, 1876-02-14

Tho voice OF tho Lord htodIoth TUG coaatbi
Tic Lord shaketh .slo Wilderness OF Kadesli.
and in his tomplo doth every QUO speak of his
glory" And then, sa tho storm passes and tic
sun looks forth again: 'Tlso Lord will givo
strength unto ll!s po9p'' tho Lord will bless
OF, for an instance Of tho sublime. M catch"
ing It's thrill frnn, tho vsgue and aupornatural,
tako those lines In tho 4th Of Job:
thing, too, wal impartod n mo secrsty,
Atlnn ear received whlnpee Of IT.
Waen dccp sleep falls n,l ,nsn,
FAulo calEo on me, and horror,
AMI thu multitula OF my honea dsd eafTn-
spirit passed. before my tace.
1t Htood, but could not dlscern ia form.
siluSce-and heard voice.
Annll mortal bo righteous beforo God
BilaN 1nan 10 pnro before hia makcr1
Or, a an Instance Of sublimitv Of another
sore, tie ontire 23th chapter Of Job-begn-
utnE:
Trnly the5c is a mlno for the lilrce,
And 1,acn for tho gold 80 nnp;
and eudlug:
nehold, tho foar Of tho Lord, that IL wisdoru.
And to depart from evil is understanding.
50, moreover. Tho Psalms III general, for their
exquisite sympathy with nature, Psalms whera-
| in, as you ronembor. tho mountains slip, tho
seas cthp hands, tho valleys elngt the little hllIH
rejoice; anil whsroin ovory brook aud spray.
every zephyr alld sound holds part In tho gfoae
prophecies for their nngust. Tremendous pow
o1t OF, ii caso ono ia pleased. tho rathor, With
matters vhtch touch common life. there arc for
him also abounttnE attractions, :"hat, TOR ton-
derncss, Ia like tho story OF Ruth. with ita . En-
troat mo not TO leave theo. uor to return from
| following after theo2" For pathos, what ia
thero which equals tho scene IN which cusht
bears tidlngs to David Of tho deash Of Aes.lom? :?
Or, for simple affecting narrative. what cal
| match tho story Of the prodga! Son?
Gun you not thus understand why tho Bablo
WAS ono OF the four books which might always
be found on svsn Dyroa'a tab|ol Can You H2 n9s
i hr.rt t7ott
tho Dlble has dono more, to supply rhetoric
noble images: and = tho flne.arts with
eesors eolnb'nods ' ca /: be Tut @ oao Is aver Too
old or too wlse to caro- for such hooks hayo
ofton wishod TINT VIC llnd certain cop!os Of tho
Dbo from which the divisions of chaptors and
ycraes were abseut, TINT so tho otaner its
yartoua books might bo road 40 We road other
volumes, conuoctodty, and IN tho uuhiudorou
coMpiatsnessuf tl!esr literary charm.
attou.lon to tho Dsblo as tue book wh,cl, las iu
it e1llaustlcsB, practical powor and which to-day
IL lnluenciug tue yaSt propondarapce OF liman
thought aud lite And this aay not forgetting
believers moro than . comparatively small frae;
ttuu OF kho racs. Yot, hnvo you not observed
what singular faculty the Dibte las Of attract
ing to itseif. either In frionaAhip or opposition,
books which have boon written on tho Blblo
Aiono a1e many fold moro unmoroua than those
OF tue nscok and ltouan ltoratuses combluod.
Sixty Thousand existing commentaries upon the
sacred Bcnptures or upon some portion OF
tllsml Certainly 1t muas be admitted that the
Dlblo has contriveA to 8ot ait Christcndom
th,pAiug, and las kcpt 1t thinking, for nearly
2,ogv years Writes an undoubted authority
III thu Bazuona Alono, prcaehed In only tho
Unitoh States, in . atngec .ysat were printed,
they would flll leu. .oooo oo5 octave pagos." 1t il
perfectly safe to say shnt tho Bibo IL read to-day
by q vastly larger number of educnt0d mlnaB
l tkn ofh hnrh htH1t in a 7 a
dict Of history that In English form. the b,1lo
stands at tho hoad OF the streams Of Engllasl
couquosts and Of English aud Asneflcan coionl;
zatiou ard commerce. Ycs, It ia the vertlict Of
thoughtful observation that The bible in its
domination of tho Western, that In Of tho Occt,
dont,l, civilization anl progress III raAlly donl.
mating tho whole slobo For wheuco como the
forces which move cyon toward world.Wlde
| conpness7 Without doubt from Wost OF tue
Euparases and the Utal Mountains Yet wes
Of that line tho Scriptures are tho prevailing in
spiratinn These tho motive, the principle
which has Vitality enough to live, aud monen
tu,u enough to bo A. work. Ia really dsttyed from
, tue Dihiel The dignity OF manhood, tho Bacrod'
ness OF individual bong, tue assured lInmortAll-
: II Of tho soul the bsother,ood OF tho race. tho
= fsthorbood Of God. tho right Of FREQ Inquiry,
tho dcspcabloness OF cant, sho Eroak ld0As q
social and political antl moral totorm.-those a.
: Aro smanatiuns. In faet, from the sacred Word
brea.L Of it's nostfls, from tho scsipturaI source
!! 1t could not live b day did 1t not borrow from
: The vasy book it asaalls enough to soryo It to
. responsibility and support. Thsro ~ no post
tiyis,u nor F4nhal8m, nor bRlasat At!Ieik1u, bic!
u Ioos moi draw from tho nblo the soorot Of w.A.
:. eur roal power it possesaon. Out Of tho D!'i'
or civilization grows. by It our LAWS aud nsttu
" tons aso Uphold and tho asgns ct botn propti
}. eay. aud Providence aAsuro us that to it !
u uome day to bs Giyan tho cjvl! and intellectual
a. we'll al spiritual, dominion Of tue whole Garth
!: May not such q book r,ghtfnlIJ command tA
= ! AttoukioR and tbs study OF avary Minl Cal
- any one atfntA to treat u WITH noglect
!, DooK OF auc'eh& Auo "setosFc*i tu'e
!. isok .. aoaonso u,t,a1 a,is nr.n.tut W,
o " i, nnI "Iwsvs liz H,nI ri sa,.,tin,
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