The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-10
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~, NJ Won tell me that this book, that has
oone through the persecution OF internal
contemnt. 4 q human books Suppose
that some,erest plague, should smite inc
earth and medicine should be discov-
cred thar would cure 1000 people il a
dav. and suppose that ih6dsands Of per.
sons stood up and testified that they took'
that remedy and il has cuped then. .Iia
Now / Ak YOU whether yonl will dc.
mend mon The testimony Of millions Of
Ehristians throughout the earth who have
nroved the efficacy Of the medicine for the
ami provided in. the Bible, or whether
you will take the testimony OF Few SKIP
tics who confess that they never even
's TSe' BibIs aid there was 4 city called
Petra, which was built out ofsolid rock.
The skeptics said ,these was no such CITY !;
but, after diligent exploration, It was dis-
covered fashioned in the solid rock one
street, six miles long, built IN the rock
the very street along which once marchea
imperial pOrnp; temples fashioned out OF
colored stone, some OF which mad actuaity
blushed into the crimson Of the rose, and
some paled intn the wilderness OF the lily,
Thus, with architecture, in column, IN
pediment, and III tsblature God has Wr1t-
ten the truth of the Bible. ,dgeld ~
( The Bible declared that Sod0m and 60.
morrah would be destroyed BY ire and
birthstone. The skeptic said: There is
nothing in the elements that could pos
sibly produce such y shower .as that.
Lieut.. Lynch went forth he explored the
Dead Sea, which, by an evolution of Ma
ture, has oyerfiowed the site of those two
Cities and hea dropped, his lfathoming-
irons to the bottom of the sea, and brought
up great masses of sulphur and Orimstole,
the remains of the. horrible tempest that
swept over those two. cities, Who is
right-the Bible or the skepticsi
I The Bible said there was aacity called
Nsnepeh, three days journey round, that
would be destroyed by fire and water
The skeptics said that no sach: city as
that could be found, that could be de-
stroyed by two such antagonistic elements.
Layard and his party went forth in their
explorations, and they found the city of
Nineveh. actually three days journey
round, as they computed the Gays jour
ney in the olden times, and that the city
had really BEEN destroyed by ofire and
water, the River Tigris being used to, de-
stroy part of the city,, while in other
parts they found the remains OF fiery
confagration in heaps of charcoal, that
were excavated, and in calcined slabs Of
gypsum. Who was right about Nineych
the Bible or the skeptics? ,tg >
The Bible speaks of the fine grapes in
Egypt. "What fallacy and an alb
surdity r. exclaimed the infidels; !" there
are no grapes in Egyptp Explorers went
down into the underground vaults, to the
subterranean cellars, and there they found
all the processes of culturing the vine and
treading out the grape, showing that the
process was perfectly familiar 70 the peo-
pie, and that in Bible times they did
raise grapes in Egypt, whether they raise
them there now Of. not. Who was right
the skeptics or the Word of God?
When consider all the arguments to
prove the authenticity of Gods Word. i
am constrained to fall back upon the. ex-
clamation Of the Psalmist, The statutes
of the Lord are right. ~ d.. Tdlntaoe. =