The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-16
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In one Of the interior Counties OF
Missouri lived, some eight years sgo, q
man who followed preaching for liv-
ing. He was called Elder B, and
wds engaged to preach to the Campbell
itea.,, His peouliarities soon made him
quite noted. and large audiences assem-
bled to hear, him. ,Oi late ,he has
abandoned the pulpit and s'is now q
Justice of-the peace lawyer. On one
occasion, when at, the zenith OF his
fame, he preached discourse on the de.
iverancs Of 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 read this chapter wherein
Moses stretched ont lis hand over the
Red Sea, and waters became wall, and
the children of Israel went over on dry
ground, aafely, and how the pursuing
Egyptians. thet ohariots and horsemen,
and all the hosts OF Pharoah were
dy9Xnad, 9XE g ss, AoT: ny brethren, as; this
plMn,ia - dong mean what It says;
TOR tell you I 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
church is getting out. it will be all ex-
planned: Now, this passage OF Scrip
ture. when properly explained, means
% WSsn MOS Moses aand aadntf tEo obildiiaen% ilia % Of Israel i
arrived at the Red Sea they camped all
night, and it turned cold, and the
''strong East wind,t CAUSED it to freeze
over; and the truth Of the whole matter
is plain, as You see, that the children Of
Israel passed over, "dry-shod," on the
ice. Theye YeKe q6suehs things as great
walls. Tie ofiginhF Greek will ndt per-
nit any such unjust and difficult transla-
ton. And again, when the Egyptians,
with their immense armies. heavy chari-
OTIS and great weights, pursued the chill
dren on The ioe,. they broke through it
and were all 4eugufphed, drowned and
lost. This, my brethren and sisters. Ia
the true and fair explanation of this cir
cumstance. and the original Greek in the
next translation will explain it to you, Ill
At this po{as a brother littihg /, back in
the congregation arose, and said: s.Bro-
ther B I would like to ask. you q
question. r you have no objections. ["
The elder, looking .triumphantly to,
ward the brother, answered: "tAll right,
sir; ask Just as many questions as yon
want to-" A'at,'o1 S9n
''WeA," continued the brother, "my
knowledge Of geography and the location
OF the Red Sea shows that it is located
nearly under the equator, and is. thore.
fore, IMP yetz EsarA country, and never
man PLEASE tell the audience where
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 knew
half de- much about the Scripture and the
geography Of the country as he pretends
TO-, het. would know that this circum-
stance, which I have explained, happen
ed thousands and thousands OF years
ngo; yes. sir, thousands Of years before
the age of Biographies. and before there
was any equator! I think, brethren and
en!ssf;.;i sister, ! hays aPsFersa the. gentleman
ltt|l"s . /