testimony is trustworthy. Unbelievers, following Hume, deny that any
testimony can prove a miracle, because they say miracles are impossible.
We have shown that miracles are possible, and surely they can be borne
witness to. Surely they are credible when we have abundant and
trustworthy evidence of their occurrence. They are credible just as any
facts of history well authenticated are credible. Miracles, it is said, are
contrary to experience. Of course they are contrary to our experience, but
that does not prove that they were contrary to the experience of those
who witnessed them. We believe a thousand facts, both of history and of
science, that are contrary to our experience, but we believe them on the
ground of competent testimony. An atheist or a pantheist must, as a
matter of course, deny the possibility of miracles; but to one who believes
in a personal God, who in his wisdom may see fit to interfere with the
ordinary processes of nature, miracles are not impossible, nor are they
incredible. (See LIST OF MIRACLES, Appendix.)
- MIRIAM their rebellion. (1.) The sister of Moses and Aaron (Exodus
2:4-10; 1 Chronicles 6:3). Her name is prominent in the history of the
Exodus. She is called “the prophetess” (Exodus 15:20). She took the lead
in the song of triumph after the passage of the Red Sea. She died at Kadesh
during the second encampment at that place, toward the close of the
wanderings in the wilderness, and was buried there (Numbers 20:1). (See
AARON; MOSES.)
(2.) 1 Chronicles 4:17, one of the descendants of Judah.
- MISDEEM (Deuteronomy 32:27, R.V.). The Authorized Version reads,
“should behave themselves strangely;” i.e., not recognize the truth,
misunderstand or mistake the cause of Israel’s ruin, which was due to the
fact that God had forsaken them on account of their apostasy. - MISGAB height, a town of Moab, or simply, the height=the citadel,
some fortress so called; or perhaps a general name for the highlands of
Moab, as some think (Jeremiah 48:1). In Isaiah 25:12, the word is rendered
“high fort.” - MISHAEL who is like God! (1.) A Levite; the eldest of the three sons of
Uzziel (Exodus 6:22).
(2.) One of the three Hebrew youths who were trained with Daniel in
Babylon (Daniel 1:11, 19), and promoted to the rank of Magi. He and his