Notes of a Sermon preached by the Rev. C. E. Darwert in Union Church, Tientsin, Sunday Evening, October 22.
Text: St. John, XXT. 24 witness to these things, and wrote witness is true."
"This is the disciple which beareth these things; and we know that his Tiere are people who hold that John, tle disciple of Jesus, the son of Zehelee, did not write this Gospel; but that it was written by one called "John the Elder." We know. nothing about him, but "any sti-lo will do to beat a dog with." Ie serves the pur po-e of dscrediti,, the story of Jesus. 1 hive always thought it a 1 arvel tht, according to some people, all th. sublime st geniuses of the world have been vionymous. Homr did not write the "iliad," David wrote nex: to nove of the Psalmy, John did not write the Gospel, Shakes-pean: did ut write the Plays. On2 really wonders if anybody ever whole anything. Various discrepande: and difficulties: cre pointed out, and we ars ask"d, could tue son of Zebedve he responsible for urase? The feranev 74 is all is that Jesus 1s nut thy divine Saviour of the world. Now, is it not possible to get to a point of view, from which we shall 'e able to take a sane ud sensible view of the matter, ani see a way, of a quite easy and natural hind, out of the tangle of ''difficulties ' raised by much that calls itself criticism?
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.