Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-11


Edtcrs Memphis Appeal;
rpden.e with as much breyity as pos
s5ls,e. to nS4iee 4 feR- things in- HsOoi 2,
Tasksis "replyn TO my review,
found in last sunday morning = APPAAL
But let me premise, that I . not ioI
the sake Of controversy, neither Is IL
Question cf etymOlogy mere oeunl-
ton ofa F0Td Ia The Hebrew q Auy
olher fsnghsge that appear oeiOie tls
puhlic ss g receiver OF the hsopl's slAls-
1,snts hut because q roomentOus ques-
11Sy, fs involved, principle underlying
hotb Judaism and Christianity, snd
which. il ignored or denied, ssPs the
foundation OF all revealed religion, strlps
it of gbstever is venerable IN WISDOM
whatever IS commanding in suthofi'yI
whataver Ia inspiring IN hope .--..--
rue tRe poinIs which l WISH 70 notice,
fst. Are there any mysteries "a IsraePs
creed fsllo 4 -s i-as t-
81 Il there such s wo-d as g tdith ~
~ - boIisfiI in the Hebrew Scriptures,
ard "a he exercise Of mind represented
by these terms denlanded by 1srasfs
creed? 49, - -.
lat Rabbi Tusks repeats "thCt JtsdG-
jsy1 tsdcbss no -gissteFfes.R In the 1S-o
EIiss Discourse, whleh 1 took ne tioefSy 20
review. he announced l might say
q eatherH, that If there are Sny ms ,,
teries they are not found IN isrsef :
ersed.U Here the Il! " Implies oouO'
ss TO the exis.encs o. any mysteries
which the mind OF man cannot COIL
prehend and even II there Nete' an 1s
raeJIie was not called upon to believe
them. .a-ss,-z-,a.,--.
rencas bsve taken place supernatural.
Tnvsterjous, miracUlous-fscSs !. e things
dou.-wr..ugh. OuG Dy the mighty nanu
OF Jehovah through ths agency ol-AAsises
And the Pfophets, and that these 90 yste-
ries are believed, and must oe D9IeVeo
nv evsry true Isrsellte. And secondly,
t6st TO dIsbslleve them is to reject tne
Jewish religion and 20 bscome q skepuc
do not wish TO plsy upon the "oro
amystsry - Yet il Is proper 70 state sHA,e
tIlP Term itsslf, which the Rabbi says =
sf1ot found in Israsl's creed" would
never have known existence. but for
the Language OF the Jewish SCRIPTURES
Those scausinted with that language
know fuli well that " mister 10 Hebrew, ?,
is the psFsnt OF BgsteTy, n EnglSn. It's
found IN Danielil., =: De reveaie tlie {
deep and mysterious ltA4fstsTGtt0
things" This word wss tTAnslatsu "
the seventy Jewish scholars nusterla,
q wsptariss. The % ysteTy Itself was z
,.,i,..,,ll.,s- or s.aosrnstural com nmuuica-
tio1s az Whist Nebuehadne zzaT dTeamed;
This Tnystery, recorded ia the book Of
PANEL. a d:viuAly sutBsUticated iac1, IS
svouehed by every true Isrselite Thoi IN
every lsnd and every sgs sfhrms-" Sni
M sAraiR bee nsnsb, that ls, " l eelleVe
vith arm fsifh that all tbs writings oi
Ihe Prophets are tIBs"
Are there 10 mysteries IN Israei
creed? ---..-,.
IL seems an evasion, to odenneS mystery
IN %. - sny doctrine which cannot stano
the test Of reasons dogma, the oslieI Ol
,-bish TeoBires rs to do violence 90 our
5nfaIIaet and common sense" Concern
ing s,Ieh q tiaitiGH as that, there would
bs-Do dues-iou raised with the Raoel o
anv true Israelite or Christian, De-
Ueye no dogma that does vioiepes 10 nay
reason or Common sense. \ sane NAL
ought to believe sued dogma
Nos sach absiief Is Gsnn soded eithsr IN
tbs Oid OF New TssiSme ent. Il the n
raelites Of old had been tsld tb&t stone
was bread, or thst tRe sands o. tne Gee
ert were nutritious food 10 would nave
non ssrss. But Il Z stone we're really
changed TO bread OF " aoer into wine, II
mama was found, ike hOSr-frost on
the wilderness, il was not dOing Violence
or common sense 10 scknoElsdzs the
fact. however supernatural or mysterious
the causes that produced theSe results
The change Of stone into ereso or the
waters Of Egypt into blood are no more
uonderful ID fact than the change OF an
egg into az eagle or aa acorn IDt0 80 oS (.
FThs ,s1qgIggs ol)eTdgldT' OF the one IL as
novsterious As that Of the other. The
only difference il, that toe chsDgs OF the
egg into the birding Is com mon occur
renee, whCss ftaB2Edj0te causes, Or anle-
cedenss. we can tEsce. While turning
water into blood, or the raining mama
from heavsn, are rare ana 81 guis1, anu
their causes UudiscOveTable or mystsfI-
Gus, and hence the result Of Gods IN
mediate act.
A miracle ia therefore not against res-
soa but above it. It does no violence TO
reasOn, bat lies beyond its realm OF m
vesEgstion. Tue parting Of the Red S9a
no more shocks our eommsn sense than
would the swelling Of the ocean under
the influence of the 70 oOa, veFs tbs lat
ter. occurrence as rare 81 the former.
Now the criteria % the Mosaic mira
cles are the same IS those OF any authe0-
ticated historic fscts- Iney appeal TO
the senses: they were witnessed by thou
sSnds; they were comm emOTsted by In
stitutiOns EerpetuetsG b. the 1sraeistes
n ths present hour; they sre coTrobora
ted Nv the traditional literature, boweTeE
fraapentSry and perverted, ofsurrcuad
fbs psoDle OF Memphis could not be
brought To erect tGeiVs stone pillaSs on
the banks Of the Mississippi, as COM
memoratiye OF the fset t2St its inhsOir
tAnts passed dry EhOd over the parted
river, HhOss- waters stOod as . ~aali
while the procession passed Sucn MOE
uments would shock the common sense
Of All Taey would bs the embodiment
and perpet1stion Of lie. No institution
or rite designed 10 peFpei usts such sD
iupseitioR wou.d coBti88s to De zOe-
served. The inEJgatoE Of such . fraud
would soon sink into merstsd iDtAny.
Bot twelve such monuments GesTe reRred
on the banks Of the Jordan, 70 cOmnleR,-
crate the passage through its rerlent
waters. Toe msRRs and the law UeTe
kent 10 the holy chest, es ocular demon
stration Of the miracles ia the wilderness.
The paschal feast, and the fasting % the
first born, are continued to this day, 70
perpetugte the memory Of that woDdef-
ful night when the Angel Of Gsngsaaoe
passed over the blood sprinkied houses
OF the Isrselltes, Staying the first born 3i
the Egyptians, from the King on hls
throne 70 the prisoner IN the dungeon"
And Moses, who iRst,tute1 these com
Enemorstive rites, and who Fecapilulate4
toese wonders ca The eve 0f hla death,
instead Of sinking TO the level O{ an Ina,
poster, stands forth before sh nations a.
Che em mbodiment Of wisdom, patriotism,
and virtue, In their s1blimest forms.
And let il be Remembered that while
the literature OF ChAldes and Persia have
ssaak Ia Obd WON, white the laws of Ly-
eurgus and Scion are entom0ed in sience,
the teachtngs and laws that fell from the
lips OF Moses, IN the deserts Of Arabia,
are still fresh Rs the deSs Of Heaven, ,
authoritative a. the voice Of the E.ernsi,
and influencing the legislation and social
cOmpaCts OF every just elYliz5 81 govern.
ment Did these laws and these teach
fnRs originate With q chRrlatan, sn i'm
postor7 But Il they were not en-
craven bgs toe Anger Of ths Almighty
II not inspired by Deity, II toe mHecls1
recOrdt d did not occur, II there were no
mysteries connected with them-if al
were net from GSG-theD ogF EeRsoD and
eOmmon-sense m1st bs shocked with the
conclusion that q Juggling iDpOstor Of
dark hiss uf gan IN the world tsge