The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-12-07

els, Dut the OLD Mosaic lnSut0uOn6
restored (Ex. 3:2). They built the
altar and established the ritual Gas
is written in the law of Noses" Aft
er the new temple was finished they
set priests and Levites to their re-
spective services, Gas is written in
the law of Noses" Ezra is IA ready
scribe III the law of Moses-Ez. 7:6.
In Neh. 81, Is in speaking of the
assembly Of people we read that
''The book of the law of Moses" was
read and expounded unto them day
by day. In the captivity Daniel re
fers to matters contained in the Pen
tateuch as "Written in the law Of
Moses"
When the ark was taken by David
to Zion it was ''as Moses command
ed''-1 Chr. 1915. Joshua was di-
rected "to do according to all the
law, which Moses, my servant, com
manded thee Jos. II. Then all
through the Old Testament the Pen
tateuch is spoken of as Il product OF
Moses, and the final injunction of the
last of the prophets (NIat. Al Is,
Remember We the law of Moses, my
servant, which I commanded him in
Horeb, for all Israel, with the stat
utes and judgments.
3. We have seen that it was the
opinion of the sacred historians of
the Old Testament, without excep-
ton that the LAW of the Pentateuch,
and therefore the whole Pentateuch,
was regarded as the law of Moses,
and that Moses was the author of the
books that bear his name. 1t is uni
versally conceded that this was the
traditional opinion among not only
the Jews of the earlier, but also the
later periods. To this the new Tes-
lament bears the most abundant and
explicit testimony.
The Pentateuch is by our Lord
called 1.-The book of Moses" MARK
1926. When it is read and preach
ed the Apostles say that Moses is
read e Cor. 3:l5) and preached
(Acts l5:21). The Pentateuch and
the books Of the prophets, which were
read i'll the worship of the Synagogue
are called both by our LORD duke
1929, 81 and the evangelists Luke
30 "Moses and the prophets
Luke a A. Acts :23). OF the
iniunctions of The Pentateuch not
only do the Jews say when address
ing our Lord, "Moses commanded
John S:15) but our Lord repeatedly
uses the same form Of speech MA:
81, 10, I s. Nix. l:44, 1913 and Luke
5:14) as testified by three of the
evangelists.
OF the law in general he says: "Moses
gave the law (John 7:19), and the
evangelist echoes, ''the law was
given by Moses" John 1:1O
and that Moses was not only the au
thor Of the law, but committed its
precepis to writing, is affirmed by
the Jews (Mk. l2:1O and also by oul
Lord (Mk. 6:5). who further spoke
of him as writing predictions respect
ing himself John SAG, Az and alst
| traces ii narrative in the Pehtateucha
history to him Nix. 1861.
These, briefly stated, are few OF
the arguments of "a positive nature
for Moses authorship of the books
which bear his name. They were us
cribed to him by unanimous and un
broken tradition from the days of
Moses through the entire period o.
the Old Testament and from that on
ward. This corresponds with the
claim which these books make fol
themselves, corroborated as it is by
their adaptation i'll style and charac
ter to their alleged origin, and it had
the inspired and authoritative sane
ton of the writer's of the New Tesla
ment and our Lord Himself.
Therefore TO deny the Mosaic au
thorship of the Pentateuch is to re
ject the testimony of tie ''holy men
of DID," to deny the authority of the
gospels and impugne the infallibility
of the Lord himself.
On the testimony Of such writers
and teachers our case rests secure
We will not rob the great prophet OF
the honor conferred upon him by his
God. We will not question the au
thority Of the inspired scriptures that
Join in glad testimony in ascribing
character. 1t was intended simply
to be the basis of Gods Covenant
with Israel, not to develop in detail
the duties growing out of that cove
nant. That Deut does not contain
the minute ceremonial requirements
to be found in Leviticus is no indi
cation that the latter is the subse-
quert development of u more ritual
istic age. 1t is simply because there
was no need of repeat ing details that
had already been sufficiently enlarged