, 1881-10-23

Wuuttl he attltcu by ty:;lNts, THAT it Wnt.!u
be the Iefet,SH 1f rahcrs r1l!en kings : a'Ni p nf
! had tat,=ht the Jewish peopte bur little Of
Importance. lie knew That lie found them
free and left them captivcs. III: knew that
lie haul nver fulfilled the promises male to
advanced in art ami Scicncc Ills cnSen peo-
pic WE'RE s;,va-u still. He promised the:n
the world, and gave taelu a'csert. lie pronl-
iScd them liberty, and He nat,. tllell slaves.
then, defeat. ils. said they should be kings,
and liz made them scrfs. lie Promised them
universal empire, and gave them exile.
When one finishes the Old Testament, he is
compelled ts' sly: NoilIins can atla -t1 the
misery OF Il nation whose ktng is Jehovah. --
And here I take OCCASION to thank Mr..
Black tor hayng admitted that Jehovah gave
ITO commandment agslil'st the practice of
holygaMy. that lie established slavery,
w:lgcd wars Of determination, and persecute.
for opinions sake even unto death. Most
theooSia.ls c,adtayor to putty. patch, anti
paint TIE wrctcl,e.l record of inspired crime,
but Mr. Black has hee,t bold enough and
honest enough to altait the TRUTH In this
age OF fa.t and demonstration it Is refreshing
to tn,t 4 HAL who believes 50 thoroughly III
the llloilstrOus ard mir:.cu lnuS, the llilpo5-
siDI, and isiMor;!l-who still cllilgs lovingly
10 tic legends Of the bib amt ratt!e--w!lo
world !lls kept the creanllty Of the cradle,
and iinil, comfort and Joy in thinking about
the Garden of Eden. tic subtle serpent, the
iloott. ;tlltl l;abel's tower, stopped BY the jar
gOn of a Thousand tonglcs-wilO reads with
Happy ey.s the story Of the burning.
bri'1stollt-storn that fell upon the cities Of
the plain, and smilinyly explains the trans
formation Of the retrospective Mrs. Lot,
who laughs Vi Egypt's plaques and Paara-
oll's wlclnail and drowning hostS-ca;s
mamma with the wandering. Jews, warns
himself at the burning blsl,, sees Kora!l's
company by the hungry earth dcyOured,
claps his wyinkled hand, with "lee above the
l1eatilcns' butchercd babes, and longingly
looks back IL the patrlarchal days OF conet-
bines anu .slayas. How touching when the
to hear the rhymes and fables once again
How charming in these nlr.l and scientific
times to see Old Age 1T Snperstitiun's lap,
with eager lips upon her Wirllereu breast! !
Mr.. Black contends {afler having answered
my indictment against the Old Testament
BY admitting the Allegations to BIZ true) that
tie rapidly witt, which Christianity spread
- proves the supernatural origin OF the Cos
pei, or that it wis I,rupagAteu- BY the direct
all Of the Divine Being Himself"
Let lis see. In his efforts to show that the
infalliblc Go:t established slavery'in Ju-
tlea,'' he takes occasion to say that - the doc
tril,e that slavery is crime under I'LL circunl-
stances was first started by the adierents Of
political faction lt'this country less than
forty years syo'': that they denounced God
and Christ for not agreeing with them". bilt
HAT they itl moi constitute the ciFllixttf
world, 1lor wert: they, il lie truth must b.
told. Il Very respectable pur@lUn of H." Let
it d. remembered That this was only. forty
years ago, aud yet, according TO Af. Black, 4