Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-07-21
SUNDAY READING.
JULY 81. IszS


81 another's labor in the vineyard. The Ri
lie is an eyer fruitful theme II is treated Of
b. the Rev. +. S. Storrs eloQuently and with
hriliancy of rhetoric as follows: "The Bible
* like a diamond that has not one, but fifty
faces, from each of which the radiance flashes
|. is like great palace, not like wall. Many
BOOKS arc like walls, thin, perpendicular, alike
"n both sides, which are only attractive when
thoroughly masked under trellis and vine
Here is palace, with many fronts, with hos
Wtable doorways, storied roofs, far reaching
o., looks; its whole exterior broken into diff
Ferent angles and gables, hanging balconies,
oriel windows; it's vast interior rich in saloons,
music halls, galleries, libraries, the theater
the throne room; all the apartments for work
and for rest, for study and for pleasure. for
public ceremonial and for serene domestic joy.
Such is the Bible. And from this manifold
ness of its structure We get final impression
of its truth, which IS richer and more power
f0l than could possibly have been made, if in
its constitution it had been narrower and more
limited One of our American artists, wishing
% perfect for himself portrait and bust of
Shakespeare, took the death mask from the
ta,, Of the poet, ana had twenty Or thirty
Autographs made, from every possible angle
%. gislun, that ne mignt get the fullest light on
aEa~y point OF the face aud head; then came
ne portrait Nn canvas, and then the stately
head in marble So we look at the figure and
,.ca of Christ, as these are given us in the BIZ
o.; from the earliest prophecy, from the law,
Ia the ritual, frora the psalm and the song,
f'am the evangelical prophecies of Isaiah, from
SO story Of Matthew, and the other of Mark,
and the other Of Lake, and the wonderful
spiritual story Of john, from the Argument of
PIui, the exhortation OF Pete, ana the great
y;son at last OF the King il the heavens--
cna1 the garden, With whi2n the race began
h.s lecome the etornal city nj Cod, ana when
tls babe prince is the Lord Of the Sd nts-w
t.&o 81 these, and from them all We get such |
. '-Alscendent image OF the Son Of God as no
0l. writer could have given. 1t takes forty |
w,i.aTs. even under the inspiration Of God, to |
portray for us that sympathizing Sovereign, |
tIa' bleeding Conqueror, that ccuciied King,
wnoM We are bye and bye to see, with the |
pierced hands holding the sccpter, with the |
many diadem1 where WIS Of Old the crown of |
n 'ros! 1t has i vast, o.U)tif"rIn oneness; not !
like that Of Paradise Lost, or of Plato's Re- |
plh':,, or even of the Koran, which Is one by |
limitation, because the utterance Of a single |
mind This is = oneness coElLracted ont Of all |
Fac yarietles, power, spiritual culture, IN many
separate and widely scattered writer's. 1t Is a
unity built of variety, and it makes the Bible
the supreme phenomenon of the literary world.
iJ y Ike the earth. one planet, but rivers,
meadows. and mountain ranges assembled in
!, With seas and islands, the narrow istlmus,
the out-stretch of continents: with monitory
fires underneath, and the great solemn stars
above; with the moon walking the sky, AZ to-
GlGAt, III placid brightness, and the sun shed
ling the splendor of day across the lands that
arc glad in his coming. So is the Bible. 1t
has parable and psalm, brief story and vast
legislation, mighty argument, charming Incl
don't, cart admonitIon. II, too, has its Sun of
Righteousness, its Old Testament and its New
liAo answering hemlsphetes, what is latent III
toe one being patent i'll the other Before the
threat Of it's penalties the earth throbs The
hnse,Tchable splendor Of its promises gilds the ,
skies. Let Us count it our grandest privilege 5
to Stu ly it; our beautiful duty to teach It's
,SouArous truths to others, and to spread the .
knowledge OF itself and its contents around :
the world What a mission it is to make it t
known We sound again the harp Of David, d
and put to our modern lips. the golden trum
pet VI Isaiah; We speak again with Paul in {
he ;oStiing streets of Ephesus or of Cornth /
pr under the matchless temples of the Acrop- a
bis; We speak with Moses, fresh from the !.
,huI2er and lightuings Of the mount and
with his face yet shining with CLEAN from fl
he glory of God; yea, reverently we may say t
4, We speak again with the Lord himself, at
he yell side, at the supper, from the cross
N winch he died, from the throne on which
le Ieigns-when We send this Bible around
ho world! No other office is so grand, No
'ther privilege supreme as this can meet us !.
iahl We reach the higher levels of the uni is
'erse which we dwell i'll, and enter the felci n
lo' which wait for those who, having loved n
no Lort on earth, as he is here revealed i'll "
iis word at last forever stand before him, and !,
10 his York, and see his glory, face to face " Of