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A WONDERFUL RECION
The Harper Herald
BOOSTING HARPER
VOLUME XXVI, NUMBER 14.
HARPER, GILLESPIE COUNTY, TEXAS. Friday, April 4, 1941.
SUSCRIPTION $1.60 A YEAH
I Read This
THE FOG LIFTS
As the President well said in his
- addfess on March 15, we are now
committed to “a policy of unqual-
ified, immediate, all-out aid for
Britain, for Greece, for China,” and
beyond that, to a policy which
brings us into international affairs
by obliging us, after this war has
ended, to play a “great part in the
period of world reconstruction for
the good of humanity.” What sac-
rifices in men ahd money this two-
fold policy will compel us to make,
God alone can know.
- But.it is well that the fog gen-
erated during the last Presidential
campaign is at last dissipated. We
can -neither provide for our dom-
estic needs, nor wage war, in a fog.
Speaking at Philadelphia on Oct.
23, 1940, the President assured the
country, “your President and your
great Secretary 6f War are follow-
ing. the road to peace,” and' one
week earlier in Boston he had said,
“yopr boys are not going into any
froeign war.” “I am fighting to
keep this nation out of a foreign
war,” he told the country in Brook-
lyn ,on Nov. 1, and on the following
day he announced at Cleveland,
“The first purpose of our country
is to keep this nation out of for-
eign wars.” During the entire cam-
paign, both the President and his
opponent preached the doctrine in
“arms for defense only.”
We do not quote these positions
to attribute bad faith to any' who
made them. They are cited merely
to stress the fact that the fog
which they raised has been blown
away. Now we can see that the
“all-out aid for Britain” theory
seduously avoided during the cam-
/ paign, has been replaced by “un-
qualfied, immediate, all-out aid”
not only for Great. Britain, but
also for Greece, China, and. for all
countries “temporarily occupied by
the aggressors.”
The President’s present mind,
made perfectly clear by the tone
and temper of his address, was
emphasized by his disclosure of
certain details of the Administra-
tion’s policy. Although the Nazi
Government has been guilty of no
overt act of aggression against the
United States, the President
asserts that Germany’s program
looks to the destruction of orderly
government not merely in Europe,
uut in every part of the world, the
United States included. We must
in consequence arm ourselves
against this attack, and must not
'permit ourselves to be hindered by
“the appeasers, the^ defeatists, the
backstairs manufacturers of panic”
More than 1,500,000 young men
are now in the armed forces, and
all over the country factories are
turning out munitions. Five min-
utes after the Lend-Lease bill had
been signed, the President approved
a list of articles to be shipped to
England.
The Administration’s policy, the
President frankly admitted, will
call for great, sacrifices from every
American. Taxes will go up, and
we shall Work longer for less pay.
But greater sacrifices than these
will probably be required. Upon our
will to give all that is asked “de-
pends the survival of the steel
bridge across the ocean—the bridge
of ships that carry the arms and
the food for those who are fight-
ing the good fight.”
Careful study is not required to
understand the main objectives of
the President’s address. In our
Opinion, these objectives, if vigor-
ously pursued, as, no doubt, they
will be pursued, put this country in
a state of undeclared war.
The army camps that dot the
country have not been constructed
for ornamental purposes. Their one
purpose is to school young men to
. fight, h,ere or in a foreign land.
Qur young men At 'sea or in the air-
craft schools are receiving training
to fit them for fighting. We are
not only the arsenal of the world’s
democracies. We are the ships that
will carry them f<pd, planes, muni-
tions, military supplies of every
kind, The steel bridge that is to
span the ocean will remain unbuilt
' until it is built by Amercans. When
the enemy • attacks that bridge,
many who defend it will lose their
lives, and they will be Americans.
As the President warns us, let
us not deceive ourselves. We can
forget the last campaign. ^We are
new engaged jn a military expedi-
. tion which will call for sacrifices
far . greater, it may well be, than
any yet imposed by war upon thq
American people. We are not,
technically, at war, for Congress
has not declared the existence of a
state of war. Technically we may
never be at war. Practically we are
qow at war with the Axis Powers,
since we are pledged to give Great
Britiqn “all aid that will be in-
creased—and yet again increased—
until total victory has been won.”
At last the fog has lifted. We
how know where we are, but God
grant that we know, a year hence,
where we are. We have no fear of
military defeat. Our fear is that
political chaos will follow “total
victory.”—(America.)
LIFE INSURANCE — AND THE |
LITTLE FELLOW
The ill considered attack on
American life insurance made in a
report hy two staff members of the
Gillespie Co. Achieves All-Time
Record In Registering Of Autos
1941 Schedule
Hill Country League
(1) April 13th
Ingram at Boeme.
Stonewall' at Comfort
Fredericksburg at Kerrville
Harper—open.'
(2) April 20th
Comfort at Ingram
' Boeme at Harper
Kerrville at Stonewall
Fredericksburg—open.
, (3) April 27th
Stonewall at Fredericksburg
Ingram at Keriwille
Harper at Comfort
Boeme—open.
•' (4) May 4th
Fredericksburg at Boeme
Kerrville at Harper
Comfort, at Stonewall
Ingram—open.
(5) May 11th
Boeme at Kerrville
Comfort at Fredericksburg
Harper at Ingram
Stonewall—open.
(6) May 18th .
Fredericksburg at Ingram
Sotnewall at Harper
Comfort at Boerne
Kerrville—open. ,
(7) May 25th
Ingram at Harper
Boeme at Fredericksburg >
Stonewall at Kerrville
Comfort—open. -
(8) June 1st
Ingram at Comfort
Fredericksburg at Stonewall
Kerrville at Boeme
Harper—open.
(9) June 8th '
Boeme at Ingram
Comfort at. Kerrville
Harper atf Stonewall
Frederickbsurg—open. ,
(10) JunJkSh
Fredericksburg at Comfort
Ingram at Stonewall .
Harper at KerrvillJ*.
Boeme—open, p J
(11) June 22nd
Boeme at Stonewall
Kerrville at Comfort
HTarper at Fredericksburg
Ingram—open. .
(12) June 29th
Harper at Boeme
Kerrville at Fredericksburg
Stonewall at Ingram
Comfort—open.
(13j) July 6th
Ingram at Fredericksburg /*
Snotewall at Boeme
Comfort at Harper
Kerrville—open.
(14) July 13th
Boeme at Comfort
Fredericksburg at Harper
Kerrville at Ingram
Stonewall—open. \
(15) July 20th
Comfort at Fredericksburg
Ingram at Stonewall
Boeme at Kerrville
Harper—open.
(16) July 27th
Stonewall at Comfort
Kerrville at Ingram
Harper at Boeme
Fredericksburg—open.
(17) August 3rd
Comfort at Kerrville
Ingram at Harper
Fredericksburg at Stonewall
Boeme—open.
(18) August 10th
Fredericksburg at Kerrville ’
Harper at Comfort
Stonewall at Boeme
Ingram—open.
(19) August 17th
Kerrville at Harper
Ingram at Comfort
Boeme at Frederciksburg
Stonewall—open.
(20) August 24th
Stonewall at Harper
Fredericksburg at Ingram
Comfort at Boeme
Kerrville—open.
(21) August 31st
Boeme at Ingram
Kerrville at Stonewall
Harper at Fredericksburg
Comfort—open.
Each team has 9 home games,
9 games on road and 3 open dates.
SEC to the temporary National
Economic committee is a clear^ut
example of the unsuitability of
government by kibitzers. . '
The charge that the loanable
funds of these great popular sav-
ings institutions “are only avail-
able for big business” recalls the
anecdote about the man Who mur-
dered both his parents and then
appealed to the court for leniency
on the ground that he was an or-
phan.
Total of $36,528.04 Placed to Credit
Of County From the Sale, of
Automobile and Truck Licenses
. For 1941.
An all time record for the regis
tration of motor vehicles was set
in Gillespie county for the period
ending April 1 when 1941 licenses
had been sold to 3,128 cars, trucks
and farm trucks to bring a total
revenue of $36,528.04 into the coun-
ty road and bridge fund. The total
in revenue, as well as in registra-
tions, would have been greater but
the State Highway Department on
March 31 passed an order granting
15 days, grace for the registration
of commercial trucks in order to
await definite outcome on a pro-
posed new rate schedule for such
trucks.
Comparison between vehicles re-
gistered by April 1, 1940 and April
1, 1941, Was as follows:
1940 1941
Autos______ 2465 2541
Farm Trucks-- 216 321
Trucks _:________ 371 370
In 1940 the total of registrations
was ohly $34,528.04 compared to
the $36,528.04 of this year. 'As
many trucks are still to be regis-
tered by April 15 this sum will be
increased materially, according to
Tax Assessor-Collector Wm. M.
Petmecky.
An unusually heavy rush in re-
gistrations was experienced during
the last week of the period. To fa-
cilitate the rush and to convenience
people working during the day, Mr.
Petmecky kept the office open at
night during the last days of the
period. It was after three o’clock
in the morning that the office was
finally closed on the last day.
Several hundred cars and trucks
remained unlicensed. No penalty
will be placed on late registrations
unless the owner is apprehended
driving the vehicle on public roads
in which case a penalty of 20 per-
cent would be added to the license
fee. Cars and trucks that are to
be licensed now must furnish an
affidavit stating that the car or
truck has not been driven in order
for the penalty to be waived.
Only exception to this are cbm
mercial trucks which may operate-
unmolested on the old plates until
April 15. The highway department
expects the legislature to have
worked out a new rate schedule by
then under which trucks are to be
registered. If the new Taw is pass-
ed as contemplated the rate would
be cheaper by the hundred pounds.
The law is designed especially to
give relief to the larger type of
trucks that will load up to a gross
weight of 38,000 pounds under the
load law passed recently by the
legislature.
LOST or STRAYED from home
a large Bronze Turkey Gobbler be-
Please notify Harper Herald or
longing to... Mrs Anna Tatsch.
Mm. Tatsch.
T^ie Home Demonstration club
met last Thursday at the home of
Mrs. Floyd Boatwright with 12
members present. Miss Martin gave
an interesting talk on the water
supply in Hie home and its benefits.
The hostess served lemonade, cook-
ies, and cake.
The point is that the manage-
ment of life insurance companies
are not free agents in investigating
policyholders’ funds, but must pro-
ceed in accordance with the pre-
cise provisions of state law.
Accordingly, it comes with ill
grace for bureaucrats of the fed-
eral government to hold up respon-
sible insurance executives to ridi-
cule and contempt FOR FAITH-
FULLY ADHERING TO THE
STATUTES APPLICABLE I N
THE STATES IN WHICH THEY
OPERATE.
But while the state laws deter-
mining the eligibility of bond in-
vestments in the nature of things
tend to favor the larger and more
successful units of business, rather
than untried and experimental ven-
turers, the law DOES permit these
institutional lenders to minister to
the needs of the little fellows in
their LOANS TO POLICYHOLD-
ERS and in their MORTGAGE
LOANS TO SMALL HOMEOWN-
ERS.
In the war-tom world of rapid
change, American life insurance
has stood the test.
While private promoters and
public windbags were falling down
on their glib promises to thp peo-
ple, the great institution qf life
insurance has met its commitments.
It provides voluntarily secured
economic security to half the pop-
ulation.
It embodies the bulk of the savr
ings of the people, and it is a
symbol of the stake of the people
generally in a sound dollar and in
prudent handling of federal fiscal
policy.
Life insurance is capable of ord-
erly change and improvement, but
the public should be on guard
against intemperate proposals by
superficial bureancrafts. — S. A.
Light.
Church Notices
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Divine worship (Mass) at 10
o'clock ever/ Sunday and Holy-
day of obligation. On the third
Sunday of every month, and on all
Holydays there is also an early
Mass at 8:30.
On week days, the bell rings at
7:30 a. m.; Mass at 7:45 a. m.
The Discussion Club meets on the
second and fourth Sundays of the
month; the regular time being
1:30 p. m.
Special services during Lept,
which begins Feb. 26, will be held
each Friday night at 7:45. These
devotions consist of Stations of
the Gross, fourteen meditations on
the suffering, death, and burial, of
our Divine Saviour. The public is
invited to attend any of our Church
services and the Discussion Club
meetings.
Special Holy Week services on
Thursday morning and night; Fri-
day morning, afternoon, and night.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
The Friendly Church
Rev. T. H. Alcorn, Pastor
m. H.
■ Sunday school at 1
H. Fairchild, Supt.
Morning service at 11. Evening
service at 7:15.
W. M. U. Mondays at 3 p. m.
Prayer meeting and teachers’
meeting Wednesdays at 7:15 p. m.
G. A.’s and R. A.’s Fridays at
7:15 p. m.
Israel In the School of God
THE FAMILY bF GOD—THE
KINGDOM OF GOD—AND
THE CHURCH OF GOD
HARPER METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. H. Ellis Thomas, Pastor
On every 1st Sunday. Sunday
School at 2:00 p .m. Preaching
service'at 3:00 p. m.
On every 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sun-
day. Sunday school at 10 a. m.
On every 3rd Sunday. Three
services and dinner on the grounds.
Preaching services at 11:00 a. m.
2:30 fc. m- al>d 7:30 p. in.
Special announcement for March
16th. District Supt. Dr. Cooke
will deliver at message at 11:00
a. m. and hold the quarterly meet-
ing after service.
Everybody is cordially invited to
attend.
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Walter C. Probst, Pastor
English services: 1st Snuday,
a. m.; 2nd, 4th, 5th Sundays, at
3:00 p. m.
German service, 3rd Sunday, at
11:00 a. m.
Sunday school, 1st and 3rd Sun-
day, at 10 a. m.; other Sundays at
3:45 p. m.
Luther League, 2nd Sunday at
7:30 p. m.
Women’s Missionary Society, 3rd
Wednesday at 2:00 p. m.
Church Workers Training Course
3rd Sunday at 3:00 p. m.
A cordial welcome to all.
FOR SALE—Clean Kash Cotton
Seed, 2 1-2 cents per pound. Arthur
Zenher, Route 2, Fredericksburg,
Texas, Phone 2004.
Rainfall In March
Totals 4 Inches
Heavy rainfall throughout the
Hill Country and in every comer
of Gillespie County was reported
by official L. C. R. A. reporters
for the month of March. Precipi-
tation ranged from as much as 4.41
inches at Hye, as reported by Levi
Deike, to 2.92 inches at Harper as
reported by Otto Rahe.
Too much moisture has prevent-
ed many farmers from doing their
spring plowing and planting on
schedule, although the ample rain-
fall continues to assure good range
and pasturage for stock. Wheat
in some sections is reported to have
had too much moisture and a period
of sunshine would be welcomed.
According to the monthly rain
total as compiled by Gillespie Co.
LCRA reporters, the precipitation
recorded was as follows:
Handy
Doss _
Stop
„ 4.41 inches
_ 4.17 inches
_ 3.96 inches
.... 3.77 inches
_ 3.42 inches
_ 3.01 inches
-------1 2.92 inches
----7-000--
BARGAIN — Used Suits for
Men and Boys. Several Good Con-
firmation Suits. Lange’s Cleaning
and Pressing Shop, Fredericksburg.
Willow City _
Fredericksburg
Crabapple ___
Harper____
Sgt. Theodor von Essen has been
called to Brownsville from Kerr-
ville. Hereafter all enlistments will
have to go to San Antonio, the
recruiting station at Kerrville hav-
ing been closed.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Smith of
Witchita Falls are here for several
days and have rooms with Mrs. C.
E. Bein. Mr. Smith is decorating
the Roberson home just recently
built by Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ro-
berson who have purchased
(Jarl Kroll ranch recently.
When anyone sets forth “the
Baptist Claim” to church perpetu-
ity, and demonstrate that the “Bap-
tist church” alone can claim Jesus
for Founder and Head, there are
always some who jump to the con-
clusion that Baptist “claim” that
none are saved but Baptist. No true
Baptist makes any such claim. The
“almost opposite” is true, for ac-
cording to our view “one MUST
be saved before they can be a Bap-
tist”. One that is not saved is not
fit to belong t0 the church. Really
they,are worse off than if they did
not belong to the church.
The Church of God, the Kingdom
of God and the Family of God, are
three separate and distinct things;
THE FAMILY OF GOD
The family.of God includes ALL
of the children of God in Heaven
and on earth. In Eph. 315 Paul
speaks of the “Whole family in
Heaven and on earth”. This family
“includes all saved”. Ye are "all”
children of God by faith in Jesus
Christ. Gal. 3-26. Since Old Test-
aments Saints were saved by faith
in Christ (acts 10-43 - Rom. 4,1 to
6) they are “all” members of God’s
family.
God’s family is “bigger” than
the kingdom of God, or the church
of God, for it NOW contains “all”
the sayed from Abel to the Last
man who Saved, whether in heav-
en or on earth. God has ONLY one
family. ALL believers are children
of God and heirs of God.
THE KINGDOM OF GOD
The kingdom of God includes
“all” of the ‘born again’” living on
the earth at any given time. The
kingdom as used in John 3-3 to 5,
Mat. 11-11 and 16-19, Luke 16-16,
Rom. 14-17, Coloss 1-13 and John
18-36 is composed of ALL “the
bom again” on earth, while the
kingdom referred in Dan. 2-44,
Luke 19-11 to 27, and Acts 1-6
is yet in the future. What is some
times called the “spiritual” king-
dom is composed “only” of those
who have been “bom again”. Those
who have been “translated out of
darkness into the kingdom of His
dear Son.” In John 3-3 to 5 Jesus
says, “except a man be bom again”
he cannot ^ee nor enter the king-
dom of God. In f Matt. 18-1 to 6
and Mark 10-13 to 15 the Master
shows very clearly that the king-
dom is composed of “only” such
as has received Him.
The family of God includes ALL
the saved of ALL ages, whether in
heaven or on earth! the kingdom
of God includes that part of the
family of God who 4are on the
earth NOW. '
THE CHURCH OF GOD
“The church of God” is never
used of any institution except of
an assembly or congregation of
baptised believers in some given
locality, e.g., the church of God at
Corinth. 1 cor 1-2.
There is only one famil of God,
composed of “all” the redeemed
of “all” ages in heaven and on
earth. There is only one kingdom
of God, composed of “all” the “bom
again” on earth NOW. There are
thousands of individual churches.
When one is bom again he is in
God’s family. He is in the family
of God “forever”. The relationship
does not change. Whether in Hea-
ven or on earth he is in Cod’s
family. When he is bom again he
also enters God’s kingdom. This
relationship is for life. When he
does he passes out of God’s king-
dom on earth and enters “His Hea-
enlv kingdom.” (2 Tim. 4-18). After
he is bom again he is not yet in
a church of God BUT is a scrip-
tural subject for admission into a
church of God. “The Lord added to
the church daily the saved” acts
2-47. “Church membership” is not
something a man gets with salva-
tion but it is a blessing he gets
after salvation by being added to
the church. Baptism is not “essen-
tial” to admission into the family
of God or the kingdom of God.
Men are bom again into the family
of God and the kingdom of God,
but they are “baptized” into the
church of God (1 Cor. 12-13). The
“one body” referred to by Paul
in 1 Cor. 12-13 was the church at
Corinth. Note also Paul says in
1 Cor. 12-27 “ye are a body of
Christ and members in particular”.
The local church members of the
church at Corinth belonged to
“only one” body of Christ. That
“body” of Christ probably “did not”
contain “all” the saved at Corinth
(1 Cor. 1-2) and “certainly” none
of the saved anywhere else except
at Corinth. Since they belonged to
only “one body” and that “one
body” was the local church at Cor-
inth, Christ has no other kind of
a church or body except a local
church. “If” they had belonged to
a. local church at Corinth, which
Paul said was a body of Christ,
and then to. the kind of a church
some believe in, a church composed
of “all” the saved everywhere, then
they would have belonged to two
churches or two bodies of Christ—
one local and visible, the other
“universal” and “invisible.” The
New Testament knows nothing of
any such confusion. Christ has
the . ONLY one kind of a church or body
bn this eai-th, and that church is
Sf&NSofffier/MES
March Auto Sales
Average 1A Day
Total of 153 Transfers Registered
During Month
A total of 31 new car and truck
sales, were registered in the office
ojf county tax assessor-collector
Wm. Petmecky during the month
of March, average one sale per
day for the 31-day period.
During the same time a total of
153 transfers were recorded, ac-
cording to Petmecky, whose office
experiences one of the busiest
months during March of the entire
year, new car license sales account-
ing for a large amount.of the vol-
ume of business transacted in the
tax collector’s office.
Of the new units sold, 21 were
passenger automobiles and 10 were
commercial cars, trucks, pick-up,
etc. *
Mohair Market
Remains Active
San Angelo Times, April 5.—The
mohair market remained • active
throughout West Texas yesterday,
with sales reported mostly at 53
cents a pound for adult hair and
75 cents for kid hair.
The E. R. Scott warehouse at
Lampasas sold 75,000 pounds to R.
P. Colljns & Co., of which E. G.
Wentworth and Louie Ragland are
Texas representatives, at 53 and 75
cents. The C. P. Cloud warehouse
sold the same quantity at the same
price to an unnamed buyer.
Guy Barton, buying for Forte,
Dupee, Sawyer Co., has this week
bought more than 300,000 pounds
of mohair in a dozen West Texas
Legislative Activities
There were three events of prin-
cipal interest in the Legislature
during this week.
(1) The House Monday killed a
bill to create a new commission to
handle the oil and gas- regulation in
Texas. This ends such legislation
for the session.
(2) Op Thursday, after having
debated it for four days, the Sen-
ate passed my bill which is design-
ed to revise the license fees on com-
mercial motor vehicles to conform
to the charge which developed after
the new truk load limit bill was
passed.
(3) The House passed a bill de-
signed to prevent strikes bn defen-
se projects.
My bill conferring additional
powers on the Menard County
School Board was passed on March
28 and sent to the Governor. A
special road law for Coke County,
and my bill authorizing the Gov-
ernor to appoint special commis-
sioners to serve on the Courts of
Civil Appeals when any of the
judges are serving in the armed
forces were passed by the Senate.
This last measure is primarily to
make provision for someone to act
while Judge Harvey Baugh of the
Third Court of Civil Appeals is in
the army on active duty, and for
any similar situations.
Penrose B. Metcalfe, ,
State Senator
Austin, Texas, March 29, 1941
-000-—
Bom to Mrs. Edwin Priess, a
baby boy on Tuesday, April 2nd
Free Film Picture
The Gillespie County A. C. A.
has secured the use of an animati-
phone projector and two film strips,
“Plows, Planes, and Peace” and
“The Salt of the Earth”. These are
up to the minute sound movies of
American agricultural . activities
should be of interest Vo everyone.
Plans have been made show
these pictures in this county in ac-
c ~>rdance with the1 following sched-
ule:
Albert __________________ Tuesday, April 1.
Morris .li'imch Wednesday, April 2
Harped)!, v: Thursday, April 3.
Reingold;: Li___Friday, April 4.
Willow Ci^y......Saturday, April 5.
Luckenha.sh „____ Monday, April J.
Stonewalf______Tuesday, April 8,
Fredericksburg_Friday April 10,
Cherry Mt____,__Friday, April It,
Doss________Saturday, April 12.
The picture will be shown at
Fredericksburg bn Thursday, April
10, at 8:00 p. m. in the District:
Court room.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mrs, B, M. Presley grandmother
of Miss lya Dixie Baker student at
Sul Ross College has announced the
engagement of the young lady to
J. R. Peril of Harper. Peyil has
been a student at Sul Ross for the
last two years. He is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Peril of Harper.
Miss Baker is a graduate of Cry-
stal City and Mr. Peril is a gradu-
ate of Harper high school.
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Catholic Information
Why Believe the Bible?
It is safe to say that nowadays
cities from Fort Worth to the Pecos i the majority of people
River paying 68 and 76 cents a DO NOT RELIEVE THE BIBLE
pound for it in most cases. Some look oh it as a collection of
E. G. Wentworth estimated last myths and fairy tales. Others,
night that between three and one- J brought Up to regard it with pro-
half million and four million pounds found reverence, consider that it
of spring and fall mohair have been has been discredited 'by modem
purchased this year. He has pur- criticism. In fact, Catholics are
chased this year 1,600,000 pounds, nearly the only people who contin-
he estimated. ue to regard the Bible as the Word
It was rumored here yesterday of God and therefore divinely truq.
that offers of 55 cents a pound for As a consequence, the rest of the
adult hair and 65 cents for kid hair world is sometimes disposed to look
had been made. j on Catholics as ignorant, or behind
-ooo- i the times, or wilfully blind.
Subscribe to the Herald | The question therefore arises
----i whether or not the Bible is, on the
an assembly of organized baptized | whole, a book calculated to inspire
believers in Christ in any given . belief. Are its main features such
community or locality. The church as to lend support to its claim to
Paul said was the “pillar and ■ be a vehicle of God’s message to
ground of the truth” was a local mankind?
church. The church which Paul I Unhesitatingly we answer “Yes,”
called “the house of God” was a J and we shall proceed now to enum-
local church. The church which our ■ erate various characteristics of the
Lord promised in Mat. 16.18 that , Bible which tend to win the con-
“the gates of Hell should not pre- i fidence of thoughtful, unprejudiced
vail against” was a local church. | readers.
Once more may I say. The family j l. There is hardly ta\historical
“°n” f1'“ 1 statement in the Bible that has not.
of God is composed of "all” the
saved in heaven and on earth. Old | been assailed at one time or ano- ; they remain beyond reproach.
Testament saints are in God’s fam-
ily. They are not now and never
were in the Kingdom of God or in
any church of God. All believers—
those born again, on earth at any
given time, “since” the days of John
the Baptist (Luke 16:16) composed
the Kingdom of God. ONLY be-
lievers, those bom again, and “all”
believers, those bom again, wheth-
er Catholic, Protestant, Baptist, or
non-church members on earth are
in the Kingdom of God, ONLY | of
scripturally baptised believers Are . On,
members of the churches of Christ. !<gxd
ther, ’yet never has
ANY SUBSTANTIAL ERROR
been proved. Even with all the
progress made by scientific criti-
cism, not one of the Blibical writers
has ever been convicted of fraud.
contrary, profane history
tied some remarkable con-
of the historical relia-
Bible.
)ld Testament is largely
prophecies and yet none
ever been stultified,
they have been
"|H» bring constantly ful-
filled by history.
3. The doctrinal teaching of the
Bible has been assailed frequently
but never with suefc^s. The Bible
presents us with -
MANY PICTURES OF GOD
in relation with the buman race.
They come to us through a variety
of minds and pens; yet they are
always in perfect harmony. More-
over, although too few re: ilzt UTo"
fact, it is to the teaching of .the
Bible that we owe the pure doctrine
of Monotheism.
4. The high moral teaching of
the Bible, too, gives evidence in
its favor. To the Bible we owe the
Ten Commandments which are the
foundations of human society. It is
the same with the sanctity of mar*
riage. In a word,
EVERY CHRISTIAN VIRTUE
is portrayed in the pages of the
Bible.
5. The very existence, of super-
ficial inconsistencies is another
proof of the truthfulness of the
Bible. The writers show an almost
complete disregard of the possi-
bility of criticism; they make no
attempt to forestall attack, yet \
6. Again, the Biblical writers re-
port miracles with an unquestion-0
able simplicity which amounts to
audacity. These men must have
been convinced of what they thus
unflinchingly describe.
7. The Bible presents to us the
highest social ideals, outlined in
the Old Testament, perfected in the
New. This lofty idealism is a strong
argument in favor of the Bible.
(Continued next week)
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