The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-04-05
q. Limits Of nsFsiaii0n.


Many people say, ''Why does no
Bible settle.agreat mRpyspoint
which are. perpIexiS9 to- men 2
I yhlve an idea that q book whicl
is inspired OF God is to be a guide fol
the settlement Of any moral @ques
tions that may arise in the lives O
men, SO that they shall not have TIE
trouble Of making inquiries on any
subject which concerns their higher
interests. And they do not. believe
that it has a different meaning IN
der different circumstances. But
do you suppose that God would have
given us q book that undertook to
go into the Eboles genius of cIRa1
ton? The world Was not m 3de for
any such purpose. You might as
well say, ''Why did not God make a
garden behind .sYsrg uEl8s 8 house 4
where all desirable pl9atsz srUh.
come up of their own accord, where
weeds should be banisaed, end where
every thing should be in perfect or
der, without giving the owner-anY
trouble?" 1t might as well be ask
ed, "Why is not fruit provided with
wings like birds, 50 that it mightfy
in through the window, and set IL
self down on peoples laps?" ItwOuld
be just as reasonable to say, 'eSVhat
was the use eof making things So
that we Bhould have to work in or
der to get themlp God meant that
mansshould beforever building bir1-
self, by thouglH, by feeling by eFo-f
ution; adapting himself to eircJ1fn-
stances; sharpening this faculty and
strengthening that faculty; lifting
up and pulling down. 1t was the
divine intention that by an active
process Of education we should be /
developed from a lower to q higher
state OF being. Therefore it is that
If a man would be sculptor, or q
painter, cr a scholar, he must be-
come such 81 workipgout the things
which belong to the particular pros
fession which he has chosen. We
arc working out Ourselves; and eve /
rybody knows, who has given the /
subject.any thought, that the strong
est men and the bestrnenF ara ztheY /
who, being put into this Alife,E have |
wrought out patience and endurance |
and energy by the Necessity Which !
has been laid upon then to do orto |
die. Nov, in the world which is
made on. purpose to kill lazy folks
and to build up industrious people,
In a world which has been made like |
u vast glinding-stone on which to
polish and sharpen men by attri-
tions, DO you. .suppose God, IN CIV
ing u the Bible, has given us. u book
that settles everything Instead of be- |
ing such q book, it IS one which stirs |
men up, and requires them to form
Judgments of their own. 1 would I
not thank anybody should bring
into my house a book that settled all
ques ions Of casuistry, and all ques
tions Of morals, $50 that no child who
took it into his hands should have
TO ask any questions. IWould SOON
er thank q man for giving my chill
dren such wealth and luxury and
pleasure and honor as should cut
off every motive which was calcula-
ted to. wake them up to acquire by /
their own exertions. these amenities
OF life That is not the creative. de-
sigo. tits 5the divine method.
The Bible answers precisely to the
analogy'o Of the word into which we
are born. 1t is book which con
tains a given amount of instruction
and stimulation, but which does not
take away from US the necessity of
making ansegort to find ont for our
selves those things which. are most
vital to our welfare both, here and
hereafter. And it is an obligation.
which rests upon every man to take
his one talent, his two talents orshis
five talents, as the case may be, and
go out and make them more.-H
W. Becy66ri . ts5 HEE siafzsa