dem onstrating th at Ho was in truth w hat He claimed to be, tha Son of God, the Holy On* of Israel. Ha died for tho sins of the world and rose again for our justifies tion. To a world lying In darknosa, under th* shadow of death. He broaght lite and im m ortality to light through Hia reaurraetien. Surely, everyone should give thanks for thi* wondorfal m anifestation af God'a mercy t# mankind; and every tongue should gtv* prais* and glorify the only nam e by which wa may be saved. But, Is a brats band at th* head af a body of raarthiag K nights in fall uni form , a seemly spectacle on thia holy day? Would it so t bo mar* fitting at this saertd festival for tb* Knight* to batake tbomaolvo* to tba bout* of prayor in qaietnoss and humility, leaving tha pomp and pegeantry for soma more appropriate occasion? And a fte r the aarvite, instead of having a turkey feed, would it not soem more flttiag to tb* character of th* day to partahe af a opiritaal feast, giving them selves aver to paayer and fasting till the avanlag come? And w hat hiad of an R aster m ora- Put it to any Power Task Whiie the Fordson Tractor has power in plenty to drag plows and harrows through the heaviest soil, it is light enough, small enough and so easily controlled that it can handily be put to many tasks about the farm, that will save you time, money and work. In fact the Fordson will do every power job, both draw-bar and belt, more quick ly and at less cost than it can be done with any other form of power. So «very month the whole year ’round the always dependable Fordson will prove itself a paying investment, because of its capa bilities, its economy and efficiency. W e will gladly explain and demonstrate to you the many Fordson money-mak ing, time-saving features. Call, write or phone.
