Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-06-29

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vaass on the Scriptures.
Tbs ad saptasdvm production of which this dey-
cred himself in Wiikesborough has been ably reviewed in
the endard Sufficient praise has bean swarded him
strange to say the reviewers have overlooked the most
Variable partot it. Now, Vance BLOCKADE Ranng-.
a.nss On expectation Of Cotton and gpOrt.9u Of
Profanity and hard the squandering
Of State the illegal method Of settling
is familiar Iat Tapes on inc Is
rich As he is evidently tyro at the business, we wish
70 do him full justice in attempt at Biblical criticism
Two specimens are furnished in the above speech.
Theirs is based Acts xix: q, "a. Read the pas.
sage carefully in The Bible and then the following COM
ment Allow me to remind you of text Of sacred Scrip
when Saint PAT went to the City OF Ephesus and announced
the true God he raised quite ROW with Demetrus and
the rest Of the artists the psee who had been aecus
toned to make their living by manufacturing shrines for
the Goddess Dans aad they We're about to massacre st.
Paul for his inference with their profits At the height
Of the Excitement which about to break out into az
,usl hosltes there appeared snong them fellow, the
town clerk whose name is not given, land regret tue
isslon think he was The smartest uninspred man
nsntohed in Scrp'ure) who gtnpon the courthouse steps
my Of you recoecl the passage! lie advised the people
to do naAisg ,ash.' For, sad he, you will be held
accountable for this uproar netrus and the arti.
have anything against this the law is open let
them mpead each other, the deputies sworn, and IL
shall be inquired CT in lawful assembly This is the
s ID give yo 9sshng H. ol How point
IF ve.y small house this expositer beabors twenty
before be say three little Words DO nothing
RASH But isn't the d.etion elegantly "A FELLOW the town
clerk" the Gramnsatsus the Chancellor Of Ephesss
the city Recorder Secretary Of State any Of which the
word may mean, swaggering low sop of the baser
sort, according this new exposition And this TetIOU
"got upon courthouse steps the stump" Ghatis
new ldea for which We return THAMES as We can IND IN
Luke who wrote the Acts hunt about steps, or stump
or courthouse He says the assembly met ut the teatrs
word never used for the place of Judicial proceedings
This commentator ns the text detective, frequent
complaint with msiifed extositors. The "nasns OF the
he the uninsped man mentioned in Scrip
ture What irreparshle loss Abe Church has sussi
ed In the omission Of that fst'oUs name! What obscur
y must rest that part part Of in eonse
quence! How careless in Luke W omit it'll Luke, Way
did you leave it outl There Is something in NAME
Shakespeare opinion to the contrary
10 Biblical expositor name DIES much toward re-
moYing obscury frum the text But our Commcnta-
suobe his reere when assured that the Church
does not greve much the loss OF the name OF that
notable wouan Lots WIFE We are just as anxious to
know it. the name of that teloW. Besides we don't
yet know who threw the last BRICK the name Of that
daring wretch Of jrltov vino struck Billy Patterson
There many who regret the omission Ut hss namein
history Bu why did not our exposltnr supply the de-
hciencye Others have inerpotatet and he might have
suggested Majlr Smith, jun jones' jenkins. fur x.n
Pile; these cassilk und have been used by Com
mentator in other CONNECTIONS.
Thankful for the light thus thrown Obscure ~
passage of scripture think "text" far better suited
TO the Wkesbaruugh audience might have been selected
1t Was doubt familiar to most Of Them for it is fresh In
the memory of still living 1t is this On Wednes
day nght September y 1888, in the City of Raleigh an
armed mob collected the premises. aud proceeded to
destroy the private property of peaceful and N ost es
msbe citizen. When the fact Was known. fe1.s0 to
whom the people have given permission live in the
Governors mansion for two yeas only went forth and
addressed the crowd in serocomic strain the substance
OF which was: Boys, do nothing rash" Now as you all
Will sborough say ~ you he said, in substance, to
the kaegh mob, do nothing rash"
The second specimen Of criticism Is on Solomon: ~
"No doubt many Of you have read the writings Of Sol
ONION, and have concluded that Solomon knew thing
two. think among the best things he said was this
The Kings name is tower of strength" DC; DC. We
have here very wide reference to the "text for tho
Writings of Solomon copous. 1t reminds Us OF the
negro preacher who said that his might be found in
what Paul wrote TO Aunt Phills Tines: f" Whar de bug
lie, dar wh4r de hen SCRATCH" But "Soomon knew q
thing wo;" although the language smacks of bar
slang and the dcton 1ies the assertion is true
and sustained by history See list Kings: w. 2s. 81 to
gether with Proverbs and Ecces;ases. pdssim "lis
spake three thousand probverbs and his songs were
thousand and 6ve." On all these our Critic ventures
nothng but says think among the best tangs he ever
sad this The Kings u Of siseng,h."
Where did he- say that? The chapter and # you
please. What edition of the Bible do you use, You
know there several with interpretations, corrected text
&C. Give the of the publisher of your edition per-
hsps it has something from Solomon, winch the common
translation omts compensate for the omission Of that
fet0,rs name We do want the name of the you
wish to see "a tower Of Strength king-among us-
we guess at that since your return from Richmond but
Smpy the meme OF MN VINO published your edition
of the Bible clue to where Solomon sad that ''best
thing: 'The Kings name is tower Of strength"
See Shakespeare Richard ILL., Act Scene ILL., the
where the puts these words into the mouth
Of Richard:
Why, our hattal,a trebles that account:
Besides the Kings name is tower of strength, .
Which they upon the adverse faction want
Now. is our Commentator certain that he did not
found this with something in Scripture, and mistake
Shakespeare for Solomon But ltw account for such
fusion of ideas and au;horss Was it owing inspiration
derived from something sent in part eschange for these
comes off the rcstrum after harangue spird than
when be ascends it. Well! inspiration sucked out "
Of hose title pitchers which be keeps before him.
tanning something good for ubrica,ug the throat of
man who talks much, and the contents of which
suti puzzle Of prying old lsdies' Answerwe cannot
But the text is evidently from Shakespeare we SIM
p} ask cur Expcsitnr, if he thinks King solomon and
King Richard capable of saying things equally g,odt Is
the pous King Of Jeru,aem better authority moral
and political maxms, than the hateful usurper aud
derer the bloody and treacherous yrant whose memory
snd name survive only to b. detested: We will give
author text from Solomon NOT Shakespeare which
we would like to his commentary in these times Ills
this When the sohed bsarsA rule. the people n.ourn"-
Prov. 20: Expbund and apply that if you please and
you need not g. far for illustrative proof.
Throughout this review ha' been under the appre
pension that we are crtic!sing maiden effort at Biblical
expositionor this reason we have been mild on tie slip
shod style of author He evidently presumes too far
on the ignorance of his hearers. Forths utue would
recommend, whenever he attempts to epghten auc-
ence from Scripture that be make that lie is quo
ting from an unnspired author This will save him from
exposure to the of that who shall add to the
thihgs written in The Book. Rev. xxi: 10 We won
also suggest to author little careful study OF that
ANTICIPATED volume it will certainly njure his morals
if it does not improve them. Besides it contains some
excellent reasons for dispensing with prone languages
to man who either obe.s rules Above ALL We would
modesy hint to author longer shock the
part OF ms hearers BY telling vulgar anecdotes and low
Jokes but deal in the earnest facts with which the public
mind now graphing and treat with more reverence the