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

was quite clearly understood by the audi
ence and had. therefore. TO remain a. 1t was
I am very clad. however. that this part OF
tho subject matter of the second lecture
has AGAIN bssn resusckated by your In
qs,iry, and I gladly take this Opportunity
to define my attitude once moro aftsr hav-
ing again read the passage through.
prof. Delft xsch on this occasion aban-
doned the role Of a mere historian and
Assyriologist and trenched upon the sphere
Of theological and religious conclusions
and hypotheses which were very nebu'ous
or daring. When he came TO deal with the
New Testament, however. II soon became
clear that with regard to the person OF the
Saviour no held such extreme views that
not only could not follow him but was
bound to recognize a standpoint diametri-
caliy opposed 70 ny own. He does not ad-
matt the divinity OF Chris. and therefore
he alleges. carrying this argument back TO
its bearins ~ upon the on Testament. tina;
that book does not contain any revelation
referring to Christ ~ the Messiah. Here
the AssyrioLogist and the man Of research
and writer Of history ends, and the the
oloxian, with all his bright and dark sidee,
begins,
As might have been expected. the ex-
cavations have brought 70 Light informa-
tion which bears upon the religious domain
OF the Old Testament. The fact that II was
40 ought TO have been duly chfonicled by
him, and no might have called attention 10
condolences where they occurred and have
explained them. while leaving his audience
to draw all the purely religious conclusions
for themselves. In that case his lecture
would have commanded the entire interest
and sympathiee OF the Law public. Unfortu-
nately, he did not do this. He dealt with
the aucetion Of Revelation In very polemi-
Ravelat lon I'm fact he thought that he
could trace Revelation 10 purely human
e,ements That was . Grave miNake; for
In adopting this course he touched. In the
cese on many N his audience. their pro-
foundeet and n,ost sacred (convict ions).
Il di.tin euieh b~tween t~o different
kinds Of Revelation one continuous and
10 some eStsnt historical. and one purely
r,llwio,ps, q prepara ion for the later APP
nes-s,-p NJ the Nsestsh.
with regard Ia the first kind 81 Revela-
ton have 20 say that there Is 20 my mind
not the sliehtsss 6oibs thM 6cn constantly
and continually vevesls Himself In the hui
man rec, vttch n His own. and which He
has erected He has 'brsaih~d Hs breaih'
into vpAn--that V To aay, Ne has given man
q nArt of Himself, . soul. He follo~s with
fatierly love and in,eses, the developmen,
~ tho human race; IN order 70 ,esd y and
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