IMPRECATORY VERSES
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—ln a recent leading article you comment on the action o£ the Dean of Durham in excluding the imprecatory verses of Psalm 109 from public use in Durham Cathedral. Certainly tho Dean was right, but are,there not many other Psalms which < are purely dispensational in character, and therefore only suitable for study ac such and which have no reference to the present "Church" age? I understand that it is accepted by lall spiritual students and teachers of the Bible that the Person speaking in Psalm 109 is none other than Christ Himself, the Creator of the universe; and the denun-' ciations therein are ;no more terrible— not as terrible as those that fell from His own lips as recorded in the Gospels. (See Matt. 25.46, Mark 9.43-48, Luke 21.22-24.) But let us look at the reasons for these imprecations in'Psalm1109: (1) They spoke against Him with a lying tongue (Ver. 2); (2) they uaed'words of hatred (Ver. 3)j (3) They fought against Him without a cause- (Ver. 3); (4) they rewarded Him evil,for good (Ver. 5); (5) they forgot to show mercy (Ver. 16); (6) they persecuted Him when He was in need (Ver. 16); (7) they loved cursing (Ver. 17). Can anyone read through these seven indictments, and deny that any human creature doing such things is worthy of tho direst, punishments?—l am, etc..
ONLY A PILGRIM.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 111, 7 November 1933, Page 12
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