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would have people believe. Suppose yos
search among the writings ofthe venerable
Fathers of the Church, Of which yeu are
the organ, and see ifthere is not some tra-
dition, more to be believed than Moses and
the Prophets. No wondor the Pope is op-
posed to the Bible in our shools; he is q
fraid the pupils will all turn Know Moth
ings!
With regard to the selection Of Rulers,
"Sam" and "Moses" agree exactly
When Moses found the burden of the gov
ernment TOO severe for him 10 perform n
lone, he was directed to choose seventy
| men of the Elders of The children of Israel
(not of the strangers) to assist him in the
administration of tbs government. (See
Numbers, chapter 11,yerses to 16. And
in Deuteronomy. chapter II, verses II
i5,) Moses commands as follows: Isl
"When thou art come TO the land which
1.-THE Lord thy God giyeth thee, and shalt
dwell therein, and shalt say, Il will set /.
"klng over me, as all the nations that are
around me-, one from among thy breth-
"ren shalt thou set king over thee
" Thou shall not SET a stranger over thee who
sis not Thy BROTHER"
What do you think Of that, Mr.. Exami-
ner? Is that strong enough for you p
s,Sam," you say, don't read the Bible =
Verify, it would seem that he didn't read
anything else. The Foreign Priest burns
the Bible. Is it because Of the above text
being 10 it that he hates it so?
But am net done yet, most pious and
very reverend Editor, and | beg to call
your serious attention to the consequences
that "Mosesp Gays will follow the obedi-
ence Or the disobedience Of those LaMs and
Commandments. What are they? They
are written in the 2Sth chapter Of the book
of Deuteronomy, as follows:
"And it,shall come to pass, If thou shalt
"hearken diligently 70 the voice of the
"Lord thy God, to observe and to do those
commandments which have commanded
"thee, the Lord Thy God will set thee high
"above all nations of the earth. 50
The Lord shall cause thine enemies to
.rise up against thee to be smitten before
"thy face. s** And all the people of
"the earth shall be afraid ofthee. 49,
"Thou shalt lend to many nations, and
"thou shalt not borrow. And the Lord
"sbalI make thee the Head and not the
"Tall And thou shalt be above only, and
"thou shalt not be beneath"
Then, on the other hand we read a.
gain:
"But 1t shall come to pass if thou wilt
"not observe and do these commandments,
"and ordinances. ~ Jehovah shall
"cause thee to be smitten before thine en-
"cnemies, thou shalt fee seven ways be-
"fore them, and thou shalt be oppressed by
"all the kingdoms of the earth. 49,
"Thy sons and thy daughters shall be CIV
zen to another people; 80 The fruit
"of thy land and all thy work., shall BE-
"enioyed by nation thou knowest not
* - And thou shalt become an aston
s'ishment, proverb and by-word among
"all nations. O. The stranger that is with.
Gin thee, shall get up above thee very high;
sand thou shalt come down very Iow.-
"He shalt lend to thee, and thou shalt not
"lend to him. He shalt be the Head and
"thou' shalt be the Tail. And ys shall be
"left few in number, whereas ye were as
"the stars of Heaven. -. And thy
ellie snail nang ia douot peIoIe thee'-
"Thou shalt be afraid day and night, and
"shalt have no assurance of thy life |"
The words of the Editor are true, viz:
@The civil lpolity Of Moses certainly deserves
the respect of Protestants.
So, for once, the Editor will see that
"Sam" reads his Bible, and more than that,
he loves it, and believes in the doctrine Of
"keeping it before the people"
"T'hey have Moses and the Prophets; if
they hear not them, they will not believe
though one rose from the dead" Thus
spake the Saviour of men, to q nation Of
people who having dIsobeyed these identi-
cal commands, were then under the gov
ernment of Foreign born Rulers. With all
due respect to the Examiner"
/ remain, SAM, Jr.