Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-05
The Moral Effects Of the Bible.

With coCsfQIe52"S lUr When IL Is COZ RESPONSE
bic, Tor to lock Tor its Influence in tho wroDg
place. Before the Introduction Of Christianity,
tic superiority Of the Jews to the hcalhen
world is maitly TO be attributed to their pos
scssos the orac!es OF God; and since that
reiiod the effects of tho Bible Oh society have
been sill mere marked, in mitigating the hor
rots OF heathcnish darkness, superstition and
degradation. Where vas, or rather what was
tic neral condition OF EoSland, Scotland and
Ireland, il deed all Europe, b:icIc the intro.
due ion II Christianity, As taught 10 this blessed
beck, The lHtic, and what is Their c0LdItloD 10
day? Wilal has bccn douo for Tho Sandwich
Islands, N .iaSascar. the South Sea, the tIgCc
and macy other islands, scattered ever the two
area, ocaars, whose nhabitaots, within the
memory Of some new living, we're cauGlbals =
" bet is teipg dono 10 day. in China, Japan
aud ether pcrlious OF Aisle, Atrcl, &c? Can 1t
not be a,i,! in the language OF that grand old
hymn:
From GracnlanG's icy mounia!is.
From India coral strand;
Where Aries sInuy FOUNTAINS,
Roll down their golden Sand;
From many an ancient river,
From many pauy plain,
They call Us 10 deliver,
lhCir !anQ from cfFOi . cusl1.
And yet strange 10 say. there are those, who
p:olrss and call themselves Christians, accord
Ing to the teachings of this same Bible, VINO
nevertheless sag and teach. that the prescott
"Dispersat!on Of the Gospel" as taught 10 The
Bioc Is q failure and that nc1C 0rCicr Ct things
hes to be lnaugurated, that Christ, its author,
ia coming III person to set up his kingdom at
Jerusalem as klng OF the Jd~s. sod thus &C.
compliSh what the prtsont disposition OF the
Spirit, according to these New lights, has
failed 10 do. Christ told bis disciples, ut is
txpedieb. for you tina! 20 away; for it 10
DOT away, the Comforter will not come unto
you, &c. John lG chop. , to X verses lrcu'
si7e) Nv kiogdom is rot OF this world, Ohm
lStb. As has been very Justly RENAL kcd by q
celebrated Hricr, 'ihp lttllcnce Of the Bible
is 10 be sJught tor, not so much 10 The council
of princes. 10 the debates or resolutions OF pop'
ular embes, in the conduc! Of governments
towards their subjects. or Of States and Sever
eigUs towards one another, of corquerors at the
head OF their armies, or parties lutrlguIug Tor
power at hone, as 10 the silent course OF private
aud domestic life, (]smcs .. 81 ADD 10 the yet
more private regulations of the heart, Luke II,
81. Nor should it be fGrgolten. that the fact
Of the beneli!iaI ctftc!s OF the Bible not being
uuiGe,sil, is an additional cvlicnoo ofthc truth
Of its Owp declarations. Heb. i, .; . Thcss. ),
,; Cor. /. >; Pet. 8, 3; . I'm. 3. 3D.
Thus much. however may be said, that through
the preceding and readlog CT It's sacred and
CREST trnths, eff; Cts have boen produced quite
peculiar to Itself. that it is quick and power
fol, not only changing mems oplolors. but
producing actual alteration oil their character,
their principles. their motives and their con-
duet.
But besides the preservation aud moral tt'
fec s Of the Bible, anoher very remarkable
circumstance may be mentioned, illustrating its
divine authority. pamely: Tie agreement Of the
Scrcrui parts 1riM each other, aod this is very
str.kug both as to the writers and their
writings.
lst. The Bible was no. written By one pcrsop,
but by many, OF different stations, abilities,
and education. Moses, who wrote the first
Eve books, was learned in all the wisdom OF the
Egyptians and brought up az the son OF Pha.
raoh's daughter; David aud Solomon we're
kings; DaDicI, minister CT State; ETA.
priest and Scribe Amcs, hordSmaD; Mat
thew Was a tax gathUrer; Luke, physician;
Paul q learned Pharisoe; Peter and john fish.
crmep, filling no public statl0n, ard not havlog
received a liberal educltloo.
-. These pcrsoDs lived at different times,
and therefore cnuId not have any intercourse
with each other. David wrote abou! 400 years
after Moses; Isaiah, about $50 years after
DsYid; Matthew, more than 100 years after
Isaiah, aad 400 years after Malachi, the last Of
the writer's Of the Old Testament, making an
interval Ct m5re than 1900 years between
Hoses, who wrote tho first, and John. who
wrote The last of The &C books which form our
present Bible.
Nov, the remarkable agreement OF the seve'
raj parts Of such q book, or rather collection
Of books, is perhaps, 90 less so, than the varied
subjects treated by The several writer's, thus
unfolding 10 US Gods great design aud pur.
poses 10 the government of tho world, from the
beginning to the end of time, Con. 8. Is; Dan.
I. IA; John 5, S; Rev. I. 9 and II, Is, &c.
Moses frames laws; Joshua gives on abstract
history OF tho Jewish nation; 10 Ruth VIC hav.
The history of q private family; David writes
Psalms; Solomon writes Proverbs; Isaiah Jere.
miah, and others. give US Prophecies; the four
E9arse!lss, q biography; Paul and others,
letters.
Where, such agreement 10 all its parts.
Surely Divine architect must have superin-
tended such tuiIding. Surely the holy men.
who composed the Bible, "spske as they were
moved By The Holy Ghost" Surely "all
scripture Is given Dy Inspiration Oh Sou'
Read it. study it, for as Is mere history, it
stands unrivacd. but that is not all, it is "a
pillar of 6ra by Light and pillar Of cloud by
day." Phi.
Mr.. fuckers EYEs.--As various statements
have tean going tho rounds Of tho papers in and
out OF tho State sbou! Mr. fuckers eyes, it may
be as we'll to state tho facts Of tho case authorts.
lively. More than four years ago, Mr.. Tucker
found that cataract WAS forming upon ono Of
his eyes, and was then advised By DR.. Chisholm,
Of Baltimore, that until the other eye became
affected in like manner, IS mos! probably it
would DO, 10 operation should BIO performed
upon tho diseased 5ye. During the pas. fall
Mr.. Tucker suspected that the second eye WAS
becoming diseased and bis suspicion was con-
f,med by DR.. Chisholm just after the meeting |
of Congress in December last He was advised |
to await the end of that session OF Congress be-
fore submitting 10 the operation, and as the e1.
ira session wss called, it was postponed until |
early in May SIS the !ateat moment for the com.
pletlon Of inc operation prior to tho hested term.
The operation, ss is we'll known was remark