Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-05

a train passing toward the East throw
handful Of twenties on to a fat car. II
secures a safe transit. II God has giver
revelation he has taken care to secure SAT
transit. In the name of all that is rea
sonable and logical, l affirm that il the Bibl
contains divine revelation it must be in
spired.
But wait a moment. Some of this il
true and some Of it false. For instance
Jesus OF Nazereth, a man approved o
dod, Is true. l like that. But. "Bt
baptized every one Of you in the name o.
Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins''-
implying superhuman authority for Jesus
l don't like it, although both utterances
were made to the same people, at the same
time, at the same place, and by the same
man. In short, what 1 like / will believe
what do not like | will not believe. On
that principle, send the Bible down through
a street OF Eureka, and how much of it will
be left? One man says, Il have u habit OF
cursing please run your pencil through
everything concerning blasphemy." An
other says, 81 received SIS for my vote
last Fall, and then lied about it run
the pencil through everything concerning
false,swearing, perjury and lying" An
other says, II am somewhat sensitive on
a little matter blot out everything about
adultery and fornication." Another wishes
nothing said about the drunkard another
protests against any condemnation of the
thief or highwayman another blots the
page all over that speaks OF murder. Obi
how amazingly convenient is such a Bible.
Again, the lecturer objected to the
Bible as inspired, because it is not adapted
to the understanding of man. There are
things difficult to understand-some things
that no one understands. But come with
me to my college home tonight. We
enter the chapel an hour before the service
at the church. The students are holding
a prayer meeting. AS venerable, scholarly,
klnd-hearted q man as you ever saw is
telling OF the peace and satisfaction he
finds in the Bible how he finds it adapted
to his soul wants and he urges, with more
earnestness than he ever talked science,
the young people to follow Bible
teachings. That is one Of the
most respected biologists of America.
A young man, some so or SO years Of
age, gets up and saws, e years
ago l was a rough, swearing, drinking
omnibus driver in New York City. By
what might be called a trifling circum-
stance was led to read the Bible which
my mother gave me the last time / ever
saw her-as l started for the war. found
~ ~ I'LL a. w a Ao W
repentance, and now my old bad habits
are all gone; my heart is ~cleansed; / am a
new man in Christ Jesus" A boy but a
year in college tells how the truths Of the
Bible have kept him from temptation,
trouble aud suffering during the first year
away from his fathers house. And now a
stopped, frail form arises; a wrinkled,
worn, very, very old colored woman, who,
With some score or more other ladies, has
come to the students meeting. She tells
how that, many years ago in a cabin on the
old plantation, some one read to her about
Jesus and God and heaven, and although
she herself cannot read a word the light of
salvation broke into her poor soul. And be-
fore we know it every heart in that
crowded chapel is melted and every eye
swimming, as she tells OF Jesus as such a
friend through all the awful years Of
slavery, and how gloriously He has kept
her all the way. Day by day some one
reads of the Bible to her, and she says it
is a lamp to her feet and q light upon the
way.
Talk about adaptation. It's wonderful
adaptation is a fact almost sufficient of
itself alone to prove the Bible from God.
There is none too wise. none too ignorant,
none too old, none too young to follow
its precepts Of purity and salvation. |
What, no mysteries in the Bible2 Yes, !
numbers OF them-such as none can ex-
plain. But there are parallel mysteries
everywhere. There are mysteries in the
earth, the air the water, everywhere. But
that is no reason why we should deny
earth, air and water. AS regards mys-
terIes, / will tell you what / will do. l
will name just twice as many mysteries
in nature aboutus as you will regarding the
Bible. That there are things unexplained
in the Bible is not the faintest reason why
it is not true.
As regards the Trinity, Mr.. Gallagher
says the doctrine is not scriptural--that in
no one place Father, Son and Holy Ghost
are called God. Very true, but such is
repeatedly implied, and many times each
separately is given all the attributes OF
God, and that the three in their various
Offices do, according to Scripture, con-
stitute a unity. The God-head 1
refer to nineteen -twentieths Of all
Bible students of all ages. But
the chief objection is that it is an un-
reasonable doctrine elf three make one, |
why not twenty make one, or all the world
make one" Very well we are not alarmed.
An illustration or two A sunbeam is ad-
mitted through a pin-hole in the lattice, as
far as we can determine, a unit, we say a
sunbeam. But a scientist comes in with q
few instruments, and he says heat,
and light, and all the colors of the
rainbow. II you say unreasonable to the
Trinity, you must say unreasonable to the
sunbeam. Unity in multiplicity seems al
most a law Of the universe. 1t is found
everywhere. Man is made up OF at least
body, intellect and heart. And in speaking
of either Of these characteristics we say
man, and when combined re say men.
The body is made up of many systems, I
each to an extent distinct in its offices.
The very first division consists Of flesh
and bone and nerve. So you may illus
trate this principle to any limit. Say I'M
reasonable to the idea of the Trinity, n
you say unreasonable to a thousand facts
in Nature all about you.
As spoken, the lecturer denounced
the doctrine OF eternal punishment
as the milestone dragging the race
down to darkness. 1 delivered a SER
mon on future punishment a few weeks
ago, and will not take much time with the
subject now. Iknow nothing of punish
ment that contains any remotest idea OF
vindictiveness. But / see something OF
the principle Of cause and effect and upon
this principle alone / base my doctrine
regarding the character Of the future.
Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he
also reap ''The wages of sin is DEATH"
But can 1t be possible that a kind, good
Heavenly Father will permit me to suffer,
lust because I trick my %neighbor a little, or
get mad and kill my brother? 1t Is all done
in a moment, and then l am so weak and
| ignorant and God is so good. There IS
more nonsense about this question than all
others Of religion. If I put my hand in
| the Are it burns. 1t Is one Of Natures
| laws, one of Gods laws. that fire burns.
| If I commit sin, my moral character is
hurt-a law OF Nature. a law of God. Yes
| but we live here so short a time, and sin
| for only a little while. Can 1t be that a