The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-09-22

crrae Nefsasr tie aa ner Bxlaaa
SEgke & shefr own volition TAe Lord
ep<aef tie ras,ath IS the aas and the
Essxd PM . 1assi u Baiaams m0uth :.
and ses oaly -. baf a srfd.< With hat
wer,3. -ousy iks ~ers1 taat I ssan Sreak
aaro Shee. sA4g thea shalt sn4ak
II i s ther<hs strange that Ba7aaas ex-
/ presssss ~ ssrouisAnsers ar the msracie.
that Is EASILY acrea1fesl fer His hart
Vas harstsred aad - wns harrie5 on rs
SECk q St u uasi1sss thar The miraele
lad 10 norp eEe<1 ga him than the
plsgses q E<xpt had on E'haraoh- Read
FRS q Hquer's HAD VIII renseaah@r that
Homer has not Teprezenres trkifles IS
sstaa5S1esi ~ thr t0sce 81 hfs k0rse
whose aoasA was opened By Here but
has made him reply % tbe horSe wsthogt
any norsee - The prosiisy. Aehales was
IN sOo eager S1d inapstgoEts a nood to DO
anything slsc.
: The sun standing StSH by command
OF Joshua. Why should there b. any DIFF
neulgy in believing whaf * wrisrenf
Joshua sid, in The sight OF Israel san.
stand thu still npos Gideon. and thou.
moon. in the valley Of Ajaion. And the
Sslu stood still and the noon Stayed until
AAAE aslN AhFAa-trA 1LsIIll-t,lh - MIrGtN
their enemies Ii i 20 b. notic,,<i thar
the sacTei narrative ferhits any ilea Of
an Interruption ia the order of nature.
aud simply Fecorls a lecSl phenomenon.
thar in a particular place and for a par
ticular purpose the sunlight was pro-
lOnEed after the sun actually 81 \ par
ailel phenomenon oscurred in the tine q
Hezekiah, when IN token q his recovery
from sickness the shadows on the dial
of Ahaz went hack ten degrees. Here
was q local phenomenon the news o.
which Travelled TO Babylon and caused
ambassadors to BE- sent To inquire about
the wonder that had been done in the
1 land. Both OF these phenomena are
probably 10 be explained by miraculous
/ refraetion Of the suns rays. Voyaeers
within the Arctic circle record that the
suns disc Is sometimes seen two or three
DAYS before the sun itself has risen above
the horizon Such being the efect % re-
fraction. why should i be thought a thing
incredible that To edect a divine purpose
the sun : disc remained visible after the
sun had actually set The narrative in
Joshua Is referred 70 in Ecciesiastieus. a
/ hook written two or three hundred wears
/ before Christ. The writer speaking Of
Joshua. SAYS did not the sun 20 hack
/ by his means, and was not one day as
/ long rs two
:. The story Of Jonah The trnth 90
/ this being affirmed by our lord himself
no Christian will doubt il for a momeut.
II remains to show that even without
divine testimony there would be no reason
/ for diShelieving il. Objections raiSea on
account of the narrOwneSs Of the whales
/ throat are Of no weight
| The Rock of Jonah speaks only Of a
eTeat fsA. The Greek word BY which
the LNN translated it, and which our
/ Lord used kefos from which ~cafaccG
/ Is derived Is a generic term. of which
the whale is only one species. dolphins.
seals. sharks and large tunnieS all be-
/ longing TO the cefc. Fish of such size
! that they can swallow q man whole. and
which are so formed as naturally to swal-
low their prey whole. have been found in
! the Mediterranean. DIR. Pussy has left a
collection of authentic accounts OF Med
ljterranean monsters which have not only
reindeer without horns. 4 fish was taken
NJ Marseilles in which were found two
tunnies and a man quite dressed
Among the narratives he collected o.
/ -urs the following related BY n natural
historian of repute. in work published
IN Germany:
in 175S. in stormy weather sailor
I
'terranean. 4 shark WAS colse bv which.
rs he was swimming and CRYING for helm
/ took him IN its wide throat sa that he
sorthwith DISAPPEARED. Other sailors had
leaned into the water to helm their com
rade. while. ver swimming The ransain
had gun which stood on the deck lis
rhareed ~ the fish. which struck r. -
that il east ont the sailor which IL had ~
Is throat. who was taken up alive er9
i'ttle injured. nv the sloOp which had
now come no. The fish was harnooned
taken up on the frigate and driei The
-antain made a nreSent of the fish 20 the
sailor who. hv Gods providence had heen
30 wonderfully preserved. The sailor
went around Europe exh' ting T. re
came To Franconia and il was pnAlicie
exhibited here in ErlanFpr as elsn ~
| Nuremberg and other plaees The dried
Ssh was delineated- II WIS twenty feet
long. and with expanded fins nine feet
wide. and weighed 3.02t pounds Frn-'
all this il is probable that this was the
| fish of Jonah"
ALFRED WILLIS.
September 20. 1901.
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