The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-11-16

il mos, faithful in description. whatever is
most touching IN ps,hos. whatever 10 mos,
sublime IN i'm cry, whatever - mos, marvel.
lous 10 incIden, whatever Is most momentous
10 import, fad here alike and always their IN.
approached and unappFoachable original.
II wac but day or two since | was reading
that the grea, German poet, Goethe, had sad
of the h,lls book OF Ruth. that there vas
nothing so lovely in The whole range Of epic
4 OF idy lie poetry. II ~s, but yesterday that
| was reading the tribute Of The no less dis.
tinguished Humboldt, to Tho mat, h ess fidelity
and grandeur of the llsb.ow lytics, in The
course OF shlch he speaks Of single Psalm
(,he lOi h) as presenting picture of The en-
tire Cosmos. | have heard tha, our own
Fisher Ames, Who has left behlud h N a
reputation for eloquonce hardly inferior 10 any
American orator. either Of his own day or Of
Ours, VAS accustomed to say, that he owed
more Of the facility and felicity OF his dlc,,on
to the Bible, and particularly to the book OF
Dsueforomy, tlaa 10 any other source, an,
Gent OF modern.
lnd.ed, si', the ait, tho literature, aud The
eloqpence, of all countries aud Of oil tunes,
have united In paying common homage 10
the y be. Ii has inspired the MODEST strains
Of muse and the l1,.s.i t,rumphs Of lbs pain.
ter. Where would be the harmople. OF the
g'eat conpossrs-ah here would be the gal.
lerIes Of the old masters, without the sui cts
With which the be has supplied them
o her biuks | knns, both in anc;cn, end
modern tines. have received SIT king ,ributes
10 their genius. their ability. their novelty,
IL T. A 4
by the ed ni,ets Of Il1hc-, tbat Alexander
the G. est earned the Had uiua,s rLou, hun
IN golden cask.,. | wi never lie forgotten
by The eu'ogls,s of Gtouus, tina, GIs'svu.
Ado rh1s, IN the var VI h'ch he Sagrd n Ger.
many lor the lbsfly G! P,o'es'ant Elropc.
slept sisays 9th the tlesise De jars Paeis
q B,lH on his PILLOW. But how many cas-.
keIs, and how MANY pillows have borne tell
nouy 10 he Bible Yes, si,, Of heroes aud
corqlerors not isss mighty Than the MsceIo.
nau or the Ssede /; and not OF those only VITO
have been called 20 wre-te against q .h aud
blood but Of those Who have contend d q.
.aost princIpaiiiI aud pn~ef., against he
fnlers uf the darkness Of thi, word, against
.pltUal wlckedness IN high PAGES, and no
ave found ia this Hoy Volume. as N the
very ar!uory Ct tleaseo, f." The sword nf TITO
Swt,, the bteastpIle OF rishieou-ac.s. The
helmet OF savation, and the shield of faith,
> by which they have been abe 10 quench The
teiy daf;s Of the naked"
| perceive. ,lf. Pfeudrnt. how impossible
,lis 10 separate the ttilcuce OF he B,tle rs
pete book, fiom thai winch It otes 10 n. d..
'De character and ofisn. AID ihr> ought
10, to b. separated. UpqresIonebiy II v as
ontalnns tho Word Of God, the revelation
II immortality, the gospel OF salvation, shat
he Il be presents rs pfe.cmlnent TILE TO the
fiction and reverence OF the sotld. Anj II
3 in this slee above al others. lha, us unl.
J yersol distribution becomes Iden fled wi'h the
: highest temporal aud eternal interests OF The
luman race.
| say of the h'ghss, tcnporal, as sell IS
eternal interests OF the human race AID
desire TO dwell for single moment longer,
aeorc taking nv scat, on the lnsep,tab'c con.
nerIon oil tho woIk 10 which his aud other
Nidfed Associations are engaged. Nth the
,dvsncemen, OF civil z,lior, auh the elevation
pf mankind, and with the establishment, and
? maintenance ~ ffos institutions. | desire
: 'speclsiy 10 ts oss The opinion, which have
neen led OF a 6 10 cherish daily aud deeply
hat every ,hing IN the character OF our an
: institutions, and every Thing IN the INN date
condition OF our 0sn cuu1tfy, calls for the
most d,lgeni emploype Of all the moral aud
> rel g0Os sgeHcles within our reach, and par.
uculity for increased activity IN the desf.
button OF the Bible.
y Mr.. President, there is a striking co.nc
: dcnce Of dsies 10 The history Of our country,
: md ~ the history Of the Bible. You reunem.
her that il was about the year 1907 lha! king
! James the First, OF blessed memory, Tor this
Il for nothing else, gave Il 10 charge Of fly
: or sixty OF the meet learned ministers OF bis
realm 10 prepare that version OF the Holy
u Scriptures which IS now every where received
, and recognised among P,oies,an, Christian,
/ as The Bible. THIS version was finally pub.
. lIshed IN 1911, aud IL Is from this event that
, the general d fusion Of The Bible may fairly
0 be said 10 date.
/. Il is only from the Publication Of tho au.
j. thouz ID and standard version oil King James,
i. tina, tho general diffusion Of the Holy Scrip
lures can be SAID to have commenced. /, was
then that the printed Word Of God " first be.
{ gan to have free course aud TO be elorfied.'
1 And that, you remember, Mr.. President, was
{ the very date Of the earlier settlement Of these
. North American colonies 1t was just then,
, that the cavaliers were found plsn,ng ihom.
!. selves 10 jamestown, 10 Virginia; and i, was
jps, then that the pilgrims With the Bible ~
!. their hands, we're seen flying over TO Leyden,
8 on their way 10 our Own Plymouth Rock.
j. And now, sir, IL is not moro true, IN my
f Jude rneni that the first settlement, OF our coun
0 iry was precisely colnc,den, 10 point Of tine
. with the preparation aud publication OF this
, standard version of the Bible, ,han II is that
' our free institutions have owed their success.
n fol rise and progress thus far, and are d,s''n-
, ed 10 owe their continued security and I'm.
(; provemenl in time 10 come, TO the influences