The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-09-17

The INTEGRITY OF THE BIBLE. lit is o
matter OF congratulation that the Bible
has passed triumphantly through the
ordeal of,verbat criticiam. English in
fdels Of the last century raised o prema-
ture ppan over the discovery and publ
cation Of 30 MANY various readings.
They imagined that the popular mind
would be rudely and thoroughly shaken,
that christianity would be placed in i'm
minent peril of5extinction. and that the
church would be dispersed and ashamed
at the sight OF the tattered shreds Of
Magma Chdrta. But the result has blast
ed all theiE hopes, and the oracles Of God
nre found to have been preserved in i'm
maoulate integrity. The storm which
shakes the oak only loosens the earth
around ita5 roots, and its violence en-
abled the tree to strike its roots deeper
into the soil So. it is that Scripture has
gloriously snrmonnted every trinl. There
gathers around it dense ''cloud Of wit
nesBes," from the ruins Of Nineveh and
the valley OF tho Nile; from the slabs
and bas-reliefsi Of; Sennacherib and the
tombs and monuments of Pharaoh; from
the rolls, OF 0hRldee paraphrasts and
Syrinn visionists; from the cells and IL
braries OF monastic soribes and the dry
snd dusty labors Of SCHOLARS and anti
quarians. ~ lCst1Osae & lE.,.'gt
Our present Bibles are undiluted by
thelhpDeaof ages These oracles, writ
ten amid suoh strange diversity of time,
place and soondition-a among the sands
and cliffs Of Arabia, the fields and hills
Of Palestine, in the palaces of Babylon,
and in the dungeons of Rome, have
coMe down: Ito, ,ua ins such unimpnired
fullness and accuracy, that no are placed
as Rdvantageously toward them as the
generation which gazed upon the book
OF law, or those crowds which hung on
the lpsM g9shB aR he recited parable
on the shores Of the Galilenn lake, or
those churches which received from Paul
or Peter one Of their epistles of warning
or or'expoaition. Yesl the river of life.
which issues ont from beneath the throne
OF God md Of the Lamb, inay, as it
flows through so many countries, some
times bear with it the earthly evidences
OF its checkered progress; but the great
volume Of its water hos neither been
dimmed in its transparency nor bereft Of
It's healing virtue. NORTH British Reuiew.
;5f. i, --A.--o -
War Is HoMRP- "Home," snys Ro-
bertson IL his sermons, sis the onu place
where hearts are sure of each other. It
is the place of confidence It ia the
place where we tear of that mask of
guarded md suspicious coldness which
the world forces ns TO wear in self.de.
fencc, and where we pour out tho unre-
served communications Of full and con-
fding hearts It is the spot where ex.
pressions of tenderness gush }out with
out any sensation OF awkwardnese, and
without any dread of ridicule. Let q
man. travel where he will, home is the
place to which 'his heart untraveled
fondly turns He is to double all plea
sure there. He is to divide all pain. A
happy home is the single spot of rest
which man has upon this earth for the
cultivation of his, noblest aensibiIities. ;"
l---<sI-s- 49, : -. = ~
IA gentleman in Massachusetts in his
prosperous days gave his town tract
OF Land Tor public, aqpare. The square
still bears his name, while lie. penniless
and triendless, is an inmate Of tho town
aims house.
Every One Drinks seegera' Beer.
PEOAUsE Il gives strength and improves
- 11elr neeltn. !. March II
The Doctors Recommend seegers' Beer
TN preference to London Porter and Scotch
4 Ale. Why2 Thoy know It is unadnltorated.
seegers' Beer is Pure.
INs.sk II.