The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-03-27
FICTION IN THE BlyLEs
DIR. HOLLANDS EplroRIALlS scalsrR'.

( DIR. HOLLAND EDITORIAL IN sCRIBEg2.
ron MARCH.
| The dest novel III existence i nrobabl,
the Book u dos. We presume there nla ,
he sUile men Ieit who slid read the Book OF
dob as . serIiaUie history, but those who
are capable Vi judging will simply place il
Al the head oi 'ne realm oi ictlvu. That it
Is dIsineiy inspired We do uoi dispute. lu
deei, The establishment Of its divine in,
splrativn as iact. rather than the accept,
auce VI u rs = matter oi faith, would On;y
strengthen the position we have ulws,s
he'd, VIZ !. .Lat lLs highest fiction n that
which The nost eoinpsieutly carries the nos.
valuable burden of truth. The writer oi
the Book Ut JOD was u man who, in the
dawn. sit we're. Of human history, reyulyed 4
ma catholic, cultureu aud iesureut mind
the unequal dealings Of Gud With mea.
Why did the good lnan have troubled! Job
was an excellent man. perfect aud up.
right. stripped of every goOd. and the arr
by which the writer present him as. me
alteI another, has possessions are taken from
him aud bis friends discnss With him the gical
problem that yrAes him. with all the ma.
chiBery Of dialogues between tue Almighty
aud Satan. aud the Almighty and job bln-
sell, surpu,scs all the AT Of later times
Such imagluations and such descriptions =.
such conversations and argumeu uts, such
r,elous charaeicrizltivns US ale 10 lie
found in this great book eau be Iound nov.
here else ia the whole range of literature.
IL is bvok that has commanded admira.
,iOn rs we'll as the profound reyerelce Of
Size greatest men wao haze ever lived, aud
il is novel ia al ils ,sseuti4l features.
even though we call II . poem.
The Book VI Revelation isa novel. 20
Car rs IL sn attempt TO convey the truth
though ipical forms aud scenes aud events.
IL Is No rscUrd u facts. but y panoramic
representation u conceptions born III. ad-
dressed 10 the imagination. 10 short, il
Is creation OF srt--whsisyer may be its
UIigib, whether divine or human-by
which certain great. shajowy thoughts aud
id~s are attempted 70 be represented 10
the mental apprshrusiops or The .ailh Of
men. There are many deyout be levers
10 the inspiration Of the anu,rnt Scriptures
whU regard the story II the creation and
be fall of Alan, reliearseI "a tho BOX oft
GcDsss, as anything Lu; a lite. al rcprs.
seutatioD u Gis:Otis facts. The c,scntial
truth u ~ tie narrative, out il is rrpre>
sented 10 such way that the s,uplesl
mind ,,aft s.fs.raI,at..I .,.N ....L. 49,. r..
Tue song u Solomon j. very exquisite
essay ID ;be art u ictiOu. Iii the books
VI Fisher and Ruth are hisiol zeal, the,
are certainly nothing to Us but aories with
nurals. and very strOug and bcautllui
stories they are. TIE nalu,s Vi Al,asus.
rus aud Mor,l,cai. aud llausn aud Esther
are nothing but names to tho present
reading world. which near 10 mor, than
those Of panisl Dervuda ana Rtlrh
Nickelby aud t'iar,~a ilarluwe. Bas
AID Ruth might be AIbslsrd aud Ilelpisr,
or any other lovers. The two sIOri-s are
20 us simyly stories. having No signn6cancs
beyond = particular fOrm u srt b, which
they convey 10 Us tho moral lsssvus uiih
which they ars charged.
gsA-@NAs .ass#@ s 4&
Michael Recse was once taking fifteen
osnt dlnuer =, tie Aiinsrs' restaur.n., ,
when lie called loudly to the waiter: IL
you consider ihl. good Lseff' .,'sr,aiul, /;
csiile came 81! the way fnpm 1'sx,s Ii
they badn't been god beef issy eoalds
have s,oud The trip.
Among the many "reminiscences al The
:ats Pope Plus IX which ate low ,ubI.si,.
ed, e me - the eject ih.t be sns onvs H.
this enaslfy and was ~ psfscLsi on II
Nvrih Canilina coast. nssr whore the Ms.
trcpolis abl Huron disasters occurred. and
ils, before The vtsek bis vessel Ius 10 st