Margaret M. Barbour Stone
Published: 2015-06-15
Total Pages: 366
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Excerpt from A Practical Study of the Soul Whatever the extent of the infallibility of the Bible, those who interpret its many meanings are not infallible, and do not often claim to be. And yet, it is upon these finite interpretations that humanity mainly depends for its guidance and comprehension of the meanings of life and duty. Again, Christ claimed to speak in parables. This must imply, if the Bible is to be the only revelation for all time, that each word must contain a message suited to every situation and stage of development, both of the individual and the race - the most advanced as well as the most primitive. If, however, the interpreters are not fitted to read these messages as fast as needed, it must follow that many individuals and situations fail to receive at all, or receive what is untrue. This fact seems to demand that somewhere there should exist some test by which all interpretations could be measured; some standard, besides the sincerity of the interpreters, by which the reasonableness of their deductions could be gauged. Such a standard would of course need to be something which man himself had not made. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.