The Portland daily press., 1894-12-10


rent his clothes. If we admit the BLDG we
must admit that Jesus claimed 10 Dc the
Christ. that his disciples voiced the claim,
and that his enemias understood it. That
which Jesus claimed for himself oanhot oe
wrong.
Mr.. Woodward then referred 10 Luxe
fourth. verse eighteen where Cnr.sl openea
the book of Isiah; AID after reauihs ~ sH'o
to those about him: ''Ihls gay 10 'n's
Scripture fulfilled in your ears. DoeS no'
this rnean genuine reference 10 Oniie' y.
the Old Testament. If not, Wnat goes 1t
mean?
Then the text of the day: Matthew ~
chapter, verse Al. What think ye OIL lne
Christ? asked Jesus of the Pha1lsees' lhe
Son Of Dayid.'' answered they. Ihen Jesus
recalled to them that David called ohris'
the Lord. And If David calico nlm Loru'
how could he be David's son?.
There also are the utteraIces Oh Jesus
about the time of his cYucihxlon on TOOL
ish ones not to believe all that The pfophets
have written of the Christ that ne shoul"
suffer and enter into his glory.
''Then it is written that the Christ should
suffer, and rise from the dead the thlro
day: and ye are the Witnesses.
Men nowadays are not willing to come to
Christ in order that they may nave lie.
They prefer to search for 1t In the
Scriptures.
Mr. WOODY ward closed with feryid argu-
ynent in support of the literal truth and
accuracy of the Gospels. He did not enter
tain at all the idea that the gospels were
written hundred years after Christ's death
or that they were mixed up with humane
traditions.
How did it happen that in not one of the
four Gospels does Jesus say, II think, II
hope,'' II Doubt II p1esumc,' etc.? Let
the higher critics answer that. 1t takes
Christ to invent Christ.
Mr.. Woodward condemned utterly the
higher criticism. which fourished only in
the serenity which follows the battle fought
out by Christian faith and valor.
Ingersoll has slain his thousands higher
criticism its tens of thousands. lngersoll
openly condemns the Bible; the higher
criticism damns it with faint praise. lnger-
soil kicks the Bible into the street; the
higher criticism pats it on the head and
tells it of its beauties, while it stabs it in
the back. Ingersoll says that there is no
good in:the Bible at ALL the higher criticism
says that it is a very good book. but that
this should come out if 1t and that should
come out of it. Ingersoll says the Bible is
the foe of progress and retards civilization;
the higher criticism calls it the dear friend
of humanity, and then this dear friend is
laid on the dissecting table, and when they
get through the dear friend is all cut up.
The use of higher criticism to keep your
young men from being hurt by Ingersoll is
like making the boy moderately drunk to
keep him from being drunkard. 1t is like
dipping your baby in cold water to keep it
from Getting wet in the thunder storm.
WheL / attended at City hall and heard the
lecture thought that Ingersoll had listened
to Rev. Henry Blaachard's sermon the Sun
day before, 50 closely he followed in his
wake.
l believe in the Bible and am prepared TO
defend it as it stands. don't believe it is
necessary to throw away one half of it in
order to save the other half. There is much
foolish sentimentality abroad about
Jehovah's acts. Ingersoll drew tears almost.
as he told of the killing Of the four hundred
Priests of Baal. Now that killing was right.
There was not one of those priests who
would not be hung If he lived now. for
every one was guilty of murder.
REV. HOSEA HEWlTT'S REPLY.
"The Bible Historically, Scientifically and
Ethically Considered, Being Reply to
Recent Criticisms.
The subject of Rev. Hosea Hewitt's SER
mon at Illsley hall, East Deering. was "The
Bible historically and ethically considered"
being a reply to recent criticisms. He took
as his text Second Samuels 22:3l, "The
Word of the LORD is Tried" After briefly
reviewing the t1iuInphs of the Bible in all
fields and against all comers. in the fields
OF historical critiosm, science. physics.
political economy, etc., the preachers made
the following points: First, the position
which the Bible holds today in the realm of
historical research and criticism is more
unassailable than ever it was. From the
days of Botta and Layard, who forty years
ago published the results of their explora-
tions amid the ruins Of ancient Nineveh,
the work OF excavation on the sites of
ancient temples, palaces and cities of the
Orient, in Egypt, Chaldea and Palestine.
has been going steadily forward at enor-
nous cost, exhuming the buried chronicles
of the past from their ancient graves. In
the aggregate millions of dollars have been
expended in these explorations by private
individuals. by archaeological associations.
by exploration funds. such as the Palestine
and Egebypt exploration funds by govern
ment commissions, by enterprlsing univer-
stiles such as the University of Pennsyl-
varia, which in 1888, sent out Mr.. Hilprecht
and his company to explore the ruins of
ancient Nippas (modern Niffur) on the
plain of lower Abylonia. By these lab bors the
museums of London, Berlin. Paris. Washing
ton and Boston are being filled with
precious archaeological spoils the proofs
and aItestations of the absolute historical
accuracy of sacred Scripture are being
multiplied thousand fold. The walls of
the temples like that of KaIna on the Nile
oontalnine an account OF the victories in
Palestine and Syria of Thothmes Eli.
Ramses II. Ramses ILL.,, Sheshong OF the
XXI. dynasty, show that the historians of
the Bible drew on standard sources for
their materials which are now known to be
far more ample than was first supposed.
The prophets of Israel recently ridiouled,
spoke accu rate contemporary history while
enunciating great moral truths and princi-
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