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Excerpt from The Old and New Testament Student, Vol. 10: January to June, 1890; With Portrait of Prof. O. S. Stearns, D. D <p>He who has no knowledge of the original tongues in which the Bible was written need not have any apprehension lest he failto obtain the correct understanding of the oracles of God in the version with which he may be acquainted. He need not fear, it may be, lest as a preacher he fail to convey to his hearers a right conception of biblical teaching. But correct ness is a relative term. The student of the English Scriptures may be correct as far as he can go. The preacher may not blunder upon a mistranslated text and so rightly divide the truth. To grasp the fullness Of meaning as revealed In the original marriage of thought and language - this is possi ble only to one who goes to the fountain head. May it not be suggested also that this fullness of personal appreciation is fundamental to a thoroughly adequate teaching Of the Truth. A minister may get along and succeed without a word of Hebrew or N. T. Greek. But has he grasped to the largest extent the meaning of the admonition Preach the Word? <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>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.