New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-04

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-itcS ne Question IS 5se Win diificulties Yes
simlt the difficulties in eycry case but person
alb hay" 10 hesitation IN s1Si ibt th. book
t1iumphs in every - ,,osaic
The critical difficulties question IN o[ ,;cn-
authorship, and suggest thai the COOK 81
oss CONSISTS Of fragments collected al nt
new dfesy and dI not arise IN as I9e MINIS Tbi-
TENN teen! If ssfsr nor Is e eas as old the second
ccenfury %nrn thaf paTnGP9 lak Of GENESIS
Eighteenth century hisheF - net esis" This
hypothesis first prcpoGhHtfo Di ,.it1 modi-
trstiors Nv Fjcnborn Ii p0stulated two Original
documents the author OF o''e OF We the word
yehovah. with ten smaller documents quoted lfo ,b
fragment hypothesis' and that suggested that
method 1t was a natural sequence oi inc o'he'
Finally there came that which IS This
suggests the revision of the work OF or ,iS
put Deuteronomy before the res, and make the
other books the result OF compilations
TheSe arr the critical dieulIieT When we s,, face e
proved depends on Two things First, as 10 whether
they viii account Tor the book IS 80 We mr. mr. So as To-
account for al that there is in that boohHt NJ
or even tie ideal 81 complementarineSs or co,nple-
tiowill these account IoT Inc Inv mrj surface
5isi STUDY he book uni its great spiritual move
nlent breaks upon the soul. ,.,
Then. again the other position 10 oe remenpere99
is this: THAT the final answer 70 the Wiiole OF
these questions Is The testimony Of Christ. And
there again am not soins INTO 4ess, iifi"TItes
Hear me this morning. aad write me down as ouI
strate along the line Of Scholarship TO that the
jiffHroUt TtIors Win no master hand to them
together in order and Jesus hrist says 10 me- Ihat
christ as against an the scholarship Of the age
That is The final position that persoRaiF ooC difi
Cuties raised by honest and sincere men ana am
jhat in tho course of years when all This thing has
worked itself out II will result IN so9a am lst
uron The Word of God and left il mistaken amid
lieye this great Book Of Genesis viii come out and
mon will know II in ali lis purity a. IeIfs sl'n o'
things men could not discover for themselves.
THE CONFLICT WITH SCIENCE.
We come next 10 the question Of scientific DIM
cuties II IS affirmed thar there are definite as u.s.
parties between the stetements OF Genesis ana 'nT
creation is given in the FIRST two chapters. and !
mat t3 age Of man according TO the revelation Of
Genesis is not in harmony with what science has
demonstrated to be the age ~ man by the study
TerseS Il racer on she Earth do not admit Of the
Bible idea that all the human race has sprung
- the universal deluge cannot be proved ana Is
going 10 deal with them But What do
Such can G only BE- ' fairly deal, with by
carefully remembering two things, first. as 20 the
Bible. human Interpretation of it is final; sec
COMPOUNDED with ascertained facts. The first prtn-
ci4le is this that no human Interpretation OF the
Bbe is final" Here Is verse which makes ma D, a
thinks u SAYS J must be prepared 10 change M
aso ana he ssid 4 cannot Believe your Bible be-
cause IL says God created this world II IS SIX
thousand years ago And J SAID To him. II you
tomorrow" That is the popular Interpolation.
Then as 10 science repeat that hypothftseS are
fight was going forward, and Bible students we're
,s s5 Tt MANI Ie Vent via and
thought that the final thing, and they had dis
covered everything, the evolutionary theory Nov
If some one asks me to-day, Do you accept the
In reply, and that IS Mhicn5 Darwn's theory Is
ticular day accepts Darwins theory. He does ac-
e95 n % 10 And fa but one not DO 9ot ate
10 saw that believe that the scientific nYestiga-
ton of that age came across a process WHICH is d
tons are and where Il ceases / do not think they
are able 20 ten us yet But the evolutionary hypoth-
esis Is not an ascertained fact in any department
some mans Interpretation Of Genesis with some
upon 70 Ssk ahd a!SeOsTl Ne re & 10 bo rs if
actually says and what science has positively de-
monstrated?
WHAT is DECLARED IMPOSSIBLE
Then come to the historical difficulties. This Is
closely associated as a class. with the name OF
contradiction and impossibllty OF certain things
mention them TO me the question OF accuracy Of
inteTpTe citation obtains here again. Personally l
know Of very few passages which are cited
being unkistOrical. impossible which Will not
probation brings them within the bounds OF posi-
biNty, and even probability May take one illus
that the Israelites went out of Egypt armed. and
9i great osaI Q. cElG b mas been GnGrSd fheEe
ia al the mystery of that movement. to arm them?
Now the Hebrew word will bear this translation:
They crossed the sea five in rank ! am not for
moment ss5yins that that is positive but II man
went over armed very we-if that IS the difficulty,
illustration. but it is Illustration Of what mean.
ADMIT mat there are some cases that do not
abandon this whole story because OF such dificuI-
here sro' such ilS 0%n pcnL VIII say hat "nere
take Of copyist or translator somewhere. and
prefer 10 put the blame there than upon the book
Then come. lastly. to the most important. TO
doctrine Of God and they urge the ncongruity of
A man Genes TO his Old Testament Win dactina
OF Co.. and he begins 10 read il, and when he reads
he That not in accord with the cact Of The
character OF Cod He reads that God called upon
Abraham 10 offer his Isaac. and he "a vs. NO
hat is not in accord with the character Of God.
IaT @kf g qua ne SAYS NO God can never interfere
1op must account for things wholly within the
IS the most profoundly dangerous line Of obiection
you ma there are men eliminating the supernatu-
not feel SQUARE with tber do Of LILIES 6nat they DO
HOW are We 10 deal with these dificultes7
Two things again must be kept in mind First
me hecesslty for correctly understanding the
STORY , We are pr9fessirs to crticise. Again. no
, story as Il stands Secondly. absolute certainty
truth and nothing but the truth. l think if we
were following that particular line il would be
possible TO show that the doctrine Of God thai
denies the impossiblity OF any Of these things
is an Incomplete doctrine of God 9
Thus have stated my recognition of the did1-
culties, and ] have at least indicated nv con-
viction that they may no dealt with
With all that IN mind, we come together 10
take up this book Of Genesis. We take II from
the shelves of the library, and say What is This
aoo abo Hba book -