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To Brother R. Tytler, M.D.
The reference made by the worthy Brother ( in elucidation of his position ) from the sublime and energetic song of Moses , the Divine Legislator , is not merely incorrect , but displays great deficiency of knowled ge in the Hebrew language . I would ask the worthy Brother whence his authority for rendering the word n ^ W ( which signifies Salvation ) m the manner his fan cy has led him ? If we attentivelread the of Moses ' and how
y song , contemplate Moses was actuated , how shall we be led to admire the beauty of the composition . We shall at once see that it breathes the effusions of a grateful soul , adoring the Great Creator of all , who had so miraculously rescued them from the trammels of slavery and bondage ; the Israelites finding that they were pursued by their enemies , and hemmed in on the one side by the sea , and on the other by the E gyptians advancing in their rear what chance of escape could they have expected but from ' the hand of the all merciful Creator ? Their
escape ivas effected in a manner too well known to need repetition here . Then it was that Moses and his flock burst out in ecstacy and joyful gratitude to adore their mighty deliverer . " I will sing unto the Lord , for he hath triumphed gloriously ¦ the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea . God is my strength and my song . He it was who was my salvation . He is my God , and 1-will adore him ; the God of my Father , and I will exalt Him The eternal is the Lord of WarEternal is his
, name . " Having treated thus at length on the subject , and having < nven full quotations from the texts , I shall now leave the rest to my kind and indulgent readers , to form their own opinion as to the validity of my argument , m reply to the reference made to me by the worth y Brother . I beg to subscribe myself , Yours fraternally , n . ? oi ^ , „„„ GEORGE AARONS . July 31 st , 1838 .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR
DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —On perusing the communication in your July number , from Brother R . Tytler , M . D ., bearing date Nov . 2 , 1837 J cannot but express my surprise that such a passage as the following could have been penned b y my learned Brother : — " It is remarkable that I A M contains the initials of Jehovah , Aleim , Malik . " Now it y r > i ? - th > eTe We certain wise men among * e Jews > lvho by the Labalaf- taught certain abstruse and mysterious significations of a word or worc ( s in Scripturefrom whence
, are borrowed , or rather forced explanations , by combining the letters which compose it . One description of Cabala consisted in taking the letters of a Hebrew word for arithmetical numbers , and explaining every word b y the arithmetical value of the letters which composed it . A second consisted in taking each letter of a word for an entire sentence . This is varied by taking , on the contrary , the first letters of a sentence to form one diction . The third Bible lhird edlti
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To Brother R. Tytler, M.D.
The reference made by the worthy Brother ( in elucidation of his position ) from the sublime and energetic song of Moses , the Divine Legislator , is not merely incorrect , but displays great deficiency of knowled ge in the Hebrew language . I would ask the worthy Brother whence his authority for rendering the word n ^ W ( which signifies Salvation ) m the manner his fan cy has led him ? If we attentivelread the of Moses ' and how
y song , contemplate Moses was actuated , how shall we be led to admire the beauty of the composition . We shall at once see that it breathes the effusions of a grateful soul , adoring the Great Creator of all , who had so miraculously rescued them from the trammels of slavery and bondage ; the Israelites finding that they were pursued by their enemies , and hemmed in on the one side by the sea , and on the other by the E gyptians advancing in their rear what chance of escape could they have expected but from ' the hand of the all merciful Creator ? Their
escape ivas effected in a manner too well known to need repetition here . Then it was that Moses and his flock burst out in ecstacy and joyful gratitude to adore their mighty deliverer . " I will sing unto the Lord , for he hath triumphed gloriously ¦ the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea . God is my strength and my song . He it was who was my salvation . He is my God , and 1-will adore him ; the God of my Father , and I will exalt Him The eternal is the Lord of WarEternal is his
, name . " Having treated thus at length on the subject , and having < nven full quotations from the texts , I shall now leave the rest to my kind and indulgent readers , to form their own opinion as to the validity of my argument , m reply to the reference made to me by the worth y Brother . I beg to subscribe myself , Yours fraternally , n . ? oi ^ , „„„ GEORGE AARONS . July 31 st , 1838 .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR
DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —On perusing the communication in your July number , from Brother R . Tytler , M . D ., bearing date Nov . 2 , 1837 J cannot but express my surprise that such a passage as the following could have been penned b y my learned Brother : — " It is remarkable that I A M contains the initials of Jehovah , Aleim , Malik . " Now it y r > i ? - th > eTe We certain wise men among * e Jews > lvho by the Labalaf- taught certain abstruse and mysterious significations of a word or worc ( s in Scripturefrom whence
, are borrowed , or rather forced explanations , by combining the letters which compose it . One description of Cabala consisted in taking the letters of a Hebrew word for arithmetical numbers , and explaining every word b y the arithmetical value of the letters which composed it . A second consisted in taking each letter of a word for an entire sentence . This is varied by taking , on the contrary , the first letters of a sentence to form one diction . The third Bible lhird edlti