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1889 Watch Tower - A2Z.org

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***R620 : page 3A little while, our fightings shall be over;A little while, our tears be wiped away;A little while, the power of JehovahShall turn our darkness into gladsome day.A little while, the fears that oft surround usShall to the memories of the past belong;A little while, the love that sought and found usShall change our weeping into heaven's glad song.A little while! 'Tis ever drawing nearer--The brighter dawning of that glorious day.Blest Savior, make our spirits' vision clearer,And guide, O guide us in the shining way.page 3A little while, O blessed expectation!For strength to run with patience, Lord, we cry,Our hearts up leap in fond anticipation;Our union with the Bridegroom draweth nigh."====================R1144 : page 3THE AUTHORSHIP ANDCREDIBILITY OF THE BIBLE.While the Bible is generally accepted by Christian people as ofdivine authority, comparatively few are able to clearly state justwhy they so esteem it. The internal evidence of its truthfulness,and its grandeur of doctrine, are the principal evidences onwhich its testimony is, and should be, generally received; andtruly these are strong, and convincing of its divine authorshipand authority; yet the man of God who would be thoroughlyfurnished with the truth, and armed against every attack ofskepticism, should endeavor to know all he can of the time,manner, circumstances, etc., under which it was written;whether it has been preserved free from corruption; and whetherin its present condition it is worthy of full confidence. Let us,therefore, briefly consider what testimony we have to thecredibility of the Sacred Writings.From numerous expressions, references and quotations in theNew Testament by our Lord and the apostles it is evidentR1145 : page 3that a certain body of writings was at that time considered to beof divine authority. The Sacred Scriptures then in existence arenow characterized as the Old Testament Scriptures (the

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