TRUTH ABOUT THE BIBLE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3529, 16 July 1920, Page 3

TRUTH ABOUT THE BIBLE.

I The Rev. Albert Thornhill, ;\LA..ae—--li'x'ev:e.d the first of :1 series of special I clisr3ollrses on the truth about the Bible ; l)£=fm'e at good <-mngrvgation at POllsOll- - Road l.Tllitari.:nl Churclt on Sttmlay tnight. Dealing xxxith the doctrine of lll't‘l.‘:il insp'ir:lticm, as laid down in the VVestnlinster Confession anil thel'39 mticles, the I'evel'eml gentlemzm expressed his :Ist'.b'll'shnlellt that zmyme acqttaintecl with the results of scholastic. inquix-_x' .<lmul<l m2lin't:_n'll web a doeH‘ln(‘. H 0 :H'_\l!l‘(-‘-,l’. »_)‘f_f H~::t uv-~r 150,-'O-OO Variants had been already Atubu-' lated in the thousands of manuscripts ln-:)1lgl1t. to light (luring the past three <*enturie.~:. and gave more intere.<t,ihg i‘.lustrutions of con'uptions and obscuritirs in the ‘Hebrew text of the Old 'l‘-:a<t:unent. Tn the liglxt of ‘l'(‘S(‘{ll'(‘,l] Mr 'l‘hornhill cleelaretl that it was .110 Im~g_v'c-r pos.~.ible to cling to the Mosaic 21u_th01‘ship of Deuteronomy, which apparetltly was quite unknown Imt’il‘the reign of Josiah, some five centl'n‘ie.< ."flC”‘ MOSe.'~"' «lay. Sad ha<t'l)e‘(‘.Ws’-flue r}lsillllsionlllE*!l7t‘ of hnany 'illlY-"_e;'?l_“'tlslest eon] when scientific. fact w":§‘.< "‘§t>'<'*Tw'w'l‘-‘l’ to (li.4P)-ove the creation stnl'ies::"bf“G3xle)sis. 'l‘lle_\;' must. now seek tt'ol""r.’n'lt,ll't_*‘l‘lEsexplanati(m.°- of the unique Valllles°C;ll“33tlle Bible than the (?I'lllrll>lill.gJ'>'l‘l‘ll?e'()?{9rl9 of literal inspiration 3fi'ol'<l'ell‘;‘i§lt'lll3'f'hey Found it in the gl'a(lll:il'Vl§l{f(tll’_tllfi}f of

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