The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-04-06
"GeneSiS L."

ing So-called "GeneSlS D" was
used to puzzle biblical scholars,
and to-day, where it Is read aloud
in any mixed company, it is ques-
tionable If its fraudulent nature
would be discovered, so beauti-
fully is the spirit and language Of
the Old Testament initiated:
Q.) And 1t came to pass after
these things, that Abraham sat
IN the door of his tent, about the
gong down of the sun.
(2) And behold a man, bowed
with age, came from the way of
the wilderness, leaning on a staff.
(3.) And Abraham arose and
met him, and said unto him,
Turn in, pray thee, and wash
thy feet, and tarry all night, and
thou shalt arise early on the NOR.
row, and go thy way.
az But the man said, Nay, for
| will abide under this tree.
(5.) And Abraham pressed him
greatly; so he turned, and they
went into the tent, and Abraham
baked unleavened bread, and
they did eat.
(6) And when Abraham saw
that the man blessed not God, he
SAID unto him, Wherefore dost
thou not worship the most high
God, Creator of heaven and earth?
a. And the man answered
and said, | do not worship the
God thou speakest of, neither do
| call upon his name; for l have
made to myself God, which
abldeth alway IN mine house,
and proyideth me with all things.
o. And Abraham's zeal was
kindled against the man, and he
arose and drove him forth with
blows into the wilderness.
(9) And at midnight God call.
ed unto Abraham saying, Abra-
ham, where is the stranger?
Q0) And Abraham answered
and SAID, Lord, he would not wor.
ship thee, neither would he call
upon thy name, therefore have l
driven HIM out from before my
face into the wilderness.
Q1) And God said, Have l
borne with him these hundred
ninety and eight years, and nour.
lshed him, and clothed him, not
wlthstanding hisrebellion against
me, and couldst not thou, that
art thyself a sinner, bear with
hlm one night?
Q2.) And Abraham said, Let
not the anger of my Lord wax
against his servant; 10! have
slnned, forgive me, pray thee.
Q3) And Abraham arose and
went forth INTO the wilderness,
and sought diligently for the
man, and found him, and return.
ed with him to the tent, and when
he had entreated HIN kindly, he
sent him away on the morrow
with gifts.
Q4.) And God spake unto
Abraham saying, For this thy
sin shall thy seed be afflicted four
hundred years IN a strange land.
Q5,) But for thy repentance
will | deliver them, and they
shall come forth with power, and |
with gladness of heart, and with |
much substance.
In 1859, when In England as
agent for the Colony of Pennsyl-
vanla, Benjamin Franklin first
wrote and privately printed this
Chapter" as he always termed
it. Taking only a sheet of paper,
he kept 1t laid IN his Bible at the
end of Genesis, and used to amuse
himself by reading it aloud to
his friends, and hearing them
express their surprise that they |
had never recollected reading 1T,
and their openly expressed ad-
miration of the moral it carried
with 1t. AS originally written
and printed 1t did not contain the
last four verses, and also differed
from the above version in several
MINOR particular; but that it at
the time pleased Franklin is
shown by the fact that he dis.
triouted copies among his friends
though these copies have nothing
to show who was the author; for
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