Fifth. Prof. Swing.
Question. What is your idea of the Bible?
Answer. "I think it is a poem."
Sixth. Rev. Dr. Ryder.
Question. And what is your idea of the sacred Scriptures?
Answer. "Like other nations, the Hebrews had their patriotic, descriptive, didactic and lyrical poems in the same varieties as other nations; but with them, unlike other nations, whatever may be the form of their poetry, it always possesses the characteristic of religion."
Question. I suppose you fully appreciate the religious characteristics of the Song of Solomon.
No answer.
Question. Does the Bible uphold polygamy?
Answer. "The law of Moses did not forbid it, but contained many provisions against its worst abuses, and such as were intended to restrict it within narrow limits."