Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-01-30
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"a rIs@p - 81! oHn AMI # furnished with
> 2....! isq.gg : constant succession Of
IT, same @yents, On this supposion,
L,nr.s: ms: Oe born, must labor, must suff.
z @nt DE. must rise from the dead and
4sc-n" ~ n,o heaven, once in every gen.
sra..Un otherwise there can not exist ear
en- Witnesses in every generation.
';Hsl 1hs result Of such an arrangement
would be mos unwise and usek ;. must be
evident to every rejecting mind. The
same evidence which the primitive Church
possessed, if it can be shown clearly and
satisfactorily, that it has not been mutila.
ted in being transmitted to US, is equally
valid and convincing. The only difference
is that in the one case the evidence is spok-
On and in the other written. The evidence
itselfis still the same. The Apostle is not
here it is true TO tell US that he was the
friend and companion Of Jesus Christ, that
he vas personally acquainted with the daily
habits OF his life and the course of his pub.
lie ministry, ths, he had conversed with
him on all The fundamental doctrines Of his
kingdom, when he spake as never man
spake, TINT he had beheld him in all his
humiliation, when he had not where 10 lay
head, when he was persecuted, when he
was betrayed, when hs was condemned.
crowned with thorns, led away and eruci.
fed, that he had seen him in all his majes.
ty. and power, healipg the sick, restoring
sight to the blind, opening the ears of the
deaf, making the lame man to leap as a
hart, loosing the tongue Of the dumb, cas-
ting Out dew 8, summohiBg from their graves
,he sleeping dead, hushing the tumults of the
sea and lulling the winds to repose, triumph.
ing over death itself and ascending up to
heayen-I say Though we have not this eyi.
dence from The lips of the Apostle, vet we
have it recorded with the pen of inspIratiop
and communicated to US in our own Ian.
guage. Here then, in the Holy Scriptures.
we enjoy the same lightin regard 10 the meth.
cd of salvation, that we could have enjoyed
had ne received it directly from its original
source, instead ofreceiying it as we do from
some pure and uninterrupted channel of
communication. God in making known
the message of mercy to mankind, adopts
various methods. Whether he ma kes uss
OF the toDge or the pen il must be Of no ma.
terial Importance to US SO long as we nre
convinced that we possess the truth as it is
IN Jesus. Search the Scriptures, said the
Saviour, for in them ye think ye have etern.
al lie and they are they which testify orme.
WIN what pleasure and gratitude should
we contemplate this invaluable treasure
The preservation of the sacred volume from
all error and injury in opposition to profes.
sed and secret foes, for SO many centur;es
and through SO many revolutions of time.
is itself almost a miracle, and should serve
10 confrm US in the belief that it is indeed
the Word OF God. II men will not receive
this testimony, corroborated, as it is by a
multitude of favorable circumstances-by
the simplicity of iss style, by the character,
,erd hsrmonvo of he wi'peesos, hv he NJ,