The Chickasaw messenger., 1881-10-20


book, aud thousands have read il
with pleasure and profit, but since
too much cannot be said in its praise,
we give below an article from the
pen Of another, which will amply
reward tho reader:
In looking out over the world
we see one vast grave yard. Mil
lions are passing away every year.
Change is written upon every page
Of the hook Of Nature Death and
decay give birth and life to what fol,
lows. The whole future is rushiI
through the little present into tn
allabsorbing past. To morrow today
will be yesterday and soon all that
now is will then have been. We
examine the sciences, the arts Of the
world, mans power and fame, and
alike we find them unreliable, change
able, if not perishable. With sad
ness and despondency we see suffer
ing every where, wrung from the
wreck and ruin around US.
"Then it is that your eyes fall
upon the pages Of this Book, ana We
real: The grass Withereth, the flow
ers iadeth, but the word of our God
shall stand forever Heaven and
earth may pass away, but my word
shall not pass away" Here is
something that cannot perish. He
who builds upon this foundation will
assuredly stand. Nations have been
horn, and have passed away since
the Bible was written. New customs
have come into existence and formed
parts ofthe GOV Iernments Ofthe world.
Manners have ohanged, ,dynasties have
crumbed, while the Bible alone, in
spirit, has remained the same-fresh,
true and iudestructible as its Author.
Linguists have assailed its language
tested, tried, apalyzed and weigh
ed in the balance, and yet not an
iota of its truth has grown weaker,
mir one ray of its light DINNER. 1t
has, in fact, been strengthened by
the very arguments brought against
it, and it has grown brighter by the
rubbing it has received. History
and Geography have tried to measure
it.
"GeologY, with loud sounding
blows, las hammered at it, The
telescope OF the astronomer has been
pointed at it for maryland still its
light shines in our hearts and in our
homes with intensifying brightness,
as the power of God into our saliva
ton. What other book has borne
such crucial tests, and so successful
ly passed the ordeal It has come
from the hands Of its worst enemies
with its lustre untarnished, and not
a Leaf rufle5 Age has failed to
affect its power Little children
read its teachings and learn its truths,
while the sage, with heavy head,
drinks in wisdom from its exhaust
less spring Of truth It is a guide
to the young, and a solace to the old,
cheering the evening OF life as the
weary pilgrim at last stands on the
border land Of two worlds. When
the sound Of the grinding is low, and
those who look out of the windows
are darkened, when the wheel is
broken at The cistern, when man
goeth to lis long home and mourn
ers 90 about the streets, then it is
that the Bible flashes its resplendent
light into the surrounding darkness
OF doubt, Illuminating even the por-
tails of the tomb Such IS the book
that has lived through the conflict Of
ages, which has civilized, elevated
and christianized the nations Of the
earth"
No one should patronize the firm
of Ingersoll, Underwood & Co., who
offer to the public, as a substitute
for the Bible, only the literary scum
of the ages, and the Fuerilities that
have sprung from a deprayed heart
and foul Imagination.
They would trample this book
under their unhallowed feet, iasten
it to the tail OF their stupid reason,
drag il in disgrace along the high-
} ways Of public opinion, and then
} burn it in the fires Of rigid persecu-
ton. But they can never accom-
plish their aim--it is too firmly
bound upon the public heart BY sa-
cred memories and halloWed aesoci-
} ations.