Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-03-02

I drought about. But as il regards the miracles
10! the Scriptures. we both know 7chence they
scame, and by arh0m they were performed
Fit Is the Lords doings,'' and therefore,
l''marvelous in our eyesn And while wei
lWonder at the power of God, who thus acts
sconirary to the constitution of things, wei
dat The same time admire the wisdom and
dgoodness of this Great Being, in giving us;
I such indublable evidence Of the truth of the,
aBible. For, as Nicodemus has well said
ave knew that not only Christ, but all the
3prophets and apostles, were teachers come;
jlrom God; for no man could have done lheE
! miracles which they did, except God had,
1becn with them.
! But let us see how the examples. which.
.'Trulh'' has adduced, will bear him out y
aIhe first is the making of the walets of;
] Marahs weet. This, SAYS "Truth" was done,
3pr"bab!y, by twrlng the tree (! swiftly a.:
/ bout in them, thus producing violent and
srenovating action - Wonderful! And byE
what rules was it done? Oh, by the rules.
lof action, to be sure! Listen, then, We:
iafllicted, who lauguish and die for the WANT
3of pure water, listen and obey: just cuts
down tree and if YOU are no, able your
,selve get your neighbors to help you to-
l'arirI 1t uioIcnly through the water, and al !
Though il may be as bitter as gall, and ass
I''muddv as the Tiber," yet it will soon be /
lcome renovated aud tit for use! But them
|proJ0jIy Moses twirIed the tree in the wa {
tiers ! All, that probably is a draw back. =
lit appears, then, that Truth does not know
,kotC ii was done. notwithstanding the :'rulest
'of science" Probably Moses had not ply
steal ability to twirl a tree violently through !.
the water. Probably he did not lwirl it -
alI. Probably he did no more than what
The Scriptures say he did--"cast i, into lheFi
waters" so that, if it was done by lheI
''rules of seience,'' it must have been by an z
occul, science; and probably i, is no SCIENCE
at all. Probably there was some efficacy ina
the tree itself; and if so, the next probaJiH-A
~ would be, that it was no miracle what
ever, but clinical process. 4
And again says this sage writer, Elishal
raised the Shunammile's son. But how didss
he raise him Why, SAYS ''Trulh'' by theH
rules Of science!' That is, he put hisSl
mouth upon the chld's mouth, and breathedI
life into him. ''bv mechanical or seien,ificA
processn' But how does he prore this as I
ser;ion: Oh, in the easiest way imaginable; i
because he once knew negro womanH
take the life Of chicken, by putting herH
mouth upon its mouth, and sucking ltsa
breath from it Seeing, then, that there isIss
IN expiration, why not an inspiration also q
That is. seeing animals will die when ,her1
breath is taken from them; why may they
lot live when breath is put into them you'll
see the striking analogy, don't y on? AndH
as this can be done by The rules OF SCIENCE
why need we mourn for the dead, sinceH
hey can be brought to life so easily Buzz
some n, ;r,' '-,- .,r-o. ,lis ARGUMENT by ID
saying, that it is one thing to take life, andH,
another to give it; that man can do the ioI-.
ner, God alone the latter. b
In conclusion, ! would ask ''Trni" aa
ew questions. By the rules of what scienceE
we're the waters of the Red Sea separately {
when Moses struck them with his rod? Org
when he struck the solid rock with the samea
rod, why did the waters gush forth BY
tie rules Of what science did the sun STANDBY
still did the water become wine? did tiveA
oaves feed five thousand hungry persons =
or did Lazarus arise from the grave F.! HovH
did the Saviour walk upon water? One of1
the laws of science is, that bodies whose3
specific gravity is heavier than that OF Wa'erE3
will sink Why did not the Saviour sink q
Why did Peter sink. Not because he WASH
ignorant of the rules Of science, but for the1
want of faith. ''IIow beautiful would ,heI
miracles become if they were unders,ood''i Il
as being effected by the direct agency Off
God, and for the strengthening of our faith!E11
And how much wiser and better would weEI'
be, if we would believe and act as the word.;
of God teaches. VERTTAS. b
February "a, 1913. &