The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-01-30
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cription of the Bible we may neve
know. 1t was found in Westminste
Abbey, nameless and dateless:
A nation would be truly happy
it were governed by no other laws
than those of this blessed book.
1t is so complete a system that moth
ing eah be added to it.
It contains everything needful Il
be known OF done.
1t affords copy for a king, and a
rule for a subject.
Itgives instruction to a Senate, au.
thOrity and direction to a magistrate
1t cautions a witness, requires an
impartial verdict of jury, and fur.
nishes the Judge with his sentence.
1t sets the husband as lord of the
household, and wife as mistress of the
table--tells him how to rule, and how
to manage.
1t entails honor to parents, and en-.
Joins obedience to children.
1t prescribes and limits the sway Of
the sovereign, the rule of the ruler
and the authority of the master-cOm-
mands the subject to honor, and the
servants to obey, and promises the
blessing and the protection of the Al
mighty to all that walk by its rules.
1t gives directions for weddings and
buFials.
1t promises food and raiment, and
limits the use of both.
1t points out faithful and eternal
guardian TO the departing husband
and father-telIs him with whom to
leave his fatherless children, and
whom his widow is TO trhst-and
promises a father to the former, and a
husband to the latter.
1t teaches a man to set his house in
order, and how to make his will; it
appoints dowry for his wife, and en-
tails the right of the first born and
shows how the young branches shall
be left.
1t defends the right of all, and re-
veals vengeance to every defaulter,
Overreacher, and trespasser.
1t is the first book, the best book
and the oldest book in the world.
1t contains the choicest matter
gives the best Observation-Disclosures the
greatest pleasure and satisfaction that
we ever enjoyed.
It contains the best laws and most
profound mysteries that were ever
penned; T; it brings the best comforts to
the inquiring and disconsolate.
It exhibits life and immortality
from everlasting, and shows the way
tOglory.
1t is a brief recital of all that is to
come.
1t settles all the matters in debate,
resolves all doubts, and eases the
mind and conscience of all their scru-
piles.
1t reveals the only living and true
God, and shows the way to Him, and
-sets aside all other gods, and describes
the vanity ofthPm, and all that trust
in such; in short, it is a book of laws,
to show right and wrong; a book of
wisdom, that condemns all folly and
makes the foolish wise; a book of
truth, that detects all lies and cOmbats
all errors F; and a book of life, that
shows the way front everlasting
death.
1t contains the most ancient an
tiquities, strange events, wonderful
occurrences, heroic deeds, unparallel
wars.
1t describes the celestial, terrestrial
and Internal worlds, and the origin of
the angelic myriads, human tribes and
devilish legions.
1t will instruct the accomplished
mechanic, and the most profound ar
fist.
It teaches the best rhetorician, and
exercises every power of the most
skilIful arithmetician, puzzles the
wisest anatomist, and exercises the
wisest critic.
1t is the best convenant that ever
was agreed on; the best deed that ever
was sealed; the best evidence thatever
was produced; the best will that ever
was signed. To understand it, is to-
be wise indeed; to be ignorant Of it, is
to be destitute of wisdom.
1t is the kings best copy; the mag
best rule; the housewives best
guide; the servants best directory and
the young mans best companion; tits
the schooIboy's spelling book, and
the learned mans masterpiece.
Itcontains choice grammar for the
novice, and a profound mystery for
sage.
1t is the ignorant mans dictionary,
and the wise mans directory.
1t affords knowledge to the witty, in
ventions for the humorous, and dark
sayings for the sober, and is its own
1t encourages the wise; the warrior;
The swift; the overcomer, and promises
an eternal reward to the excellent; |
the conquerOr, the winner, and the
prevalent.
And that which crowns all is, that
the author is without partiality and
without hypocrisy.
s'Iu whom there is no variableness
Or shadow Of turning"
4 skeptical student promising him
self the pleasure Of a prolonged contro-