Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1880-05-06
Thoughts on the Bible.


excessively painful as the arraignment
Of science against religion, or the defa-
nation of the word of God, especially
In these days Of ethical culture. We
admit Bob 1ngersoll and others Of his
stamp have said many cute things in
serious manner, impressing the deluded
minds of their audiences to an extent
which has more or less imperiled the
welfare of their souls. Be that as it
may, Ingersoll and his iowery tribe
never possessed mind, entertained q
thought or expressed q sentiment wor-
thy Of comparison with those which are
quoted here, in relation to the Bible
and its teachings.
Guizot says at is the Bible, the
Bible itself, which combats and tri-
umphs most efficaciously in The war be-
tween incredulity and belief"
The poet Milton has given his opin-
ion in the following words: There
are no songs comparablet to the songs OF
Zion; no orations equal to those of the
prophets. and no politics like those
which the scriptures teach"
Pollok calls the Bible the star of
eternity" while Cowper admits "a
glory gilds the sacred page"
Berridge writes it a precious store
house and the magma charta of q Chris
tian." The worthy John Locke gives
utterance to the sentiment: cit has
God for its author, salvation for its
end"
John Selden claims "there is no
book upon which we can rest in dy-
ing moment but the Bible"
To the question "What is the
Bible?" DR.. Waldo Henry Richardson
once replied: st is q book given of
God, containing the principles Of Chris
tianity and the rule for its guidance"
Hon. Robert Boyle asserts it is q
matchless volume; it is impossible we
can study it too much, or esteem it too
highly"
G. Gillian, in writing of its holy
character, remarks: "The Bible is q
mass of beautiful figures; its words and
its thoughts are alike poetical; it has
gathered around its central truths ali
natural beauty and interest; it is tenn.
pie with one altar and one God, but il
| Illuminated by thousand varied lights
and studded with q thousand orna
ments."
It is belief in the Bible, says Goethe
which has served me as the guide of my
moral and literary work.
Rousseau acknowledges that "the
majesty of the scriptures strikes me
with establishment" and Coleridge haiti
said II know the Bible is inspired"
Fad we the space it would be an easy
task to add the testimony of hundreds
who have read and believed in the su
premacy of the Bible. Statesmen, sci
entists, Princes and Kings have revereC
its sacred pages, while infdels anC
atheists, in the eleventh hour, have lef
a testimony as to its being the only
guide to eternal life, and "the comics
sions of death-bed are seldom false.
Reader, respect the old family Bible
it is a precious relic; it is given of God
its purposes are sacred to the welfare o
your eternal soul. Revere it. Ador'
it. Never sharpen your razor on its
aged leathern cover, nor allow your sis
ter Sal to place it on chair to suppl.
the place of a second piano stool whel
her young man wants TO hear the Scar
nival of Venice" as an instrumental
duet. IT'S well to use the scriptures OF
secular days-not on Sunday, or othe
holy days alone. Although we are tolt
to search the scriptures" there i
nothing between the covers of the Bibl
which instructs us to sit on them.
If we would be holy, we must have
sincere reverence for holy things
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