might be able to “preach the gospel to every creature” in the tongue of every creature. 3. I have said that the apostles at first never thought of writing the New Testament. The books of the New Testament were produced and called forth by special circumstances that arose, were written to meet particular demands and emergencies. Nothing was further from the minds of the apostles and evangelists than the idea of composing works which should be collected and formed into one volume and so constitute