The commonwealth., 1898-01-07


the brick kilns
thrown PharaesSsS pfafk II we
had seen him drowning. And Mount
Sinai is to-day pile OF tossed and
tumbled basalt, recalling the cataclysm
of that mountain when the law WAS
given. And, as to those Ten Com
iiiandments, all Roman law, all
German law, all English law,
all American law worth any
thing ars squarely founded on
them. SO mighty assault for centuries
has been made on the Book OF Joshua
1t was said tta. the story of the de-
tanned sun and moon Is sn insult to
modern astronomy, but that bJos "i
Joshua may be found 10 day III the
chapol OF every university in Amcr'iN,
in defiance OF any telescope projected
from the roof of that university. The |
Bool, of Jonah has been THE target Of
ridjcule for the small wit of ages; but
there 1t stands, with It's four chapters
inviolate, while geology puts up In
It's museums remains Of sea monsters
capable of doing more than th1 ono |
which swallowed the recrennt prophet,
There stands the Lose chapters of tho
Bible, Notwithstanding all The attacks
of ages, and there they will stand
until they shriyel up in the iiunl
fires, which geoIogiSts say are al
ready kiudled aud glow hotter
than the furnaces Of an ocean
steamer rs it puts out from New
York Narrows for Hamburg or South
amptou, should not wonder If from
| the crypt of ancient cities the in.
| spired manuscripts Of Matthew Mark,
| Luke and John, i'll their own chirugra-
! ply, would lie taken, aud the cpistlcs
which Paul dictated to his amanucnsis,
as we'll as the one in the apostles own
handwriting. AT the same ratio of
archaeological and geological contir-
nation of the Scriptures, the time will
come when the truth of the Bible will
| no more be doubted than the common
almanac, which tells you the days and
| the months of the ycur, and the unbe-
| levers will be accounted harmless
| Iunatics. Forward the telescope and
| the speclroscope and the chemical bat
tarias and ,riti,ollv .x,,,in, tha ,s-
| tracods Of the ocean depths and the
homes If tho rrc,t mammals nm IN,
rravrllv nm ,nns, And tha m;ghti,r
and the rropd,r. and th, deener and
| the higher the explorations, the better
for our cause. As sure as the thunder
hollis ,f III, Alui,hty ara s,rn,r,r
than the s,ael mans ~ oynnstio. ,ha
orl, of God vii r,ao an unhu,.t ana
rr,,,h mood no, fcor ,,y diso.t,rs M.
set,;rr nh, o,ononyntic ,n,,eI nvinr
,hr,rsh tb, midst ~ u.ny,r nr''.
cl,inin,r ~ All naii,ns ana lindr,I
aa',I ,,,21, ana t,,,,,,a' ,h,, ,,,,a',a.ll'
nIJa rinras ~ Ioyn' Chris, .ra ,aj',Lt
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nvon 9 '
How rppch ,hs roc,,s INV. had ,o ia
with fine c,usr of God in all nyes, In
,hs Wilderness ears Israel ynre f,d
,,;tb homo, an, ,ha ,onl, ,,o,y ,I,o
r,cl, ~ ,joroh n,,l Mo.oe hon, In
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stn,ol,i,,hnJ ,,,.no.o,a,ls ,l,o.,,,l,,,,i,I,
namo-I rross ,ho Innn..t ,ynrI +, ,ha
nan, soI, I,h,,,,lI,i,o,l, .,l +, ,,,,a
nnr,hr ~ ro.orndinn sagnni,n5n,
l;,n na,n,,,n,,ro Co.. .. ~, .,,,I.
Saul ,,ns 'nnnn.IlaI 70 oni, hi. ,,,r,uit
~ n,viJ md an Nom, and lnnL af,ar
,h, phiIi.tnse who ,yoro n,I,inn
nanl nnrnmant Thoro ,vora ,ha n'e,,s
NJ noynz md Sench between which
Jonathan clinbed nm and sent aving IN
rotrn,i ,ho norrisn, ~ tho unnir
enmcisea And vnndar 500 naviJ ,nd