, 1880-05-03
TIE BIBLE.

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THE coxaox:sEsaB MISREPRESENTATION.
yesterday 10 larKe congregation. taking Us NJ:
st,hjeet "Ihe Comnso1'.scneo interpretation or
tho Dlblo." lIis textwas: ......
puarc tho scrp.uses, for In them 70 think 70 have
eteTna iiio, md thsy iacy which testy If mo-
''i,; ,,e e. sposo 3; a. .o,.or,:
4 Clergyman of this city, speaktnel last Sunday
evening on tho question How 10 study tho
scrtnturea." Is reported 10 have referred to what
he called tho t'ssticnl Interpretation of sweden.
hosg IN terms Of criticism; @ Tie The report 9t @ bis
acr3n s npon wu.0 ~ ~ ,o ,an, s,o" u
would attempt 10 1orma 1aag"cn."l e,, 'a = Mavaeo
given on that occasion to l3lblo students;
but, unfortunately, tho popular Judgment
~ ~ 't" fsr '.n,s ns ' that % i,,dumens Is
concerned with swedoneors or any ,., difference
nia in which @ to approach the study Of llay
Tha "rstion waeSer ho should no
interpreted spiritually or literally Is not merely
t ttnrlou!cul question. It is not nj iss,,e bc-
twcet SWcdenoorg ana inouefn ln'ctpretefs. IL
T. question of hdSi'ty I" n me ne X n ~ tSsG Snn1
ns o. p,se.co "f of o anS the lie
primitive. Church. They rcgar.Ie.l tho plhle rs
!. ,,ook Of Divine pnrAbcs nvovtnH q ao,.hlo f,,!
mud spiritual: hnd they looked ufom ~ hstns.
icAl records ns Divine dramM cilAGteu ~ nfing
redsnp,on SE - ,pef Ind Z" TeseneroS pof M r
il subject. "Thesc secrets Of Divine
Scripture we truce out ~ e.. We ,,, NIX" ,,','
s this @ mssh ior cartai',, TINT not witnont some
5 a e qecossa fSsSs"9T"s % ;s wS Tsey ;s e
@ s.ss,aI }ales spd %sTrsS ~ 'Sisass e = ,Ss II,
nn,urnI nun, md only 10 no ".spiriually sIls-
Ssrs Thts y tio spira.a1 alerad ncc.,1s ln0 9
tic ] "thor Gnn, u Upon tlo assumption tliat tho
islblc, liko other books, bus onoIns4ning,-.h
Ineanlng which It had TO tue mind 4t p rropnet or
tii!ercnt from what appears upon THO surface"
II y to bo Interpreted, therefore, with GRAMMAR
md lexicon like any othor book or history, Or
S.ay NV tie SA issie is potweun thoso two eas and
mothous. The. current "Lssson ilel's" Or
belong to tno l!tesHl ncthod 1ssI ~ lis
nt Il kEy to 9T 9 a ,9 yo X
Trained IL tio international Lessons TINT tho
spirit,,nl Interpretation Of tho phlo e Is some. %
boyond or unworthy their Thought, and yol,
s%xc then re st 1w 'ae o rin tSo
flesh, .to ,lcslro lIlm" nor my power to con-,
lanjesty within Him sled itscif iorth Il Ilis
w4s of wsh9 nd or fSlibeSd aab f T
eyes ;ts a Sas Stdf M S1al "ob y
eyer preseryo tho faittl u nun 10 tue % writtcsi
Word Of God when tley hsEa ,, ccassd am,a, TO T.,
il it, and only bring thcr criticism to
bear npon It ns 80 much history. or myth, nr
ogInn It Is only When X9a G ,rnw on o,,t & o. ~ ~
it's snni that tho body, ot its letter becomes
iiHs1en 'Iea VIII mn9esty S. a'I a,'hory @ tt nun
9eyer psn Il spts NJ, lks ,d sa!s 9n nn ma ,, Of ,0
of% "nyatns yfa HHs ~ ysiS, and saci' ptsac
tso S nut S ea ape% to tho fso e
chilIllko faith. 1ienco tho thomo No which M PEP
| pose, for yonr consideration, that tho spirit
1' pratatioa att t;fiIsGi q tic i1!tie. - s' .
Tint thls proposition p,ny not , convey moro os
mo tn nse IL Il hs "f W o o. word
"coinnon-scs,sc. II describes sound practl,
ma MSat hS "f'ss as Sy St tn
sesc nterpIetaon Of ta9 m lbo s tho meihod ct ,
ta'tiseiy prseteca 9 by tho Christian disciple no
it il issune,l tint Holy Scripture Is admitted
| TO bo tho Wor! OF God, u that were " dispute
WhaE Ss IL bat s sSoa
fcc obliged 10 resort icss to external evidence in
shhpPqss fhap 70 tho ,ntorn ssdenccs Of ther oria,
ind structure opened up 80 'yont!crfnliy N tho
% sa Of 1e WS hsTs %o e s ss
''' lint tho. be '' Scriptures, unika ai,y merely
human writings, ate composed IN ace9r,l-
being used No Ii koy OF Interpretation, discovers
q distinct spiritual scnse within tho letter.; TINT
1 tho IL and tba
cncc Of the *plrtunl sense which y discovers ls
tho proof of the Divine orIain and inspiration Of