The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-05-22
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L. is often remarked hy 'to.e Who
have but little or no reverence .or 'ur
Bible that it be HE fiddle. ans tune
can be- played upon b. therefore 8, cam.
not be q reliable book.
lam willing 90 Admit that thc Bible
can consistently o. compared to- id.
dlc. hut not in the way 10 BE- understood
by the class OF pcr-ous above men.
toned.
There /. M much difference between
one Who understand. the bible ami one
who does not. as there b. between one
who knows how 10 pHy thc fiddle and
one who does no'. II ppr.au under.
stands the key notes. or in other worls.
the language, comparisons, causcs and
effects. and the general circumstances
connected with what Is recorded there.
In. he can make h chord and harmonizc
in every part, and the counietions. mis-.
understanding AMI confusion in fc.
gard to II will no longer exist; hut In
the hands Of one uuact uainicd with the
circumstances aud conditions and how
TO properly connect them, iti- then like
fiddle in the hands Of an incxpcri.
enccd player. the discord will continue
and the book remain unreliable.
There are quite number Of passages
Of Scripture ihaiappcir TO be impossible.
unreasonable and inconsistent, which
would. u they were properly understood.
be clear and comprehensive aud on
natural principles, and thus much Of
the existing in6delty woulu cease 10 be.
and the Bible would become what Il was
destined 20 bc-ihe word Of the Lord
unto the children Of men.
one portion Of the Bible, which IL an
douhiedly the cause Of much inGdelit,
I will explain, aud, although my ex-
plaua,ion, u Il may differ materially
from the general opinion, still IL il In
keeping with the RECORD made Of H.. II
appears that the Lord commissioned
Jonah 10 declare prophecy unto tho
inhabitants OF Ninevch, from the per
Torrance Of which he thought to oscap,
by fleeing into another country. Tn,
Lord. however, did not design that h,
should escape 20 easily, Tor lie "tsn
on, a great wind into the sea and thsr
was q mighty tempest" 80 that ih'
seamen becoming frightened east Jonai
ovrboarl.io save themselves and IN
l-'''r tod esars swrno~ea nv m ~
angry sea
"Now the Lord had prepared q gree
hsh 70 swallow mp Jonah, and iona
wiz In the belly ol the fish three dal
aud three nights" Jonah LII
II the great fish had been prepared
swallow Jonah, as IL generally "a
posed that he did, the record would ha'
sad 30, but Il says TO swallow ,
! Jonah" According to Webster to sws
lloN up has quite different meaning
swallow. To swallow anything meal
J for II to pass down the throat, but
swallow mp means to enguli, or TO
8 taken in through an opening, as at Of
time when Korah rehelled against Mos
10000 Of the children Of Israel We
b swallowed up In an opening OF the ear
. NUN. 10; %. Were the earth to OPP
and take In Salt Lake City to-day,
e would be recorded that the earth swi
y lowed up the city. Milton also gives {
:, same definition Of swallow up
In hors swallowed up and lost.
But the question arises, how did I
y, Lord prepare the fish TO swallow
y Jonah. This IL not explained in t
" Scriptures, but there are many wa
In which lie might have done 1t. \
" might suppose on natural princip
= that the fish was a dead one and iloat
ON the surface OF the water as de
fish would do, aud the Lord prepal
" the way Tor il 10 be In close proxim
to the ship when Jonah was cast oy
" board that he might be swallowed
p through some opening IN lie surface
p the inside, where he could dwell
= safety for three days aud three night
!, for the sea had ceased IL raging.
p" there he could easily remain, live q
breathe as safely as II he had been
,e one of our modern steamships
IL. though Jonah cried unto the Lord ouI
i. the belly Of hell, as he terms IL,
a could moi extricate himself, but mi
ID remain until the Lord spoke 10 the {
d not 70 It's intelligence necessarily,
re as Jesus said: III ye have faith a
grain Of mustard seed, We shall say III
this mountain, Remove hence TO yon'
place and II shall remove" In ]
manner the Lord could speak TO the {
Ie and cause il, though dead, to move
ID the shore in such a manner as to ''yoI
ut out Jonah upon the dry land"--l
through the mouth, or II would hi
d. said 'vemit ~ Jonah onto dry Ian,
Here again we havea difference in
meaning Of the words. According
> Webster 10 yomit out means really
W throw out OF a hollow place through q
~ opening and TO yomit up means 10 co
ID out OF tue mouth, and Jonah no dol
ne was "yomited out" through the "a
opening through which he was "sN
IN lowed up"
he II Is evident that Jonah was not ~
lowed by the lsh, but was swallow