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e account Of Noah and the ark.

the account of Noah aud the ark,
10. That Noah OIL bible principles goI
drunk as his first act in the new world.
IL. Thst atheists were the first alb
%stsiners from ,ntoxlcating drink and thai
all christian abstainers as such are act
ing in contradiction of the teaching Of
the bible.
IL. That in so far as each person
does %!uetice and loyes mercy
his Ged is q God created by that per.
sons " Imagination and against such
a God he has nothing TO say, bus that he
combats the God of the bible.
10. That the God and Saviour Of the
bible is Jewish and only wanted to save
his W people and not the gentiles.i
IA That the Jews or Hebrews never
were in Egypt or made bricks there, and
that he will prove it from the Pentateuoh.
Is. That there is no trustworthy his
tory before the Persian war.
l6. That the old testament was not in
existence uutil invented seventy years
after the captivity.
II. That the Oodex Vaticames is the
basis OF King James version of the bible.
10. That there are forty different
"aots OF the Apostles" in existence and the
Canon Of the bible was only settled at
the council OF Trent, In 1916.
10. That no one knows when the gos-
peis were written and he thinks that If
Christ ever wss born it was ut some
timedel or another.
q. That there is q contradiction be-
tween the gospels of Mafhe wdel and Luke
about the place where Christ was born.
81. That 81. Paul in Romans ST.
teaches that a christian may lie in
order to advance truth.
That there were no divisions in the
bible before Hugo Osrdlnalus inserted
them in the thirteenth century.
%. That the christian era is false.
"a. That Hebrew characters and the
square alphabet were not known until
the third centudelry before Christ.
rs. That the christian scholars admit
that Ezra brought back from the eapti-
witty the lore of the Bsbylonish priests
which he mixed with fables and 60 con-
structed the P~entateuch.
rs. That Ezra got full of spirit of some
klnd-E. O got drunk-and in that state
wrote the Pentateuoh.
81. That there are three contradic-
tlons between the first and second
chapters OF Genesis.
81. That ministers who gun away
with other peoples wives are acting on
bible principles.
20. That all the horses in Egypt were
killed three times over in Exodus.
30. That the soldiers of S%ennaeherib
after being slain by An angel came to life
again next morning.
80 That Calvin Torquemada, Cotton
Msther and Freeman Of Pocasset were
m%urdeTeFa Oh bible principles.
80. That the morality of the bible
from beginning to end is absolutely bad
33. That the Heavenly city of the
Revelation is the home to which all
murderers, adulterers, thieves and GRIM
inals will go.
"a. That there is no evidence from
Inscriptions that the Israelltes we're
ever IN Egypt.
35. That christianity ia nothing orig.
inal and contains no doctrines or rites
which were not preached in the world
before its appearance.
30. That the Lsraelite's clothes while
wandering in the wilderness we're ell
outgrown and lift them in o state OF
semi-nudity.
l now request Mr.. Reynolds to tell me
through your paper, whether he con.
siders the above summary q fair outline
OF what he said last night, and if he does
not think SO to let me- have a copy of his
lecture, which no doubt exists In printed
form and I undertake to disprove the
lecture in the columns Of your paper
and exhibit the lecturer as @
man entirely devoid OF knowledge
OF the authorities on the sub-
ject OF which he spoke, or else one. who
has deliberately spoken falsely, pre-
Stunning on the ignorance of people who
are not specialists IN biblical criticism +,
and who is consequently q man whom, 1
for one, do not feel disposed to meet in
verbal controversy, bat will certainly
controvers in print where he cannot as
sers 9 thing in one sentence. and when
disproyed, deny that he made the asser-
ton according to his tactics OF last night.
w. Fl. WYATr-HANNATH.
PEERS OVAL.
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