, 1881-08-13

tho.o Two alternatives, it il imirasl,io 10 tieny
lint MI tho historical nsidc,,cr thnt ilts cono
vm''. II MIR present Pnhtntencli WAS written t,y
Moses. Il WIZ !'tt ~ ;;o'npeteIy us nt,y book
Moses a"rs @ and lilo psirIarchs: ihey Know that nj
not know Tint c,npo,e ay.tcln which wo hnvo
PRIESTS u Shiloh. and tho Temple d. not know
tl,o very parts pf Thu Torat, wt,uh wn,,d hnvo
fo,lni, hit It, is it'll not tho wioie rontaiech,
e fsn i III Fssm m o s sse et '9s s. SS g 9Sts9 1 .ys
WA. ;hs peatateiatssii, iii tSIs ti,ac II il
u inslst!nx that !ho whois l,entateueh Il ono
s e S% es s o al 9 osany ss vs. 81 e fse fFu tSat
!ts kernel Is Mnsaic. For it's cortatn TINT 1srae
9aforsttlo Exilo,dla not know ~ tne pent4to'eh
ss x0S wv '. xS ss it Il f e
thu iei,tateiis IL i ,Sro forgery. tho seentiss
tntlst gain their Caso.
l'rof. Smith discusses next the "theoloal.
snl s9ect # a ts p5o9t!e&" & pTensE +. sns s
chrrect tho errors Of I! ratonnlis,l will, which
We lave 10 sympathy tlian To lay nsiua
pire!ntteg deeply interwoye|. with o,r most
oi tlie Whale Law. Even n.iinittlng ti'at ilo
s ts poo %a''e "t ~ 's orsi w2af Is ny ie ia od. Il
"rnynx lts aEs ,iogs 'E not proye its Divine
rs i system. "ls It possiblp that lts lai,i
down In the Wilderness, with sanctions tho
n,nst solemn, nnn with Il precision which nd;
mltted no exccplioii, I'M order Ut worship mid
history for well-l,tkh thons0nd yenrs"'
at Inst t1irss bodies q iaW; The his'eryy
tioss not profess to be- written BY Moses, INT
tl0wn certain sp:cinl things. Tho idea Of
Alusaic authorship of the wttole l'entntnurIl
y derived from ~ oll Jewish theory thnt
sSssy tay saS5 & d srss syss 5 y s sSwn " " c 1
Bit no part Of tho Blble corresponds to this
f9;2il'on 9;l H., thssg1;y, s1;y ,,t written by Joshua:
Seen @ w1sten ss an, fsRtse a}icr his s' eSt ya %et
there IS not IN atom Of proof that the
hand which wrote the Inst clnptcr had 1in
sl,nrc II the rcSt Of the book" As matterof
il tl!o Land ot Canaau. and, lfit i a!l BY onq
Of thss KinEs.a' Tho proor of ills is giyei
to sonIe extent, on pages ;see', 's91, md 's2,5.
not II Itself provc tint tho laws were, ,lot al
written by Noses" but we are reduced to
thls alternatives:
Either tho rltua! lav was written down. by
.he pElesta MnneuiNteiy nt!cE Moses Rnvr u 70
tHom, Or lcast IL tho ttst yoars " rosuenee u
GMnnan. Emma nnd then @ &C. cGmp!Stoly y ;lprgottcn ny
xHo to Sc III sst. y VIZ @ W. Frnt ~ M ~ 'vuR WIZ as
tssti b. uxiIe. md n now raco aroso Sto u at:-
ceptct The rubnkes Of the prophcts. Tho former
hypo.hosss Implies that q bovk spec'nlIy. mnant
for tho priests, and kupt. in their custody, sur.
yiyet! many centuries Of total neglect, md
fraqusnt rS3yas Sn5 OF lhq sa1otuar r, aau tf
damp Buon 1nado them ilDegEhlu.
Iho rentateic!lal LEGISLATION Wns derived
ITo,ll II 1l9ses @ ny ils ni!elnator, altnouea 'lot
or Mosaic authorship:
Thia Divine Torah begins With Moses: As NIL
goes M nack 70 his initsataye, tho lsrae!ltes were
not eoncornea 70 soinenl1er lug PRECISE nastory
=. TN n'Jn Javn'n,r Im cr 1 ."H v,o @ Sys
ancs, ia satnn,s np in coda, Iaat co:io n sH,-
niv s1t tinwn M Mnsnfn ,rSrni,' Va stiil cni tho
steat,,- M engine BY tic aaiuo Of wntt, thoiah tSs
steam. ctgluo Of to-day hua nsa,1y parts TINT his
had not.
And 1t was in proper sense Divine:
Tbat tho inv vaa Divine institutiou. tint II
formed ali actual part in tho eraoous schon,U of
guidance wl,iun preserved lilo religion Ut jcho.
vnll US II living power III lsrnol tifi shadow bu-