The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-03-24

to his children hearing read a book
that teaches the purest morality ev-
er taught?
Sixth. The Bible contains the
most ancient and veritable history.
1t contains the history of the crea-
ton and of the first ages of the
world. We learn by it mans ORR
gin and the canse of the depravity
of his nature, and the terrible re-
suits of his spostacy from a state of
holiness. We have in it the history
of some of the worst men Tat eve S
lived, such as Pharaoh, Manassah /,
Herod aud Judas, and many other r
OF similar character. The history
of such men and the shocking re-
suits of their sins, are well adapted
to warning children against the per-
petration of similar crimes. Such
history that shows s'the way of the
trsnsgr essor is hard" Again, the
Bible contains history of some of
the best men that the world has
known, such as Abel, Enoch, Nos b,
Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Samuel, JO-
siah, Hesekiah, and many otkers on
whose character there was no blem-
ish. The presentation of characters
so pure and. so noble is calculated to
prompt children to noble aspira-
tons. The histoay of Joseph, and
the Gospel by Luke, are samples of
the very best historical writing.
Z. The Bible teaches that there
will be a resurrection of the dead.
For this divine and important truth
we are indebted to divine inspira-
ton. There is nothing like it in all
the creation. There never has been
an instance of anything, after being
really dead, coming to life.
There are no facts aside from
Revelation to prove a resurrection.
The change of the silk worm into a
butterfly has no semblance of dead
animal rising to life. Did ever q
dead silk worm pass into butter
fly? 1t is living worm, maturing
its nature, and not the resurrection
of dead animal to life. Aside
from Divine Revelation, nothing
can be more incredible than that
bodies dissolve to dust and scatter
ed by washing streams, or driving
winds, 10 the ends of the eartk, will
be collected and recolIected F; yet the
Bible teaches that all the bodies in
the earth, and in the sea will be
resurrected. All will hear the voice
of the Son of God-"And shall
come forth, that they have done
good unto the resurrection of life,
aud they that have done evil unto
the resurrection" Nothing can be
more grand than the idea here pre-
scented. At the voice of the Son Of
God, all the countless millions Of
the deau will come to judgment
The righteous will be placed on His
right hand, and The wicked on His
left. The righteous pass into state
of endless holiness and happiness
The wicked pass into state of end
less SHINING and suffering 'Iuto ev
erlasting fire prepared for the devi
and his angels" Are our children
on the way to the judgment? AND
shall we, by expelling the Biblt
from our schools, prepare them fol
standing on the left hand of tn,
Judge in the awful day of jadg
ment, and for goiGg "Iuto everlast
ing punishment"
The man who refuses to let hi
children hear the Bible read in tn
schools, will have to answer for j
at the judgment seat of Christ. In
fidels are on the way to judgmen
SO certainly as others. For thei
infidelity they have no justifyini
excuse. Anyone who desires t
believe the Bible can find abundan
evidence of its inspiration. Infidel
ity is in the heart, and not in tn
want of evidence.
"What we wish we soon believe.