Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-06
NO. OF BIBLES
21,497,966

He said the work OF the American Bible
society was a very thorough, taking a language
and giving the whole word of God to thu
whole race. 1t was circulated without nott
or comment. He favored the idea of all thu
churches of st. Paul uniting and seeing tha
every family was supplied with the word o.
God, and invited to attend the church. Not
withstanding skeptics had scoffed at the Bible
it still has stood against all assaults and ha6
successfully resisted them. He hoped tina
all who pass through this gateway to the
great northwest would be supplied with thu
bible, and believed it would have very great
effect upon the conduct of men.
REV. S. G. SMITH.
The lecture of Mr.. Smith upon the topic OIL
The Inspiration of the Bible" was one of the
finest efforts in a literary sense ever made
before a st. Paul audience. 1t was delivered
throughout with feryor and enthusiasm
which showed not only tbs most perfect ar
rangement and study, but the ut
most confidence in the truth Of
his proposition on the part of the lecturer,
and was listened to with the most intense and
unfagging interest
He propounded fact-not expressed q
theory-the lecturer remarked as lntroductive
of his topic when he stated that the bible was
inspired. 1t WIS the most perfect rule OF
faith and practice ever given to man. 1t was
a revelation from God to man-that God upon
which all science depends as the one
supreme creative power or first cause
All science is formed first 10 nature, second in
mind and third in books. 1t must ackrow-
ledge God or die. Nature shows that Goo
thinks and never dies, and through nature and
the bible He has revealed His mind to nan
He can only be considered as a perfect God
and He must make a revelation to man OF
Himself in such a manner and in such foroi
as can be preserved by him and such the bible
is.
There is but one bible in the whole world
There is but this one book which gives the
whole duty of man to his creator, his neigh.
Dor and himself There is but this one book
which is found to contain the sum total of all
the codes of morality the wise and great OF
earth have ever conceived Show precept or
rule for the government of mans action which
is calculated for his own and his fellows good
and the foundation is found in this volume
1t had been said that council of the churches
had met and dictated what should be part of
the bible and what should not, This was not
fact. A council of the Christian men had
SIMPLY met to review the testimony laid before
them concerning its authenticity and upon
that abundant and conclusive evidence had
our bible been given us. Within itself it con-
tains to every logical mind the means of prov
ing It's authenticity.
It is filled with strange imagining, of won
derful occurrences, has a local cast of the
countries known to its age, covers period of
l, 800 years. and is the united work of thirty
writers, and while no two writer's in profane
literature agree as to facts and occurrences re-
lated, a wonderful harmony is found to exist
throughout its entire length. It is
historical, and gives the record of
nations who have fallen centuries
since, and yet it's narrative is not only in :.