Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-01-11

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r THE BIBLE AND CREATION. Z
Every man has something peculiar about
him which distinguishes him from every other
individual of the race. His walk, his tones
of voice, his smiles and his frowns are his own
and serve to cause him to be easily recognized.
Every author has style that, in particular
sense, is his own. 1t matters not whom he
may choose as model ;still, self will be man
ifest in every word he speaks and in every
sentence he writes. a."2#- 'u.
In the world there is hook that is known
all over the civilized world as the Bible We
hazard nothing in asserting, most positively,
thatthe book, which all civilized people call
the Bible. had aniauthor: Auy sotber suppo-
sition would be most absurd. Farther we as
sert, the Bible must be the production Of one
mind. This declaration is proven by the Bi-
bile itself. 81 It was composed, that is. the me.
chanical part of the Bible, was performed BY
a great number of individuals, living in Pc
riods of time atseveral hundreds of years dis
tant from each other. Some of those men who
acted as scribes in getting up the book We
call the Bible, were learned, whilst others were
very illiterate They were generally men Eof
no scientific knowledge. They all lived in
times when what we now call the natural
sciences, had received very little attention.
Geology, chemistry and the sciences which
are-new taught in-all our schools had never
been thought ofby mauy. ofthe individuals
who got up the, portions Of the Bible ascribed
to them.
The26fst remarkable thing about the Bible
is, that although gotten up by different men
at various periods in the history Of the world,
there is a perfect harmony, so far as facts and
principles are concerned, between each one
and all the rest From the beginning of Gen.
esis to the end of Revelation. not one contra
diction has ever been found. No single indi-
vidual can write hook of one-tenth the num-
her of pages. that are in the, Bible, without
fatty eontradicting himself The contradic-
tions would be numerous, werethe. composing
vi tho buoh 10 ortonI th.uugL numDe, OF
years. pr ',' j.tE = O.! t.sEs
The scientific accuracy of the Bible is truly
wonderful. A class of would-be wise men,
have searched for hundreds of years to find in
the Bible some statement that is contradicted
by science. They haveinot succeeded. They
have failed, most signally failed. The very
names of these scientific men, falsely ocalled,
rot. They flourish for few years, lead away
the silly, and then fade and die, only to be re.
membered and laughed at on. account of their
absurd folly.
Now we may ask, could any man, unassist-
ed by supernatural wisdom, write the Bible :
No man ever has succeeded in even creditably
initiating the style of the Bible The very
words chosen to convey the thoughts of the
author are totally unlike the words; of man.
So far as style is concerned, there never has
been book written by any man, in any age
of the world, that in any thing but the faint
est degree, resembled the Bible. =,
In the Bible and in the works of creation,
there is a wonderful resemblance. The order
is the same Rather in both there is pecu.
liar ignoring of every thing that ltheologians
and scientific men call order. In both, all is
confusion, and yet there is no confounding.
In the Bible there are no labored essays on
any doctrine taught. History, poetry and
law are found scattered all through the book.
In the same short sentence is often contained
most precious promise and a startling de.
nouncement. :,..... .... .Es..
The truths of the Bible are scattered all
through it from beginning to endsjust as the
beauties of creation are scattered over the face
of the earth, the canopy Of the sky, and the
busom of the ocean. 1t matters not in what
part of the universe you are, what you see or
where you see it, you discover in creation
convincing evidence of almighty power, inf
mite wisdom and unspeakable goodness. Open
the Bible when you may-either in the law.
the prophets or the psalms-and the same
grand sight is preented to your view.
1t is remarkable fact that as yet no writer
has succeeded in initiating the style of the
Bible; so no painter orsculptor has succeeded
in initiating, with the brush or chisel, the works
of creation. It matters not how skillful the
painter may be, how correct his taste, how
accurate his eye, his work; when done, is,
when compared with his copy, miserably
dauby. The author of the Bible must be the
creator of the world and the governor Of the
universe.
WE ALL HAVE FAuLTs.-I have been
good deal up and down in the world, and l
never did see either perfect horse or per-
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