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Dr. Abbott of Beecher’s churchI
Brooklyn, looks like the Bible pictures
of some of the patriarchs. He is a
scholar of the first magnitude and a
.devout Christian gentleman, beloved
by the Plymouth congregation. His
recent utterances have caused much
unfavorable comment by his brethren
of the cloth, and to give your readers.
an opportunity to judge whether or not
the criticisms are deserved, I have se-
lected some of his most advanced .say-
ings from stenographic reports of his
Sunday evening lectures:
“Jonah was a prophet in Israel, but
the story which bears his name was
Written long after his time. Let us
look at this story for ourselves and
frame our own judgment respecting
its nature and significance. Is it a his-
tory, the value of which depends on
its histroic accuracy, or a fiction told
'for the purpose of illustrating a great
truth respecting the character of God,
or, as Rev. Charles Caverno suggests,
a satire on the narrowness of certain
Jewish prophets, a kind of Hebrew
‘Biglow Papers.’
DR. LYMA N ABBOTT.
“A prophet of the olden time is called
by Jehovah to. deliver a message to a
heathen people. He does not believe
in heathen people, and he will not go
to a heathen city. So he tries to flee
away from Jehovah by getting out of
Jehovah’s province of Palestine. He
comes to Tarshish, gets on board a
ship, thinks himself safely out of Je-
hovah’s jurisdiction, and calmly goes
to sleep. Presently a great storm
arises. The captain summons Jonah to
join with the heathen sailors ill pray-
er to their respective gods. They. are
sure that the gods are angry, cast lots,
the let falls on Jonah, and he con-
fesses. ' _ '
b“'I am fleeing from my God,” he
says; “it is my fault.” “What shall
I do?” “Throw me into the sea; that
will appease the wrath of God, and He
will let you go free.“
“The sailors are reluctant, take to
the oars again, rowing with redoubled
vigor, but all in vain. At last they put
up their cry to Jehovah. ‘Oh, God!‘
they cry, ‘if we are doing wrong in tak-
ing the life of an innocent man lay it
not to our c'harge,’ and then they fling
the acquiescing prophet into the sea.
The storm instantly ceases. But the
Lord has specially provided a great
fish for this contirgency—there is no
reason to call him a whale, except that
a whale is a great fish~—provided as a
means of refuge for the now penitent
prophet, who has shown his penitence
by his willingness to suffer death fer
his ,apostasy. The great fish swallows
Jonah, and in its belly he composes a
psalm.
The unknown writer of the story 'of
Jonah wrote this story, by its quaint
humor, by its satire of a narrow
prophet, by its splendid illustration of
the wideness of the mercy and grace
of God, to illustrate what only later
Israel partially understood—that God
is more than judge, more than king—
is the Father and Savious of the whole
human race. ‘ ‘
But Dr. Abbott defined his own posi-
tion in his answers to a number of
questions that were submitted to him
as late as last February.
First—Do you believe that the Bible
was intended to be an authority on
any matters except our relations with
God? Is it an authority in astronomy,
for example? '1
“Yes, the Bible is an authority con-
cerning our relations with our fellow
men. I do not believe that it is an au-
thority on questions of science.”
Second—Do all Christian scholars re-
gard a belief in the verbal inspiration
of the Bible a necessity?
“No; a large and influential body of
Christian scholars of orthodox standing
do not believe in what is called the ver-
bal inspiration of the Bible.”
Third—Is there any large number
among Biblical scholars who believe as
you do about the Book of Jehovah, the
Book.- of Job and the Songs of Solo-
' men?
“Yes, substantially all scholars who
believe ill applying to the interpreta~
tion of the Bible the canons of literary
criticism.”
Fourth—Can a man be a Christian
and reject any part of the chronology
of the science of the Bible?
“I think he can; to be a Christie." is
to be a believer in Christ as the dirt-u
Saviour of the world and to be :1 lol-
lower of Him in spirit and in conduct,
not to entertain opinions about chrono-
logy or science.”
- "‘I believe my views are in substan-
tial accord with those scholars to
whom I have referred in question No.
3'. These views will be found in two
series of articles written by a number
of- English and American Biblical
scholars, published in the Outlook last
year. One series,,entitled “The Bible
, as Literature” has been republished in"
book form, and the other entitled "The
Bible and the Child,” is also issued in
book form. To these volumes l refer
you ask me.
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‘ PAPER DRINKING CUPS.
Sanitary Idea Which Carries With it the
Great Advantage of Economy.
A paper manufacturer of Elberfield,
Germany, has recently patented quite
a novelty which has a great future,
particularly for advertising purposes.
It is a substitute for a drinking glass
and may best be styled a cup made 01
paper. The idea is well executed. The
drinking cup is so small that it may
be carried in the pocketbook, and it -‘
enables the traveller on foot] or on a
«wheel to always have his own clean
drinking glass. It is so cheapthat it
may be thrown away after having been
used but once, or'when it has served
its purpose. These paper drinking cups
are of a strong yellow paper, provided
with a leather-like surface, and are
absolutely water tight. The outer sur-
face many, of,course, be used for ad.
vertisements, and while advertise-
ments given away in this shape will
probably be of much value, the cost
is little more than if the same adver-
tisement had been printed on plain pa-
per. The new‘ cup is also made square
and with a cover to admit the selling
of ice cream, etc, the boxes being fold-
ed away into a minimal space until
used—Philadelphia Record.
wonderful Feats.
'Hindoo acrobats are still ahead of
their European rivals. One who moves
about upon a long stick is the latest
novelty. This performer is mounted
on' a bamboo pole about fifteen feet
high, the top of which is tied to a gir-
dle worn around his waist. A small
cushion is fastened a few feet down
the pole, which acts as a leg rest. The
acrobat hops around a large space in
the liveliest way, uttering‘ cheerful
shouts andaccompanied by the tap-
ping of a curious drum. He also exe—
cutes a sort of dance and goes through
a little pantomime. It is a marvelous
that of equilibrium. To walk on a pair
of stilts as high as this would be. a
p’t-formance worthy of exhibition on
our rarietyistage.
on one is quite another thing, as you
Will find if you attempt it.
St‘ “prise fur a Chicago Tourist.
"311" steel-'3’ man with the cinnamon- .
atl'r'l board. who was enjoying his
‘ view of a Spanish bull fight,
'I‘Y'W‘d to th" guide and interpreter
’llDZ‘.‘ he had hired by the day to
".zo'v him the sights and said:
“Who is that chap that sticks the
lnilnal with the sword and kills
.lllll?”
“Ze toreador,” replied the guide.
“How much does he make a day a:
such. work ‘3"
“Oh, fee-fty—seexty dolls.”
“Great Scott!” I’ve got men in my
racking house in the United States
that can do that trick as well as he
can, and they’re mighty glad to get
$30 a weekl"——Chicago Tribune.
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RECOGNITION or CUBA.
Resolution to Accord 'Belligel‘ent
Rights Up In the Senate.
Chicago,
SENATOR MORGAN SPEAKS.
He Severely Denounces {he lifethods of
Spain, Nails an Admission by Dupuy
de Lome and Becomes Sarcas-
tic at Mr. Hale’s Expense.
Washington, April 3.’-~TZ:3 senate gal-
leries were well filled again today in ex-
pectationmf a continuazion of the Cu-
ban debate. Mr. Chandier offered a res-
olution, which was agreed to, as follows:
“Resolved, That the committee on in-
terstate commerce be directed to inves-
tigate the payments made or agreed to
be made by the interstate commerce
commission for attorneys’ fees, and also
to inquire whether in any case the at-
torneys of the commission have also been
employed by railroad companies in sim-'
ilar cases, and further whether any ad-
ditional authority from ‘congress is re-
quired for the employment of counsel in
any pending proceedings which have
been instituted by or on motion of the
commission.” ~ .
The resolution of Mr. Earle (Dem., S.
C.) for the reorganization of senate com-
mittees went over, Mr., Chandler pre-
senting an amendment to be urged
when the resolution is taken up. The
amendment provides that on Tuesday,
April 20, at 2 p. m., the senate will pro-
ceed to appoint its committees.
The Morgan resolution declaring that
a state of war exists in Cuba was then
taken up without objection, and Mr.
Morgan resumed his speech in support
of it. The senator reverted to the state-
ment of Mn. Hale yesterday that the
number of Americans in Spanish pris-
ons was reduced to 12. In sarcastic
tones Mr. Morgan said that such re—
leases as had occurred were the result
of supplication by our government, and
perhaps it would be appropriate to
adopt a vote of thanks to Spain for not
slaying these prisoners outright. Aside
from the official testimonyas to the con-
dition in Cuba, the newspaper press had
piled up a mass of testimony which es-
,tablished beyond question that the war
was being prosecuted by Spain contrary
to all the rules of civilized warfare.
De Lome's Admission.
Mr. Morgan commented on a letter
written by Dupuy de Lorne, the Span-
lsh minister, to Miss Clara Barton, rel—
etive to Red Cross work in Cuba. in
the course of the letter use is made of
the expression, “during the present
war.” This, declared Mr. Morgan, was
an inadvertent admission by the Span-
ish minister, despite all his ’diplomatic
cunning, that war. was going on. And
yet congress and the president would'
not recognize that state of war which
would assure to American prisoners the
treatment of prisoners of war and not
of insurrectionists.
Mr. Morgan commented upon the
banishment from Cuba of the corre-
spondents of American newspapers be-
cause they had written statements of
transactions on the island of Cuba, giv-
ing dates and circumstances, and he as-
serted that those statements’were true.
Even the Spanish press, he said, had
not ventured to deny them. ,
If. the sufferings of the 74 Americans
now inc‘urcerated in Cuba. could be re-
vealm‘ '-.-i the senate they would per-
haps a.l'm‘"e its indignation. How could
the United States government, he ask».
ed, expect to enjoy the respect of its
own citizens when it stood by and saw
even one American citizen suffer at tile
hant‘~ cf the Spanish or any other gov-
-.y. to treaty, cont ‘ary
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to in. 3.1 law, and contrary to
the sat _ i-ghts of humanity?
Mr. Morgan quoted from a. communi—
cation from the late Secretaly of state
the admission that in some instances
Amelican (2.:ir'en: had fallen victims to
military 'icZeL'M. in Cuba, and hesxid:
“Consult the :eccrds of congress: cen—
sult the archive" of the state depart—
ment and tell the people of the United
States what has been done to exact
reparation for or to‘ prevent the recur—
rence of these terrible acts." ’
Mr. Morgan instanced the case of the
Arkansas bcy who fell in to tlte hands
of the Spanish authorities in Cuba two
years ago and had been tried and sen-
tenced to death. Judgrpnt had been
set aside -by the supreme court in Mad-
rid, the trial having been held in viola—
tion of the treaties and of international
law, and yet, he said, that boy had not.
been discharged from custody, but had
been kept in a loathsome dungeon with
other American victims of Spanish cru—
elty.
Postmasters Appointed.
Washington, April 9.—The fourth
class postmasters appointed today
were:
Pennsylvania—Cherry Flats, A. J,
Richards.
New York—Aurelius, John Murray;
Chestnut Ridge, R. D. Butler; Delig—
._van, E.L.Whiting; German, E. P. Pem-
ber; Lake Road,‘ F. M. Bradley; La.
mont, E. F. Van Slykes;- Martinsville,
c; A. Graf; Middle Falls, Alden M.
Crandall; Phillips Creek, H. H. Wat-
son; Pleasant Plains, Irving Burger;
Point Chautauqua, J. L. Bagley; West
Dryden, George Primrose. --
\Vealthy Dubuque Man‘Dead.
Dubuque," 1a., April 9.—Frank H.-
Brede, 64,’o_ne of thewealth'iest and
.best known citizens of this city, died
today.
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.TlIB MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.
No Further Breaks In the Levees—Tho
Strife-rem at Helena, Ark.
New Orleans, April 9.—The river and
levee situation here is unchanged.
The gauge stands at 17.6, and no one ex-
pects any material change for the en-
suing three or four days. All the lev-
ees in this territory are holding out well,
but they have not yet been tested by the
pressure that the authorities anticipate
will be brought to hear when the worst
of the flood comes.
Claresdale; Miss.,April 9.-—Slnce Tues-
day afternoon the Sunflower river has
risen at this point 26 feet and is now 18
feet from the top of the bank along the
town front. The flood wave rose at the
rate of 3 feet‘per hour.‘ The Iron county
bridge was swept away. The rate of
rise was 15 inches per hour. _
Natchez, Miss., April 9.-—The gauge
reads here 47.25 feet—3.25 feet above the . .
danger line. The' levees generally are
in good shape.
Greenwood, Miss., April 9.——The Talla-
hatchie river is reported to be falling at
Minter City and points above that place
at the rate of about 3 inches in 24 hours.
The Yazoo river has fallen 5 inches here
during the past 24 hours. .
Little Rock, April 9.—A telegram has ‘
been received here from a committee of
citizens of Helena, Ark., stating that
there are 3,000 sufferers at that place
and that the water is nowin every house
from Helena to White river. The levees
on the western side of the Mississippi
from Arkonrrr (‘ity to Iuna and ’below
are holding. The (luacl-“i”: i‘ still rising.
Nashville .f-g ii zit—«Jr? inmberland
river is rising L-..'.I'l}' and 11;: passed the
danger line of 40 feet. the gauge mark—
ing 40.2 feet. ‘
Yankton, Apr” 9 —-The vast s‘now
covered country. i"1l’ll:l'lg far into
North Dakota, is now pouring huge
volumes of water into Jim river. Re-
ports reaeh here of immense floods far
up the stream.
tered great loss. No trains have en-
tered here for nearly a. week, and it
may be a month before traffic is re—
stored to its normal condition.
Bismarck, April 9.—The water in the
Missouri fell a foot, but the gorge above
broke and the channel is again full of
ice, which is held by the gorge below.
.‘fter the break of the gorge above
there was a rise of two feet. but later
the river began gradually falling.
“'a'r Talk In Cape Colony.
Cape Town, April 9.—In a speech be-
fore the Cape assembly Sir J. Sive-
wright, commissioner of public works
of Cape Colony, referred to the clos-
ing of the Transvaal drifts and declar—
ed that he greatly preferred war to
peace with dishonor. The Transvaal
government, he said, was equally bound
with the government of Great Britain
to maintain the provisions of the Lon-
don convention of 1884.
Battle In Bechuanaland.
Cape Town, April 9.—A battle occur-
red ln Bechuanaland on Tuesday, in
which the British troops captured and
burned the native town of: Gamasef.
The rebel leader, Galiskwe, who was in
command of the natives, made a. des-
perate resistance. In the assault upon
the rebel position one British lieutenant
was killed and five troopers were seri-,
ously wounded. The losses of the na—
tives were heavy.
Wanted 850,000, Got 81.50.
Canton, 0.. April'9.——Tyndale Palmer
was given a verdict by a. jury in the
court of common pleas for $1.50 in a
libel suit against The Evening Reposi-
tory. The suit is one of the last of
many similar brought by Palmer
against papers using a press dispatch
in regard to a land deal. The petition
asked for $50,000. President McKinley
is one of the stockholders of the paper.
Colonel \Vellesley Divorced.
London, April 9.—-The divorce divi-
sion of the high court of justice today
granted to Colonel the Hon. Frederick
Arthur Wellesley, third son of the first
Earl Cowley, a. divorce from his wife;
Kate Vaughan, the actress, upon the
ground of her misconduct. The action
was not defended. This is the second
time that Colonel Wellesley has been
divorced.
Bucket Shops In Iowa to Close.
Marshalltovm, 1a., April 9. — The
grandjury today returned indictments
against the officers of two so called Chi-
cago‘ stock exchanges and two local
stock operators for conducting bucket
shops in this city in violation of the
Iowa statutes. The two Chicago ex-
changes haVe 38 offices in the state, and
the probabilities are all will be closed.
. For .‘Minlster to Turkey.
Ann Arbor, April 9.—Dr. James B.
Angel], president of the University of
Michigan, admits having received a
letter from certain United States sena-
tors asking him to allow his name to
be' presented as a candidate for minis-
ter'to Turkey. He replied today ask-
ing for time to consider the matter.
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Dauntlcss May Leave Port.
Jacksonville, April 9.—The steamer
Dauntless was taken into custody_ot
the United States court on'motion of
the attorney for the owner of the boat.
The bond was ordered canceled, and a
deputy marshal was placed in charge.
The steamer. will now be permitted to
leave port. ..._.- ...._..__...-. ’
Woolen Mills 'on Full Time.
Troy, N. Y., April 9.—-—T.he East Salem .
woolen. mills have resumed work you
full time and with a. full complement of
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