New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-25

testimony ss that Of such reasoninsi Would you not
dsmss theArea coming ise rather bsteTsd bran tho
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era. suppose You had found the Old Testament as q
record Of q0a sGa rOS she SoW
other known connection between tnem save 1 ,av
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be accounted for be OF any use without the
Ts s a oS co sns fonood without the last Would
not that discovery absolutely demonstrate 10 you tne
authorship and dictatorship Of both volumes as being
from one and the designing and benevolent intel
ligencef Would that discovery persuade you that
neither OF these volumes had any designing spechi
creator but that both merely products OF the force
of evolution In strata Of existence anu Oh tn9ugn a
eocene miocene primary secondary, tertiary glacial
aud post glacial, succeeding one another by natural
selection from pra .hs al @ Of the Word of
God and It's pdependency as His word, OF all e4terDai
testimony Suppose you should hnd the whole volume
Of Gods Word Just as we have 1T, buried in dry we'll
Or suppose should have been found In the heart ol
s or ssmmt Of Mount and
should take forth and study It, and hnd out the CO.
Of ds y n nnd its
and history Of the human race, with the iau OF man,
pleasure revealed in the government and redemption of
the fallen Its authoritative address 10 nu
KIND: its revelation Of the nature or morality anu re
gIon adaptation to the conscience and condition oi
humanity; It's heavenly benevolent design ana dny.
with its announcement of God as the Author ana SUP
pose all records Of human testimony save this only
what be gathered from It's study had persisted
suppose that no volumes or traditions or CHAINS OF wiz
nesses, evidences from man remained, IN regard
either to the construction or authorship or suen
volume or Of any part OF 1t. yet tue volume Itself
its evidence. declares and proves It's design
man. itself is enough to prove There things it
beyond the compass OF tine human mind TO Originate:
man could not have made the Aud if it has Gods
authority it stands Gods authority alone nothing
could support it, No human testimony could make
it Gods Word or make it powerful Gods Wori If it
were Gods Word. forgery would detect ITSELF as
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the process OF this examination. You find rs In the
watch, part answering to part wheels strlkng INTO INTO
other wheels and setting them in motion. You hnd
prophecies and their fulhlnent, the Oid testament
playing into the New ana .ne New
divine claims aud demonstrations Of the Lord Jesus, as
the author of eternal life. You find clements OF
that e the nature of true holiness and love- the hour
hand and the minute hand of duty to God and duty to
man in this chronometer OF immortal character and its
seasons; and you find the handspring OF all virtue Goa
and his love- aud the seeking OF Ills appreciation ana
But there is the volume Gods word and you see
how its parts nwrougbt together, how the whole
coheres how 1t would not work whit better IL it had
the literary and historical evd 'nce OF all ages Aud
Infinite accuracy IL any wheel tooth against the
or any other 1t would STOP ana prove Itself useless
aud poweress though all the writer's Witnesses,
and Corporations Of all conspired with unbroken
testimony establish its divinity We see at once how
impossible to demonstrate It's divneness II COD himself
did not establish it. If tho volume itSel1 dId not
rightly reveal God and establish its own authenticity
as from Him. And God himself has really established
His word, ali the vouchers OF all human KIND are
needless. AS the tmepece OF the human race Tor eter
nty 1t can go alone IT does go alone; 1t does not
any better for the testimony OF all Chrstendom. All
Christendom must go by II, or Christendom Is not
Christianity. Ii keeps no better time Tor the cetcaes
of all generations, whether of Chrstendom or eathen
DOM 1t judges mankind, not mankind IT, II Is the ut,
mate authority, the court OF last appeals Oar Lord
Jesus Christ appeals to IT, as 10 Gods lhiaiDie WORD
Now il is obvious that if the Scriptures
relied upon for absolute veracity IN things concerning
and event in and through which the predictions con-
corning Christ had their beginning and reality, they
could not be relied upon as notices CONCERNING Himself
Could the veracity of the Mosaic concerning
Abraham for example. be impeached, or concerning
Moses himself or Joshua. all their reliability would be
gone an lndisputaDe reference Tue savior
to II those Scriptures could not be trusted as
Gods image and his loss of that image by sin, they
tainly could not concerning his new creation by
through the incarnation, sufferings. and death OF
Christ. The testimony concerning Christ IN
range Of those Scriptures from Genesis to Malachi lis
was b wG of 70 oa e Tney e coa q Se
The Word OF God merely IN those prayers wnch CHRIST
faiiibe in the whole course of historical and provi
dental narrative, any more than the sun, moon and
stars could be the work of God in their primal ee-
ments tacr light and their life giving energy but the
of man In their orbits and periodic motions II we
believe that God made the hight He made al! things, DO
made the cOrrespondencles or all things with the light
And believe that The utterances Of the Od Tesla
nent concerning Christ were the truth OF God all the
cspoudencies and roots OF that truth were OF God
likewise.
hoods in other things they are bound to demon
strate those Mistakes and when they nave done TINS
mony OF Christ that the books containing those ms.
takes sending them down TO posterity records OF
truth were the Word of God When thar demonstration
given to the world then AM not I'LL then' can that
testimony be inyalidated.
Tns superiority OF Word OF Col to all human tes
tmony, ITS power OF selfevidence, It's ability to stand
alone nfaDhty, as true as God Is true, are essen
tl 10 the idea and efficacy OF "a Divine Revelation foe
mans spiritual good. Its healing, renovang power,
cannot depend upon men as Its vouchers. 1t is God
speaking and not man. much less man indorsing or
south Sea Islands and pour its light upon tho savages
DO they know or care anything about canoniea
all this shall be mentioned. but the Word of
God shall stand separate ana apart IRON every h
know IL to be Gods Word Tho divine watch goes as
well when they use it, without solitary voucher AS TO
It's manufacture, 1t had the appaudng of all
generations at Its heels IL is Gods word, and 1t needs
his own Spirit in man 1t would have just as much
divinity and power now though all the stream OF history
all the hSrares councils :and cOnciaves Of the whole
world attached TO it, II It reduced TO the solitary
isolated condition have imagined, and dis
covered without hint in regard TO anywhere
else IN the world, either OF tradition or OF
history, 1t would 20 forth c0nQuerng and to conquer
Ii no more needs vouchers OF its light than the In
the needs the testimony of the wallst. mer
chants you could be eve that the shines 1t
no more needs mans testimony, than watch needs u
chain OF seals dangling from It, In order that you may
Gods light in His Word IS as independent OF mans
authority. the suubealns themselves are independent
OF the certificates OF the Stock Exchange. Such the
foundations Of our faith, impregnaDie, unchangeaDle
eternal.
THE CALL FOR THE COURSE.
The series Of OF which this is the last one
delivered is given in consequence of the following card:
To the Board Of Directors Of the Young Mems Christian
AssocsdtOn
DEAR BRETHREN: Our attention has been called to
the course being delivered by the Rev.
George b. Cheever ID. d., IN Harlem on the Evidences
Christianity with special reference to the assaults
OF modern infdelity Believing that the delivery OF
these lectures at more central point would be great
benefit especially 10 young men. respectfully suggest
to you your consideration the proprlety Of inviting
Dr. Cheever to repeat them on Sunday evenings, ut
Association Hall
THOMAS ARMITAGE. THOMAS DE WITT,
THOMAS f. VERMILYB, DANIEL CURRY,
L. WILLIAMS, ROBT RUSSELL BOOTH,
JOHN PARKER, CHARLES h. DEEMS,