The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-06

But what could the Apostle have meant
when ne said 10 Elymas, the sorcerer:
The land Of the Lord is upon thee ana
thou shalt be blind'2 And the blind
ness al once comes upon the charlatan.
What did Paul mean by commanding
cripple. who never had walked 10 stand
upright on his feet? And the cripple IS
at once cured. What did the Apostle
mean by the mighty signs ana wonders
whicl he said attended his preaching
from Jerusalem and round about unto
Ilyricum." and also during his ministry
at Cor'rth2
Readers who are not familiar with the
theories Of Wellhausen. Bauer and the
advanced school. may wonder how
upon earth such results as DR.. Toys
can be extracted from the documents be-
fore him. The answer U.s. by reconstruct
Ing the documents Observation-Disclosures
here. expanding there. and dscrediung
yonder.
Is whole treatise. like the Fourth Cos
pei. saturated with the divinity OF Christi
Then il Is the production OF a later
time" written by some unknown Gnostic
Of the second century and posing as an
eyewitness. Is another work. like Acts,
fun Of the miracles Of Chrst's followers,
and OF assumptions Of Christs Heavenly
origin and destiny II is ruled out as "a
later growth" and discredlted as unhis-
torlcal and "tendential."
can pay Dr. Toy the compliments OF
saving that very few Americans could
have produced such a book at this, ana
I cannot resist the temptation to say that
l am heartily glad OF IL.
Bur what is Professor Toys attitude to-
wards the Oif Testament? II possible It
IS more radical still. In a discussion OF
the Date OF Deuteronomy" he concludes
that this book was written not long be-
fore the time Of Josiah; and he holds that
there may be seen in II the codihcation
Of the social. political and religious prin-
ciples accented by the prophetic class a
the highest point OF growth. He thinks
that the ethical unsavoriness Of this view
need be no stumbling-block tn the way
that the assignment OF the Book or Moses
was in accordance with the literary
fashion OF the day: and that the history
OF the book in the temple and then bring
IN. il out as an autograph Of Moses.
would be only OF 4 piece with the pro-
cedure OF the prophet jeremiah In the
case OF King Zededish and the princes.
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"IT rs WRITTEN"
gpt. saws the plain Christian. we find
that when Jesus was tempted OF the
devil 10 command the stones 10 be made
bread. he quotes from Deuteronomy, and
introduces the quotation with the formula
ct is written" thus showing that he was
ouoting what he recognized as Scripture.
Matthew w.. 4 quoted from Deut viii. g.
Again: When tempted TO prove his d.
vinity by leaping from the pinnacle OK the
temple. he quotes Deuteronomy. ana
again with the formula, 1T Is written,
Matthew w.. Z. from Deut. vi. Is. And
ted tn
Lord meets the tempter with a third
quotation from Deuteronomy. and again
with the formula. 1T Is written Mat
thew w.. 10. from Deut. vi. Il.
once more: In Romans x. 10, Paul
quotes from Deuteronomy xXxii Il. and
saws that he is quoting Moses We are
not obliged to prove that our present
book OF Deuteronomy. Just as II now
stands. came from the pen Of Moses: but
If called upon to prove that II Is Scrip
ture. we can say that It was good enough
Scripture for Christ. and, therefore, It Is
good enough Scripture for US. When
Jesus quotes II as Scripture. and Paul
quotes II from Moses" we DO not feel
called to Ego behind the returns" what
ever Toy. Welhaasen & Co. may imagine
az 10 its date.
\ school OF Biblical critics assume that
. the Book OF the Law" which Hilkiah.
the High Priest. found in the temple in
the reign of Josiah. was the book OF
Deuteronomy Out of this assumption
they develop" In the genuine "evolu-
tisnary' fashion. the theory that this
book was palmed off as the work OF
Moses, who could never have seen IL; that
l. vas hid IN the teiaple, and then they
| eO0ily tell US that We must not be shocked
at this palpa bic fraud and forgery, as II