The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-25

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DR. Wilson, In the statement that the
Hebrews got their religion from the
Babylonians, and not pvice versa.
as the Christian world, hat a ways held
Moses was wrong In rept|rtiIie that ne
first got the name of Jehovah for God
at the BURNING bush. as Abraham would
appear to have had 1t long before. enc
the professor ;n;lmated that the whole
divisive theory of the Pentateuch. SO
long held, would go to Smash.
Professor Wilson presented the tabu-
lated results OF his comparisons
OF the Babylonian. Hebrew Aramaic.
and Arabic languages to test Pro-
lessor Deitzchs theory that the He
,brews got their religion from the Baby
lonians. He compared their voca bularles
and found that the resemblance OF He
brew to Arabic was Rfty-sx per cent.
as against a twenty-nine per cent re-
semblance between the Hebrew and
Babylonian He found that the II ebrew
and Babylonian d!d have the same words
for many minor things but the resenn-
blanco disappeared In going to higher
things. s}
WHERE LANGUAGE DIFFER.
Taking the words OF the Command
ments, he found that the Hebrew wor',
kill" has no resemblance to any word
in the Babylonian; so Of the words "steal,
adultery, cpvct They rad nsword Sab:
BATH" but nothing like tho Hebrew In
stitution. Even If Babylonians had q
Sabbath day by such name there was
no cessation OF wor: except for tie
kings and physicians. There was proba-t
bly, Il Semitic Sabbath, which both lIe..
brews and Bnbylonians copied and de-
veloped along different lineA The Baby
lonian pnd Hebrew words for ruler, king
and Judge were very different or the
dozens of Babylonian words for prophets
and seers not one was impressed on me
Hebrew, and the ono Hebrew word for
priest was not In the Babylonian Ian
guage.
Dr.. Wilson proceeded: "On the doctrines
OF God, sin, grace pardon. repentance,
salvation. faith. inc Messiah. the king
DOM what evidence Is there that the
BnbylonIans influenced the Hebrews2 OF
the Hebrew words for sin, only one Is
found III the Babylonlan and this Is the
primitive Semitic root All other words.
for sin. are absent and on the other
hand all, the Babylonian words for sin
are absent from the Hebrew OF the
words for grace. two are found In all
four languages, but the two specifically
technical expressions IN ,0abrcW do not
don one occurs In a moral sense in the
Babylonian,
1.-THE word Saviour. so precious to lis
insits English form Of Jesus, never pre-
sents itsef,to us on tho monuments; nor
does TO anolnt,' nor does tho doctrine OF
salvation through Redeemer, nor OF M
anolnted servant OF God, appear on the
tablets Of Babylon, Nor Is there any
such thing as n predlctye prophecy, as
distinguished from fortune telling or
soothsaylng, nor doctrine OF the king
dom OF God, Not one OF the Hebrew
words for faith occurs In the Bnbylonlan
tongue, except to flee for refuge and
this once or twice N rs ll.eral sense s4
DOCTRINE OF GOD. nv
'.When we come To the doctrine of God
we find that the two systems OF religion
and the two voca bularIes are at the ans
tipodes. Elohim, which IN Its singular
form is tho usual word for God In the
syriac and Ara bic. does not occur In the
Baby The word ill., the word
for God in Babylonian. IS used compara-
lively seldom by the Hebrew writer's.
and then usually POLITICALLY. or with at-
tributes, or of heather gods, It Is never
found In syrlao or Arabic, except when
borrowed from tho Hebrew either directly
or Indirectly.
IAN attempt has been made by Profess
sor Delitzch to show that the Hebrews
hovah, from the Babylonlans. The proof
of this; on three tablets In the British
Museum datad In the time of IIammu-
rabi, Professor Delitzch reads Ha-ah-ve-5
sllu or ia hu-um-lu; that Is. as he reads
5!t,sJehoyah Is God Professor Burth as
sails this Interpretation, affirming that
the name Is connected rather with the
name of q god made known by some Of
the old Phoenlcian monuments.
WAa YOU recall the testtmony,' con-
4tendad : the speaker, II have presented
to you, could you have posslbly expected
stronger connrma ton ! Of the cA,se pre-
/. Mosaic relations Of Babylon pna Israel