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regard faith in one God as their holiest possession, 

 and it follows, hold fast to it with iron-like con- 

 sistency. It was the direct intervention of God that 

 caused the rejuvenation of His people through cen- 

 turies, till, the Messiah, heralded by prophets and 

 psalmists, finally appeared, the greatest revelation 

 of God in the world, for He appeared in the Son 

 Himself. Christ is God God in human form. He 

 redeemed us, and inspires and entices us to follow 

 Him. We feel His fire burning in us. His sympathy 

 strengthens us. His discontent destroys us. But 

 also His intercession saves us. Conscious of victory, 

 building solely upon His word, we go through labor, 

 ridicule sorrow, misery and death, for we have in 

 Him God's revealed word. That is my view of these 

 matters. It is to me self-evident that the Old Tes- 

 tament contains many sections which are of a purely 

 human and historical nature and are not God's 

 revealed word. These are merely historical descrip- 

 tions of incidents of all kinds which happen in the 

 political, religious, moral and intellectual life of 

 this people." 



This letter of Emperor William was in reply to 

 Prof. Delitzsch, who contended that Moses and the 

 Israelites got their laws and religion from the Baby- 

 lonians. The recent discoveries in Asia Minor seem 

 to refute Delitzsch, especially those at Nippur. 



Nippur is situated between the Euphrates and 

 Tigris in Babalonia. It is one of the oldest towns 

 spoken of in the Scriptures. The famous temple, 

 library and school for priests cover an area of thir- 

 teen acres, and are pronounced the most far-reaching 

 archeological discoveries of the century. Only about 

 one-twelfth part of the library has been uncovered, 



