The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-13
B1sa0P COZ LlHso AND TIE BIBLE,

The snbjoincd article has been sent us BY q
distinguished Hebrew Rabbi and We have great
pleasure in laying it before our readers
To the Editor Of The Charleston Daily Ne,os:
DEAR SIR In your edition Of Tuesday last, you
introduced your readers to the subject cf Bishop
Colenso's attack on the Bible. AS you but briefly
alluded to the nature Of the Bishops work, and
seeing that another edition thereof has recently
been published, q few remarks in support Of the
very able reply Of Professor McCaul, may not be
entirely out of place or unnteresting to those who
feel any interest In the important topic.
Y In order that your readers may be informed, as
briefly as possibly of the subject-natter compris-
ing the works Of Bishop Colenso, it must be stated
that this Prelate attacks in the most unreserved
as well as Old Testament. These general attacks
have been SO ably defended and confuted; that
further refutation is entirely needless now. But
when 3 Bishop Of the National Church Of England
seeks to tear asunder all belief in the Divine origin
Of that Great Book, which you, I, and all rational
beings, accept as proper guide and standard
whereby to regulate our careers on earth-the
lessons OF which can never die, and only cease to
be reyered, when gratitude towards God fails to
be acknowledged Q virtue in mantle revealed
word Of which is not only acknowledged, but
likewise universally received, by all civilized ma
hons and races, regardless Of their different views
t Be- a. as we'll e remind tRs
the words Of the Apostle of his own faith-that in
which he was reared and taught declaring, EVERY
and that whatever things were written aforetime
were written for our learning"
As justly remarked by the Rev: G. s. Drew, in
his able essay on the social and sanitary laws of
Moses, ,.The more deeply and comprehensiyely
We think Of the real intention Of the inspired
pages and OF their place and Office in the work Of
our salvation the more reasons We shall perceive
Tor concurring IN these views Of Holy Writ, and
for earnestly asserting the principles theren con
tanned, tanned As Life passes on, and knowledge is IN
j this confidence: Continually we and that one pas
sage after an. ther, which had been seemingly des-
ttute of any interest meaning, is lighted up by
the ever varying: movements of our.life and con
sciousness. Words which We had heedlessly read
Or heard OF for years, at length startfngy reveal
the TACT that, ages ago, some brother was per-
picked BY our own difficulties, and found relief in
them where we may now obtain the same serace
70 help in our times Of need Descriptions OF
tons, read N the light otthe prophetic comment.
arygiyen to interpret them, are suddenly invested
with the deepest interest and thankfully Recognized
as instructive parallels to circumstance now occur.
ring around ourselves: So, Also With regard to alu
sions to facts which happened Ear away from the
main line Of the inspired narrative, which seemed
to have been dropped incidentally, and to stand as
useless excrescences on the pages where We fnd
them. when compared with a newly discovered
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