Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-03-14

the styl:. or pcn: for the art Of printing was
unknown TO their age. How few copies,
then. comparatively speaking. could have ,
been in existence. And how easy their cN-
trpa!ion hy the malice of wicked men. had
not their preservation been under the care
of God.
80 the CircnmciScn, was committed
the keeping or preservation Of The oracIcS
Of God. And il is indeed passing range,
that the very b;;t"r>t enemies of The cross
Of Chris. WHO cricd, and continue TO cry
ellis blood be upon lis and on Our child
rem arc the rcry men necessary to prove
the DiuaiIy Of CHRIST, and the trMh OF the
Ch;5xii.!n rrEgion. Had not The Jew pre-
served his portion Of Gods revealed viii,
o,r moral world had even now needed the
ycmi.kuuGr crjdcRcc of the CArs'i;a' cilgion.
And is it no' passing strange, that this cyI-
tcncc should have been preserved, rndcr
all the circumstances Of the case so
scarce. had ihc copies Of Scripture become,
(savs DR.. John McDowcID during the rrirns
of wicked Manassah and Anon, that good
king Josiah appears never to have seen
copv Of the Bible, until the eighteenth year
Of his reign. Altcr this period was thc Ba-
bylorisn captivity. Then cnsucd the Per-
sian and Grecian inroads upon the Holy
Land and all its peculiar institutions. An
t:ochus Epip!ancs greatly prosecuted tho
Jews abolished their worship; poured con-
tempt upon their Holy piacc-rhc Temple,
the igpc Of the Son of God maze dIgcnt
scarch for copies Of tic sacred Scriptures,
and burned al he found.
Subsequent to this period, under tic per-
sccu.ions OF the unchriS.iam Roman Empc-
rofs. and under the inroads Of the Go hs
and Vandals, and other Northern and \.
Eastern hordcs Of then savage Europe. alt
looks, and every sombIancc Of learning,
were committed to dcsructioH.-.And dur.
ing low many ages has the Pope Of Rome,
and bis Cardinals. Bishops and Priests, en-
dcavorcd TO cxrirpoto the Holy Bible. by
committing il to the flames. And "rcn nor,
every gear, this is done by Catholic priests,
or und2r their influence. But they might
as we'll atrmp; to turn up The sun, tho cen
,,e or orr .rs.cr,. bv means Of 4 suu.Glnsg
Hghfcd mp by the feeble gIowworm. " u
rias est h,ayna, ct prcralcaH." The Bible
Still lives. and shall 60 out through all nc
carIl--"a fountain and stream to fertiIze
and make @lad tie Chrrch, the city of the
living GoI." MY word, saith GoG' shall
not rc'ilrH HH'o ne r0m, bit like the sho"
and RAIN from heaven, ShaH accomplish 1hdt
whcrrun.o l hare ordained 1t" lnildeI
France. too, at the prrol OF hcr tcNciulnn'
whcn the blood Of hrr King S"alcd the aniH-
ny o.! his Eiagdom, under the GWlol'nc ::
drdGGed Tie Gt0hr, tao word ol the Lofd
Jehovah. Gihc ta7oj IN ass u: and alas rrcr
slncc. the blood OF hcr m''dI"datS' poHfe"
OFT / Ec ~dicr, has been Saura'Ing ana cn'
l!clns l p,aIns o' E"%p, n% n%,, ,c, t'y's'm ,hn @
otGSS ~ ,on'r wntcn ,ind$ avnn1mr
;,S.cc cor,ncls hcr to drink. hos no, 6ccn
Gr,ircd - is drrrS-Her Wgo and his M.
Eoy ,yt h3ay Me 1Darh. and cunuaLy endure
,br r;nh,co,,s nunisbmcn, inflicted uDon Cain
80 The ILcoH of the Uycu.ao, sr;II cries
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