The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-02-08
BIBLE
FACTS.
TFor the Repub ic AMI

FOR the hepuD lcau'J
The Bible does not state, and never
processes to state, scientific facts in
scientific forms but only phenomenon
or appearances to the eye Of a spec
tator. For example, that the earth
rCyolyeS on its axis from west to east
once in twenty-four hours, thus pro-
ducing day and night, is scientific
fact; this the Bible never states nor
even alludes to. The Bible was not
written with reference to science or
philosophy but with reference to the
feeling, impressions and needs of the
great masse of mankind and they are
neither scientific men or philosophers
Again there Is tendency among
some teachers to seek far-fetched and
fanciful interpretations, especially OF
the Old Testament; as when the six
steps by which Solomon ascendcd to
his throne are made to represent the
six steps sinner takes to reach par
don and eternal life: convection, re-
pentance, regeneration, justification,
and Santiication.
The breaking of bread, which is
referred to in Matthew 2G: 26, and
parallel passages where it is said Jc-
sus broke bread at the Institution Of
the last supper is a very natural
thing as those reclining at the table
used no knives and therefore bread
had to be broken and distributed.
Very easily the expression came to
signify the same as to eat or to keep
a feast. He who does not think OF
this or does not know it, readily finds
in that breaking of bread a symbol
and that of the breaking Of JeSus's
body which however was not broken,
John 10: 33, 36. In l Cor. 1l:24, the
word broken in the words Of the in
situation of the Lords supper does
not belong to the original text.
1t often occurs in the Old TeSta-
ment that the prophets predict the
judgments which God is about to
visit upon the nations by symbolic
actsas where Isaiah is directed to lose
the sackcloth from his loins, - 'to put
off the shoe from his foot and he is
said to have done so, walking naked
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