Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-09-10
The cable and scripture..

this particular. ,r-
The Cable and Scriptures. a
Ole of the greatest sclleivments acs
cohpIishedby the Atlantis Telegraph Ca
BILE is its starting some of,the newspapers
10 reading the Bible. aud quoting various
texts which, in the opinion of these emf
nent theclogians, are highly applicableto
the subj.ct. For example,. "a leading
New York journal quotes the following
TO show "that the idea SO far from being
new or original, is .simply.a rful6lment OF
prophecy, and carrying out OF suggestions
made by Inspired writer's"
Z PSALMS XIX Their line is gone out
throug b all the earth. and their words to
the end of theaworld. 90 Ess4at ~ -
JOB xxxvI11-s 36,-Caust thou send the
!ighlnlngs.- that they may go. and say,
unto thee here we are ..,,
REvALAaFf ms. x: ii,T7tApd ii,=7tA F u I saw an
other mighty angel come down from heav-
en-, clothed with cloud and a rainbow
was upon his head. and his face WAS as it
we're the sun, and his feet as pillars OF
Ere. p" ''- . - 80 =
2. And be had in this ,bapd q. little
book rpsn, and he sat with his right f3ot
upon the sea and bis left foot upon the
earth: 49,. .4s s4 s...,.,. ..y
8 And cried with aloud voice as when.
lion roareth. and when he had cried,
seven thunders .uttere d their Voices u.
" 4, And when the seven. thunders had
uttered their voices, | was aboutto write.
and heard voice from heaven saying
unto me-. Seal up these things which the
seven thunders. uttered, and write them
not 4 z1sf y - i,-., Gei-aG-ass 1d abD..EJ
sr Sand the angel which I'saw stand
upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up
his hand TO heaven: go L1'''',''' ~
81 6 Aud swear BY him, that liyeth, for:
ever and ever. who created heaven and
the things that therein are, and the earth
and the. things. that therein are, aud, the
sea and the things which are therein, thai
there should be lime no longer -,
JOB xxxyII; 3.-He directeth it (hi<
voce) under The whole heavens. and his
1ighrnings to the ends Of The earth.
Jon XVIII 26.1When lie made a de
cree. tor tie rain, and way for the light
ming and the thunder, = ,,,.-, - :.
a j." xxxy1!t: 95 Who bath divided
"a wafer course Tor the ovtrfowiDg Of wa
ters, or a way for the lightping or shun'
der.
PkovSE:RsDss ytu 29.-wheh he gave 10
the sea his decree that the waters should
not pass his c6mmandment.
Our theological coIemporary insists
that the coincidence Of the seven thun1
ders aud seven voices 10 the EyangeiIss's
vision. with the seven wires of the cable;
the several allusions to the "Way for the
lightning :, the inquiry whether the
hghsning can be made to speak aud the
direct reference to the Insulation of the
cable by giving decree to the sea. chat
1.-THE waters should not pass HE CON
mand." have obvious reference TO; the
Oc' an. Telegraph 81, - .,--g.
Such an application OF these texts was
never dreamed of before. When David
declared in one Of the most sublime qof
compositions that "the heavens declare
the glory Of God. and the irmament
showeth His handiwork," and when. ex,
pressing in the same poetic strain the
idea that. in these heavens all men, no
natter httw remote may read. as in a.
book, the greatness aud goodness OF the
Divine. Architect. he added. s'TAeir line
is gone out, through the earth. and their
works to the end OF the world" he could
scarcely have imagined sueha ~Testihg 9
Of Scripture as the application OF that
verse 10 '.Iine" ,Ofswire aud guttaprrehs
at the bottom. of, the Atlantic. When
the patriarch Job asked who could open
the clouds, 10 make way for the EightnTngI
and thunder. he probably had a superior
power in his mind to any that are opera
| ting at sValeulia'or Trinity Bay The
| elimaxzissieached.s .sheWeyer. in the Book
fof Revelations. where s;he. ., seven thun
dsrs'' are made to coincide with the sew
tenn wires, wire aud the pfedic ion that Time
'ssha all 6g ion ger. sis sconsunmsted in Z the
saaecggs of Cyrus M.eFieldso0, 20 bs,les
We AAzesrhad, some notable .exidenses
tRat when religious neWspapers inlrqde
! upon the ,srcnlsr field. they are apt 70.
make botch Of 1t. aud on the OTHER hand.
THE slifewdsst of sscular journals seem
equally out Of tIleir elements IN the busi>
ness of exyounding and interpreting Holy
Scripture. Rte6mon3 Dispqtek.