The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-02-15
SCIENTISTS ARD THE BIBLE.

Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll having
lately been renewing his attacks upon
the Bible, and throwing more vigol
and emphasis into his ut!erances, be
is catching it from all sides. Even
impious newspaper editors are taking
up the cudgel, and soundly belaboring
infdel Bob. Not a few allege that
Ingerso1 is worse than an infdel,
being an arrant hypocrite, who knows
better than he speaks, and assert that
he does not talk from principle but to
make money. There are too many
advocates of the Bible for anew man,
gifted as he may be, to cone in and
gather ducats out OF that side. Lately
there has been Errayed against Ipger-
soil collection of the uttsrances OF
scientists, statesmen aHd famous
thinkers in regard 10 the Bible. Some
of these will be found good Sunday
morning reading. hence We re-
produce few:
John Adams: 1.-THE Bible is the best
book in the world"
ANDREW Jackson. rThat book, sir, is
the rock upon which our republic rests. "
Patrick Henry: There is q book
worth all other books which ever were
printed"
Sir Isaac NeiOton: Il account the
Scriptures of God TO be the most sublime
philosophy"
Rousseau: Il must confess, the
majesty of the scriptures strikes me with
astOnishmsnt.
Goethe: sit is a belief in the Bible
which has served me as the guide Of my
moral and literary life"
Theodore P1rker:: There Is not boy
nor girl, all Cnristendom through, but
their lot is made better by this great
book"
CoIer7dge: 81 know the Bible is in
spired, because it finds me at greater
depths of my being than any other
book"
John Locke: ITO give man full
knowledge of true morality, I should
need to send him to no ether book than
the New Testament"
Prof. O. N Mitchell: The Bible fur
nishes the only fitting vehicle to express
The thoughts that Overwhelm US when
contemplating the stellar universe"
Carlyle: "a noble bookl all men:
book. 1t is our first statement of the
never ending problem of mans destiny
and Gods way with men on earth"
Henry Clay: 'I always have had, and
always shall have a profound regard Tor
Christianity, the religion of my fathers,
and Tor It's rites, lis usages and observ-
ances."
SfT John HeTSchel: "All human dis
coveries seem 70 be made only for the
purpose of confirming, more and more
strongly, the truths contained in the
sacred scriptures"
Professor Dana: ''The grand old book
of God still stands, and this old earth,
the more its leaves are turned over and
pOndered, the more it will sustain and
illustrate the sacred word"
Lieut. Moury: In my investigation
OF natural science, l have always found
that whenever can meet with ANYTHING
in the Bible, on any subject, it ALWAYS
affords me fine platform on which to
stand"
George Washington: alt is impos,ibIe
TO govern the world without God He
must be worse than an infdel that lscI-s
faith, ana more than wicked thar has not
gratitude enough to acknowledge his oh
legation" 49, w
Benjamin Franklin: "As to Jesps oF
Nazareth, ny opinion of whom Won me-
tlcularly desire, think the svstano oF
morals, and his religion, as be left tl,sn1
to Us, is the best the world every saw o-
Is likely to see."
Samuel adams to Thomas Rzine.
DO you think that your pen, or the pen
OF any other man, can unchristianize the
mass Of our citizens? Or have you hopes
OF corrupting q few Of them to assist Won
IN so bad cause7"
John Quincy Adams: $50 praat ia nv
yenerstlon for the Bible that the earlier
my children begin to read II. fbe n,ora
confident Will be my hopes that thew viii
prove useful citizens to their conntrr
and respectable members OF society.n
Prot. Rush: "Christianity is the only
rue and perfect religion, and that in pro-
portion as mankind adopt. Its principles !
ana opey's It's precepts, they will be wise |
and happy. And better knowledge of |
this religion is to be acquired by reading
the Bible than In any oher way"
q. s. Grant: "Hold fast TO the Ribla
IS the sheet anchor Of our liberties; write
its precepts on your hearts, and practice
hem in your lives. To the influence of
his book We are indebted for the progress
made in true civilization, and to this we
must look as our guide in the future"
Sir David BreWster: ''If the God of
owe is most appropriately worsbiped in
he Christian temple, the God of nature
nsy De equally honored in the temple of
eienee: Even from its lofty minarets,
ne philosopher may summon the faith l