p. 9 | It Is All One by Ryle

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 20, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 32.

It Is All One

By Ryle

THE waters of the sea have many different shades. In one place they look blue, and in another green. And yet the difference is owing to the depth or shallowness of the part we see, or to the nature of the bottom. The water in every case is the same salt sea.

The breath of a man may produce different sounds, according to the character of the instrument on which he plays. The flute, the pipe, and the trumpet have each their peculiar note. And yet the breath that calls forth the notes is in each case one and the same.

The light of the planets we see in heaven is very various. Mars and Saturn and Jupiter have each a peculiar color. And yet we know that the light of the sun, which each planet reflects, is in each case one and the same.

Just in the same way, the books of the Old and New Testaments are all inspired truth, and yet the aspect of that truth varies according to the mind through which the Holy Ghost makes it flow. The handwriting and style of the writers differ enough to prove that each had a distinct individual being; but the divine Guide who dictates and directs the whole is always one. All is alike inspired. Every chapter and verse and word is from God.—Ryle.