ABSTRACT
The supporters of the Holy-Ghost-and-John-Smith inspiration theory read the verse in Timothy, "All Scripture that is God inspired." But they are more ingenious than ingenuous, and their piety is greater than their Greek. Peter the fisherman steps in to the assistance of "Timothy" and settles the matter. He assures that "the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." This settles the matter. Peter himself was one of the "holy men of God." People are to "search the Scriptures" in order to obtain "eternal life;" and some of us, who would really like "eternal life," would not mind the trouble of searching the Scriptures if one could only find out what the Scriptures really are. In finding out what the Ghost actually has written, the difficulty of the task becomes more formidable every attempt one make to undertake it.
