Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-02-14
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companions, bearing testimony that Jesus
Christ was the Son of God, adds" We
have also a more sure word of prophe-
"-meaning thereby the Bible-con,
tanning, as We intend to prove, "Ihe WORD
of God, revealed in the Scriptures OF the
Old and New Testament, as the only IN
fallible rule to direct us how we may glo-
rifv God and enjoy him forever.
Numa Pompilias, one OF the early
Kings of Rome, pretended intercourse with
an unseen spirit, to impress more irmly
his laws on the minds of his people. Mo-
hammed did the same, in order to secure
the confidence of his followers, in the de-
lusions and impostures he taught them.
But the Bible is presented to tho world
for its examination, and IFS internal EVIL
deuce, with the circumstances attending us
promulsaton and the effects resulting
,herefronn, are confidently relied upon as
proof, full and conclusive, of its Div ne
origin. "Search the Scriptures SIS the
Saviour's command. No cheat or irPos-
tor, courts examination. Hear it, on Je"
bear it, oh InfideI. The B:oie courts,
yea, demands your careful and Prayer'u'
examination. And does not this fact car
ry with it prima tdco evidence OF IFS IN
,egrity What forger or counterfeter m
vites the examination of his papers but
Jesus commands, Search"
That revelation from God, CT his will
TO man. is possible, 10 one viii deny, who
admits his own existance and the structure
Of the universe, by an unseen, almighty,
and all wise Being. With the atheist,
whom God calls by his right name, Z" the
fool" have nothing 10 do in this argu-
meEt.
Tha, this possible revelation is desira-
bic, hasty glance over the history of a
world of moral beings, will speedily con-
vince every candid mind.
What hath human reason, unalded by
the light ofdivine revelation accomplished
for the personal, domestic, or civil haPpi-
ness of our race in this life and what
hath she done to bear up the soul. on the
dark waves which roll beneath the grave
What hath reason done, what can she do,
TO sustain the soul buoyant with the hope
OF lie hereafter, even in the very dissolu-
ton of its earthly frame? Nothing, alas
no,hing-reaSon can neither shew one sin
forgiven, nor mark one line beyond The
grave upward, tending to the blest abode |
Of happy spirits.
NOT only is a revelation from God, pos |
sble and desirable, it is absolutely neces- |
sary.
Look at the history Of the antient and |
modern heathen world. 1t is but record |
Of crime, and misery, and woe--gross
dolatry and superstition, unnamed liccn-
,iousn"ss, and demoniac cruelty, have |
marked the history of nations ungoverned
bv the word of God, whilst all who truly !
n5ey IFS haliowed procepts, love God,and
love Que another, with pure hearts fer
vently.
But let US take cursory view Of our
warrant for believing the Bible, (the Book,
that is) TO be the Inspired word of God.
By inspiration, mean, that "Holy men
Of God, spake and wrote as they were
moved by tie Holy Ghost The evi.
dence for the Bible, is both internal and
external, and mixture of both.
The lst proof adduce is the peculiar
s'vle in which the Bible is uritten. 1t
differs so strikingly from all human com-
position, that any portion Of it is readily |
recognized as pertaining to the sacred
Scriptures. And although the Bible was
written by different men, and in different
and distant ages of the world, this peculi-
ari,v ofstyle runs through the whole book,
making the whole as work, diverse from
all others. An imitation of the style OF
the sacred Scriptures, has often been at
tempted bu, with uniform failure.
2. The harmony ofthe Bible proves its
Divine origin.
Ifthe Billie had been the product Of one
hnman, and composed by that mind in IFS
FIJI maturity, and within some short space
Of time, under circumstances OF no great
c,anec, we might expect something like
unity and harmony.
Bu, when We reflect, that the Bible was
written by different men, at distant peri
o!s Of time, of different countries, langua-
ces, &C., is harmony bespeaks it TO have
been inii;.d BY the self same spirit-it
,hould convince us, "That the Bible is
given b. inspiration Of Cod
3. The sublime and mysterious doc
:riaes revealed in the Scriptures, prove
their Divine origin.
The Existence of God and his perlec-
;iors. The unity of God, and yet as
Father, Son and Holy Ghost, the same in
substance, eqna! in power and glory. The
Son Of God becoming man, and as the
Lord Jesus Christ, in two natures, human
AMI divine, laying down his life on the
cross, a ransom for guilty man. His re-
surree,ion from the dead, ascension into
IInarnn and coming 10 Judge the world at