The Archive · 1924

HAVE WE A BIBLE OF AUTHORITY?

To the Editor of the NORTH-CHINA Dalty News Sir—The replies given to my query by both your correspondents only. make confusion worse confounded. I maintain that—Chris-mity to be Christ-like must conform to Bible standards, The Bist Chapter of Exodus, verses 12 to 18, contains the only. formula for the' pudding John suggests T should try to eat and it Says in part:—Let the Children of Israel keep the Sabbath and eelebrate it in their generations, it is an Everlasting Covenant. written with the finger of God. T am not concerned with the story of what the Bishop told his fellow passen-wer; there are other stories quite 4 good from the opposite standpoint and in reply to the Chaplain himself T again refer the good old Book St. Matthew IV. verves 8 and and ask him the question, What would have happened to." Chris tianity if Christ had done what the devil asked The point. doing w lot of people may be in some ways isputable, but the fact remains that by trading on the Sabbath Day.

merchandise with the object of kings a profit out of those eommonly termed as outside the fold is not conducive to or even.an me tive to, any plain wayfaring man believing that the Christ held up by them is the Christ of the Bible, ye love me keep my command there are no contingencies, Tam, ete, Shanghai, Sept, 27, 1024,

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