, 1870-03-21
THE PULPIT,
How the Bible 10 to he Read
md Accepted by Uni
t0F3anA. :
sssr,sa By Rsv. Raeut caliysr In Ualsy
Church.

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EnIty. North Dearborn street, was crowded with
an s;t.zctrc and interested congregation The
Doctor toeS for his text, P1oyetbs, Tx chapter,
oiA and eth verBes:
~Ersz word q God rusr: BE H. 'hIeaa to then
'o Ada ihen nj rpio His wo.a, es. He reorc thee.
and ihou he found nar."
IN. Cc1Jer then sSsd:
ain the poorest cottage Thomas Carlyle sayR.
~. ane hoat wherein, for thousands Of year. the
xn,,4. of usn his found Light and nourtshment,
and rrspopse TO Hhateveris deepest IN his heart
aTnis boot ssys Joh1 Locke, "has God for its
su,hor salvation for It's end and truth for lta maj
ter II haEe carefully perused this boot," saJs
he volume, tndependen, OF It's divine origin, con-
talus rnlr scblml:r. putcr morality. morc In
roy.ant history, md hner stains OF eloquenca than
language the! may have been Written There
aTr no sonfs- says John Milton, comparable 70
he ecnfs Of Zion; No orauons equal 10 those Of
teaches And there Is no book but the Bible"
LOAN SelIen says "on which you can rely In your
- Ana ss1a: Sa!.o ne fSsh95 Gnsa = H. t5
Su1nberiess eno7s have been made, and
arvcous n u.s. able or s,, Eprea, incessaniiy In order
70 destroy It IN mems minds Where has th.s
struggle t'ecn supported VIII ne greatest energy
tended. Where the reAdinS OF these sscred
isrks is general knd Intimate part Of pubic
worship: where 4 has Flaee IN the house aod Ia
R!h!e stsclf that eombats md triumphs II the waE
l~tvecn trcredullly and belief" In Cicero and
Ta ta5s taa n s, nsnS snS .Snss Stnss
tha, havc manifest tendency TO more and str
&c nrt in no2e Of them do find such words IS
ss 9n' Nj n c1 n e shas sSoF Ana snS r. r.
srcai, wise Robert Boyle said: q use the Bible
n,t ou!y ss IN arsenA where can 30 for arms
and ~capeus, but rs m1tthlrss temple In which
can INCREASE my ave, and excite my devotion, to
the betty ,hr.e preached and adorcd"
These es:acs nc among the purest aud best Of
oar r1cc- Some were rnitar1ans and some were
not hayr felt II would b right ana profitable, a
ne ve1y frst thing in this sermon on Tbs Bible
We Acseps" 70 les them Eps.5. ana . sound' asis
t,cc. What men Ike Locke and Milton ssy IS said
frula me standpoint Of The Cnita,ans Of thes dsy,
rncs: sou1 to BE- found Ther words are golden
wortk on sch suhicd, and 70 dsder from them
eSpeaeece, e.sts ~ such suspicion on their judy
Inent - II docs on curH
and 50, in srca11ns to you this morning on ioti
ideas, shall pa. 7cE{ lightly over the nrss ques-
lnoxs sny.n1s sn9at our ,a,a .na yfi Ess.
believe IN the Bible That question is 70 be au-
BNcred By asking another,-Do they believe In
5esa aoa wa MN Se aa II
sea+ and yellow, golden sunshine, and the singing
uf birds. and The nutnnlng Of bees and ne lAuGh-
c!sxpins oi INC hands, and the beaucs Of rue
hearts: the planting Of noweB On E1eea E1ayesr
aad The 1sI-aE1! hook n ne eyeA. hat aEe ELL
To SIX Cnita-Aos In tho simplest and drectes'
seuse whether they sseelieye tn md accept III
Bible. like astiss !hera II sEtJ oele1e u ana 70
Bible, to besn with, Is to the zpiris OF LII aud
ii Tier o,sss sasdn:t ssa 1 s,te ta0 res xe5a
Es ana tae aeu sais aes M 1Ieee e ] aps
end @ drone. Is ven ~ honey bees, and CT Q Q
children that hreaks the htart and voice TIA
m psh ~ Il rses e ns nad
ttat ars soon forgottcn, and eJes that took upwaz
sud only zee that
"a veb Is ss7znen se.oss The aly."
Whist Of al that p: No ts1e and sound MAn vii
SAT these are The gzcatez tAina md those the less
these the realities, End those the sh1doWa The
se,la 81. b sas saoqsn ~
ter In Heaven thSo twenty gnltnres, and one honel
- man sEenty drune2 Il IS g Il the Bible
ss l. ns III sa s. e 1apfss a1s ~
zsy &c, and .aecep: both together. Solo
mon: tn q t,,o so.h aud gFase, bending I1
uu tis head, asking To- nothing but wisdom. be.
liey1ns il tits world and life T1tn the unwassed
& paIsees v5 % desd bea. On on o tRrone, anleanS -
vanity Of yani1es, all Is ranity: We accept bott
mcn, and Bay Fl8dly, that the Bible Is uusreaEabll
more than Il the second h8d been lert out TIT
one is an example, the other = warning. Sc all
through these bookB there ls Light and shadow
lish: from aboEc, tsIkness ft9n below. ,, We ta5s
raan. vho says the Blhle Nil be to 1ou whs
onely. then, 4 Ho.e ne accept the Bible Wc.d
srcept IT IN that waT and With that Taee
Two men were walking on this North Side On
6pudA1 morning, toward this church, or, tathel
taweId shc Old church building In which we the
ninisten ; fson he East, Tho vas 70 prsach for .
that morning. The other WAS going TO hcaE hin
Wien ihey paased the Church q the Holy Mann
were turning away, one Of them said to the other
chnrrha nat wonid lore deaity to 20 IA and ~
Dr to It, shut Jour eyes And sss no more question.
bat be Ut rcst and let the Church take care Of you
mind And soul, while ron implicitly oheYed be
He didaI ieel so: never la ie1s 50: neyef expec,
how ny liberal Christian, VINO had tasted the 900
er could feel 60 And then he said II the feelp
shonld ever come over him, be should not believe
oe to III a h up bt It ia .,o nn sn oHe
And be should resist it - he would any othe
temptation u: the enemies Of his soul
Nov, that man meant no d.Rrespect In sayfn
that, either TO the Church OF Rome OF to any q
respect to chtna md the Chinese, i be said
u
reno1nce dis American Republic md become
citizen Of the Celestial Empire. That would b
going Il, sitting down, md ,tsking no more que:
Of those above him; letting them direct hlr
hcacrioTth, and 90, loe,ng the faculty Of self-go,
use snch r.sals .cnrca from giving m ia ur
eses1lso'nE oeedlenee to The direction of ~
Snaa ~ ntst7 eaus Of fSSss To ,s:fs s
anywhere, and then give Jourself into their CIT,
is 70 cease to be man In any true sense and begi
nod, then ODE oi the mos learned md enliShtens
Episcopal ministers Of the last generation, said,
alettes to tho Rev. John Tucker, - l know Ii,
sequcnces CT denJ1ng the lnfalIhllIty II the Chut
asycu can do On those that deny The entire insr
faon and ,n,s9i,ts! y, q ne 81,
rncc, xas ouce insisted On Al stoniIy as It IS 10
maintained With rcgar,l 70 It's history. That h
sora, s Afsahsnop 1 Tia..on s said. ie % aaod nee X
crcsa 70 any nant belief anythine thst rlaiI
pa ae t9 sa aaS s4 tass sss pens 81
diTsu ior thc.r IA is:sa. Goa requires yoa q belle
you out In believing" And Dr. South Sid, Rig
reason Is she roice Of God. And Dr. Adam Clasi
"The doctrine that cannot 5raud The test Of
don4i Investigation c1nnot he true" Here *
touch, then, the 1rst thing The Unitarian tnsi
nPou, In the Bible he acrcptA That he shall re
s fs1 ssy H. Z sood ans b.
th!s tloe and this Is not une this Is iusrved II
Ab1re and this from below; this caunot unds
csnnos Believe. 50 when = psai1ui5s mid q Bas
Ion. blessed assll he fe thar ta1eth thy lit
nss us a. sss I'D 1af@ s ns s s
ton that he meant, as ta!s, tass our soldiers
nc nnss ,sonne5 nsve eoas he mgt
;heiir, It is nos II i Is ssaas nd VIZ n:aa TIC ,
20 e sse gu as ass tnss
eTcr done, that know cf, oJ the boys IN blue.
ss,s that be u etll nxu, md, As a tntn, Is bot
to jndee, and weigh. md determine Nh4t Is r
and what Is wrong there, as eEeT5Waerc Z
b1r nn't ot rIa P1essats cfvc np q the scnptara
- il to them Al fnfa1llte boo1: n AeJ pletepe
to do ITO ind cut Nhat mG3as. - .sa, ana n u
faIni6i,.sr, which the Bible u.ver onee clsima
itscu, Is declared 70 be the condition Of orthode
and when we csnnor receive 1t nc Etc called
We say .hla blind. UTE asouins aud unrcason:
vprBhlp Of the Bible II, a. Colerdge calls 1t, -
sfr witnessing Just now 70 The ln1aillbfiu Of
Pope, and the chronic giving In that is a1ws!ys
Ing On within the pale ot Romsntsm 70 nc mi
is 40 longer man bit 4 spiritual chattl
= saen ne ne 'ossasn't sssas nc '' BS!e Ao ~aes
~: 1a,b ~ ,assaaahx ssaas Ri 81 oiae il te
boon. a the sun Esnsesnda tns .u s1ars :. n n
heaYrn1- AL the more It Is esscnaA toas ne ea
rnmc TO It With tn31 frce mind, and honcsteye4
or clse be can no more discover al It's ruth
ersre, than those vhe, htHestnz. heto,e Aeeler
Newton, In = 1J1tsm q astrooomy that "a u
Subltmc znd wonderful truths thAt overturned
old doenaA, md set 2 IL tue mnsie " r
nrmautat she4eth Its haody Totk"
But here !bc question naturally rtsea, and
one that Is EerJ of:en asked, How DO ron !
Hnsi To acecpt and whA1 to reject1 WERt cr1n
IA shcre By which you c4u determine ~ha. u
NeYc snd wha1 not to bel!ere7 In rejes
fne doctrine Of pleaazy 1or tast
rsarstaI iuspsEztlon1 are IoE not