Untitled article by W. C. G.

Untitled article

W. C. G.

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Third-day, October 1, 1867.

We commend the following, which we find in an exchange, to the notice of our contributors. Inaccuracies in quoting Scripture should be avoided in writing as much as in speaking, and no small amount of editorial labor might be saved if correspondents would be very careful in this matter. W. C. G.

QUOTING SCRIPTURE.—If you pretend to quote Scripture at all, quote it accurately. Take no liberties with the word of God.—A quotation from Scripture, when correctly given and properly applied, carries great force with it. But a mis-quotation is worse than none at all. When, in writing, you give a passage of Scripture, turn to it in your Bible and give it just as it is, spelling, punctuation and all. Your articles will stand a much better chance of insertion than they will if carelessly written and needing many corrections.