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TO Mfcß EDITOR OF THE PRESS. Sir, —It would appear from some of the letters in “The Press” lately under the above heading that we cannot always take the Bible literally, as the language is often meant to be symbolical, and that the main purpose of the Bible is to warn and encourage. But how is one to know when to apply the literal and when to apply the symbolical meaning? Take, for instance, the promise to Abraham that his seed should become a nation and a company of nations. I cannot see that this is a warning; neither can I see that it is an encouragement unless it has been literally fulfilled, and if it is taken literally, then I ask where is this nation and company of nations? —Yours, etc., PUZZLED. September 9, 1938.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22504, 12 September 1938, Page 4
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