Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-05-10

True, anu IS 10 DC tried OV the oracle OoG |
places in the breast. If it rest on the
personal authority of Jesus alone, then
there is no certainty of its truth, if he
were ever mistaken in the smallest matter,
as some Christians have thought he was,
in predicting his second coming.
These doctrines respecting the scrip.
lures have often changed, and are but
fleeing. Yet men lay much stress on
them. Some cling to these notions as if
they were Christianity itself. 1t is about
these and similar points that theological
battles are fought from age to age. Men
sometimes use worst the choicest treasure
which God bestows This is especially
true Of the use men make OF the Bible
Some men have regarded It as the hea.
then their idol, or the savage his fetiSh.-I
They have subordinalcd Reason, Con-
science, and Religion 10 this. Thus have
they lost half The treasure it bears in its
bosom. No doubt The time will come
when its true character shall be felt
Then it will be seen, that, amid all the
contradictions Of the Old Testament its
| legends, 50 beautiful as fictions, so appall.
ing as facts; amid its predictions that have
uever been fulfilled; amid the puerile
conceptions of God, which sometimes oc-
cur, aud the cruel deuuncialions that dis
figure both Psalm and Prophecy. there is
a reverence for mans rature, a sublime
trust in God, and. depth OF piety rarely
felt In these cold northern hearts of ours
IThen the devotion OF It's authors, the lofti.
ness oftheir aim, and the majesty Of their
HE, VIII appear doUbly fair, aud Prophet
and PSalmist will warm our hearts as
never before. Their voice will cheer the
young and sanctify the ay-headed; will
charm us in the toll OF life, and sweeten
the cup Death gives Us, when he comes
10 shake of this mantle Of flesh. Then
will il be seen, that the words of Jesus are
the music Of heaven, sung 10 an earthly
voice, and the echo oftheSe words ia John
aud Paul owe THEN efficacy 10 their truth
aud their depth, and TO no accidental mat
ter connected herewith. Then can the
! Word,-whch was In The beginning and
now is,-fnd access 10 the innermost
heart Of man, aud speak there as now il
seldom speaks. Then shall the Bible
and most earnest Thoughts and feelings
and piely and love. ever recorded in hu-
man speech,-be read oflener than ever
before, not with Superstition, but with
Reason, Conscience, and Faith fully &C
tive. Then shall it sustain men bowed
down with many SORROWS; rebuke stu
encourage virtue; SOW the world broad.
cast aud quick with the seed Of love, that
man may reap harvest for life eveIlasl'
ing.
With all the obstacles men have thrown
! in its paln how much has the Bible done
:, tfor mankind. No abuse has deprived U;
: of all its blessings. You trace its patti
, across the world from the day Of Pente
. cost to this day. AS river springs up ii
! he heart of sandy continent, having IL
I, father in the skies and It's birth place II
! distant unknown mountains; as tn
stream rolls on, enlarging itself, maxim!
in that arid waste belt Of verduye
: wherever il turns its way; creating pain
groves and fertile plains, where the smok
: Of the cottager curls up at even tide, an
!. mobiles cities send the CLEAN OF their sper
g dor far iL:o the sky; such has been III
! course of the Bible on the earth. Despit
! OF idolalers bowling to the dust before il,
!, has made deeper mark on the worl
! than the rich and beautiful literature Of a
!, the heather. The first book of the oil
= Testament tells man he is made in the in
- age OF God the first Of the New Testi
=. ment gives US the motto, Be perfect {
- your Father in heaven. Higher wore
: were never spoken How the truths
- the Bible have bIest US. THERE'S not
! boy on all the hills OF New England n
= a girl born 10 the fi!thiest cellar whic
!; disgraces a capital in Europe. and cr
= to God against he baIbarism Of moder
- civilization; not a boy nor girl a
- Christendom though. but their lot is mae
!, better by that great book.
4. Doubtless the time will come xht
Or men shall see Christ a!soa as he is. W.
d, might he still say" Have been so Tor
e. with you, and yet hast thou not know
IS me-" No! We have made him an i'd
e. have bowed the knee before him, sayin
IS. +" Hail. king of the Jews" called hi
be Lord, Lordl" but done not the thin
ed which he said. The history of the Chr
III tan world might well be summed up
de one word Of the evangelist" and the
if they cruciied him." for there has nev
TO been an age when men did no. cruelty
i. Son Of God afresh. But if error prev
ID. for time and grow old in the wof
= truth will triumph at the last, and then
Of shall see the Son Of God as he is. Lift
nv up he shall draw all nations unto him.
The Then will men understand the Word
en-, Jesus, which shall not pass away. Th
ed, shall we see aEG love the divine life 4
md he lived. How vast has his infuer
of been. How his spirit wrought in
"a, hearts of the discinles rude selfish. big