The comet., 1879-09-06


has collected the following utterances
of scientists, statesmen, and thinkers
in regard to the Bible:
SCIENTISTS.
The grand old book of God still
stands, and this old earth, the more its
leaves are turned over and pondered,
the more it will sustain and illustrate
the sacred ord.-Professor Dana.
"All human discoveries seem to be
made only for the purpose of confirm
ing, more and more strongly, the truths
contained in the sacred Scriptures. -
Sir John Hershel.
The Bible furnishes the only fitting
vehicle to express the thoughts that
overwhelm us when contemplating the
stellar universe. %. M. Mitchell.
SIN my investigation of natural
scienc 1 have always found that when
ever 1 can meet with anything in the
Bible, or any subject, it always affords
me fine platform on which to stand"
Lieutenant Mauray.
If the God of love is most appropriate
ly worshipped in the Christian temple,
the Goo of nature may be equally hon
ored in the temple of science. Eve
from its lofty minarets, the philosoph'
may summon the faithful to prayer
and the priest and the sage exchans
affairs without the compromise of fai
or knowledge. Sir David BrewstG
STATESMEN.
"There is book worth all oth&
books, which were ever printed.
Patrick Henry.
"The Bible is the best book in t.
world. John Adams.
$50 great is my veneration for
Bible that the earlier my children beg
to read it, the more confident will
my hopes that they will prove useful
citizens to their country, and respecta
BILE members of society. John
Quincy Adams.
cit is impossible to govern the world
without God, He must be worse than
an Infdel that lacks faith, and more
than wicked that has not gratitude
enough to acknowledge his obligation" "
General George Washington.
Pointing TO lho family Bible on the
stand, during his last illness, Andrew
Jackson said t. his friend: "That
book, sir, is the rock on which our re-
public rests"
81 deem the present occasion sniff
GENTLY important and solemn to justify
me in expressing to my fellow citizens
q profound reverence for the Christian
and a thorough conviction
that sound morals, religious liberty,
and Just sense of religious response
bility, are essentially connected with
all true and lasting happiness. Gen
eral Harrison's Inaugural Address.
CAS- to Jesus of Nazareth, my opin-
ion of whom you particularly desire, |
think the system of morals, and His re-
ligion, as He left them to us, is tho best
the world ever saw, or is likely to see. "
-Benjamin Frankie.
II always have had, and always shall
have profound regard for Christiani-
ty, the religion of my fathers, and for
its rites, its usnges, and observances.
Henry Clay.
n lCH udyS DtIOI6 HIS uGubl, LhO
foremost man of all his times drew up
lhd signed this declaration of his re-
ligious faith: Lord, 1 believe; help
my unbelief.' Philosophical argument,
that drawn from the vastness
Of the universe, in comparison with the |
of this globe, has some
times shaken my reason or the faith |
that is in me, but my heart has always |
assured and re-assured me that the |
gospel of Jesus Christ must be divine |
reality. The sermon on the mount |
cannot be merely human production.
This belief enters into the very
depth of my conscience. Daniel |
Webster
Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet |
anchor of our liberties; write its pre-
cepts on your hearts, and practice them
in your lives. To the influence of this
book we are indebted for the progress
made in true civilization, and to this we
must look as our guide in the future"
u. s. Grant.
GREAT THINKERS.
1T is a belief in the Bible which has