The New York herald., 1877-08-26

attracts Its usual fair complement Of the ceyous II
iSraeL Yesterday the building was we'll filled. The
scriptural lesson for the day was IN Deuteronomy.
xvii i3-"ihese shall stand upon Mount Gerizm TO
bless the people and these shall stand for the sake Of
the curse upon Mount EbaL"
Noses, said the Doctor, has now completed the
repetition OF the Law which gives the name OF Dsusr.
onomy COR 'ohcr law') tho book called I'm Uere,.
"Mshro Torah" His next is to insure in i,vius
in the memory Of the people. the succeeding chan
ters he lays stress upon its value and warns the
Israeities Of Gods anger II thoy are unf,itbfui IN a.
He dessnates Two methods to keep alive It's memory
He orders that upon crossing the Jordan into Canaan
they should set up monumental tablets on which the
law Is to be inscribed Bible critics who deyote thar
energies to picking holes In Scripture and have
the holes Tor their pairs say impossible TO wre
the Pentateuch upon stones II been the Ten
Commandments But this gratuious conjecture is re-
fufed by the express words OF the text winch saws
''All the words OF this law. " and by tho tact thai
large stones were not needed to write the brief Deca
logue. All the law that written, tnat Is all the
''raryag Mitsoot the 6l3 precepts without tho his
torical lyrical and genealogical portions OF the Pcnta
was TO be enacted with mountains for witnesses
THK VALLEY or THE shEcHEx.
Running from Damascus TO Jerusalem and tho
South the road passes through the fertile Valley of
Shechem, and skirts two high mountains, EDal aud
Gerzim Ebal is barren, gloomy, prec,ptoua Geri-
heights The nober tribes OF Israel stand
upon the latter The less noble with degraded Reuben.
who were to pronounce alternate blessings and curses
upon tho obedIent and disobcdient, looking toward
smiling Gerizim and fiownng .Ebal, aud the people
were to answer solemn, grave aud awful "Amsn;"
"Blesscd bc no who respecteth his parents, Amen
cursed bo ho who lightly esteeme,h father and mother
couSrxarAnr IN the PRESENT DAY
Scripture only states tho curses, but tradition In
form Of the bencdicton This ceremony was actually
carried out by Joshua, as he describes In chapter s.
but never repeated after that S,, said the Doctor.
hat W. Our m IA
has It's counterpart in the present day judah is a.
vded INTO camps, some OF which occupy themselves
dwell upon The curses or drawbacks. II
may entitle them Some complain OF
m"rous forms, such as blessing on waxing up.
another on going out, another eating morsei Of
bread Another tribe niurmur that the Lord places
veto on his labor with its Sabbath and festivals.
third tribe declare they have lost all respect the
Bible since this professor has proved Moses havc
been ignorant OF the first facts Of geology and that
learned doctor has gwen his word that sanitary
regulations were needless and from unioundcd
apprehension.
THR EnAL OF scKPrIcIsM.
Do you know, asked the Doctor why these
hold such dark views OF the Bible Bee ,use ,hey
have elected 10 stand upon the Eba OF scoptcism aud
ncgaton. Tho reptile seems to have taken It's color
from tho stone or grass over which It crawls The
jungle grass So like Eba, sccptic's Vows bar
ren gloomy, born Of dscontent dark scihshncss and
barron PRIDE
THE GERIzM OF LIGHT.
Do but step over to Gerzim. They have light upon
their side and the authority OF with better
They bless the law thanks God over US
In slumbor aud giving douoe tho strength we had
when lay down. They grateful they have tne
hn, 70 say @ ,ne blessing over whe 50 many LACE
the regular cnJoincd rest which renews their power
Experience shows that horses and locomotives
run longest when rested one day IN seven. They Of
Gcrzm, In Short find blessing in tho same law In
which they OF Ebal seek burden.
Addressing two con1rman tho Doctor exhorted
them TO JOIN the tribes npon Gerizim, who look upon
the light bright and right sidc OF the Torah.