Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-03-02
ApDREss OF REV. T. B. LARIMoRE.

Rev.T B. Larimore, of Florence, Alabama,
next delivered an address, stating that the
subject OF his theme was the most beautiful
and sublime that ever thrilled the heart OF
man or was whispered by angels-"GOd and
the Bible" The existence of God was estab-
lished by the bible. The evidences of con-
summate skill, goodness and truth in every
thing on earth establish the truth of the
bibles story. he compared the bible TO a tel
escope, which discovers new worlds in the re-
gions of distant space. The bible had only to
be opened, when il would reveal bright and
beautiful principles, establishing the ex-
isenes OF b,andsS od atSIIS1ies was as
the wisdom, truth and goodness
displayed everywhere in nature. Man, with
ali his wisdom gained from the last six thou
sand years, cannot create the tlniest spark of
life that glows in the existence of the smallest
microscopic; yet man invented the telescope
by which he looks upon new worlds; by the
telegraph wires he conVerses with distant
friends.
The bible is not the work of bad mon, who
could have had no object in writing It. Its
divine origin is proved by the fulnllment OF
It's prophecies. The PentGteHeh was written
dfteen hundred years before the siege and
capture of Jerusalem; yet It's prophecies, con-
trary to the very laws of nature, were ful-
Allied. the prophet stemmed the very
pride of human nature, and said that the
mother should eat the flesh of her own child,
and it's fulfillment was recorded by Josephus.
The destruction of Jerusalem, the dispersion
OF the Jews and their preservation, attest the
truth and power OF God, and the truth or his
words. The Jews saw the Assyrlan and Ede-
messed the brilliant achievements of Alexan-
der and the crumbling of the Grecian empire
and felt the iron of Rome-sll these they wit
messed and yet they exist IN accordance with
the power Of God and the fulhllment of his
word, More than two hundred years before
the fall of Babylon the prophet, Isaiah, fore
told its fall and its forever ruin. Wsy, now,
has it never been rebuilt-why is 1t mass
phis or other cities to burn, they
would be rebuilt. Not so, however, with
Babylon-her doom is sealed; The fearless
son OF Ishmael cannot be Induced, by logic,
love or money, to slumber amid the awful
ruins of Babylon, from which he fees as the
chilling shades of evening dwell upon them.
echo Is, Why? The christian answers, and
tbe repIy is: because God decreed it, the bible
exnlafus Il and 10 knows II TO be true.
1Rhe rise and progress OF Gods church, as
nlanned by his works, are other evidences of
his divine nature and the truth OF the bible.
An the powers of earth have been hurled in
yeIn AGAINST the church OF God. The name
derived from biblos, The book, Is most appro-
priate. 1t is NE hook; and is 10 other books
fHgbat The sun Is 10 the revolving plsuets; 1t
aions reveals to man the only true God, which
fhe world with all its wisdom, could never
find out. IEregeals clearly the duty and des-
TRe hihle shows that nations without revelas
tlons never advance. Its code OF morals 1s
pure, and the diffusion Of its truths should en-
list the interest 9t all h I sne an nnsiehfIy
wreck-life would be armament without a
sun or light. 1t was the duty of every human
being TO engage in the work OF dinuslng the
bible-how Important, then, were the oDllga-
tions and how great the task The speaker
exhorted to q proper exertton, and illustrated
the good that might result from the efforts
sTau Of o child, The sacrifice made Tor man
deserves sacrince op AIS part. He had ratn-
er occupy the POSITION OF & reader OF the
scriptures 10 the poor Ard unfortunate than
10 wieH the sceptre Of this earth, and have no
hope IN God.
The mRtchless beauty was then commented
upon-it contained sentences simple enough
/ for the comprehension OF child.
The work engaging the bible society was
/ commensurate with eternity itself, q word
which was much more easily spoken
than understood. We should ponder well
! Ire sacred truths while standing on the edge