Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-09-20
.ArGun.ents for .ihe truth of The Billie.

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arguments for The truth Of The Bible. s..
|. From the beginning to the end,t aliases
the creature aud exalts the Creator. God
is manifested as the Sovereign, man as the
subject; and this 100, in such manner that
every intelligent being must feel that the
claims Of God are Just. That He has q
perfect right to reign and do all his pleas
are; for in wisdom and equity are all things
made and ordered.
God does not give to his creatures an
account of his doings, but it commends it,
self to the conscience of every man in his
sober senses, that Jehovah hath apertect
right to do all his pleasure. God COM
mands that all things whatsoever we do, be
done to his glory, and our hearts approve
the requirement.
Whatsoever God appoints, that heart
must be scared indeed, which doth not bow,
and acknowledge the rectiiude Of the Di-
vine government.
But had the Bible been Of human orl-
gin-the device of man, its tendency would
have been to eraN haman natnre and to
foster the pride of the human heart. 1t
would not have represented man, "as an
unclean thing sat enmity with Goa. h's
heart "his heart decei'ful above all things,
and desperately wicked" "a cage OF m.
clean BIRDS Man, as covered (nqorany)
with wounds g. bruises, and'pulrl. ylng sores
'from the crown ofthe head, Ito tho sole otthe
foot, full ofunsoundness: the whole head SICK
and the whole heart fatnt. The: dignity
Of human nature would have been taught
on the scheme Of the avowed lmfdel- or
the mere tendency to sin. on the plan OF l'r'
Taylor of New Haven, and other co nteln:
porary Theologians Of the Aer -Seho'l
Theology, such as Burchasd, Bee cher,
aGoodfich, Barnes, Finney and others. Bad
men would Lot have constructed b S!e
speaking such language; good men co uid
not. The Bible therefore, is of Divine
origin.
;. The tendency of the Bible to max e
men better and happier in ecery statioIl
and relation in life, proves lis Divine autsao-
rty.
infdelty makes no claims 10 making
men better, any more than Uniyersallsm or |
Hea,henism. If an lnfdcl become an
aduherer, whoremonger, fraudulent, thtct,
liar, proiane swearcr, Sabbath. breaker; II
he put at nought all the commands OF God,
and trample under foot the dearest social
rights of man, no one complains of the
areakness OF his principles, but every one
looks upon these things as the legitimate
and expected fruit of his sentiments. But
if one protesting to believe. the Billie 10 be
the word of God, be guilty Of any Of these
things, the voice OF lnfde!ity trumpcts it
from Dan to Observation-Disclosures IS the
fruit of religion, is. ii? No srs, religion
makes men better men, apd your QUERY is
an attestation that the Bible is holy book,
designed to make men holy, and that YOU,
and all the world expect this, for in count
less instances you know that this has been
tue effect Of this blessed Book.
The Bible regulates the conduct Oh ru.
lers and ruled-husband and wives, parents
and children, masters and servants, the old
and young, rich and poor, the prosperous
and the afflicted. In every station it points
out the duties 10 be discharged-the sins to
be avoided-the trials which call for sub.
mission and resignation to the will of God,
our Father in Heaven. And where can
system of truth so conducive to human
happiness as this is, be found. Did David
Hume, the prince Of modern Infdelitu, ever
teach asvstem like this :! Did Jefferson,
the author of the Declaration Of American
Internationally pride and boast OF the
ancient Dominion, eeer pen Hne TO teach
hozy Kring. say nothingof the worthless
inebriate Tom Paine, and the base, corrupt
Rosseau. with his crew Of lnidel French.
men.
Into every family, every community. evry
nation. whittier the Bible comes,lt makes men
and women better men and better women
Look al England, Scotland, Holland, North
America, Denmark, Norway, and compare
their criminal drckiueS with those OF France,
Spain, Portugal, Italy, Ireland. South A.
mer:ca, ard say, does not the Bible cast the
mantle of human happiness over all who
receive it in the love of its truth, and yield
to its hallowing influences!
From the Southern Watchman
MVREDEENER LIVES