Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1911 — The Question Answered. [ARTICLE]

The Question Answered.

Editor Jasper county Democrat, Dear Sir:—-The question in your valuable paper some time ago “Where do Ministers of the Gospel get Their Authority to be Called ‘Reverend,’ ” is not answered, so far, and it is rather a difficult question. It does not seem to be unlawful to use the word. “Reverend’’ comes under the law—man made law—but the word Reverend is applicable to Jehovah only. From the bible standpoint man has no divine authority to use that title. The word reverend occurs one time only in all the Holy Scriptures—to the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise God. God is a Divine Spirit being in heaven, reverend and holy is his name. Psalms 111; 9. Man is of the earth—earthly, dust. Thou art and unto dust shalt thou return. Man i is mortal. God’s thoughts and; ways are not man’s thoughts and ways. God and man are dist’nct •and definite beings and they are two opposites. The word immortal occurs one time only in all the Holy Scriptures, Ist Timothy 1; 17. Isaiah, 55; 8,9, and the bible is the word of God, and the Scripture cannot be broken. V JOHN CASEY,. " Fair Oaks.