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Time wasand that not very long agowhen all the relations of

Biblical authors concerning the whole world were received with a

ready belief; and an unreasoning and uncritical faith accepted

with equal satisfaction the narrative of the Captivity and the

doings of Moses at the court of Pharaoh; the account of the

Apostolic meeting in the Epistle to the Galatians; and that of

the fabrication of Eve。 We can most of us remember when; in this

country; the whole story of the Exodus; and even the legend of

Jonah; were seriously placed before boys as history; and

discoursed of in as dogmatic a tone as the tale of Agincourt or

the history of the Norman Conquest。



But all this is now changed。 The last century has seen the

growth of scientific criticism to its full strength。 The whole

world of history has been revolutionised and the mythology which

embarrassed earnest Christians has vanished as an evil mist; the

lifting of which has only more fully revealed the lineaments of

infallible Truth。 No longer in contact with fact of any kind;

Faith stands now and for ever proudly inaccessible to the

attacks of the infidel。





So far the apologist of the future。 Why not? Cantabit

vacuus。





FOOTNOTES



(1) Bampton Lectures (1859); on 〃The Historical Evidence

of the Truth of the Scripture Records stated anew; with Special

Reference to the Doubts and Discoveries of Modern Times;〃 by the

Rev。 G。 Rawlinson; M。A。; pp。 5…6。



(2) The Worth of the Old Testament; a Sermon preached in

St。 Paul's Cathedral on the second Sunday in Advent; 8th Dec。;

1889; by H。 P。 Liddon; D。D。; D。C。L。; Canon and Chancellor of St。

Paul's。 Second edition revised and with a new preface; 1890。



(3) St。 Luke xvii。 32。



(4) St。 Luke xvii。 27。



(5) St。 Matt。 xii。 40。



(6) Bampton Lectures; 1859; pp。 50…51。



(7) Commentary on Genesis; by the Bishop of Ely; p。 77。



(8) Die Sintflut; 1876。



(9) Theologie und Naturwissenschaft; ii。 784…791 (1877)。



(10) It is very doubtful if this means the region of the

Armenian Ararat。 More probably it designates some part either of

the Kurdish range or of its south…eastern continuation。



(11) So Reclus (Nouvelle Geographie Universelle; ix。

386); but I find the statement doubted by an authority of the

first rank。



(12) So far as I know; the narrative of the Creation is not now

held to be true; in the sense in which I have defined historical

truth; by any of the reconcilers。 As for the attempts to stretch

the Pentateuchal days into periods of thousands or millions of

years; the verdict of the eminent Biblical scholar; Dr。 Riehm

(Der biblische Schopfungsbericht; 1881; pp。 15; 16) on

such pranks of 〃Auslegungskunst〃 should be final。 Why do the

reconcilers take Goethe's advice seriously?

     〃Im Auslegen seyd frisch und munter!

      Legt ihr's nicht aus; so legt was unter。〃











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