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.
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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-
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