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Show i . I ' I I v, I . ....... i -. . r y a -", i t y 'i- D:2n cf Wcstninstcr D:-clrcs D:-clrcs Old Testament Is IIctrcT7 Fiction. LONDON, Nov. 8. The Dean, of Westminster, Dr. Armltage Robinson, haa caused a flutter by his statements on the rubject of the literal acceptance cf the stories of tUo oM Testament. Jin declared that th- hole conception of the inspiration of the Bible haa been altered. The first chapter of Genesis no longer mear.i that the world wai made j tn six days. The second chapter no longer means that God molded clay Into a human figure or that he made Eve out of one of Adam's ribs. The story of Balaam's asa, too, must not be taJcen as a literal statement of historical fact. . |