Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-10


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To the Bible Class--Gail Hamilton.
Chapter 1. Relates 70 a prelimlna-
ry skirmish the m Of the Skin
mishes are Norfolk, a Congregational
clergyman. a layman and a lay WON
an. The two latter's names are Mon
son and Sophia. The last Of the
three does not often appear on the
field. but when she Is at the bat her
judgment and skill are so precise
that when she strikes the ball she
makes a homerun.
The layman referring to old Ando-
yer which. by the way. is the garrison
or climax Of Congregationalism In
which he was brought up and re!
mains; ands he goes on p say. 'rtere
is nothinsfo c!Hf19RSISm 7 it
is not square and open" 4ssih' he
says, Did not old Andover lay down,
the laws to us for all time in the In
fallible revelation which God con.
stantly makes OF himself, in his
works Of creation, providence and
redemption?
Early In the skirmish the cleric ap-
pears to have been impatient with
his AndOver friend for he sprang the
following question on him: And Ia
It from the Bible you get your as
sent to the higher criticism, to the
German analyzing of the Bible out OF
existence? The reply Is. Yes. and
no. my analysis gives the Bible a
higher place. a stronger hold, even
than Andover gave in the old days
for me-"
Another Question by the cleric
How much OF the Bible do you think
the higher critici-m would leave us II
It should be allowed to have its own
way? To which was given a brief
and comprehensive answer. namely,
every word, letter. iota. of a Bible
that would be as much Of a Thesaurus
TO the philosopher as it is to the
saint,
Further on in the chapter we read:
You admit. then, that you rule out
every element of the miraculous? The
denial of this is: Only hat | have
the right to rule it out without any
impeachment of my orthodoxy. and
then added: Have ! not the power
to lead about q little natural process
rule to measure the scriptures with
as you and the apostles?
At this point the fair skirmisher
enters and her keen womanly instinct
propels a shaft thus: President White
late Of Cornell University, now "a
minister or ambassador at one of the
European courts, would not give eth
cr Of you clean papers. As far as
can see, he sweeps Lots wife clean
ont OF existence. He simply traces
the story Of this one myth, Sodom
modern Uxdor, has a low range OF
hills mainly made up of salt rock
which is so soft and pliablc, and by
. the heavy winter rains, b., and has
been. without doubt, for unknown
ages cut ever into new shapes, es-
pecially into pillars and columns,
which, sometimes. bear a resemblance
to the human form"
The cleric puts In his ready dart
, TO tsay: And he president Wh;te)
/, thinks the whole story was made up
to fit the pillars of salt?' Now our
fair heroine makes a fresh lunge
and says. "A dangerous stand to take
In these DAYS OF Egyptian explorations
) when Lots Wife will have a secret
| revenge on Cornell University in the
+ day the diary OF some fashinable
| princess OF Soiom is dug up out Of
the sulphur rock Of lisdum contain.
ing the imperishablc and %indisputabIe
) record Of the lady's visiting list
4 The clergyman's words IN comment
are as follows. 4" 1t would he more
I strange than the grocery bills and
= real estate sales lists of Babylon
Our fair sAirmisher. quoting from Mr.
Waite, says. He does not think there
E are any ruins TO be dug under the
I Dead Sea, but that the sea has al
! ways been there.~
/ The following paragraph by Mon
/ sen, clio es the first chapter. He
a says. ! do not commit myself to
5 any one Interpretation Whether
historically, pocticaliy or litetarils
/ Interpreted is a matter of culture
= and moi a matter of religious faith,