The New York herald., 1875-11-21
"a sEARcHER" WHO CAN'T BELIEVE CHRIST


To THE EDITOR HERALD
few evenings ago heard Mr.. Moody preach SER
mon IN which he summoned up many spirits to prove
that Christ really and actually the Divine Son OF
God. He certainly appeared satisfied with the evi-
dence which he adduced without allowing inviting
any to defend the charge refute the argument.
therefore take this opportunity Of laying bare few
facts the subject matter, to which beg call Mr.
Moody's attention The advent and divinity OF Christ
are supposed by tho believers in Christianity to be
predicted in Isaiah vii, 14-"Behold virgin shall
conceive and bear a son and shall call
his name Emmanuel" Now IL Mr. Moody will
turn TO a correct version he will find tnat
the word 'vigin" has been enormously translated.
1t should be young woman This prophecy is
clearly misapplied, As any unbiased mind can deter
mine for himself by reading the chapter in question
In It be will lind that the prophet in comforting Ahaz
who was beset by RoAn, King of Syria, and Pekah
King OF Israel who were then warning against Jerusa
lem, said that within three and five years shall
Ephram be broken; that he be not peoplen Ephraim
was then confederate with Syria The prophet said
Ahaz ASK thee sign ask il either in the depth or in
the height above.n But AhaZ said, II will not ask n
and the prophet then gave him the sign:-"Behold,
a young woman shall conceive and bear and
shall call his name lmmanuel For before
tho child shall know 70 refuse the evil and
choose the good the land that thou abhorrest
shall be forsaken Of both her kings, = which referred
TO Rein and Pekah; and IT Is we'll known how this
prophecy fulfilled. Consequently could not apply
10 Christ But differ from Mr.. Moody in many other
respects the divinity OF Christ, and summon
merous witnesses to prove my position; but in this
article shall call only the prophets and some of his
witnesses And the hrst shall be Isaiah Will
ask him If Jesus OF the house Of David, from
which he prophesied that the Messiah should come?
And no will answer, saying:-"lf Joseph His
father then was Christ from the seed of DAVID but
II Mary was blessed with the immaculate conception,
then was Christ from the house OF Levy and He could
not bo as promised Secondly, the events to have
occurred at the time Of His coming not fulfilled
at the time OF Christs advent Then will summon up
Joseph himself and be will say :"God Is all power all
wisdom and all greatness and goodness. lie made
His laws ages before man, and His laws Of
conception and inception are mmutable. did not
paternity for fear OF being stoned to death Then
will summon one Of Mr. Moody's own Witnesses
Judas-and will ask him why he betrayed Jesus9 And
he will say If Jesus God incarnate He must have
known oil things and must have compelled me 10 be-
tray a i'm and dong His will never dreamed that
could be punished for IL his servant, and as was
punished cannot accept Him as an incarnate God =
Then will call another ofMr. MOodys witnosses-the
thief who crUcGed with JESUS ard whom Christ
promised TO meet in Paradise that day and the thief
viii say Jesus did not keep His appointment until the
third day, consequently He could not have been Col
on oarth.n | will then call jeremiah, Ezekiel and
Daniel and hand them tor Mr. Moody TO question,
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