Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-08-17
Accuracy Of the Bible.

An astonishing feature Of the Word of
God Is that, Notwithstanding !he time AT
which It's compositions were written, aud
the multitude oftopics to which il alludes,
there is not one physical error, not one
assertion or allusion disprovsd by the pro-
gress of modern science. None Of those
mistakes which the science of each sue
seeding age discoyered in the books of
the preceding above all none of lhose
absurdiiics which modern asirouosny imdi-
Gates in such great numbers in the writ
ings OF the anclenis-in their sacred
codes-in their philosophy, aud even in
the finest pages of the fathers Of the
church one of these errors is 10 be
found in any Of our sacred books
Nothing " i'll lheIe ever cont, adici lha,
which, after so many ages, the inves,iga-
tons of the learned world have been able
to reveal to us on the state Of Our globe,
or on that Of the heayrps. Peruse with
care our Scriptures from, .pe end TO the
other, to find there such spots. And
while you apply yourself to this examina-
ton, remember that it is book which
speaks Of every Thing, which describes
nature, which rccltes its creation, which
tells Of the water, Of the atmosphere, OF
the mountains, Of the animals, and o!
plants. 1t is book which teaches US
the first revolutions of the world, and
which also !oreirlls ils last j; recounts
them in the circumstaniial language ol
history, i, exiols them ;n the sublimes,
strains Of poetry, end il chaunis them in
the charms Of glowing song. 1t is book
which is full Of oriental rapture, elevation,
and boldness. 1t is a book which speaks
of the heavenly and Invisible world, while
it also speaks OF the earth and things
visible.
1t is book which nearly fifty wr.lers,
Of every degree Of cultivation, and ol
every state, or every condition, and living
through the course Of fifteen hundred
years, have concurred to make. 1t is a
book which was written in the centre oI
Asia in the sands of Arabia, in the desert.
OF Judea, in the cou.ts of the temple o.
the Jews, in the music school of tho
prophets of Bethel and of Jericho, in the
w lpU, unu WI VIZ
idolarous bauks Of Chebar /; and finally
in the centre Of Western civilization, in
the midst nf the Jews and of their igno.
rance, in the midst Of polythesm and its
idols, as also in the bosom Of paniheisn
and Of It's sad philosophy. 1t isa book
whose first writer had been foIty years Z
pupil of the magicians of Egypt, in whose
opinion The sun, the stars, and the ele.
ments, we're endowed with intelligence
reacted on The elements, and governed
the world by perpetual alIuviQm.
H 1t is book whose first writer preceded
by more than nice hundred years, the
most ancient philosophers of ancient
Greece and Asia-,the Ihnleses and the
Pylhagorases, the Zalcuses, the Keno.
phons and the Coniuciuscs. 1t is a book
whic b carries It's Dgrra'ions even TO the
hierarchies Of angels (; even to the nos'
distaHt epoch of the future, and the elo-
rious scenes Of the last day. Well search
among its so authors, search among .is
96 books, its l89 chapters, and its 81 l73
verses; search for only one Of those
thousand errors that the ancients and the
moderns committed when they spake o.
the heavens or the earth, OF their revolu.
tions, of the elements {; search, but you
will find none.