Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-04-22
Gaufational.
IelTl0N AND CHRISTILNITY.


Bacation alone is Insufficient 70 secrre the
sFn:al development of individuals, the pro-
grea permanence Of society Turning cur
atteo ancient history We read Of high de-
grefaixationanongt the Egyptians Carthage
MA RolGals. But historians make the i'm
porimissiop that they obtained much of their
knoe and philosophy and consequent refine
merTaditid from the descendants Of Noah,
araGreeoe owed It's civilization to great
extehe setting among them Of the Titans
Whta religious people.
| y efforts to ciyilize a savage people have
pro itiess Fhen prominence was not given
to tzion Of the Bible. Schools, among the
ndlbes Aong our western frontier, were
/ entered successful and permanent when
| Gh1y presided over them, and the princi-
pleFine truth were neulcated. a single in
stanot be mentioned, occurring within the
me- any 4 us,. .ofa people elevated, refined,
anechised without the Gospel. Burmese,
HnSont8 Sea, ana Sandwich Islanders
CIV civilization to Education and Christi
ami pstiett missionary unfolding the 1ays-
tereli5ioHvhilst he impaired a knowledge
Of ana a,iences.
] Of sdae kind is necessary. Education
aa@, andlphysical Geography the most ia
wore poIsrless without it. In its absence
the, aFeI Ishmalite $, every mans hand
aga fellofs. Accepting this truth men have
eytupoI IT, No great thinker, or ambi-
uo'who bought to erect a throne and wear
seer Undertook to consolidate a people,
antsh thin upon national basis without
refihat Religion may be fslse or it may he
: tEalay shifting sand or stable rock
BHTcr il be; HiearchisR, Rationalism or
Chy, it must be made the basis of the
. secure. 20 Religion, fabulous and puerile,
yeti by he people, and binding them By
!. itse tieslto al unseen world, Assyrians,
s4rraeerf and others we're indebted for
thaal q stence and greatness. TIE gor-
gefles ohtl.e banks Of the Euphrates, the
ie IA Rome and the Parthenon crowning the
= zui the lAcropilus, the proud Mosque
mas fhq rays of the sun, were the great
hese uafen. sending out the Life current
Taed the masses and BY common reh-
gsoles aid classes were constituted har-
noople+ a alunity
inptrtant that the Religion that is
maundaaion of the government should be
= the Of the Bible The elevation, and re-
fnsd prosperity Of the people viii be de-
4 = ter Their religious faith. Theone is the
ne methe other. Our fathers believed this;
ant the Eilds Of the New World they
i ere schtol-house beside the saactuary,
and the stones Of their national temple
Il, witluence Of a pure Christianity. God
era may stand forever.
re hristianity thcrecanbe no freedom.
n inferior gifts God may grant to ma
81 tioye utterly forgotten Him, but It would
e.' sese cTowning gift of freedom will be
gss to one in whose heart there is the
on belod, There are passions eleeping in
th'reast that, in theopen sea oflife, will
- alE,, ard oycrwhelm the vessel Of Free
Dol are not quellcd by one Eye
= tia striking exempIifcation Is fur
nls history Of the French Revolution. =
ST lisbovne across the sea ofthe establish
lneAmerican Colonists of free, Demo-
lio. cFairaent, and at our altar France lit
Tie thtwiId enthusiasm. She resorted to
~ ~ thguoas tiIlage which began BY clearing
lsr. NFAaagration, and pleughins with the
. caand irrigating with human blood -
AZ convention the Eeroiutionis.s Fotsc