To the Editor of the "Nonm-Cima Dany News"
Sm—As you have printed a further batch of questions from Mu. A. DE C. Sowensy "I presume I may" reply through the same channel. this time more briefly. I feel there is sufficient material in my previous letters to answer questions () and (2). As man has a free will, definitely ex-excised when Pilate asked the question "Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which called Christ?" question (3) does not arise.
Question (4). It is apparent that] the judgments determined for Nineveh that would have fallen if Jonah's preaching had not been heeded were not in the nature of a military defeat. If so, surely the King of Nineveh would have known some great army was within forty days' Journey of his city. The Judgments of God do not limit themselves to wars among. the nations, and those of the "last days" will consist of seismic, atmospheric, economic and ecclesiastical clements fas well as political and military. As partial answer to this question, may I point out what has already been remarked on in many quarters, The first day of National Prayer! called for by HM. The King was followed closely by what is acknow-Jedged, even by materialistic writers, as "the miraculous evacuation from Dunkirk of the BEF". The second was followed, not "so. closely. but] nevertheless surely, by what is acknowledged now as the successful issue of "the Battle of Britain'. The sequel to the third day of National Prayer in the good news of this lost fow days is still ringing in our ears, and has been remarked on in these columns. Surely this points the way to vielory.
Question (5). My ten year old son' has ealled_my attention to the} National Geographic Magazine of January 1040. in. which Remington Kellog of the US National Museum states that "Killer" whales (Grampus forea) can also swallow objects "up {fo the size of a man, and that they are found in all oceans ang seas. However, my faith is not shaken in the slightest, even if there are species in the seas today that could perform this feat. When the Bible says that "God prepared a great fish" and when it is further authenticated by no less an authority than the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, T am absolutely bound to recognize it as Truth, Many a true word is spoken in jest, trid your correspondent may have been "far nearer the truth than he! imagined. when he suggested that the Ninevites took fright on hearing of Jonah's supernatural preservation.
may even be that Jonah bore Physical evidence of his terrific deal, and that this gave weight 10] his words. only eight of which we: have recorded. Jonah's experience is} stated to be typical of the ordeal endured by the Son of God Himself, 'a8 He suffered death and descent into the lowest parts of the earth, when He obtained redemption for them that believe, This lifts the whole story on to very sacred round, and we do well not to trifle with I To conclude, it seems to me that) some particular brand of prophetic Propaganda has come the way of your correspondent, which he con-Siders to be detrimental to the British cause in the present conflict. and this has led him to condemn wholesale all prophetic literature. " Such condemnation has provoked the pens of some of us who think otherwise concerning prophetic studies based on sound Biblical exegesis, and having sought to present the value of such T desire to end my contribu itlons to this discussion. As a part ing shot—I suggest your corres pondent might recommend the reading of Psalm 37 to any of the frightened and hysterical women he has heard of: onp lady of my acquaintance has Proved its preciousness under all the horrors of war-from the alr.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.