nough to
permit God to answer; hence, in the following pages he speaks for
himself. We are content that his voice shall be heard.

S.E. WISHARD.

CONTENTS

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I. OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD DESTRUCTIVE CRITICISM 9

II. SHOULD REPLY BE MADE? 17

III. WAS MOSES A LITERARY FICTION? 25

IV. WERE CHRIST AND THE APOSTLES MISTAKEN? 39

V. THE ATTACK ON THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS 59

VI. ASSUMPTIONS CONCERNING THE BOOK OF ISAIAH 73

VII. GOD'S REPLY TO THESE ASSUMPTIONS. 87

VIII. THE HISTORICITY OF THE BOOK OF JONAH 101

IX. RADICAL EXPOSITION 111

X. GOD HIS OWN INTERPRETER 119

I. OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD DESTRUCTIVE CRITICISM.

_"Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love,
as Christ also hath loved us." Eph. v. 1, 2._

_"Be patient toward all men. See that none render evil for evil unto any
man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves and to
all men." 1 Thess. v. 14, 15._

_"He that believeth shall not make haste." Isa. xxviii. 16._

_"The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments
are sure. They stand fast forever and ever, and are done in truth and
uprightness." Psa. cxi. 7, 8._

_"My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure." Isa, xlvi.
10._

The attitude which God's people should assume toward destructive
criticism has been questioned. It should certainly be a position of calm
patience, that can deliberately weigh valid testimony, and abide by the
decision of intelligent judgment. The history and life of the Church for
nearly two thousand years should go for something. They are not to be
swept away by the bluff, the egoism of what claims to be the only
"Expert Scholarship."

There is no occasion for a panic. Truth that has been, and has builded
noble, goodly life, is truth still, and ever will be. It is not a time
for denunciation. The assumptions of the destructive critics are so
enormous, so radically revolutionary, so directly aimed at vital truth,
that one's heart is stirred. There is danger of yielding to the heat of
a righteous indignation. It is not well to lose one's intellectual and
moral poise, even in a contest involving the honor of God and the
welfare of immortal souls. But "he that beli