, 1879-03-31

| Of couiouud(nH rttlNHh with flc hf y district
to which .ns name was formerly npplist rarne nne
has no such DESIGNATION in Db'sca! history, nnd
Ia i1sc natne given to It IN colnparntiVelr otlcrn
| times. THO bfbe record Is, Fifteen cnh!ts up.
wards did the wators prevail" The Hebrew
| cub!t is about twen1v-two inches. II We n'ay
trust tho conclusions OF science, delugos nave
bcen no unusual events IN tho history o1 thls
globe. Most Of tlle lnndt II not all Of It. no
Tina. Tine submerged. ShstcVo1 ono may think
| about tue accuracy Of INC naErntlse ~ roleIcncs
u the building oi the ark and aho uecs 20 when
~ was nut thefa is certainly no physical improo.
ability in tho statement tint .hat part OF INC
earth which was then above water was
thoroughly Inundated. ...... ...--..
! Again, the gentleman makcs merry over what
| ho calls !he "rtb story" anu 'mneinee tNo
thn "rib story " ns'a the otl,cr denying It. Ihe
believer OF u ia accepted by Tie Judge as Pc
| longing IN Meayen and the den!oE 81 # ~ 1e.
| longing tn Hell; ANA this 90 puts oetofo we
mon sense, whetler Jew or taattc, eyer &c.
| fondcd 30 ridiculous theory. a. inrtner
epsci1nen Of tl'is nnthirness; present ynu th,s:
ever killed q man TOR making hair 9!li And
yet you ind IN tue lcntatench tsiat you gase
Moses rcce!pt for making hair on TO grease 49,.
Aaro1's beard and tafa & nnYnodT mauo ths
hardly bo written moro complote m, mlsrcpee' ..'.
ssn!alio' ani pef1sct eaIcatuso 81 snc wmois
subject than this, The rclercnge ID scfipture ts
=" an a.,o,e ~ .tsa; ~ nt ~ ,i,n aarrrJ
ge pf,son7 y. rno pt''etbs 1brs aro,nt"d tncv
vesse!s AZ Wei.-aht.l; aans anpsnSeu, ,s;ss snis
! wern set apart ior what theV feEafacu ~ noiy
usos: tl i LUIS cust1M I Maisu "., ,GSe1Isw,. Isx
ish ihnrs esnr,a1 In .nmc show nr nia,,sthiity
fnr taking nout It a. he does: but ho has ot
cyen that to iustify his attack. For this cus-
| tom ri rsInr nnnintIntr oils In connection with
Tciiuins serv1rrs. and 1ncrei nersnls. md utcn-
sijs waa co1ntnon au1uny the idolatso,,s nations,
na3 even consp,cuous among Tic riies Of tho
Romans. And even now, ono often meets
know whethe. the Colonel 10 d member Of tic
s,",t" "n fratrsplty. mi Il. must hnye seen REP
rssentnt.rns OF lint ancient Order pour ont
nnotusing oil upon Tic cornet.stoac ol some
Why 1,ot rtaIculc tlint, and why not also tidi-
ruis ;hr hnamsifi,t custom of thot Order az
,,roupiur t,pon the uncovered collin Of q de-
eeased member tbc little sprgs Of evctrrsen
,nnr, LUZ ,snurii h,s anon 1,raye1 II il nasv
@ IT, sne ,I,at With Tefereneo 10 every such cu;,
tam. bowcyer sacred, ono who takes tila
ind aS, for ,,dicuie Bsi
h,nr S n1 far. .min,e man Vii a1lnw hinsc,f 10
anr terios sbeet i, Tint anes Is
question upon which ihcre il no occasion that t
makes n Similar blunde. In what ha saws about
NV, o,,a, f sacrcIno .!ovns fnr tbs uso ~
nrfcsss I since A. tho nractico did moi exist among
tie Hebrews until hunareds 81 years after tho
Mv tbIrd sncctiiraion IL. lint he treats MIR.
,tcmfnr n,crnrsta ;nn of t|,e Hihin as iI,r nnis.
putsd word Of God. Ills description Of villa.
In "ni1a n Chrstinn IIcavon ia stinnfv nn cxofr.
uoraica rcnre.entntlon Of extrcno CalyiT,isn,,
#" ns.nmrs lint this ar lint IA I,ih,s tnrtr,nS
icca~s" so,nHho1y nav nt snmc lima hnss
tanrht it. md thcu tlsnounrcs the while Bible
sre US ~ tc adrcaa Al r,,ns tr.,rh the whno 81
tu'o -. ~ ~ H. st, ,t ,.,,s sh,1,,,n,,. 49, ~ ~