Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1880-12-07
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From a recent sermon OF Rev. T. Do Witt
Talmagc, on the Bible, We cxtroo. the fol,
lowing eloquent closing passages:
Oh, HOW THE OLD BOOK STICKS ToaErt,ss
UusapctRod gsO!ogist1 have been pulling
away at the book Of Genesis. Yet, the book
of Genesis is there! Unsanctiied astrono-
mers have been pulling away at the book of
Joshua because it seems to interfere with
their theories; but Joshua. like the moon
over Ajnlon, stands still! Uusanc.ifisd sna,o.
n'sts and Psychologists havo been trying to
pull at tie book of Jonah and harpoon that
whale! but the book of Jonah still stands
the best illustration to all ages that yhen
God tellss mao to go to Ninevkh he cannot
go to Tarshish, though to stop him Gsd
should have TO upset the Mediterranean sea
With Cyclone Thousands OF unseuctifieL
hancs have been trying to pull out the mira.
cles from the New Testament; but which
have they taken? Which vine lar of the
wedding in Caus? What piece or the torn
snli OF tho shipping on Gennsssaret? Which
fragment Of the pail of the young mans fu-
neral in Main? What slice Of the miracu Ious
bread making in the desert7 What small
piece of the shreud of the resurrocted L.xa.
rug.
THE BIBLE STANDS COMPLETE.
They have not succeeded in stealing sny.
thing. The books. the chapters driven in.
eiEnehed on tho other sido By the hammers
of eternity. The imaginary Lowell of Ar
chimedes not strong enough to pr7 open one
passage. The Judgment day, with its fres
VIII come, aud L suppose that the last book
that will be burned up will be the Bible
When that fire kindIss Oh that last Bible.
II Will not DO as fire kindled on loose paper,
upon setidly bound book, and one fame
VIII start toward Genesis and burn towards
Revelation, and the other fame will start
at Revelation and burn towards Genesis, and
IN all their course those two flames will not
have found ono chapter or ono verse ont of
place That will be the day when we oaa
afford TO tSt the Bible go What use for
Genesis when the world whose making il da.
Ecribes is burned upi No use of the nronha-
siss; all fulfilled No use of the EyanreIis.
ito and Pauline description of Christ. W.
shall be with Him. No use of St. Johns
revelation, for VIC shall have orr foot or the
CLASSY sea, our hand on the ringing harp:
our forehead chaplsted with eternal corona
tIon, and amid the smethystinc and twelve
gated spisndors of our new home, the omer.
AID dsshing its green against the bsryl. the
beryl dashing its blus against the sapphire.
the sapphire throwing It's light on tho
JaelDth, the Jacinth hurling its fame seainst
the chrysopbrasus-amid that chorus Of ten
thousand sonRots We shall be very sIad If
we never surrsn n1ered the Bible. And We,
do not know but that We shall have tha
Bible in Heaven.
1T woULD ROT BE OUT OF PLACE
The lambs book of life On the top of it,
the book of Judgment underneath it. II ia
ha
whom We have got back our dead children Il
will be a joy for Us to show them lust what
passages of Scripture comforted us in the
dark day of the iDtsrmeut When We meet
our Christian friends in heaven aud talk
over the trials of our past life, think it will
De very pleasant for us to show the chapters
which upheld us when the day of trial eapns.
Then should like to hear David. with his
own vsise. read: "The Lord is nv shcn,
hsrd" Then l should ike to hesr Paul.
with his own voice, read: "Thaaks be upto
God that giveth Us the victory" Then L
sheuld like to hear st. John, with his own
voice, read of shs crystal river emptyine
into the crystal soa. Yes. should like to
hear the arohsnsel play Paurs grand march
OF the resurrection with the same trumpet
with which he woke the dead.
OBJ, BLEssED BIBLEI
Good enough for earth aud good enough
for heaven; book of light; bosk of comfort;
book of God. Dear old book ! Gathered
with the blood of martyrs who died in de-
Tending it, stained with the tears of our
! Christian fathers and mothers who were
eomforted by its promiess Whom have
| no more griefs to selace, when I have NO
more sins to be psrdoued, when have no
more hope of heaven to be kiDdIsd. that will
be she day and that the hour and that the
minute when I will give 90 nv Bible Give
Bible to each one Of yaHe ehiittea On Il. sir
next biTthdAy. Have = bible 90 ma Stand
] in Jour sitting room. Fave pocket Bible