The Biblical criticism of the present day - pagina 45

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length, in direct opposition to

own

its

had guaranteed or subscribed " to

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Biblical Criticism of the Present Day.

1904.]

of the world " with

wisdom

principle, the Scripture

hypothesis of the

false

this

This, however, shows

seal.

its

us no less that that theologian tears up his credentials, who,

instead of opposing

hand

hand

to

this process of

ing out the leaves of this most precious of

Sharon,

the roses of

cowardly or thoughtless to allow

cither sufficiently

is

all

roughly pull-

himself to be carried along by this current of the humanizing of the Scriptures and to present

under pleasing colors to

it

the masses.

That, after the subtraction of

all

this,

there

still

remains

serious objections at several points to the absoluteness of the inspiration of the Scripture,

though

one readily sees to insurmountable

tain of

we

neither deny nor hide, even

what small dimensions

obstacles

has already

this

moun-

fallen

away.

This, however, does not remove the necessity that, so far from

passing lightly by the

still

remaining objections, the

scientific

theologian must look them squarely in the face, always bear-

ing in mind this fourfold consideration 1.

That some of these objections flow from the undeniable

fact that the perfect

autographs do not

imperfect text, which

is

2.

:

lie

a text with errors.

That the writing down by the Holy

inspired has nothing in

an authentic

official

truths, yea, the significance,

before us, but an

common

Spirit of

with the protocolization of

report, but that the several

same events and

what was

events and

truths in their many-sided

have been brought to the canvass by the Highest

Artist with a diversion of color

pretation which

but which by

its

may

and many-sidedness of

inter-

indeed confuse the near-sighted cabalist,

delightful harmonies

fills

the master-student,

standing at a distance, with heavenly raptures. 3.

It

remains indeed the calling of apologetics to bring

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