The Soul of Abraham Lincoln

Name: The Soul of Abraham Lincoln
Author: Barton, William E. (William Eleazar)

Barton, William E. (William Eleazar)

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Religion; Presidents -- United States -- Biography

SECTION II.--Confirmation of the Mosaic representation
   of the origin of families and nations. Testimony of
   Sir W. Jones.--Confirmation of the Mosaic accounts of
   the tower of Babel.--Of the destruction of Sodom and
   Gomorrah. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, known to the ancient
   heathens. Mr. Olmsted's attempt to invalidate the
   Mosaic account of the condition of the Israelites in Egypt.
   The confutation of his argument.--His argument to invalidate
   the truth of the Mosaic narrative of the exode of
   the Israelites from Egypt and the circumstances attending
   it. Vindication of the Mosaic narrative.--Explanation of
   the design of the miraculous interposition in behalf of the
   Israelites. The fitness and tendency of each of the plagues
   inflicted upon the Egyptians. Confutation of Mr. Olmsted's
   allegation that Moses extorted permission for the
   Israelites to leave Egypt, by false pretentions. Vindication
   of the Mosaic account of the hardening of Pharaoh's
   heart. Mr. Olmsted's supposition that the Israelites were
   a horde of rude barbarians, in behalf of whom there was
   no divine interposition. The fallacy and absurdity of his
   supposition                                                       135

   SECTION III.--Collateral testimony confirmative of the
   Mosaic account of the exode of the Israelites from Egypt,
   their sojourn in the wilderness, and settlement in Canaan.
   Curious discovery confirmatory of the Mosaic narrative.
   Trogus' account of the origin of the Jews. The account of
   their origin by Apion, an Egyptian writer. Manetho's account
   of the shepherds who retreated from Egypt to Judea.
   Tacitus' account of the origin of the Jews. Artapanus'
   relation concerning Moses. Janes and Jambres, the Egyptian
   magicians, well known to heathen writers. Strabo's account
   of Moses. The account of the Heliopolitans concerning the
   passage of the Red Sea. A similar tradition by Diodorus.
   The inhabitants of Corondel to this day preserve the remembrance
   of the passing of the Red Sea by the Israelites.
   The names of different places passed by the Israelites
   during their sojourn in the wilderness confirm the Mosaic
   narrative. The writer of the Orphic verses speaks of
   Moses and the tables of the Laws. Didorus Siculus notices
   Moses. Dionysius Longius makes honorable mention of
   Moses. Accuracy of the Mosaic narrative of the sojourn
   in the wilderness confirmed by Laborde. The tomb of
   Aaron on Mount Hor, confirms the truth of the Mosaic
   narrative. Summing up of the argument from collateral
   testimony. A very conclusive evidence of the truth of the
   Mosaic history quoted from Dr. Keith.--The history of the
   Israelites subsequent to the settlement in Canaan corroborated
   by profane writers. Curious discovery, illustrative
   of the Scriptural account of the war carried on by
   Pharaoh-Necho against the Jews and Babylonians.--Confutation

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The Soul of Abraham Lincoln

Barton, William E. (William Eleazar)

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Religion; Presidents -- United States -- Biography

SECTION II.--Confirmation of the Mosaic representation
   of the origin of families and nations. Testimony of
   Sir W. Jones.--Confirmation of the Mosaic accounts of
   the tower of Babel.--Of the destruction of Sodom and
   Gomorrah. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, known to the ancient
   heathens. Mr. Olmsted's attempt to invalidate the
   Mosaic account of the condition of the Israelites in Egypt.
   The confutation of his argument.--His argument to invalidate
   the truth of the Mosaic narrative of the exode of
   the Israelites from Egypt and the circumstances attending
   it. Vindication of the Mosaic narrative.--Explanation of
   the design of the miraculous interposition in behalf of the
   Israelites. The fitness and tendency of each of the plagues
   inflicted upon the Egyptians. Confutation of Mr. Olmsted's
   allegation that Moses extorted permission for the
   Israelites to leave Egypt, by false pretentions. Vindication
   of the Mosaic account of the hardening of Pharaoh's
   heart. Mr. Olmsted's supposition that the Israelites were
   a horde of rude barbarians, in behalf of whom there was
   no divine interposition. The fallacy and absurdity of his
   supposition                                                       135

   SECTION III.--Collateral testimony confirmative of the
   Mosaic account of the exode of the Israelites from Egypt,
   their sojourn in the wilderness, and settlement in Canaan.
   Curious discovery confirmatory of the Mosaic narrative.
   Trogus' account of the origin of the Jews. The account of
   their origin by Apion, an Egyptian writer. Manetho's account
   of the shepherds who retreated from Egypt to Judea.
   Tacitus' account of the origin of the Jews. Artapanus'
   relation concerning Moses. Janes and Jambres, the Egyptian
   magicians, well known to heathen writers. Strabo's account
   of Moses. The account of the Heliopolitans concerning the
   passage of the Red Sea. A similar tradition by Diodorus.
   The inhabitants of Corondel to this day preserve the remembrance
   of the passing of the Red Sea by the Israelites.
   The names of different places passed by the Israelites
   during their sojourn in the wilderness confirm the Mosaic
   narrative. The writer of the Orphic verses speaks of
   Moses and the tables of the Laws. Didorus Siculus notices
   Moses. Dionysius Longius makes honorable mention of
   Moses. Accuracy of the Mosaic narrative of the sojourn
   in the wilderness confirmed by Laborde. The tomb of
   Aaron on Mount Hor, confirms the truth of the Mosaic
   narrative. Summing up of the argument from collateral
   testimony. A very conclusive evidence of the truth of the
   Mosaic history quoted from Dr. Keith.--The history of the
   Israelites subsequent to the settlement in Canaan corroborated
   by profane writers. Curious discovery, illustrative
   of the Scriptural account of the war carried on by
   Pharaoh-Necho against the Jews and Babylonians.--Confutation

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The Soul of Abraham Lincoln

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