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it. It is not improbably an Interpolation.
But waving these grave doubts, and as
Stunning the genuineness of the passage.
I reproduce here what I have published
elsewhere:
IN one of our religious quarterly re-
views a DR.. Keen gives us an article on
q subject which I am satisfied never did
exist. His title Is The Bloody Sweat Of
Our Lord The author somewhat dog
matically, but quite ungrammatcally,
says: The meaning of the passage (what
passage7) both in Greek or English,
seems to be very clear that the sweat
was really bloody sweat, and not some
thing merely resembling blood, or falling
like clotted blood AS no passage Is
cited, 1 turned to Luke xxii:A and read,
And being in an agony he prayed more
earnestly, and his sweat was as 1t were
great drops of blood falling down to the
ground" Luke Is the only evangelist
who mentions this incident. The Epis-
copa1 Prayer Book calls this a bloody
sweat and there has been a good deal
of speculation on the question of the
possibility of a human being sweating
blood But Luke does not say that there
was any such thing as a bloody sweat.
The statement which he makes is. that
the drops of sweat were so large as to
fall down to the ground like drops OF
blood. 1t is worthy of remark that the
only evangelist who mentions this phe-
nomenon was physician. Now. one OF
the first laws Of hermeneutics is that the
Interpreter must, II possible, give q SEN
sible and coherent meaning to the text
upon which he comments; and for
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SO. for something like 40 years, winer.
who, in matters of New Testament gram
mar, is the noblest Grecian of them all,
has been my constant companion. 1 have
not only consulted him, but treated my
self to the exquisite pleasure of reading
him through from cover to cover.
During the same period Bruder's Con
oordantiae" has been on my study table.
John A. Broadus called 1t 1.-The great
Thesaurus, from which all the other
Greek concordances are drawn After
carefully consulting both these great au-
thorities I have condensed their instruc-
lions below.
But returning to Prof. Thomas Hume,
mentioned in the batch of questions"
printed above. l can not excuse him for
his silence. tom Hume was my soul 8
brother at the University of Virginia He
has given his exquisitely constructed in
tellect to literary pursuits. He did fine
work under Gildersleeeve, and can not
have forgotten all his Greek. He made a
quasi promise to write answers to my
questions, and-shame on himl-he has
gone back on me-" He has been lux
uriating In his nest, in the valley town
of Waynesboro, on the beautiful North
Fork of the Shenandoah, until fear he
is thoroughly demoralized.
But Ito our muttons," as the French
say Taking up the batch of questions
1 will give tentative answers, numbering
them as the questions are numbered.
]. The passage IN Luke 22:44 is put by
Westcott and Host into double brack-
cts" indicating great doubt as to Its
genuineness-i: e., whether Luke wrote
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change was wrought by the simple prac-
tice of eating before sleeping. My Gus
tom was to eat peanuts and drink milk
When peanuts were recommended to me
1 said: why, they are poison to me-"
but I ate them for months. finding that
they agreed with me. My weight In
creased and finally 1t ran UP from 100
pounds to 1852. The best result, how
ever, was that I could sleep. If one
knows the chemical composition of the
peanut he can easily see its value as q
food product.
But when 1 recommend this diet be-
fore sleeping at night I beg to be I'M
derstood as advising the temperate use
of both peanuts and milk. The Excess
sive taking of either will be harmful and
bring on nightmare. l cut the following
incident from a recent number of Sue
cess Magazine and give 1t here as an IL
lustration of what gluttony at night
will do:
Yesterday a friend who had heard
that I sometimes suffered from insomnia
told me of sure cure. Said he: Eat a
quart of peanuts and drink two or three
glasses of milk before going to bed and
I'll warrant you'll be asleep in half
hourl did as he suggested and now,
for the benefit of others I feel 1t my duty
to report what happened. First, let me
say, my friend was right l did go to
sleep very soon. Then friend with his
head under his arm came along and
asked me If 1 wanted to buy his feet.
was negotiating with him when the drag
on on which l was riding slipped out OF
his skin and left me floating In mid
air. While was considering how to get
down a bull with two heads peered over
the hedge of the wall and said he would
haul me down If / would first climb up
and rig a windlass for him. As l was
sliding down the mountainside the brake
man came in and I asked him how long
It would take to get to my station He
replied: We passed your station $50 years
ago. He then folded up the train and
put It in his pocket. At this juncture
the clown bounded into the ring and
pulled the center pole out of the ground,
lifting the tent and all the people, whils
I stood on the ground and watched my
self go out of sight among the clouds.
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that Hosei is particle of comparison.
then there Ia an end to all linguistic rea-
soning. And If it is a particle of COM
parison, as used In our passage, then the
sweat is compared to great drops of
blood falling down to the ground" The
conclusion seems irresistible If Luke
knew what he was writing about, the
drops were not blood; and equally ir-
resistible is the conclusion that Dr. Keen
had the misfortune to go astray on his
Greek"
2. Olshausen, the great German scholar,
holds that King Agrippa was deeply i'm
pressed, and SO the famous commentator
must have thought that zen oligo' meant
almost" Coneyheare and Howson, who
were fine Greek scholars, hold that al
most is an impossible translation and.
agreeing with them, ] believe that the
frivolous young king meant to be ironi-
cally satirical.
8. ''Eidous" here means kind" not
appearance" Nobody ever did Or could
abstain from all appearance of evil. Ger
tainly neither Jesus nor Paul did. Alb
stain from every kind of evil' Is what
Paul meant, and said
4. HE" should undoubtedly be 1T" The
connection gives no sign that John was
here thinking of 1.-THE Second Coming
of our Lord Neither Pre- millennialisms
nor Post millennialism" can find any
comfort here
5. No authority whatsoever; and the
word "men" here Is misleading. The text
means that Jesus spoke the parable to
teach the necessity of praying always.
and without losing heart.
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edge, and was in this wise:
During my temporary passionate of the
First Baptist church of Lynchburg, | sent
the Religious Herald the following
batch of questions:
Some Further Requests.
1t will be comfort to me, and probably
a help TO divers readers of the Herald,
If some brother who knows more Greek
than l can muster, would enlighten US on
the following questions:
l. What is the meaning of "hosei," in
Luke 22:44? and does the language war
rant us in holding that the sweat real
ly consisted of drops OF blood, or that
there was bloody sweat" as the Epis-
copal Prayer Book has it?
2. Does zen oligo" in Acts 1928 mean
almost? that is, was Agrippa really
concerned, or was he speaking sarcasti-
cally?
3. In LIST Thessalonians 5:22, does
"eidous'' mean appearance? and If 1t
does. is 1t possible to obey the apostolic
precept?
L. In l John 3:2 Is The shall appear a
correct translation of "phanerothe'? or
should ''he' be 1T? And had King
James men any warrant for inserting
but" before I'VE know especially when
they do not put 1t in italics?
5. What authority had these translators
for inserting men in Luke 1S:1-"Men
ought always to pray"-and again with
out italics2
If A. J. Dickinson, or Thomas Hume.
or Professor Noah X. Davis would look
into these questions and report prog
ress." it might help to clear the atmos-
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| LID Virginia, the grandest of all
the states, has contributed to
the national Valhalla bronze

~ LID Virginia. the grandest of all
the states, has contributed to
- the national valhalla bronze
statutes of George Washington, rebel
and STAKEHOLDER Of '7e. and of Robert
Z. Lee. rebel and a Stakeholder of
'61. They are elegant and superior
works of art, and more visitors to the
old hall stand in admiration, or awe,
before the heroic figure the artist has
given US of the matchless Lee than
any other-than all others In that half
circle
Whereat and whereupon. certain of
the SUPERFICIAL are at unrest, discom-
fort and even wrath. These gentry
have memorialized Congress to reject
the contribution of Virginia. as though
the grand old mother of states should
first get the consent OF Michigan-that
she gave to the Union-before she
shall take action upon any matter that
involves that element called patriot
ism. 1t is not a matter or patriotism
this protest. 1t is Just ord-fashioned,
base, vulgar, vile, ignoble, slavish
envy. Had they put 10000 rrumpeters
on 10000 houstops to proclaim 1t, their
memorial would not be more vocal of
what it really is, and 1t is this: I'VE
could not match him" 1t is not that
Lee was rebel or traitor; but that
he was the greatest, the grandest, the
noblest, the stateliest, the loftiest fig
ure of one Of the most stupendous
epochs of all history. Had Lee been
an ordinary character they might have
sent his statue. not only clothed in q
Confederate uniform but draped In the
Confederate flag. and there would
have been no demur. The protest Is
only another Of the ten thousand trib-
utes the character Of Lee has extortod
from mankind. ignoble as well as no.
ble
ate q vast sum to rear . heroic eQues-
trian statute Of Robert d. Lee to grace
some public park Of the capital Of the
nation, and all the north will applaud.
They say Lee was traitor because
he resigned his commission In the
army Of the government that sducetsd
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The promise of home rule to Ireland
has placed So Irish nationalist members
on the side of Mr. Asquith, and perhaps
It will win for him many doubtful seats
In England, where the Irish vote Is worth
considering. This promise of the pre-
mier's has been called by Mr.. Balfour
"a sop to the Irish." unmindful of the
fact that his own party once offered
such sop and then broke its prom
Use. Let Mr.. Balfour and Mr.. Chamber
lain and all the others call II what they
please, 1t Is what ireland asks and wants,
and Is almost certain to receive. Under
It a new era would begin in Ireland
The swamp lands would be reclaimed,
the harbors deepened and protected, the
millions of horsepower running to waste
In the rivers would be converted into
electrical enegry to drive the looms IN
the wooden mills, the fisheries would be
developed, the coal mines would be oper-
ated, emigration would cease and cap
ital would find secure and profitable in
vestment. Would not that be a condi-
ton, especially when 1t brought to an
end 1.-THE horrible and blood-stained chap
ter of race hatred between two coun-
tries" in happy contrast with what Bal
four, Chamberlain and company would
make it7
Home rule for Ireland Is as inevitable
as death. III tits not to be 1t will be
now and II 1t be not now, 1t is to be-"
None but men blinded by prejudice or
passion can fail to see tho folly of at
tempting to hinder or delay what Is GER
tain to happen.
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IF the promise of a prime minister,
the Endorsement of his cabinet, and
the prospects of an overwhelming
majority favorable to home rule may
be regarded as propitious signs in the
political sky then the Irish people may
we'll hope for an early and satisfa Glory
realization of their dreams of a cen
fury.
The history of Ireland from the act
of union in 1900 to the present moment
has been well and truly compared to
the history of Poland. Separated from
England by a narrow strip of water,
across which vessels sail to and fro
many times a day, the people of these
two countries, England and Ireland,
have remained as far apart as IL
divided by the Atlantic. 1t was the re-
lation of the oppressor and the ap-
pressed, OF the victory and the victim.
Such relationship was bound to make
history. tear-stained, blood-stained his
tory. 1t Is a history that tells the story
of a country, not much bigger than
half the size of Alabama, from which
100000 people were exiled, a country
In which manufactures and Industries
were suppressed by acts of parliament,
a country in which 1t was declared a
felony to teach the people to read or
write. a country where famine and
pestilence were hailed as providential
assistants in the extipation of the in
habitants 1t is the history Of a cen
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III GO fishing" John 21:a. This is
the title of one of the most delight
\ full books that I have read since
I reveled in the charms of Isaak Wal
toms "Compleat Angler" Even Sir
Humphrey Davy's Days of Fly Fishing"
scarcely surpassed It, and that is saying
a great deal. In "Fishermans Luck"
DIR. Van Dyke holds that you may regu-
late, but can never eradicate mans in
nate disposition to try his luck and
that this propensity is the basis of all
gambling, from buying futures" to
shooting craps"
Upon my settling as pastor in dear old
Eufaula, that veteran angler. Major
Dawson, who had somehow heard of my
weakness for the rod and line, came In
his buggy to our lovely parsonage to take
me out to Cheymyhatchie creek to fish
for suckers" 1 had never met him be-
fore, but
"A fellow feeling makes us wondrous
kind"
I suspect that our hole was not properly
baited, for we fished from morn to dewy
eve" without the least success, though
I afterward had fine sport at the same
place. About lunch time the Major
gravely remarked: well, I know you
are a good fisherman, for you have
watched your corlxs faithfully all this
time without bite and never uttered a
word of complaint"
This would seem to imply a degree of
hopeful perseverance, and yet have
since done some fishing which rather dis
couraged me. 1t was fishing for knowl-
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Then I awoke and found I had been
asleep nearly 10 minutes
NATURES REPAIR TIME.
OF course, I mean no such excess as
was prescribed to that person. A glass
OF milk and a handful of oily. nutritious
peanuts will not only restore tissue but
produce sleep. If however one finds that
he cannot digest peanuts then let him
resort to a bowl of milk toast just be-
fore he "tunlbles In for the night.
Shakespeare makes King Henry " rec
ognize the principle that I am now set
ting forth In reading the following ex-
tract, let the reader change the word
"distressfur' in the last line to "a whole
some bread"
"'Tis not the balm, the sceptre ana the
ball,
The sword. the mace. the crown impe-
rial.
The inter-tissued robe of gold and pearl
The farced title running fore the king.
The throne he sits on. nor the tide OF
pomp
That beats upon the high shores of the
No, not all these heterogeneous cere-
monies,
Not all these laid in bed majestical
Can sleep so soundly as the wretched
slave,
Who with body filed. and vacant
mind.
Gets him to rest, crammed with dis
tressful bread"
Sleep is natures building and repair
ing time. When Charles Kingsley was
asked to name his favorite recreation he
said: Sleep" He was more philosoph-
ical than facetious, for during sleep the
recreation of wasted tissue is proceeding
more uninterruptedly than in the waking
hours. AS a physiological fact this state
ment will be more apparent II we con-
slider one organ of the body In its rela-
ton to sleep, the heart
The human heart Is an enormous
force-pump, which. without rest for
even an instant, carries on its opera
lions day and night, year in and year
out during the life of its possessor.
shall take the heart in young man
hood for the purpose of calculating
as follows; The heart beats 10 times
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and honored him, and took arms and
waged war against that government.
He did no such thing, except in the
narrow, contemplate. jaundiced mind
of the pharisee, as I shall show, as
follows, viz:
Robert e. Lee was educated In the
military academy Of a republic Of free
and equal states, Of which the south
ern states were q part, and 1t was q
government Of consent In proportion
the south had contributed as much to
his education as had the north. He had
fought the war against Mexico. for
Scott was really nothing but his lieu
tenant, and 1t was one of the most
brilliant campaign in the annals OF
arms. He was the first soldier of the
age, and what was more. ana perhaps
far better, he was Christian soldier,
that might have commanded an army
composed of Sidneys and bayaros'
rank and file.
There Is not the least doubt in the
world that in 1851 Robert e. Lee would
cheerfully have laid his head on the
block and surrendered his great spirit
to heaven, II. by that act, he could
have restored the Union a. 1t was and
establish ed amfty between the peoples
of the two sections. But in Boston the
favorite poet was James Russell
Lowell, who wrote the treasondpio
Biglow Papers. The most popular dog
Eerel there was this treason tina tap
peared first in the most influential
abolition paper at the north;
Tear down the Haunting lie,
Half-mast the starry flag;
Insult no sunny sky
With hates polluted ragi"
That was the sentiment of New
England that embraced tho preachment
that the constitution was q league with
hell and a covenant with death.
And SO the union to which Leo owed al
legiancs was gone The government by
consent was extinct, and for IL was sub
stituted q government Of force, precisely
like that George washington rebelled
against ana took up arms to fight IS years
earlier. do not say the governments of
Lincoln and Of George III were alike In
form; but they were exantly alike In
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a minute, 1900 times an hour and over
100000 times a day, which approx
mates 100000 time year. With
each pulsation there is elected from
the heart, into the arterial circulation.
from four to six ounces of blood; Tor
mathematical convenience and approx
mate accuracy I shall say. five ounces
of blood leave the heart with every
stroke of the pulse Therefore $50
ounces of blood are pumped up every
minute; $1,000 every hour; $4,000
every day, and 1sS,9oo,o0o every year.
I have taken no note of fractional
quantities.
Think of the enormous wear and
waste of tissue brought on by this
unceasing process. Yet, this waste may
be arrested to considerable extent by
sleep.
Think of the enormous wear ard
waste of tissue incident to the hearts
lifting between five and six thousand
tons weight in the course of year and
the necessary waste by attrition be-
cause of the tosrential speed of the
blood in its course from the heart
and back again
Now, much of this waste can be ar
rested and resisted by redundancy in
sleep? The heart makes about ten
strokes fewer per minute when one Is
asleep, or lying down, than IL does
when one is in an upright attitude. II
you will multiply that saving by tn
so minutes that make the hour, you
will find that you have saved coo heart
strokes in an hour; If you lie down for
nine hours you save the heart $500
pulsations, and IL this becomes your
daily habit, in the course of year you
save the machinery of the heart l9,7Ac.-
600 pulsations. and prevent thus
tremendous amount of attrition-
PHILOSOPHICAL.
The philosophy of the fact just
stated is this: In recumbent position
the h carts action is normally retarded;
this permits a slower movement Of the
lungs; respiration Is reduced and IN
spiration, of course. is correspondingly
lessened; the muscular and nervous
systems are relaxed. and the brain Is
quiet. Being o time of lessened or
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spirit Each sought to impose Its yoke
on unwilling people. Each sought to re-
tain power by the bayonet. Let us tell
the truth sometimes. Hell will not be
abolished until truth is enthroned.
Robert z. Lee owed the same allegiance
t, the American republic of Lincoln of
1861 that George washington owed to the
monarchy Of George III In 177e The
question, the sole question. was whether
free men should be ruled with their own
consent or by force, which they resented
And Robert q. Lee elected that he
owed no allegiance to a government of
force, Just as George washington did four
score and i've years earlier, and If one
was q traitor, so was the other. As for
traitor-the word has no terrors for a
genuine patriot, who hates cant and all
kindred damned scoundrelism. Take down
your list of traitors recorded In history
and yiu will find the grandest band OF pa
triots of whom we have account. II
there was such a man as William Tell he
was a traitor, in the sense that Wash
ington and Lee were. SO was William the
Silent and all that set In the Netherlands
who resisted Spain for so years and finally
gained their Independence.
william Wallace was a traitor, superb
one, of the washington-Lee type. John
Hampden was notorious traitor. and fell
at the head Of his regiment in a gallant
charge against authority, or as It was
then called, prerogative.
Do you all up north want restored
union? Then, rebuke the fanatics that
would asperse tho character and chal-
lenge tho patriotism of Robert q. Lee.
The south stands pat on Lee, thank God.
If his statue II to be carried out Of the
national valhalla, then we say there 10
no real union. and the whole thing is
a sham, held together by can't and in
terest If the south is back in the union
she II there as full partner. and 1t Is
infamous to have her at the table and as
sign her a seat below the salt
II the south may not choose her n
lustrious dead whom she may honor.
then appoint a committee to go down
there and choose whom the north would
honor. Let US have It out right here
and now on this statue Of Robert y. Lee.
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tNsxt week DR.. Evans paper w1n - -
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