The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-08-15


ever i most sublime il imagery. What.
ever i most marvellous ii incident. what.
ever i most mnmenions IN import, find
here alike and always their unapploarhed
and unapproaehahle original.
i VS. hul i DAY Or Two since | was
reading ihai The grca, German poet, Goe-
lie, lad said IL lie lilile book IL Roll.
that lhere was nothing 80 lovely ii Tile
whole range Of epic Or idsllic poetry. II
WIS bur yesterday ihai ! WAS reading lie
tribute o. lie ~ less distinguished Hum.
boldt II Ire matches fidelity and gram
denr Of lie Hebrew lyrics. iii lie course
II which he speaks 81 single Psalm the
10Th i presenting picture If lie en-.
Tire Cosmos. lave heard thaI our own
Fisher smes. who las left behind him j
reputation Tor eloquence hardly inferior to
my American orator, euler II lis Own
day Or II ours. was accustomed 10 say,
ll.at lie owed more Of lie facility and le-
lIcity-ol his diclion 10 lie Bible, and par
lisularlS ID The book OF Deuteronomy. ihan
10 any 0lher source, ancient Or modern.
] Indeed. sir. tie All, Tie literature. and
the eloqucncc. Of III countries and u III
Times, have united in paying common
homage 10 lie Bible. II las inspired The
noblest strains III music, and The lofilest
iriumphs Of The painter. Where would
be The harmonics 81 lie great composers
where would be The galleries Of The old
masters, without The subjects with which
The Bible has supplied them!
Other books | know, both IN ancient
and modern times, lave received striking
tributes 10 their genius. their ability, their
novelty, their fascination. II will never
be forgotten By The admirers af Homer,
that Alexander Tie Great carried he I'LL
al always about him in golden caskct.
II will never be forgotten By tile eulogisis
Of Grolms, that Gnsiayns Adolphas, in
lie war which lie wagel in Germany lul
tile liberty Of Protestant Europe, slept ii
ways with the treatise DE .itirs Pacis {
] Bill on his pillow. But how many cas-
] kels, and how many pillows have born
testimony TO the Bible! Yes. sil, Of lie
, rucs and conqueTors not less mighty thai
J the Macedonian or lie Swede; aud no
Of those only who have been called Il
, wrestle against flesh and blood, bnt o
, those who have contendcd " against prin
cipaliGes and powers. against The ruler
, Of the darkness ofihis world, against spi
! ritual wickedness in high places" an,
who have found in this Holy Volume. al
. in The very armory Of Heaven. ",he swor,
Of The Spirit, The breastplate Of righteous
ness, the helmet Of salvation. and iii
shield Of faith, BY which they have beer
| able 10 quench the fiery darts Of the wick
cd"
, | perceive, Mr.. President, how impos
, sible il IS 10 separate The influence Of Til
, Bible as mere book, from that which
! il owes 10 its Divine character and origin
! And they ought not 10 be separated
j Unqueslionahly il is as containing Ink
/ Word of God, tile revelation OF immonali
~, the gospel Of salvation, that The Bible
, presents lis pre.eminent title TO the ailec
! lion and reverence Of the world. And i
J is in this view above all others, that il
] universal distribution becomes identified
/. with the highest temporal and eternal in
D ierests Of the human race.
| sar Of The highest temporal, as wei
$ rs eternal interests Of the human race
9 and desire to dwell for single momen
E longer, before taking my seat, on the in
: sepaFable connexion OF the work in WhicI
G his and other kindred associations are en-
] gagged. withthe Announcements NATURALIZATION
I with The elevation Of mankind, and will
the establishment and maintenance Of fire.
/ institutions. desire especially 10 expires
i the opinion, which | have been led Of lat
/ 10 cherish daily and deeply, That ever,
!. thing in the character Of our own instiiu
4 lions. and every thing in the immediat
i condition Of our own country, calls "a
!. the most diligent employment Of all th
i moral and religious agencies within on
i reach, and particularly for increased acti
! sity in tile distribution oil The Bible.
Mr.. President. there is striking coia
! cidcnce of dates in The history Of on
Il country, and in the history Of the Bible
i You remember that il was about the yea
il 1907 that king James the First, Of bessc
s memory, for this if for nothing else, CAV
$ il in charge Of City or sixty Of lie mo:
5 learned ministers Of his realm 10 prepar
: that version OF the Holy Scriptures who
j. is now everywhere received and recogni.
ed among Protestant Christians as III
!, Bible. This version was finally publish
il ed in 1911, and il is from this event liz
! the general diffusion Of the Bible ma
!. fairly be said 10 date.
l. II is only from the publication Of ii
" authorized and standard version Of Kin
: James, that the general diffusion Of III
is Holy Scriptures can be said 10 have con
N menced. Ii was then that the printe
J. Word Of God " first began 10 have fire.
is course and 10 be glorifed." And tina
!; YOU remember, Mr.. President. was III
If very date of the earlier settlement Of thes
,r North American colonies. Ii WIS jul
ST then. that the cavaliers were found plan
ing themselves in Jamestown, in Virgins
e, and il was just then that the pilgrims, Wi
E, lae Bible III their hands, were seen fyin