The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-24
DIR. W. W. M00RE'S
ABLE ADDRESS.
Tells Of the Valuable Testimony in
Monuments,
THE CRITICS ARE WRONG.
Facts Are Disclosed on the Ancient
Monuments which Refute Theories
ofThose who Would Discount
Statements Made i'm Bible.
THE CRITICS ARE WRONG,

the Itstlu Ony OF ilc tohNlh'hto 10 llt
Truth of the Bible" There was large
congregation present and the speaker
was given close attention throughout. de
said ln part.
The question concerning the inspiration
and authority OF the Scriptures SIS the
rre-emiucnt theological question of the
day Many people who have had no
opportunity for thorough investigation of
the problems involved have begun 60 feel
a. vague uncertainty and uneasiuess about
the Bible. being informed that its lofty
claims AFRO disall0wed by some OF the
foremost scholars of the agc-mcu who
say chat So has been convicted OF error
10y iudisputahIo results Of criticism. and
that tle Ola Testament especially
anoluds iu anachrouisms. coutradic-
:iors and statements which are oisproved
by historical fact. Some years ago
these gentlemen announced that they had
resolved the early narratives of Scripture
into collection Of myths that the stories
OF tine creation. The fan and The food
were baseless fancies. that Chedorloamcr
and his allies mentioned iu the fourteenth
chapter OF Genesis were fictitious char
aoters that no such campaign as Is
There described could have been made at
So early period bon the history of
Canaan that Abraham himself was not
81 real man at am but only ca free crca-
tlon OF unconscious art. that the Bibli-
cU writer's were often wide of the mark
iu their statements about surrounding mae
40 tb. ar,fon+ ro,.nfians that they refer
49, .e.,-f,r and Peh,lorian KINGS who
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49,. ,..t,.. ,lfg .,.i-t .,. ann of error and
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-. 800. ,,, I-,1gb .ir fhe christian
80. .,s,,iie f0- tbe arl, or cod BUT
er.. ror tho nri1a of human opiuion and
i.,,.,.,i,. f,,. ,1, o,,,sa of divine trltb. inst
,.,t.r +b. trirr,,b 81 tbasa ALLEGED zee
sults seemed in some quarters most as-
enre1 fhe hurled cities of the past rose
e-o-,, tb. sf,,,i,., of centuries shook the
1,st froo, thefr ho4rv records rebuked
tbe .r..1iafions of am i-ravcrent criticism
and ,...,. fhair unimpoachabIe witness 90
tr. y.-.citt of Scripture Monuments
ana documents contempor.rv with the
e.
ri-hes ms with "a multitude Of undeuiable
r,.fs b,. which to test these Biblical de-
sDrintiors on the one hand aud ON the
l.t. tt.. ,..tro OF tho theory of The
i,,s,tio rriti.s And the theory Of the
,.,.t.. t., ,....,.. b., ariaf
,',, g. t...t.lr,.rt ~ this monumental
.-.tt,,..., ,.,.,,.. f~or, tho land of Eevut
,t,i, le,. which has unlocked au the vast
,r,.s,,-. ~ urynfian literature. the
i,,.o,.le.,,-o Of which had been lost for
es,.., h,,,aro1 ,.e.,rs was the trUingual
~, .tona mo dociphcrmont OF which
an o,,r century gave back 10 the world
the l,noUir5cc of hioroglvphic writing
and enabled au men 10 read from their
own monuments what the Egyptians of
tho ti,no. of Abraham Joseph and Moses {
nave e.fl sbout themselves. These show I
concf-eivalv that the Bible is right and /
fho critics vrone.
rrfr CiITTCS WRONG
For instance the sacred writer says (
cha, e,,o,,. tbe rrasants Given by the
PIN n. Ah~sbam were sheen. asses /
s,,5 ...,..ls pr,f.ssor Won pohlsn saws !
.lt. l,,fo,.l,- ectt., b.,,u.e these
,,i,,..i. nero mr. introduced info EeyDt
IN, io,,,. .f,., thc .ir,. ~ Abraham me
.n(,,,rnor+s ~ Abraham time show great /
80. ~ her, ,.io-,,rel or thoir sides
I.bo ,,,r,T writer saws tbaf fho butler
- ph.r..6 drs.,r,od ~ cranes arl wine
,,bicb h.. oeorcd the tinr Tbe critics
lam thfs WAS innos.ible because Uerod-
,fus and putarch inform ms that the
Vino MAS NOT crown i'm Fryrt. and that
ho EsvDtians abhorred Wine The mon
,r,sDt. of ro.orh,s finc SETTLE the ones
SON. they show vineyards. AID the pro-
.esses oil v,ine-makiue. and public drink I
nr faasfs The Bible speaks of faminos
% Tn.t The critics say that famine
VAS Unknown there. The monuments
rave iuN accounts of fomines lasting for
ears BON "ei'ie ana "I.eI t"e ui"' OF
o-e2A.
The discovery or fllnom ln ie''. one OF
De cities lliIt of brick 10y The
lerarlfce conflre the cavU fhat the
.rrIent o-vntf.ns reel only STONE for
.nst 'st , ,....... .,..+
W
'Ni"eara III. was 'ne ""l'"H on '"t "p
ress.on. whose muWmy was discovered
Do 1881, and now lies in the museum at
afro.
The most STRIKING and interesting mart
z the lecture was fhe die.,sofor ,f tbe
on -,i.,,,,. f- 81. fi.ht .,f 49,. t.,.o,,.i-
-t
~. '- ""l'o"- '-' p''"" super ''i IONS
nose plAsues "etc Niended 10 pug TO
name the gods of Lgynt and to demon
trafe the exclusive deity of Jehovah as