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preferred the w rath of Egypt to the
NO. 45.
SOCIOLOGY—
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love of heaven.
In my judgm ent,
the Jew s would have fared far better In the Early History of Society— Origin
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he even taken the side of the E gypt-
BY RANDOLPH HARTLEY.
BY F . H . G ID D IN G S, PR O FE8SO R O F SOCI­
ians.
OLOGY IN COLUM BIA U N IV E R S IT Y .
1.— N I G H T .
W hen the poor Jew s were told by
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C A P a re th e ta le s t h a t th e N ig h t-w in d s te ll,
their spies th a t the C anaanites , ( F r o m “ E l e m e n t s o f S o c i o l o g y . ” )
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A s th e y m o a n t h r o u g h th e o ld c h u r c h to w e r;
were giants, they, seized with fear,
A n d t h e y ’r e t o l d a f a r b y T i m e ’s a n c i e n t B e l l
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R IM IT IV E P olitical I deas .
T h a t to lls fo r th e p a s s in g h o u r:
t; said “ Let us go back to E g y p t.” For
The notions, which by m eans
this, th eir God doomed all except
“ I h a v e s e e n ,” s a y s th e W in d , “ o n t h e s to r m y S e a
of discussion, were converted
T h e h e lp le s s s h ip s go d o w n —
Joshua
and
Caleb
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A n d m a n y a m o a n o f m is e ry
into the germs of political ideas in
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most
merciful
God:
‘‘But
as
for
you,
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T h r o u g h t h e m i s t o f t h e w i d o w ’s t e a r s :
of a common territory, of a com m on
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your carcasses they shall fall in this
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F o r c le a r to m y s i g h t is t h i s W o r ld o f T h e N ig h t ,
interest and defense, of a com m on
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W ith its s o rro w s , a n d d re a d , a n d f e a r s .”
wilderness, and your children shall
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s w ander in the wilderness forty years leadership and allegiance, and of a
“ I w ill t o ll a k n e l l ,” s a y s t h e A n c i e n t B e ll,
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common culture.
“ A s I s o u n d th e m id n ig h t h o u r;
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F o r th e g r ie f a n d w oe th e n ig h t w in d s k n o w ,
The lowest savage hordes have
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carcasses be wasted in the w ilder­
A n d w h is p e r to m e in th e to w e r.
notions of rudely bounded lan d s
O f M a n ’s d r e a d a n d f e a r s , a n d h i s s o b s a n d t e a r s ,
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And
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which they m ay rightfully claim
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this same God promised to give
F o r m y k n e l l ,” s a y s t h e B e ll, “ m u s t t h e s t o r y t e l l
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and defend. It is probable th a t
O f t h e o l d W o r l d ’s m i s e r y . ”
unto all these people a land flowing
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prehistoric times. They could not
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F orty - seventh . “ And while the
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fail to arise when the fam iliar asso­
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A s t h e w i n d s o f t h e M o r n in g b lo w ;
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T h e B e ll, r e le a s e d f r o m t h e c lo a k o f N ig h t,
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th a t
S w in g s j o y f u l ly to a n d f ro :
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features of its dwelling-place was
N gathered sticks upon the S abbath
frequently disturbed by enemies,
“ I h a v e s e e n , ” s a y s t h e W i n d , “ o n t h e O c e a n ’s b r e a s t ,
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T h e s h ip s s a il b ra v e ly b y ,
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and the danger became a topic of
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A n d th e h ills a n d p la in s fro m E a s t to W e s t,
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I n g o l u e u s p l e n d o r lie .
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The suprem e common in terests
A n d th e la u g h o f c h ild r e n a t p la y ;
and Aaron, and unto all the congre­
of prim itive men were those of m u ­
A n d c l e a r t o m y s i g h t is t h e W o r l d ’s d e l i g h t
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gation.
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I n t h e j o y o f i t s n e w - b o r n D a y .”
tual aggression and m utual defense;
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And
they
put
him
in
w
ard,
be­
“ M y v o ic e s h a l l s w e ll,” s a y s t h e A n c i e n t B e ll,
and we may he sure th a t the habits
cause it was not declared what
“ A s I h a il th is d a w n in g h o u r ,
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W h ic h c o m e to m e now in th e T o w e r.
quired in the anim al stage of evo­
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“ And the Lord said unto Moses,
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“ And all thp congregation brought
F orty - six th . W as it reasonable
in any given case were com bined
for God to give the Jew s m anna, and him w ithout the cam p, and stoned into conception of loyalty a n d soli­
Sixty-one Reasons for Doubting.
nothing else, year after year? He him with stones, and he d ied .” darity .
had infinite power, and could just (N um . xv, 32-36.)
BY R O B E R T G. IN G E R SO LL.
L eadership m ust often have
W hen the last stone was throw n,
as easily have given them som ething
played an im p o rtan t part in critical
D iv id e d i n t o S u n d a y B ib le L e s s o u s f o r
and he th a t was a m an was but a
good,
in
reasonable
variety,
as
to
s tu d y a n d re fle c tio n .
situations, and have riveted the
m angled, bruised and broken m ass,
have
fed
them
on
m
anna
until
they
SE V E N T H SUNDAY.
prim iti ve m a n ’s atten tio n upon
this God turned, and, touched with
loathed
the
eight
of
it,
and
longingly
orty - fifth , o u g h ta m a n
differences o f personal power, and
pity , said: “ Speak unto the c h il­
rem
em
bered
the
fish,
cucum
bers,
to be despised and persecuted
upon the relations of inferior to
dren of Israel, and hid them th a t
melons,
leeks,
onions,
and
garlic
of
superior, Sim ple forms of ad raira-
for denying th at God o rd er­
they m ake them fringes in the bor­
Egypt.
And
yet
when
the
poor
tion and cerem ony are observed
ed the priests to m ake women d rin k
ders of their garm ents throughout
people
com
plained
of
the
diet
and
d irt and w ater to test their virtue?
throughout the anim al kingdom .
their generations, and th a t they put
asked
for
a
little
m
eat,
th
is
loving
(N um . v, 12-31.) Or for denying
All anim als exhibit an uncritical
upon the fringe of the borders a
and
merciful
God
became
enraged,
th a t over the tabernacle there was
w onderat unusual d isplays of power
riband of blue.” (N um . xv, 38.)
sent
them
m
illions
of
quails
in
his
a cloud during the day and fire by
or brilliancy, and express th eir def­
In the next chapter, this J e h o ­
w
rath,
and
while
they
were
eating,
night and th a t the cloud lifted up
vah, whose loving kindness is over erence to those who are adm ired
while
the
flesh
was
yet
between
their
when God wished the Jew s to travel,
all his works, because K arah , Da- or feared by attitu d es of su p p lica­
teeth,
before
it
was
chewed,
thisam
i-
and th a t until it was lifted they re­
th an and Abiram objected to being tion, by acts of service, and by a
able
God
sm
ote
the
people
with
a
m ained in their tents? (N um . ix,
starved to death in the wilderness, surrender of possessions. In retu rn
plague
and
killed
all
those
th
at
m ade the earth open and swallow for deference, they look for various
16-18.) Can it be possible th a t the
lusted
after
m
eat.
In
a
few
days
not only them hut ih eir wives and benefits from the superior. These
“ ark of the covenant” traveled on
their
little ones. Not yet satisfied,
its own account, and th a t “ when the after, he made up his m ind to kill
he sent a plague and killed fourteen habits were inherited by the hum an
the
rest,
but
was
dissuaded
when
ark set forw ard” the people followed,
thousand seven hundred more. race; and the prim itive m an u n ­
Moses
told
him
th
a
t
the
C
anaanites
as is related in the tenth chapter of
T here never was in the history of critically accepted any difference
would
laugh
a
t
him
?
(N
um
.
xiv,
the world such a cruel, revengeful, between him self and another, es­
the holy book of N um bers?
15,
16.)
No
wonder
the
poor
Jews
bloody, jealous, fickle, unreasonable pecially any difference of m agnitude
• These 61 reasons flora Fngsrsoll are now to be
had of the N. Y T ruth Seeker an d in V olum e 11 wished they were hack in Egypt. and fiendish ruler, em peror or king
of the Dresden E d itio n . 1 hey were w r.tte n in !
or power. One was inferior and
th e SOa, b ut n o t published till a fte r hie death. We No wonder they had rath e r he the as Jeh o v ah .
No wonder the ch il­
w ill p rin t them in p a rte —each p art read s an a
m ust adm ire and obey, follow and
whole. We do this because u n til th e people are slaves of P haraoh than the chosen dren of Israel cried out, “ Behold we
em ancip ated from th e t a th o lic C hurch, th e P r o t­
ask favors, the other was superior,
die, we perish, we all perish.”
estant b ib le, a n d the belief in “ th e eui e m a tu r- people of God.
No
wonder
they
a l,” th ere is no to p fo r th is w orld.—E d . I o k c h .
(To be Continued.)
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