Holmes County herald., 1959-07-23
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The most important principles OF
our civilization here in MiSsissip-
pi are: l. A belief in n all-pow-
erful God. 2. That the Bible is
true. 3. That we have souls which
are immortal. From these princi-
pies spring the qualities of Cour-
age, Faith, Mercy, Kindness and
Hospitality, and because of these
qualities, Mississippians have been
an outstanding people.
Moreover, the Preamble of the
Mississippi Constitution of 1890 is
in the following language: I'VE,
the people of Mississippi in con-
vention assembled, grateful to AL
mighty God, and invoking his
blessing on our work, do ordain
and establish this constitution"
DR.. Quinter M. Lyon came to the
University of Mississippi in 1916,
and has been since then, and is now,
the Chairman of the Philosophy De-
partment, and also a Professor
therein.
Early in 1857, DR.. Lyons book,
The Great Religions" was pub
hshed by the Odyssey Press, of
New York. A lengthy review of the
book was published in the Book
Review Section of the Memphis
Commercial Appeal on Sunday,
April q, 1857. Also, the May 26,
1858 edition of the Memphis Press
Scimiter published a review of the
book.
On page 16 OF the above book
DR.. Lyon states in regard to the
origin of man: land so it is reas-
enable to believe that man came
into eXistance as a biological sport,
whose new powers of synthesis
gave him true human qualities for
the first time in terrestrial life. His
biological ancestors were merely
animals"
On page 446 of his book DR..
Lyon states that the stories about
the sons of Jacob are probably in
vented legends.
In the first paragraph on page
448 OF his book, DR.. Lyon asks the
question "Was Moses a man or a
myth?"
In the last paragraph on page
449, DR.. Lyon states with regard
TO Moses the story of his
being found in the bulrushes and
adopted by -Pharaoh's daughter is
a tale which with varying details
went the rounds in the ancient Near
East, being told of a great num-
Der of men,"
In the second paragraph on page
4oI there appears the following re-
gard1ng the crossing of the Red
Sea. Then when the exodus final
~ occurred, according to one &C.
count when the Israelites reached
magic wand which caused the wa
tiers to stay apart just long en-
ough to save them and drown the
Egyptians. But the other e~xplana-
ton was that a providential east
wind caused the sea-bed to become
dry"
Near the bottom of page 451 is
contained the following sentence.
Even the tale of the forty years
OF wandering in the wilderness
turns out on this theory to be not
history, but reflection of later ex-
periences the oppression of Eph-
RAIN by Judah under David and
Solomon?)."
Immediately beneath the poem on
page 455, DR.. Lyon asserts that it
is most unlikely that all of the Ten
Commandments originated in the
wilderness experience.
In the following language of the
last paragraph on page 500, DR..
Lyon states that Marks account of
the appearances of Jesus after His
Resurrection are spurious. much
controversy has arisen over what
may have happened to the "orig-
inap' ending of Mark. Scholars are
agreed that 1890 is spurious, an
addition of a later hand. A shorter
ending than this appears in some
manuscripts and is equally spuri-
Gus. What then, happened to the
original ending? One strong posi-
bilfty is that there never was one"
In the last line on page 652 is
contained the following statement:
Therefore, Gods power is linn
tied"
In the following language at the
bottom of page 654, DR.. Lyon says