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that charity which "hclcvcth all thInysH TO he
iieyc '''a' man was insp!rts! who wos'fa belle
1!lr fact that ts,ean Dbtc- are now dca'l
f"rut this .i4 The t,est thing Tin. ran he sn OF
tlsrm} g'ves their writings eanrtty a,nt nuthnr!.
ty. ~ matter Ivy consra.lctor; ur tncn,'*>'ent
'na''l ~ n!l paris Of t Eil'1c. Int pcrt attn 1"
| all s1hjrcts. ts.-h!sturr, chronology. prophecy,
u.ral"., tacts. nl'ifnsolh, alnl ilgurr,.
dusil Billings snvs Inkcoccastnnatfs !iap-nycs
l tnu''f. fer, contradictions lMprts,a Df.tae
revelation: frr 1t tcgM!rr: a greater exercise nf
csa1nIlts to take It oil H., Hut tll1A letter fs nj
mr. ct,ertnrti trso"mleu. aa:l hfrhly.eiucat"l
supcr-cr;'i4d "Fratsk "to scarvli t.r Scriptures
!" SUI II t!icse things are 'n1crd tr.'r.
NATHANIEL.
OTHER OPINIONS yEHst;a THE OPINIONS or ma
| THAS1EI-
| Te ihe Editor NJ The Tribune.
| ESdt.nwenp. Ja. 2A-Tlltre may he oc-
cas'"ns where |. Is policy u 'answcr urt fnoI
acv"rIlEny 10 hts folty. lrst thou alsn be ltkc
into him." hut thc occasion may nr!ac when
it's hist to "an*wcra fool n"cor.1tnr to ,fa
foly. lest liz be wiac IN his own conccIi." Ma.
| ttanfct eannnt be relied u1nu for ntrl,racy Of
statement sinrc VIC hare shown that near!y
every ono ot hIs pspscnt1"l quotations OF
| Scripture was Gvu}ycd iron, his Internal
|
| II, ns be inserts, he ran point out mapy tlna-
sanss Of c0nt1adlctions MI! II they nsc ns cyi.
IDENTIFY tss slc!ormr'l t.lfspitnu Of llts own dis
ordered Imagination as arc those which he ll1s
already produced then before he rioscs 1is let
tera to rHg TRIBUNE le will cce:a alDly convince
the world OF Ills lack OF e0uscirtec Of Of scholar
shr. n. has evidently given tllr }iblc no etuly.
huwcTer familiar lie may he With thc "ttGrkn
| t,biectlnns Of d GROSS antl narrnw int1dctitr,
| nrS AfjrFN
nf books, men. or principles. Sir i.aa: New
! ton would pay to HIN, "Str. yon 1lnvc never
studded thesc subjects. 20 not Disgrace your
havo never examined" fhe n pos,tion s IS tnScn cn
ly N. That, II The Blhic were perfect. It woull
l'c so plan md simple that men could not DIFF
fer as 70 Its INTERPRETATION. 30 judgment, thou
art ted to brl1i!.l' boasts. and men have
| lost Their reason." UcBcraiizc this profound
| proposition. and apply It to any other eysten,
than tho Bible, nr the Christian evstem Of sava-
great svstcm Of Nature ls Imperfect hrcnuso
scientists have disagreed In ttcsl interpretations
Ut natural phenomena 90. 'rl,c solar system Is
| imperfect because, from Tyceio Brahc to New
Infinite speculation and en!lless d'srussionst u.
| The grcat loryes Of Nnturr--light, heat,
electricity, md if'c-arc imperfect BECAUSE, for
sootl. they ARE not 80 simple hut that scientists
nalurc a,nl j1ws. VIC fuil 10 SER nuy 1oyiral rea-
| sonIng in the position That thc Billie. q great
| system OF spiritual truth. Is ncccssarlv impct-
feet because thrhloglai,s 19 not a.rec in their
| CAUSE soHlu men nre too weas.eycl to look tpnn
| III Is the spectrum tmncrfect bcenuso Eame
| men arc coor-blinll Can scctarian bleotry
make truth less tt,1ci Can astronomers LESSEN
| Again, 1t ia clainleu by y. that the Bible is
| imperfect brcause fncn who translated 1t were
mperfcct. Then every demonstration In nlath-
cnlatcs is imperfect, because 1t Is fhc dennn-
| kfFnfIOn Hf iutn{lrfprf Wf1! n. nrfItr
hts principle to nrofade as we'll as to sacred lit
rraturcl II 81, then wr arc not certain that we
Know anything about Arsto.1c'e eystcn Of
Horace, uor tho l'h,l!ppics OF Dcnosshcncs.
nor thu Lawt If Justin!an. nor my Of
Tho poetry. history, phi'osophy. uni laws
ts a"ei;"s' 1ses"ss tra,'atoFs sh,,1 ars
pusitton would cast ltterature % The iiancs
nm, destroy the greater lart nf ali human
xnowltdgc. II VIC net on this principle We do
not knnw what anybody ttna written, nor dn we
know who nre tic uctual authors OF the litera-
| tnrr wt rcnl.
! Hut 1t may t,o well enough TO adopt this post-
tlnn. A1,d bay the great question Is not, Who
than M Tor for thu - truth Judge book
bS it* contents, not by It's author! nor translator,
nor publisher. n. may take Tits horn nf tlt'
that the HILLS Is not tu be Judged hv tts trans.
lators hut By IT, contents. Ia ,lr Bible aither-
tic! This !: thu suprriic question, 9ucs7
ton TINT en'bFnSes Hl e,Ts. ,,! u assalls Inc
that Il ta srlf-eontrasllctors;, immoral,
n,ul scientifically untrue. IIe asser,s
ul,rl. and '1e,,!es much. but proves nothing.
Passing over lis inaccurate anil distorted quo.
tatlons, We shalI try W to show tie Wright Of hi,
general propositions, wtirt are only sweeping
assertions aaalust tlm truth ami purity OF tm
Bible.
Perhaps It viii bc c,iifyin4 tn n. ata not TN.
/ t,rnHt n h, IN thtE 1InHy rATra nj THE TNfnt1<E
| II VIZ hold up t.c profound opinions Ut thG
sc,.o!atly and scientific Nathaniel slt!s by aIdu
with iii: opinlons at other great ,us'i !eartu'
men. who n1c knowm to hnsn tna''c .telr marx;
in tho spheres U! literature, sctcncs,, md
iI. isi'e i. % "uut Il haT'nony' viii itself. and md
atoua's tn c1aTgrrtnns, s't.statssnHmts a,.l
this Ut the ldi'le: I'm the noorrst cottsc nre
backs; Is oI,u book Wherein fur scyurai tllnu.
sAnls Ut wears ,!m spirit of nian has fund Hight
~ whutegcr IL deepest IN him; whe!en still, tn
talfs .!ar, fur eyc* iNt Will 1ts,k we'll, lr nys.
tcry Of exlstcncs reflects Itself" Nathaniel
says thr ltIb1" IL 7,.noral. untrue. unscisnttc.
with ciyit'za.on, srlc,lcc, law; In short. with
u,uru! a,n! intellectual cultivation atways sup
porting, md nitctl lcn!inn isc ,wuE" Sathan'
II SAYS tin R!hte |. f!nlanrnl and thal tla
Protestant world, ihui THINKS ~ much Of II. Il
snpGrxt:tiout mud dcl,slrst. 1lr 1"llueylll eAss
"IlhIn christianity Is ie rotnp!''tnn of lissrty
III all Il xrt,ntrta. Tho cradle o intnncy, a tG
DIVINE n.rcu ut it, claims" ". It. Seward xaya
"'iss whulc hu2c OF human progress Is susnrnl.
ch III tl.. ever growing Influence ut the Mhlr.'
WHAT Suspended IN thnIs 1aa ot cn1strnaic'
tt,,s and tInMu9uii,Ies! Alas fur ftuElau pruy.
rsss. Nathaniel saws tsnt the Iiible Il in'.noral
a,nl untrllr. Thomns Jefferson sav": - have
always said, alil always will say tint stul!ous
prrslsal 1T the sacrr! yolnne will 'nikr hctter
citizens, hctter fal,rrs, at1 better husbands" :"
Whit stuhyIn. indeccnrira au.t im1nuralities,
untruu und u.scicntttc staseslcnts, will MAXI
ultn better! Anlrew Jarkson says:
"That 1>sUk Is tho rtp!s uoon
which our Kcpu.,lIn rcsts." AlAa, ts,es,, for oar
Kupubc, II ,tr l5Ihe ts nnty D i'tllid!c Of con-
tFadietLpns ntni ttesl NAthnnfc says ttsMt thrfr
are more contradictions than charters In the
ii!blp, us,1 that ts eau nolnt out thouslnd. III
them, unl asso show the nlhlu's lnmuralttics.
john A,iauls, see.nI trtstdcnt Ut onr ltrpi tlic.
saws: "lhs y!sle y tue nr.t book I'll is'
is slumusa.. Iorl B:1can s3Ys: "Thesc
never VIA t>unsl tn any set OF the w"rld cithe1
religion Or law ,ha':i!! 81 highly esslt thu pub
| lie uo.xl Us tho nble.h
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