The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-12-08


ih9w canest thou Il hef, not having uedln.
learmant And be was epeeChlees hlaoll
Luke g. "a Out Of thine own mouth viii
lJuage thee. And III 10. 81 Ig, Il ~ said NoN
1--we know that whatsoever things the laN hi
saith to them that are under tho law; that every
mouth nlag be stopped. and Ill the world Be.
come guilty before God.
= i not true then, Is is generally supposed
that the principles andrequifemeuts ok rellsloA
conhict, eithef ii whole 81 il part, with tne
principles of man outside ol ire apsctive Of re'
ligion God has 40 argument with the SHINES
upon matters Of principle. Christianity beg
ne new pIinciple les claims beflre the world 30
exclusive peculiarities rests upon no dogmas
Iof it's own but places itself upon the common
ground Of aiuple reason, aud fair deduction
which all men occupy. II c0nes u conflict aCSt.
10 mans pri0ciple
e follows then, That al specific objections 70
christianity viii lie with equal force against the
principles 81 The ohiecto1 himself, and those
which are notorious entertained, avoWed,
lclaimed and acted upon every day BY ell men.
That which conflicts with The one will, for the
same reason, and 10 the same extent, conflict
with thr other.
The notion that there Is an unended debate
- continuous controversy about the princi.
pies of christianity whether they Be true oT
not, sound on faulty that some men take this
side and some thaE-and 50, the principles 81
men oppose each other--is altogether errone.
Gus. There IS no such debate such con-
troYersy was snever can be. The
principles Of one man, respecting christianity.
are as good. as sound and as right as those oi
any other man. They are ~ alike.
God has more ways than one Of communi-
eating truth to the world. The fullest and most
sublime Of these Is the introduction Of his writ
ten word Amidst other sources Of information
the Bible occupies The position the sun does
amidst the stars Of the Permanent as he quench-
es their feeble glimmerings BY the meredian
splendor Of his MONDAY Glory. As he rides up
over the pillars Of the east and dsheds his light
upon the world, he does not contradict any
thing before known, or which before existed;
nor does Sc make war upon the organs Of vis-
sion. BuE ID cooperation with the latter, he
makes thing the more easily seen.
The Bible le same Kind 81 81 instrument
in religion tha |eseap is il astronomy.
Look into the heavens, and al yoU see s. the
emptiness 0f space 81 the darkness Of unlillit-
ed night. Butfhe lens carries the sigh forward,
and introduces il into new worlds, and displays
to the miud Of the beholder thousands of grand
and interesting obiects-not which did not ex-
list before, but which, unassisted, we did not
know of.
And as the telescope asks the beholder 10
open his eye, and see objects and scenes il did
not discover before, and think about them just
as he had been accustomed 10 think about other
things, so the Bible, with its principles Of reig-
ion, and By its assistance, asks men to look at
some things in Gods dealings and providence,
they did not know Of before; and which things
do not antagonist with mems common everyday
them: Just as History, Geography or Chemist
open their hden treasures to the mind.
Andso plainly and solidly has God based ths
principles Of religion in the TRUTH, az i -
pretended, understood and believed by 81 men
and SO peffectly c0incident are its pflncir
with the principles Of men everyday,
where, that in point Of fact, It's truth was
denied.
Perhaps, to many, if not most Of this large
audience, this may seem bold and hazz dous
declaration. All / ask is that you receive i
with more than ordinary emphasis, while give
it d single word of explanation. When say
tie truth of religion lOas neUer denied i mean pre-
eisely this: That no man ever denied the truth
of religion as set forth in the Scriptures, who
at the same time undertook to set forth fail
logical grounds Of objection. Or who undertook
to set up and explain an aEtagonism between
the principles Of religion and bis own pEinci.
pies.
/ have no argument to make to-day ir
favor Of christianity. Iezpect to attempt none
But i desire to show the folly and Inconsistency
Of irreligion. / will have 10 issue with anJ
one Every man and woman ID this CroWdet
house, shall think and reason precisely as
think and reason, for none can think but viii
the implements of the human mind enquiri
not into the principles Of Christians enquire
into the principles Of men those which art
common to all men.
The skeptic oE the infdel, Or any other man
may take his stand here by my side, and 80 to-
as the logical framework Of this sermons con
cerned. care not n Sher it Be preached on
. of his mouth 81 mine. All ask Of him is t
do no violence at home TO utter bis owl
sentiments precisely as they are entertained
avowed and acted upon By himself every day.
But III thus broadly endorsing his principles
il ben i may not Be held responsible for his in
consistency. # bis conduct be found to be in
consistent with bis pfincip pies if he Fepudiate
them, and violently them aside q beneat
his feet and acts contrary To them, he mus
take care of that. He alone Is responsible.
TIE truth of religion iDds neuer led. Eh
outheaticits Of TIE Scriptures has been denied
and the question has been fairly and logicall
debated But tl1e authsntieily D tie Scriptures
and the sruth 81 religion. are not one and ID
same question We one enquiries into the hIi
tory of The printed bible, and the other into th
traBh Of the precepls { contains. The Bib.
sc IS assumed. IS denonsl lably true, irres actlp
of any enquiries into ita history. ils truth hal
81 fat, thousand times been demonstrated b
those whose learning scarcely enable them
comprehend what IS meant by rs authenticity
1t IS not said Chat tie Eel eion of the Biblema
Be true and The Bible itself be inuathentic.
sid that demonstration i the one case does nl
necerily institute an enquiry u the other.
The Bible nurpof ID aat forth rule ol lil
g proposes af & men viii. il good aitb. belIel