Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-03-05
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thy, not 10 say the guilt oithose, who
acknowledge the Bible eiih all It's
grand announcements and rich proVi
SONS, to he from God, and yet t~eat it
with earelessness aud negleci? / FMS
book OF God was completed nearly
eighteen hundred years ago; end II, as
would seem from the closing chapter,
no further communication is to come
forth from Heaven till the coDsumma
ton Of all Things, If This one Volume
is 10 b.. our only directory through this
world OF sin and deatn, and our only
passpor to life beyond the grave
how immeasurably Imporian,l' II, that
We use this one Vo ume Alright.
II is no. every kind Of familiarity
with the Bible, that is able TO make
men pise unlo SOLUTION Surely,
then, u we'll comes nen 10 'nqulTe,
with what feelings they should consult
these Holy o acles. In answering
this inquiry, we remark Head the
Bble under an eilectDa sense OF The
goo mess of God ia thus designing to
communicate with y0u by his wit
ten word. Tais blessed book, sent
down from Col ont OF Heayen, con
talns altial men know OF the true
God, OF jesus Christ the Saviour, and
OF thai eternity which stielcncs before
as This blessed book unfolds onF ru
ind condiiion, and is the grand char
ter OF all our spiritual rights and psivi
legrs, and of al our hopes.
Ifthsn there De any value in such
knowledge add such privileges. while
you read, les your gratitude ascend
up cou,inually TO the AuInor and Civ
er Of the Bible In the daily enjoy
ment ofthls ligh, OF revelation, we are
apt, from ihs commences OF the bless.
ing, 10 forget our infinite obligations
10 the Give: in the same manner that
we fail TO appreciate the privilege of
that sun which daily moves IN gran
deur through the heaven But blot
the sun from the firm Iment, aud wha,
would be the situation of our world
81 blot out The B.ble, and who can tell
the horror Of that night, which mu.
hang over the everlasting destlnies of
cs all, Rad the Bible, hen with era
tlude 10 It's heavenly Aulhur
Read the Bible al,o under deep
sense of your inability ut once to com
prehendi il Though .he u'ost essenial
tru'hs are plain, and though, by pray
erful diligence, we may learn enough
Oft the Scriptures 10 make Us aOise unto
sa'uation: sill, it may be conlessed
with humility, that in them are some
things HARD 10 be understood, aud
mauy things which we cannot folly
comprehend Let no one be startled
al this. az Enough il were vain thing
for God 10 have given c' Bible
bove our Immediate comprehension.
Does net The kind parent present his
chlId book even before he under.
stands lis alphabet?
There must be a heginnlng and
pradGat progress OF improvement in
che Book Of divine knowledge, rs well
as n the books OF human science. On
this point experience confirms wha,
na'ogy sugg SITS. The student, who
consult, his Bible hy dag aud by nighi,
finds ITS ch4uuais OF knowledge widen |
ing and deepening the f.riher he
advances. And whatever cnfrenl OF
divine truth h. pursues, he finds il ex.
pandlng into a bouodless ocean Uf lnte,.
iigeBcr. And could be lave to the
age Of Mtthuse lah, and be all the
while exploring the Sacred Volume
with the pensra,ion of an Angels
mind, l apnrehenJ he would ss'lI ex
claim. with Increasing wonder and
delight, 90 the depth Of the riches
Both Of the ,Oisdom and knowIedge Of
Godi"
Read the Bible with the solemn and
hearty resolution to do the will of God,
just "a fast as yOu learn it Oh is mad
ness, 1t is implous mockery for a peer
worm to come near the Holy Oracles
with a mind unyiesding aud disobedi-
enl to the heavenly voice. God can
not reasonably be expected 10 pour his
cheering light on such a mind. Bot
ifevery msn will do his will, he shall
know Of,he doctrine, whether it be of
God Let there be first a willing
mind, and the woid Of truth will not
fail TO illuminate every path of duty:
and the spirit of truth will ssnctify eve.
~ effort. Settle IL therefore an voor