The History of theHigher Criticism. 27 Zachariah and Jonah, and Proverbs were supposititious and m qu e a n s t i-f o r f au t d h u e le p n o t si d t o io c n um t e a n k t e s n . b T y h w is h i a s t a is st c r a ai ll g e h d tfo th rw e a m rd od s e t r a a te te t s i c o h n o , ol ac o c f or H din ig g he t r o C th ri e t i i r cis o mw . n w It ri i t s ing th s. eir own admitted posi The difficulty, therefore, that presents itself to the average man of today is thisu: How can these critics still claim to l b i e e l v ie e v d e i t i ? n the Bible as the Christian Church has ever be A DISCREDITED BIBLE. cept T ed her th e e c w an ho b l e e n of o t d h o e ub O t ld tha T t es C ta h m ris e t nt an a d s i Hns i p s ir A e p d o i s n tle e s ve a r c y portion of every part; from the first chapter of Genesis to the last chapter of Malachi, all was implicitly believed to be the very Word of God Himself. And ever since their day the view of the Universal Christian Church has been that the Bible is the Word of God ; as the twentieth article of the Anglican Church terms it, it is God's Word written. The B sp i i b r l e e d. a " s a T w ha h t o i l s e , i t s he in B sp ib ir le ed d . oe " s A n l o l t t m ha e t re i l s y written is God-in contain the Word of God; it is the Word of God. It contains a revelation. s " e A rv ll at i i s ve no a t n r d e , v u ea p le t d o , b th u e t a p l r l es is en i t ns d p a i y re , d t ." he T al h m is os i t s u t n h i e ve c r o s n a l v or ie ie w s o o f f t in h s e p q ir u a e t s io ti n o . n. B T ut he w r h e a a te r v e, er it v i i s ewwe o l r l k th n e o o w ry n, o m f a i n n y sp t i h ra e tion men may hold, plenary, verbal, dynamical, mechanical, s r u at p i e o r n in o te f nd th e e nt m , o e r n g w ov h e o rn w m r e o n te ta , l, o t r he to y r t e h f e er in e s i p th ir e a r ti t o o n th o e f in w s h p a it is written. In one word, they imply throughout the work of God the Holy Ghost, and are bound up with the concomitant ideas of authority, veracity, reliability, and truth divine. (The two strongest works on the subject from this standpoint are b y lish G ed au i s n se a n n a A nd m L er e i e ca . n G e a d u it s i s o e n n b o y n u· H th i e tc T hc h o e c o k pn & eu W stia ald is en p , u o b f
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