The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-17
THE 1xrnEcAronr psA1ss
Interpretea and Defended st n Meeting or
tho Dsptist Minlsters.

Interpreted and Defended at Meetiur or
tho baptist Ministers.
At meeting OF the Baptist ministers In the
Tabernacle last Monday evening the Rev. W.
W. Case OF Holmdel. N. j.. read an interesting
paper on the Improcatory Psalms There was
. time when these psalms excited intense
feeling in religious circles and caused the
bitterest controversies. Just now. when DR..
Briggs has introduced American Christianity
tothe results Of German criticism. these psalms
have again come Into question and have as
sumed place In tho arguments Of infldcls.
aenostlcs. and iconoclastic Christians against
the plenary inspiration Of the Scriptures.
The psalms which have been most viclonsly
attacked BY the critics are the 35th. the 5Sth.
the Goth. and the Tooth. There are passages
In other psalms similar to the controverted
passages In these. but those other passages
are not OF the length nor OF the sustained and.
Of the passages In tho psalms mentioned
In the 35th Psalm David prays these things
aSeo DS ne asaafS S Ssm WIND
lie. the ass e Io HSIs "na
sms G.. t3 sHe tsss 3 Cd sna P Ie SY III
snS they shoos tssir srro%. Ies shs% 6
Let thom consume away like a snail. mud
be IKE the nntImey fruit Of woman: and let
The righteous shall rejoice when l,c ,seeth
re veng s can he shali wash his feet in the
In the SVth Psalm arc found the following
Lot their eyes DO blinded TINT they see
smttan AID thsy talk how t tSeS may vss
wiped out o. the book r ths living. and not be
critics RnS ~ s se r %os ~ dSpGe
Jet Ills prayer be turned into sin. Let, his
bread; 1T them seek Il also out Q, ,desoiate
nr upon pS lis h
osss. & s:s TIE Ssis Iii ss ass
Those who have found fault with thesc pow
PROOF. positive that the psaimist could not ct
nHYS been verbally Inspired In TIP
encouraged. such a lack OF charity and
The SSie e. q tbs Rey: MI Cases paper VA
ylnoiy, inspired. and that there Is nothing Il
them tnnSonsistYtpt With Christian charity: a..
was not asking God to ayenso his personal
WEDukb uuts WIFI the CUSTOMARY metaphor OF
wrath upon the encmies q a God. Tho psalm me
nt n ss Tsr urE ss malice but
Mr.: Case called attention to the high place
which David had in the Divine esteeIn-a
regard to which both Samuel and the Apostle
Paul bore testimony. David was u man after
Gods own heart. and while in his acts he
sometimes wandered from the path OF virtue
and high morality. yet in his words IA set
down down In TIE Scriptures no was d9ds Tou.thh,
doubling Christian might fnd consolation in
mid that he himself had found much ratisfnc-
ton In that way OF looking at some OF them.
Mr.. Case defended the apparent cruelty
OF David's utterances against the relatives
and descendants Of the wicked. Mr.. Case re-
minded his hearers that God Himself had said
that The SIM f the s be ysa
and Chat tsre was no soIng baei
Of the Divine utterance
Mr. Case concluded his argument with n
story OF the little boy Of q friend Of his. This
friend was. one day reading. aloud the Tooth
Psalm with its vigorous denuncations as
quoted above. His little son said:
Father. do you think It is right for good
nan to hate his enemies and talk about them
like that p
The fathsr. says Mr. Case: was puzzled for q
the truth came to him as 1t had never come
before and he said:
My son. suppose an assassin were to MUIR
der your mother would you not pray that he
might be caught and punished"
The minister's passed a vote OF thanks to Mr.
Case and privately expressed themselves AZ
much refreshed and strengthened.