The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1869-02-11
THE BIBLE.

Who composed the following descrip-
tion Of the Bible, we may never know
1t was found in Westminster Abbey,
>aameless and dateless but, nevertheless,
it is invaluable for its wise and wholesome
counsels to the erring race of Adam.
| A nation would be truly happy if 1t
were governed by no other laws than those
Of this blessed book
1t contains everything needful to be
known or done
1t gives instruction to Senate, and
authority and direction to magistrate.
1t cautions witness, requires an i'm
partial verdict of jury, and furnishes
the Judge with sentence.
1t sets the husband as lord Of the house
hold, and the wife as mistress of the ta-
! ble-tells him how to rule, and her as
we'll, how to manage.
1t entails honor to parents, and enjoins
obedience to children.
1t prescribes and limits the sway of the
sovereign, the rule of the ruler, and the
authority of the master-commands the
subjects to honor, and the servants to
obey, and the blessing and the protection
of the Almighty to all that walk by its
rule.
1t gives directions for weddings and
burials.
1t promises food and raiment, and linn
its the use of both.
1t points out faithful and eternal
guardian to the departing husband and
father tells him with whom to leave his
fatherless children, and whom his widow
is to trust-and promises a father to the
former, and husband to the latter.
1t teaches a man to set his house in or
der, and how to make will it appoints
a dowry for his wife, and entails the right
of the first born, and shows how the young
branches shall be left.
1t defends the right of ali, aud reveals
vengeance to every defaulter, over-reach-
er and trespasser.
1t is the first book, the best book.
1t contains the choicest matter-gives
the best Observation-Disclosures the greatest
degree of pleasure and satisfaction that
we ever enjoyed.
1t contains the best laws and most pro-
found mysteries that were ever penned !;
and it brings the very best of comforts
to the inquiring and disconsolate.
1t exhibits life and Immortality from
time everlasting, and shows the way to
glory.
1t is brief recital Of all that is to
come.
1t settles all matters in debate resolves
all doubts and eases the mind and con-
science of all their scruples.
1t reveals the only and true God, and
shows the way to Him, and sets aside all
other gods, and describes the vanity of
them, and all that trust in such !; in short,
it is book of laws to show right and
wrong of wisdom that condemns all folly
and makes the foolish wise; book of
truth that detects all lies, and confronts
all errors and it is book of life, that
shows the way from everlasting death.
1t contains the most ancient antiqui-
ties and strange events, wonderful occur
rences, heroic deeds and unparalleled
wars.
1t describes the celestial, terrestrial
and internal worlds, and the origin of the
angelic myriads, the human tribes and
the develish legions.
1t will instruct the accomplished me
chanic and most profound critic.
1t teaches the best rhetorieian, and ex-
ercises every power to the most skillful
arithmetician, puzzles the wisest anato
mist, 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 that ever was
produced the best that will ever be sign.
ed
To understand it, is to be wise indeed,
to be ignorant Of it is to be destitute of
true wisdom.
1t is the kings best copy, the magis
trates best rule, the housekeeper's best
guide, the servants best directory, and
the young mans best companion; it is
the school-boy's spelling book, and the
great and learned mans masterpiece.
1t contains choice grammar for a
novice, and profound mystery for a
sage.
1t is the ignorant mans dictionary, and
the wise mans directory.
1t affords knowledge Of witty inven.
tons for the humorous, and dark sayings
for the grave, and is its own interpreter
1t encourages the wise, the warrior
and the swift it overcomes /; it promises
an eternal reward to the excellent, th,
conqueror, the winner and the prevalent
And that which crowns all, is that the
auther is without partiality and withou
hypocrisy:
"In whom there is no vapiableness no
shadow of turning"