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Show Illlilkal (rlllilkin Subject lo frlllclim, Wo cannot del rectte any aclcntlflo rludyuf Iholllble, Iuiomooflt do-I do-I urlnn.nl. .uch mudy 1 evidently of the highlit valui;lu aomo It la India. iKiNibli , Without It w o could not gt t ihurarrectUxtof tho original Hcrin. turn, without It wo could not traualato nnd luterpivt thvui Itti any n rUlnh , Aud certainly we (aniioi dipiecato that tilal form of tho ackullfloatudy nflho illbla rallid the hlgliertiltlclsm, lhlthlhatameproi'cMiif critical ix. jmlnatlou nulled to Ihe rlcrljluria v, hlch icholur op ly to all other an-cltnt an-cltnt literature au I hl.tory to deter-Inliio deter-Inliio their authenticity nud ilatw, thilracope, relitlou aud elgiilfluinro, WutauuotnH.umotlut tho Hcrlpturct nro exeiiiit front aucli critic il Mud) botuuto they contain riu. dal auruatiirol rovilatlou of Gal; on tho contrary, thilr content lualu tho most marching ttudj nf thimull thu more Importint. Ihe tttlu. "hlghir irlllcUni," linu iromlui'iit,iimywim to lomoa little preUnthiut, I ul tho rocina la not new or peculiar, It It tlio tame method tm- u lliyid In ono ilearlimnl of Illhllcal atiuly which I eiii.lnyl lu all tho olhei. and long beftiro It took thl lieclal tltlo It lia.1 brought out much Important knoHlwtgonnw rilvoil by atholara without illmnmt aud eralndleil lu all til" bt-it coinninutiriia Hut while we admit that tho higher Cllllcl.nl I. leltlmate an I neccenary, and tliat It hit nlrra ly lenilared giwl aervlw, wo ought not ui bo forward tu accept overy tiling put forth In II name, not etu If It li mi epte I by iiuilnuiit .ihoHr and unirtiil br oomlderahlo aprent ovllencc. flio tonllmony of exinru 1 luilenl ditlatvu In their arclal-Ilea, arclal-Ilea, lierauoi In lln-e they alone hive rniupelent knowledge. It la do-clilvolnoouitaof do-clilvolnoouitaof Juttlce, wlnre pro-i pro-i rly and Ufa often dep. u I on It; and It mutt l"i to In HUrary and hl.torlcal crltlcltm, even In tlio Hcrlurea, whiroourknowleJgnof Ihclrmianlng and purimao mut ofti r dean 1 on It. lint exx tti niii.t bo rniavciamlned, and all thu moru aoverely beoauao their testimony I finally ilerl.lM. They mu.ttallify tho court and Jury an 1 In thl rate Chri.tlan teacher are tho eourl and Intelligent laymen are tho Jury thatlhiy aru exiierU, nud that they are not Hating thilr gueiwork or theuriee, but fact which they hava verllleil, ailltheiitatemeMU ot alt tho exrta inu.t lanntlally rw. Ho the higher critlcKm I Hat If tub-Jectloirltlil-ui. It riulrecvunter-crltlcltm, riulrecvunter-crltlcltm, It procea-c iuut la critically critic-ally review eil aud It ronclutlou critically verified Uforo they can rcat-onaMy rcat-onaMy claim acce tance. We willingly willing-ly conciile to critical achotar evi ry-thing ry-thing neow.ary to their liuiulilea--eutlm lllarty, all available material and fanllltha, the tentative uao of hyiuthwle, and of every apjllcablo luethal enipt)cdln other Kilemi! and then we liul.t that they I tclcntlllo and I rovitthclr work, ao f.rn they go, bojomt all riaonablu doubt. Wo ran alford all the trouolu mreriuiry lu ellmlnatlilg error from our Idea or the lllblo, and lu Rettlua: clean rand truer one, wu (an tako all tho Incnmtuktiio of thu illtcut-tlunof illtcut-tlunof long cherkheit liclleft; wo can allow our Tgnorantly foruuil Imprni-tlou. Imprni-tlou. t j Iw thakeii up; we can tui ml ourjudgment on linrtaut iUe.llon a nuiylw necea.ar; wo am prittued to receive any truth that Illhllcal acholara may dfKtivor; but wht thty oflVra truth woinualreulrotheni to verify. Toward all aclentlllq tliuly of Ihe I llbln w o ahoul I Ihj very gciicMU.; toward all uuw coucvl Hon ot It pro-;anl pro-;anl by the higher crltlcltm we ought to bv vtry ultlcnl. If tho n -nil of critical itudy rripilrta aomo amend-inenta amend-inenta 111 the rotniuon ronev tlou of the lllblo they will la acie ted, of coureo, a other havo Ua.n. If It mcvii.UaU-a aomo ihange of Into tu the common iim of tho Ttlble, aucli changu will l made rauttoua. ly, of courte, but In full lallh that any rjiango rniulred by tnith It alway profitable, lint audi change can bo coucoled only for ivldtut nud tutllclent reatona, an 1 only ao far aa aucli reatou tiiulre. Ho thu critical ludyol tho lllblo mud bo critically mlllUAled, Tliuae ttudinta who are iuo.1 tdentlfio will rtadllyaiknowl edge, what wo IntUt on, that the roiintcr-crltleltm of their work, while fair, hould alto bu very ixactlng. Wnthouldaay thl of critical ri .enroll Into any valuable llteraturo or lnioit-nnt lnioit-nnt hl.tory. Hut lu vtllllUK" containing contain-ing divine revelation their Itietllmable alueiuakialt all Ihn moru lin;ra-tlvo lin;ra-tlvo that, while crltlcnl ri March I carried at far a iIUo, It rwullt thould l-e aice ted only a they hear rigidly critical review. ThtOaigrroa-ftunuftrr. |
