Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-04-18
DAILY APPEAL.
SUNDAY MORNING, ....APRIL IS, ls5s.
WY Eor REsp TIE RIBLE2

aoy de twenty years OF my ire. luueeds tutfe Z
PC ne - many parts Of the Scriptures, nclu.ing mt
roely of the Old Testament and nearly all CT t
auei New, which for grandeur OF sentiment, el
a quence OF expression, beauty OF diction, 81
10 the pass any thing to be found In the secular lite
n Re- ature of the world. How else could it be wi
day Day a a. writings which are Of Divine inspiration?
coaou I firmly believe that il the hundreds al
-,,s thousands Of infdels and deists, who uuort
e thsinstely are to be found in every part of Il
a iof country, would devote portion of their tin
: : 81 70 the reading Of the Bible, their unbeli
: on would be gradually and surely dissipated al
M il / can do any thing in this communication
'IScl induce even one unbslieveT to commence Il
~, re- reading and study of the Great Creators BOo
ey q | shall esteem myself more truly fortunat
e Al than if had taken city, or made firss-rai
mo- crop Of cotton. II the ruler Of this great coui
INC Try, the President Of the United States, no mai
Ike ter who be might be, were to write, or cause
4 At be written, book, 10 larger than the Bibl'
NJ do you not know that every man and woman j
me the whole Union would be al once almost cate
lo1i up with the desire to read it, or know what wa
p'h in it? How much more then ought We to desir
Z to read and know what is contained in that glo
rious Book, which the Great Ruler Of the Uni
verse has caused to be written-much Of it il
I,,, his own holy languags-a Book Involving no
YER only our temporal, but our eternal hsPpiness
I5u and containing on its priceless pages the mighty
Il issues Of life and death for all eternity and fol
E' every human being, from Adam to the " lasi
nm nm syllable Of recorded time?'
81 -
ieu bic argument in favor Of the authenticity-ths
m divine inspiration-of the Holy Scriptures, is
n to be found in the fuflfasat Of the prophecies.
. That prophecies, which were made thousands
ok of years ago, have been fulfilled ia times past,
ll we have the concurrent testimony Of all his
tory and tradition, which no man dare dispute
and that others are In process Of fuif!lmeut, we
have the testimony of our own eyes. About
those prophecies of the Bible, which we are able
: clearly to understand, there can Be no mistake
MANY or THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN FUL-
FILLED, AND OTHERS ARE BEING FULFILLED
ALL AROUND Us EVERY DAY. Another evi-
dence, terrible to the infdel as the handwritir g
on the wall is, that the moral code ineulcated
By the Bible is TRUTH itsslf-it is TRUTH ard
j
sublime. It is truth, and life and hsPpiness-it
and Il OHly-to every man, woman and child,
whatever their condition or color, throughout
all nations, tongues, kindreds and peoples
But to return 10 the Bible as a readable book,
and to address myself to those who love the
sublime and the beautiful in all things, and es-
peciaIly in what they read. What is tn re in
Ia l. 4 h.
Mosaic account Of the Creation? What 30
interesting as the tale Of the Garden Of Eden,
the translation Of Enoch, the history Of The
Flood What 50 noble or so beautiful as the
life and faith Of Abraham, the perseverance Of
Jacob, and the striking story of Joseph and bis
brethren? What so significant, what so fss-
cinating, in its terrible grandeur, what so full
of all the elements of glory and grandeur, as
! the history Of tbe Exodus Of the children cf
/ Israel, under the lead Of Moses and Aaron the
/ pillar cf cloud by day and the pillar Of fire BY
night thc parting Of the waters Of the Red
Sea, and the whelming Of Pharoab's host in the
angry waves the tribuations in the wilder
ness the srnitten rock and the mama, q" AL
gels food = the golden calf; the brszsn ser
peut the thunderings Of Sinai the cOmmuni-
cation Of the law the covenant Of Horeb the
institution Of the Tabernaeles; and that
strange, siif-neeksd, but prototypieal unbelief
of the =" chosen people' in the every GOd,'
who, with a mighty hand and stretched out
arm, had led them up out of the land Of Egypt,
from the house Of bondage?
What so grand in human state papers as the
Decalogue and the mode sf its PRONUNCIATION
what SO sublime in the pOesy Of men as the
songs Of Moses, and David, and SOlomsn?
And, then, what so sweet as the story Of Ruth
one Of the foremothers Of our Savior himself?
What more lovely in its lofty, rythmical devo-
ton, than that passage where the beautiful
daughter Of Moab says to Naomi" Entreat
Gme not to leave thee, nor to return from fol-
{" lowing after thee for whittier thou goest
q will 20 ; and where thou lodgest l will lodge
"thy people shall be my people, and thy God
a" my God When thou diest will ! die, and
there will be buried" What 80 touching
as the story Of the affections, the resignation,
and final triumph Of Job-that perfect and
upright man, who, in the very agony Of bis
trials, fifteen hundred years before Christ, ex-
claimed 81 know that my Rsdsemer liveth,
q and that be shall stand at the latter day upon
"the Earth, and though, after ny skin, worms
ss destroy this body, yet in my hssh shall see
g GOd!D No more exalted poem exists in any
Of the languages Of Earth than the Book Of
Job; and the latter chapters, or cantos, con-
tanning, as they DO, the utteTanees Of Jehovah
himself, are grand and musical above all praise,
above all comparison. Who that has read has
not been stirred BY that sublime proclamation
beginning :-'1Then the Lord answered Job
g out Of the whiIIwind and said, Who lie this
~that darkeneth counsel by words without
q knowledge? Gird up now thy lOins like
81 man, for | will demand Of thee aud answer
" thou me -
What SO right royal ss The history Of King
David, the Divine Psalmist? what SO splendid
as the reign OF Solomon, the wisest of the wise2
I Look at the Book Of Psslmsi We had better
give up all the works Of all the poets, than to
lose a single psalm Of David. What so mnsi-
eaI-so full Of the golden essence of poesy-ss
one Of these inspired sOngs-say the XCVth
Psalm, for instance:
so come let US sing unto the Lord: let us
make joyful noise to the Rock Of our Saliva
tion.
Thanksgiving, and make joyful noise unto
him with psalms
q For the Lord is a great God, ana a great
King above all Gods.
ain his hand are the deep places of the
earth the strength Of the hills is his also.
0The sea is his, and he made it and his
hands formed the dry land
n 1.HH afHn anil hrrrT Anrr Let
us kneel before the Lord, our maker.
" For be Is cur Gcd and we are the people
Of his pasture and the sheep OF bis hand"
The Song of solomon, taken in its fgurative
sense, as typical OF the mutual love Of Christ
and his church, is one Of the finest, one Of the
; sweetest, one Of the most Tayishing lyrics that
ever fell on mortal ears:
Behold, thou art fsir, my love behold, thou
. art fair; thou hast doves eyes within thy
locks"
sTby neck is ike the tower Of David, build
ed for an srmOry, whereon there hang thou
sand bucklsrs, an shields Of mighty men,"
3IaEn The rose Of Sharon, and the lily OF
q As the lily among thOrns, so is my love
among the daughters
q As the spple-tree among the trees OF N,
rood. so is nv beloved among the sons. sal
5o,So under his shadow with great delight, ans
his fruit was sweet to ny taste"
50 He brosghf me 10 the bGHqEettng hoase, aht
. MS R.NNKR oTER Nh WAS LOVE-"
= NV beloved spske and said unto me- ms
m. nv love. nv fair one, and come awsyj
q For, 10, the winter is past, the rain is owe
and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth the I'm
d of the singing birds is come, and tne voice
y the turtle is heard in our land"
- Arise. nv love ard come aWaV.D
4, Awake, o, north wind; and come tno'
;. South blow upo my garden, that the spice
: thereon may flow out. Let my beloved com
= unto his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits"
am my beloved's, and my beloved ls mine
!. be feedeth among the lilies"