The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08

l only the colldltlon W tne n.No II
maria the seas. crossed himself fop the
Virgin Mary. But even as REGARDS al VIE
other parts OF the OH Testament itera.u,e'
all scientifically educated theologians now w.,
Evangelical and Catholic. have given 6 NJ
the idea Of verbal inspiration, The U,u
Testament itself compels them 10 do TINS
with its great mass Of contradi ctory, dou-
bic narratives and with the inextricaole
tangle Of the five Mosaic books tns. h rs'
| arisen from continuous reediting anu ie
Frankly. beyond the revelation Of God
which err:y one Of W Inns In his own SON
science, we have not dcserved any further
10 this very day, has treated In an abso-
luteiy trivial manner the most authentic
revelation Of the lord God. the ten phrssss
| on the Tables OF the Law OF Sinai Inc
Word they shall let stay never
theless in Or Martin Luther's Short Cate
chism. by which our children are taught.
| the whole ,coni commandment. THOU shet
| not make unto thee any craven image
| or any likeness OF anything that Ia In heaven
above. or that is In the earth hneHh. or
| that IL In the water under the earth. IL
| suppressed, and In it's stead the last com.
| mardmert or prohibition abou the so-called
! covetousness, Ii broken up into TWO. proc
ess that can be easily shown to lie improper
by comparing EXODUS *, i, .,nhr, De. u
honor thy father and mother "a not the
| fourth, but the fifth, and 20 with the rest.
And In the Catholic catechism, which num-
| bers the ten Commandments In the same
way, the first commandment IL. II il true,
more complete: .Thou shalt not have
ytranre gods before me. Thou shalt not
mako TO myself craven thing Thou
shalt not adore them But this is i'm
madiately followed by: We make images
Saints, nevertheless, because we do not
rdore them. but merely honor them,
therein overlooking that the Lord God ex-
pressly says: -Thou shalt not make
craven IMAGE. Thou shalt not adore ard
honor them"
But still moro severely. II We place our
selves for p moment In the point OF view
of the wording OF the Thora. does Tint
reproach fall upon Moses himself unani-
nous shrill rep o,ch from Of nll the peo.
God. .Jrst think: The Almighty God, the An
embracing. All -sist aiming, the Inscrutabie,
the Una pproachable. announces with thun-
der and lightning, out Of cloud and fire.
his hottest will: Jehovah sthe Rock. His
work "a perfect, hews with His own hand
two stone tables. and cnrves on them the
Ten Commandments, with His own finger
that holds the world In balarce-and Moecs
in his wrath hurls away from him the
eternal Tables Of the eternal God ana breaks
thcm into thousand pieces.
And this God writes for the second time
other tables, which contain His first and last
revelation from His own hand TO mankind'
ZOOS ohly peTc'In,pe, e la. ~
Nnscs ues nol ~, I .hrowoh ah.no mar
,ilor'f n's III, ,',a, Ga has -, arayed
H,hu weru to ,0r Won We ioa-ned men make Il
severe reproach for any one OF us. II he
copies indstinctly or even falsely the
,nsc,'pt.on OF any lmaa ID. na,I. on . 10y
netu, w,,o uas pi.,-.,,. ~ 30, 49,. When
he again inculcates the ten commandments
on ms If-vlie ~; II 80 i,.rs .-or1
not only changes shsie ToIus, e -
ana Nen'tntrs anu a.n ,,.n,;,;,o rnn
cnanees Oh W o. ha ar,,h p. s,boucb be e1.
pressiy e,nPI,asLe Wy, lS''r, n' - III
the words OF zoo. hho lnus We wv ~.
know 10 INC presen' uy ~, Snhho,h dow
given the oruer 20 heep ti;e w, uo,, &C.
holy as reme'nn,hnc~ o, n,s owl 'sr' az
the sixth day OF the ,rea,Ioni OF az
rnenbrance OF the nsfer ,cL,E e., 'o ~. j.,
sorry WORK OF the Peop'e curing "s r'sy !"
Egyp,' D., ,,
AMI there Are o,her erouhas ,,.h 10, sw
blaming OF tn,s csre,essness WIN yvs u
- COTE hoh.s 70 mank,nu.
sIN spek ng Tor the p~ax w .ne "ou Iii
~ the slnal penlnsua, 'hae me- Ill, ~ VIII ~. a"
thai mas ocer narrs'sn, s"o w n,,,,for -
most fuiiy in'ormed apom any " ,hn En- ~
irnmatcriai things. Tor ihstanee. we TUE s
and bolts ~ the ches, tna, was ureu 20 HoIu
The two laoies, we ~" ursJnu -
that 'hcv we'r wr"osn "" ~"
absolutely noihing, aoout VIC eA, VIA
appearance OF the taoies .hensey" c,
the Phiiistines piuhuerIhe h.h ~ w
enanf and carry ~ int3 tne .en,p,e % n"spn
AZ Asdod, on the ,oIoWms moi ns "
imaR &c OF the goo Iagon her N iIug,S
before the Ark OF aehovan; w. Ri p.,L
10 the little jewish itohue, hdn,e. pr 80,
Schemesch and when the lhn,eo.ah's Woh
upon u 10 OF ihem OF scrorulng ~ ailo.i
narrative sDeoo, are puhihieo VIZ, "a,li'
Who.oeyer toucneS 'he ATTN svsh oS IN,
dent Is slain oy The wratn on VIC L1Iu. Duo
80 soon rs We reach his,orsaI nnnes M
story IL silent. We earn IN 1e,a,, u., W"
Chaldean' carr'ed aVpy me IenTIe ut
ures Of Jernseiefn, ana me goidcn; ehveL
and brazen Tempe u'chsnS, tng os, ins si,u
bowls ara shoveis; o,n nopooy s'hs s' T III
Ark with the two tapes OF rou, ,he iemH'
crumbies IN iiainc~, pu' n9t ,ne leat' ~
BILE II devoted TO the ,a'e 1i we tTo ,uliace
working Tables OF Aimighty zoo, ,he mos
sacred possess,on OF tne o,n .ovenah,'
shal' no, lnve.,iRate une csm ~ a..
his. hut VIII mercy pom, ou' INA, Mptes
IL acquitted OF we fnpu,stmn ~, uIIn nm
by the words on ne ihoIa ,ntxuen ,.s
no Ten critlcisin oi me reni n, WIN
many other learned nieh, IIiinahn, M hu'
'horty es,eemSn ,hsn'y r'eh a.. To-,