1910
A minister aboard ship has always been taken as a "Jonah sign" by seamen. In recent years, however, this superstition has been modified to a certain extent. A young minister, the seamen believe, will not bring as much of a "Jonah" with him as an old one.
Fate
The feet of Fate are tender, for she sets her steps not on the ground, but on the heads of men. - Homer.
Showing posts with label Jonah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jonah. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Presbytery Questions
1916
New York, April 11. — The New York Presbytery is today on record 64 to 3 that the biblical story of the virgin birth of Christ and other Bible miracles are not to be accepted too literally.
The action was taken in accepting as ministers three graduates of the Union Theological Seminary, who both orally and in writing refused to affirm the virgin birth story and singly and jointly refused to acknowledge the raising of Lazarus from the dead or the narrative of Jonah and the whale.
—Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, IL, April 11, 1916, p. 7.
New York, April 11. — The New York Presbytery is today on record 64 to 3 that the biblical story of the virgin birth of Christ and other Bible miracles are not to be accepted too literally.
The action was taken in accepting as ministers three graduates of the Union Theological Seminary, who both orally and in writing refused to affirm the virgin birth story and singly and jointly refused to acknowledge the raising of Lazarus from the dead or the narrative of Jonah and the whale.
—Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, IL, April 11, 1916, p. 7.
Saturday, July 14, 2007
"God Cares for the Cattle," Said Pastor Stevenson
New York, 1901
Condemned Cruelties to Animals Resulting from the Demands of Fashion
At the Park Central Presbyterian Church yesterday morning Rev. W. P. Stevenson preached on the topic, "God Cares for Cattle." The sermon appealed for mercy and kindness to animals.
Mr. Stevenson in his introduction told of Jonah's impatience because Nineveh was not destroyed. The Lord, however, told the prophet that he had not destroyed the city for the reason that there were thousands of souls in it, besides much cattle. In this manner the speaker showed that the Lord is mindful concerning even the animals.
Of the treatment of animals Mr. Stevenson spoke in no uncertain terms. He severely condemned high check reins, blinders and severe bits for horses. The wholesale destruction of birds for millinery purposes, the docking of horses and other cruelties practiced for the sake of fashion he censured because of the moral wrong.
The tendency in man is too much toward brutality and the needless destruction of life, the speaker said. He appealed to the persons present to be considerate and help the helpless. The golden rule, he said, applies to the brute creation, even as with man.
—The Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York, May 13, 1901, p. 7.
Condemned Cruelties to Animals Resulting from the Demands of Fashion
At the Park Central Presbyterian Church yesterday morning Rev. W. P. Stevenson preached on the topic, "God Cares for Cattle." The sermon appealed for mercy and kindness to animals.
Mr. Stevenson in his introduction told of Jonah's impatience because Nineveh was not destroyed. The Lord, however, told the prophet that he had not destroyed the city for the reason that there were thousands of souls in it, besides much cattle. In this manner the speaker showed that the Lord is mindful concerning even the animals.
Of the treatment of animals Mr. Stevenson spoke in no uncertain terms. He severely condemned high check reins, blinders and severe bits for horses. The wholesale destruction of birds for millinery purposes, the docking of horses and other cruelties practiced for the sake of fashion he censured because of the moral wrong.
The tendency in man is too much toward brutality and the needless destruction of life, the speaker said. He appealed to the persons present to be considerate and help the helpless. The golden rule, he said, applies to the brute creation, even as with man.
—The Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York, May 13, 1901, p. 7.
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Jonah Doesn't Belong in Bible
Feb. 1920
American Educator Explains Presence in Book of Myth of Jonah and the Whale
Dr. R. G. Moulton, professor of literature at the University of Chicago, addressing a gathering of Wesleyans at Bath, England, where he received his education, insisted that Jonah was not swallowed by the whale and that the story forms no part of the real Bible.
The Bible, mighty in itself, said Doctor Moulton, had passed through the hands of commentators who had no knowledge, no understanding of literature, and who reduced it to a form which had little or no likeness to the real Bible. One of these numerous commentators had written into that most spiritual and beautiful book of Jonah the narrative of the whale, the only effect being one of distortion and disfigurement.
In actual fact the story, asserted Doctor Moulton, had been originally in the form of a mere footnote comment in manuscript, but by some blunder, due to careless, slipshod printing from which the Bible suffered more than any other book in the world, the fable of the whale had been included in the general text. And in this way had it come down through the ages to the modern world as pure comedy, or what was worse, ribald satire.
Miserable Comforters
Why was Job always cold in bed? Because he had such miserable comforters.
American Educator Explains Presence in Book of Myth of Jonah and the Whale
Dr. R. G. Moulton, professor of literature at the University of Chicago, addressing a gathering of Wesleyans at Bath, England, where he received his education, insisted that Jonah was not swallowed by the whale and that the story forms no part of the real Bible.
The Bible, mighty in itself, said Doctor Moulton, had passed through the hands of commentators who had no knowledge, no understanding of literature, and who reduced it to a form which had little or no likeness to the real Bible. One of these numerous commentators had written into that most spiritual and beautiful book of Jonah the narrative of the whale, the only effect being one of distortion and disfigurement.
In actual fact the story, asserted Doctor Moulton, had been originally in the form of a mere footnote comment in manuscript, but by some blunder, due to careless, slipshod printing from which the Bible suffered more than any other book in the world, the fable of the whale had been included in the general text. And in this way had it come down through the ages to the modern world as pure comedy, or what was worse, ribald satire.
Miserable Comforters
Why was Job always cold in bed? Because he had such miserable comforters.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
The First Submarine (Jonah Had No Periscope)
1917
The first submarine of which we have any record was invented by God, and the first passenger to travel in it was his disobedient prophet, Jonah. This submarine was created and on hand at the moment of Jonah's greatest need. God's providence was over him even in his sin, and God would not let him perish until after he had had time for serious reflection. In this submarine Jonah was the only human passenger, and he had no periscope to show him what was going on outside and to distract his mind. Those few days of undisturbed communion with God, while it did not broaden Jonah into a prophet with a world vision, did lead him to decide to obey Jehovah, and through his obedience to save his own life for worthy service for God. This decision being made, Jonah was carried, free of charge, in God's submarine, and landed at a point nearest to Nineveh, where he was able to do the greatest work of his life. — Watchman-Examiner.
Shallow Waters and Deep
I remember walking across the intervening mile between Loch Lomond and Loch Long. Loch Lomond is an inland lake, and when I left it its waters were disquieted and boisterous, lashing the shores with angry waves. Loch Long is an arm of the sea, and its waters were perfectly calm, and I could look through its lucid depths and see the seaweed rooted on the rocks beneath. And the life of the soul, when it is like a small, measurable lake, is easily disquieted, and little disturbances toss it into convulsions. But when the soul knows God, when it recognizes its vast relationships, when it feels the tidal flow of the infinite within the waters of the breast, it has the secret of a great calm, and the little things leave it undisturbed. When the soul knows God it can be still. — Rev. J. H. Jowett in The Christian Herald.
"The bird that sings in winter is dreaming of the orange grove, and the land of sunshine, and of flowers. We learn to sing in our winter of trial as we dream of Canaan, the Lord's land."
The first submarine of which we have any record was invented by God, and the first passenger to travel in it was his disobedient prophet, Jonah. This submarine was created and on hand at the moment of Jonah's greatest need. God's providence was over him even in his sin, and God would not let him perish until after he had had time for serious reflection. In this submarine Jonah was the only human passenger, and he had no periscope to show him what was going on outside and to distract his mind. Those few days of undisturbed communion with God, while it did not broaden Jonah into a prophet with a world vision, did lead him to decide to obey Jehovah, and through his obedience to save his own life for worthy service for God. This decision being made, Jonah was carried, free of charge, in God's submarine, and landed at a point nearest to Nineveh, where he was able to do the greatest work of his life. — Watchman-Examiner.
Shallow Waters and Deep
I remember walking across the intervening mile between Loch Lomond and Loch Long. Loch Lomond is an inland lake, and when I left it its waters were disquieted and boisterous, lashing the shores with angry waves. Loch Long is an arm of the sea, and its waters were perfectly calm, and I could look through its lucid depths and see the seaweed rooted on the rocks beneath. And the life of the soul, when it is like a small, measurable lake, is easily disquieted, and little disturbances toss it into convulsions. But when the soul knows God, when it recognizes its vast relationships, when it feels the tidal flow of the infinite within the waters of the breast, it has the secret of a great calm, and the little things leave it undisturbed. When the soul knows God it can be still. — Rev. J. H. Jowett in The Christian Herald.
"The bird that sings in winter is dreaming of the orange grove, and the land of sunshine, and of flowers. We learn to sing in our winter of trial as we dream of Canaan, the Lord's land."
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