New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-06


es;rclv of his religious fa5h in th mD-anJ way Sc *
tooverturu IT To how many Is the Bible their all "a
II in Ills world and their only hope for the fa'urel
TLa man Who would deprive even the heather OF his
RELIGIONS creed and consolation, when he has any
uitLout substituting something better, is guilty oil
grieyous wropg II is pure deviism to seek 10
destroy the value Of the Bible TO the true aud happy be-
lever The great mass Of mankind earnestly seek
revelation Of God and human destiny, and millions nd
!, or think they find it, in the Bible To such the light
Of nature asst is called. is not worth rush And when
they have what they want and what they need in the
Bble what becgarly advice is it TO tell them TO throw
avsy that book and look out upon the grass and the
trees to see God and to inerrogate the hills and tie
valleys to find the way TO heaven.
What the world is able to say about God, and i'm
mortality, and human destiny, having the Bible, let the
world answer, and each man for himself Wita0E' q,
We least know that the most body say abeue
either IT, Il don't know 1t is the Judgment Of one
Of the most eminent men, and profound scientific 10
yesteators of this of any age, that science afsrds
no ground for the belief that there is any end TO the
concat.paton OF causes In other words, that the as
sumption Of the existence of Gsd even, is unohio-
sophcs Such is the testimony OF science IN the pres
emf ace As 70 the rest our knowledge is certainly
mere cuesswork II has been the longing OF men in all
aces to knO sometb Dg about these things And Ii tae
Bible don't teach this knowledge then the world has t
not Itvas the hope to obtain it, through death that
made Socrates drink the hemock With alacrty and de
with smile upon bis lips and constrained him to refuse
even to let his friends pay ne to secure his rePreve
TIE believer in the Bible thinks-nay, quite sure
that he knows what Socrates did not, but desired SO
ardently TO know, and what DO man without it can
know But the single fact that it furnishes an inallole
specific for the trials and ongogs Of the religious mind
in ninety .Dre out of hundred; that 1t suost'
tutes 10y and consolation in place OF dismal doubts and
riehtul appreheDsicns in the Perturbed soul Is argu
n,pt enough against those who would overthrow IT,
So long as IL does this how cruel the attempt to sub
vert lis foundations Modern theOogans Ofthe rheo-
dore Parker stamp. do not seem to be aware oil the
mischief ,hey are doing to humble minded Christians
BY denying the supernatural origin OF the Bible, and
preaching natural religion. they would do 1t 10 their
proper guse Of infdey, the force of any objection we
might make would be measurably lost. But they un-
deImine the religious faith Of Thousands by devlsh
preeDson and leave their victims to perish under the
ruins which they pull down about their heads Mankind
noeds the consultations Of supernatural religion aud
where the individual has it, seek to deprive him Off, is
the most dabolicsl of crimes Let it be admitted, 1t
YOU please that the rel gOus devotional sentiment IN
man is an mperfection or an insanity, which, in the
broad future development Of his nature, he ultimate
ly 20 outqOw, I'VE will have no quarrel even with
hesm on this point still it does not alter the case
This religious sentiment now, az least universal
feature of the human mind and the Bible, and the
Bible alone US the Word OF God ministers to it demand
Tire btDevoence of every manly nature to go no higher
ard 70 further, will rejoice that this the most urgent
want Of the human soul, is thus supplied If we were
inclined to doubt the existence of hell, We should be
Disposed TO believe in it, simply for the necessity OF IL
to adequately punish the atrOcious guilt OF those ~ho
would wilfuiy overturn the popular belief in the Bible
regarding alone from the point Of view we have sdg
gested
We might make our Discourse on this topic great
deal longer But it is not worth while; antil better
Bible is offered at least it is better to stick 70 the one
We have Let Us close the door upon the HTJord
Contention. }. $ P.