Telegram-herald., 1891-02-08

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babis. The h,ssoxy. he txAns, the
poetry of tsns vssk - newhese equal
ed ~ xnclsns or medern literature. IL
d<ssrves esrsfal study tes tast very
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hzs never sssa fsvorshsy regarded ~ .
literary tsStboot. ca sesoaas of TIE
eve end vensrstlon vith vhieh sone
have rsssried ID. snd On account Of lts
having been made the lass of deg
matte controversies. 1ns vsassstson Of
one eiass. Who vorshipsd il. and the
dIsgust Of snothsr elAss ~ the bigotry
and intolerance supposed ~ b sHne-
toned by - pxeeepn have Losh landed
70 prevent al appreciation OF its liter
AIRY beauties. There 10. hovevsf, sors
and more Of tendency 10 thee days
70 look upon and enjoy is sxcsllsneiss
separate and apart from its theology.
la reference 70 lie literary style. Prof.
Bfizgs saId. Ia brsif:
The Bible Is . marvel Of literature.
II u largely history written in the pop
uIar style. where imagination often tri-
umphs over the logical and proper ar
raagement Of facts aud words.
Prophecy IS another division on biolical
literature. Poetry 10 another division.
We have the Psalms of lyrical poetry.
the Proverbs for ethical precepts that
are maxims. The Song OF solomon is
q drama of love IN five acts; 10 is the
drama for women as the book OF job is
tor men. Eecleaastes is an imaginative
work. portraying battle IN the soul
between skepticism and faith, agnosti-
cism and thereafter OF God. Christ in
his teaching employed fiction as a
means. A charming idyi is the simple
and graceful story OF Ruth. The book
of Jonah we may regard as historic
| fiction"
"The book Of Esther-that most
doubtful of biblcal books, without
theology. without mention Of Gods
name. with It's low order of morals. but
with its redeeming feature of patriotism,
lis a miracle of the story teller's art.
Hebrew literature gives us six great
imaginative works. They give us three
heroes and three herolnes-Job, the
patriarch, Jonah, the prophet,
Koholeth. the sage, Ruth. the devout.
Esther, the patriotic, and the Saula.
mite, the loving, faithful virgin.
4 -
In reference to tho proposed pur.
chase of the Michigan Central road
the Courier Herald finds q difficulty in
this thought: "The Michigan Central
Company is under legal obligation to
carry out tho terms of its leases of sew.
eral other lines in the State, and if the
State assumed ownership it could hard
ly sbrogate such obligations" 1t is not
at all likely that the State would have
To assume the performance of any such
leases The right OF re-purchase by the
State was part of the ccompany's charter
An act of the Legislature-known tc
the leasing companies when the lease;
were made. Besides, the Central CON-.
pany never would sell for what tb(
State has right to buy, but would
rather re-incorporate under the genera
law-just what the State wants. o.
course an attempt will be made to bluff
the State with an array of figures.
AN Alabama paper bursts forth in
this exultant strain: "One of the
members of the British Iron and Stce
vuat,tttta who visitod ouY ritv urita