The New York herald., 1876-11-12
THE TRINITY IN UNITY.
DOES THE HEBREW BIBLE TEACH THE DOC
rRINE OF THE TRISITY?-vrEws OF 4 COZ.

DOES THE HEBREW BIBLE TEACH THE DOC
TRINE or THE TRINITY views OF 4 COR
RESPONDENT WHO THINKS 1T DOES AND
GIVES HIS .PRooFs.
To THE Epron HERLp:-
In tho Sunday school lesson the last Sunday in
October international scres), Philip Is reported
have preached Jesus out OF Isaiah, 1iy-thrd chapter
to the eunuch II Is OF course stoutiy denied by
sraetes their Scriptures teach trinity or
plurality OF persons In tho Godhead aud hence they
are Unitarian In doctrine and in faith And yet Jew,
in the referred 70, found Jesus so plainly
scroed by tho prophet Isaiah he had hesiancy
in interpreting lhe prophecy by the person aud The
that had thcn recently taken place Jerusalo
events which dare say the eunuch familiar
And the explanation was 80 rational to the mind Of
this Ethiopian that ho readily accepted confessed
his belief the cruciAed Jesus OF Nazareth
OF God and baptized that faith and upon that
confession stralshtway.
II would interesting discuss the theories OF in
carnation held by Israelites by other nations OF
old and show how Christ answered thoseo gngs OF
humanity in HIS le and person; but that IL not
my purpose The query that started in my own
mind was, Do the Hebrew Scriptures tcacn either
trinity or . plurality of persons In tho Godhsads
very freely admit that they teach tho UNITY OF God.
The writings tho ante-propnetc age full OF the
idea But TINS was necessary for people who had
lately out OF Egypt, whero there lords many
and gods many whore almost everything under tho
earth and above tho earth was wofshpped. 1t could
not be too often itcrated therefore, that tho God OF
Israel was and not many the deitics
Egyptians and OF tho nations who destroyed In
Palestine TO make roora Tor the Hebrews But who
this Is uuo l think shall be able show that The
Hebrew Bible does teach both plurality and trinity
OF The Deity. The very nrst chapter, in that book
tverses 2-1U) speaks OF God and His spirit, OF
The latter as performing cor,ain creative
while Two more persons consult 10 mans crea-
ton. Again, IN Genesis IN, y, God IS represented
coriessiug sort oil losr that the SHINING
might take OF the Of life and and 1--we forever
BY his previous trcspass another ire. no had
the language OF this Cod .sDecols OF US -
Tho man was therefore driven out OF his home OF
hgnt 10 TIL tho ground whence no taken
And In the progress OF gensrallons wickedness io-
creased upon the carth until ~ chapter vi, 3 We end
the Lord threatening to withdraw His spirit IRON striv
Ing with men who bent sin, and the srDss-
qcent events seem u Indicate that tina
cuscd, for the Inhabitants Of the world became so
grossly wicked that God oecmcd necessary 10 make
a clean and begin almost anew win tho family
OF Noah. We pass 90, then, little way ana dnd lhis
God OF the Hebrews consulting again. evidently
with an equal, about coniounding The ,augrsrcs
OF the people aud scattering them abrosd on
tho lace OF the earth (Geness, XII. 6-Sl Now,
Is pertinent 10 ask Who was tins person, or
those persons, who thus consulted
two such important occnsons the creation VI man
and the confusion OF tongucsy And is this Spirs
chaos and brought forth order and moved ags,n
the hearts OF ungodly men to them their
career oi Wickeuness hud Biny Applying only the
dnary interpretations of language 10 those passages
We must surely admit that there being besides
God WHO was the equal with Cod, loy He creative
power and moral power too within HIS reach and
realm.
But come 70 historical parsonage II all that
preceded him were myths and thor history merely
aegorca, Il will not be denied that Abraham cxstcd-
There Is an incident in his lie related with all tho
crcumstantality Of truth. II " the Offering up Of
lsaac Oy Abraham, on which occasion 'vhs angel of
the Lord called unto the Patriarch OF heaven not
once, but twice, aud stayed his upliited hand and
should bo blessing 10 all the nations OF
the earth, adding. because thou hast obcyed
my voice 2" Who TINS angel that
presumed 10 claim equality with the Lord and 10 make
nromisss which As dav claimed by hraelitos