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the blood of bullocks, or of lambs or of he- 

 goats. ... If I were hungry, I would not tell 

 thee : for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. 

 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of 

 goats ? . . . Though you offer me burnt offer- 

 ings and your meat offerings I will not accept 

 them. . . . For I desire mercy and not sacri- 

 fice." 



Throughout the Old Testament it was customary 

 when introducing any new law, command, or form 

 of worship, to say " the Lord said " so and so, and 

 thereby many things were put into the Lord's 

 mouth which He undoubtedly never said nor ap- 

 proved. 



When the tabernacles or temples or places of 

 w r orship were mentioned everything was repre- 

 sented as being done for the Lord or in His pres- 

 ence, just as we now call a church the house of the 

 Lord and speak of God's altar within ; but in either 

 case it would be a reflection on the omniscience 

 and goodness of God to say that He approved of all 

 that was done and said in His name. 



Rev. Dr. Robert Patterson, in his book entitled 

 " Fables of Infidelity," published by the Scriptural 

 Tract Repository, and endorsed by the Church, 



