The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-18

of the law, but think IL is the original
and only genuine law OF Moses. And
no other scripture claims TO be the writ
ing of Moses, nor is 1t claimed Of any
other by either the old testament or the
new.
In that part of Deuteronomy which ap-
pears to be written by Moses he appears
as speaking; in the rest of the Penta-
teuch he Is spoken OF, and an unbiased
reader would suppose another was
speaking OF him.
At the outstart the Deuteronomist as
sures us that he will give us the words
which Moses spoke at "A time and place,
and in the fifth verse that then and there
Moses began to declare this law. Now
IL he truly gave the words which Moses
spoke he did not leave out so great
part as we find in Exodus to Numbers
as the law. And Moses says i'm the
fourth chapter: "Ye do not add to the
word am commanding We nor diminish
from IL, to keep the commands of Je-
hovah, your God. which 1 am command
ing you" See verse 2. Again i'm verse
40, Thou shalt therefore keep His
statutes and His commands which I am
commanding thee this day, that It may
be we'll with thee" How could it be
more positively asserted that In this
book we have all the law of Moses, and
that the children of Israel were not TO
add to IL. And I'm the 2Sth chapter there
Is promised a plenltude Of blessings
to all who would keep the commands he
that day gave them, and OF curses upon
all who did not. and the adding 10 them
was one violation Of g. command then
given. Could Deuteronomy be reconoiled
with the rest OF the Pentateuch we
might suppose some passages had been
omitted, but there Is often conflict as
I'm the appointing of the judges and send
ing out of the spies. And a contradic-
ton I'm the time of separating the tribe
OF Levi for the service OF the sanctuary.
In the 10th chapter OF Deut. it Is said
to be after the death OF Aaron, while
In Numbers viii. IA. It Is said that II was
before his death.
Again I'm Deut v. after asserting
that Jehovah had said that IL was be-
cause he had brought them out OF the
Egyptian bondage that he commanded
them 20 keep the Sabbath. say he said
no more. Jehovah spoke all these
words" and hath not added But Ex-
odus gives an entirely different reason
and that Is given by Jehovah at the
same time Again as regards the offer
ing Of sacrifice there Is nothing in
Deuteronomy to forbid other than the
priests from the service of the altar
But in the 18th chapter of Numbers a
statute is added making IL capital
crime for any except the priests TO ap-
proach the altar; and still Gideon,
Monoah and Samuel offered sacrifices
with the approval OF Jehovah, which
they certainly could not nave done had
the law then I'm existence forbid II, but
If the book of Deut. was the law 1t was
not illegal.
Shall we accept the bible as II is. for
what Il claims to be, or shall we pretend
to believe that IL Is what II does not
claim to be, an infallible book. verbally
inspired in every verse, as some claim
IL is2
Shall we accept all the interpretations
and false translations OF profane hands
or seek for the original intent OF the
authors?
There are two common errors i'm re-
gard to the bible. One looks at the
holy fountain and concludes the stream
must be pure. The other sees only that
the stream is impure and says there is
no holy fountain
With 100000 variations of reading in
the ancient manuscripts of the new
testament, with very few accurate quo
tations from the old testament in the
new, that is, of more than short SEN
tence where there is little room for var
iation, what room have we for a belief
that our scriptures are unadulterated?
l do not think there is the interest in
the page there should be. Cannot some
one say something to stir up the men,
bers. If 1t is only a Drummond contro-
versy? LONE TRAMP"