The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-12-07
on the unstable foundation Of general

on the unstable foundation Of general
superstition.
To whom then shall we go 70 find
the author of this wonderful cOllec-
ton of books save unto the great pro-
phet and emancipation himself, school,
ed in all the wisdom of the Egypt
ians and guided by the unerring
hand of the great Jehovah. To him,
the great general and lawgiver, must
we look, as have looked the wise and
the learned from time immemorial,
for the authorship of this remarkable
Book of the Law.
1. Let us inquire what the PEN
tateuch itself says concerning Its au-
thorship. As we have already init
mated the legal portion consists of
three distinct bodies OF law each hay
ing its own peculiar character and
occasion. The Book of the Covenant
Ex 20-23) embracing the ten COM
mandments, ETC., is expressly said
(Ex. IA to have been written by
Moses, and read in the audience of
tie people. The Priest Code. relat-
ing to the sanctuary and ritual, is
contained Ill the rest of Elk chapters
$40 with the exception Of three
chapters relating to the sin of the
golden calf and is expressly declared
in all its parts to have been directly
communicated by the Lord to Moses.
The Deuteronomic Code, embrace
ing the legal portion of the Book of
Deut., viii CHI was delivered by Moses
to the people in the plains of Moab,
Moses is expressly said to have writ
ten and to have committed to the
custody of Levites (Deut. 31:24-2 6).
The entire law therefore, in explicit
and positive terms claims to be Mo-
sale.
Turning from the laws to the mar
ratives of the Pentateuch we find two
passages expressly attributed to the
pen of Moses. The victory over Am
alex at Rephidim. The Lord said
unto Moses Ex. 17:14) "Write this
for memorial in 1.-The Book. -" The
fact that such an injunction was Civ
en- to Moses III this particular instance
seems to imply that he was the prop
Ell person to place on record whatev-
er was memorable and worthy of
preservation In the events of the time.
And the language used, 'The Book"
may signify that Moses had already
begun the preparation of connected
narrative which ended in the Penta-
touch substantially as we have it.
Again in numbers 1872 a list of
the various stations of the children
of Israel in their marches or their
wanderings in the wilderness is as
cribed to Moses, who is SAID to have
written their going out according to
their urneys by the commandment
of the Lord, and thus "The Book"
grew, and although the other por-
tons of it do not expressly state that
Moses was its author, it is obvious
from the whole plan and construction
of the Pentateuch that the history
and the Legislation are alike integral
parts of one complete book. Genesis
and the opening chapters of Exodus
are plainly preliminary to the legis
lation that follows. The historical
chapters of Numbers constitute the
framework III which the laws are set,
binding them all together and exhib-
iting the occasion Of each separate
enactment Ii the legislation in its
present form is, as it claims to be,
Mosaic, then beyond all controversy
this honor to Moses Neither will
we deny the authority OF question
the infallibility of Him ''who spake as
never man spake," but we, with all
this galaxy of inspired writer's, will
join in putting the crown of author
ship where it has been placed by the
Author of us all-upon the heaven
bathed brow of the mighty prophet
of Horeb. E. H. HADLocK,
Student in Soule College.
First published Dec. !, 1894, in the Dodge
| City Globe Republican.
| IN THE DISTRICT COURT Of FORD COUN-
| TY, KANSAS. State of Kansas to George
| >. EMERSON, Amy N. Emerson, Homer
| Wise. Christina Wise, q. X Cochran, Hannah
NJ. COe, Charles COe, l.. C.. Hartman and 8. b.
Barker, Greeting:
| You, and each of you. will take notice that
you have been sued in the District Court of
| Ford county, in the state or Kansas,
| in an action I'm which c. f.. Chap
man is plaintiff, and George 8.
| Emerson, ct al, are defendants, and that
you must answer the petition filed by the
plaintiff in said cause on or before the 18th
| day of January 1895, said petition will
| be taken as true, and II Judgment rendered ac-
| cOrdingly in said action against you for the
! foreclosure of certain mortgage executed
| by the said George 5. and Amy A. Emerson,
| upon the following described real estate in
\ Ford county, Kansas, to wit: beginning at
| q point fifty feet north of the southeast cor
ner of Block five (5) i'm Shinn's Addition to
Dodge City; thence running north one hun
dred twenty five (125) feet, thence west one
| hundred seventeen and One-h half QIJ12} feet,
l thence south one hundred twenty five u25)
feet, thence east one hundred seventeen and
one half ul75.) feet to place Of beginning.
| Also beginning ut point fifty (50) fees south
| of the northeast corner of Block six (6) In
Shinn's Addition to Dodge City; thence run