The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-10-03
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FRONiLETTERsBY AN EISCHooLMlSTER

FR0MlLETTERS BY An EX'SCH00LMASTEB
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Tho Revelatioh ohs of Nature and th
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% aThe instructions Of ST !, Paul are uni
formly suited to the means which hi
hearers and readers are supposed 10 hay'
had, tsking II always for granted ASH
Romo chap. l,tbatetheo power apd, disin
itg of the Eternal are clearly taught y,
things that are. nader Hence, bis argu
ment at Athens is suited. to, those who
had read only dhe frs, volume ofgdiyint
destruction, salludipg to n Creation ,ant
Propidenee-7Acis, IL 22-24-26, The
duty ofdgratitude, 81, 20, and even re;
proves sucl,las they Cor idolauy, yer. 20,
since they have from nature too much
light 10 allow ito From this beginning
he proceeded, as every gospel teacher
should, to give the great facts concerning
redemption, peculiar to- written ,revelat
uon.u III a1sw eyai s.GebigsY dsire-g
isThe rmestfoundation, of the Christ
ian lsishsis foundIn the united and cor
responding Testimony Of both Of the divine
volumes. The cause of ibe many hasiy
and unhappy apostacies from the Christ
iancproiessien, maj, be principally referred
to the fact that the, only, evidence on
which 7iheir, faith, rested, was a few texts
oi, Scripture, or, the interpretation, which
q heated Imagination had given, If, The
views had, ,were correct and et,.wan,ing
in corresponding teachings Of nature, the
first attackIof ridicule, would have sub
verted,r the whole structure, Of, belief;
whereas H that doctrine or Practice had
been sustained by the equally plain teach,
ings' Of reason and science, the back,
sliding need not have, occurred. Let an
illustration, Of this be- drawn from Morbid
Anatomy, enfoicing The scripture doctrine
oftemperance.r The youth had, read iu
lhe word the, caution OF Solomon against
Vie, seduciions of wine, and the benc.,
VIOLENT declarations Of Paul. that il i, moi
good. 80 drink, wine :, by which, he was.
INDUCED 10 refrain from the Intoxicating
cup His purpose wasmalntained while
The 1 'mpta!ion, was weak, but the united
impulse oftaste, and perspasions Of some,
aud, ridicule of others, soon convinced
himothata different comment, might be
givenlto his texts, from, what he had taken,
md which had preserved him, in their
igid application. He was fast, falling
nto in,emperance, when he saw an exhi-
'itiou Of Dr. Sewall's plates, illustrating
lcoholic influence on the stomach, He
t once saw that God had as plainly
written bis woe upon the coats Of, that
tomach,7 as in the bible, for the ,inheri,
ance of The drunkard, and that were the
of the bible denied, ,iidiculed,
nd silenced, here was "a, teacher no man
AN Srefuse, 10, hear. Both these lesti.
monies did for the young man what
lei,ber Of them would have done alone.
equally true is il in relation 10 important
doctrines taught in The bible, and made
yen, more certain to the mans senses.
Nature often gives the safest comment on
ne Word d.W e.iz.M 1,.s,,e,s .'I ,,,,, ~
ltHilf but hall the evidence 10 support
'ur faith be consulted, i need not be
leemed strange that such doubts and
'erplexlties attend that which is True, OF
9 general raj adoption Of that which is false.
When il is seen that the rejection of q
'recept from the Word, does moi obliterate.
t.'hom the book Of nature, far less will
% the Temptation 10 dispute the au,hen-
icity and authority. of Scripture. What
you'd be gained by the sinner, could he
;ancel every, moral precept in; the Bible,
!, wherever be, looks, he must read the
anne Ia Abe works Of God, Let the
Atheist say "ihere is no God "'a9d rejec'
be Bible, because i teaches the exist
nee 81 one, 70 ease his disturbed con
cience. what would i avail. If he must
ee The, same iactl written 10 demonstra-
ion , on, every, leaf and every atom in
;reation! 80, s'
"'3As ,aheady limited, the teachings Of
science, and Religion, brought into agree,
bent, would very much IT, crease The