The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-25
THELATE ALEx. CAMpRELI.

THE LATE ALEX. CAMPBELL.
Familiar Lecture on the Pentateueh, deliv:
cred before the Morning Glass OF BethAny
College, during the session Of 1881 1y
ALExANDEH CAMPBE1I., Also short e6s
session. Reported by CHAS. v. SEeAR,
Photographer. Edited by W. F. MOORE,
and published by II. s. BoswORTH, CinetnS
matt.
we have received fromthe book and.
stationery store of Messrs. Campbell &
AfcDermot, No. 1874, Main street, a copy
Of the above work. To those who were
familiar with Mr.. Campbell
during his life, especially to those who
were accustomed to hear his lectures at
The College and his sermons at the viz
lage church, this volume will come
theHen recognized features of
an old and welcome acquaintance. To
all classes OF readers, those of the world
and those Of the church, it cannot fail
to be interesting and instructive. 1t
science, philosophy, sentl-
ment. morality, and religion. 1t is
manual Of many important and sug-
gestivetruths, senten:iously and origt-
nally expressed, and arrayed in form
we'll adapted for casual and desultory
reading in the intervals of other en-
Payments. Asspecimens of the gem
eral character of the work we append
below some random extracts from the
lectures and sermons as they were taken
down by the photographer according
to his fancy - III sGszt 555a5
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The Bible is perfect chart for the en-
tire voyage of life. Beyond that It Is
OF no value. 1t IS not adapted to man
in Heaven or He'll. i4.-...-
8a' .as AL So
The fruits of Bible reading, are: First,
Civilization; Second, liberalization ;
Third, Humiliation; Fourth, Saliva
ton. - ssfa5'i5 80 3 s f.;3Etza a-s
The ultimate end Of all true philoso-
ply Is 70 teach man TWO lessons-htm-
self and bis Creator
Every passion OF the human soul Is
lawyer, When once enlisted, the
cause must be gained, thepoint carried,
right or wrong:
Reason never originated a principle
in religion, nor saved a human soul.
The carpenters rule is two feet long.
Your reason is two feet long, He can
tell you the solid or superficial contents
Of a piece of wood, but neither the car
penter's rule nor your reason can origi'
nate anything-they only measure what
already exists. .-.s-7,rr,.
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There is no knowledge in philosophy
| because II is speculative. The facts
however, on which it is. founded are re,
RlItieS, and we can perceive and appre-
ciate them as such. In the very nature
of things, christianity had to be pre-
scented in facts. 2Ifaman was as ortho-
dox as Sc. Paul, no theory could save
his soul. There must be motive power
in knowledge. This power theories
cannot have, There Is no potency In
theories, butthere is power in facts, 81
.5i.'~t Ia 80 gsssTt -.s-fi'JS o-s-
It requires a perfect gentl:man to
geMteel man. There Is a wide difference
between gentleman aud a man mere.
| ly geuteel. A true gentleman Inust
possess Christianity-the spirit OF God
gentleness, purity or thought, purity OF
speech, purity OF action. a man may
6e polite, aud not bea gentleman, but
he cannot be a gentleman without be.
ing polite. He may be genteel and not
be acChristian; but he cannot be q
Christian without being both genteel
and gentIemanly. 9S9 ~ - q
Faith is a pre9emiuent elementin the
nature of man, 1t. is positive entity
in his mental constitution. We have
to learn the first, and all the letters OF
the alphabet by faith. We must kiio W
that certain letters or signs are adopted
by common consent to represent the
sounds of the human Voice-hence we
learnthe A, B, c. by faith. There is a
continuous exercise Of faith in the
study OF literature. We have what we
call a dictionary-a book of evidence.
Evidence OEWhat2 Why, of the guaran-
teed meaning of wordsl Every one
who looks fora word in any lexicon
whether English, Latin or Greek, and
thus ascertatns It's meaning, IS to that
extent walking by faith. We by no
means COncede wisdom to those skep-
tics who say that faith is bad founda-
ton on which to rest the eternal desti-
ny of man. We walk. by faith in all
the spheres Of human thought and ac-
ton. By it We learn to readily it we
learn the definitions of the terms oil
SCIENCE, by Il We look far into tie
shady part and the future Of humanity.
Everything had its beginning in. a
miracle. OF course We don't refer to the
incipiency of the mere business oil
man in this lies There Wasnno antece.
dent matter out of which stO,EoreAte
light. The earth and NIL Its tenantries
had II cir origin In a positive fiat or the
omnipotent VIII. al5ls,'R srI
Hn lA Greek iphilosop hst said there were
three great questions in the world
First, What Am II Second, Whence
Came H. Third Whittier COLT Ages
would mot have snfficed philosophy to
answer these questions; but the Bible
solves them ALI II is an infallible ora
Gle, revealing creation and everything
pertaining TO man. from Adam and Eve
in Paradise down to the last scene, Of
the last act in the drama OF mans
eternnl existence san 9 9=s''ia ia . "a /
rstcg,,s hs..;.,ft4E -gt.,,iN "a, $500 I
i believe tharesis mot a man living
who has q perfectly undisturbeda con-
science. III I should undertake to
sketch a happy. manor the onditions
of true happfnesA IaWouId put down
as of prime necessity, acareful reading,
an earnest pfayerftil study Of the sacred
oIdClesI anu an .f1nIalLer1ng Walk IN
the light Of theiF IN Inspired teachings. II
any thing can ina he d. man happy in
this life it Is continued and active
communion with God.
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Anniyersary or tha Birth of eIrard.
81 The anniversary Of the birth of
Stephen Girard was celebrated In Phil
adelphia at Girardi College ON Tuesday.
The htatoro Of the day was Ksne o'Don-
mel, and his speech istfavorably men.
toned by the Philadelphia press. sum-
ming up, Mr.. o,Donhel said:
3 Are you noble z Are you baseF To
these two questions all science and Gull
ture administer. What matter ifsyour