New-York tribune., 1905-05-18
BROGUE THWARTS CRITIC.
Proves Pentateuch Written IN
Noses Time, Says DR.. Kyle.

~, ,o,,ors ~ the meeting yesterday OF the
American Bible League. IN the Marpe Coheglatc
Church further attacked the higher crlucism and
nleoded for the continuance of the literal lnterpre
totio, or Fnlical passages Prophecy was the
subject Of the first paper read. which was by the
Rev John Urquhart. of Cambuslang, Scotland. He
said in part
The miracle Of prophecy con1Tadcts 9 o the entire %
are no such things as miracles. and no testimony
will make hem believe tings IN pheT 10 I'm IN
history written after it has happened
,eives Vet the old Testament, with all its refer
ences TO Christ, was complete three hundred years
Jews was declared to be destined to De markeu by
broken they would stTi continue to exist. Has not
this prophecy been carried ont IN history, ana Is
the condition Of the Jews in this city and Lon
It is declared that there would be beginning with
and TS S four ony til the Kingdom Of Cod should be
HP e ep0b iGe e@r The oh empire %a
to continue in its partition and its fragments till
established. No NTH dominion of man was ever
to appear. Now there have been four and four
Since the Gays of the Roman Empire there has
Warred and shed oceans Of blood to establish a
fifth, and all Of them have failed. The fragments
pire. too. Witch lay furthest from the prophets
vision is minutely described than any other
II is described with truthfuness that has startled
those who read the words the light OF what We
dom. ''strong as iron; forasmuch iron break
eth in pieces and subdueth all things. and iron
that breaketh all these. shall II break in pieces
and bruise.
The Rev. Dr. George Frederick Wright, Of Ober-
lin College. read paper on the contributions of
Geology to the Credibility of the Flood" He said
the genuneness Of the food story shown by
the fact that the ark was made 10 float up stream.
showing it was no ordinary local river flood and
cited the geological evidence of a stbmerson of 4
large part of European and Asiatic continental
mass as proof Of the Bible story.
Professor Albert T. Clay. of the University Of
Pennsylvania said in his paper on "Babylonian
Testimony TO the Bible;
Perhaps a more dangerous enemy of the sacred
Scriptures is to be found in the negative critic Of
the day. His subtle attacks upon the historical
character of the Old Testament certainly going
acknowledged skcptc of the past 1t is not the voice
of the aarmist, but the prediction of careful
observer. that most serious times are ahead of the
Christian Church If greater efforts are not put
forth to challenge such advanced far reaching con-
clusOns.
The Rev DR.. Kyle of Philadelphia. argued that
the Scriptural narrative of the sojOurn In Egypt
was proved abundantly If the PentateuCh had
not been written in the time of Moses tho author
would have had to possess a marvellous archeo-
logical knowledge to employ the terms he did in
precisely the places and senses he did. Dealing
with the peculiar use of words of Egyptian origin.
he said
Brogues could not be well initiated by amateurs,
and the accuracy with which these words and
0thers are used in the Pentateuch proves the au-
thOrs did live at the time when the orthodox have
always held they did If the higher critics wee
at n very late date-2OO B. Cts cOmpilers would
have needed to possess archaeological and his
tOrical accuracy Of the highest order 20 use the
exact terms that man OF the time OF Moses would
have chosen.