Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1860-04-19
Historical Evidences Of the Truth Of the
Scriptures

We presume that all our readers are not
aware h0v rapidly and how remarkable ev-
ldencs to establish the truth Of ths Script
urs records is being brough, forth from the
monumental and othsr remains Of the bu-
risd past. .
Had the foresight and wisdom Of man
been employed, from building Of Babylon TO
the fall of the Roman Empire, to collect
and preserve from age TO age such testimo-
mails as nigh, meet and confuts the skspti-
cism of the present day in regard to the
truthfulness of the historical portion Of the
Bible, it would hot have prodcoed so deep
sn impression upon our age as what God
has SO wonderfully preserved, and unex-
pectedly produced, when needed most, to
confound all skepticism, and confirm the
faith of Christendom.
The assault which has been made by the
learning and subtlety Of the German inf
delity upon the crsdibility of the Scripture
narrative, has ended as every previous at
tack upon Christianity has done in estab-
fishing its truthfulDsss more clearly and
firmly than before. Unbsliefi, continually
stirred upto fresh attempts, in order to
show, as i. would seem, that at every point
the system Of Christ is absolutely invul-
nerable.
A few years only have passed since those
treasures of the ancient world, which SO
completely, because undesignedly, prove
the tru,hfuIness of Scripture history, were
entirely unknown and when first discover
they were eagerly seized upon, as the very
weapons wherewith TO destroy the credibil-
ity Of the Bible. The shouts Of triumph
with which the celebrated Zodiac of Dem
dora was hailed by The infdel philosophy
Of Europe, because upon its first superb
ciul examination it was thought to sweep
away the whole cronOlogy OF the Scripture
narrative, have scarcely had time 10 die a.
way before Christianity has won for her
self, and beyond all fear of future reversal
of the worlds verdict, the whole field Of ev-
idence, as drawn from the suthentic rec-
0rds Of every great empire Of the ancient
world. Assyria, Babylon, Egypt, Persia,
Phenicia have come forth frem their tombs,
al the bidding of Christian science, and tes-
,ify in the cls,res, manner to the truthful.
ness Of these records which from the his
torical basis Of the Christian system.
One Of the most impressive proofs of the
gsnuineness of the book of the Bible, is de-
rived from the late minute and accurate in
veslisa,ion of travellers in Palestine. Such
is the minute faithfulness of the Sacred
Story, in all things connected with extern
al things, that it form, the best possible hand
book for the tourist and no candid man in
traversing that portion Of the East with the
Bible in his hand, can escape the convic-
tion that its writers lived among and wers
perfectly familiar with the scenes which
they describe.
Every great feature of the scsns remains
and presents itself to the eye Of the mod
ern traveller, precisely {" they were dss-
cribed by Moses and David and the Proph-
cts, and with the exception of the cities and
to gn,, one knows that he is looking upon
the very scenes which their eye bshsld,
and which they described so faithfully, tha,
they are recognized at once after so many
centuries have passed away. The land ol
the Prophets AMI the wondrous people, the
land of signs and wonders, remains as the
writers of the Bible saw and described il
the inhabitants only are gone. Impress
ions e1ually strong in regard to the truth oI
the Scriptures are derived from the eIhum-
ed remains Of the great empires of the East
with which the Jewish nation stood con.
! nected,
The monuments Of Egypt, the buried
palaces of Babylon and Ninsveh, and the
Persian ruins, in connection with those el
Phuenicia, have enabled Christian Scholars
to rsproducs the history, and even the as
pect-ths manners, and customs Of q past
which reaches almost to the Delugs; and
with the history of thsss ages that of the
Jewish people and their records has beer
found SO interviewer, that the truthfulness
Of sacred history must be admitted. or al
ancient history must bs abandoned at once
as false. To deny the credibili,y of tn.
Old Testament writers is net now to rsjec,
the Bible only, but it is to declare the stats
records of every ancient empire false. O
course, men in the enjoyment Of right rea'
son must hot be expected to make this mon.
strous assumption, and, therefore, as W,
have said, the truth of the Bible is far NOR,
firmly established !ilan ever. Nor mus
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