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tricks oypn minister will resort to whom ho Ia
determined to mako ont a case.

tricks oyon minister will resort to whom ho is
determined to mako ollt a case.
And now has u not aootnod q litllo roIpafkable
to aomo of you tint theno mon, who aro 80 quick
to raiHo breczo about this mdttor should wrap
tholr OWL Vows III such profound Blonco2 Does
1t not gaon1 reasonable to expoot that genorouH
opponont, in nsaailing 3 position 10 thought
dangerous, would at l9ast onligten lla oarosa
ont ., Of tho dinioulty9 Are thoao man asleep to
tho fact that tho Bible Is losing ita hold
upon gront manly gontl End Intelligent people
just bcenuao 1t Ia foolishly loalod down with
vaBt mass Of al,aurd anl intraotablo material
TINT they aro told tlloy must bolieye fs inspired
Of God? It may 10 worry basl III them, that their
culture and mental organization iB such Tint toy
cannot boleyo that literal Horpont dccolyod thu
frat woman, aud that real fire and birthstone dtd
actually rain 9t Of o yan upon oo noaom ,saTa aa
arrested in their co,irao through tho sky while
Joshua slaughtered tho fivo Kings. aud that God
took part III the battle, like tho Hotneric dlvini-
tics at tho siogo OF Troy and relied down great
From what wo know Of tho operations Of tho
mind, from what wo hnyo read In Tho literature
OF othor people, from what we hnvo observed OF
their modes Of thought, feeling, and way Of using
words md highly oolored. expressions, wo
must conclude that a great deal Of this ancient
Hebrew literature n,gy bo mythical or at loaat
picture language TINT sllrOuds so.no Deeper
meaning than 1ios upon tho surface. Now, why
do not those athletes Of tho Church from whose
pa ,no "o.u - III h;mJ - III. n9na+ 49, m iii
around them, even In their congregations, Bpoak
right out In meeting wl,ut thoy bollove about tho
!aeE, nuu o. raw ~ asraea,ana to;r
lIo Holcla! anu t a. t .,,.i,o,s a,,
naa'o W aod, ous so o un. 1 ,vo ronJ
oSnt,t t,onr ~ ~ ;n,nretio,, tet oid nlimi.
nato mnuy things that oil feol to be incongruous
~ tn4 ~ ~ H. ~ az" t,v tmut1v nv
thansa1vas ,inh,a tn thc imTIicntinn ~ tn},in9,
tic wl,oio Bibio from Genesis to Revelation
insisaima yerbn. Now I would not follow tic
an Y "t,d takna dis3ontod sotoncos ad ffag
n,cnts ~ of r1 aantoncns' haatlv nrocnod tn ebarso
thnm viii hn,Iin" snmn diarn}soi and erhtio or-
rnfs for nv siIo f,f thu coso toag moi need this
kind:ol tor9iyersation and then Ihave nv doubts
nao,t Il ho1nu exactly I,onest. / icaye It Won to
i','1"a w,otlnr nm 1,nt fnir whom charce thego
yaliant dofonlors Of the faikh with ain holdiug
to tia bald Nteraligm Of tho text, that corpso-
camilla oP Gonsgon. yerl}al itlspiration. TINT tho
yory ~ words aud forms Of oppression IN the Diblo
TIen W. m1,at hayn no moro gnirlLt,alizinr Of
tho toxt. no moro homilotio cxpIanationy, wo
ehold burn m our commentaries and notes, aud
j1et read rirht along. takuu eycrythinc literally
and il no coino to any hard plaooe skip them tic
wo incidentally run into some dense obscurity,
a,scl m Monos aeeinr God'g hiuder pnrtB, the
Son Of Man coming IN clouds, and tile trumpet
Awakening tho dead, We must sll,lt our oyea aud
gor go,,.a y nj, az ouostions It Tou]d bo amuspr
porI,ons oi;fr1mr r. ana con1d inin 1ha clasa
ta,rht nv ono Of tl1eas Gamafiala Of litoralism
ana scc wti, what a1roit nrtitieo and nIuy 11pon
| words they will manage to throad their way
thromo3, Inv idena nf 3Iod. inrrln9 dates. his
tnrra9 dfscranoncios cruel bloody lawa that on
aotn1 ~ Ioua thar tI'irtv cn,aos ~ cnnitni NM
;shmont. md val contrtyo to look yery wise and
n;ons won1d lihn to know iuat exaotly what
theso learnod oxegotos would do with tho story
NJ Eden. Inuro anys. epoaking OF tho tompta-
| tion in tic rnrdon Like the Biblical his
tnrica oyarywIoro. and ESPECIALLY in tho
primitive traiitIopa of 0onesp. It is historical
foct In ho tnkon in n reItgio,s ilsn1. that IL. q
ay",i,o,ca1 firm i hrt nyaI1 fila moderate way
~ rnn,|;ns, that narrative wilt hurdy nloaso these
stickIora for the absolute perfcction OF tho
iann,,oaa phijn' Mn;mn1iaoa. Grotiug. nnd
| rnicri3fro ca,l It IN alIpCory that Hcontaius q
;ioctrimo of the origin Of moral evil" but YOU
thov aay or wo vii hoist YOU On our petard, oi
ato;,o vi, M a 1lntionast in the pil1ory, Now
y aoas oaom ~ II thnv would ho jt1utjfnd wheuj
thc reanlt % Of onr inyostigation IL NJ good il
Guantlty md qua!ity as theirs, aud not Try and
eM ont y;t to'r M I'D 10 wooen % n hi Why ourut
tho mill. If tho truth in III the meul-tub3
| perhans the rrillntiue must buye Bomobody's
hand iust now, to keen tue ok from 1ustl,,g
Audi what viii thesc yciollats of yorbul infalibil
it1 do with tho firnt ohantor OF GoncsiB2 Ar
tlloy satisfied with tho philosophy OF Moses
viii they throw overheard the Copcrnican ays
tom, and hold with that ancient writer TINT tht
heavens uro solid crystalline eoncavo, along
which, as on smooth Ice, slide tho stu, moon
aud stars flaming balls speeding daily arount
tic Garth? And when they come to adjust TIL
litora taxt to tho established facts of geology
| what squirmiug and wranglirg wo will Huo owe
Dara, Yatiar, and Asah, and how that little wort
twonty-four hours, will suddenly be taken with
sort II dropsical intumoscouco and swell into vas
The geological marhet may damautl, Per
haps tleys may haYo Imagination and ski
enough to try and initiate tic balloon theory 0
HugG Miller. and Gull this whole chapter q gor
gcous phautaamagoria OF tho eu,orgeuce Of til,
croatiya idea into space and time. Not feel
l iug quito able to kuead tho Htilf aud intlexibl
liberalism Of the text into anything liIse lar
nlony with modern science, thoy would mos
llkoly take refuge ut last il, tho modest word
OF Dr. Dodge, wllo has moro than once helpe,
them out Of tigLt placo by tliY plea Of uatop
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