The morning times., 1896-04-30
PLACE OF MOSES.

Or these fOur 1t Is 10 ce Observed Moses
IS not one although he is acknowledged to
be in a general way the first legislator OF
the nation who laid the foundation OF the
whole structure.
Thus do the soldiers Of modern scholar
ship, like those Roman soldiers Of old,
take tie garments OF the Lord and make
:our parts Of them, TO every soldier part.
but IL Will be said is not this whole
sale condemnation OF the critics and OF the
use OF the reason in the investigation of
divine things? We do not so intend it.
Our reasoning is this: II men were will
ing to believe that the word OF God is
divine and It's histories not like other
histo riCs. but containing throughout a
spiritual meaning and purpose that they
might use their reason upon il without
danger OF falling into hurtful errors and
profane conclusions regarding it, there
would be more hesitation in approaching
the sacred volume and in cold blood sub
jecting ii to the use Of the critical scalpeI
and dissecting knife.
1.-The sense OF something holy and divine
held in their hands would enable them
to see that its difficulties can be ex-
planned in some other and higher way
than those which are applied to merely
human writings. and one that viii not
do violence TO truth and probability. still
less to the plain declarations Of Scripture
itself. as well as of Him who was the
word itself in visible human form.
MR.. wERREN on BIBLICAL CRITICISM.
Owing to the lack OF time the discussion
OF the paper was cot off, TO give the Rev
Jacob e. Werren OF Abingdon, Mass, the
privilege OF reading his paper on the
Biblical Criticism Of the New School"
Mr. Werren is the professor OF sacred Ian
guages in the conventions Theological
School. at Cambridge. The writer OF the
paper gave a short sketch Of modern
methods OF lower and higher criticism.
he showed some charts exhibiting the
composite character of the Hexatench
Another chart showed the ninuteness with
which the analysis OF the language in the
different books of the Scriptures is pur-
sued.
In the next part of the address he con-
sideTed Swederborg's methods OF criti-
cism, proving the fact that the enlightened
Swedish seer made use OF all the methods
of criticism known, although he does not
generally appear as a Biblical critic.
The chairman did not permit any dis
cussion on the two papers at thattime. but
announced the annual address TO the council
by the Rev. Edwin Gould Of Montreal.
His subject was The Revelation Re-
yeaied." The speaker began with quo
sation from Dr. Adam Clarke, in which
this great commentator avows his entire
inability to explain the book of Revelation
ana lis conviction that others who have
attempted the task know no more about
it than himself, Illustrating the point by
5he complete discontinue of interpreters
of his own day, who applied the predictions
20 the startling events then taking place
n the scenes Of the French revolution, and
concluding with these remarkable words
Il feel myself at perfect liberty tostate
hat tony apprehension all these prophesies
have been misappiied and uisapprehended
ana that the key TO them is not entrusted to
the sons of man."
MEANING OF REVELATIONS.
Mr. Gould then gave a quotation in a
different strain from Prof Moses Stewart
OF Andover, in which that eminent divine
takes the ground that the Apocalypse must
have once been well understood by the
church, or the seven churches, to which it
is addressed, since 1t is unreasonable to
suppose the undertaking by a sensible
man in sober earnest to write a book
which would be unintelligibIe to those
TO whom it is addressed. 1t requires,
he says, some experience and taste, and
portion OF critical diseernment TO read