A DEFENSE OF THE BIBLE AGAINST THE CHARGES OF MODERN INFIDELITY; CONSISTING OF THE SPEECHES OF ELDER JONAS HARTZEL, MADE DURING A DEBATE CONDUCTED BY HIM AND MR. JOSEPH BARKER, IN JULY, 1853. BY JONAS HARTZEL. WE HAVE NOt followed cunningly dEVISED FABLES,” CINCINNATI: COLUMBIAN PRINTING COMPANY PRINT. 1854. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1854, BY JONAS HARTZEL, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States 1210 SYNOPSIS. The debate is on the proposition The Jewish and Christian Scriptures contain a series of communications, supernaturally revealed and miraculously attested; from the latter, man may acquire a perfect rule of life. The Book contains I. Preliminary Correspondence. II. A consecutive history of Mr. Barker's refusal to comply with the stipulations of agreement for bringing out the reported discussion in book form. III. J. Hartzel's speeches, in which will be found copious extracts from Mr. Barker's writings in defense of the divine inspiration of the Bible, while a Methodist Minister. Also, that it does not sanction despotism and oppression, etc. IV. Notes interspersed through the volume, which were intended as an appendix to the work as originally contemplated. HOPEDALE, HARRISON COUNTY, OHIO, February 23, 1854. |