To the Editor of the "Norra-Curna Dairy News."
Sin,—The writer of Cathedral Notes" in your issue of August 2 seems to be out of reckoning with regard to his dates. He writes that the Septuagint Translation of the Old Testament was made about A. D. 250. Now considering that the New Testament writers frequently quote from the Septuagint version it follows that the Septuagint existed when, and before the New Testament was written. The Septuagint) Translation was made about 280 B.
Again, the writer says, The frst five books called the books of Moses were not written down till centuries after Moses." This is disproved from the fact that Scripture writers onward from Moses constantly allude to the books of Moses, showing, by reference to the subject matter of thos? books, that they must have been already written. For instance we read: "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth," etc. Joshua J. 8. Evidently Joshua who immediately followed Moses had the five books of Moses before him.
Then the writer practically ignores the supernatural element in Old Testament writers. He says:
-euracy of detail comes of reasons. The lapse of time between the event and its being recorded. No one who could write was a witness of the Creation.' (Of course there was no writer who could not write either). But may we not say that if the supernatural element of, inspiration could not eécure from inaccuracy through lapse of time, or, if it was necessary to be an eyewitness, in order to report correctly on Creation, the supernatural element in the eripture writer disappears. Further, the writer ignores two important points in regard to the Old Testament. Firstly, Christ claimed that Moses wrote of Him. The writer tries to make out that writing was not sufficiently advanced at the time of Moses. Christ accepted the law as infallibly given. He tells us that not a jot or tittle of the law shall fail. Secondly, Paul claims for Old Testament
inspired of G Scripture, universally, that it is I am, etc, Tuomas Hurron. Kiangsu, Aug. 15, 1992.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.