Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-24
TRUTH OF THE BIBLE.
mr.. MOORE ON THE rEsTIMoNf VI
THE OLD WORLD MONUMENTS
, DISCOURSE OF GREAT INTEREST.
r,r., Of the series of Lectures "
second Dnp,ist Church he"r' "
crcuation-Dr. Jones %"
,.o,,sou-o,her Church services

JucIssOn-Oth'f
- ~ W Moore. president oil TN
,.,,,on TbeoloeicaI Seminary delN'ieu 80
- a., eeries of lectures on me
-. If the Monuments TO the l'u'"
'i'o' pnIou 81 the Second Baptist cnu''"
- ~ r,gbt He was greeted by a i"ie'
..,,r who listened with evidences
of great interest to his ulsoo-''' 80, n.
pev. DIT. w. r. J.. smith in'rouu'eN -D'
Moore who said: Itch
"Rsfore BEGINNING my lecture W.. W.
49,. 80 mr. smith my most gratelu'
'.ynreciation Of the very kind WORDS "n'oH
H. has inst spoken. j wish TO mani -
-'lotaIr,, hearty acknowledgment Oh no
erst,fvine references 10 the NSnoi 80, 'y 10
etitution with watch nave we "a, come
Ia connected. which has so ieCtHss' non !
-, ,,our community, ana WIi~i nc ., 90 !
nv nv y - received by the Chrls IAN -
~ picbmoud of every uchoi"tt'' mr. |
hv none more cordially tnan The
tyetbren OF the Baptist chui ~, forget
Presbyterians are MOI d IJitr.,ys cherish
mir friends. and We shai ,@ii""y,' btoad-
- memory Of the intelhetn| .,,,,rort
minded. public-spirlted, aDuI,I+i,aI time |
,-iv.n 10 our enterprise at d - ~ tTatcher
,'.' - mon as Or Nelson, III - - /
ny ga, ',,d President BOdtWreh| -
b.
~ otior ministers and mehiu.I9
1.rtiet church iu this cohliul.' oautiful /
"Gert9inly one OF the H1IC coir city |
,,6 dolirbfful features OF Ii 4ia ,r.otornitv !
i'm which you live Is lhG v,6i,h obtains |
I'd unfeigned fellowship VIZ" ~ Gods |
80 .,,11n me different Doaes "ltoiDsi>s- !
peonle mere differing IN W., dinering !
i,CoI organizations some" -, etata-
al7o lh ~ rirtufo but cordially u-ll.u
a. ~ fundamentals of the Lellb' "a t,,egf
/ Icrd and earnestly deNoleu ~ U.e1,e AGO
/ I'D of His Gospel Soiiic - ,lpon
/ when your pastor vas III Nm 1 had the
/ a. Gouyentiou at LynchDHI 3, and
! w -. of occupying TINS pump -,
/ - cove me then sucn cuui - r feit
/ t,o1 End such cordial welcome ia Eel
m home among you at O"00'
M PARTICULAR THEORY.
oD,. sro,th has requested me to oe-
~, ~, '' ss',',ccessive sabbath evenings W.
! Nv ~, discourses on the testimony "a"
! f1rded bv the ancient mohunSn.S ~ tbe
/ b.,a come 20 light IN our ""S Ate+or,,
! 49,. ,i.,,.s+,.o-r Illness of the Blbhcal Itt-to-I
lIus. W." t ~ Inc suggestion Of my ireHv,
/ ~ ss97,lsnn I will devote the HouI t.il'
i,il,i,e1 to some points whlcn j NV In
sented i'm this city on lOIIilOi, ,''ti0n III
as they are the httins ny J.l' informal
,be series. These lectures VIZ D0 e., the
til0 'haroctor and viii abstain nom '''o
~ ,rork which would be proper " q"
ci. az am not concerned here and now ,., ~
establish or defend any pa Wv - author
mi. ~ the literary structure GU pitIo
az tb. digtrent books or lne 'lo.,
NJ ~ is NOT a vital point ana l', ~ Ia IA
( / IN which evangelical scholal = " 'r ~-j d.
a. - ann concerned to cstabIlan 1ilN
t'11 ~. historical Crtdiblllty OF liv i",
, - rorrious of the Old Ie7ltlli,,-ii ~
h Jemoustrate that these OstC',5tl.iI. TIA.
, toric8l books are really Hla. fac
U tbeir statements as 90 ma 10y o,,,irce
- e depgn ded upon; for am b,
NJ. rou cannot destroy the Ius1W ~,
20 20 If the old Testament as A.s' ~,
u Without understanding the au,no''''
io the New Testament as Ic'0."s. or-rS
= PREPAYMENT THEOLODlo-AN
is TON.
III "Tba ouestion concerning the lnsp,''
e I"o o,1thoritv of the Scrlptule7'
+ W" -. continued. els the pre-ehlllel
+bcoiogical question Of the ual ~, g.
~ neople who have had no REFRESHMENTS /,
rs | tborough investigation OF inc Pi. -
NJ ! volved have begun TO feel NdeHS Dn,i
H., 49, md uueasincss about the DIN.
~ 49, informed that its LOFTY CIslin9 ="
40 disallOWed by some on to saw I'm,
| scholars Of the age-men VIZ ~. indisnu
h- a. has been convicted OF error ~ .iio ~. III
atio results of criticism, ana ma ~
IS ga Testament especially aDouHuS j."
or .IrdDjsms contradictions. ana 20.
sn n,ents which are disproVed 10y H'S'o'
OF i-I ..s,r,o years ago these gentlemen a
ey ,,,.,,,9eId fhat they had resolved llS 80
." narratives of Scripture mo a. 100 il
aI ~ myths: that the stories Oh 'lic 80 a.
Nh the fan and the ilood WeIC MS all
.p- ci.s. mat ChcdOrlaOmcr anu lt' 80.
,,+ior.d i'm the llth chapter ol ~,
.r,, ~, 6otftious characters, that no Su
the campaign as is there dtscIlplu .tcf n, /
'tao hoen made at so early pcitbo,1 bi
WV Lfs+o~,- of Canaan, that AbIdh@ii ~,
TO- e.. real n dl hlAf fNN
a. Tree creation of unconscious ar i7e
10 the Ethical writer's were to,ft 6
ills the mark in their slal,H'. ~. rnisreT
lm- rounding nations; that INC onci
- tbo customs of the o"~'
80 nT,,,,tions. that they reIeI ~
"ln 80 and Rabylonian kings Wno b
5'i evisred. that their stat ,5 lf orro,
go ,,-bo did exist are lull on ~ va, ~,
Of thuso W. illusions 20 the great con-
der l-"' ~ the Utilities 40 not CuiI.'
nan eineie mark Of acqualIi'a"00
cart ! contemporaueOus history ..,,r,, TT,
Rex MANY AN UZZAH TREM pLl-D
and "CertainIy these allesau.,D!n9 and
was eoientlv definite and poslllN.e' oid
"'1 HcleH't' va unclaimed TO the WoI4u
M S GSenc6. not TO say enrohlt,S' ~
w. - made many an JZZah jill ~
W.T. - cornrt 10 trcmble for tic Al va
ny rut alasi for the pIlde Oh 1pit,ine m
'sell, "a banuilv for the cause OF II
.atv alu Nm the triumph or these az.
JTesults seemed i'm some qua tbe
.e TO assured. the buried cues - g.
,rote rose from the slumDer or CEN ia q
10 at the dust from ther ho1s an jrrevf
10 al f,led the specuatons OF dH lll a
o de- aorittciero and gave their unhhn ea'Ci
u.s., 20 -tt,,,rs 10 the Veraclty Oh 0Dlll
8 for Monuments and documents Mp
lblic- ,,ith the events described III ny
,roes - furnished us with a mull4lu'
living undeniable facts by when 10 1Dna
- Hiticol descriptions on the one nahu
IoI ~ other the value of the theo
ngtoh ~ hostile critics. And inc lhooI
name he critics has come TO grlel.
~ OF "The FIRST instalmenl OF uni9 ~
Olida- mental testimony came l"i' ~
IN the Tgypt. The key when mas un I'm, -
nd ~ ~ vast treasure of Egyptian hl5i
ilway the khoNle9sS u, ,,rs was the trili
same nIleen nun t"s ne decipherment of
i'm our century gave PACK 70 VIZ ~ ~
it'o,,.i.1oa az hierOglyphic writing
hn" tind an men to read from theil
,ornnents what the Egyptians q
c,.,- times of Abraham, Joseph Inu
''o"'- 80 said about themselves. Ihese
conclusively that the Bible Is Ilsl
-(Spe- the critics wrong. . foI lHsl" '' nv i
'crad writer's say that among tnt
nieson, sacrea WI, M,''T by ne Pharaohs TO Alb
canum Mere sheep. asses. and camels, i
moo, ~ Won R0hlen says this Is eVideh'
~ ZION because these animals were ]
as, W. reduced into Egypt tlu long alu
led al lime of Abraham. The monume
,rniro Abraham time show great Holu9
y l',.,",,. pictured on their sides
horro" ANOTHER PROOF.
in this THE sacred wilte6E S os erapes am
NO ne" V-bicb ne offered the King. Ihe
sixteen saw this was impossible, because
dofus and Putarch inform Us W
"a man ! vino was not grown IN Esypl ~
himself the Egyptians abhorred vine ithh