The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-05
NEW YORK BIBLE sOCIEq Y.


The annual before tais society was delivered
before "a ge audience last evening at the Dutch Pc
formed church, Wssbingt square, by Rev Dr. Cheever
from the following tex Aud he was clothed with
yesture dipped p blot his Il lad the ord
o. Ged." (Rsy 10Th chap 18Th verse) The Scriptures
ssid the rev gentkman, are clio he'd with vestuls
eipped in blood The inspiration o: Scripture Is pro
sent Life and utterance the bsug of CIV, tie word
Is present being. II ID also to both lausn and
divine The evidence f., the word cf God Ia necessarily
In ITSELF Its Gu rity is in itse; not to look to
for suthorites but TO the crptures themselves
You cannot draw the line ard ray this human, and
this divine. It ia essential to revelation that il be
human in argusge, but entirely divine In is essenSs.
The Bible is the most natural Of all ere to
&C usder It not as speculation, but as life Experience
OF s teachings is the only true basis of judgment
is divinity This being he cast, msy ssnd the word
q God alone ano Of itself ic every direction being per
sctly secure of its good results And thus we see the
certainty OF the work in which engaged mas
step all the learned disa usi com mentars
o. men and come direct 10 the living spring US not
BE- imposed upon by the sell constituted xoounde-e Of
the word Of God but COME to the word seif-onr faith
's rot u men, tu In Goa. Shall know tha God has
spoken to US because Neander and Lsroner has said
II our .aith Is an Nearder sbd Lerdner have faith
at AL another expounder may come to with i
position, and cor sign Neander Lsrdner oblivion
But the an who comes to the word q God itself does
not need the Won shers Of purEan authority good deal
Is said nowadays about historical faith There is
such thing us historical fsth You must examine his
tory by the word OF God ar It the Wo;d Of led by his
terry Free thinking does not in rejecting but in
holding to the faith As aklte which while is attached
to the string upwards to the SKIES ye. when the
string is cut falls straightway to tae esrtL so human
reason, while it cDgs 10 the Faith is ei to heaven
History Goes net furnish better illustration Of this tact
than is found in The life ct Bel ianin rankin. He
wss man Of strong mind, of giea rdepent encs,
most things OF sound judgment Anc he began doubt
the Scriptures not from resdng the
but, to use his own words, from reading Shafsbury
should suffer bis belief th, important SUBJ sct to be
determined by such men salisbury and Collins It
was not tn that he mace his great discoveries. He
rived at those grand results not by taking auttori
ties OF men, but by personal experiments Suppose
at the moment he held the string of his ke n his h.ad
and WAS sDout to receive the electric thock which he
Iaded the new discovery he had turned aside to consult
the organizations OF some douotng scotist ebout the
trre Of electricity should then have heard OF his
great discoveries: While we would proclaim the inde
pendencs OF the human mind, would confne it its
proper place. Suppose Paul was to preach to
day, what would he depend but the Scriptures Sup
pose were to tell hu to study theology, read tue
tions Of eminent divDes and philosophers he would
reply to us, 81 preach only Christ, and him cru
oifsd.' Learning is very gooo thieg throw
be the sole reliance OF preachers of the word OF
tod. Paul though he WAS acquainted with aI the rh
iSsoPhy q h Ills cay ytt sIrressy a,csa.a reliance
send that there the spirit of God This is ths
stone Of the action Of the Bible Society Let the ssp
&c sent 10 Oh Wn6r0Vef IL
be sent, though it be but single chapter, or
solitary verse, will produce its effect In the populous
the dense wilderness the billowy sea- wherever the
Divine word falls there viii it bring forth its fruits We
have everything to ,urage in the work The Bible
has just been translated into 260 languages and dialects
and is ready to be presented to 900 Of the nhGb
ants OF the earth Only 100 600 900 hare get received
IT. 1t has therefore, much yet to do. more glorious
triumph seems even row to be prepared by God What
ourselves want in order to participate this triumph
is to have the living fire in own hearts We have
reason to believe that The promised day glory
and We have but to follow the word, which says hold
fast till come"
The above is but very meagre sketch CT the sermon
which occupied hour in the delivery, and which
tr many parts eloquent and IN all ab b)unded with
illustrations, Images ano telling points At the conciu-
scn OF the discourse collection taten up IN aid Of
the society, and after by by the choir the meeting
Ri journel.