The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-02-12
WHOLE NO. l44O,
The Bible.
ITS WISE AND WHOLESOME COUNSEL

! ITS WISE AND WHOLESOME COUNSEL.
Who composed the following de-
scription of the Bible we may never
know 1t was found in Westminster
Abbey, nameless and dsteless but,
nevertheless, it is invaluable for its
wise and wholesome counsels to the
erring race Of Adam.
A nation would be truly happy if
il were governed by no other law
than those Of this blessed book.
IL contains everything needful to
be known or done.
1t gives instruction to q Senate,
authority and direction to a magis-
trate
Ii cautions witness, required an
impair :isl verdict Of jury, and fur
1nishes the Judge with bis sentence.
II sets the husband as the lord of
the household, and the wife as the
mistress of the table-tells him how
to rule, aud her, as well, how to
manage
1t entails honor to parents and en-
joins obedience to children.
IL prescribes and limits the sway
of the sovereign, the rule of the ruler,
and the authority of the master
commands the subject to honor and
servants to obey, and the blessing
and protection of the Almighty to all
that walk by it's rule
1t gives directions for weddings
and burials.
1t promises food and rainent and
limits the use of both
1t points out faithful and eternal
guardian to the departure Of husband
and father; tells with whom to
leave his fatberless children, and
whom his widow is TO trust, and
promises father to the former and q
husband to the latter.
In teaches a man to get bis house
in order, and how to make bis will :;
it appoints dowry for bis wife, and
entails the right o. the first born and
showes how the young branches shall
be left.
1t defends the rights OF all, and re-
veals vengeance to every defaulter,
oyer-reacber aud trespasser.
1t is the first book, the best book
1t contains the choicest matter,
gives the best instruction, affords the
greatest degree of pleasure and salts
faction that we have ever enjoyed
1t contains the best laws and most
profound mysteries thst were ever
penned; and it brings the very best
comforts to the iuquiring and dis
consulate.
1t exhibits life ana immortality
from time everlasting, and shows the
way to glory,
Ii is brief recital Of all to come.
1t settles all matters in debate; re-
solves all doubts, and eases the mind
and conscience of all their scruples
Il reveals the only living and true
God ard shows the way to Him, and
sets aside all other other gods, and
describes the vanity of them, and all
that trust in such; in short, it is q
book of laws to show the right and
wrong; Of wisdom that condemns all
folly and makes the foolish wise
book of truth that de;eets all lies and
contronts all errors, and it is book
of life, that shows the wav from
everlasting death
1t contains the most ancient antiq-
u:ies and strange events, wonderful
occurrences, heroic deeds aud unpar-
alIeled wars.
1t describes the celestial, terres-
ial and internal worlds, and the ori-
gin Of the angelic myrisds, the hu
man tribes and the devlish legions
1t will instruct the accomplished
mechanic and most profound critic.
1t teaches the best rhetorician, and
exercises every power to the most
skillful aritbmeticisn, puzzles the
wisest anatomist, and exercises the
wisest critic.
Il is the best covenant that ever
was agreed on the best deed that
ever was sealed; the best evidence
that ever was produced the best
that will ever be signed
To understand it is to be wise in
deed to be ignorant of It is to be
destitute of true wisdom
1t is the kings best copy, the !
magistrates best rule, the house |
keepers best guide, the servants |
best directory, and the young mans |
best companion; i. IS the scboolboy's |
spelling book, and the great and
learned rsn'a u ssierpiece,
Ii contains choice grammar for I
novice, and profound mystery for a
cage.
IL is an ignorant mans dictionary /
and a wise mans directory.
1t affords knowledge Of witty in-
yentions for the humorcss. and dark
sayings for the grave. and is also its
own interpreter.
It encourages the wise .hs war
-ior and the swift il oyereomes +; it I
promises an eternal reward to the
excellent, the conquerer, the winner,
and the prevalent. And that which |
crowns all is, that the author is with |
out hipocrisy-'1n whom there is no
vsrisbleness or shadow OF tnrning.D -