The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-28

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In, pne Of the interior Counties OF
Missouri lived; some eight years ago, o
mnn who followed preaching for liy-
ingsrtHe waS .calleds, Elder B, nnH
was engaged to preach to the Oampbelll
ites, His peculiarities soon made him
quitenoted, and large audiences assem-
bled to. hear him.! OF late he has
abandoned the pulpit. and is now q
Justice e-of;the-peace laWyer. On one
occasion,s when ;at the zenith Of his
fame, he preached discourse on the de-
liverance ,oY the children of Israel; in
which he said: "Brethern, there are
many difficult: passages In the Bible, and
you are likely to. be led into error, unless
made to- understand them. Now, you
all have reid this chapter wherein
Moses atretched ont bis hand over the
he'd Sea, and waters became wall, and
he.children OF IsrneI went over on dry
ground safely, and how the pursuing
Egyptians, the ohariots and horsemen,
and all the hosts of. Pharoah were
drowned. Now, thy brethren, as this
reads it is hard 10 explain; but T will ex.
plain it. It; don't mean what 1t eays:
for I tell you have read it in the origi.
nal Greek, and it is there all explained
and made perfectly plain; and in the
next Translation Of the Bible, which our
churoh, Is getting out, it will be all ex-
planned Now, this passage Of Scrip.
ture. when properly explained. means
simply this: hli. na:,!,Ai . .4fi f.j#
When Mosesand the children of Israel
arrived at tile Red Sea they camped all
night, and it. turned cold, and the
s'atrpng East wind" caused it to freeze
over; and the truth of the whole matter
ls plain, as yon see, that the children of
Israel PASSED over, .''dry -shod," on the
ice. There were no such things as great
walls. The original Greek will not per-
NIT any snoh unjust and difficult transla-
tion. And again, when the Egyptians,
with their immense armies, heavy chari-
OTIS and great weights, pursued the ohil-
dren on the: ice, they broke through it
and we're lall; engulphed, drowned and
lost. This, my brethren and. sisters, is
the true and fair explanation of this cir
cumstance, and the original Greek in the
next translation will explain it to you all
and make it plain.
Atthis point brother sitting back in
the congregation arose, and said: HBro-
ther B, would like to ask you a
Question, if you have no objections.
The elder, looking triumphantly to.
ward the brother. answered: call right,
sir; ask just; as many questions as you
"Well," continued the brother, stmy
knowledge of geography and the location
of the Red Sea shows that it is located
nearly under the equator, and is, there
lore, IN very warm country, and never
known to s6e sffozen. Will the gentle.
man please tell the audience wbero
the ice came from OF which he spoke? ?"
The elder became excited and answer
ed, with lofty disdain: '..If the brother
who has asked me this question knaw
half as much about the Scripture and tho
geography Of the country. as he pretends
to, he would know that this cironm-
stance, which have explained. happen.
ed thousands and thousands of yeors
ago; yes, Sir, thousands of years before
the age of'geograplies, and before there
was any equator! think, brethren and
sisters, have answered the gentleman
completely
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