Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-09-16
No Bible---No Republic.
BY GRANT THORNBURN.


Much, of late, Mr.. Printer, has been said
about the march of intellect, the freedom of
opinion, and the model Republic; but where
no Bible is, the Republics perish. Look at
our dear sister Republics, France and Mexico
The former has been hammering sixty. and
the latter twenty years; they are now as far
from the goal as when they first commenced
their march to freedom.
When Louis Philippe fled to England, the
wise men in the East proclaimed Republic /;
but alas it was only name to live, while
the Republic was dead. Onr Minister, Mr..
Rush, made one rush, Simultaneous, fearing
he might be second, to congratulate the new
born, in the name of her dear sister living on
the West side of the mud creek. Our Con-
gress, TOO, honest souls, who bestow so much
sympathy on the whole world of mankind that
they have none left for their wives, servants,
and little ones-they, in pity for their forlorn
condition, sent them ship partly laden with
the constitutions Of this model Republic, that
they might fashion themselves after the pattern
shown them by the men in the North. Had
Congress sent the cost Of the constitutions in
cash, TO purchase license from the Pope 10
teach and preach among the people-had they
sent million of Bibles printed in the Language
a~ IF ,i,n AifTa-an. stosvo In 1lut"r-- ,i.-y
sent ten thousand ministers of the Gospel from
our sanctuaries, with five hundred thousand
Sabbath school teachers 10 instruct every man
in his tongue, then, then might Europe have
become Republic.
During the last seventy years the vain phi
losopher, the moral philanthropist, and day
dreaming deists, have been reforming the world
with their scientific jargon; they have been
sowing the wind, but they now reap the whirl-
wind. There is nothing but the light of the
Gospel Truth that will drive dark despoiism,
whether spiritual or temporal, back TO its ma
tive hell, In 1773, the Goddess of Liberty
was babe in her cradle. She was rocked to
maturity among the Bible shops of Massachu-
sets. | was born on the 18th of February in
that year, and ever since learned the A B C,
| have watched her growth and progress
Wherever atheism, deism, or socialism pre-
vailed, she sprung up III the night and died in
the morning.
1t is on record among the wise sayings of
Franklin, that no Republic can exist except
the people are virtuons and intelligent. Now
where the Bible is not generally read, and the
living preacher generally heard, you, compar-
atlvely speaking, find neither virtue, intelli-
gence nor faith. On that spot of the earth you
may give all your gold to feed the Hungarian,
all your silver to clothe the Hessian, you may
engage 0,0O0 muskets at two dollars piece,
[intrnsically not worth six-pence each j you
NAV engage hundred thousand of Colts re-
volvers at one dollar each, [intrinsically not
worth two-pence j before three months you will
find that your effort is vain, and their labors
also vain. Six Bibles, which cost twenty-five
cents each, and six preachers which you may
hear gratis, will 60 farther in building up a
Republic, than l4O, 900 of the devils pop-guns
as above enumerated.