Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-08
ANCIENT BOOKS AND LANDS.
An Interview with Rev. DR.. Newman
Interesting Statements and Data.

! An Interview with Rev. DR.. Newman
/ Interesting Statements and Data.
In an interview or conversation with tn
/ Rev. Dir. Newman, who is now in the city
the subject of his observations in Orienta
countries, and conclusions drawn from
them; the various religions there me
with, etc, being spoken of, and his view.
as TO the superior religion of Christ, tn,
following remarks, in response to inquire:
made, will be OF interest
QUESTIONABLE the evidences of Chris
tianity exhausted?
Answer-By no means. There are two
departments which intidelity has not We
| touched. The one is, Comparative Re
| ligion, and the other is the recent discov
cries in Bible land The first relates to ;
comparison and contrast of the sever
| Bibles of the world.
Q-Are all these books now extant?
| A.-They are not only extant. but til,
repositories of the religious faith of hun.
dreds of millions. We are indebted t.
| Max Muller more than to any other Twins
| Orientalist for the translation of these
| Eastern books, by which we are enabled tc
ascertain wherein they agree with tn,
| Christian Scriptures, and wherein they dis.
agree. Nearly all the essential doctrines O
our Bible are found in one form or another
in these sacred books of the East; but Their,
are some fundamental truths which are il
| the exclusive possession of our Scriptures
Q-But are not these sacred books oldel
than the writings of Moses?
| A.-No; Moses has clean margin of 30C
| years. Before his time there were sacred
! hrrtl1s and md rit
MONIES but these were handed down
| memoria, from generation to generation
The Book of the Dead, of the Egyptians >
may be an exception but it is curious
fact that, so far as our discoveries have gone
in Comparative Religion, all these books
seem to have had common source. AnC
the farther we 90 back in the history Of
these Oriental writings the greater Tho
| agreement 10 the fundamental truths taught
by Moses The fact is made apparent, fol
instance, that from pure Monetheism
which was the original creed in ali thes>
Eastern religions, there has been /;
degeneracy down to the erossest idola
try. The Immortality OF the soul
| the privileges OF prayer; the in
| spiration of sacred writers; the fall o
man and his restoration by atonement, art
| common in all these religious systems AnC
ttlGl Z StCIllS " NC tNlOClltt iilt
| these truths originated in the same quarter
| and suggest the unity of the race.
Q.-Should we not esteem them, then o
equal value in authority with our Bible?
AYES, if you can prove their equal OF
greater age. But, as | remarked before, the
singular fact has lately been demonstrated
that the writings of Moses are from 800 t.
| geo wears older. That is, the oldest are
not l 200 years. b. c., and the more recen
not more than 500 before our era.
| Q-Do you esteem this of much value
as evidence of the superiority of the sacreC
writings of Christians?
A.-Most assuredly, both in chronology
and in fact-that they possess nothing o
value that we do not possess; while, on thu
other hand, we are in possession of some
| glorious truths p5t elsewhere even sug
| gested.
Q.-Do you esteem the proofs from TIL:
more important than those which come
from the recent discoveries in the burieC
cities of the world?
A-That question is not easily answered
because it is comparative. Yet archie
ology has come to the front of late, and 1t
who would fight the Bible with any show
of success must do it with a spade. Thu
spade is mightier than the sword or thu
pen, in defense of revealed truth TIL,
whole mission of the pen is to record
| what the spade uncoverS.
| Q.-Where have the most valuable dis
coycries been made?
Am Egypt, Palestine and Syria.
Q.-Are these discoveries recent?
A.-They are being made every day
Egypt is rich in these exhumations. Re
Gently there was discovered III one of tn,
P5sraob and in ,no7ber that Of his da,gb
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