Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-22

The American Bible Society has;
held its annual meeting in the
Broadway Tabernacle, Louisville,
on Sunday last, was attended by
many of the most eminent clergy OF
all denominations by none more
eminent than the Rev. b. NJ.
Palmer, of New Orleans, well known
in this city. We give the abstract
of his address as published in the
Courier-JOurnal's report of the meet
ing, knowing that our people want
to read whatever comes from DIR.
Palmer:
Rev. b. NJ. Palmer, of New Orleans, made
an excellent address of considerable length,
in which he grew eloquent over the great
work of the society, whose anniversary they
celebrated. He said in substance: The Bible
differs from all other books because It's au-
thorShip is divine. The human pens spoke
the word of God. The Lord God Almighty
is the responsible author of the book, and
this work of his stands upon exactly the
same plane as the great work of creation.
Where Is the key to all Gods proYideneeS
except in this book? All through the Old
Testament the prophet stands side by side
the wonderful manner in which all history
has occurred in the words of this most won
derful book. These records are preserved in
"a language that is the most wonderful ever
created. Every word in the Hebrew Ian
glage means an object, and as the student
goes through the study of this language he
fancies that he is walking through an i'm
Inense corridor of handsome pictures, and
every one is clear and distinct. Now when
these records were complete, and the old
Testament had reached its end, the Hebrew
became n lanuTlaUh
records were petrified in language of stone
that could hot be effected or changed.
But the Lord ha6 arranged Tor TINS emer-
gency, and through long years the Greek
language had been perfected until it was
faultleSs. But after recording the words of
our Savior in the New Testament, how soon
did the Greek Language become a dead let
teri How well has the Almighty preserved
His word in these two magnificent urns
Now would call your attention to the mar
VeIous manneri in which these records have
been preserved through the dark ages of the
world. 1t is a marvel how the Lord has
packed His Bible into other books. 1t is so
quoted that, could all the Bibles in the world
be at once destroyed, we could replace all of
it from the works of great men. 1 tell you
that we would have TO destroy all the works
of man to obliterate the sacred words of
God. There is q science that at the present
day undertakes to scout at this word of God,
and what a wonder it is that side by side
with these IconOclasts there has risen such
an age of archaeological research. They are
deciphering the hidden mysteries OF the
Egyptian ODeliSGS, and the hidden records
of Babylon and NineYeh. God has reserved
these researches for this age of blasphemy
and attempted destruction. Yes, He has re-
served this great development of hidden
mystery for this age of enlightened infidel-
ity. [Applause.l Now / wish to speak of
this great Biblical institute, the Sunday
school, where children of one hundred years
sit together with their children in infancy.
All sit together and drink the sparkling
truths of the Biblical fountain This Bible,
1 tell you, is n book that You can hide in
your coat-poeket, and yet it is book that
embraces all the world. This book is SUI
preme; it reigns over the world and over
other books, even as God reigns over His
universe. l have only to add as close, that
my heart thrilled with delight when DIR.
Hunt was telling US of the means of scatter
ing this light, and of the work accOmp-
lished. And the thought struck me that
this was Gods own book; not Paul's nor
Moses, nor the prophets, but Gods own in
dividual book. Let us scatter this book to
every corner of the globe, let us recognize
the glory of Gods invitation to come and
stand on the platform with him and assist
him to eN angelze the world.