. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . iterraneanisles the genuine places of Christly, patriarchal and apostolic association? Manyof them are not,, and many of them are. We have no sympathy with thebedwarfing of tradition. There are traditions contradicted by their absurdity, butif for several generations a sensible tradition goes on in regard to events con-nected with certain places, I am certain of the localities as though pen and doc-ument had fixed them. Indeed, sometimes tradition is more to be depended onthan written communication. A writer may, for bad purposes
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . iterraneanisles the genuine places of Christly, patriarchal and apostolic association? Manyof them are not,, and many of them are. We have no sympathy with thebedwarfing of tradition. There are traditions contradicted by their absurdity, butif for several generations a sensible tradition goes on in regard to events con-nected with certain places, I am certain of the localities as though pen and doc-ument had fixed them. Indeed, sometimes tradition is more to be depended onthan written communication. A writer may, for bad purposes, misrepresent;misconstrue, misstate, but reasonable traditions concerning places connectedwith great events are apt to be true. CHRISTIAN INFIDELS I have no more doubt concerning the place on which Christ was crucified,or in which Christ was buried, than I have about the fact that our Lord wasslain and entombed. But suppose traditions contradict each other? Then trythem, test them, compare them as you do documents. It is no more difficult IN THE HOLY LAND 160. RASTER DAY CROWDS AT THE SEPULCHRE 170 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK to separate tradition, true and false, than apocryphal books from inspired not use the word tradition as a synonym for delusion. There is a surplus ofChristian infidels traveling the Holy Land who are from scalp to heel surchargedwith unbeliefs. A tradition may be as much divinely inspired as a book. Thescenery of Palestine is inter joined, intertwisted and interlocked with the Scrip-tural . occurrences. The learned Ritter, who has never been charged with anyweakness of incredulity, writes: No one can trace without joy and wonder theverification which geography pays to the history of the Holy Land.
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