The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-23

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rTho Bible IL false! These formations
prove concIuslyely TINT, Instead Of
few thousand, the world Is m'llloI
years oldp 10 fortly this position
rome disciple Of perverted genius
brings forward tho idoa Of physlca
progression, development, advance
ment, or some other cursed theory, by
which lac attempts 10 prove there
was time when his ancestors
were monkeys or donkeysi con-
sequently the Bible " all II MIS-
take - forgetting that III sacred
traditions We're preserved from
generation 10 generation IN a tongue
that has long ceased TO exist rs one OF
the languages Of the day, For GEN.
turtles It has been manipulated by and
at the mercy Of the worst set Of Jock
eys and trlclsters that ever used lot
ters or perverted learning. still, after
all this, II IL beyond Notwithstanding
has ever been written TO compare to IL.
The last centuries Of letters and learn
ing have produced nothing that can
stand before It's light; yet you cannot
understand. You, the creature, have
set up u standard Of your own by which
TO Judge the Creator, the small scope
of whose works, visible from where
you sit, possess IN lnhntrde Of which
your mind has not the remotest con-
ception. with more propriety might
the ant, from his little hill of earth,
attempt to understand the reasons for
II human battle going Oh around him,
or call in question the plans of the
commanding general"
Mrs. Newton was sobbing audibly
now, and Mr.. Moore's voice softencd
as he stood over her,
"My child, you must lay aside these
fancics. You have taken upon your
self n task no one has ever yet accom-
plished, though thousands have lost all
in the same attempt. Do not think
about understanding why--think about
humbly believing. When you can say
your prayers as that child, you need
have no more fear of laying down to
die than she Of going to sleep in her
arms"
"Mr. Moore, | can not express my
thanks for this, but the lesson will
never be forgotten. Though you are n
complete enigma to me, you seldom
express the least interest in such af
fairs, and know that your wife's con-
slant prayer is that you may become n
"In advisingyou, have not spoken
Of myself merely expressed my
thoughts. A blind man may enlight-
en- you upon the various properties OF
light. Taking prism, divide the rays
into their primary colors and explain
many of its phenomena, may argue and
prove conclusively the undulatory the
DRY Of light, to the satisfaction and de-
light ola listening audience, yet not |
have the fnintest idea Of what light or
color is, or the rcmotest conception OF
the basis of the theories he so explicit
~ demonstrates. SO ii may be with a |
theoretically religious man or woman;
but theory, my child, does not make
or fill Heaven. The heart |
must say, Il believe
"But it is getting late and / will bid |
you good night When you retire, try |
to say the Lords Prayer from the
heart, instead of from the lips"
Until long after the pale moon arose
in the sky, she sat there, as if she had |
received her angel mothers blessing,
the spot sacred. There was II
new light within, calm and bright as
evenings glow-a new strength to
walk the darker paths of life.
Now, when doubts and shadows
come, the memory of that evenings |
lesson--though couched in disiointed |
sentences and unconnected points of
argument-enables her to bid the temp |
Ter "get thee behind me-"