The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-22
BOOK OF GENESIS AND
THE BIBLE COMPARED
Critical Analysis by Doctor Will
liam 81. Bates, Showing Essen
tial Points of Similarity.

The Reverend Charles L. Kloss, pastor OF
Webster Groves Congregational Church ne5
Doctor William H. Bates, the retiring pas
tor Of the Presbyterian Church, and Mod
orator of st. Louis Presbytery. was In
has made a Speciality Of discourses on the
books of the Bible. He took advantage OF
the fact that with this month Of July the
International sunday-school lessons beg
sis. a seven years course, which is de-
signed to cover the whole Bible. He
preached yesterday morning on the Book
threefold plan of considering the name, the
tents of the book.
Doctor Bates showed what the higher
criticism is. the. method of Its use. and
what It has found. with respect to the PEN
tateuch. and especially the Book Of Genesis.
brilliant stars in the critical armament"
appreciation Of the Hebrew language. who
sush the ne dfrerences Of EXPRESSION and
ideas in ancient writer's" This fine appre
ciation." l. e., their critical instinct. in
sight, taste. sense, is the chief tool Of their
trade. Doctor Bates averred: e chhorn.
through his fine appreciation Of the He
brew language-and he had 1t, II any one
had-pronounced It unthinkable. for in
chapters XIV. and xvi. of the book bearing
his name; and. yet, thirteen years later,
by this same fine Appreciation he quiet
Isaiah. Let those hitch their wagon to
such a variable star who WILL won't"
As against the higher critics. he quoted
lege. New York City, who said: "Much Of
the higher criticism Is mere guess Nolk,
Is based on insufficient remists and {. q cs
g. tt ,,sh.
oherlin was qu ,t.j: THUS / h.ye examined
between thirty and forty Of the most care
proofs 81 hs hghe
OF the Penta:e.lch. AMI confess that /
find very little n them that is not perfectly
compatible with the Mosaic authorship. SO
mind by the continuous and fresh perrs al
OF the book Is strong y than ever III favor
Of Its Mosaic origin Whence Doctor J.a.es
safely go on in the good old way.
. The, Bible I. IN in the L'gh. Of Modern
what he called the crazy quilt dolly var
den theory. invented by Jean Astruc and
adopted by 80 many Of the higher critics.
certain so-called Elohist Jehovist Priestly,
etc. writers, the selection of material be-
ing traced along the lines OF the use Of dif-
But yesterday he presented and COM
mended the scheme preached by Murphy of
Belfast in his commentary on Genesis. and
"comparative History Of Religions" " Vol a.
ume 1. chapter VII, that Genesis is made
up OF eleven separate, distinct books. and is
on small scale what the Bible is on a
larger one. Said he: The proper statement
for US to make Ia this: Exodus. Leviticus
Numbers and Deuteronomy are of mosaic
authorship, while Genesis is of Mosaic ed
! itorship, he having compiled 1t from pre-
existing books The key to the discovery
OF these books. which any one can use for
in Genesis II. 4. These are the genera
tions." etc. Each recurrence OF the phrase
seems to be the repetition Of a preceding
verse. Always marks the beginning of q
: new book" In accordance with this scheme
there was presented to the congregation q
complete Analysis of the Book Of Genesis
A final practical lesson was drawn in re-
gard to hopefulness. the discourse con-
GLIDING with the poem, Hopes Song
! each stanxa ending: at IL better farther
on" and when the minister had finished
the choir took up the Song" in music
which Doctor Bates had arranged for the
occasion.