186 The Funaamentals are certain great presumptions which lie in the way of our a d c u c c e e p d tin s g om t e he ar h c i h g re he o r lo -c g r i i c t a ic l t a h n e d ory oth a e s r t t r e u s e t . imo N n e y xt ex w te e rn i a n l tro to t n h a e cl B e' i s bl h e i , st w o h ri i c c i h ty w . e A fo n u d nd th t e o n, be by he q l u p i f t u e l a i n n p e r x o te v n in d g ed th e e xa T m a i b n e a r tion of the many historical notices respecting the Tabernacle, or respecting the sacred ark as connected with it, which are found in the Old Testament, we established, we think, as a matter beyond all reasonable doubt, the actual historicity of this structure ; showing how i t was built near Mt. Sinai and then was known to exist continuously for some five hundred years, or from the time of Moses unto the time of David and Solomon. And then, finally, to make our argument as complete as possible, we noticed, somewhat briefly and yet with considerable fullness, the many objections which the higher critics have raised against the Tabernacle's existence, showing that none of these objections is really valid, and turning the last one into a positive proof on our side of the question. XV. CONCLUSION And now, if there remains yet anything which needs to be said, i t seems to us i t is only the assertion that, whether the higher critics will admit it or not, the old Mosaic Tabernacle surely did exist. Or if there are persons who, in spite of all the numerous important testimonies which we have adduced i f c r i o ty m , t s h ti e ll B p ib e l r e sis a t nd in ot d h e e n r y s in o g urc s e u s ch to e t v h id e e T nc a e b , er a n n a d cle i ' n s h sa is y to in r g that the whole matter was only a priestly fiction, then what the Savior says, with respect perhaps to some of the skeptics living in his day, is quite applicable : "If they believe not Moses and the prophets, neither would they believe though e o n n t e ly ro a s n e d fr s o o m me th w e h d a e t a h d u ." mo O ro r u , s t ly o , st i a t te m t i h g e ht ca b s e e a sa l i i d ttl t e ha d t iff t e h r e fact of any person's denying the real existence of the Taber-
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