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

shad eEtinsiished its traces almost com pm
pletsiyf' C&n any one cling 70 the ,ae s,
that circ!mcision. a custom ron p. es,n
is the mark Of 4 special covenant between
Of thought and Of speech we can UNDERSTAND,
very well that the precspts for all eorts OF
little Incidents Fl dty s. snSTS q s,mtp.
for instance, what to do when an OK cores
a man or another or, the prohibitions con-
corning food, the minute medical pre-
scriptions regarding disease OF the SKIN,
the detailed regulations for the priests
dress. But this \. pure external form The
God whose favorite sacrifice IL "a broken
spirit, a broken and q contrite heart,
CPsalms D., iT) ard who takes no pleasure
n the whole sacrifcial worship. after the
fashion Of -heathen' peoples, certainly did
ing oil after the art Of the apothecary' or
for Incense.
II will be the task Of future investigators
10 establish, IA how far tho Isreelitic lave.
civil and priestlv, are specifically 1sraclitic,
or ere common to all Semitic race, or have
been Influenced by the much older Baby
lonian laws. which certainly spread far be-
yond the Babylonian boundaries. ] may
mention "a examples the law OF retaliation.
an eye for an eye, a tooth for tooth; the
new moon ceremonies. the so-called 'shew
bread the priests breestplate and many
more. Meanwhile, we should be thankful
that the institution OF the Sabbath day.
whose origin was not clear even to the
Jews themselves, h recognized - being
founded on the Babyioninn SABBATH, the
day above ell days On the other hand.
T fo0 Sssm ma n. were =. borrowed even
in part from Babylon, but rather stress has
been nut on the fact that prohibitions like
the fifth. sixth and seventh arise from the
instinct Of seif-preservstion common to all
men. In fact. most Of the Ten Commsnd-
mente are az sacred for the Babyionians
as they are for the Jews. Failure 70 honor
parents. false witness, every form OF covet-
business for another's prosecutions are pun
ished severely by Bebylonion custom.
generally with death. For example, we
read in the third paragraph OF Hsmmurab PIE
Laws: IF any one in lawsuit utters lies
as his testimony and cannot prove what
he says. he shall be punished with death
in case the other party's life Is at stake.
The second commandment In specifically
Tsraelitic. the prohibition' namely, against
mediate application seems to be directed
part iculnrly against Babylon. As regards
the emincntly Israeitic first command
rnent. Il I'm the Lord. thy God. Thou
shalt have no other gods before me. beg
to be allowed TO enter more fully on point
who is int estei, both In Babylon and the
Bible; ] mean the Old Testament mono
theism. II Ia comprehens ible from the
standpoint OF the Old Testament theology
that. after having unanimously and right.
fully abandoned the verbal inspiration. OF
the ancient Hebrcw writings and thereby.
perhaps uninteni ionally. hut with thorough
logic, recognized that the quality OF ire
Old Testament writings, A. such, Ia not
tinding for our faith, our knowledge and
claim that the spirit which animates them
Is div ne and preach with the greater unAni.
nifty that the moral mo notheism OF Israel
the spirit Of the Prophets il - real reve-
lation of the living God =.
Really terrifying has been the eject OF
last years lecture, which we find In sur
prisingly large numbers among the North
Semitic Nomads who made their way TO
Babylon about 800 Yeas. before Christ:
Ell, that IL. God, has given. God sits az
tie s' not G ms were Ssd Hos G jsa
that is. Jehovah. is my God 1t is dim.
cult to understand the reason for this
anxiety Since the Old Testament itself
already let's Abraham preach In the name
Of Jehovah; and Jehovah Ia already the
these old names like .jshu-iiu.- that l.
Joel should really be greeted with pleas
ure. And particularly to those theologians
who imagine that they are positive,
who make AL divine Revelation develop
RrsaSans ~ smc - ~ r.w.lo;;cn !,
arg .ne =, 81, ~ ne H. npnos;te sbnuld ,hos.
s, s VI o ,nrv welcpne Neyertbeless
hody ~ ,bso,o1,ans feei. and
the s.ra. uuy ,' ,ha, -" nar.ss Sbinh
ISL am Ia" o,dar ,ban he cnrrc.
~ s, w, "a r.. = ,rt n.una. snd -Sch
sPonoms ZIG ~. .nrsn,n - o,,~ Or f.ni
Deer ~.nesS 70 Wv p =. ~ o ,n.. 49, ~,
,he u1oe 10Y, o' Jna r.r,o h. LAM, b.
s supp ,,;sh' Indicate .he hesnnins of
Stayrr. mign' inus sne ~ inhssah
ne his'ortd' uerroL' -, 49, 49,
WORSHIP WIN luz Inuu os .hn an
pecuharIs ainvne W.. .'sn., .o ~, 80.
nam. ana "ouin TOT I'M .e' es.' .;sse
~ Pufnty a. Ieven,ion W 1871 ,,',,
epn TOT .ns ", i.t, 800 ,haao
ole Is oelhe .aken .o espi ~. h,,, 1911, u
names, no inears peily ~ .oI IN, pu' ~" meh
ule waves spssn anI '1s", In =, " .p..
house IN the darh nle,h 'ne hanes OF No.
descendants Q, NoHn Sein,e p y a mn
OF 9soo before Chris' remain ooo T" ooo'
'Jahu IL God ,
IL seems 70 me tnaI We snouiu ,ahe carr
on both sides 70 aNo'a ehaskerMon.
have never failed 70 loln, out the H,
polytheisfn OF me beoylonIsns sh1 ,ee,
by no means Obliged 70 defend Y. Unly !
consider u unbecoming 10 MAKE the sumef-
ian Babyionian pantheon. with ms repre-
sentailon IN petty espee7 i pop"'sI
poetry. the target OF wesh yes,s, yus ~
we should .ugmahe rcn noo Wet