Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-04-19
The Bible for all Nations. :
It's Scientific Value.

From the Minneapolis Citizen.
Confueiue, the great Chinese phil
osopher (now olsssed among their
deities) was born SOL years before
Christ. "Hs was a man of great
knowledge aud extensive wisdom,
was beloved on account of his vir-
tuas, rendered great service to his
country by his moral maxine, and
POSSESSED much influence even with
kingF He died ia the severty-third
yearIof his age.'
Ha laid much stress on the five
virtues, "benevolence, uprightness,
polittness, knowledge, and faithful
ness.' His greatest preeept was
something like the golden rule "Do
not to others what you would not
have others do to you" But be
frauRly Acknowledged he could not
teach 10 religious matters, when he
was gsked Of iutuTity aud answered
"N9 knowing life, how can we know
dean.?" If Confucius were now
iiqiag on earth he might be among
those al his country who are accepts
ing ahe word of Christ. The whole
Bibll isnow printed in the Manda-
rian thu spoken language Of China.
And wii'e that precious Book car
RES 10 hem tho sweet knowledge OF
crucded Rsdeemer, it also gives
them lhe golden keys of science.
The religions Of the heathen are al
ways Mingled with the grossest err
rora concerning tho material world.
Read tho Chinese theories about
"th7 FIJI clements (wood, fire, earth,
metal aid water) and Of their power
ful i0f|onces upon affairs both hu-
man anl divine" Or 60 to fiiadoo
books ind read that the "moon is
so, 600 leagues higher than tbs sun;
it shines by its own light" The sun,
they ny, "g0es down behind
Someyfa mountains, situstsd in the
mi3dleoi the globe, and many thous-
and leagues high, end this causes the
night They tell "a our 9. arth is
fiat AID triangular, composed OF
seven stories, each Of which has I.s
own egree Of beauty, It's inhabit>
ants sd its sea The first story is
mad d honey, the second is Of SUI
gar, th9third OF butter, the fourth of
wine; I'd finaIly all the mass is car
ried d the heads of inrum rable el
epbanF, which in shaking them
selves cause earthquake ea.' Now
wheuthe Bible speaks Of the earth,
it CHS il a slobo, speaking Of the
"oird Of the earth." Iaa. VI, %.
The Scripture also tells as that God
''su gends the earth upon nothing"
Jobxxyi, Z. Ii also represents the
dinnal moti5n Of the earth, showing
ao4 . part CT the inhabitants Of the
eafh will be up and working while
ar5ther part are asleep. Luke xvii,
t33, 81. Matt. XIV. The Bible says
Cd made the light before He made
To san that Vegetation fourlahsd
whout The sunlight; a fact which
5ence he's slowly but surely dis
ecerod in the won ierful fossis, T.
10 Informs ia, that the earth holds
irits hidden depths the burning fires
list science pr07es. Job xviii, 5
MAJ tried to count tho STARS, bat
GID says thoy arc ianumerable, and
as tho telescopes show US more and
mTe Of His vast starry universe, our
deight, astonishment and awe in
erase, and none but God can num-
bel His starry worlds or"oaIl them
by their names" lisa. XII, &c. Yet
hog very slow we are to appropri-
ate tho ecieptiGc knowledge the
Billie gives us. 1t took q long time
to fad oat that great starless
opening was 10 the northern heavens,
though the Bible said, thousands of
years ago, that God ''atretchoth out
he north over the empty place" Job
k2yi, Tho philosopher speaks
io@ OF atmospheric pressure, and
,he machinlst knows its weight up
bn the square inch, yet long before
Calico fonnd out these thiags the
Bible said Good giveth to the air its
weight" JOB xviii, 25. The Bible
soeaks Of tie movement Of the winds
from the poles to the equator, the
weight Of the waters. the formation
Df the clouds, the melting of the
rocks, tho power of the suns rays
'apon the earth, the influence Of the
moon aud SO maIy more precious
things that we arc lost in wonder as
we read. 1t is the best book ever
written for preacher, lawyer, farmer,
Mechanic, salesman, ssilor AMI all
,theFs of every cline. 1t is price,
ess book for the sick, and on by
, Eiene it eclipses every other work.
They that fathom it most, are the
Icho5t in its treasures and most APP
reciate its goodness. They who
lose their hearts TO tho SWEET re-
root aad precious promises that
!, biue upon its pages, they are the
! ines who see the least OF it's beauty,
ind denounce it.
, The Chinese lecturer, Mr.. Wong
i, ghin Foo who lately lecture3 here
lad never known how precious il
, he Love Of Carist, or hs could not
rave said that although the Christ
i. Ian religion ID as good MS any in th'
, World, vet ii is "not suitable for hi'
tountrv, where customers are oppo.
olite ours He who hath created 20
? bue blood ali the nations OF tn
a barth" and fashioneth our heart
bike, has given but ono Rsde9me or
oand 'sIf any man will do his will, b
j shall know Of the doctrine whetbe
dit Be Of Gad.n John vii, IT, HOY
I beautiful II this factl We need no
) "walk in darkuess." We need no
Ito "weary ourselves With lies 10
nif We east aside the 'lights We hav
( kindled" Elsa. L, ? and pray to 70
r for wisdom, be promises to give !
0 .Iiberally :" to "shine ato on
,.Ibearts;''to be our everlasting light;
s to 'lead us 10 ali trath;" TO love y
u With an "everl0sting love," and say
4 Us through the blood Of his dear soE
i The weary pilgrim who, IN heathe
j lands had visited many shrine
i earnestly seeking comfort AZ the fe'